City Hall and Court House  
15 West Kellogg Boulevard  
Council Chambers - 3rd  
Floor  
City of Saint Paul  
651-266-8560  
Meeting Minutes - Action Only  
City Council  
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  
Meeting began at 3:35pm  
5 -  
Present  
Councilmember Amy Brendmoen, Councilmember Chris Tolbert,  
Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, Councilmember Jane L. Prince and  
Councilmember Mitra Jalali  
2 - Councilmember Dai Thao and Councilmember Nelsie Yang  
Absent  
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE  
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.  
AO 22-31  
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2
Received and Filed  
Amending the 2022 spending budget in the Department of Public Works  
Engineering Fund Technical Services accounting unit.  
AO 22-32  
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:  
Nay:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
Approving the appointment of Christian Deloia as Interim Director of the  
Department of Technology and Communications, effective May 7, 2022.  
RES 22-843  
RES 22-844  
RES 22-845  
RES 22-846  
RES 22-767  
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Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
Approving the appointment of Angie Wiese as Director of the Department of  
Safety and Inspections, effective May 23, 2022.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
Approving the appointment of Jeremy Ellison as Interim Chief of the Police  
Department, effective June 1, 2022.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
Approving the appointment of Andy Rodriguez as Director of the Department  
of Parks and Recreation, effective June 4, 2022.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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.  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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.  
RES 22-780  
RES 22-807  
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Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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)  
Prince  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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.  
RES 22-811  
RES 22-821  
RES 22-827  
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11  
12  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
Authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to apply for an annual  
Urban Area Security Initiative grant from Federal Emergency Management  
Agency (FEMA)  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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.  
RES 22-776  
RES 22-790  
RES 22-838  
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14  
15  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the 2022 Wage and Fringe  
Adjustment (June 1, 2022) for the Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No. 417.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Laid over to June 8, 2022 for adoption  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
RES 22-837  
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Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Laid over to June 8, 2022 for adoption  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
Approving the use of Grant Funds through the Ward 6 Neighborhood Star  
Year-Round Program for Barnwirth, LLC and the District 2 Community  
Council.  
RES 22-852  
RES 22-853  
RES 22-861  
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Yang  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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.  
Prince  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
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.  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
Approving the minutes of the Saint Paul City Council meetings of September  
1, 8, 15, and 22, 2021.  
Min 22-14  
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Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
Approving the settlement between Daija Braylock and the City of Saint Paul.  
RES 22-828  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
FOR DISCUSSION  
Amending the 2040 Comprehensive Plan to allow for larger block sizes in  
industrial development and redevelopment. (Public hearing closed on May 25.)  
RES PH 22-127  
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Yang  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
0
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
Adopting the Hillcrest Rezoning Study amendments to Chapter 60 of the  
Legislative Code pertaining to the Zoning Map.  
Ord 22-24  
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25  
Yang  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
Adopting the Hillcrest Zoning Code Study amendments to Chapters 64 and 66  
of the Legislative Code.  
Ord 22-25  
Yang  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
Adopting the Hillcrest Master Plan.  
Yang  
Adopted as amended  
RES PH 22-128  
Sponsors:  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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  
Amending Section 409.07 of the Legislative Code to allow Sunday sales in  
micro-distilleries.  
Ord 22-26  
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Prince and Brendmoen  
Laid over to June 8, 2022 for public hearing  
Sponsors:  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
Amending Chapter 2.02 of the Administrative Code pertaining to the duties of  
the Office of Financial Empowerment; authorizing support for early learning.  
Ord 22-28  
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Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Laid over to June 8, 2022 for public hearing  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
See below for ways to testify.  
Approving an interim ordinance requesting a Planning Commission study to  
Ord 22-27  
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undertake a zoning study of non-conventional residential housing unit  
products.  
Noecker, Jalali, Brendmoen, Yang, Thao and Tolbert  
Laid over to June 8, 2022 for final reading and adoption  
Sponsors:  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
Approving the petition of Kevin Vu to vacate the north-south alley in Block 4,  
the Strand Addition. (Petitioner requests this to be withdrawn.)  
RES PH 22-62  
RES PH 22-134  
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Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Withdrawn  
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.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
RES PH 22-147  
RES PH 22-148  
RES PH 22-149  
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32  
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Yang  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
Brendmoen  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
0
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
RES PH 22-136  
RES PH 22-137  
RES PH 22-142  
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Jalali  
Adopted as amended (end time extended to 10:30pm)  
Sponsors:  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
Thao  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
Thao  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
RES PH 22-143  
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Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Resolution fails  
1 - Councilmember Jalali  
Yea:  
Nay:  
4 -  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker and Councilmember Prince  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
RES PH 22-146  
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Jalali  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
Approving the Highland Bridge 4th Addition Rowhome final (combined) plat.  
RES PH 22-144  
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Tolbert  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
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.  
RES PH 22-151  
40  
Noecker  
Sponsors:  
Adopted  
5 -  
0
Yea:  
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember  
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali  
Nay:  
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang  
Absent:  
ADJOURNMENT  
Meeting ended at 4:35pm  
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