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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 Mitra Jalali  
Councilmember Rebecca Noecker  
Councilmember Jane L. Prince  
Councilmember Dai Thao  
Councilmember Chris Tolbert  
Councilmember Nelsie Yang  
Wednesday, May 18, 2022  
ROLL CALL  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers - 3rd Floor  
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE  
1
Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 1802 Ross  
Avenue a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public  
hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
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.  
2
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to partner with Lower  
Phalen Creek Project to apply for funds of up to $50,000 from the 2022  
Neighborhood STAR program for improvements at Pig’s Eye Park. (To be  
withdrawn)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
3
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a hard  
surface futsal court, valued at $100,000, provided by the Minnesota United,  
Major-League Soccer and the US Soccer Foundation for Valley Park.  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
4
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for up to  
$20,000 from Twin Cities Public Television SciGirls East Side STEM  
Grant, for up to $2,000 per Recreation Center (El Rio, Palace, Arlington  
Hills, Dayton’s Bluff, Wilder, North Dale, Langford Park, Martin Luther King  
Center, Edgcumbe, Linwood) to implement the STEM Programming with  
Kids Grant.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
5
Authorizing the Police Department to enter into a grant agreement with the  
Office of National Drug Control Policy for the High intensity Drug Trafficking  
Areas Program (HIDTA).  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
6
7
8
9
Rescinding participation in the Accelerated Forfeiture of Tax Delinquent  
Property under the Targeted Community Revitalization and Financing  
Program.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen and Thao  
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a donation  
in the amount of $22,000 from the Midway Men's Club to support  
Recreation Center programming.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Authorizing the Police Department to submit an application for funds under  
the BJA FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Byrne Community Project Grants/Byrne  
Discretionary Grants Program.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a  
contract with Zoetis LLC to use their proprietary SARS-CoV-2  
investigational Vaccine for several of the Como Park Zoo &  
Conservatory’s mammals including big cats and great apes as protection  
against COVID-19, which includes indemnification language.  
Sponsors:  
Jalali and Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
10  
11  
Approving the agreement with Lime to provide e-scooter sharing services  
for the 2022 scooter season, with the option to renew for four additional  
one-year terms.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Authorizing agreements between the City of Saint Paul and property  
owners at the Holman Field Airport for the Police Department's use of  
commercial space for police operations.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
12  
13  
Consenting, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 24.03(A)(1)(iii), to  
Dionne Gharamu-Nrumaachi performing work on behalf of NEOO Partners  
Inc. in furtherance of the City’s Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)  
focused business technical assistance project.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Authorizing the Police Department to submit an application for funds under  
the 2022 State of Minnesota Homeland Security Program - Bomb Grant.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
14  
Approving the Maintenance Labor Agreement (May 1, 2022 - April 30,  
2025) between the City of Saint Paul and the United Association  
Pipefitters Local Union No. 455. (To be laid over one week for adoption)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
15  
16  
Authorizing the Office of Human Resources to apply for the Living Cities  
$5,000 Healing Justice Grant.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Authorizing the Office of Human Resources to apply for the Living Cities  
$10,000 Flexible Grant.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
FOR DISCUSSION  
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  
17  
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:  
18  
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:  
First Reading  
19  
Adopting the Hillcrest Rezoning Study amendments to Chapter 60 of the  
Legislative Code pertaining to the Zoning Map.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
20  
Adopting the Hillcrest Zoning Code Study amendments to Chapters 64 and  
66 of the Legislative Code.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
See below for ways to testify.  
21  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Parks  
and Recreation Capital Budget to transfer CIB funding into projects.  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
22  
Amending the financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and  
Recreation’s 2022 Capital Improvement Budget by adding a $30,000  
donation from the Trust for Public Land (TPL) to be used towards the  
Central Village Park and authorizing the Department to enter into a grant  
agreement.  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
23  
24  
Amending the financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and  
Recreation in the amount of $2,033,347 to reflect funds received from the  
Lower Phalen Creek Project for the Wakan Tipi project.  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
Authorization to apply for, and if granted, accept funds from the U.S.  
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management  
Agency (FEMA) for the Hidden Falls South Phase I project, and to  
establish a financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and  
Recreation in the amount of $942,020 to reflect the receipt of said FEMA  
funds.  
Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
25  
Amending the City's Capital Improvement Budget and Operating Budget to  
reflect the final sale details resulting from the issuance of the G.O. Various  
Purpose Bonds, Series 2022A and prepay or defease outstanding general  
obligation bonds for debt service savings.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
26  
27  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public  
Works Capital Budget to close out 2015 projects.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public  
Works Capital Budget to add Coronavirus Response and Relief  
Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) funding to the 2022  
Wabasha Street Reconstruction and Capital City Bikeway Project.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
28  
29  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public  
Works Capital Budget for multiple Public Works projects.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Final Order approving the Ramsey County project to improve Cleveland  
Avenue from Como Avenue to Larpenteur Avenue for private sanitary  
sewer service repairs or replacements requested by property owners.  
(Project No. 19258C, Assessment No. 226002).  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
30  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public  
Works Capital and Operating Budgets for the 2022 Bikeway Improvement  
Program.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
31  
32  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public  
Works Capital Budget to transfer remaining 880 bond funding into projects.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public  
Works Capital Budget to transfer Municipal State Aid balances from  
completed projects into 2022 Municipal State Aid Contingency.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
33  
34  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Public  
Works Capital Budget to add MnDOT and Saint Paul Regional Water  
funding to the Robert Street Reconstruction Project.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Approving the application of Thai Cultural Council of Minnesota for a sound  
level variance in order to present amplified sound on May 28 and 29 at 75  
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - MN State Capitol.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
35  
Approving the application of Ordway Center for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on May 31 - June 4, 2022 at Rice Park -  
345 Washington St. (Washington St. & 4th St.).  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
36  
Approving the application of Skinner’s Pub for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on Tuesdays, June 7 - September 13,  
2022 at 919 Randolph Ave - Skinner’s Pub.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
37  
Approving the application of Bridget Berigan for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on June 4, 2022 at 1424 Berkeley Ave.  
Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
38  
Approving the application of Safe Passage for Children for a sound level  
variance in order to present amplified sound on June 4, 2022 at Highland  
Park Picnic Shelter - 1200 Montreal Ave.  
Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
39  
Approving the application of Saints Baseball for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on June 3, 2022 at 360 Broadway St. -  
CHS Field.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
40  
Approving the temporary installation of artwork in the public right-of-way on  
the Jackson Street skyway windows between the Jackson Street Ramp  
and the 180 East 5th Street building.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
41  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department in the  
amount of the $15,141.34 for the Minnesota Task Force One (MNTF1)  
team reimbursement from the City of Edina.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
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.  
42  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1069  
BEECH STREET. (File No. VB2208, Assessment No. 228807) (Public  
hearing continued to June 22, 2022)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
43  
Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 939  
CHARLES AVENUE within fifteen (15) days after the December 22, 2021,  
City Council Public Hearing. (Amend to grant 180 days)  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
44  
45  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 706  
CONWAY STREET. (File No. VB2208, Assessment No. 228807)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 113 COOK  
AVENUE WEST. (File No. J2208E, Assessment No. 228307) (Public  
hearing continued to October 5, 2022)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
46  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1010  
EDGERTON STREET. (File No. VB2208, Assessment No. 228807)  
(Amend to reduce)  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
47  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1654  
EDMUND AVENUE. (File No. J2208B, Assessment No. 228107)  
(Legislative Hearing on May 17, 2022)  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
48  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1597  
HAZELWOOD STREET. (File No. J2208E, Assessment No. 228307)  
(Public hearing continued to October 12, 2022)  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
49  
50  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 88 KING  
STREET WEST. (File No. VB2208, Assessment No. 228807)  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 310  
LAWSON AVENUE EAST. (File No. J2208E, Assessment No. 228307)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
51  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1672  
MANTON STREET. (File No. J2208E, Assessment No. 228307) (Public  
hearing continued to September 14, 2022)  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
52  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1757  
MINNEHAHA AVENUE EAST. (File No. J2208E, Assessment No.  
228307)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
53  
54  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1865 OLD  
HUDSON ROAD. (File No. VB2208, Assessment No. 228807)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1880 OLD  
HUDSON ROAD. (File No. J2206E1, Assessment No. 228312)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
55  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1880 OLD  
HUDSON ROAD. (File No. J2208E, Assessment No. 228307)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
56  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1530  
SHERWOOD AVENUE (1400 PROSPERITY AVENUE). (File No.  
J2208E, Assessment No. 228307)  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
57  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 871  
SNELLING AVENUE NORTH. (File No. J2208B, Assessment No.  
228107)  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
58  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 398  
TOTEM ROAD. (File No. VB2208, Assessment No. 228807)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
59  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1491  
UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST. (File No. J2206P, Assessment No.  
228405)  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
60  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 427  
WHITALL STREET. (File No. J2208E, Assessment No. 228307)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
61  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 427  
WHITALL STREET. (File No. J2207E1, Assessment No. 228315)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
62  
63  
Ratifying the assessments for Collection of Vacant Building Registration  
fees billed during July 21 to November 12, 2021. (File No. VB2208,  
Assessment No. 228807)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Securing and/or Emergency Boarding during  
December 2021. (File No. J2208B, Assessment No. 228107)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
64  
65  
Ratifying the assessments for Demolition service from December 2021 at  
2062 Como Avenue. (File No. J2203C, Assessment No. 222002)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Ratifying the assessments for Excessive Use of Inspection or Abatement  
services billed during October 22 to November 19, 2021. (File No.  
J2208E, Assessment No. 228307)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
66  
Ratifying the assessments for Graffiti Removal services during December  
9 to January 13, 2022. (File No. J2206P, Assessment No. 228405)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
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