City Council

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

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Agenda

1 Approval of the Consent Agenda

Action: Adopted Consent Agenda Passed

Consent Agenda adopted as amended
ROLL CALL
3 Approval of the Consent Agenda

Action: Adopted Consent Agenda Passed

Legislative Hearing Consent Agenda adopted as amended
ROLL CALL

Meeting started at 3:31 PM
COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE
1 Amending the 2025 spending budget in the Saint Paul Regional Water Services in the amount of $75,000 for EAMS project.
Administrative Order
Action: Received and Filed

Received and Filed
2 Amending CDBG Project Budgets: $210,000 of funding for 30,000 Feet (1351 Arcade St).
Administrative Order
Action: Received and Filed

Received and Filed
3 Approving the 2025 Fund 200 - Grants Fund for Emergency Management to more accurately record expenditures.
Administrative Order
Action: Received and Filed

Received and Filed
4 Approving the 2025 Fund 100 - General Fund for the Fire Department to more accurately record expenditures.
Administrative Order
Action: Received and Filed

Received and Filed
5 Moving budget from the Public Safety Aid contingency project to department-specific projects in alignment with the 2025 Adopted Budget.
Administrative Order
Action: Received and Filed

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.
6 Approving the 2025 Neighborhood Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) Grant Program awards.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
7 Authorizing the City to enter into a grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for Local Road Improvement funding for the St. Peter & 4th Pedestrian Improvement, Cleveland Sidewalk and Marshall Sidewalk Projects.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
8 Approving the 2025 Cultural Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) Grant Program awards.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
9 Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept donations, with an estimated value of $62,800, from Hope for the Brave, a non-profit organization, to provide necessities for kids and families at Dayton’s Bluff Rec Center and to support a variety of special events on the East Side in 2026.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
10 Approving the Mayor's appointment of Alina Hornfeldt to the Cultural STAR Board.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
11 Authorizing execution and recording of a Memorandum of Phase 2 Plaza License, Operations and Maintenance Agreement between the City and Ecolab USA Inc.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
12 Authorizing the City to apply for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services 2026 Private Property Inflow & Infiltration Grant Program.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
13 Authorizing the Department of Public Works to apply for the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services 2025 Municipal I/I Grant Program.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
14 Authorizing the City to apply for $85,709 from the Minnesota Department of Commerce’s Solar on Public Buildings Grant Program for solar installation at Dayton’s Bluff Recreation Center.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
15 Authorizing the Department of Public Works to apply for a Planning Grant for the Stormwater, Wastewater, and Community Resilience program from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), which has a match requirement, to help local communities assess vulnerabilities and begin planning for the effects of Minnesota's changing climate.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
16 Authorizing the Department of Public Works-Sewer Utility to enter into a Cooperative Maintenance Agreement with the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District for maintenance of the City-owned Hazel-Ross and Hazel-Nokomis Ponds.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
17 Authorizing the City's conveyance of a perpetual easement to the Saint Paul Port Authority for a new dockwall near the Barge Terminal 2 facility to tie into the existing levee system.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
18 Amending the 2025 budget to establish a transition team budget for Mayor-elect Her.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
19 Authorizing the City to acquire permanent and temporary construction easements from property owners within the University Avenue Reconstruction Project.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
20 Authorizing the Fire Department to pay for all costs incurred to host a graduation ceremony for firefighters on December 17, 2025 at the Minnesota History Center.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
21 Approving the use of Neighborhood STAR grant funds for a change in scope of work for ArtStart.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
22 Approving the Legislative Hearing Officer's recommendation for the application submitted by NS LLC (License ID# DSIBLLIQ-000216-2025), d/b/a Pizza Maya, for Liquor On Sale - 101-180 seats and Liquor On Sale - Sunday licenses, located at 1324 7th St W.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
23 Approving the Mayor’s reappointment of James Garrett Jr. and Hannah Hills to a four-year term on the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board (CAAPB).
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
24 Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Jenni Severson to the Workforce Innovation Board of Ramsey County.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
25 Approving the Mayor's reappointments of Sheigh Freeburg, Alanna Galloway, and Nate Gurol to the Labor Standards Advisory Committee.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
26 Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Thi Nguyen to the Business Review Council.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
27 Approving the Use of Grant Funds through the Ward 6 Neighborhood STAR Year-Round Program for the St. Paul Parks Conservancy and Chiro Health Clinic, P.A.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
28 Requesting a comprehensive relocation, renovation, and reopening plan for Rondo Community Library.
Resolution
Action: Withdrawn

Withdrawn
FOR DISCUSSION
29 Directing the Department of Safety and Inspections to revoke the Liquor On-Sale 100 Seats or Less, Liquor On-Sale Sunday license held by Damera Ethiopian Bar & Restaurant LLC d/b/a Damera (License ID #20110004770) for the premises located at 823 University Ave. W. (Laid over from November 19, 2025) (to be withdrawn)
Resolution
Action: Withdrawn

Withdrawn
BUDGET ITEMS
30 Establishing the Water Charges for 2026. (Public hearing closed and laid over from November 5, 2025)
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
31 Establishing the Water Fees and Charges for 2026. (Public hearing closed and laid over from November 5, 2025)
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
32 Setting the 2026 Sanitary Sewer and Storm Sewer rates. (Public hearing closed and laid over from November 5, 2025)
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
33 Setting the Solid Waste Service Fee for 2026. (Public hearing closed and laid over from November 12, 2025)
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
34 Authorizing Public Works to request $828,344 in SCORE grant funds from Ramsey County to support the curbside recycling program and setting the 2026 City Recycling Service Fees. (Public hearing closed and laid over from November 12, 2025)
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
35 Approving the Regional Water Services 2026 Budget.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
36 Approving the Final 2026 Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Budget and certifying the Final HRA Property Tax Levy payable in 2026.
Resolution
Action: Adopted As Amended Passed

Adopted as amended
37 Approving and adopting the Saint Paul Public Library Agency Budget.
Resolution
Action: Adopted As Amended Passed

Adopted as amended
38 Approving the RiverCentre Convention and Visitors Authority 2026 Budget.
Resolution
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
39 Approving the 2026 City Tax Levy.
Resolution
Action: Adopted As Amended Passed

Adopted as amended
40 Adopting the 2026 Budget.
Resolution
Action: Adopted As Amended Passed

Adopted as amended
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.
Final Adoption
41 Amending Section 220.05 of the Legislative Code to set rates for base level garbage service to be effective January 1, 2026.
Ordinance
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
PUBLIC HEARINGS Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways to testify.
42 Amending Chapters 60,61,68, and 72 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area and the Flood Plain Management Overlay Districts.
Ordinance
Action: Amended and Laid Over for Final Adoption Passed

Amended and laid over to December 10, 2025 for Final Adoption
43 Establishing Chapter 15 of the Administrative Code to establish and define structured quarterly reporting requirements for certain personnel vacancies and overtime utilization.
Ordinance
Action: Laid Over to Final Adoption Passed

Laid over to December 10, 2025 for Final Adoption
44 Amending the HOME project budgets to reflect the earned 2024 HOME program income of $3,356.60.
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
45 Approving the adoption of a Second Amended and Restated Spending Plan for various Tax Increment Financing Districts (under Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.176, Subd 4n).
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
46 Amending the 2025 Regional Water Services budget resulting in an increase in spending and financing of $600,000 for Urgent 2024 lead replacement funds.
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
47 Approving the application of Minnesota Sports and Events for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound for the Bold North Breakaway- Rice Park event starting December 26, 2025, through January 5, 2026, at Rice Park - 109 W 4th St. (to be withdrawn)
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Withdrawn

Withdrawn
48 Approving a Five-Year Street Reconstruction Plan for the Fiscal Years 2026 through 2030 and granting preliminary approval to the issuance of certain General Obligation Street Reconstruction Bonds by the City.
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
49 Amending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department in the amount of $29,333.99 for the Minnesota Task Force One (MNTF1) reimbursement from the City of Edina and accepting the donation of conference registration.
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
50 Amending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department in the amount of $4,500 from the Minneapolis Fire Department.
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
51 Amending the Fire Department's financing plan to transfer funds from the HRA to the Fire Department for Catholic Charities response work.
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted Passed

Adopted
52 Amending the City General Fund to budget a transfer in of available balances from the HRA.
Resolution-Public Hearing
Action: Adopted As Amended Passed

Adopted as amended
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.
53 Ordering the razing and removal of the structures at 693 COOK AVENUE EAST within fifteen (15) days after the December 3, 2025, City Council Public Hearing.
Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order
Action: Adopted

Adopted
54 Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1240 VIRGINIA STREET. (File No. J2522R2, Assessment No. 258580) (Reduce and to continue public hearing to January 7, 2026)
Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal
Action: Continue Public Hearing

Public Hearing continued to December 10, 2025.
ADJOURNMENT

Meeting ended at 5:03 PM
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