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City of Saint Paul  
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, October 11, 2023  
ROLL CALL  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers - 3rd Floor  
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE  
Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 188 Acker  
Street East a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public hearings  
will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)  
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Sponsors:  
Balenger  
Attachments:  
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.  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Vacant Building Registration  
fees billed during July 13, 2022 to May 18, 2023 and setting date of Legislative  
Hearing for November 7, 2023 and City Council public hearing for January 24,  
2024 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File  
No. VB2402, Assessment No. 248801)  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Securing and/or Emergency Boarding  
services during June 2023 and setting date of Legislative Hearing for November  
7, 2023 and City Council public hearing for January 24, 2024 to consider and  
levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2402B,  
Assessment No. 248101)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Fire Certificate of  
Occupancy fees billed during April 11 to June 22, 2023 and setting date of  
Legislative Hearing for November 7, 2023 and City Council public hearing for  
January 24, 2024 to consider and levy the assessments against individual  
properties. (File No. CRT2401, Assessment No. 248200)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Excessive Use of Inspection or  
Abatement services billed during April 24 to May 19, 2023 and setting date of  
Legislative Hearing for November 7, 2023 and City Council public hearing for  
January 24, 2024 to consider and levy the assessments against individual  
properties. (File No. J2402E, Assessment No. 248301)  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Graffiti Removal services during July 11 to  
20, 2023 and setting date of Legislative Hearing for November 7, 2023 and City  
Council public hearing for January 24, 2024 to consider and levy the  
assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2402P, Assessment No.  
248401)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Removal of Diseased and/or Dangerous  
Tree services during June to August 2023 and setting date of Legislative  
Hearing for November 7, 2023 and City Council public hearing for January 24,  
2024 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File  
No. 2401T, Assessment No. 249000)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving a Liquor On Sale - 101 -180 Seats and a Liquor On Sale-Sunday  
license for JED Inc., d/b/a La Cucaracha (License ID 20230001446) for the  
premises located at 36 Dale Street South.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving adverse action against the Tobacco Shop license held by Northern  
Tier Retail, LLC d/b/a Speedway #4419 (License ID #20100004253) for the  
premises located at 925 Grand Avenue.  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Gaohuacua Goldy Moua to the Business  
Review Council.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the Mayor’s appointments of Cadence Lee and Aaronn Woods to the  
Mayor’s Advisory Committee on People with Disabilities.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Liz Xiong to the Public Housing Agency  
(PHA).  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the Mayor's appointment of Ololade Ariremako to the Police Civilian  
Internal Affairs Review Commission.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Josiah Hunt and reappointment of  
Michelle Furrer to serve on the Our Fair Carousel Board of Directors.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Gloria Contreras Edin to the Capitol Area  
Vitality Task Force.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the Mayor’s appointments of Alaina Gall, Meghan Redmond, Teisha  
Magee, and Mary Jean Mulherin toꢀtheꢀAdvisoryꢀCommitteeꢀonꢀAging.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the Collective Bargaining Agreement (January 1, 2023 - December  
31, 2025) between the City of Saint Paul and the Classified Confidential  
Employees Association.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Saint Paul and  
AFSCME Clerical, Local 2508 in order to provide a shoe allowance for  
Zookeepers at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the Police Department to enter into an agreement with Ramsey  
County to provide services with funding from a Miscellaneous Funding 2022  
Byrne Justice Assistance Grant from the Minnesota Department of Public  
Safety.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the Use of Grant Funds through the Ward 6 Neighborhood STAR  
Year-Round Program for the St. Paul Parks Conservancy.  
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Sponsors:  
Yang  
Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Saint Paul and  
AFSCME Technical, Local 1842, to amend the 2023 - 2025 Labor Agreement  
for the purpose of correcting uniform reimbursement amounts.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Authorizing use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the Landmark Towers  
Project at 345 St. Peter Street. (District 17, Ward 2)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Jacy Johnson Becker to the Planning  
Commission.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Kelly Yang and Mary Yang to the Saint  
Paul Climate Justice Advisory Board.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
FOR DISCUSSION  
Recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  
Prince, Yang, Noecker, Brendmoen, Jalali, Tolbert and Balenger  
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Sponsors:  
Approving adverse action against the Tobacco Shop license held by River  
Spirits, LLC d/b/a Liquor Village (License ID# 20120000541) for the premises  
located at 2289 Ford Parkway. (Licensee will speak to Council on his own  
behalf)  
Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
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 second  
reading.  
Final Adoption  
Amending Legislative Code Chapter 63 pertaining to off-street parking facility  
standards and design.  
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Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
Granting the application of York Avenue Land Development LLC to rezone  
property at 1500 and 1510 York Avenue from a combination of R4 one-family  
residential & RM2 multiple-family residential to all RM2, and amending Chapter  
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60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the zoning map.  
Yang  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
Amending the Zoning Map and specific sections of the Legislative Code  
pertaining to zoning regulations to promote the production of 1-6 unit residential  
housing options as recommended in Phase 2 of the 1-4 Unit Housing Study and  
amending additional Legislative Code sections that regulate those aspects of  
property maintenance associated with 1-6 unit housing.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
First Reading  
Amending Section 220.05 of the Legislative Code to set rates for base level  
garbage service to be effective January 1, 2024.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Granting the application of 2285 Hampden LLC to rezone property at 2285  
Hampden Avenue from I1 light industrial to IT transitional industrial and  
amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the zoning map.  
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Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways to  
testify.  
Amending Chapter 233 of the Legislative Code pertaining to Earned Sick and  
Safe Time, to bring Saint Paul’s ordinance into alignment with the State of  
Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time law.  
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Sponsors:  
Yang, Tolbert, Brendmoen, Balenger, Jalali and Noecker  
Attachments:  
Establishing the Water Charges for 2024.  
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Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for benefits, costs, and expenses for the  
Grand/Snelling parking lot operation and maintenance costs for 2024. (File No.  
18746-23, Assessment No. 237202)  
Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessment for Minnesota Street from Kellogg to Sixth Street  
paving and lighting project constructed as part of the 2023 Street Paving  
Program (SPS). (File No. 19261, Assessment No. 235200)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessment for Repair of Sanitary Sewer Line on private property  
at 944 Cromwell Ave. (File No. SWRP2303A, Assessment No. 233003)  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessment for Annapolis Street from Smith to Humboldt (Phase  
I, Part A) paving and lighting project constructed as part of the 2023 Street  
Paving Program (SPS). (File No. 19249, Assessment No. 235201)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Amending the 2023 spending budget in the Department of Public Works  
Sewers Utility Fund Major Sewer Service Obligations accounting unit for the  
financing of the Ford Site Central Stormwater Utility and related facilities (as  
well as updating related sources on the Mississippi River Boulevard Crossing  
project, also commonly referred to as the Hidden Falls Connection and the  
MRB Crossing project).  
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Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
Approving the application of Anderson Race Management for a sound level  
variance in order to present amplified sound on November 4, 2023 at Harriet  
Island - 200 Dr Justus Ohage Boulevard.  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving the application of Church of the Holy Childhood for a sound level  
variance in order to present live amplified sound on October 14, 2023 at 1435  
Midway Parkway - Church of the Holy Childhood.  
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Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
Approving the request of District Energy St. Paul, Inc. to amend District Cooling  
rates for fiscal year 2024.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the request of District Energy St. Paul, Inc. to amend District Heating  
rates for fiscal year 2024.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
LEGISLATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION ITEM  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1985  
MINNEHAHA AVENUE EAST. (File No. J2313A, Assessment No. 238512)  
(Public hearing closed and laid over from April 12, 2023)  
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Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
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.  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1019 BEECH  
STREET. (File No. J2307E2, Assessment No. 238321)  
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Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1030 BEECH  
STREET. (File No. J2306E1, Assessment No. 238316)  
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Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Anna Smith to a Revocation of Fire Certificate of Occupancy and  
Order to Vacate at 1271 EDGERTON STREET.  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 381 FRY  
STREET. (File No. J2324A1, Assessment No. 238540)  
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Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Heather Corland to a Rent Stabilization Determination at 475 GRIGGS  
STREET SOUTH. Apt, 2.  
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Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Paul Busch to a Notice to Cut Tall Grass and/or Weeds at 1523  
LAUREL AVENUE.  
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Sponsors:  
Balenger  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 947  
MINNEHAHA AVENUE EAST. (File No. VB2311, Assessment No. 238814)  
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Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 828 MOUND  
STREET. (File No. J2317A1, Assessment No. 238535  
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Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
Fourth Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 595  
PARK STREET in Council File RLH RR 23-12. (Public hearing continued to  
October 4, 2023)  
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Sponsors:  
Balenger  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Allison Kirwin to a Vacant Building Registration Requirement at 433  
ROBERT STREET SOUTH.  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 615  
UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST. (File No. J2307P, Assessment No. 238406)  
Sponsors:  
Balenger  
Attachments:  
Second Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 1941  
UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST in Council File RLH RR 23-6. (Amend to grant 90  
days)  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 132 WESTERN  
AVENUE SOUTH. (File No. J2305C, Assessment No. 232004)  
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Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 556  
WHEELOCK PARKWAY EAST. (File No. CRT2310, Assessment No. 238209)  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Collection of Vacant Building Registration fees  
billed during December 7 to March 20, 2023. (File No. VB2311, Assessment No.  
238814)  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Securing and/or Emergency Boarding services  
during April 2023. (File No. J2311B, Assessment No. 238112)  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Demolition services from January to May 2023.  
(File No. J2304C, Assessment No. 232003)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Demolition services from February to March  
2023 (C.D.B.G. Funds). (File No. J2305C, Assessment No. 232004)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Collection of Fire Certificate of Occupancy fees  
billed during March 7 to April 1, 2023. (File No. CRT2310, Assessment No.  
238209)  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Excessive Use of Inspection or Abatement  
services billed during February 21 to March 21, 2023. (File No. J2311E,  
Assessment No. 238319)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Graffiti Removal services during April 3 to May 3,  
2023. (File No. J2307P, Assessment No. 238406)  
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Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Diseased Tree Removal service during May  
2023 at 1636 MACKUBIN STREET. (File No. 2309T, Assessment No. 239008)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Towing of Abandoned Vehicle(s) services during  
January to May 2023. (File No. J2302V, Assessment No. 238002)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
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:  
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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  
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