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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 27, 2022  
ROLL CALL  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers - 3rd Floor  
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
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a  
two-year agreement with the Regents of the University of Minnesota,  
through the College of Veterinary Medicine on behalf of Como Park Zoo  
and Conservatory, for veterinary care services in the amount of up to  
$38,121 per year.  
Sponsors:  
Jalali and Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
2
Authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with AutoDesk for use of  
their AutoDesk Suite of Products.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
72 Seats  
64 seats  
3
Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and the Saint  
Paul Police Federation for the purpose of establishing an additional  
incentive of personal release time for employees who are assigned as  
Field Training Officers (FTO) during Police Department Recruit  
Academies. (To be laid over one week for adoption)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
4
5
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation, Como Park Zoo and  
Conservatory Volunteer Services, to purchase items in an amount not to  
exceed $4,000 for Volunteer Recognition events.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving a Second Hand Dealer - Motor Vehicle license to Jimmy’s Auto  
Sales LLC (License ID #20210002256) for the premises located at 1414  
Arcade Street.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
6
7
Approving a Rental Hall license to Dream Events Center LLC (License ID  
#20220000154) for the premises located at 670 Payne Avenue.  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
Approval of a Liquor On Sale - 101-180 Seats, Liquor - Outdoor Service  
Area (Sidewalk), Liquor On Sale - Sunday, and Entertainment (A) license  
to Desperate Measures LLC d/b/a Lost Fox (License ID #20220000375)  
for the premises located at 213 Fourth Street East Suite 100.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
8
9
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to purchase gift cards  
for Awakenings Program youth participants during the 2021-2022  
program.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to partner with the  
Saint Paul Parks Conservancy to submit a National Football League  
Foundation (NFL) Grassroots grant application for $250,000 for the North  
End Community Center, which requires a minimum 1:1 match satisfied by  
budgeted CIB funds for this project.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
10  
Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the 2022 Wage and Fringe  
Adjustment between the City of Saint Paul and the Electrical Workers  
Local 110. (To be laid over one week for adoption)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
11  
12  
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for up to  
$2,500 from Midwest Arts Grow, Invest, Gather (GIG) Fund, which includes  
a 100% match requirement, to support the Dayton’s Bluff Performance Art  
project.  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Waiving the 45-day notice requirement to approve an expansion of the  
existing outdoor liquor service patio area for a business with existing Malt  
On Sale (Brewery Taproom), Liquor On Sale - Sunday, Liquor-Outdoor  
Service Area (Patio), Entertainment (A) and Malt Off Sale (Brewery)  
licenses to Urban Growler Brewing CO LLC d/b/a Urban Growler Brewing  
CO (License ID # 20140000679) for the premises located at 2325  
Endicott Street Unit #11.  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
Establishing the rate of pay for Housing Team Supervisor.  
13  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
FOR DISCUSSION  
14  
Public hearing to consider the appeal of Dayton's Bluff District Council to a  
decision of the Planning Commission approving a reestablishment of  
nonconforming use for Elite Auto Sales LLC at 847 Hudson Road. (Public  
hearing closed April 20. 2022.)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
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 Legal Ledger. Public hearings on ordinances are held at the second reading.  
Final Adoption  
15  
Granting the application of Nimco Ltd. to rezone property at 597 Seventh  
Street East from I1 light industrial to T2 traditional neighborhood and  
amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the zoning  
map.  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
First Reading  
16  
Granting the application of Corporate Associated Svcs Inc to rezone the  
property at 115 Plato Boulevard West from IT transitional Industrial to T3  
traditional neighborhood and amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative  
Code pertaining to the zoning map.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
17  
Granting the application of Jeffers Pond Development Llc to rezone the  
property at 150 Water Street West from IT transitional industrial to T3  
traditional neighborhood and amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative  
Code pertaining to the zoning map.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
18  
Establishing a Qualifications and Examining Committee for the position of  
Police Chief in accordance with City Charter §12.12.1  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
See below for ways to testify.  
19  
Amending Section 160.04 of the Legislative Code to add Juneteenth to  
parking meter holidays.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
20  
Approving the application of Tawfiq Islamic Center for a sound level  
variance in order to present live amplified sound on May 1 or 2, 2022 at  
270 Lexington Parkway North - Oxford Community Center.  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
21  
22  
23  
Approving the application of ROK Eatery for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on Sundays, May 1 - September 25,  
2022 at 882 Seventh Street West - ROK Eatery.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving the application of The Lab Pilot Facility and Taproom for a  
sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on Wednesday,  
May 4, 2022 at 767 Eustis Street N. - The Lab.  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
Considering the appeal of Muna Ali to a decision by the Board of Zoning  
Appeals denying zoning variance requests to exceed the maximum 20  
square foot enclosed entrance size allowed by 48 square feet and to  
exceed the maximum allowable open covered porch projection by 8.3’ at  
664 Blair Avenue.  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
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.  
24  
Appeal of Norma Anderson and Lisa Anderson to a Summary Abatement  
Order at 888 BIRMINGHAM STREET.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
25  
Making finding on the appealed nuisance abatement ordered for 1059  
BURGESS STREET in Council File RLH SAO 22-6. (Public Hearing  
continued to April 27, 2022)  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
26  
Appeal of Victor Nenghimobo Clement to a Vacant Building Registration  
Notice at 467 IVY AVENUE EAST.  
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  
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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:  
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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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