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Votes at a glance: St. Paul council adopts ordinances and resolutions, moves several items to public hearing
Summary
On Feb. 19 the council adopted multiple ordinances and resolutions (final adoptions and public hearings), approved sound-variance requests for St. Patrick’s Day events, and advanced several zoning and legislative items to later hearings or readings.
At its Feb. 19 meeting the St. Paul City Council approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and public hearings. Key floor votes and outcomes on final adoption or public hearing items included rezonings, administrative code changes, grant-authority adjustments and entertainment-related sound variances for upcoming St. Patrick’s Day events.
Votes and final outcomes recorded on the council floor (selection): - Ordinance 25-17 (rezoning at 25 George Street E from B1 Local Business to H1 Residential): final adoption approved, vote recorded as 6-1. Outcome: adopted. - Ordinance 25-18 (rezoning at 642 Selby Ave from B2 Community Business to T3 Traditional Neighborhood): final adoption approved, vote recorded as 6-1. Outcome: adopted. - Ordinance 25-19 (administrative code amendment to add an Office of Financial Services grants section): final adoption approved, vote recorded as 6-1. Outcome: adopted. - Resolution (public hearing) amending financing and spending plans for the Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity Department related to grant funds: public hearing closed and resolution adopted, vote recorded as 6-1. - Resolution (public hearing) approving sound-level variance for Shamrock’s Irish Chinook for St. Patrick’s Day weekend (March 15–17): public hearing closed and resolution adopted, vote recorded as 6-1. - Resolution (public hearing) approving sound-level variance for JR Maxx tent event for St. Patrick’s Day weekend (March 15–17): public hearing closed and resolution adopted, vote recorded as 6-1.
Other procedural items: Item 22 (rezoning application for 841 and 857 Grand Avenue) was taken up for first reading and staff presentation and was laid over to Feb. 26 for second reading and public hearing. One legislative hearing item (special tax assessment appeal at 1452 Hazelwood Street, Item 50) was continued to the Feb. 26 meeting at staff request to attempt resolution with the appellant. The larger legislative hearing consent agenda (items 26–99, excluding the continued Item 50) was closed and adopted as amended.
Most of the final-adoption items and public-hearing resolutions were adopted by voice or roll-call with six votes in favor and one opposed, per the transcript. Where recorded, roll-call tallies are shown above. Detailed actions and identifiers follow.
