Votes at a glance: Saint Paul City Council actions and adopted measures, Aug. 13 meeting

At its Aug. 13 meeting the Saint Paul City Council adopted a series of resolutions, ordinances and budget amendments and took procedural actions on multiple items. Below are the board's recorded formal actions from the meeting.

Adopted resolutions and ordinances (selected): - Consent agenda (items 3–23, with item 19 pulled for separate consideration) — Adopted as amended; recorded vote: 6 in favor, 0 opposed. - Item 19 (Resolution 25‑1271) — Authorizing execution of a capital allocation agreement for the River Center Complex among City River Center Convention and Visitors Authority and Saint Paul Arena Company, LLC; adopted as amended (version 2); vote 6‑0. - Item 24 (Resolution 25‑1196) — Honoring the Saint Paul Downtown Improvement District ambassadors; adopted 6‑0. - Item 25 (Resolution 25‑1219) — Appointing Kamud Verma as chief budget officer for the city council; adopted 6‑0; swearing‑in completed on the floor. - Item 26 (Resolution 25‑1220) — Appointing Tim Greenfield as chief policy officer for the city council; adopted 6‑0; swearing‑in completed on the floor. - Item 27 (Ordinance 25‑43) — Final adoption establishing legislative hearing officer classifications in the unclassified service pursuant to charter section 12.032(h); adopted 6‑0. - Item 28 (Ordinance 205404) — Final adoption amending the Legislative Code appendix to expand the Energy Park Commercial Development District (zoning map amendment); adopted 6‑0. - Item 29 — Rezoning second reading (694 Minnehaha Ave East and others) was laid over to Aug. 20 for final adoption (vote 6‑0 to lay over). - Item 30 — First reading of an ordinance to convert one block of Margaret Street to two‑way was laid over to Aug. 20 for public hearing and second reading (vote 6‑0 to lay over).

Grant acceptances and budget amendments (public hearings closed and resolutions adopted): - Item 32 (Resolution 25‑154) — Accepting grant funds and authorizing execution of a Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act predevelopment grant for Face to Face at 1170 N. Arcade St.; adopted 6‑0. - Item 33 (Resolution 25‑170) — Accepting tax‑based revitalization contamination cleanup grant for Rondeau Community Land Trust redevelopment at 642 Selby Ave; adopted 6‑0. - Item 34 (Resolution 25‑167) — Accepting a $49,000 MPCA local climate action grant to develop a municipal fleet decarbonization plan; adopted 6‑0. - Item 35 (Resolution 205169) — Accepting $144,958 from the Minnesota Department of Commerce for a geothermal planning grant in partnership with District Energy Saint Paul; adopted 6‑0.

Other actions: - Legislative Hearing Consent Agenda (items 38–47) — Public hearing closed and items adopted as amended; vote 6‑0. - Public hearings opened and closed: Robert Street reconstruction (MnDOT) public hearing (Item 36) — public hearing held; no municipal consent vote today; matter to return to council for municipal consent resolution. - Appeal (ABZA 2056, Item 37) — The council denied the appeal to convert 269 Harrison from a sober house to a supportive housing facility, upholding the BZA denial; vote 6‑0.

Votes where the roll call was read aloud at the meeting were uniformly recorded verbally as "6 in favor, no 1 opposed" reflecting six yes votes and no recorded no votes on the listed items. Several matters were laid over for Aug. 20 public hearings and final actions.