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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/14/2020 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chamber
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20-078 1. MinutesMeeting Minutes of the Duluth City Councilapproved  Action details Not available
20-079 2. Informational ReportNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT AND ON THE INTENTION BY THE CITY OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA, TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 475.521 – NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE BONDSreceived  Action details Not available
20-076 3. Board or Commission ReportParks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutesreceived  Action details Not available
20-077 4. Board or Commission ReportAlcohol, Gambling and Tobacco Commission Meeting Minutesreceived  Action details Not available
20-080 5. Board or Commission ReportDuluth Public Utilities Commission Meeting Minutesreceived  Action details Not available
20-081 6. Board or Commission ReportDuluth Seaway Port Authority Meeting Minutesreceived  Action details Not available
20-0838R 7. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO PROVIDE A $2,000,000 LINE OF CREDIT TO THE DULUTH AIRPORT AUTHORITY TO ASSIST WITH CASH FLOW MANAGEMENTadopted  Action details Not available
20-0854R 8. ResolutionRESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ANNUAL BONDING PLAN FOR 2021.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0866R 9. ResolutionRESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA, STATING THE INTENT TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NOTES, SERIES 2021, IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $3,350,000 AND APPROVING THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT LIST ASSOCIATED WITH THE NOTES.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0867R 10. ResolutionRESOLUTION APPROVING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND STATING INTENT TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 475.521.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0874R 11. ResolutionRESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2021 FEE SCHEDULE FOR LICENSE, PERMIT, FINE, PENALTY AND OTHER CHARGES.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0879R 12. ResolutionRESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR JANUARY 1, 2021 TO DECEMBER 31, 2021, OPERATION BUDGET OF THE DULUTH AIRPORT AUTHORITY.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0880R 13. ResolutionRESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR JANUARY 1, 2021 TO DECEMBER 31, 2021 BUDGETS OF THE DULUTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0882R 14. ResolutionRESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR JANUARY 1, 2021 TO DECEMBER 31, 2021, OPERATION BUDGET OF THE DULUTH TRANSIT AUTHORITY.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0885R 15. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH HOLIDAY STATIONSTORES FOR THE PURCHASE OF SERVICE STATION FUELS FOR 2021 FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $900,000.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0891R 16. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER (OEM) PARTS, SUPPLIES AND LABOR FOR 2021 FROM ZIEGLER, INC. FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0861R 17. ResolutionRESOLUTION ELECTING MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE DULUTH/NORTH SHORE SANITARY DISTRICT PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 442A. 14, SUBDIVISION 7.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0872R 18. ResolutionRESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF CORINTHIAN RUTHERFORD TO THE DULUTH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0886R 19. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION (LISC) AS PART OF THE CONNECTED MN GRANT, IN AN AMOUNT OF $60,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF COORDINATING THE DIGITAL NAVIGATOR PROGRAM.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0890R 20. ResolutionRESOLUTION EXTENDING TEMPORARY ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY TO PROVIDE FOR SAFE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. adopted  Action details Not available
20-0876R 21. ResolutionRESOLUTION RENEWING DECLARATION OF LOCAL HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR PURPOSES OF DULUTH CITY CODE SECTION 17-7 AND MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 13D.021.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0904R 22. ResolutionRESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION PROVIDING EMERGENCY FISCAL RELIEF TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS EXPERIENCING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0858R 23. ResolutionRESOLUTION APPROVING DULUTH ENERGY SYSTEM’S THERMAL ENERGY HOT WATER RATE FOR EASTERN CANAL PARK.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0865R 24. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT L30203 WITH TOOLE DESIGN GROUP, LLC, FOR THE DESIGN OF THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF THE CROSS CITY TRAIL, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $13,117 FOR A NEW AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $94,757.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0873R 25. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH ST. LOUIS COUNTY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SWAN LAKE ROAD FROM AIRBASE ROAD TO HAINES ROAD IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $200,000.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0877R 26. ResolutionRESOLUTION AMENDING A MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BRAUN INTERTEC CORPORATION TO PROVIDE GEOTECHNICAL & MATERIALS TESTING SERVICES FOR THE CITY ENGINEERING DIVISION, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $10,000 IN YEAR 3 OF THE 5 YEAR CONTRACT FROM AN ANNUAL MAXIMUM OF $50,000 TO $60,000.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0857R 27. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, IN AN AMOUNT TOTALING $899,055 AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH DR. JEFFREY R. MAAHS, PHD, TO PERFORM INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER SERVICES, AND CENTER FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT, TO PROVIDE LICENSED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR SERVICES, FOR THE PROJECT ENTITLED “2020 COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID, STIMULANT, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SITE-BASED PROGRAM (COSSAP)”.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0875R 28. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH VARIOUS CITIES FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FIRE FIGHTING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0868R 29. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT L30210 WITH TRC ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION FOR ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE DULUTH LAKEWALK AND SHORELINE DAMAGE FOR AN INCREASE OF $64,514.00 AND A NEW TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $661,725.00.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0878R 30. ResolutionRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH ST. LOUIS COUNTY FOR THE FREE CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED PARCELS PURSUANT TO MINN. STAT. § 282.01, SUBD. 1(e)(a) AND REDUCED COST PURCHASE OF TAX-FORFEITED PARCELS PURSUANT TO MINN. STAT. § 282.01, SUBD. 1(a)(h).adopted  Action details Not available
20-0881R 31. ResolutionRESOLUTION OF INTENT NOT TO REINSTATE UNPAID ASSESSMENTS AGAINST SPECIFIC PROPERTIES.adopted  Action details Not available
20-0884R 32. ResolutionRESOLUTION DISTRIBUTING THE ESTIMATED 2021 HOTEL-MOTEL AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE TOURISM TAXES.adopted as amended  Action details Not available
20-062-O 33. OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE SUM TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION FOR THE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, DULUTH TRANSIT AUTHORITY, FOR THE YEAR 2021.read for the first time  Action details Not available
20-063-O 34. OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE SUM TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION FOR THE SPECIAL PARKS FUND LEVY FOR THE YEAR 2021.read for the first time  Action details Not available
20-064-O 35. OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE SUM TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION FOR GENERAL PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 2021.read for the first time  Action details Not available
20-065-O 36. OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE SETTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATING MONIES FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (REPLACEMENT).read for the first time  Action details Not available
20-059-O 37. OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8-68 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE ALLOWING RESTAURANTS WITH ON-SALE LICENSES TO BE LOCATED WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH OR SCHOOL (REPLACEMENT).read for the first time  Action details Not available
20-060-O 38. OrdinanceORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE XXXVII ESTABLISHING THE DULUTH NONBINARY, QUEER, TRANS, TWO SPIRIT, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL COMMISSION.read for the first time  Action details Not available
20-061-O 39. OrdinanceORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 10662 REGARDING FIVE CENT CHARGE PER PLASTIC BAG TO CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO 90 DAYS AFTER BOTH THE CITY COVID-19 LOCAL HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION PURSUANT TO DULUTH CITY CODE SECTION 17-7 AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA COVID-19 PEACETIME EMERGENCY END.read for the first time  Action details Not available
20-057-O 40. OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-20.1.C, 50-20.1.D, 50-20.1.E, 50-20-2.D, 50-23.2.B, AND 50-22.17, TO AMEND STANDARDS RELATED TO STRUCTURES IN FORM DISTRICTS.adopted  Action details Not available
20-058-O 41. OrdinanceAN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-7.2, 50-10, 50-15.6.E, 50-18.1.C, 50-19.8, 50-20.5.I, 50-20.5.J, 50-37.1.L, 50-37.6, 50-37.7, 50-37.8, AND 50-37.17, TO AMEND STANDARDS RELATED TO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES INCLUDING ACCESSORY SOLAR STRUCTURES AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN FLOODWAYS AND STRUCTURES IN MU-W, LAND USE SUPERVISOR INTERPRETATIONS AND APPEALS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF VACATIONS OF RIGHT OF WAY, CONCURRENT USE PERMITS, AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION.adopted  Action details Not available