2022 Legislative Agenda
 This week at City Council, we passed the St Paul 2022 State Legislative Agenda. Highlights include pushing for State financial support for:
- The Hillcrest Golf Course Redevelopment Site and the ReConnect Rondo Land Bridge
- City unsheltered homeless services
- State and local government tools that increase supply of housing units for our most vulnerable residents and expands tenant protections
- Community First Public Safety investments, gun violence prevention, legalization of cannabis, post-conviction relief exceptions
- Supporting new Americans
- Supporting early childhood learning and caring
- Improving city infrastructure, including streets, sidewalks and bikeways
- Energy resilience and water treatment improvements
For the complete 2022 Legislative Agenda click here.
Serve on Director Selection Advisory Panels for Parks & Recreation and Safety & Inspections
Community members interested in serving on a community advisory panel are invited to apply now through March 1, 2022 here. Two panels will be formed, with one panel for the Parks & Recreation Department director position and one panel for the Department of Safety & Inspections director position.
Each panel will consist of up to 10 community members who will meet 2-3 times between late March and early April to provide input on interview questions, review application materials, and conduct interviews of candidates. Once they finish their review process, each panel will provide their feedback to the Mayor who will conduct final interviews and selections. Interested members of our community can apply to serve on a community advisory panel here.
Energy 4 Equity with the Payne Phalen Community Council
The Payne Phalen Community Council (PPCC) is partnering with Streetwyze in the Energy 4 Equity Project – a collaboration with low-income communities of color aimed at reducing the burden of high energy costs. They will be hiring five trainers to learn and teach a community mapping tool called “Streetwyze” that helps everyday people share their voice about issues that are important to them in their community. Trainers/educators are paid $20 hourly wage. Work hours are flexible, about 100 hours throughout the year. No application or resumes needed; just an earnest interest in the future of our communities and our planet! For more information, see http://paynephalen.org/engage/ or contact jackbyers@paynephalen.org.
Be a Right Track Employer!
Business leaders: Help cultivate Saint Paul’s future workforce. The workforce of the future will be made up of young, diverse talent – and Right Track, the City of Saint Paul’s official youth employment and training program, can help connect you! Regardless of the industry or organizational structure, your company will truly benefit from mentoring Saint Paul youth. Employer applications to host a Saint Paul intern for 2022 are now open! Learn more and reach out to Shaina Abraham at shaina.abraham@ci.stpaul.mn.us to get started on investing in our collective future today.
1-4 Unit Housing Zoning Changes
Join City staff, District Council representatives, and residents at the upcoming virtual engagement sessions to share input for Phase 2 of the 1-4 Unit Housing Study! One more session: 6:30 pm March 2 (Wed).
This study is exploring the potential to create more neighborhood-scale housing types that are missing across the city.
Attendees will see a presentation on the study and take part in small group discussions on neighborhood-scale housing types and potential opportunities for the City to add more housing.
For a link to attend the virtual meeting and to learn more, visit www.EngageStPaul.org/1to4HousingStudy.
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