The Saint Paul City Council met on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 3:32 PM in the Council Chambers, with Council President Rebecca Noecker presiding. Six members were present (Noecker, Yang, Bowie, Jost, Johnson, Coleman); Councilmember HwaJeong Kim was absent. The meeting adjourned at 4:05 PM. The agenda included a consent calendar, discussion items, a suspension item, ordinances, and public hearings on bonds, grants, an interim use permit, and sound level variances.
Johnson. Here. Joe's. Council President Naker. Here. Six present, one absent, that being Council Member Kim. Thank you, everyone, for joining us at our city council meeting today. We're happy to have you. We invite everyone to join us in standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Consent items two through thirty are before you for your consideration. And I know we're going to be pulling items ten and eleven for separate consideration. Is there anything else to come off of consent? Seeing that I'll take a motion from Vice President Yang for the balance of the consent agenda. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor, none opposed. The consent agenda is adopted as amended. So then we'll do these, right? So resolution twenty-six-seven hundred approving the mayor's appointment of Aliana Golds, who are lore, and Mary Waugh to three-year terms on the Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity Commission. And I wanted to pull this item and the next one off because as all of us know, we have a really uh wonderful youth on boards um program in the city of St. Paul, where we place young people on boards and commissions throughout the city. But uh, but we have so many amazing young people who do this work and who are putting in the time and effort and bringing that perspective to so many boards and commissions. So we happen to have two of our youth on board's appointees today in the audience, and and they are here for these two specific items. Um and Jua Laura is the first who is with the Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity Commission. So I wanted to invite you up to uh introduce herself and um tell us what her favorite thing is about the City of St. Paul and also uh what she's looking forward to about serving on the commission. So come on up right in in between the two golden columns so that all five live cameras can be on you at once. Um, hello. Um hi, my name is Jewel Law. Um, I'm going to be appointed on the HERO Commissions, and one thing I love about St. Paul is the diversity on the people in the community. I love the fact that when I look around, I can see my culture being represented and just see familiar faces. And most importantly, our mayor, who also kind of looks like me. So yeah. Awesome. And actually, tell us if you're in school where you go to school or where you what you do when you're not on the board. Um, so I'm a senior, I go to Johnson Senior High School, and I got accepted to the U of M Twin Cities. So I will be attending there this fall. All right, thank you so much for your service. All right, uh since you go to Johnson High School, take a motion from Ms. Johnson for approval. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Six in favor, none opposed. The resolution is adopted.