Remarks by Rebecca Noecker
173 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 7
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“Other news? Okay. It doesn't look like it. And I didn't even have time to check to see if I had news, so that's fine. All right. With that, we are at the end of a busy day and a full agenda. Thanks to all. We are adjourned.”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Call the meeting of the St. Paul City Council to order. Roll call, please.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Well, good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to our St. Paul City Council meeting. We appreciate you joining us today, and 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, Consent agenda items 5 through 23 are before you for your consideration. I know we are taking item 21 separately. Is there anything else to come off of consent? Seeing none, I'll take a motion from Vice President Yang for the balance of the consent agenda. All in favor, say aye.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you so much for highlighting that and lifting that up. I'll take that as a motion for approval. Is there a discussion of the motion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Seven in favor, none opposed. The resolution is adopted. I'm going to move to suspend the rules to consider resolution 26-1479 for neighborhood house. All in favor of suspending the rules, please say aye.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you so much to my colleagues for being willing to suspend the rules to take up this item. This was a very last-minute addition to the agenda. Neighborhood House, which is in my ward, has been trying to reconcile this lease agreement with the state. And we got the breakthrough just before the agenda was published. And being able to approve this today as opposed to a week from now really matters in terms of the timing for this agreement for our neighborhood house. So I wanted to be able to bring this forward today. And this will allow them to get through this funding snag that they've…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“So I'm bringing forward this item. I want to thank my co-sponsor, Councilmember Jost. This is a resolution that calls upon the City of St. Paul and Ramsey County to end our contracts with flock safety. I'm bringing this forward after we've had a lot of deliberation and conversation about this issue. a policy committee meeting a couple months ago in which we discussed the use of FLOC and other automatic license plate readers. I've been reviewing how other cities have been approaching this issue. And then most importantly, hearing from our community members loud and clear who are seriously…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“So for those who are joining us for the first time or are not one of our billions of YouTube subscribers, I upped it to billions today, I feel like. I feel like we're growing. We're on YouTube for anyone who wants to watch us there. Whenever we consider an ordinance, city law, we have three readings of that ordinance at the least. The first reading is a staff report where we learn what's in the ordinance. The second reading is a public hearing where we hear testimony from the public about what's being proposed. And the third reading is when we take a final vote. or we call that final…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Other discussion of the motion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“This brings us to the public hearing section of our agenda. So a couple of housekeeping notes for these items. And in this case, we're actually going to, it looks like, I believe, have a staff reporter first. But for most of these items, we won't have a staff report. When your item is called and you are here to testify on that item, you will come up. You'll stand between those two microphones. You'll have two minutes, which do go by quickly. There's a clock right in front of you to help you. And I'm here to help you as well. Please start with your name and where you're coming from, and then…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Make sure to sign in. Is there anyone else here to speak on this issue? If so, welcome up.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Move to not modify. Or it's better to move. Motion to not adopt the findings. Motion to, we'll take that as a motion to not adopt the findings, the staff findings. So and to not modify the permit parking area. Is there a discussion of the motion?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“The motion is to deny the application to expand the permit parking area. All in favor say aye.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“This is a public hearing with no staff report. Is there anyone here to speak on this item? Seeing none, I will move to close the public hearing and approve. I just want to note that this is the Green Cities Accord is a program that's really nifty. It allows organizations to do carbon offsets and essentially purchase trees that are then planted in the city of St. Paul. And so this is upwards of $70,000 coming to the city to plant trees, which we know we desperately need, coming from those private companies' offsets, which is good news for St. Paul. And the climate. So I'll move to close the…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“This is a public hearing. Is there anyone here to speak to this item? $2 million for our Parks and Rec Department from the Legacy Fund. Good news. I'll take a motion from Vice President Yang to close the public hearing and approve. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026