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Council Chambers - 3rd

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Meeting Agenda

City Council

651-266-8560

Council President Amy Brendmoen

Councilmember Russel Balenger

Councilmember Mitra Jalali

Councilmember Rebecca Noecker

Councilmember Jane L. Prince

Councilmember Chris Tolbert

Councilmember Nelsie Yang

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

ROLL CALL

3:30 PM

Council Chambers - 3rd Floor

COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE

CO 22-72

Letters from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 46 Front

Avenue and 1618 Hamline Avenue North nuisance properties. (For

notification purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date

if necessary.)

Sponsors:

Balenger and Brendmoen

Attachments:

46 Front Ave.OTA 10-11-22

1618 Hamline Ave N.OTA 10-11-22

AO 22-63

Amending the CDBG general ledger budget to allocate the 2022 CDBG

spending plan of $7,600,000.00 to activity codes.

Attachments:

Financial Analysis

AO 22-64

Amending ESG project budgets: funding for 2021-22 Emergency Solutions

Grant activities administered by Ramsey County per the Joint Powers

Agreement approved via RES 19-2110.

Attachments:

AO 22-65

Attachments:

AO 22-67

Attachments:

Financial Analysis

Amending CDBG Project Budgets: funding for Fire Station 51 (soft costs).

Financial Analysis

Amending CDBG Project Budgets: funding for DSI Demos.

Financial Analysis

CONSENT AGENDA

Items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion with no separate

discussion. If discussion on an item is desired, the item will be removed from the Consent

Agenda for separate consideration.

RES 22-1587

Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Vacant Building

Registration fees billed during January 7 to July 21, 2022, and setting date

of Legislative Hearing for December 6, 2022 and City Council public

hearing for February 8, 2023 to consider and levy the assessments against

individual properties. (File No. VB2303, Assessment No. 238802)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Report of Completion VB2303.238802

Assessment Roll VB2303.238802

RES 22-1588

Approving the City’s cost of providing Securing and/or Emergency

Boarding services during August 2022, and setting date of Legislative

Hearing for December 6, 2022 and City Council public hearing for

February 8, 2023 to consider and levy the assessments against individual

properties. (File No. J2303B, Assessment No. 238102)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Report of Completion J2303B.238102

Assessment Roll J2303B.238102

RES 22-1589

Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Fire Certificate of

Occupancy fees billed during September 8, 2021 to July 26, 2022, and

setting date of Legislative Hearing for December 6, 2022 and City Council

public hearing for February 8, 2023 to consider and levy the assessments

against individual properties. (File No. CRT2303, Assessment No.

238202)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Report of Completion CRT2303.238202

Assessment Roll CRT2303.238203

RES 22-1590

Approving the City’s cost of providing Excessive Use of Inspection or

Abatement services billed during June 22 to July 22, 2022, and setting

date of Legislative Hearing for December 6, 2022 and City Council public

hearing for February 8, 2023 to consider and levy the assessments against

individual properties. (File No. J2303E, Assessment No. 238302)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Report of Completion J2303E.238302

Assessment Roll J2303E.238302

RES 22-1591

Approving the City’s cost of providing Removal of Diseased and/or

Dangerous Tree(s) services during January 2022, and setting date of

Legislative Hearing for December 6, 2022 and City Council public hearing

for February 8, 2023 to consider and levy the assessments against

individual properties. (File No. 2302T, Assessment No. 239001)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Report of Completion 2302T.239001

Assessment Roll 2302T.239001

RES 22-1592

Approving the City’s cost of providing Removal of Diseased and/or

Dangerous Tree(s) services during August to September 2022, and setting

date of Legislative Hearing for December 6, 2022 and City Council public

hearing for February 8, 2023 to consider and levy the assessments against

individual properties. (File No. 2303T, Assessment No. 239002)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Report of Completion 2303T.239002

Assessment Roll 2303T.239002

RES 22-1708

Approving the re-execution of the Joint Powers Agreement establishing a

Watershed Management Organization for the Lower Mississippi River

Watershed.

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Lower Mississippi River WMO_JPA_Final Version

RES 22-1710

Preliminary Order setting the date of Public Hearing for January 11, 2023,

to consider approval of the Metro Transit 10-mile Gold Line Bus Rapid

Transit project. The only special assessments will be for private sanitary

sewer service repairs or replacements requested by property owners.

(Project No. 19252C, Assessment No. 226001)

Sponsors:

Prince

Attachments:

Summary of Engineering Recommendations

Assessment Roll

RES 22-1713

Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and Manual

and Maintenance Supervisors Association in order to provide on-call pay

for MMSA employees in the Saint Paul Regional Water Services

(SPRWS) Distribution Division. (To be laid over one week for adoption)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

MOA Manual & Maintenance Supervisors Association OnCall in SPRWS Distribu

RES 22-1726

Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and Manual

and Maintenance Supervisors Association in order to establish a one year

pilot program in Public Works Street Maintenance division for Public

Works Supervisor II and IIIs to volunteer to be placed on the oncall

schedule. (To be laid over one week for adoption)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

MOA MMSA Public Works Street Maintenance OnCall Pilot

RES 22-1730

Authorizing use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the Farwell Yards

Project at 102 and 150 West Water Street (District 3, Ward 2).

Sponsors:

Noecker

RES 22-1738 Approving the 2023 City Council meeting schedule.

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

2023 Council Meeting Calendar

RES 22-1743

Approving the appointment of Jaime Wascalus as Director and Chief

Information Officer (CIO) of the Office of Technology and Communication,

effective November 9th, 2022.

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

RES 22-1744

Authorizing stipend payments for the Early Learning Legislative Advisory

Committee

Sponsors:

Noecker, Jalali and Yang

Min 22-37

Approving the minutes of the Saint Paul City Council meetings of

September 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2022.

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Establishing the rate of pay for the new classification of Equity Manager in

the Non-Represented City Managers Employee Group.

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Financial Analysis-Equity Manager

FOR DISCUSSION

RES 22-1737 Honoring Veterans on Veterans Day, November 11, 2022.

Sponsors:

Prince, Brendmoen, Yang, Noecker, Tolbert, Balenger and Jalali

RES 22-1647

Approving the FY2022 Neighborhood Sales Tax Revitalization loan and

grant awards. (laid over from November 2, 2022)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

RES 22-1647 Neighborhood STAR Program Financial Analysis 10-18-22

2022 Neighborhood STAR Program Financial Analysis 10-31-22

ORDINANCES

An ordinance is a city law enacted by the City Council. It is read at three separate council

meetings and becomes effective after passage by the Council and 30 days after publication in

the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Public hearings on ordinances are generally held at the first

reading.

Final Adoption

Ord 22-46

Amending Chapter 310 of the Legislative Code to eliminate petition

requirements, reference and establish uniform license procedures for

Class N, R, and T Licenses, shorten the notification process, eliminate the

license renewal public hearing provision, and update gender specific

language and other outdated terms.

Sponsors:

Noecker

Ord 22-50

Granting the application of Selby Commons Limited Partnership to rezone

the property at 909 Selby Avenue / 180 Milton Street & 912 Selby Avenue,

from B3 general business & VP vehicular parking to T2 traditional

neighborhood, and amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code

pertaining to the zoning map.

Sponsors:

Balenger

Attachments:

Staff Report

ZC minutes

22-093-711 180 Milton 909, 912 Selby Rezoning application Packet

Extension Letter

PC resolution

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways to

testify.

RES PH

22-320

Approving the petition of Cziasarh Yang on belhalf of DNZ LLC to vacate

the alley south of 519 Payne Avenue, and to convey the City's interest in the

vacated alley to the petitioner.

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

Exhibit A - Description and Depiction

Exhibit B - Real Property Sale and Purchase Agreement

Aerial view

RES PH

22-328

Amending the 2022 special fund budget and adding an activity for a grant

from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), distributed through the

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, via the FY 2021

Hiring Program, in the amount of $150,000.

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

2021 COPS Hire Grant Financial Analysis

RES PH

22-345

Authorizing Public Works to request $767,266 in SCORE grant funds from

Ramsey County to support the curbside recycling program and setting the

2023 City Recycling Service Fees. (To be laid over to December 7 for final

adoption.)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

LEGISLATIVE HEARING CONSENT AGENDA

Items listed under the Consent Agenda will receive a combined public hearing and be enacted

by one motion with no separate discussion. Items may be removed from the Consent Agenda

for a separate public hearing and discussion if desired.

RLH TA

22-397

Amending Council File RLH AR 22-67 to delete the assessment for

Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during January to

March 2022 at 1198 BURR STREET. (File No. CG2202A2, Assessment

No. 220106)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

1198 Burr St.Email chain 10-25-22.pdf

RLH RR 22-57

Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 1501

CLARENCE STREET within fifteen (15) days after the November 9, 2022,

City Council Public Hearing. (To refer to December 13, 2022 Legislative

Hearing)

Sponsors:

Yang

Attachments:

1501 Clarence St.OTA 8-3-22

1501 Clarence St.PH 9-9-22

1501 Clarence St.SHPO Form 8-31-22

1501 Clarence St.Photos 5-4-20

1501 Clarence St.Photos 7-21-22

1501 Clarence St.Respro Invoice 4-29-20.pdf

1501 Clarence St.Boarding Letter 5-4-20.pdf

1501 Clarence St.Police Report 4-29-20.pdf

1501 Clarence St.L&S 10-11-22

1501 Clarence St summary.10-11-22

1501 Clarence St.Grimm R-R Ltr.10-16-22

1501 Clarence St.Grimm email.11-3-22

RLH RR 22-61

Second Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for

698 DESOTO STREET in Council File RLH RR 22-17. (Amend to grant

180 days)

Sponsors:

Brendmoen

Attachments:

698 Desoto St.Gutierrez R-R Ltr.4-14-22

698 Desoto St.30 Day Forfeit Letter 9-21-22.pdf

698 Desoto St.Making Finding R-R NPH Ltr.10-5-22.doc

698 Desoto St.Gutierrez R-R Ltr.10-28-22

698 DeSoto St.updated Financials (redacted).11-2-52

698 Desoto St.Project Timeline - Updated 11-2-22

698 Desoto St.Gutierrez R-R Ltr.11-3-22

RLH VBR

22-54

Appeal of Aychoeun Tea and Oudam Tun Tea to a Vacant Building

Registration Fee Warning Letter at 318 EDMUND AVENUE.

Sponsors:

Balenger

Attachments:

318 Edmund Ave.appeal.10-19-22

318 Edmund Ave.Tea Ltr.10-28-22

RLH RSA

22-4

Appeal of Jack Cann, Housing Justice Center, Representing Tenant,

Angela Wilhight, to a Rent Stabilization Determination at 261 FIFTH

STREET EAST, UNIT #604.

Sponsors:

Noecker

Attachments:

1042 Loeb St.appeal.10-11-22

1042 Loeb St.photos 7-13-22

1042 Loeb St.Street View 10-25-22.pdf

1046 Loeb St - Google Maps.pdf

1046 Loeb St - Aerial Map.pdf

1042 Loeb St.Anderkay Ltr.10-28-22

RLH RR 22-66

Review Request for a potential stay of enforcement of demolition of Rachel

Mach, on behalf of Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC, for property at 1722

REANEY AVENUE.

Sponsors:

Prince

Attachments:

1722 Reaney Ave.Mach Email letter 10-26-22.pdf

RLH RR 22-19

Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 694

SHERBURNE AVENUE within fifteen (15) days after the May 25, 2022,

City Council Public Hearing. (Amend to grant 180 days)

Sponsors:

Thao

RLH VBR

22-52

Appeal of John Starr to a Vacant Building Registration Notice at 568

SMITH AVENUE SOUTH.

Sponsors:

Noecker

Attachments:

568 Smith Ave S.appeal.10-7-22

568 Smith Ave S.vacate order 8-15-22

568 Smith Ave S.Deficiency List 7-1-22

568 Smith Ave S.Photo 9-22-22

568 Smith Ave S.Starr Ltr.10-28-22

568 Smith Ave S.Starr Revised Ltr.11-7-22.doc

ADJOURNMENT

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public hearing items in writing or via voicemail. Any comments and materials submitted by

12:00 pm of the day before the meeting will be attached to the public record and available for

review by the City Council. Comments may be submitted as follows:

The public may comment on public hearing items in writing or via voicemail. Any comments and

materials submitted by 12:00 pm of the day before the meeting will be attached to the public

record and available for review by the City Council. Comments may be submitted as follows:

Written public comment on public hearing items can be submitted to

Contact-Council@ci.stpaul.mn.us, CouncilHearing@ci.stpaul.mn.us, or by voicemail at

651-266-6805. Live testimony will be taken in person in the Council Chambers, and by

telephone by registering to speak by noon on the day before the meeting. The registration link

is located on the City Council website at www.stpaul.gov/council or

https://forms.office.com/g/TD3xN7WHy5.

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