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Meeting Agenda  
City Council  
651-266-8560  
Council President Amy Brendmoen  
Councilmember Mitra Jalali  
Councilmember Rebecca Noecker  
Councilmember Jane L. Prince  
Councilmember Dai Thao  
Councilmember Chris Tolbert  
Councilmember Nelsie Yang  
Wednesday, April 13, 2022  
ROLL CALL  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers - 3rd Floor  
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE  
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.  
1
Acknowledging a public purpose of user participation in the co-design of  
City services and technical solutions and granting permission to the Office  
of Technology and Communication to spend city funds as an incentive and  
to compensate participants in the user experience research and usability  
testing.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen and Thao  
Attachments:  
2
Authorizing the Police Department to enter into an agreement with the  
Saint Paul Public Housing Agency for the collaborative A Community  
Outreach Program (ACOP), that includes an indemnification clause.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
3
4
Approving and authorizing subordination of a STAR loan made to Jobs  
Foundation dba Tech Dump & Tech Discounts (“Borrower”).  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Accepting the gift of travel expenses, lodging, and conference costs, not to  
exceed $1400, from the Minnesota Chapter of WTS International for City  
staff to attend the 2022 WTS International Annual Conference in Seattle,  
Washington.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
5
Authorizing the use of Neighborhood STAR program funds for replacement  
of Fire Department radios in all wards.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
6
7
Authorizing the Fire Department to pay for costs incurred to host a  
collaborative meeting with the citywide optimal response team and our  
community service providers.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Preliminary Order setting the date of Public Hearing for May 18, 2022, to  
consider approval of the Ramsey County project to improve Cleveland  
Avenue from Como Avenue to Larpenteur Avenue. The only special  
assessments will be for private sanitary sewer service repairs or  
replacements requested by property owners (Project No. 19258C,  
Assessment No. 226002).  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
8
Authorizing the Department of Planning and Economic Development to  
apply to the Metropolitan Council for Tax Base Revitalization Account fund  
for a project at 115 Plato Boulevard.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
9
Authorizing the City to apply to the Minnesota Department of Employment  
and Economic Development for Contamination Cleanup Grant funding for  
projects at 540 Broadway Street and 115 Plato Boulevard.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
10  
Approving the release of an easement for slopes, cuts and fill over Lots 25,  
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, Block 6, Summit Park Addition.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
11  
12  
Accepting the gift of the costs of travel, food, and lodging from Global  
Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), so that Russ Stark  
attends the GCoM USA Networking Event Workshop at Kansas City (KC)  
Climate Week, between April 6th and 9th, 2022.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with Apple for use of their  
business manager and volume purchase programs.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
13  
Approving a Liquor Off Sale license to PZA II LLC d/b/a Vineria Cossetta  
(License ID #20150002722) for the premises located at 211 Seventh  
Street West.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
14  
Approving the minutes of the Saint Paul City Council meetings of July 7,  
14, 21, and 28, 2021.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
15  
16  
Establishing the rate of pay for Human Rights and Labor Standards  
Supervisor.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Saint Paul  
and AFSCME Clerical, Local 2508 for the purpose of establishing tuition  
assistance, uniform allowance and eligibility for consideration for  
scholarship grants provided grants are funded for Saint Paul Police  
Department Community Engagement Cadets.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
FOR DISCUSSION  
17  
Adopting the 2022 Community-First Public Safety City Council Fund Grant  
Awards.  
Sponsors:  
Jalali, Brendmoen and Yang  
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 Legal Ledger. Public hearings on ordinances are held at the second reading.  
Final Adoption  
18  
Creating Chapter 134A of the Legislative Code (Title XII) pertaining to  
small wireless facilities.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
See below for ways to testify.  
19  
Granting the application of Nimco Ltd. to rezone property at 597 7th St E  
from I1 light industrial to T2 traditional neighborhood and amending  
Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the zoning map.  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
20  
Final Order approving the reconstruction of streets in the 2022 Saint Paul  
Streets Program (2022 SPS).  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
21  
Ratifying the assessment for the 2021 Street Maintenance Service  
Program-Sealcoating Street and/or Alley. (File No. 215600, Assessment  
No. 215600)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
22  
Considering and adopting the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and  
Recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge, and request of the  
Department of Safety and Inspections for imposition of $500 matrix penalty  
against the Cigarette/Tobacco - Product Shop license held by Reemo  
Corp., d/b/a Rice Street Tobacco, at 1196 Rice Street.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
23  
Approving the application of Los Campeones Gym (Benjamin Loehrer) &  
Collaposing Sun (Dave Sikorski) for a sound level variance in order to  
present amplified sound on June 11, 2022 at 155 Eaton St.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
24  
Approving the applications of the Minnesota United FC for sound level  
variance applications in order to present amplified sound on May 7, 2022,  
May 18, 2022, and May 28, 2022 within the street and the beer garden  
area at Allianz Field - 400 Snelling Ave. N.  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
25  
26  
Authorizing an increase in the Department of Parks and Recreation Grant  
Fund in the amount of $25,000 to reflect funds received from the Minnesota  
State Arts Board, and entering into a grant agreement which includes an  
indemnification clause.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the Police Department to accept and amend the 2022 Special  
Fund Budget for the State of Minnesota, Department of Public Safety,  
National Forensic Sciences Improvement program for fiscal year 2022.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
27  
Approving adverse action against the Cigarette/Tobacco License held by  
Narjis LLC, d/b/a East Side Grocery, at 1340 Payne Avenue.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
28  
29  
Approving the adoption of a first amendment to the Tax Increment  
Financing Plan for the Pioneer Endicott Redevelopment Tax Increment  
Financing District.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Amending the City’s Capital Budget and approving a second amendment  
to the funding agreement with the Housing and Redevelopment Authority  
for the Snelling Midway Redevelopment Site; executing a public  
infrastructure funding agreement with MUSC Holdings, LLC and Minnesota  
United Soccer Club, LLC; and executing lease extension option  
instruments with the Metropolitan Council, MUSC Holdings, LLC, and  
Minnesota United Soccer Club, LLC.  
Sponsors:  
Thao, Jalali, Brendmoen, Prince, Tolbert and Yang  
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.  
30  
Appeal of Nicholas Gibbs to a Vacant Building Registration Requirement  
at 1372 PACIFIC STREET.  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
RLH CO 22-1 Appeal of John Lorenz to a Correction Order at 2099 SCENIC PLACE.  
31  
32  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
Appeal of Lakisha Carpenter, Tenant, to a Notice of Condemnation Unfit  
for Human Habitation and Order to Vacate at 1842 STILLWATER  
AVENUE.  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
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