--- ## title: Meeting Minutes - Action Only --- ## City Hall and Court House ## 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Council Chambers - 3rd ## Floor 651-266-8560 ## City of Saint Paul ## Meeting Minutes - Action Only ## City Council ## Council President Rebecca Noecker ## Vice President Nelsie Yang ## Councilmember Anika Bowie ## Councilmember Molly Coleman ## Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson ## Councilmember Saura Jost ## Councilmember HwaJeong Kim ## 3:30 PM ## Council Chambers - 3rd Floor Wednesday, June 24, 2026 ## ROLL CALL Meeting started at 3:31 PM ## Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, Councilmember Nelsie Yang, ## Councilmember HwaJeong Kim, Councilmember Saura Jost, ## Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson and Councilmember Molly Coleman ## Present 6 - ## Councilmember Anika Bowie ## Absent 1 - ## COMMUNICATIONS & RECEIVE/FILE 1 ## CO 26-27 Letter from the Department of Safety and Inspections declaring 1270 Edgcumbe Road a nuisance property. (For notification purposes only; public hearings will be scheduled at a later date if necessary.) ## Received and Filed 2 ## AO 26-34 Authorizing the Department of Public Works to move $2,758 from a material account code to a capital outlay account code to cover the license, registration and sales tax for a Felling Trailer purchased in 2025. ## Received and Filed 3 ## AO 26-37 Amending CDBG Project Budgets: To allocate $70,000 in funding for 202 Cesar Chavez St (La Oficina). ## 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. ## Approval of the Consent Agenda Consent Agenda adopted as amended Page 1 ## City of Saint Paul ## June 24, 2026City CouncilMeeting Minutes - Action Only ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - 4 ## RES 26-724 Approving the City’s cost of providing Emergency Sewer Repair on Private Property during the month of April 2026, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for July 21, 2026 and City Council public hearing for September 2, 2026 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. ## (File No. J2602A, Assessment No. 268503) ## Adopted 5 ## RES 26-865 Amending the 2026 spending budget in the Department of Public Works ## Recycling Operations, Organized Trash Operations, and Fleet Services accounting units for a Fleet technician to assist with the Solid Waste Fleet expansion, in the amount of $120,677. ## Adopted 6 ## RES 26-894 Authorizing the City to enter into a lease agreement with the Board of Water ## Commissioners for the Saint Paul Police Department's use of Highland Water Tower No. 3 for communications equipment. ## Adopted 7 ## RES 26-966 Declaring a hardship to satisfy a petition requirement for a proposed vacation of right-of-way adjacent to the property at 779 Lexington Parkway South. ## Adopted 8 ## RES 26-969 Establishing the rate of pay for the classification of GIS Supervisor, EG 09, SPSO, Grade 019. Laid over to July 8, 2026 9 ## RES 26-973 Authorizing the acceptance of $50,000 from the Minnesota Pollution Control ## Agency’s Local Climate Action Implementation Grant Program, which will be matched with $25,000 in City funds, for energy efficiency upgrades at the Solid Waste & Recycling Facility; and authorizing the execution of a grant agreement (which includes an indemnification clause). ## Adopted 10 ## RES 26-991 Approving the addition of the Liquor On Sale - Extension of Food Only (No Alcohol) Service of Hours license to the existing Liquor On Sale, Liquor On Sale - Sunday, Entertainment (B), and Gambling Location licenses for Dilla Sport Bar and Restaurant Inc d/b/a Dilla Sport Bar and Restaurant (License ID #20240000267) for the premises located at 1625 University Ave W. ## Adopted Page 2 ## City of Saint Paul ## June 24, 2026City CouncilMeeting Minutes - Action Only 12 ## RES 26-1027 Resolution Approving the Use of Grant Funds Through the Ward 6 ## Neighborhood Star Year-Round Program for PRP Works Inc. for Signage Renewal Project. ## Adopted ## FOR DISCUSSION 11 ## RES 26-1011 Supporting the Recommendations to the Governor for Ranking of Eligible Census Tracts for Designation as Opportunity Zones. Adopted as amended ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - 13 ## RES 26-1028 Recognizing the life of Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Kou Bliaxa Vang for his contributions to Saint Paul and Proclaiming July 11-13, 2026, as Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Kou Bliaxa Vang Memorial Days in the City of Saint Paul. ## Adopted ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - 14 ## RES 26-1010 Celebrating the 91st Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Recognizing the Contributions of Saint Paul’s Tibetan Community. ## Adopted ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - 15 ## RES 26-1022 Celebrating the 2026 LGBTQIA2S+ Pride month ## Adopted ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - Page 3 ## City of Saint Paul ## June 24, 2026City CouncilMeeting Minutes - Action Only ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - ## 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. ## First Reading 16 Ord 25-4 Amending Title IV of the Saint Paul Administrative Code to add Chapter 92, titled Tree Preservation for City Sponsored Construction Projects. Laid over to July 8, 2026 for Second Reading ## PUBLIC HEARINGS Live testimony is limited to two minutes for each person. See below for optional ways to testify. 17 ## RES PH 26-141 Approving the application of District Energy St. Paul for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound for a District Energy Boiler Testing event on June 29 through July 3 and July 6 through July 10, with the potential addition of July 11 through July 17, 2026, at 125 Shepard Road. ## Adopted ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - 18 ## RES PH 26-142 Authorizing the Police Department to amend the financing and spending plans in the Police Department grant fund. ## Adopted ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - 19 ## RES PH 26-143 Approving the application of Rondo Ave., Inc. for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound for Rondo Days Festival event on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 271 North Mackubin Street - outside Martin Luther King Recreation Center. ## Adopted Page 4 ## City of Saint Paul ## June 24, 2026City CouncilMeeting Minutes - Action Only ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - ## 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. 20 ## RLH RR 26-2 Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 799 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST within fifteen (15) days after the February 18, 2026 City Council Public Hearing. (Refer back to September 15, 2026 ## Legislative Hearing) ## Referred to September 15, 2026 Legislative Hearing ## Yea: ## Councilmember Noecker, Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, ## Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember ## Coleman 6 - ## Nay: 0 ## Absent: ## Councilmember Bowie1 - ## ADJOURNMENT Meeting ended at 4:36 PM Page 5 ## City of Saint Paul ## June 24, 2026City CouncilMeeting Minutes - Action Only City Council meetings are open for in person attendance, but the public may also comment on public hearing items in writing. 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