2026-10-28 - City Council Meeting
Summary
Built from the posted agenda and the action-only minutes; there is no video on the city's meeting system.
- Six members present, Councilmember Yang absent. Action-only minutes posted.
- Received and filed AO 26-74 (CDBG budgets: $20,010 for 950 Arcade St Family Foods; $35,000 for 944 Arcade St Mission Auto; $50,000 for 1140 Arcade Sun Moon Boba), see CDBG Arcade Street Business Grants (AO 26-74), and AO 26-75.
- Consent agenda adopted 6-0, including RES 26-1654 (Responsive Cities Network donation), 26-1671 (boarding costs for August 2026; legislative hearing 11/24, council hearing 2/3/2027), 26-1748 (Habanero Tacos gambling location, 80 Snelling Ave N), 26-1750/1751/1752 licensing, 26-1774/1775 Emergency Management agreements, 26-1788 lease extension and 26-1782 Koom Siab Park naming.
- Three items were laid over to 11/4 for second reading and one ordinance to 11/4 for final adoption.
- Public hearings adopted: grant acceptance RES PH 26-264; 26-291 Salvation Army Northern Division sound-level variance (adopted as amended); 26-293 two Saint Paul Police Foundation donations totaling $22,000; 26-294 2027 Enforcement Grant. One item passed with Bowie voting nay; others were adopted, including one as amended.
- Agenda items also listed: mobile saunas in parks (Ord 26-53, see Mobile saunas on park property (Ord 26-53)), a Rice Holding rezoning (26-55), Snelling and University district (Ord 26-49), prevailing wage for carpenters (Ord 26-51) and the 2094 Goodrich Ave zoning appeal (ABZA 26-5).
Agenda
Ordinances on mobile saunas in parks (26-53) and a Rice Holding rezoning (26-55); public hearings on Snelling & University Commercial Development District (26-49), prevailing wage for carpenters (26-51), Aragon grant (RES PH 26-264); appeal of Board of Zoning Appeals decision at 2094 Goodrich Ave (ABZA 26-5).