1. Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 975 Reaney Avenue a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.)
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
2. Approving the City’s cost of providing Property Clean Up services during July 5 to 13, 2023, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for October 17, 2023 and City Council public hearing for January 17, 2024 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2404A, Assessment No. 248503)
3. Approving the City’s cost of providing Property Clean Up services during July 14 to 25, 2023, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for October 17, 2023 and City Council public hearing for January 17, 2024 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2405A, Assessment No. 248504)
5. Accepting a 2024 Crime Victim Services 12-Month Grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in the amount of $139,767 for the City Attorney’s Office to provide crime victim services during the 12-month period of October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, and amending the 2023 spending and financing budget for the City Attorney's Office.
6. Approving adverse action against the Tow Truck/Wrecker (Operator) and Tow Truck/Wrecker (Vehicle) license applications submitted by ARRC Enterprise, LLC d/b/a Stress Less Towing Powered by ARRC (License ID# 20230000508) for the premises located at 118 Acker Street East.
7. Approving an Auto Repair Garage and a Second Hand Dealer - Motor Vehicle Parts license for Carflip Repair, LLC d/b/a Carflip Repair, LLC (License ID 20220001135) for the premises located at 1221 Pierce Butler Route.
10. Authorizing the City to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement, on behalf of the Police Department, with the Metropolitan Council, on behalf of its Metropolitan Transit Police Department for mutual aid and emergency services.
11. Approving the Second Hand Dealer-Motor Vehicle license for Jimmy’s Auto Sales, LLC d/b/a Jimmy’s Auto Sales, LLC (License ID 20230000910) for the premises located at 1414 Arcade Street.
15. Authorizing the Police Department to submit an application for funds under a request for proposals for the 2024-25 Youth Intervention Programs grants, issued by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Passed 6-0-0 Adopted
17. Approving the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and the International Association of Fire Fighters AFL-CIO Local 21 to amend the 2021 - 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement for the purpose of employing and retaining employees trained as paramedics and defining the retention period of licensure upon paramedic course completion.
20. Ratifying the assessment for the Wabasha Street: Kellogg to Seventh Street paving and lighting project constructed as part of the 2022 St. Paul Street Paving Program (SPS). (File No. 19209, Assessment No. 225200) (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023)
21. Approving the petition of Brian Ingram on behalf of Hope Fire House, LLC to vacate a portion of Leech Street from Grand Avenue to West Seventh Street. (Public hearing closed, laid over from August 23, 2023)
22. Authorizing the City on behalf of the Police Department, to accept, and amend the Special Fund for, $149,635.10 in funds from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for the 2024 NHTSA: DWI/Traffic Safety Officer grant program. (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023)
23. Authorizing the City on behalf of the Police Department to accept, and amend the Special Fund for, $309,000 in funds from awarded from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Auto Theft Prevention Grants Program (Dedicated Investigator). (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023)
24. Authorizing the City on behalf of the Police Department to accept, and amend the Special Fund for, $761,787.05 in funds awarded from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Auto Theft Prevention Grants Program (General). (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023)
ORDINANCES
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Final Adoption
25. Amending Title XXIII Public Health Safety and Welfare of the Legislative Code to add Chapter 222, titled Smoking in City Parks and Certain Building Entrances Prohibited.
26. Granting the application of York Avenue Land Development LLC to rezone property at 1500 and 1510 York Ave from a combination of R4 one-family residential & RM2 multiple-family residential to all RM2, and amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the zoning map.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
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27. Approving the Preliminary Plat for United Village Development.
28. Granting the extension of an existing interim use permit issued to MUSC Holdings, LLC for temporary surface parking lots on property at 400 Snelling Avenue North.
29. Granting an interim use permit to Snelling-Midway Redevelopment, LLC for a temporary surface parking lot at 1566 University Avenue West (temporary address - northeast corner at Snelling and Shields Avenues).
12. Amending RES PH 16-239 which enacted the Snelling-Midway Redevelopment Site Master Plan and Design Guidelines by adding new language and deleting old language to Condition No. 5 pertaining to parking.
Passed 5-0-1 Adopted
30. Amending the financing and spending plans in the 2019 Capital Improvement Budget to authorize Green Energy Loan Program energy improvements at the George Latimer Central Library and make other changes to the program budget.
31. Amending the financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $5,000 for funds contributed from the St. Anthony Park Community Council for the Westgate Commons Park project.
33. Amending the City's Capital Improvement Budget to reflect the final sale details resulting from the issuance of the G.O. Capital Improvement Bonds, Series 2023D, moving forward 2023 project revenue budgets to 2024, and recognizing capital improvement bond revenue made available by financing North End Community Center and Fire Station 7 with sales tax bonds (per 2023 adopted plan).
36. Approving the petition of Sonia Carroll, on behalf of Open Arms Assembly of God, to vacate the alley rights in Block 16 and Block 19, Gurney Highland Park. (Public hearing continued from September 20, 2023)
37. Approving the application of Stone Saloon, SBC dba Waldmann for a sound level variance in order to present live amplified sound on September 22-24, and September 29 - October 1, 2023 at 445 Smith Avenue North.
38. Approving the application of Down Syndrome Association of MN for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on September 24, 2023 at Como Park Picnic Pavilion - 1199 Midway Parkway.
39. Accepting grant funds, authorizing execution of two grant agreements with indemnity obligations, and amending the operating budget for the City's sponsorship of a Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Contamination Cleanup Grant, and a Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act Contamination Cleanup Grant for Prior Works Creative Enterprise Zone, 755 Prior Avenue North (District 11, Ward 4).
40. Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 621 BIDWELL STREET within one-hundred eighty (180) days after the September 6, 2023, City Council Public Hearing. (Amended to grant 90 days)
41. Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 399 BLAIR AVENUE. (File No. CG2302A2-1, Assessment No. 230112) (Public hearing closed, laid over from September 13, 2023)
47. Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 455 ROBERT STREET SOUTH within fifteen (15) days after the August 2, 2023, City Council Public Hearing. (Amend to remove only)
48. Appeal of Randall Radunz to a Vacant Building Registration Notice, Revised Notice of Condemnation as Unfit for Human Habitation & Order to Vacate, plus Vehicle Abatement Order at 34 SYCAMORE STREET EAST.
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
42. Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1520 ALBEMARLE STREET. (File No. J2310A1, Assessment No. 238526)
46. Fourth Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 595 PARK STREET in Council File RLH RR 23-12. (Public hearing continued to April 10, 2024)
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