MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
City Hall May 15, 2006
Council Chambers 7:00
p.m.
The Mayor led with the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mayor Kelly,
Alderwoman Clements, Alderman Marshall, Alderman Leahy, Alderwoman Krewson,
Alderman Kramer, Alderman Robertson, Alderman Wynn.
City
Attorney Albrecht, City Clerk/Administrator Seemayer, Director of Economic
Development/Asst. City Administrator Denton, Executive Secretary Williams, City
Treasurer Reynders and Excise Commissioner Clements.
ABSENT: Alderman Cross.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF MAY 15, 2006
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Marshall to approve and adopt the Agenda of the
Regular Board of Aldermen meeting of May 15, 2006. Roll call: Alderwoman
Clements, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson,
yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF MAY 1, 2006
Motion was made by Alderman Wynn,
second by Alderman Robertson to approve and adopt the Minutes of the Regular
Board of Aldermen meeting of May 1, 2006.
Roll call: Alderwoman Clements,
yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes.
SWEARING-IN OF PATROL OFFICER
Police Chief Knight came before
the Board and introduced their newest police officer Joshua Bowersox. He graduated recently from the Eastern
District Police Academy in St. Charles.
He has attended Webster University and is about nine hours away from getting
his degree in a psychology major. His
mom, fiancé, and brother were in the audience.
Patrol Officer Joshua Bowersox
came before the Board and was sworn in by Mayor Kelly.
BIDS – None
HEARING OF ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST UPON REQUEST OF
ANY PERSON PRESENT – NONE
INTRODUCTIONS, READINGS, AND PASSAGE OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
First and Second Readings of Bills
Motion was made by Alderwoman Clements, second by Alderman
Robertson to give Bills No. 5331 and 5332 first and second readings. All in favor none opposed.
Bill No. 5331 – Boundary
Adjustment
City Attorney Albrecht gave Bill No.
5331, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PLAT FOR A
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN TWO PARCELS LOCATED AT 8071 MANCHESTER ROAD AND
2628 PORTER AVENUE AND ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, its
first and second readings.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis
of Bill No. 5331 as a Bill that would approve a boundary adjustment for 8071
Manchester Road and 2628 Porter Avenue. The petitioner previously came before
the Board of Aldermen to subdivide one lot into three lots. He is now
requesting to adjust the boundary of two of the lots. This act could normally
be performed administratively but the lot at 8071 Manchester has an east
side-building setback of only three feet. Since the lot does not comply with
the Code the Board of Aldermen must approve the boundary adjustment. Both the
Planning & Zoning Commission and the Director of Public Works recommended
that this Bill be approved.
Mayor Kelly stated the boundary
adjustment went before the Planning and Zoning Commission last Wednesday night
and it was approved.
Motion was made by Alderman
Leahy, second by Alderwoman Clements to approve and adopt Bill No. 5331. Roll call:
Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderwoman Krewson, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes;
Alderman Wynn, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill
No. 5331 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 4025.
Bill No. 5332 – Hanley Station Development
City Attorney Albrecht gave Bill
No. 5332, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3954, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO.
4018, WHICH GRANTED CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND APPROVED A SITE DEVELOPMENT
PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY NUMBERED 1801 THROUGH 1819 SOUTH HANLEY ROAD; AND,
ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, its first and second
readings.
Alderman Leahy stated there is a
discrepancy on page 3, section 3, subparagraph 3 of the Bill. The section does not identify what the
drawing is. It has been left out. His
dilemma is if they approve the bill as it is amended are they waiving the
current requirement of the Board having the option later to ask MLP to put the
additional floors on the garages.
Because they are reducing the parking demands, they would be bringing
the applicant into compliance to the point that there would be no ability for
the Board to establish additional floors for parking. Since this is the very first time the City of Brentwood is
dealing with a mixed-use development, he is extremely cautious about waiving
parking requirements that may end up to be a real problem later for the tenants
of that complex.
Andrew Checkley - MLP
Investments, Inc. came before the Board and stated items 7 and 8 are the
drawings referenced in section 3.
Mayor Kelly stated with respect
to the parking, Alderman Leahy is correct that it would take away the ability
of the City to require the developer to add additional parking spaces in the
future. Two things have transpired
since the original redevelopment agreement.
They have already added one additional deck to the garage and increased
the number of parking spaces from the original number that they were going to
construct. When they entered into the
redevelopment agreement, they had the ability to put additional decking on the
existing garage. It has been pointed
out from an engineering standpoint that it would have been almost impossible to
actually do that. In order to bring
everything into compliance, one of the stipulations that the Planning and
Zoning Commission made when they approved it was they wanted an opinion from
the Zoning Administrator for the ability of the City to make this change and
whether its advisable to make the change.
He has spoken to Zoning Administrator Wolf and he stated that not only
is it his opinion they should make the change, but he did not believe that they
had a legal right not to make the change, because they have already set a
precedence in reducing the Villas at Brentwood to 1.2 parking spaces for that
housing development. This developer is
asking the same ratio to be used for the condominiums, which is what is making
the reduction in the parking. By making
the change, they will bring it into compliance with the Code. They have the ability to do that under the
Urban Development District and the ordinances of the City of Brentwood.
Mr. Checkley stated additionally, 609 spaces would exist
from the retail and the additional parking levels that the Villas does not
have. They are planning for 1.5 spaces,
but they are building an additional 610 spaces, so that if there were a margin
of error, the parking mixture that was originally used to approve the site on a
reduced basis would come into play.
Alderman Leahy stated his dilemma
is that it is the first time they would be getting into a mixed-use project,
where the Villas at Brentwood is strictly a housing complex activity. He is not sure how the work of the numbers
in the mixed-use actually ends up being a beneficial arrangement for the
tenants in the condominiums. They are
the ones he would anticipate would raise the complaint first if a parking
problem arise.
Mayor Kelly stated Brentwood’s
Code does not have a mixed-use matrix.
Going back to the original proposal, under a mixed-use matrix for the
parking, they would actually be required to have fewer parking spaces.
Mr. Checkley stated that
originally they only had to create 758 spaces versus the 109. Today, they have 834 spaces. By implementing the 1.5 spaces per unit,
they actually came into compliance with what the City requires under that
particular code change.
Alderman Kramer stated that
currently the residents in Brentwood Forest enjoy approximately 1.5 spaces per
unit in 1,425 total units, granted there is no mixed-use.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis
of Bill No. 5332 as a Bill that would amend Ordinance #3954 & 4018 as they
relate to the site plan, building setbacks and parking requirements for Hanley
Station, located at 1801 – 1819 South Hanley Road. The final site plan is
amended to include 150 condominiums, a six story 125 room hotel, (expandable to
seven stories) 11,500 sq. ft. of retail space, four restaurants totaling not
more than 22,000 sq. ft., one six story parking garage and one five and ½ story
parking garage. Six building setback requirements were amended, as allowed by the
Urban Development District and the parking requirements were amended to require
five parking spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. for retail and 1.5 parking spaces per
condominium. The Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed these proposed
amendments and is recommending their approval.
Motion was made by Alderman
Marshall, second by Alderman Wynn to approve and adopt Bill No. 5332. Roll call:
Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, no;
Alderwoman Krewson, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes;
Alderman Wynn, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill
No. 5332 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 4026.
Presentation by ATS
Mayor Kelly stated the City is
considering using a red light program to monitor some of the intersections in
the Brentwood. ATS is one of the
companies that operate a red light camera enforcement program.
Ron Battelle/Senior Public Safety
Advisor for American Traffic Solutions came before the Board and stated that he
recently retired as police chief for St. Louis County. He was a police officer with the department
for almost 40 years and police chief for almost 15 years. He is a graduate of the FBI Academy, among
other academies such as the National Traffic Management Institute, a management
school where they did in-depth studies of traffic accidents, traffic
enforcement and traffic related issues.
After he retired he was looking to become affiliated with red light cameras. At that point in time he had looked at
different companies throughout the United States. He did backgrounds on all of them and he had an offer from
ATS. After he looked at all the
companies he concluded ATS was the best out there. ATS technology is state-of-the-art and it is outstanding. Their single camera system is a standard
that the other companies are trying to match in the industry. He showed a clip from the Arnold operation
of an incident that happened. He stated
that the cameras are about public safety and protecting citizens and children
in the community.
Dan Reeb/Senior Business
Development Manager came before the Board and stated that he is a licensed
Missouri attorney. Prior to joining ATS
he worked as a staff attorney for the Missouri State Auditor. American Traffic Solutions is the hometown
team. They live in St. Louis and are
the only company with an office in St. Louis.
The law firm and the traffic engineering firm is located in St. Louis. Last November their company conducted an
intersection evaluation study at some of the busiest intersections in the City
of Brentwood. They evaluated Hanley and
Eager, Brentwood and Manchester and Brentwood and Eager. They analyzed the traffic volume, speed and
conducted a complete site evaluation of each of the intersections. ATS implemented the first program in the
state of Missouri and they remain the only company that has implemented
programs in the state of Missouri. They
also operate some of the largest programs in the United States including New
York City, Philadelphia and Seattle. In
New York City the purpose of the program was to promote public safety and they
have achieved that result. Over the life of the program they have seen a 72%
reduction in violations, which has led to a 41% reduction in collisions and a
35% reduction in fatalities.
The equipment is one of the key
differences between them and their competitors. Brentwood takes great pride in the way the City looks. They think what most cities like Brentwood
want to see is minimal impact on their streetscape. Their system is low
profile. They can use existing
infrastructure and it would not block a driver’s view at the intersection. Their systems provide the evidence for
exactly two images from a single camera.
Multi-camera systems require at least two images and yet another camera
to capture the license plate and then the computer to match up the images. To further help the cities, they provide
advanced above ground video detection of red light runners. For example, in Arnold they were able to
implement their program without cutting into their streets and without impeding
traffic. The key to providing evidence
for a violation is getting clear pictures of the vehicles and their license
plates. Their customized 12.4-mega
pixel digital camera with the highest resolution in the industry does just
that. At each approach they will have a
single camera that can cover up to four lanes.
They have consistent triggering regardless of the size of the vehicle,
weather conditions, etc. Their program
also consists of a cutting edge video component, which is extremely helpful for
the police in accident reconstruction and the compiling of evidence.
They provide a user-friendly web
based system, comprehensive reporting and the highest security measures
available. For security they have
multi-level firewall and intrusion detection system in place that is
state-of-the-art. Their multi-level
firewalls are from different software manufacturers making the penetration of
their system nearly impossible.
American Traffic Solutions is a national strategic partner of NLETS,
which is the National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System. As such, they have passed rigorous security
audits for approval as a strategic partner of NLETS. In addition to NLETS, they have passed security checks from major
national companies and government organizations.
After the violation occurs, they
take pictures, which are sent to their main office. Their highly trained staff reviews the photos, crop the license
plates from one of the two shots, and send the license plate data to the
DMV. They collect the DMV data and
review all the information with what they see in the photos and the video. Once they think everything looks good the
information is sent to the police department for their final review and to make
the decision on whether a violation occurred.
After the police review and approve the violation, a citation is sent to
the violator. The violator will receive
the citation with both the picture of the violation and of the license plate. They will also be given a notification and
pin number so the violator can go online and key in that notification and pin
number, look at the still photos and click and see the video of themselves
going through the red light.
Mr. Battelle stated as a hometown
team, ATS has invested millions of dollars in Missouri and the St. Louis
economy. They pioneered the photo
enforcement business in Missouri by engaging one of the top municipal law firms
in Missouri to create a roadmap enabling Missouri cities to begin photo
enforcement programs. They live here
and are the only company with a local office.
They have hired and retained local staff and local subcontractors. They have the best technology with the best
impact on the aesthetics of the community.
They would like to work with the City to implement the red light
program.
Alderwoman Clements asked when
ATS staff accesses information dealing with the license plates and the owner
registration, what comes up in front of them.
What kind of personal information is viewed?
Mr. Reeb stated that it is the
registered owner, home address and the make and model of the vehicle. There is no other information that is
provided by the DMV as far as any outstanding warrants, social security numbers
or driver’s license numbers.
Alderman Marshall stated the
places that they have been looking at like Brentwood Boulevard, Manchester and
Eager Roads are county and state roads.
What is going to keep the county or state from coming in and saying they
want their cut or take it over?
Mr. Reeb stated they have had a
great working relationship with MoDOT in Arnold. All their intersections are MoDOT controlled. As far as St. Louis County, when they
implemented the Florissant program, at first they were looking at some county
roads, so they went through the process of working with the county and they
were very supportive in giving Florissant what they needed.
Mayor Kelly stated that in
conversations with representatives from St. Louis County, their position has been
that they are not going to try to infringe on the ability of municipalities to
control and monitor their own traffic.
Even though it might be a county road, they are supportive of the red
light type program but they are not going to implement it within the boundaries
of Brentwood and the same thing goes for MoDOT. Obviously they have approved it in other municipalities. They are not going to override local
jurisdiction.
Alderman Kramer stated he had an
opportunity to receive a presentation from Mr. Spector a couple of years ago
and was quite impressed with the ATS system at that time. He still is, especially with regards to the
technology and the less conspicuous nature of the equipment. He asked Mr. Reed to review the lack of saw
cuts with the system and to explain the difference between the induction piezo
versus the video loop.
Mr. Reeb stated Arnold went with
the video detection system, which is the above ground loop detection where you
do not put the imbedded loop into the street.
Florissant has the piezo loop in the first intersection based on the
infrastructure. Where the
infrastructure does not impact the decision, it is up to the City to decide
whether they want to go with the above ground video detection or the in ground
piezo loop or other types of imbedded loops.
Alderman Kramer asked if an
existing pole can be used for the attachment or would a new pole have to be
erected.
Mr. Reeb stated where possible
they would use an existing pole.
Mayor Kelly stated the sensors
would activate the cameras if there were a violation. It could be a strip that’s imbedded in the asphalt and a mounted
camera that has a sensor.
Mr. Reeb stated once the light
turns red they get a signal that it is red.
Based on how the vehicle is coming through the intersection, whether it
is the video detection or as an imbedded loop, it will detect how fast the
vehicle is going and determine whether it could have stopped for the red
light. If the vehicle is going at a
certain speed the camera is activated, takes the shots and captures the red
light violation.
Alderman Leahy asked where is the
equipment placed.
Mr. Reeb stated the box attaches
to a single pole with the cameras, video and strobe.
Presentation by Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc.
Mark Etzbach – Redflex Traffic
Systems, Inc came before the Board and stated that he is the Regional Sales
Director for Redflex. He started with
Redflex in January of 2001. Their
solution incorporates both full motion video and high-resolution digital still
imagery. Redflex is the largest digital
outsourcing photo enforcement company in the U.S. They have 85 cities under contract in sixteen states. Globally,
they have contracts in eleven countries and are the largest outsourcing company
globally. Their operating history dates
back to 1986. One of the most important
things about Redflex from a competitive standpoint is they have more digital
systems in the ground and over 600 systems are operational.
Redflex acquired the traffic
business from ATS back in 1999. ATS
also had a two-year non-compete with Redflex.
They are the acquirer, not the acquiree. They are one of the only companies in this business that is
profitable. They make money and support
all of their installation efforts with the revenues generated from their over
600 installations.
One of the strengths of Redflex
is that they are an in-house service provider.
They currently have over 190 U.S. based employees. They are the largest provider, not only in terms
of the scope of how many programs they have, but in terms of how many resources
they have dedicated to those types of programs. Over 60 of those resources alone are dedicated to doing the
citation review process. Those
individuals are also working 24/7.
When violators get tickets they want to call someone. The odds of them reading the back of the
citation are slim. They provide the
1-800 number for the violators to call in case they have questions. More importantly, if the City has any
question they have a help desk. They
are in operation 19 hours a day, Monday through Friday, plus they come in
Sunday nights.
One of the uniqueness that
Redflex brings to the table is a supplement to the existing fixed program. They have a mobile red light solution, which
is vehicle based, using a retractable mast arm and video detection. It could be deployed anywhere at
anytime. They utilize the video
detection to detect the presence of the vehicle and it captures the full motion
video.
The installation is a pole-based
unit with the attached flash. The unit
is bullet resistant. They do not use
anything off the shelf. They design and
manufacture them. They spent thousands
of dollars doing market research to develop, not only the safest housing in the
industry, but also housing that was aesthetically pleasing. They have roadside cabinet options a little
bit bigger than your hand.
Their violations go through three
sets of eyes before they are made available to the police department. The initial review is where they pull the
motor vehicle license plate information, the DMV lookup and then a final level
of quality assurance. At that time it
is made available through their secure website. The police department would determine who gets the ticket and
then they would issue the mail to the registered owner of the vehicle. Once people put in the security code, the
citation and the license information, they can then watch the video. After they see the video, they can either
respond by requesting a hearing, they could be delinquent or they could pay
that particular citation. They also
have the option to pay it on line.
They can capture all movements,
straight-throughs, left turns, double left turns, triple left turns, right turn
on red violations, multiple violations per lane per phasing, variable weather
conditions, plus violations of speeds traveling over 100 mph. They could capture up to five lanes. In certain instances, they could do up to
six contiguous lanes depending on the actual configuration of the
intersection. Another important part of
the multiple camera configurations is their ability to capture, not only
simultaneous, but multiple violations.
One of the things that St. Peters
is going to be doing differently is identifying the driver of the vehicle. It will be a moving violation. With their 47 operational programs in
California, one of the reasons they are so successful is because they have the
ability to effectively capture the person driving the vehicle.
Alderman Leahy asked how
difficult is it to change from the rearview license plate to identification of
the driver.
Mr. Etzbach stated it is just an
additional camera on the other end of the intersection. What you find with driver identification is
you could do up to four lanes of enforcement with a single camera system, but a
lot of that depends on the actual geographies of the intersection. With turning movements, people are turning
away from the cameras. It brings up a
whole set of operational issues like gender identification, etc.
Alderman Marshall asked what type
of personal information is obtained on the driver.
Mr. Etzbach stated it is all
third party, registered owner, name, address, make and model of the
vehicle. No social security numbers are
obtained. Some states, depending on the
actual state, will provide DL. There is uniqueness from state to state on what
they can access.
Alderman Kramer stated both
vendors have done an excellent job of highlighting the topic of safety for the
residents.
Mayor Kelly thanked both ATS and
Redflex Traffic Systems for their presentations and stated that it would be
referred back to committee for further discussion.
ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE CITY
Motion was made by Alderman
Marshall, second by Alderwoman Clements to accept the revised warrant list
dated 5/15/06. All in favor none
opposed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEES AND
DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Mayor’s Report
Committee Appointments
Mayor Kelly stated he is waiting
for final decisions from people with respect to serving on committees.
Paving of Evans Avenue
Mayor Kelly stated as part of the
Villas at Brentwood project, they had a verbal commitment from the City to
repair Evans Avenue once the project was completed. It consists of approximately 200 feet of asphalt off Brentwood
Boulevard between the White building and the Villas. They have completed the fountain in front of the Villas. Out of their own frustrations, the owners
had approached the City and stated that they would be willing to pay for part
of the improvements to the road if they could get it paved. That was sent to subcommittee and they
received bids on doing the work. The
bids were around $8,200 at that time.
The owner has agreed that they will contribute $2,000 towards the paving
of a public street.
Mayor Kelly asked for a decision
from the Board on whether they are going to repair that road. If they are, they need to schedule to get it
done. The Committee wanted to know if
the White Company would be willing to contribute towards the paving of the
road. He does not understand the logic of asking businesses to pay for public
roadway improvements when the City does not require other people to do it. The original contribution that was being
made by the owners of the Villas was out of frustration that the road had not been
fixed. They cannot abandon the right-of-way. It is a public street and they cannot force
private businesses to pay for a public road.
Alderman Kramer stated if the
White Company would not be contributing he does not think they would want to
accept a contribution from the Winther Group. The City should go ahead and complete the task.
Alderman Leahy stated the paving
of Evans Avenue would be based on the fact that it is general maintenance for
the City. He asked if construction
traffic from the building of the Villas contributed to the destruction of the
road.
Mayor Kelly stated it was in bad
shape prior to that. It was something
they put off because they knew that project was going to take place. It was one of the reasons they did not
require the developer as part of the redevelopment agreement to do that because
the City had already scheduled to have it done.
Motion was made by Alderman
Kramer, second by Alderman Wynn to proceed with the paving of Evans
Avenue. Roll call: Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Marshall,
yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes;
Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes.
Public Safety Committee – No report
Public Works Committee
– No report
City Engineer – No
report
Ways and Means Committee
– No report
City Attorney – No
report
City Clerk/Administrator
Charity Golf Tournament
City Administrator Seemayer
reminded everyone of the City of Brentwood Charity Golf Tournament on Friday,
June 16th at Paradise Valley Country Club.
Director of Economic Development – No report
Excise Commissioner
Temporary Liquor License Request – St. Mary
Magdalen Church Parish Picnic
Excise Commissioner Clements
stated that St. Mary Magdalen Church is having their annual picnic this weekend
and they are asking for a temporary liquor license to sell margaritas. It is a two-day event and everything is in
order.
Liquor License Request – Hunan Wok
Hunan Wok has had a change in
ownership and this will bring them up-to-date with the license. Everything is in order.
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Marshall to grant the temporary liquor license to
St. Mary Magdalen and the liquor license to Hunan Wok. Roll call:
Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderwoman Krewson, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes;
Alderman Wynn, no.
Library – No report
Municipal League
Public Safety Sales Tax
Mayor Kelly stated one of the
things the Municipal League had pushed for this year was a public safety sales
tax. City Administrator Seemayer went
up to Jefferson City on Friday to try to lobby on the last day of the
session. The fire department union is
trying to insist that fire districts should be able to use this sales tax and
the Fraternal Order of Police is trying to put a stipulation in the bill that
if it was passed municipalities could not reduce their current contributions to
the police budget. This would mean that
they could not offset the cost to reduce the general funds. Unfortunately for the second year in a row this
new sales tax did not pass. He does not
think Brentwood would have wanted to implement it, but many fire and police
departments throughout the county wanted to implement the new sales tax to help
with their public safety expenses.
Annual Installation Dinner
Mayor Kelly stated on Friday,
June 2nd the Municipal League would be having their annual
installation dinner for their new officers.
He will be installed that night as one of their new board of director
members.
Communication – No
further report
Insurance Committee
– No report
Historical Society
– No report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Update
Alderman Kramer stated for those
who use McCutcheon Road on a regular basis or would like to use it in the
future the rerouting is about to take place.
They received an update a week or so ago from the developers that the
new pavement should be in by the second week in June. The new McCutcheon Road will have parallel parking on the road.
NEW BUSINESS
Ward 3 Meeting
Alderman Leahy announced a Ward 3
meeting would be held on Tuesday, May 30th at 7:00 p.m.
Costello Leasing Property
Alderman Leahy stated he received
a couple of phone calls from residents questioning the Dean Team operation on
Manchester Road at the old Costello Leasing property. He asked for an update on the property and the requirements.
Mayor Kelly stated the Dick Dean
Automotive Group is in the process of purchasing the property.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated they have not applied for a business license to do business in the City.
Mayor Kelly stated the process is
that Costello Leasing has a conditional use permit to operate their leasing
business on the lot. Under that
conditional use permit, they have to do more leasing than they do sales out of
that operation. They are also
restricted to their hours of operation and so forth. The conditional use permit goes with the property. So if another automotive group would want to
purchase it and use the same guidelines under the conditional use permit they
have every right to do that.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated the new owners were made very aware at a meeting with City staff that
they would have to operate under those guidelines. The owners also felt that they would be requesting an amendment
to the guidelines that regulate “for sale” signs on vehicles.
Mayor Kelly asked that three
issues be looked into that are occurring on the lot on weekends. They do not have “for sale” signs on the
cars but they do have prices. Every weekend
they are decorating the cars with balloons.
Check with the fire marshall regarding the number of cars they are
parking on that lot and the ability for a public safety vehicle to get in
there. The lot probably has at least
twice as many cars as it did before.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Wynn to adjourn the meeting at 8:50 p.m. All in favor none opposed.
Pat Kelly, Mayor
Attest:
Chris Seemayer, City Clerk
