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City Council

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 · 3:30 PM AM · Council Chambers - 3rd Floor

TL;DR

The Saint Paul City Council held its regular meeting, focusing on several important city matters including neighborhood development, infrastructure improvements, and budget adjustments. The council adopted the Hamline Midway 2030 Neighborhood Plan, approved multiple infrastructure projects at The Heights development site, and processed several financial and licensing resolutions.

Key Decisions

  • Hamline Midway 2030 Neighborhood Plan Passed
  • Infrastructure Permits for The Heights Project Passed
  • Proposed Firearms Regulations Ordinance Laid Over to November 5, 2025
  • Garbage Cart Sharing for Multi-Unit Properties First Reading, Laid Over to November 12, 2025
  • Budget Amendment for DSI Animal Services Building Passed
Agenda PDF Minutes PDF

Agenda

  1. ROLL CALL

    Meeting started at 3:39 PM

  2. COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE
  3. 1 Establishing three (3) new projects through the Neighborhood STAR Year-Round Program as adopted via City Council Resolutions 25-1525, 25-1524, and 25-1521.
    Administrative Order
    Action: Received and Filed

    Received and Filed

  4. 2 Amending the 2025 Public Works General Fund budget to reallocate budgeted amounts within spending accounts to better align with actual spending needs.
    Administrative Order
    Action: Received and Filed

    Received and Filed

  5. 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.
  6. 3 Directing the Department of Safety and Inspections to revoke the Massage Practitioner license against Ruth Sharon Atherly d/b/a Ruth Sharon Atherly, (License ID #20240000111) for the premises located at 621 Cleveland Avenue South.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  7. 4 Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for service during April to June 2025, and setting date of legislative hearing for November 13, 2025 and City Council public hearing for December 17, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. CG25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250118)
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  8. 5 Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for service during April to June 2025, and setting date of legislative hearing for November 13, 2025 and City Council public hearing for December 17, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. CG25Q2B2, Assessment No. 250119)
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  9. 6 Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for service during April to June 2025, and setting date of legislative hearing for November 13, 2025 and City Council public hearing for December 17, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. CG25Q2B3, Assessment No. 250120)
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  10. 7 Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for service during April to June 2025, and setting date of legislative hearing for November 13, 2025 and City Council public hearing for December 17, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. CG25Q2B4, Assessment No. 250121)
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  11. 8 Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for service during April to June 2025, and setting date of legislative hearing for November 13, 2025 and City Council public hearing for December 17, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. CG25Q2B5, Assessment No. 250122)
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  12. 9 Adopting the Hamline Midway 2030 Neighborhood Plan as an Addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted

    Adopted

  13. 10 Approving the City’s cost of providing Collection of Delinquent Yard Waste Bills for service during 2025, and setting date of legislative hearing for November 13, 2025 and City Council public hearing for December 17, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. YW25Q2B1, Assessment No. 250500)
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  14. 11 Authorizing the Fire Department to accept the donation of lunch for firefighters valued at $5,000 from Operation BBQ Relief.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  15. 12 Approving the Memorandum of Agreement for the 2025 Revised Wage and Fringe Adjustment between the City of Saint Paul and the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters.
    Resolution
    Action: Laid Over

    Laid over to November 5, 2025

  16. 13 Authorizing payment in the amount of $31,302.88 in full and final settlement of the claim of Lindsey Dannen.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  17. 14 Approving the addition of the Gambling Location License to the existing Liquor On Sale-291 or more seats, Liquor On Sale-Sunday and Liquor On Sale - 2AM Closing licenses for Saint Paul Arena Company LLC d/b/a Saint Paul Arena Company (License ID# 200000003747) for the premises located at 199 Kellogg Boulevard West.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  18. 15 Approval of a Lease Agreement between the Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation and The JK Movement.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  19. 16 Supporting TaikoArts Midwest's State Funding Request.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted As Amended Passed

    Adopted as amended

  20. FOR DISCUSSION
  21. 17 Declaring October Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  22. SUSPENSION ITEMS
  23. RES 25-1620 Approving Ordinance Permit 20240020101 for Roadway and Sidewalk infrastructure installed by the Saint Paul Port Authority on The Heights project site.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  24. RES 25-1621 Approving Ordinance Permit 20240020102 for Roadway and Sidewalk infrastructure installed by the Saint Paul Port Authority on The Heights project site.
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  25. RES 25-1622 Approving Ordinance Permit 20250020301 for Roadway Traffic Lighting Infrastructure installed on The Heights project site (at the following locations: On Ivy Avenue from Orange Avenue to McKnight Road; on Winthrop Street from Ivy Avenue to Cottage Avenue; on Howard Street from Ivy Avenue to Arlington Avenue; on Arlington Avenue from Howard Street to McKnight Road; on Cottage Avenue from Howard Street to Winthrop Street).
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  26. RES 25-1623 Approving Ordinance Permit 20250020302 for Roadway Traffic Lighting Infrastructure installed on The Heights project site (at the following locations: On Ivy Avenue from Orange Avenue to McKnight Road; on Winthrop Street from Ivy Avenue to Cottage Avenue; on Howard Street from Ivy Avenue to Arlington Avenue; on Arlington Avenue from Howard Street to McKnight Road; On Cottage Avenue from Howard Street to Winthrop Street).
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  27. RES 25-1624 Approving Ordinance Permit 20250020303 for Roadway Traffic Signing and Striping Infrastructure installed on The Heights project site (at the following locations: On Ivy Avenue from Winthrop Street to McKnight Road; on Winthrop Street from Ivy Avenue to Arlington Avenue; on Howard Street from Ivy Avenue to Arlington Avenue; Cottage Avenue from Howard Street to Winthrop Street).
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  28. RES 25-1625 Approving Ordinance Permit 20240020401 for Storm Sewer Infrastructure installed by the Saint Paul Port Authority on The Heights project site (at the following locations: on Winthrop Street from Ivy Avenue (MH5006) to Clear Street (MH5008), Cottage Avenue (MH5018) to Sherwood Avenue (MH5080), and at Arlington Avenue (MH5058 to MH5057); on Howard Street from Ivy Avenue (MH5109) to Arlington Avenue (MH5053); on Arlington Avenue from Howard Street (MH5053) to Winthrop Street (MH5057)).
    Resolution
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  29. 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.
  30. Final Adoption
  31. 18 Considering the application of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) to rezone property at 1059 Maryland Avenue (NW Corner of Earl Street) from B2 Community Business to T2 Traditional Neighborhood and amending Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the Zoning Map.
    Ordinance
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  32. First Reading
  33. 19 Amending Legislative Code Chapter 220 to allow for Garbage Cart Sharing at properties with two or more Dwelling Units beginning January 1, 2026.
    Ordinance
    Action: Laid Over to Second Reading Passed

    Laid over to November 12, 2025 for Second Reading

  34. 20 Creating Chapter 225A of the Legislative Code titled Firearms Regulations to establish regulations for Assault weapons, Binary triggers, Ghost guns and Signage.
    Ordinance
    Action: Laid Over to Second Reading

    Laid over to November 5, 2025 for Second Reading

  35. PUBLIC HEARINGS Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways to testify.
  36. 21 Amending Chapter 74 of the Legislative Code by enacting a new section designating the Theodore Hamm Brewing Company Heritage Preservation District as a Heritage Preservation Site.
    Ordinance
    Action: Laid Over to Final Adoption Passed

    Laid over to November 5, 2025 for Final Adoption

  37. 22 Amending the financing and spending plans in the 2022 Capital Maintenance Budget in the amount of $300,000 to reflect cancelled HRA Transfer.
    Resolution-Public Hearing
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  38. 23 Amending the Capital Improvement Budget to the 2025 DSI Animal Services Building Project.
    Resolution-Public Hearing
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  39. 24 Accepting grant funds, authorizing execution of a grant agreement (with indemnity obligations and other documents related thereto), and amending the operating budget with respect to the City's sponsorship of a Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act Pre-Development Grant Program for the benefit of a project at 576 Lexington Parkway North. (The Lexington Deluxe) (Dist. 7, Ward 1).
    Resolution-Public Hearing
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  40. 25 Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept Parks and Trails Legacy Funds, enter into grant agreements, which include an indemnification clause, and amend the financing and spending plan in the amount of $2,596,039.
    Resolution-Public Hearing
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  41. 26 Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) Outdoor Recreation grant program funds and to amend the financing and spending plan in the amount of $350,000 for a new City park at The Heights.
    Resolution-Public Hearing
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  42. 27 Authorizing the Department of Public Works Street Maintenance Division to spend funds from an awarded grant for a Workplace Wellness Micro Grant Physical Activity Station of $700 from the Saint Paul Area Chamber with the funding coming from the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) through Saint Paul - Ramsey County Public Health.
    Resolution-Public Hearing
    Action: Adopted Passed

    Adopted

  43. 43 Approval of the Consent Agenda
    Action: Adopted Consent Agenda Passed

    Consent Agenda adopted as amended

  44. 44 Approval of the Consent Agenda
    Action: Adopted Consent Agenda Passed

    Legislative Hearing Consent Agenda adopted as amended