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Council Chambers - 3rd

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City of Saint Paul

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Meeting Minutes - Action Only

City Council

Council President Amy Brendmoen

Councilmember Russel Balenger

Councilmember Mitra Jalali

Councilmember Rebecca Noecker

Councilmember Jane L. Prince

Councilmember Chris Tolbert

Councilmember Nelsie Yang

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

ROLL CALL

3:30 PM

Council Chambers - 3rd Floor

Meeting started at 3:31 PM

7 -

Present

Councilmember Amy Brendmoen, Councilmember Chris Tolbert,

Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, Councilmember Jane L. Prince,

Councilmember Mitra Jalali, Councilmember Nelsie Yang and

Councilmember Russel Balenger

COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE

Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 455 Robert

Street South a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public

hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)

CO 23-21

Received and Filed

Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 792 Rose

Avenue East a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public

hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)

CO 23-22

Received and Filed

Amending the 2023 spending budget in the Department of Public Works

Snelling Midway Redevelopment accounting unit.

AO 23-48

Received and Filed

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.

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Consent Agenda adopted

7 -

Yea:

Nay:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Accepting a sanitary sewer easement from 2315 Highland Parkway LLC,

Paster Doneda LLC, and Doneda Apartments LLC in conjunction with the

redevelopment of property in the Highland Park community by Paster

Properties.

RES 23-387

RES 23-599

Adopted

Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to be named as a

Co-Applicant of Saint Paul Public Schools application to the Minnesota

Department of Education, and if awarded, accept funds from Saint Paul

Public Schools for the Flipside After School Program for Middle School aged

youth, in an amount of up to $7,500,000 for September 1, 2023-August 31,

2026.

Adopted

Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept donations of

cookies from Girl Scouts, River Valleys, to be enjoyed by Recreation Center

patrons.

RES 23-601

Adopted

Authorizing the appropriate personnel to enter into MnDOT Detour Agreement

No. 1051906 for the Trunk Highway 5 (East 7th and Minnehaha Ave.) project.

RES 23-608

RES 23-612

Adopted

Approving assessment costs and setting date of City Council public hearing to

ratify the assessment for installation of a fire protection system requested by

John Rupp at 79 Western Avenue North. (Project No. FP2021-05,

Assessment No. 217104).

Adopted

Approving assessment costs and setting date of City Council public hearing to

ratify the assessment for installation of a fire protection system requested by

Nou Vang and Toua Xiong for specially assessing the costs of a fire protection

system at 1079 Rice Street. (Project No. FP2021-04, Assessment No.

217103).

RES 23-614

RES 23-617

Adopted

Approving the addition of an Entertainment (A) license to the existing Malt On

Sale (Brewery Taproom), Liquor On Sale-Sunday, Malt Off Sale (Brewery)

and Malt Off Sale (Small Brewery - 128 oz) licenses held by Gambit Brewing

Co., LLC d/b/a Gambit Brewing Co. (License ID #20220001740) for the

premises located at 141- 4th Street East, Suite LL2.

Adopted

Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the 2023 Wage and Fringe

Adjustment between the City and the Operative Plasterers and Cement

Masons International Association, Local No. 633.

RES 23-618

RES 23-619

RES 23-621

Laid over to May 3, 2023

Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the 2023 Wage and Fringe

Adjustment between the City and the International Association of Sheet Metal,

Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Local 10.

Laid over to May 3, 2023

Approving adverse action against the Second-Hand Dealer (Comp/Elec)

license application submitted by Angkor Phone Trader, LLC d/b/a Angkor

Trader (License ID# 20220001362) for the premises located at 422 University

Avenue West, Unit 4.

Adopted

Approving adverse action against the Liquor On Sale-100 seats or less and

the Liquor On Sale-Sunday license applications submitted by Fasika, Inc.

d/b/a Fasika Ethiopian Restaurant (License ID# 20010000419) for the

premises located at 510 Snelling Avenue North.

RES 23-623

Adopted

Approving adverse action against the Auto Repair Garage license held by

Pronto Auto Repair, Inc. d/b/a Pronto Auto Repair (License ID #20130001947)

for the premises located at 1054 Payne Avenue.

RES 23-624

RES 23-628

Adopted

Authorizing the City to transfer $2,222,897 of American Rescue Plan funds

from the 30% AMI Deeply Affordable Housing account to a specific account for

the Farwell Yards project.

Adopted

Approving Ordinance Permit 20220010601 for Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure

Installed by Alliant Engineering, Inc. for Pulte Model Homes.

RES 23-629

RES 23-630

RES 23-634

Adopted

Authorizing use of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the Plato Apartments

at Farwell Yards Project at 115 Plato Boulevard West (District 3, Ward 2).

Adopted

Authorizing the City to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement, on behalf of the

Police Department, with the State of Minnesota, on behalf of the Bureau of

Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to participate as a member of the MN Financial

Crimes Task Force.

Adopted

Approving the application with no new conditions added, per the Legislative

Hearing Officer, for University of Saint Thomas (License ID # 20110002908),

RES 23-635

d/b/a same, to apply for an Expansion of Service Area for the Liquor On Sale -

291 or more Seats licenses located at 2115 Summit Avenue.

Adopted

Approving a Liquor On Sale-181-290 Seats, a Liquor On Sale-Sunday, a

Liquor On Sale-2AM Closing, an Entertainment (B) and a Gambling Location

license to Lennon Enterprise, Inc. d/b/a Half Time Rec (License ID

#20230000324) for the premises located at 1013 Front Avenue.

RES 23-639

RES 23-644

Adopted

Reciting a proposal for a Housing Finance Program for a multifamily rental

housing development, approving the project and the program pursuant to

Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C, authorizing the Housing and

Redevelopment Authority to issue conduit multifamily housing revenue

obligations and authorizing the preparation of necessary documents and

materials in connection with said project and program, Farwell Yards Project

to be located at 115 Plato Boulevard West (District 3, Ward 2).

Adopted

Authorizing the Office of Financial Services to apply for grant funds of $50,000

from the Public Finance Initiative to advance racial equity work in public

finance.

RES 23-653

Adopted

Approving the minutes of the Saint Paul City Council meetings of May 4, 11,

18, and 25, 2022.

Min 23-20

Adopted

Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the 2023 Wage and Fringe

Adjustment between the City and the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

Local Union 1 Minnesota/North Dakota.

RES 23-527

Adopted

Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the 2023 Wage and Fringe

Adjustment between the City and the United Association of Pipefitters Local

No. 455.

RES 23-572

Adopted

FOR DISCUSSION

Approving the application with conditions, per the Legislative Hearing Officer

for Clairview Holdings LLC (License ID #19980003516), d/b/a Groveland Tap,

located at 1834 St. Clair Avenue, to add a new Liquor Outdoor Service Area

(Patio) and expand the indoor On-Sale Liquor Service Area licenses to the

existing Malt On-Sale Strong and Wine On-Sale licenses. (amended and laid

over from April 19, 2023)

RES 23-536

Adopted

7 -

Yea:

Nay:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Approving adverse action against the Cigarette/Tobacco License held by KMH

Retail LLC d/b/a Mini Pac (License ID# 20210000750), at 1184 Maryland

Avenue East. (Licensee’s Attorney will speak to City Council on licensee’s

behalf) (laid over from April 26, 2023)

RES 23-566

Laid over to May 3, 2023 (Item was initially adopted but then reconsidered later

in the meeting for the layover)

7 -

Yea:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Nay:

Approving adverse action against the Tobacco Shop License held by

Mohammed Ibrahim & Ali Abdullane d/b/a Annapolis Super USA #002 (License

ID# 20160003307), at 1333 Thomas Avenue. (Licensee will speak to Council

on his own behalf) (Laid over from April 26, 2023)

RES 23-591

Laid over to May 3, 2023

7 -

Yea:

Nay:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

SUSPENSION ITEM

Authorizing the proper City Staff to execute the contract for collection of

recyclables from residential properties and municipal facilities with

Neighborhood Recycling Corp. d/b/a Eureka Recycling.

RES 23-647

Laid over to May 10, 2023

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.

First Reading

Granting the application of Lucky 888 LLC to rezone property at

1416-1418 Grand Avenue from OS office-service to T2

traditional neighborhood and amending Chapter 60 of the

Legislative Code pertaining to the zoning map.

Ord 23-21

Laid over to May 3, 2023 for Second Reading

7 -

Yea:

Nay:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways

to testify.

Amending Chapter 225 of the Legislative Code relating to weapons.

Ord 23-22

Laid over to May 3, 2023 for Final Adoption

7 -

Yea:

Nay:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Authorizing the City on behalf of the Police Department to accept and amend

the Special Fund for $34,865 in funds from the Minnesota Department of

Public Safety for the 2023 Pathways to Policing grant.

RES PH 23-97

Adopted

7 -

Yea:

Nay:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Amending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department in the

amount of $115,850.04 for the Minnesota Task Force One (MNTF1)

reimbursement from the City of Edina.

RES PH 23-81

RES PH 23-90

RES PH 23-92

Adopted

7 -

Yea:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Nay:

Approving the application of Dual Citizen Brewing for a sound level variance in

order to present amplified sound on Saturdays, June 3, July 8 and August 12,

2023 at 725 Raymond Avenue.

Adopted

7 -

Yea:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Nay:

Approving the application of Macalester College for a sound level variance in

order to present amplified sound on May 12-13, 2023 at 179 Snelling Ave S -

Macalester Stadium.

Adopted

7 -

Yea:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Nay:

LEGISLATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION ITEM

Fourth Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 318

EDMUND AVENUE in Council File RLH RR 21-11

RLH RR 23-18

RLH RR 22-55

Public hearing closed and laid over to May 3, 2023

Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 1366

FREMONT AVENUE within fifteen (15) days after the October 26, 2022, City

Council Public Hearing. (Amend to remove 15 days)

Adopted as amended (remove within 15 days)

7 -

Yea:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Nay:

Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 1117

JENKS AVENUE within fifteen (15) days after the April 19, 2023, City Council

Public Hearing. (To refer back to July 11, 2023 Legislative Hearing)

RLH RR 23-10

Public hearing continued to May 3, 2023

7 -

Yea:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Nay:

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.

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Legislative Hearing Consent Agenda adopted as amended

7 -

Yea:

Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember

Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember

Yang and Councilmember Balenger

Nay:

Appeal of David Sprangers to a Vacant Building Registration Requirement at

1859 GRAND AVENUE.

Adopted

First Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 39

HILLTOP LANE in Council File RLH RR 22-53.

Adopted

Third Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 655

JESSAMINE AVENUE EAST in Council File RLH RR 22-51.

Public hearing continued to May 10, 2023

Appeal of Arnold Kampa to a Fire Certificate of Occupancy Revocation and

Order to Vacate at 1084 LARPENTEUR AVENUE WEST.

Adopted

Appeal of Monica Mogren to a Revocation of Fire Certificate of Occupancy

and Order to Vacate at 1604 MARGARET STREET. (To refer to August 1,

2023 Legislative Hearing)

Referred to August 1, 2023 Legislative Hearing

Third Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 595

PARK STREET in Council File RLH RR 21-27

RLH RR 23-12

RLH VBR 23-15

Adopted

Appeal of Jason Vang, on behalf of Naw Reh, doing business as Karen and

Hmong Market, LLC, to a Vacant Building Registration Requirement at 1648

RICE STREET.

Adopted

Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 2120

ROSE AVENUE EAST within fifteen (15) days after the April 5, 2023, City

Council Public Hearing. (Amend to grant 180 days)

RLH RR 23-9

RLH RR 23-19

ADJOURNMENT

Adopted as amended (granted 180 days)

Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 1457 THIRD

STREET EAST in Council File RLH RR 22-24. (Legislative Hearing on April

25, 2023)

Public hearing continued to May 10, 2023

Meeting ended at 5:18 PM

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