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Resident urges South Saint Paul to implement 2040 comprehensive plan historic-preservation goals

5605891 · August 18, 2025
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Summary

A resident urged the South Saint Paul City Council to follow policies in the city’s 2040 comprehensive plan that call for identifying and protecting historic buildings and places, saying a recent council vote blocked a task force to study preservation.

Mark Westfall, a South Saint Paul resident, told the City Council on Aug. 18 that the city should implement language in the 2040 comprehensive plan calling for historic preservation.

Westfall quoted several passages from the plan, saying Chapter 4-94 recognizes “historic buildings and places that help to frame the character of the…

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