May 20, 2019 at 7:00 PM - City of St. Paul Regular Meeting

1. Mayor Bergman calls meeting to order, with the "Pledge of Allegiance" and the "Open Meeting Statement"

2. Submittal of Requests for Future Agenda Items

3. Reserve Time to Speak on an Agenda Item

4. Mayor Bergman opens the public hearing regarding an amendment to the Elevator (E-1) Zoning District regulations.

5. Ms. Kelli Bacon, Certified Local Government (CLG) Program Coordinator will give a presentation on the NE State Historic Preservation program.  Invitations were extended to the Howard County Historical Board, the Baseball Museum Board, St. Paul Chamber of Commerce and the Howard County Commissioners. (20 minutes)
a. Approve adopting an ordinance at the next regular meeting.

6. Discuss - Approve / Deny The County Cage (Kersten Kucera) #122840 Special Designated Liquor application at 614 Howard Avenue on Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. regarding a supper following a golf tournament.
a. Approve / Deny The County Cage (Kersten Kucera - 614 Howard Avenue) #122840 Special Designated Liquor application for Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. regarding a wedding reception at the St. Paul Civic Center (423 Howard Avenue).

7. Discuss - Approve / Deny the American Legion Post #119 acquiring City of St. Paul Lots One (1) and Two (2), Block 64, Original Town and vacating the alley of Block 64 regarding a new American Legion building project.

8. Discuss - Approve / Deny the Treasurer's Report of April 2019 and the Planning Commission minutes of Tuesday, May 14, 2019

9. Mayor Bergman opens the public comment period to discuss an amendment to the Elevator (E-1) Zoning District regulations to allow storage units as accessory building.  It was noted that the existing storage units within the zoning district do not comply with the current setback requirements for the allowable uses.
a. Mayor Bergman closes the public comment period
b. Discuss - Introduce Ordinance 1004, amending Article 5, Section 5.11.03 of the St. Paul Zoning Ordinance to allow storage units as a permitted accessory use and structure in the Elevator (E-1) Zoning District; to repeal any ordinance, or part of any ordinance, in conflict with this ordinance; and to provide for the effective date (June 13, 2019) of this ordinance.  The St. Paul Planning Commission approved the Elevator Zoning amendment on Monday, April 29, 2019.
***Introduce, with no second
***Waive three (3) readings, with second and roll call
***Final Passage, with second and roll call

10. NOTE:  Approve Resolution 2019-04 in the event that the City of St. Paul desires to proceed with the 2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) regarding the Downtown Revitalization Phase II grant application.
Discuss - Approve / Deny Resolution 2019-04; whereas the City of St. Paul is requesting the assistance from the South Central Economic Development District (SCEDD), with a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application regarding the Downtown Revitalization Phase II project.

11. Discuss - Approve / Deny amending the City of St. Paul Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Section 504 Plan to include Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) provided by the Nebraska Relay Service (NRS).  TRS is a free telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls.  TRS uses operators, called communications assistants (CAs), to facilitate telephone calls between people with hearing and speech disabilities and other individuals.

12. Discuss - Approve / Deny the City of St. Paul 2019 Fire Department billing rates; there is no rate change from 2018.

13. Discuss - Approve / Deny completing the cement floor (34 ft. by 104 ft.) in the quonset building at the City north yards (954 13th Avenue).  The building is insured for $70,000 per Utility Superintendent Ed Thompson.

14. Discuss - Approve / Deny City Clerk Beck and Payroll Clerk Lori Royle attending the League of Municipalities 2019 Accounting & Finance Conference on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 through Friday, June 14, 2019 in Lincoln, NE. 

15. Utility Superintendent Helzer updates

16. Chief of Police Paczosa updates a. Nuisance & Incident Report

17. Council member updates

18. Mayor Bergman updates

19. Public Comment Period - restricted to items on the agenda

20. Public Announcements

21. Reminder: A special City Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. regarding reviewing the IBEW 1597 Union contract, due to the approaching renewal date.  Notice of meeting has been posted in four (4) places.

22. Closed Session: The City of St. Paul reserves the right to go into Closed Session when it is clearly necessary to protect the public interest or for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual; or pending litigation

23. Mayor Bergman adjourns City Council meeting.

24. Informational Items:
a. City Receipts of April 2019
b. City Clerk Beck visited with Ms. Marie Platek regarding the Special Designated Liquor application process regarding the St. Peter & Paul Life Center events.