City Hall and Court House  
15 West Kellogg  
Boulevard  
City of Saint Paul  
Council Chambers - 3rd  
Floor  
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, June 1, 2022  
ROLL CALL  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers - 3rd Floor  
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE  
1
Designating Stacy Murphy, Assistant Chief of Police as an authorized  
signer for the City of Saint Paul Police Department pursuant to Sec. 86.01  
of the Saint Paul Administrative Code.  
2
Amending the 2022 spending budget in the Department of Public Works  
Engineering Fund Technical Services accounting unit.  
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.  
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Approving the appointment of Christian Deloia as Interim Director of the  
Department of Technology and Communications, effective May 7, 2022.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the appointment of Angie Wiese as Director of the Department  
of Safety and Inspections, effective May 23, 2022.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the appointment of Jeremy Ellison as Interim Chief of the Police  
Department, effective June 1, 2022.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Approving the appointment of Andy Rodriguez as Director of the  
Department of Parks and Recreation, effective June 4, 2022.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
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Authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with Ramsey County for the  
reconstruction of the traffic signal at the intersection of Randolph Avenue  
and Victoria Street.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the City to enter into Agreement No.1050466 with the  
Minnesota Department of Transportation to accept federal aid in  
connection with the Eastbound Kellogg Bridge at RiverCentre Project.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
Authorizing and approving a joint powers agreement between the City of  
Saint Paul and Saint Paul Public Housing Agency regarding compliance  
review for the Parkway Apartments project that received City of Saint Paul  
and/or Housing and Redevelopment Authority funding and Saint Paul  
Housing Agency project based voucher funding. (Districts 2, Ward 7)  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Attachments:  
10  
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a  
management agreement with Keystone Community Services for the  
management of the West Seventh Community Center.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
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12  
Authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to apply for an  
annual Urban Area Security Initiative grant from Federal Emergency  
Management Agency (FEMA)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to apply for a  
dedicated Community Oriented Policing Services grant from U.S.  
Department of Justice in the amount of $2,000,000.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
13  
Approving the Collective Bargaining Agreement (January 1, 2021 -  
December 31, 2022) and Memorandum of Agreement between the City of  
Saint Paul and the International Association of Fire Fighters AFL-CIO  
Local 21.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
14  
Approving the Maintenance Labor Agreement (May 1, 2022 - April 30,  
2025) between the City of Saint Paul and the Operative Plasterers and  
Cement Masons International Association, Local 633.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
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16  
Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the 2022 Wage and Fringe  
Adjustment (June 1, 2022) for the Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No. 417 (To  
be laid over one week for adoption)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the Maintenance Labor Agreement (May 1, 2022 - April 30,  
2025) between the City of Saint Paul and the Bricklayers and Allied  
Craftworkers Local Union 1 Minnesota/North Dakota. (To be laid over one  
week for adoption.)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
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Approving the use of Grant Funds through the Ward 6 Neighborhood Star  
Year-Round Program for Barnwirth, LLC and the District 2 Community  
Council.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Approving the use of grant funds through the Ward 7 Neighborhood Star  
Year-Round Program for Barnwirth, LLC and the Parks & Recreation  
Department in partnership with the Southeast Community Organization.  
Sponsors:  
Prince  
Approving the use of grant funds through the Ward 2 Neighborhood STAR  
Year-Round program for The Buttered Tin and the Saint Paul Parks  
Conservancy.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Approving the minutes of the Saint Paul City Council meetings of  
September 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2021.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
21  
Approving the settlement between Daija Braylock and the City of Saint  
Paul.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
FOR DISCUSSION  
22  
Amending the 2040 Comprehensive Plan to allow for larger block sizes in  
industrial development and redevelopment. (Public hearing closed on May  
25.)  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
23  
Adopting the Hillcrest Rezoning Study amendments to Chapter 60 of the  
Legislative Code pertaining to the Zoning Map.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
24  
Adopting the Hillcrest Zoning Code Study amendments to Chapters 64 and  
66 of the Legislative Code.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
Adopting the Hillcrest Master Plan.  
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Sponsors:  
Yang  
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  
(See ordinances Ord 22-24 and Ord 22-25 under Discussion)  
First Reading  
26  
Amending Section 409.07 of the Legislative Code to allow Sunday sales in  
micro-distilleries.  
Sponsors:  
Prince and Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
27  
Amending Chapter 2.02 of the Administrative Code pertaining to the duties  
of the Office of Financial Empowerment; authorizing support for early  
learning  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
See below for ways to testify.  
28  
Approving an interim ordinance requesting a Planning Commission study  
to undertake a zoning study of non-conventional residential housing unit  
products.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker, Jalali, Brendmoen, Yang, Thao and Tolbert  
Attachments:  
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30  
Approving the petition of Kevin Vu to vacate the north-south alley in Block  
4, the Strand Addition. (Petitioner requests this to be withdrawn.)  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the Police Department to accept and amend the 2022 budget  
and activity for donations of $21,526.05 and $9,000.00 from the Saint Paul  
Police Foundation.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
31  
Amending the 2022 Saint Paul Regional Water Services budget resulting  
in an increase of $197,000 in spending and financing for certain 2021  
Professional Services Agreements and the 2021 PFA Grant for Lead  
Service Line Replacement program.  
Sponsors:  
Yang  
Attachments:  
32  
Amending the 2022 Saint Paul Regional Water Services budget resulting  
in an increase in spending and financing in the amount of $58,000,000 for  
updated estimates for the McCarron’s Treatment Plant Improvement  
Project.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
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34  
Amending the 2022 Saint Paul Regional Water Services budget resulting  
in an increase in spending and financing of $4M for a pass-through grant in  
American Rescue Plan funds.  
Sponsors:  
Brendmoen  
Attachments:  
Approving the application of The Center for Irish Music for a sound level  
variance in order to present amplified sound on June 10 and 11, 2022 at  
836 Prior Avenue North - Celtic Junction Arts Center.  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
35  
Approving the application of the Minnesota United FC for a sound level  
variance in order to present amplified sound on June 11 2022 within the  
Street and the Beer Garden Area at Allianz Field - 400 Snelling Avenue  
North.  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
36  
Approving the request for sound level variances for S.J. Louis Trenchless  
to allow for multiple cure-in-place sewer liner projects at four (4) locations  
(Lexington Parkway North from University Avenue to Fuller Avenue,  
Darlene Street from Hoyt Avenue to Larpenteur Avenue, Energy Park Road  
at Intercampus Transitway, and Palace Avenue from Macalester Street to  
Snelling Avenue South) in the month of June 2022.  
Sponsors:  
Thao  
Attachments:  
37  
Approving the application of RJMP Group Inc for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on June 5, 2022 at Billy's on Grand, 857  
Grand Avenue.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
38  
Approving the application of The Lab LLC for a sound level variance in  
order to present amplified sound on June 18, 2022 at The Shed at The  
Lab, 767 Eustis Street North.  
Sponsors:  
Jalali  
Attachments:  
39  
Approving the Highland Bridge 4th Addition Rowhome final (combined)  
plat.  
Sponsors:  
Tolbert  
Attachments:  
40  
Approving the project to reconstruct the Eastbound Kellogg RiverCentre  
Bridge No. 90378 and approach roadways between West 7th Street and  
Market Street, and reconstruct infrastructure located under the bridge  
including the Exchange Street viaduct from Eagle Street to Washington  
Street and Loading Dock exit road.  
Sponsors:  
Noecker  
Attachments:  
ADJOURNMENT  
City Council meetings are open for in person attendance, but the public may also 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:  
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  
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