In council member Number one is ordinance is public hearing of ordinance. 25 Dash 36 amending appendix to chapter 409, of the legislative code pursuant to Section 17 Point 0, 7.1 of the charter in Section 4, a 92 of the lgislative code to create an additional commercial development district. It's 16 24 slash 16. 26 white Bear Avenue North. Great. Welcome, everyone. Thanks so much for coming out to our city council meeting. This is an item that we heard a staff report on last week and now we are holding our public hearing. So we welcome those who are here to testify to. Coming up. You'll have 2 minutes to testify. Please start by telling us your name and where you're coming from. And then you'll have 2 minutes. 2 minutes does go by
pretty quickly. And my job is to hold everybody to 2 minutes. So so I'll do my best. So with this is a public hearing. If you're just become Coming up to the microphone. Good morning. My name on the chain. Me and not. Put on gate. Mice post. My so about I were both the own enough could just. The van it for like date. This will be coming 6 years. Me my wife we we were born and raised in seaport, use ai. We both graduate on not Johnson got out. Governor. And it's tough. For us. You know, the pandemic. And then with all the construction, y'all. On bill up. So we have a lot customers. That I've been asking us and a business has been super slowly. So in order us to stay in business,
that might be asked. Change zoning so we can open till 02:00am. Because we have a lot of along the people, you know, follow and not risk. It because by a love in our kitchens calls. So in order for us to be in business, you know, that's why we asked for law the city for the neighborhood to law extent business, all I think on that. I minus the ongoing He's above It's a hi. My name's says the the artist says, though, from new food chain and beyond the call enough Cup and chair. Okay. So I'm Leann, you know, fuss Act as kind of the general and operation side estimates in emails from me. This was something that we've been trying to pursue for probably about a year now. Honestly, our revenue with just everything going on. We need to stay competitive. And that's the only way we can do.
I don't know. There's a lot of bars and restaurants that are closing down for that reason. The cost goods for Jus Foods has gone up. Astronomical. The only thing we can offset that with is just to me that extending our hours are offering to a different clientele. Try to expand you know, just expand our market. That's the only way we can go. I can honestly say that, you know, restaurants without any liquor sales to help offset the cost of goods is not going be making it in this market you know what the economy not is. We don't know what's going to happen with cost of eggs Qasem oil. Just one example. We used to buy, you know, the 5 boy was to buy 17, you know, $17 per one. Now it's at 45
and we haven't risen up prices at all. And that's one of things we kind of want to keep before. Why don't I don't want to raise prices to our neighborhood because they know our neighborhood is middle-class working families, the not going to be able to afford $30, you know, so we can't raise our prices. We have to find oher revenues to offset that. Thank you very much for your testimony. Anyone else here to speak on Yanni homeless resident. I've the only real concern. I. About this proposal to extend hours The way it was on the application. There are no residents. Approving signing up or just business owners and done some outreach at the district level, the initial response that we cut I think it was 3 hour window. Residents in approval? That
live here? So the only residents around application part business owners, nobody that wants So with. Waiver avenue being the way it average speed. 47 miles an The plans to what's going to happen with that are still up in the air. And I understand we need to support small business. I'm not sure extension is quite the way to do it. It's. Pretty much just that the outreach how the application came about the main There was communication, before so. Thank you very much, sir. Good My name is Lisa Theis. I am the executive director of the
Greater Eastside District to Community Cuncil. I will say that on behalf of the board, there is not a letter support or not support for this proposal. I didn't want to relay some of the concerns that the neighbors brought to me about this proposal, mainly that they're concerned about - noise at the time of closing, moving it from midnight to 02:00am. It very concerning to the neighbors, especially those who live immediately behind the center. They're also concerned about increasing crime, although I do know that there hasn't been anything directly attached cups and cheers in recent years. It's been a really well-run business
member. Happy that and our partners are really could neighbors and have been working really well with the presidents concerns you although understanding how competition with other bar such as Cherry pit where unison people would wood. Warrant an extended amount of hours. They're saying can't they just opened earlier? Because currently it doesn't open until 03:08:03pm, in the afternoon. And maybe that would help be that. Buffer of time. That would increase. But mainly what I'm hearing is concerned about increased traffic into the neighborhoods at 02:00am. Te sound and the noise that happens closing and then also. Potentials for increase in crime. So thank
you. Thank you very much. Make sure to find anyone else here to testify on this item. Seeing none. I will take a motion from his game to close the public hearing all in favor say Aye. All posts. paper host public hearing is closed and the item is laid over to JUNE 25th for final adoption. And because it is a little anti-climactic because we do take the final vote on these items, not the public hearing, but the following week, I will look to my colleagues just to see if anyone has any comments. While folks are here. Thanks, council PRESIDENT, first want to say thank you to all of this staff working very early to set up here at Heating Heights rec center. I want to welcome everybody here. 2, they cater East side. This is well loved and values of x
center. And you often hear me talking about the much needed improvements we need to make in that the building here from ac installation to just even more adequate space and resourcing. So wanted t plant the seed for that. And I know. Executive director Lisa Tyson and or d 2 board members are huge advocates of this. I very grateful to everybody who took the time to be here and testify to the business owners of Cups and cheers. I want to thank you for doing business here the East side and also in Saint Paul as a whole you your commitment to overcoming challenges and just even your willingness to come and share about what those challenges are. I just want you to know that that is deeply felt by me. And what we often talk about the table amongst our
council here is really the need for us to revitalize our business corridors and for us to find ways to make sure that Polish open for business in sight, really appreciative of the ways in which you are speaking up about how you want to continue doing business and how you're finding ways to be innovative about that. And also thank you to the committee members that came and spoke We had 2 representatives from the greater site District Council and I appreciate the the work that you all are doing to make sure that at neighbors are hurt in the process here. And also am hearing wat you are sharing in terms of the ways in there can be improvements to our policy as well. It sometimes, you know, policy for me, for something what I would say. It's like a cookie cutter policy here. If there are changes that you all would
like to see in the future, I just want you to know I'm very open to talking to you about that. Sometimes that the situation, it's always going to be a bit different based on where the businesses that word we're talking about and wat the surrounding area isn't. So that sometimes can create challenges to when we're talking about how to shape policy, how to make sure that s is to be inclusive of all residents and also entrepreneurs and the area. So on those are my comments and say want to say, thanks everybody for being here and look frward to next week. Thanks any other comments as he was Johnson. Working makes so I also just echoing the same think sends into Mensah's the council member who represents the part of White Bear Avenue in Ward 7. I just want to say thank you to back up Sanchez
team that came out, somebody who has visited the restaurant and then your business multiple times year, I would just simply say to Mike as a pain for some of the neighbors and district councils were also very important to not only decision-making, but I think to the east side, I heard some concern today during the public comments of safety and time encouraging or even just thinking that maybe there could be a couple questions answered from the cups and tears team to the district councils to make sure that communication is fluid. So that folks kind of know a little bit, not just necessarily about the work that you're doing, but, you know, just your plans for what that extension could look like. Some of our neighboring areas and bars that have 6 hours past midnight. So cherry pit was brought up in the public comments and Ward 7.
They have security on site. They have different measures that are in place. But I do deal with some things every now and And so I'm just kind of wondering and just kind of encouraging that ongoing communication because I think that's going to be important, too. Whatever the next phase looks like because we do have a business. I what I hear from the public comments aiming to trying to be innovative about how to be responsive to community here. There aren't a lot of businesses that you can go to it that way tonight And I've been a huge commenter on that. Just how I want to continue to maintain, especially families who want to be in and around the area to not have to go elsewhere for that. And so taking that into consideration. But do
want t highlight that with extension proposal. You my assumption would be that there might be some plans that you all have of how to address some of those issues raised by the district councils today and just but encourage that continued Communications Inc much like you. They are neighbors as well. Live here on the east side who very much both of them are leaders in their own. It and the all right. So really appreciate the consideration here really appreciate folks making the time to come over to the east side and Councilmember noted as the ac installation, I would co-signed that in the sense of we obviously feel the humidity in this room and I'm noticing that there is, you know, tile flooring. And so just to kind of comments on that as humidity, a mixed in with the flooring, doesn't always work well in little
kids trying to run and play basketball. So as we continue to try to improve our facilities on the east side, I join in that effort. Thanks so much. Destruction. Any other comments? My colleagues. It does look like it. All right. Well, I want to is Yang's thanks to our stalwart Office of Tchnology, Communications, folks for your support of us here today and all of our council asks, we always appreciate it. And I want to thank everyone for coming out. The council stand in recess until are adjourned. Well, please, gang. Here, boy. Here. Johnson. Here. Just here. Kim. Here. Here. Council PRESIDENT Nagar here. Six present. One absent. Being Council member Kim. Who is excused. Welcome, everyone to our City Council meeting. We
invite everyone to join us in standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under GOD, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Um, just before we begin our regular business today, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that all of our hearts are very heavy as we re gathered here today. Um, with the tragic and senseless violence that occurred over the weekend. Um, our hearts go out to the Hartman families and the Hoffman families as we think about their recovery. And, um, our hearts are with them. And
so I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that we re all here carrying that weight today and to ask for a moment of silence, um, in their honor. Thank you all very much. Um, there is a vigil being planned for tonight. Um, in memory of Mark and Melissa Hortman. That will be from 8 to 9:30 P.M. On the steps of the state capitol. Um, all are invited to come. Um, bring a candle. Um, no signs of any kind. So hope folks can can take a moment to to be there. Um, and with that, we will resume our regular meeting. Consent agenda items five through 16 or before you. For your consideration. Is there
anything to be taken off of consent for separate consideration? Seeing none, I ll take a motion from MISS Bui to approve the balance of the consent agenda items. Any discussion of that motion. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The consent agenda is adopted. Item 17 is resolution 25, dash 959. Honoring and recognizing the national holiday. Juneteenth. Juneteenth. Sorry 2025 as an annual celebration of black liberation in the city of Saint Paul. Welcome, MISS Johnson. Thank you so much. And I just take this time to welcome up the Nexus Community Partners team and all that came today to honor this. As I read, uh, just
a brief, uh, grounding for this. So, uh, just thank you to my council colleagues, and I m grateful for taking the time to acknowledge the national holiday of Juneteenth. For those that know, I m a Juneteenth baby, and I do wear that with pride. But for many of our viewers who MAY be tuning in today, and maybe this is your first time about learning about the important holiday. Juneteenth is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. It s a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. While the Emancipation Proclamation has been issued two years prior. It was celebrated on JUNE 19th because it s the marking of the day. In 1865, when the remaining enslaved people in Galveston,
Texas, were informed of their freedom by Union General Gordon Granger. Following the Civil War. This holiday has been celebrated by African Americans for generations, by my family, for generations, and it s officially recognized as a federal holiday. And to in 2021. We also wanted to use this opportunity to uplift the events and organizations that continue to work on black liberation right here in our city. So today, I ve taken the time to really focus on the work of Nexus Community Partners. I m a proud open road fund. Advisory board member. And also, more importantly, this is a organization that truly is black led, black
operated, black motivated, and fights continuously for black liberation. And so many of the community leaders that stand behind me, um, not only are they bosses in their own right, but they are involved in so many different movements across the Twin Cities region and across the Midwest region of fighting for black liberation in our community. So I ve invited PRESIDENT And ceo Minka and Open Road Fund Director Lavanya Smith. From Nexus Community Partners to talk a little bit about their organization and upcoming and opportunities and events. Uh, ahead of the Open Road Fund opening up tomorrow. Again, for the third year. And I m just really excited to see the work that they re doing. This is an organization that truly is
grassroots. Um, started with, uh, much less than what they have now and is in relation to their impact. Their work, and all of the leaders that you see behind me invested. So I ll hand it over to PRESIDENT And ceo Mica. Welcome up. Thank you. Council member Johnson. Um, good afternoon. And thanks for inviting us. Um, and recognizing the work that Nexus has been doing over the years. My name is Micah. I serve as founder and ceo of Nexus Community Partners, a nonprofit organization really uplifting justice and transformation and based in the city of Saint Paul. Um, for 20 years, we ve been supporting communities and neighborhoods. Um, in the city
of Saint Paul, in the Twin Cities region and in the state of Minnesota. And now across three states. Um, really focusing in on, um, entrepreneurship, wealth building, community engagement and lifting up people s voices. They shaped experiences that they, that they encounter on a day to day basis, supporting strong leaders and responsibly stewarding resources on behalf of the community. And we see this work as a gift from our ancestors to be able to carry forth work that had begun many, many, many years ago. And we draw strength from that. Over the years, we ve been able to,
uh, through that gift, really channel millions of dollars into our communities. Um, impacting thousands and thousands of people. And we ve done that through 3 or 4 strategies that we call our ships. Um, authorship, leadership, ownership and stewardship. And so all our work falls in those areas. One of our prize initiatives is the Open Road Fund. Again, it is our gift passed on to us. And so it is work, but it is a gift that at the same time, to be able to do it. Um, and it is, uh, it is my pride. Um, uh, opportunity to introduce to you Levi Smith. The program director for the Open Road
Fund, to really share with you what the Open Road Fund is about. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Lavash Smith, and I serve as the program director for the Open Road Fund. We come together today with purpose to affirm the value of black life, to acknowledge the harm that has been done, and to uplift the collective work being carried forward. To build black economic power. Healing and justice. The Open Road Fund was birthed out of a commitment that emerged in response to the murder of George Floyd on MAY 25th, 2020. That that moment forced a national reckoning in black communities, rose up to demand accountability and
justice. While no financial gift can undo the harm or erase centuries of racial violence. Investment in black communities is a necessary and overdue step. The Community Fund is one expression of that. By providing individuals $50,000 wealth building grants, gifts to black folks across Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. It offers a concrete pathway towards repair, prosperity, and self-determined futures. We believe that when paths are blocked, we call on the wisdom of our ancestors to clear the way. Guided by their resilience, we are committed to
redistributing, redistributing. Sorry resources to descendants of transatlantic slave trade so that black power and wealth can grow not just for today, but for generations to come. This work is part of a long, ongoing journey. We are proud to walk it with our partners, community members, and each of you here today, united in the effort to move from intention to impact. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for just having the opportunity to hear from some of our leaders. And while you could not hear from them all. I just simply want to share that. It s been a pleasure, at least from my vantage point as the council member, but also as a board member, to even interact with some of the leaders that stand behind me. I ve been
involved in so many different communications with them, and I wanted to take the time to help with their work because they truly, um, what they shared, because it s just a unique thing that just doesn t exist in many other places across the country, but that we have right here in Minnesota. Uh, and I have this here. We re going to take a quick picture, if that s okay, and then I will move approval just simply because we have folks here and I don t want to go outside. Um, I do welcome any council members that want to be a part of the photo. Um, to do so and then in advance. Just thank you for those that have that agreed to co-sponsor this with me and just take the moment to recognize not only an access community partners, but Juneteenth as well. Should we all take a moment for the photo and then come back and make
comments, or do we want to make a comment? Comments. First, MISS. At least. If we can go through, just share people s names in their their roles if that s okay. Just so we know people in the community.. So thank you. Come on. If you would just share your name and you know, I know. The. This is new for some. So just come in and share your name. I know you didn t get to speak today, but come on. It s okay. Just come on in. You can just share a little bit about your name and then where you come from and why. Maybe you came today. Okay. Hello. My name is Candy. Candy Lane. Um, I am here to support Nexus and my best friend. Um, Lavash Smith. Um, I live in Bloomington. Um, but I
was born and raised in north Minneapolis. Thank you. Yeah. Good morning. Uh. Hello, everyone. Ty sims. Uh, I m here to support Nexus and my mom right behind me. With lots of Smith. Oh, I see where I was came from, where I come from? Yeah. You come here. I come from here. I was born. Oh, I was born here. Minnesota. Uh. And. Yeah, I m here for. Yeah. Okay. My name is Genesee Williams, and I m one of the. Advisory council members. Um, I get to do this in front of y all. I m from Chicago originally, but I have. Lived in Minnesota for many, many years. Um, I have called
Minneapolis home, and I ve called Saint Paul home for the last ten years. And, um, there was a lot for me to learn about what the needs were in this region. And, um, I like to joke about, you know, my family took the the final leg of the Great Migration. Um, coming to Minnesota. And so understanding that travel and that struggle and all the important and beautiful things that also come out of that, I m really excited and proud to be part of the Open Road Fund Council. Um, and to really support black people in this region. And so, um, I ve also learned a lot about North Dakota and South Dakota, which I did not previously know about, and greater Minnesota as
well. So I m very glad to be here. And thank you to y all. Thank you. Hi. I m Olivia, I m the program manager of the Open Road fund. Um, and they decided already. But it opens tomorrow. So any black folks in the room go to next to our website and apply. That funding. Hi, everyone. I m Danielle McCauley. I m the vice PRESIDENT Of programs and strategies at Nexus Community Partners. I was born in Saint Paul. I now live in Minneapolis, but it was certainly special thinking about coming down here today. Um, as someone that was born here and it s, um, on behalf of the Open Road Fund and being acknowledged for such an
incredible gift that, as my colleague said, was definitely worked on and envisioned by ancestors far, far before us today. So thank you for having us. Thank you all very much. And I just want to be clear that you do not have to live in Saint Paul or be from Saint Paul to speak in our chambers. Everyone felt so bad. About it. Let s take a moment for a group photo, and then we ll come back up and take a vote. Thank you again for this. Open this. You re so tall. Yeah. We want. Okay. I m sure some of you have. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Can we. See everybody? Yeah. Just kind of. Swish more. I want to get
in. Okay. Maybe. Okay. So you open road five. Open road. Beautiful. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Of course. COUNCILMAN Johnson. Sorry. Yeah. Know it s. All right. I will take that as a motion from MISS Johnson for approval of the resolution. I do want to thank you, MISS Johnson, for your leadership on this. And I also really appreciate the way that you chose to highlight, um, the the high level celebration on Juneteenth with a very specific example of a community organization doing great work. I think that was a really brilliant way of, um, just just bringing the work down to the grassroots level. So thank you for for doing that. Any further
discussion of the motion? So. None. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The resolution is adopted. Item 18 is resolution 25 941. Approving adverse action against the tobacco shop and liquor off sale license held by seven white Bears Liquor, llc, doing business as seven bears, seven White Bears Liquor, um for the premises located at 1785 seventh Street East. Welcome, Escada. We ve missed you. I MISS You too. It feels very odd to be sitting. Thank you. Council PRESIDENT And council members, Theresa Scott, on behalf of the Department of Safety and Inspections. Um, this is a request for adverse
action in the imposition of a first time matrix penalty, which is $500 against the license held by white bears liquor. And this is related to their failure to pass a youth compliance tobacco check. The facts as alleged by the department, are included in your notice, along with photos of reports and the the actual products that were bought. But on APRIL 22nd at 2025, at 2:23 P.M., dsi Inspector Alan Vang conducted and a tobacco underage Buyers compliance check at the licensed premises. These compliance checks are mandated by state statute once
a year. Um. They include an underage checker, in this case an 18 year old male who had been retained by dsi to perform the underage check entering the licensed premises and attempting to purchase cigarettes. When the underage checker asked for cigarettes, the clerk didn t request his identification, nor did he ask his age, and the clerk did send sell him a pack of Marlboro Light cigarettes. Um. Dsi process is that whenever there s a failure, dsi inspector sends a letter to the licensee letting all the parties know that they failed
to pass the state mandated underage tobacco check, and they should be expecting a notice of violation from the city Attorney s office in the near future. Um, the notice was sent in this case, and it gave the licensee until MAY 29th to select an option. Um, and in this case, the licensee who is present today and wishes to address council, select the option which admitted the facts and ask for a hearing before City Council to address the penalty. Um, I did speak with the licensee. I confirm this via phone and in writing. Um, and in accordance with his request, we placed this on the agenda today to address the
penalty before you all. So just sum it all up. Dsi is recommending that council impose the $500 first time matrix penalty against the licenses held by seven Bears liquor. Great. Thank you so much. Any questions for MISS Carter? Okay, great. Uh. Stick around. We, um, will now open it up to, uh, the licensee who will have five minutes to address us. Um, please start with your name and where you re coming from today. Good afternoon. My name is Isaac. Uh, yes. We accepted to that. We didn t pass it. Every year they come to the inspection. We
have good credit. I was in the business from 2024. Almost 21 years. So far, it was clean. We don t have anything to any, uh, inspection all the time. Every year we we pass it. So that s why I said if you the penalty to pass the 500 with the economy, that s why I m coming. So your so your specific ask to us would be. Excuse me. So your ask of us would be to waive the the penalty completely. Yes. Because I was 21 years in the business. I don t have nothing. It s a liquor store. So that s for our safety. You know, any license? Liquor or cigarette we sell underage. That s to
protect even the community. You can check it after we. I take this liquor store. Seven, eight years ago. We clean it up. Everything. Maybe the communities are happy. We don t have nothing. Any staff. That s why if you come guys to the penalty, move it. That s why I m coming. And I discuss by the phone. You can come and explain them. And he is here to their decision. Okay, great. Thank you very much. Um, you can take a seat. We ll have a conversation, and then we might. We might have questions for you. Um, MISS Garner, anything to add? Okay. Council PRESIDENT Or council members? I have nothing to add. Okay. Sorry to make you come all the way back to say that. Okay. Um,
okay. Um, MISS Yang. Thank you. Council PRESIDENT, I appreciate Teresa. The the staff briefing and also the entrepreneur for coming and testifying today, too. I got a chance to look at the materials attached to the case here, and I want to be very transparent that during my entire time on the council here, I have always taken the recommendation from our staff. I take our ordinances, especially around tobacco, very seriously. And this is a harm that that if it if it weren t a, um, in a situation like this, I mean, it s really our youth who get harmed in the process. And so I will be taking the recommendation for
today and move approval of that. Okay. So the motion is for the recommendation of the, um, uh, from our city attorney s. Yes. Great. Any further discussion of the motion? All right. Seeing none. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The resolution is adopted. Uh, motion from Chair Johnson to suspend the rules in order to consider a matter coming from the Department of Public Works. All in favor of suspending the rules, please say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The rules are suspended. This is the first reading of ordinance
25 Dash 37, authorizing public works to collect fees from road use for garbage services to support the costs of operations and disposal, and setting the 2025 late fee for delinquent garbage bills. Um, and as we all know, we are trying very hard to avoid items coming under suspension. Um, this. Unfortunately, due to some staff absences and other things. Uh, the notice for the public hearing, which is next week, had already gone out. And as we know, we have a first reading before the public hearing. So it was important to bring this in under suspension so that we would be on track for the public hearing next week. Um, at our first reading, we typically have a staff report. And so I would welcome
up our public works team to let us know more. Council. PRESIDENT. Council member. Sarah Hayes with the Public Works. Solid waste and recycling, of course. And I brought a new person with me. Uh, Lydia Campbell, she s a garbage program manager. So she can answer any questions that I MAY not know the answer to. Um, this is a pretty simple ordinance change. Um, the biggest thing is allowing the city to send the bills as opposed to the garbage hauler. The language now is bills will be sent by the garbage hauler. We ve changed that to, say, the city of Saint Paul. Um, one of the things that we think is a benefit to residents in this change is we had heard over the last five years that the penalties for late fees were punitive, especially to those on fixed incomes. So we ve
adjusted that in the past. Under the consortium billing. Um, residents that didn t pay on time were build a 5% late fee at the end of each month of the quarter. Um, I did a little example. So, um, a medium cart that wasn t paid on time and had three late fees assessed. Those late fees would total $17.83 for the quarter. Under the new, um, way that we re doing it, it s more in alignment with other assessments and that if the total due is not paid by the 15th of NOVEMBER, uh, flat or percentage that s set by city council is applied to the bill at the point in which it s transferred to the county on that same sized cart. That late fee would be $6.40. It would also give somebody, you know, a
JANUARY ability to have quite a bit more time to pay it. Great. Thank you. So essentially it would be a one deadline, one deadline a year as opposed to quarterly. And it sounds like a smaller fee. The council present the late fee would be applied one time a year. We would still have a due date. So hopefully we d be receiving revenue. Um, timely. So, um, our first bills will be going out in JULY with a due date in AUGUST. They ll have 30 days of pay to pay as opposed to 20, which was the previous. Then they would get a 15 day notice. Um, you know that you need to pay now before it would become the assessment. So it s essentially 45 days to pay, and then it goes from a pending
assessment to an assessment on the, um, everything will be going through the tax assessment office here at the city, not through, um, our office. They ll be handling the payments. Um, I think that s that accurate. Yeah. Got it. And the percentage late fee stays the same. The five points. And that s only applied once when it s transferred to the county. Right. Okay. Thank you so much, MISS Johnson. Uh, thank you and thank you. Thank you, MISS House, for being here. Um, one of the things that was brought to our attention, I just want to know if it was resolved, was the, um, taking an effect date for this ordinance? Um, it was my understanding that it s marked currently for JULY 2nd, and that that MAY not be in accordance with the 30 day, um,
requirement that we have once we pass an ordinance. And I m just wondering if that had been resolved. I still see the text here, and I don t see a version to. Um, Council member, council PRESIDENT, Council member. Johnson. That is accurate. That that was an error on our part. Thank you to Greg for educating us and providing a follow up training, uh, to our staff on that in the future. Um, that has been resolved. We consulted with the city attorney s office because payment is due after the date that it will be taken effective, which I think is like the 11th now of AUGUST. Um, payments we do the 15th. So we re we re in good shape. Okay. Thank you so much for that. Just clarification. I was just making sure that we had caught that. And thanks to Greg
and Sherry for bringing that to our attention. And, um, as well for you guys to, um, in consulting the attorneys to just get the clarification on that. Um, thanks, MISS Johnson. Any other questions for our public works team? It doesn t look like it. Thank you all so much. Um, take a motion from his boy to, uh, lay this matter over for, uh, public hearing next Wednesday. Um, all in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one oppose. The ordinance is laid over to JUNE 25th for second reading. Public hearing. Item 19 is resolution. Public hearing 20 5-1 21 approving the issuance by the City of Iota of one or more series of conduit revenue bonds. Approving a bond compliance and fee agreement,
and authorizing the execution of documents relating thereto. All for the 180 degrees Inc project, located at 1281, 1291 and 1301 seventh Street East. We are now at the portion of our agenda dedicated to public hearings. So if you are here to testify on any one of the following items, when you hear your item number called and when I call for the public hearing, you ll just come up, stand in between these two microphones. You don t need to adjust them. They ll pick up your voice just fine. You ll have two minutes to testify. Start by saying your name, where you re coming from, and then you ll have two minutes. And then when you re done, make sure to sign in on either of
the two sign in sheets on both sides of the podium. Um, so with that, this item, number 19 is a public hearing. Is there anyone here to speak to this item? Seeing none, I ll take a motion for MISS Yang to close the public hearing and approve. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearing is closed and the resolution is adopted. Item 20 is resolution. Public hearing 20 5-1 28. Amending the financing and spending plans in the police department in the amount of $129,000 for contribution received from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. State Fire Marshal Office to pay for approved bomb disposal
tools, equipment from sfm. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone here to speak to this item? Seeing none, I ll take a motion from MR. Petrovsky to close the public hearing and approve. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearing is closed and the resolution is adopted. Item 21 is resolution. Public hearing 25, Dash 91. Accepting a $25,000 donation from Craig Leopold and Helen Johnson Leopold to support college bound Saint Paul and amending the 2025 budget for the Office of Financial Empowerment. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone here to speak to this item? Seeing none, I ll take a motion from MISS Joyce to close the public hearing and approve.
All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearing is closed and the resolution is adopted. Item 22 is resolution. Public hearing 25, dash 116 approving the application of great River Passage Conservancy for the music on the Mississippi event. Sound level variants. In order to present amplified sound. On JUNE 21st at 226 Spring Street, Upper Landing Park. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone here to speak to this item? Seeing none, I ll take a motion for MISS Johnson to close the public hearing and approve. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearing is closed and the resolution is adopted. Item 23 is resolution.
Public hearing 25, dash 117 approving the application of mini Festivals, llc for sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on JULY 18th to the 20th at Harriet Island Regional Park, 49 Harriet Island Road. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone here to speak to this item? Seeing none, I ll take a motion from MISS Yang to close the public hearing and approve. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearing is closed and the resolution is adopted. Item 24 is resolution. Public hearing 25, dash 118 approving the application of easy much for a sound level variance in order to present amplify sound. On JUNE 28th, in
the 29th at 353 University Avenue. 394 University Avenue, and on the corner of Western Avenue North and Sherburn Avenue. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone here to speak to this item? Seeing none, I ll take a motion from his Bui to close the public hearing and approve. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed. Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearing is closed and the resolution is adopted. Legislative hearing. Consent agenda items 25 through 41 are before you for your consideration. Welcome as Mormon. Thank you. Council PRESIDENT Baker. There are three, um, items where i believe we have people to testify. They are items 26, 35
and 36. Uh. Item 26 is our lbr 25 Dash 26 appeal of Brett Johnson to a vacant building registration requirement at 1514 Carroll Avenue. MISS. Moorman. Council PRESIDENT, Council members. This is an appeal of a requirement to register as a vacant building. This particular case, the building was condemned. It did not have water service. Uh, and, uh, the owner had left. The owner had left the building because she had been hospitalized. And I understand that she s in care now. Uh, the building being condemned and not made habitable and not having a responsible party to
make these decisions. Uh, it should be in the registered vacant building program to the point that a code compliance inspection has been conducted, and all of the items addressed on that code compliance, at which point it becomes habitable again, the appellant is, um, a person who s been living there. I don t believe that there was an official rental agreement in place that rather he, um, was there and continues to reside there. On MAY 13th, there was an order, um, when it went after it, been in the vacant building program, and he continued to occupy the property that the property should be secured. And, uh, he moved out the, um, again, the order to register as a vacant
building is what s in front of you now. Nothing to do, really, with the order to vacate. Previously. And, uh, I think, quite honestly, this is kind of a borderline case in terms of standing, because the things that need to be done can only be done by the owner, and that is paying the fees. That s the registration, that s the inspection and the repairs. So, um, that s what I have. Great. Thanks. And, MISS Moorman, just before we go to the public hearing, to that point, in terms of standing, um, I guess I ve never thought about this, but what does determine eligibility to appeal? A vacant building registration or really anything in front of us? I guess I assume that always has to be the owner of record, but
maybe not know. We try to cast the what net widely to make sure that, um, interests are we we default to be more generous than less. But, um, this is kind of a unique situation. It s not unlike cases where we ve seen, um, people whose grandparents died, who they were living in the house, they the property, for whatever reason, becomes a problem in the neighborhood. City gets called in, sees what s happening, and says, this is a mess. This is a disaster. And in that case, it would be there is no responsible party present, you know. And do you have standing while you are living there, you know, so there
s so we would again rather be more generous than less. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions for MISS Moorman before we go to the public hearing? Doesn t look like it. All right. This is a public hearing. If you re here to testify on this item, come on up. Make sure to again, start by saying your name, where you re coming from, and then you ll have two minutes. Hello. Hi. I am Brett Johnson. I live at 1514 Carroll Avenue. I ve resided there for over ten years. Um, Rebecca Torfaen is the owner of the home. She, um. I consider my aunt, even though she s not legally my aunt. She was moved into a assisted
facility for memory care. Um, that being said, I have done plenty for her in exchange for rent. We have been happy for ten years. Um, when her condition declined is when she started to have, uh, brain bleeds. So, um, we had to take her into somewhere where she could get consistent, you know, monitoring, um, her sister, also, a good friend of mine is the poha. She has not, um, expressed any interest in evicting me. Um, I believe she would say I am a tenant there. I do not intend to stay there. I would like to leave today if I could. However, it s not the easiest thing to do when rent is where it s at. I
ve lost my job in the past two months. Um, kind of reinventing myself, I guess. I am in this position because our water was turned off by the dsi. Um, without any opportunity to ask a question to, um, you know, make things. Quote. Right? I don t understand how it can go from. Everything s fine to. A city employee deciding on his own to turn off our water and putting a hold on our utility to not be able to turn it back on. And you are just over time. So I m going to need you to to wrap up there. Um, sure. Thank you very
much. Uh, stick around in case we have questions for you. Is there anyone else here to testify on this item? Seeing none. I ll take a motion from this Bui to close the public hearing. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearing is closed. MISS Bui. Well, first, I just want to say thank you, MR. Johnson, for coming here and just sharing. Um, your side. I also want to just say thank you, Marsha, for being able to just brief on this situation. I, um, had a chance to review the case. Review the the notes, um, of the meetings. Um, and also what MR. Johnson shared today is reflective, um, of his request. Um, well, actually, I didn t really hear
clearly, I request, but I had heard that, um, he s under the impression that he is a tenant there and living there and handling this in an eviction matter, which is not the best case scenario. Um, this is, uh, brought before us as a pill, um, to a, um, uh, um, order or a notice to for the building being condemned, which means it s deemed unfit for human beings to live there. Um, and with that, uh, fact, um, currently, uh, MR. Johnson is in violation of that, um, notice and should not live in
this, um, um, building. So I would want to, uh, actually adopt the recommendation from Missus Marshall, uh, particularly on this matter. And also, uh, stress really clearly that this is if the anyone, MR. Johnson or anyone is living inside of a building that has been determined to be condemned, um, there will be consequences. And that is not a, um, that s, you know, in the care of that person s safety. Um, this building does not have any water. Um, and also, the owner of the building has not received any confirmation or gave anyone their blessings for
them to live there. So, um, in this scenario, um, MR. Johnson, you know, I m, um, here, my staff is here to support you with some transitional services and some organizations. Just because it is really important to make sure you have, um, a safe shelter to go, um, but based off of the current circumstances, um, on this, uh, property, you cannot live there. Um, and you should not be living there right now. So I want to also just follow up and just make a motion to adopt. Um, um, MISS Marsha s recommendation. Okay, so the motion is for the recommendation ofegislative hearing officer. Thanks, MISS
Bowie. Um, any discussion of that motion? MR.. Sorry. Council PRESIDENT Baker, just to confirm, what would the what s the date of what would be the effective date of this, or is that is that irrelevant in this case? Uh, the. Um, the placards I can show you, um, the notice, uh, to vacate the property was posted on APRIL 4th with the vacate date of APRIL 11th. So we re well over two months past when the property was to have been vacated. Right below here, the door is pocketed with the water shutoff notice. Both of these notices indicate how to proceed
from there in terms of appeal, or follow up for getting the water back on again and so on. So it is quite explicit what it is. And, um, we re again two months past the vacate date and a month and a half past entering the vacant building program. Great. Any further discussion of the motion? All right. Seeing none. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The resolution is adopted. Item 35 is our 25 to 32 ratifying the appeals special tax assessment for property at 1980 Sanford Avenue. MISS Moorman. Council
PRESIDENT. Uh, this is an appeal of a special tax assessment for a vacant building registration. The amount is $2,618. Uh, MR. Jeff Beck, I understand, is on the phone to testify the time period that this vacant building fee covers is from AUGUST 8th of 2024 through AUGUST 7th of 2025. So we are, uh, really ten and a half months into a bill that is an annual 12 month bill in this case. I also, um, last year did recommend to the council that a three month waiver be granted in order to be of assistance on the work was clearly not done within the waiver time period. And, uh, so that has come and
gone. Um, my recommendation is approval of the assessment in its entirety. And made payable over three years. Great. Thanks. MISS Moorman. Any questions before we open up the public hearing? All right. Not seeing any, um, I believe that MR. Leinbach is, as you said, on the phone. So we are ready for our phone testimony. Yes. Council PRESIDENT, can you hear me? Okay. You can. Yes. MR. Jeff Lembeck is on the phone to appeal this item. MR. Lembeck, please press star six to unmute yourself. You will have two minutes to address the council. Please begin by stating your name. Thank you. Sorry, my name is Jeff Beck. Great. Go ahead. Yeah. It was, uh, just hoping to, uh, give a quick testimony
here. Uh, I ve been a, uh, owner and, uh, landlord of this property for almost 20 years. Um, worked really hard to, you know, maintain good relations with the neighborhood. Uh, keep it, you know, a safe place for individuals and students to live. Um, always, you know, try to follow rules and guidelines, um, and, yes, I am, uh, quite a lot farther into this process than I would like to be without any real, uh, progress on the property. I ve been working with the insurance company, um, to get initially to get their estimates, which, uh, took about until, I believe, in
NOVEMBER. Uh, from there, when contractors saw the estimate, they were, uh, it took me some time to find someone interested in taking on the work. And then, um, because, uh, the assessments from the contractor that I have is, uh, is that the property needs more, more work and more, uh, investment than what they have listed. Um, he, uh, uh, agreed to look at this when I did find one to look at it after the holidays in JANUARY. Um, at that time, we were trying to get Ahold of the insurance company. They, uh, the claims adjuster assigned to the case was removed. Um, no one was added back to it, or someone was temporarily added
back to it. Um, and was told that I would get feedback when a new person was assigned. Um, that took a few months. When we did get a new person assigned, we, we turned in and assessments. Um, we were asked to or my contractor was asked to line item the assessment, which is not, um, is typical specialty. So that took some time to get that information together. That has been submitted. We re waiting to hear back from insurance, um, where they re at with that. So I will say I understand where I m at with this. Uh, I do try to keep the property as clean and as tidy as possible, as though someone is living there.
Um, and, MR. Lembeck, you are you are at time. So I do need you to wrap up your comment. Okay. Yeah, I would just would appreciate any relief I can get, uh, on this bill, if possible. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right. Annie, is there anyone else here to testify on this item or on the phone? All seeing? None. I ll take a motion for MISS Joss to close the public hearing. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearing is closed. MISS Jost. Um. Thank you, Council PRESIDENT. Uh, thank you. Um, Marsha. MISS Morgan, for your staff report. And I appreciate MR. Beck taking the time to to call in to testify, uh, on this item, uh, after kind of listening to the testimony and understanding the situation, I d like to move
the recommendation of the legislative hearing officer. All right, so the motion is to move the recommendation of legislative hearing officer, which was, again, to, um, apply the vacant building fee and make it payable over three years. Right. Any discussion of the motion? All right. Seeing none. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. No one opposed. The resolution is adopted. Item 36 is our lh, rr 2516, ordering the rehabilitation or razing removal of the structures at 692 sixth Street East. Within five days after the JUNE 18th City Council public hearing. Is Mormont. The recommendation in
front of you on this resolution is to order the building removed within five days, with no option for its rehabilitation. I am asking for a shorter time period than the traditional 15. Given the state of the building, and I will begin with that. Uh, you can see on screen that there s a photograph of the building from the front here. Uh, and clearly it has been fire damaged. We have a photo here from the back also showing significant fire damage. And then also at an angle showing similar fire damage. It has been, my view, consistently that, uh, fire
damaged structures, whether they are immediately going to fall down or whether they appear like this and present a substantial nuisance, uh, to the neighborhood, communicate everything bad to neighbors about the place that they live. The property itself, in terms of how it has been, um, managed in this time period. It s been in the vacant building program since FEBRUARY of 2019. Uh, things changed for the building considerably in JUNE of 2021 when this fire occurred. Uh, in a little plug for the vacant
building program. I can tell you that, uh, the fire was spotted by a vacant building inspector doing his rounds down the street. He looked over. That was his next building he was going to. He obviously called 911, and the fire was put out. So we know that building s being open to entry or vulnerable to entrance. Do bring about this kind of situation. Here we are. Uh, since that time, we ve seen 25 summary abatement orders and 26 work orders, meaning the city has been the only one doing work to maintain and keep the nuisance conditions at bay.
Those included boarding the building, shoveling, mowing the lawn, and so on. So the city has taken complete care of it. There are two owners, uh, of this property in partnership. Uh, MR. Ciccarelli, who is here today, and MR. Hussain Amiri, who I don t think is here today. Uh, the mail for this property has been addressed to the address of MR. Amiri that he provided. And the transaction t tt is, uh, with Ramsey County taxation. There was, um, a servicer who went to serve, uh, the information on these hearings to, uh, the
address of this llc, who owns the building. And, uh, there was no one there to receive that service. So we have an affidavit, affiant that found. Um, the first legislative hearing I conducted on this was on MAY 13th. No one did show for that hearing. Uh, the second time I spoke about this was actually on, um, JUNE 10th. And what was strange about that is it wasn t on the agenda, uh, for legislative hearings that day. The matter had been resolved earlier, but rather, uh, MR. Ciccarelli had come in because he had just learned about this proposed order for the building to be removed. And
it is his wish, obviously, and he will speak to it to not have the building, uh, removed. Other facts, um, the 2023 and 2024, uh, property taxes are delinquent. Um, there was a code compliance inspection a few years ago that has since expired. No performance deposit has been posted. And, uh, I kind of characterizes the situation. Uh, I I think that what I see in this is a building and a property that s been completely abandoned. And presents a very disheartening nuisance to the immediate neighbors, if not the neighborhood at large. Thank you so much, MISS Moorman. Any questions before we open up the
public hearing? Seeing none. Uh, this is a public hearing. If you re here to testify on this item, come on up. Make sure you start with saying your name and where you re coming from, and you ll have two minutes. Welcome. Hi, I mark Ciccarelli. I live in Saint Paul, lived in Saint Paul my whole life. I live in Highland Park. I bought the house two years ago or almost two years ago for one of my employees, because they were going to fix it up and live there. That was the intention. When I bought the house, I didn t even know that it was considered or deemed a rehab house. That was. So we started we started doing renovations right away in the
city, said, stop, you can t do this without a permit. But the house had to go through a special process of having plans drawn up for the house. So the house is in the state that it is because the city wouldn t allow us to Tyvek it and at least side the front of the house to make it look presentable. We went in there and before the city ever told us to, we got it out the entire house. We cut down trees that were in the backyard. We cut down all the grass and all the lawn. Once the city mandated that we not do any more work to the property because of this special ordinance is what
happened. Like I said, I was buying the house as a favor so somebody else could rehab it and live there. I was under the impression that Amiri, who is also does work with with Jose, was on the on it because he was going to help them kind of do some of this. All of the paperwork goes to Amiri, and none of this was conveyed to me until about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I was under the assumption that they were kind of handling this aspect and doing it. About eight months ago, I was going to I ve been trying to facilitate selling it to somebody who can rehab it. They want to rehab it as it stands,
and they have homes in the area that they do it in, but they can t do it now because of this order of tearing it down. I mean, I believe that I could go in there, Tyvek, that house and have it sited and presentable. A lot of the d dage or what is shown on the front of the house, I don t know, is to say I believe that it d be fire damage to the back of the house. Certainly has fire damage. I don t know as to say the front of the house really does. A lot of that is old black tar paper from how they used to side and construct homes rather than fire damage. Um, the house itself, as the main structure itself, is still
relatively structurally intact. Like I said, I have a commercial company, but I didn t pay for the house with the intention of having to monitor this. So what I would prefer to do is try to sell it to somebody that can do it. Jose has somebody who can who does renovate these homes in this area, specifically. So me personally, I would prefer to see the house be renovated. Like I said, I live in a in a in an area in Highland Park where homes are being torn down and these new homes are being built and there s huge movements that say no teardowns and people don t want these new homes that look new, rather than homes that look like they were back then. I would prefer the chance and opportunity to
sell it to somebody who can actually do the planning process the right way, because it is certainly not within my wheelhouse. I was under the impression that these guys were going to pay the taxes and do all that stuff, and like I said, I didn t learn about this until 2 or 3 weeks ago. I m obviously I was here last week. I m here now. I believe I can facilitate this getting done without having to tear this house down to feel like like I said, I told her two weeks ago, I m from Saint Paul. I don t want eyesores in our neighborhoods either. Um, so, I mean, I also don t want to lose the money that I paid for the house to help somebody either, because now the city decides they want to tear it down. I
would prefer to, rather than do that, have the opportunity to have these guys be able to sell it, transfer it back to a spot where they can make the plans and renovate the house. I believe they can go in there and tyvek the house and not make it look this way. Within a day or two. But they were afraid to go do it because the city told them cease and desist. Um, like I said, that s my my plea. Like I said, I told her i ll abide obviously by any rules or whatnot that happened, but I believe that that house can be saved and it doesn t need to be torn down just because it needs to be torn down. Like I said, the person that they have that wants to
buy it, he would pay the taxes. He will put up the performance bond and he will do those things. I just don t have the capability where my company is right now with the time to go, okay, I m going to stick another 20 or $30,000 into it, not knowing what s going to happen. Yep. Thank you. And you are at time. So thank you so much for your comments, I appreciate it. Um, and you did get five minutes. I misspoke instead of two minutes since it s a raise and removal. So thank you so much. Thank you. Very much. Is there anyone else here to speak on this item? Seeing none, I ll take a motion for MISS Johnson to close the public hearing. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor. Opposed. The public hearing is closed. Thank you, uh, MISS Johnson? Uh, yes. I
actually have a question for, uh, MR. Chiarelli. Sure. Um, can you just confirm to me the 1304 concrete street? Is that MR. Myers, or is that your address? What is it? 1304 Concord. That s a marie s. That s his his address. Okay. That s his address of his business. Okay. And just out of. I m just 14, 19 Palace in in McAllister Roseland area. Okay. And so as the owner, I know when you were chair, just there was like a few weeks that maybe you ve been, uh, aware of this item, but have you made any steps since you become aware of that item to step into the direction of pay taxes certificate like the code compliance inspection, performance deposit. Like, have you made any sort of efforts to kind of rectify it since you ve
been notified? So we have we have a person who wants to buy the house actively as it sits. Right? Right. I m not talking about whether or not there s someone to purchase it. I m just talking about the code compliance inspection reports, the performance deposit and paid taxes. I mean, I haven t because I mean, like I said, I m waiting if they re going to tear the house down and I m going to I mean, I don t have the extra 10 or $15,000 within my means right now to go. I have 10 or $15,000 extra to go. I m going to pay for the the taxes, which I thought they were doing already, and then pay a performance bond. And the the fines that for mowing the lawn or whatever it was because I thought they were monitoring
this. Josie lives just down the block from there on sixth Street in the area now. Okay. Thank you. Um, so I just didn t know about it. And Amiri was I believe, when they said the other sent this stuff to Amiri. I believe Amiri was back in his home country for about five weeks, and he wasn t there. And like I said, nobody he hasn t been notifying me of anything. He actually told me that he paid the first year s taxes at one point in time. So I was not under the impression that this stuff wasn t happening until last week when I came to the meeting. And it s the first time that I heard about it. Okay. Thank you, MR.. Um, I, council PRESIDENT, I just have
a question for MISS Moorman. Um, I just am if you could just share with me, uh, when is the last time that there what is the most up to date, I guess, status of the structure of the house. And, um, like the inspections and different things about. I heard their questions of just whether it was, like, structurally sound or not. I m just wondering if there s anything from, like, the updated from like the fire from the post-fire like inspections or anything. I m looking at all the visuals and all the pictures. I looked at, all the documents that were presented. But when was the last time we had a, uh, dsi staffer just in? An inspection
occurred in MARCH of 2023. I have it here. And, uh, there are. Uh, five pages of corrections between the various, um, trades that have written orders on it. So it is substantial as to the question of notice, which was brought up just a moment ago, I would want you to know that, um, the building was also placard on FEBRUARY 10th of this year indicating that it had been declared a nuisance building and that steps needed to be taken. There was, um, correspondence addressed to all interested and affected parties. At that time. The building was relocated, uh, on uh c here.
MARCH 12th, it appears, uh, that the work had not yet been completed and hearings were being scheduled. So notice goes through. Posting the building first class mail and service. So it s quite extensive. Thank you, MISS Moorman. Uh, council PRESIDENT And colleagues, I appreciate, you know, just being able to to hear from, uh, MR. Ciccarelli as well so as to see MR. Amiri here. Um, I will say that, um, okay. So I, I don t know who the gentleman was next to you then. Uh, first I thought that was for he was the one who was fixing it up. Okay, okay, I will just share that. It s really. It s great to, um, hear from from you. I think one of the things that I
m struggling with. So I, I live fairly close in driving distance to this home, and, um, this is something that the community community around it has been dealing with for six years. When I do look and review the items and the materials, there are substantial issues with this structure as it stands, and I recognize just even the nuances between, um, you know, who s actually going to be fixing up, who s not, but, uh, I simply can t continue to have, um, this structure exist in my ward without any sort of effort to try and rectify its issues. Um, and continue to be a nuisance for my neighbors and the constituents that I represent. And so I just I think, you know, I hear you on the aspect
of that you maybe didn t want to make extra strides to, uh, to try and address it, not knowing where the council would be. However, as a council member, I tend to be pretty understanding when folks are making efforts to try and preserve it. I haven t seen any efforts done with the structure, and it seems like things have just continued to get worse. Um, I did have a chance to review it. I had a chance to really look at some of the things you ve had, you have shared, and even just to hear from your public comment today, while I empathize with it, I, uh, I m going to I m going to move with the recommendation of the hearing officer today because overall, I genuinely want to continue to have the East side in my community and in my ward
specifically, uh, not be burdened with properties like this and not have opportunities where folks have the chance to really fix up things, maybe invest in something, have it be, uh, structurally sound, and then choose not to for a very long period of time. So I ll move with that. I ll move the recommendation of the hearing officer. Thanks. MISS Johnson, I appreciate your thoughtfulness about this. Um, and it does sound like there were perhaps some, um, interpersonal misunderstandings based on the testimony that we heard, but our our prerogative and our focus here at the Council, of course, is on the matter right in front of us, which is the the nature of the structure and whether or not it
is an amenity or a potentially danger to the neighborhood. And so I will support your motion with the same empathy that you expressed for the interpersonal, um, miscommunications that seem to have gone on any further discussion of the motion, seeing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six of favor. No one opposed. The resolution is adopted. MISS Moorman, is there anything else to come to us for separate consideration? I m not aware of anyone else here to testify. All right. If not, we will take a hold. A public hearing on the balance of the legislative hearing agenda item. So if you re here for items 25 through 41, this is your public hearing. Please come on up. If you re here to speak to any of these items that you haven t
already spoken to. All right. I ll take a motion from is just to close the public hearing and adopt the items, as amended, with the recommendation of legislative hearing officer. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed. Six in favor. No one opposed. The public hearings are closed, and the consent agenda is adopted, as amended. That brings us to the end of our agenda. Is there any good news around the table, MISS Johnson and MRS. Yang. I just want to take the time to thank my family for coming out for our meeting today. Uh, my mom and my brother are in the audience, and it means a lot for me to have them actually see what we do every day. Um, so I know this has been somewhat exciting for my brother to see, and probably
something that my mom is, is, uh, behind me, probably trying to make sure she stays with me. But I still appreciate them making the time to be here. Uh, i would just share that as we head into Juneteenth. Um, and also, uh, as JUNE, as the month of many things. Pride month, sickle cell awareness day, um, so many things that continue to arise in our community that folks still, um, take the time to look at a nearby Juneteenth event in your area. There s plenty, uh, happening on the 19th, the 20th, and the 21st, um, all across the city. And so, uh, and Twin Cities region, but for sure, there s a few different things that I hope people take advantage of. But other than that, I m very excited. And thank you to my
team for for early celebration to my birthday. Thanks, MISS Johnson. A happy early birthday. Um, and very exciting to see your family here. Thank you so much for coming out. We re big fans of your daughter and sister. Oh yeah, I can see the feeling is mutual, so that s great. Thank you for being here. Um, MISS Yang, thanks. Council PRESIDENT, I do have an event to share here, but I first off wanted to say thank you to you for holding space, acknowledging the very cruel and horrific events that I happened from over the weekend. We didn t get a chance to comment about that, but I just wanted to say that I know for many of us in the room here, we were able to interact with Representative Melissa
Hortman and also Senator John Hoffman in many different ways. Whether it was just seeing each other in passing or being able to work with them directly. And so it is I for me, I still am trying to process everything that happens. Honestly, it still is. Seems like a nightmare. And to know that it was a reality, what had happened, it is truly a tragedy. And for those of us who are in elected office, I, um, you know, I just it is to me like just a new another like reality and grounding of the extremism that we live in in the world today. I mean, these are things that I, I feel like growing up, I had only just read about in books. And to
know that it is still an occurrence, um, it is really horrifying. And we can never normalize what had happened, what happened. And so I wanted to share words of gratitude to all of you, my fellow colleagues who are in the council here, who hold elected positions because it is really, you know, it just makes us, um, I for me personally, it makes me see my own role in, in a different way. Um, but I also know that our work is not done at all, and that there are so many things that we need to do to continue carrying on the work, the, the mission, and also the legacy of Representative Melissa Hortman, especially, and fighting for justice and equity. Um, and also, um, Senator John Hoffman
as well, really praying that he and his spouse, they will recover swiftly. Um, so I wanted to say thank you to, um, our, our council staff here, our colleagues, for checking in with each other. Also, our Saint Paul Police Department for checking in with those of us who are who are elected here in the council, the mayor s office as well. I mean, there were just so many ways in which there was that, that, met that method of communication, really connecting us, checking in with with each other about our well-being and making sure that each other that we we all were safe to. And so I really appreciate that. Um, and just I m grateful for the community and vigil that
s happening tonight so that folks can really honor Representative Melissa Hortman and also her husband, Mark, as well. So the event that I want to share about is, um, the ev car share program, it s going to be expanding to the east side of Saint Paul. So the organization is hosting a few events to get input from people about where they want to see those expansions happen. So this is our electric car share program that I know all of us are very supportive of. There. There are three events, so there s one happening on Saturday, JUNE 21st from 11 A.M. To 1 P.M. At Indigenous Roots Cafe. Um, and then also two more um, they are available on ev Spot Network,
so I ll just share that most, um, the one that s coming up next here. Oh, and i ll share the second one too, because we don t have a council meeting prior to. So the second event is Monday, JUNE 23rd, 3 P.M. To 5 P.M. At Hmong American Partnership. So I hope that folks will be able to attend. And if you do attend, there s a $50 stipend for attendees. Great. Thanks so much, MISS Yang, and really appreciate your, um, your eloquent words. Also, uh, other good news or comments. Um, MISS Bui. Very briefly. Thank you, Council PRESIDENT. And thank you. Um, as well. Um, Council Member
Yang, for your kind words. I really appreciate that. Um, intentionality around honoring, um, um, Melissa Hartman and her family and also, um, since Hoffman, um, I shared those sentiments as well. I wanted to just briefly just share this. Um, this weekend, but, um, um, closely tomorrow, um, from 12 to 5. Um, I invite you all out to the Rondo Community Plaza. Um, there s going to be a Juneteenth, um, ceremony there, hosted by the Walker West Academy. Uh, myself and also Governor Walsh should be speaking, especially, um, I ll say just with the, um, recent
tragedy. Uh, we not sure Governor Ross will be there, but I will be there in support, um, to just talk about, you know, how the the council champion Juneteenth and all of the celebrations that s happening in the neighborhood. Um, and then there is a, um, another Juneteenth celebration at the steps of the Capitol. Um, there s going to be a headliner, um, r&b soul artist dwelling, um, I don t know if familiar with him. Um, but from 12 to 6 P.M., there s going to be a resource fair, um, live music, sounds of blackness will also be there as well. So just for fyi. Thanks, MISS Bowie. Um, I doesn t look like there s anything else I will just, uh, once again advertise. Lowertown Social Hour is happening as we
eak. It goes until 6 P.M. On Robert Street at Camp Bar and Keys Cafe. Uh, so it s sort of a progressive happy hour. Um, so really encourage people to stop on by along with me. Um, that brings us to the end of our agenda. Thanks for a great