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City Hall and Court House City of Saint Paul 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Council Chambers - 3rd Floor Minutes - Final Katie Burger, Executive Assistant, 651-266-8560 City Council Council President Russ Stark Councilmember Dan Bostrom Councilmember Amy Brendmoen Councilmember Rebecca Noecker Councilmember Jane L. Prince Councilmember Dai Thao Councilmember Chris Tolbert Wednesday, May 24, 2017 3:30 PM Council Chambers - 3rd Floor There will be no meeting on May 31, the fifth Wednesday of the month. ROLL CALL Present 6 - Councilmember Dan Bostrom, Councilmember Amy Brendmoen, Councilmember Dai Thao, Councilmember Chris Tolbert, City Council President Russ Stark and Councilmember Rebecca Noecker Absent 1 - Councilmember Jane L. Prince COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE 1 CO 17-33 Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 1426 Desoto Street a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.) Sponsors: Brendmoen Received and Filed CONSENT AGENDA Note: 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 Yea: 6- Councilmember Bostrom, Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Thao, Councilmember Tolbert, City Council President Stark and Councilmember Noecker Nay: 0 Absent: 1- Councilmember Prince City of Saint Paul Page 1 City Council Minutes - Final May 24, 2017 2 RES 17-799 Authorizing appropriate City officials to enter into a professional services agreement with Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP. Sponsors: Tolbert Adopted 3 RES 17-781 Authorizing the Fire Department to enter into a joint powers agreement with the City of Plymouth for the use of the Saint Paul Fire Department training facilities. Sponsors: Stark Adopted 4 RES 17-788 Approving the 2017 Round 1 Cultural STAR Projects. Sponsors: Stark Adopted 5 RES 17-765 Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the May 1, 2017 Wage and Fringe Adjustment between the City of Saint Paul and Pipefitters Local Union #455. Sponsors: Stark Adopted 6 RES 17-770 Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the May 1, 2017 Wage and Fringe Adjustment between the City of Saint Paul and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Local 61. Sponsors: Stark Adopted 7 RES 17-807 Approving the Mayor’s appointments of Cedrick Baker and Chong Lee to serve on the Planning Commission. Sponsors: Stark Adopted 8 RES 17-798 Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Leslie Stoy to serve on the Lower Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization. Sponsors: Stark Adopted City of Saint Paul Page 2 City Council Minutes - Final May 24, 2017 9 RES 17-784 Authorizing a cooperative cost share agreement, that includes an indemnification clause, with the Capitol Region Watershed District for reimbursement of $80,605.80 for construction costs of stormwater diversion infrastructure at McMurrary Field in Como Park. Sponsors: Stark Adopted 10 RES 17-786 Authorizing the Police Department to enter into an Annual Plan Agreement, which includes an indemnification clause, with the State of Minnesota, Department of Health. Sponsors: Stark Adopted 11 RES 17-801 Approving Animal Boarding (Commercial) and Pet Grooming Facility licenses to St Paws, LLC, d/b/a St Paws (License ID #20170000644) at 1920 University Avenue West. Sponsors: Stark Adopted 12 RES 17-813 Scheduling hearings to make findings on substantial nuisance abatement orders. Sponsors: Stark Adopted FOR DISCUSSION 13 RES 17-752 Proclaiming May 17, 2017 to be Theresa Neal Day in the City of Saint Paul. Sponsors: Thao Adopted Yea: 6- Councilmember Bostrom, Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Thao, Councilmember Tolbert, City Council President Stark and Councilmember Noecker Nay: 0 Absent: 1- Councilmember Prince City of Saint Paul Page 3 City Council Minutes - Final May 24, 2017 14 RES 17-750 Proclaiming May 18, 2017 to be Mary Mackbee Day in the City of Saint Paul. Sponsors: Thao Adopted Yea: 6- Councilmember Bostrom, Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Thao, Councilmember Tolbert, City Council President Stark and Councilmember Noecker Nay: 0 Absent: 1- Councilmember Prince ORDINANCES An ordinance is a city law enacted by the City Council. It is read at four 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 third reading. Final Adoption 15 Ord 17-14 Amending Chapter 64.04 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code pertaining to assessments. Sponsors: Brendmoen Adopted Yea: 6- Councilmember Bostrom, Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Thao, Councilmember Tolbert, City Council President Stark and Councilmember Noecker Nay: 0 Absent: 1- Councilmember Prince SUSPENSION ITEM Rules Suspended Yea: 6- Councilmember Bostrom, Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Thao, Councilmember Tolbert, City Council President Stark and Councilmember Noecker Nay: 0 Absent: 1- Councilmember Prince City of Saint Paul Page 4 City Council Minutes - Final May 24, 2017 ROLL CALL Councilmember Prince joined the meeting at this time. Present 7 - Councilmember Dan Bostrom, Councilmember Amy Brendmoen, Councilmember Dai Thao, Councilmember Chris Tolbert, City Council President Russ Stark, Councilmember Rebecca Noecker and Councilmember Jane L. Prince RES 17-814 Accepting the gift of travel and expenses from the Knight Foundation for City Councilmember Chris Tolbert and Saint Paul Public Library Director Jane Eastwood to travel to the 2017 Next Library conference June 10-14, 2017 in Aarhus, Denmark. Sponsors: Tolbert Adopted Yea: 7- Councilmember Bostrom, Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Thao, Councilmember Tolbert, City Council President Stark, Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Prince Nay: 0 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 3:39 p.m. Yea: 7- Councilmember Bostrom, Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Thao, Councilmember Tolbert, City Council President Stark, Councilmember Noecker and Councilmember Prince Nay: 0 City of Saint Paul Page 5 City Council Minutes - Final May 24, 2017 Council Meeting Information The City Council is paperless which saves the environment and reduces expenses. The agendas and Council files are all available on the Web (see below). 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