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City of Saint Paul  
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Meeting Minutes - Action Only  
City Council  
Council President Rebecca Noecker  
Vice President Nelsie Yang  
Councilmember Anika Bowie  
Councilmember Molly Coleman  
Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson  
Councilmember Saura Jost  
Councilmember HwaJeong Kim  
Wednesday, August 19, 2026  
ROLL CALL  
3:30 PM  
Council Chambers - 3rd Floor  
Meeting started at 3:30 PM  
5 -  
Present  
Councilmember Nelsie Yang, Councilmember Anika Bowie, Councilmember  
Saura Jost, Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson and Councilmember Molly  
Coleman  
2 - Councilmember Rebecca Noecker and Councilmember HwaJeong Kim  
Absent  
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE  
Amending the 2026 spending and financing budgets in the Department of  
AO 26-51  
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Public Works Asphalt Plant Accounting Units to fund the purchase of a Skid  
Steer Loader.  
Received and Filed  
Authorizing the Police Department to reallocate grant fund and activity budget  
to more accurately reflect activity for the 2023 Port Security Grant.  
AO 26-56  
AO 26-57  
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Received and Filed  
Authorizing the Saint Paul Public Library Agency to reallocate the budget to  
more accurately record revenue and expenditures for the department special  
project fund for 2026.  
Received and Filed  
Establishing Seventeen (17) New Projects Through the STAR Economic  
Development Program as Adopted by City Council Resolution 26-405.  
AO 26-58  
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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  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Bowie, Councilmember Jost,  
Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember Coleman  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Kim  
Absent:  
Approving the City’s cost of providing Securing and/or Emergency Boarding  
services during June 2026, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for  
September 15, 2026 and City Council public hearing for October 14, 2026 to  
consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No.  
J2614B, Assessment No. 268120)  
RES 26-1225  
5
Adopted  
Approving assessment costs and setting date of City Council public hearing to  
ratify the assessment for benefits, costs and expenses for the Seventh Place  
Mall operation and maintenance costs for 2025. File No. 18428-25,  
Assessment No. 257200.  
RES 26-1235  
RES 26-1236  
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7
Adopted  
Approving assessment costs and setting date of City Council public hearing to  
ratify the assessment for benefits, costs and expenses for the Seventh Place  
Mall operation and maintenance costs for 2026. File No. 18428-26,  
Assessment No. 267200.  
Adopted  
Authorizing payment in the amount of $26,625.00 in full and final settlement of  
the claim of Emily Trudeau.  
RES 26-1261  
RES 26-1272  
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9
Adopted  
Approving assessment costs and setting date of City Council Public Hearing  
to ratify the assessment for benefits, costs, and expenses for the  
Grand/Snelling parking lot operation and maintenance for 2027. File No.  
18746-26, Assessment No. 267202.  
Adopted  
Approval of resolution to change the rate of pay for Assistant Chief of Police  
from Grade 035 to the new Grade 38C of the Employee Group 17,  
Non-Represented City Managers (to be laid over one week for adoption)  
RES 26-1281  
10  
Laid over to August 26, 2026  
Changing the rate of pay for Senior Zoo Keeper, EG 10, Manual and  
Maintenance Supervisors. (To be laid over one week for adoption)  
RES 26-1294  
RES 26-1301  
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12  
Laid over to August 26, 2026  
Directing the Department of Safety and Inspections to proceed with adverse  
action and the imposition of a $500 matrix penalty and amended license  
conditions against Richard A Defoe Entertainment Inc d/b/a Wilebskis Blues  
Saloon (License ID #0096027) for the premises located at 1638 Rice St.  
Adopted  
Authorizing the Fire Department to pay for all costs associated with the Fire  
Explorers program training and events in 2026.  
RES 26-1302  
RES 26-1315  
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14  
Adopted  
Authorizing the Police Department to submit a grant application to the FY  
2027 Enforcement Grant Program from the Office of Traffic Safety of the  
Minnesota Department of Public Safety.  
Adopted  
Approving the use of grant funds through the Ward 7 Neighborhood Star  
Year-Round for Champion Investments LLC  
RES 26-1317  
RES 26-1319  
RES 26-1327  
RES 26-1330  
RES 26-1335  
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16  
17  
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Adopted  
Approving the use of grants funds through the Ward 7 Neighborhood Star  
Year-Round Program for More Doors LLC  
Adopted  
Approving and Authorizing the Non-use of a Project Labor Agreement on a  
Single-family Housing Redevelopment Project at 47 Douglas Street.  
Adopted  
Approving and Authorizing the Non-use of a Project Labor Agreement on a  
Duplex Housing Development Project at 1087 Ross Avenue.  
Adopted  
Approving the application for change of ownership to the Liquor On Sale (100  
seats or less) and Liquor On Sale - Sunday licenses (License ID  
#DSIBLLIQ-001090-2026) now held by El Jalisco Grill and Bar Mexican  
Restaurant No 3 Inc d/b/a El Jalisco Grill and Bar Mexican Restaurant No 3 for  
the premises located at 296 Larpenteur Ave. E.  
Adopted  
Approving a Liquor On Sale - 181-290 seats, Liquor On Sale - Sunday, Liquor  
Outdoor Service Area (Patio), and Entertainment (B) licenses (License ID  
#DSIBLLIQ- 001555-2026) new location application by Avalon LLC d/b/a  
Avalon for the premises located at 80 4th St. W.  
RES 26-1336  
RES 26-1337  
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21  
Adopted  
Approving the Collective Bargaining Agreement (January 1, 2026 - December  
31, 2028) between the City of Saint Paul and the Classified Confidential  
Employees Association. (To be laid over one week for adoption)  
Laid over to August 26, 2026  
ROLL CALL  
6 -  
Present  
Absent  
Councilmember Nelsie Yang, Councilmember HwaJeong Kim,  
Councilmember Anika Bowie, Councilmember Saura Jost, Councilmember  
Cheniqua Johnson and Councilmember Molly Coleman  
1 - Councilmember Rebecca Noecker  
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.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways  
to testify.  
Administrative Ordinance establishing a Qualifications and Examining  
Committee for the position of Fire Chief pursuant to the provisions of Section  
9.01(a) of the Administrative Code and Section 12.12.1 of the Saint Paul City  
Charter.  
Ord 26-38  
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Laid over to August 26, 2026 for Final Adoption  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Approving the Establishment of the Como-Eustis Special Sanitary Sewer  
Availability Connection Charge District. Determining the Como-Eustis Special  
Sanitary Sewer Availability Connection Charge for Phase 1 and 2 Sewer  
Capacity Improvements (Ward 4, District 12).  
RES PH 26-149  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Parks and  
Recreation in the amount of $633,224 to reflect remaining bond issued  
interest proceeds received from the Saint Paul Port Authority for the EAB  
Capital Project.  
RES PH 26-158  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Amending the City's Capital Improvement Budget and Operating Budget to  
reflect the final sale details resulting from the issuance of the G.O. Capital  
Improvement Bonds, Series 2026B and the G.O. Street Reconstruction  
Bonds, Series 2026C.  
RES PH 26-194  
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Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Authorizing the Police Department to accept the second amendment to the  
sub-grant agreement from the Saint Paul and Ramsey County Domestic  
Abuse Intervention Project and add grant activity budget.  
RES PH 26-197  
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Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Approving the application of Anderson Race Management, on behalf of MN  
Recovery Connection, for a sound level variance in order to present amplified  
sound for the Walk for Recovery event on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at  
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd - Minnesota State Capitol Grounds.  
RES PH 26-198  
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Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Approving the application of Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church for a sound  
level variance in order to present amplified sound for Nativity County Fair  
event on Friday, September 18, Saturday, September 19, and Sunday,  
September 20, 2026, at 1900 Stanford Avenue - Nativity of Our Lord Catholic  
School grounds.  
RES PH 26-200  
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Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Ratifying the assessment for the Mill and Overlay for Front Avenue from Rice  
to Western, as part of the 2024 Mill and Overlay Program (Project No.  
MO2306, Assessment No. 245506).  
RES PH 26-209  
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Public hearing continued to October 7, 2026  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
LEGISLATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION ITEMS  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 565 ALDINE  
STREET (AKA 571 ALDINE STREET). (File No. J2611B, Assessment No.  
268116)  
RLH TA 26-155  
RLH TA 26-152  
RLH RR 26-16  
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Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 99  
CALIFORNIA AVENUE WEST (AKA 100 CALIFORNIA AVENUE WEST). (File  
No. J2612B, Assessment No. 268118)  
Adopted  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Amending Second Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement  
ordered for 947 FREMONT AVENUE in Council File RLH RR 25-34.  
Public hearing closed and laid over to September 2, 2026  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Making finding on the appealed of Gary Grimes to a nuisance abatement  
ordered for 314 WYOMING STREET EAST in Council File RLH SAO 26-46.  
RLH SAO 26-50  
RLH VO 26-33  
RLH RR 26-14  
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Public hearing closed and laid over to August 26, 2026  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Appeal of Bambi Barclay to a Correction Notice (which includes vacate order)  
at 1103 CHATSWORTH STREET NORTH.  
Adopted as amended (granted to October 15, 2026)  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 914  
CENTRAL AVENUE WEST within fifteen (15) days after the August 19, 2026,  
City Council Public Hearing. (Refer to September 15, 2026 on condition)  
Referred to September 15, 2026 Legislative Hearing  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
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  
6 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,  
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember  
Coleman  
0
Nay:  
1 - Councilmember Noecker  
Absent:  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 2195  
RLH TA 26-147  
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BENSON AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q4B2-1, Assessment No. 260146)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1654 BUSH  
AVENUE. (File No. 2605T, Assessment No. 269005)  
RLH TA 26-153  
RLH SAO 26-64  
RLH TA 26-145  
RLH TA 26-149  
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Adopted  
Making finding of Tami Richardson to the appealed nuisance abatement  
ordered for 1547 CARROLL AVENUE in Council File RLH SAO 26-55.  
Adopted  
Deleting the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 2012 COMO  
AVENUE. (File No. J2611B, Assessment No. 268116)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 865  
DEALTON STREET. (File No. CG25Q4B2-2, Assessment No. 260149)  
Adopted  
Making finding on the appeal of Mark Puchala II to a nuisance abatement  
ordered for 2016 FREMONT AVENUE in Council File RLH SAO 26-59.  
RLH SAO 26-74  
RLH TA 26-150  
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Adopted as amended (appeal denied, matter resolved)  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 790 ROSE  
AVENUE EAST. (File No. CG25Q4B4-2, Assessment No. 260140)  
Adopted  
Appeal of Delmy L. Muniz to a Summary Abatement Order and Vehicle  
Abatement Order at 1689 STILLWATER AVENUE.  
RLH SAO 26-70  
RLH RSA 26-15  
RLH TA 26-148  
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Adopted  
Appeal of Corey Johnson to a Rent Stabilization Determination at 200  
WINTHROP STREET S.  
Adopted  
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 847 YORK  
AVENUE. (File No. CG25Q4B4-1, Assessment No. 260148)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Securing and/or Emergency Boarding fees billed  
during March 2026 on Private Property. (File No. J2611B, Assessment No.  
268116)  
RLH AR 26-44  
RLH AR 26-45  
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Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Securing and/or Emergency Boarding fees billed  
during November 2025 at 701 4TH STREET EAST. (File No. J2607B2,  
Assessment No. 268117)  
Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Securing and/or Emergency Boarding fees billed  
during April 2026 on Private Property. (File No. J2612B, Assessment No.  
268118)  
RLH AR 26-46  
RLH AR 26-50  
RLH AR 26-65  
ADJOURNMENT  
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Adopted  
Ratifying the assessment for Demolition of Vacant, Nuisance and/or  
Hazardous Structure from the month of May 2026. (File No. J2607C,  
Assessment No. 262006)  
Public hearing continued to September 2, 2026  
Ratifying the assessment for Removal of Diseased and/or Dangerous Tree(s)  
service during February to April 2026. (File No. 2605T, Assessment No.  
269005)  
Adopted  
Meeting ended at 4:54 PM  
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