MINUTES OF THE
REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
City Hall June 21, 2004
Council Chambers 7:00
p.m.
The Mayor led with the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Present: Alderwoman
Jepsen, Alderman Leahy, Alderman Golfin, Alderman Kramer, Alderman Robertson,
Alderman Wynn.
Asst. City
Attorney Michael Daming, City Clerk/Administrator Seemayer, Economic
Development Director Shelton and Executive Secretary Williams.
Absent: Alderman
Marshall, Alderman Cross, Zoning Administrator Wolf and Treasurer Reynders.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF JUNE 21, 2004
Motion was made by Alderman
Golfin, second by Alderman Leahy to approve and adopt the Agenda of the Regular
Board of Aldermen Meeting of June 21, 2004.
Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen,
yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, 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 17, 2004
Correction:
Page 15 – first paragraph –
insert the word “non-compensated” in second line.
Motion was made by Alderman
Kramer, second by Alderman Robertson to approve the Minutes of the Regular
Board of Aldermen Meeting of May 17, 2004 as amended. Roll call: Alderwoman
Jepsen, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes;
Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes.
Bids – None
HEARING OF ANY MATTER OF
PUBLIC INTEREST UPON REQUEST OF ANY PERSON PRESENT
Anne
Yancy – 9023 Madge came before the Board and stated that they are hearing some
rumors about a developer that has purchased property on Annalee who wants to
buy more parcels to have enough to come to the City and get it rezoned
“B”.
Mayor
Kelly stated that he is not aware of that.
Someone would have to make an application to the City and it would have
to go through the Planning and Zoning Commission, which would require a public
hearing process, then it would come to the Board of Aldermen. There is some activity going on in that area
with two developers that bought properties and are building new homes, but
there has been no talk of rezoning.
David
Stokes – 1536 High School Drive came before the Board and stated that he is
here to introduce himself to the Board and the voters present and to let
everyone know that he is a Brentwood resident running for State Representative
in the 87th District which covers a large majority of Brentwood.
Kevin
McCarthy came before the Board and stated that in compliance with cable TV regulations,
as was done during the election campaign of the City, equal time issues and so
on that portion of the program will be edited.
INTRODUCTIONS, READINGS,
AND PASSAGE OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Bill No. 5229 – Construction Regulations
Revised
Bill No. 5229 will remain on hold and the public hearing will continue until
the next meeting.
Bill No. 5241 and 5242
Mayor
Kelly stated that the applicant requested Bills No. 5241 and 5242 be placed on
hold. This has to do with the site plan
and a cross parking easement agreement with the City and the developers of the
Essen Hardware site. They are not here
this evening and City staff had some questions that they needed answered.
Motion
was made Alderman Leahy, second by Alderman Golfin to place Bill No. 5241 and
5242 on hold. Roll call: Alderwoman
Jepsen, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes;
Alderman Robertson, abstained; Alderman Wynn, yes.
Alderwoman
Jepsen asked if the agreement in Bill No. 5242 is a cross agreement? Page 1 talks about parcels owned by Flagtop
used by the City and page 2 talks about the City granting Flagtop easement for
parking.
Mayor
Kelly stated that is one of the problems with Bill No. 5242. In a cross parking agreement both parties
share parking but the way this is written the City is sharing, but they are
not. That needs to be worked out along
with some other issues.
1st and 2nd
Readings of Bills
Motion
was made by Alderman Leahy, second by Alderman Robertson to give Bills No.
5236, 5237, 5238 and 5239 1st and 2nd readings. All in favor none opposed.
Bill No. 5236 – Repealing
Ordinance No. 3933
Assist.
City Attorney Daming gave Bill No. 5236, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF
THE REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI BY REPEALING
THE AMENDMENT MADE TO SECTION 14-1030, SCHEDULE DD, THROUGH STREETS BY
ORDINANCE NO. 3933; AND DELETING ONE PARAGRAPH IN SECTION 14-1030, SCHEDULE DD,
AS IT RELATES TO THROUGH STREETS; PROVIDING FOR THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE OF THIS
CODE; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, its first and second readings.
Alderman
Leahy stated that Bill No. 5236 is before the Board because of an error that he
made. An ordinance was passed
requesting that the stop signs be removed per a request from the residents of
the area. Since they have been removed,
they have received a request from residents of the area that the signs at
Melvin and Fawn are put back up. He apologized for the redundancy of the
effort.
Alderman
Golfin asked how many residents were for it and how many were against it.
Alderman
Leahy stated that three residents on Melvin asked for the signs to be removed
and eleven plus residents asked that the signs be put back up.
Motion
was made by Alderman Leahy, second by Alderman Wynn to approve and adopt Bill
No. 5236. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen; yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes.
The
Mayor thereupon declared Bill No. 5236 duly passed and signed same into
approval thereof. Said Bill was given
Ordinance No. 3938.
Public Hearing –
Construction Regulations
Mayor
Kelly announced the public hearing for construction regulations would now be
heard at 7:15 p.m.
Alderman
Kramer stated that Bill No. 5229 is meant as a protection for the residents and
the neighborhoods during the construction process.
Bill
No. 5229 would amend chapter 6 of the building code by enacting new regulations
relating to the construction of new homes.
The bill does not affect remodeling or improvements to existing
homes. The intention of the bill is to
improve the relationship between the new home construction and the existing
neighbors. The bill has a Sunset Clause
of December 31st, 2004. It
is felt that this will provide time to see if the provisions in the bill are
adequate to achieve harmony between the existing homeowners and new
construction. The bill was reviewed
extensively by the Public Works Committee and received a positive
recommendation on a 2-1 vote with Alderman Leahy absent.
Mayor
Kelly asked if there were any questions from the audience.
Jim
Fiete – 2201 Parkridge Avenue came before the Board and stated that in Section
6.1 talks about regulations for new homes. These regulations do not apply to
room additions, remodeling or other work performed on existing residences. Does the City have any existing regulations
pertaining to room additions, remodeling, etc.
Mayor
Kelly stated the City has regulations with respect to time of day, operation
and so forth. That would not be as much
of a major construction process as a new home would be.
Mr.
Fiete stated that on page 3, Section 6.3 states that a copy of the regulations
shall be posted at the job site at all times.
Would that be 24-7 or when construction workers are present.
Alderman
Kramer stated that the idea is to emulate some of the other municipalities, one
of which is Clayton that follows a similar repartee. They have a placard on the wall system on the outside of the
construction perimeter for, not only the residents to see or for the folks in
construction daily, but the folks who deliver materials or anyone who would be
visiting the construction site to be able to have those visible, so they would
be there all the time.
Alderman
Wynn stated that on page 1, Section 6.2 Construction Hours, states “no diesel
or other mechanical noise may be audible from the job site outside of
prescribed construction hours”. What
does the job site include? Is it inside the fence?
Alderman
Kramer stated that literally what the job site means is the perimeter that is
enclosed by the fencing.
Alderman
Wynn stated so if a person came to work fifteen minutes early in cold weather,
the noise of him running his truck to keep warm would not be considered the job
site.
Alderman
Kramer stated figuratively if there is a construction vehicle parked in front
of the construction or work site that is running at 6:45 a.m. this would be
going against that. Although literally
it does not say that specifically, the noise rules that are currently in place
with the City of Brentwood would preclude that by way of a compliant that a
citizen could make.
Mayor
Kelly stated that the issue that Alderman Wynn is bringing up is the
possibility of residents complaining that their neighbor has a diesel and when
they start it up to warm it up before they go to work are they in violation as
well?
Alderman
Leahy stated according to Section 6.3 (e) the dumpster is required to be covered
if the amount of trash exceeds eighteen inches of the height of the dumpster
when measured from the interior. He
would like to see that covered long before the amount of trash ever exceeds the
height of the dumpster. The intent is
to keep trash from going outside the construction site and onto adjacent
properties. He would like to see that
modified.
Alderman
Kramer stated that the sentence at the end of portion (e) states, “In any
event, no debris shall be allowed to overflow from the dumpster onto the job
site”, and was meant to clarify that so that if one of the work dumpsters had a
large piece of equipment dropped into the center of it during the construction
process, which would cause the overall height in the center of the dumpster to
exceed that eighteen inches, but at the same time the remaining portions of the
dumpster interior would be well below the top of the dumpsters, there wouldn’t
be a problem with debris floating on the outside of that container. However what this speaks to is that if that
were to be the case it would be the responsibility of the developer or the
builder to keep that from happening.
Alderman
Leahy stated that the intent is if the dumpster is filled eight inches above
the internal height, by right you could not cite the contractor because he is
incompliance, no coverage is necessary.
The neighbor now calls and complains that there is debris in her yard
and the contractor is kind enough to show up and help pick it up and put it
back in the dumpster. He would like to
avoid the neighbor from having to complain and thus if they cover the dumpster
they hopefully alleviate the problem and the complaint call from the neighbor
before it becomes a complaint.
Alderman
Wynn asked when would it be covered and how close to the top?
Alderman
Leahy stated he would like to see it covered when the debris inside the
dumpster is within two feet of the height of the dumpster.
Mayor
Kelly suggested Bill No. 5229 go back to the Public Works Committee for
discussion.
Alderman
Leahy stated that Section 6.5, last sentence states, “All curb cuts, driveway
approaches and the Building Official by virtue of Section 21-41 must approve
public sidewalks”, is a misprint.
Alderman
Kramer stated that’s correct.
Public Hearing – Amending
Chapter 25
Mayor
Kelly announced the public hearing for amending Chapter 25 of the Brentwood
Code would now be heard at 7:20 p.m.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated that this public hearing deals with the placement
of tattoo, body piercing or branding establishments and defines them more
specifically and what zoning districts they can be located within the City of
Brentwood. In this particular
legislation they would be limited to the RSC zoning districts. The City had a similar type legislation that
was approved in the last couple of years in regards to check cashing types of
facilities.
Mayor
Kelly asked if there were any comments from the audience.
Alderwoman
Jepsen stated by adding it as a specific item, the City can then not issue the
conditional use permit?
City
Administrator Seemayer stated other than in the RSC district.
Alderwoman
Jepsen asked where are the RSC districts and how is it different from other
commercial districts.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated that there are three areas of the City that
currently have RSC districts. The RSC
districts are in a small parcel just north of the Mobil Station on Brentwood
Boulevard, the parcel of ground where the Applegate’s and Dulux Paint Stores are
and the Magna Bank building.
Mayor
Kelly announced the public hearing closed at 7:30 p.m.
Bill No. 5237 – Amending
Chapter 2 and Adopting the Revised Employees Handbook
Asst.
City Attorney Daming gave Bill No. 5237, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE
REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FOR 1987 BY REPEALING
SECTIONS 2-101 THROUGH 2-105 OF ARTICLE V; SECTIONS 2-301 THROUGH 2-307;
SECTIONS 2-321 THROUGH 2-323; AND SECTIONS 2-331 THROUGH 2-334 OF ARTICLE VII;
AND ADOPTING THE REVISED CITY OF BRENTWOOD EMPLOYEES HANDBOOK; PROVIDING FOR
THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE OF THIS CODE; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, its
first and second readings.
Mayor
Kelly stated that a newly revised employees handbook was done in the mid
1990’s, which was adopted by the Board in resolution form. They were told it would be better to adopt
it by ordinance form.
Alderman
Leahy stated that page 31 of the handbook requires that the employees of the
City of Brentwood sign that they have received and possibly waive to go to
arbitration if necessary. Would this
be a grandfather requirement for the current employees or would it be something
that the City would end up having all current employees sign as this book is
revised and handed out.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated that it was grandfathered at the time this was
adopted. Any employees hired from that
date forward had to sign this booklet.
Alderman
Leahy asked if the City has the segregation of which employees are under the
requirement and which ones would be adopted.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated yes and that it is in each of the personnel
files.
Motion
was made by Alderman Robertson, second by Alderman Kramer to approve and adopt
Bill No. 5237. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes.
The
Mayor thereupon declared Bill No. 5237 duly passed and signed same into
approval thereof. Said Bill was given
Ordinance No. 3939.
Bill No. 5238 – Appealing
Ordinance No. 3912
Asst.
City Attorney Daming gave Bill No. 5238, AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.
3912 WHICH AUTHORIZED THE INITIATION OF CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION
WITH THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8734 SUBURBAN TRACKS STREET (LOT 2) IN BRENTWOOD,
MISSOURI; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, its first and
second readings.
Alderman
Leahy asked if Bill No. 5238 is asking for the repeal of the condemnation
proceedings. Would it also signify that
the City is no longer interested in purchasing or pursuing this property within
the friendly negotiations aspect?
Mayor
Kelly stated yes.
Alderman
Kramer read into record the synopsis for Bill No. 5238. This bill repeals Ordinance No. 3912, which
authorized the initiation of condemnation proceedings in connection with 8734
Suburban Tracks Street. The City is no
longer pursuing acquiring this property.
Alderwoman
Jepsen stated that this issue is something that has caught the public eye and
for those who will be viewing this later, why is the City backing off from
this.
Mayor
Kelly stated that the City had never determined what they had paid for the
property. It was going to be in excess
of what the City was willing to spend.
There is going to be some issues with the use of that property and the
owners understand that as they move through the process. At this time the City does not have the
funds to expend for it.
Motion
was made by Alderman Leahy, second by Alderman Robertson to approve and adopt
Bill No. 5238. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes.
The
Mayor thereupon declared Bill No. 5238 duly passed and signed same into approval
thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance
No. 3940.
Bill No. 5239 – Increase
for Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund
Asst.
City Attorney Daming gave Bill No. 5239, AN ORDINANCE TO CALL AN ELECTION TO
SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI, PROPOSITION “1” TO
AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE FOR THE BRENTWOOD POLICE AND FIREMEN’S RETIREMENT PENSION
FUND; AND, PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, its first and
second readings.
Mayor
Kelly stated that Fire Chief Niemeyer, Police Chief Knight and Asst. Fire Chief
Kurtz were all present and representing the Police and Firemen’s Pension Board.
It
has been evaluated by the Pension Board that currently the Police and Firemen’s
Pension Fund which was established in 1950 by the voters is currently under
funded. They are asking the voters for
a 15-cent tax increase that will fund, according to the actuarial report, the
Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund for the next 20 to 25 years. It is the City’s responsibility to place any
ballot issues on the ballot for the police and firemen. Through their analysis this is what has been
determined they need in order to bring their pension back up to be fully
funded.
It
is important to point out that the police and firemen do not have any other
retirement income. They do not receive
social security. They make
contributions on their own for their retirement. It is something the voters established for them in 1950. They have only had one tax increase since
then and that was in 1985. One of the
reasons that it is under funded at this time is they are authorized to charge
up to 38 cents per hundred dollars assessed valuation but because of the
Hancock Amendment they can only make increases according to the inflation rate. Currently they are only able to charge
without the voters’ approval 22 cents.
The proposition is currently named Proposition “1” but that will not be
the name that will appear on the ballot.
Alderman
Golfin asked if someone could explain the circumstances under which there
really can be no over funding of the pension fund.
Mayor
Kelly stated that it could get to the point where they have excess money
according to the actuarial report but the pension board has the ability to
lower their rate if they don’t need to take in as much money. This year the pension would be under funded
by $125,000. If the pension stopped
today with employees that have contributed to it, it would be that much short
of paying them for their expected life of drawing off of that pension.
Alderwoman
Jepsen stated that with the current 22 cents and the 15 cents being requested
it takes it up to 37 cents. Is that on
every $100 per assessed value of the property?
City
Administrator Seemayer stated that it is 19%.
The County takes the appraised value of the home and then takes 19% of
that. If it is a $100,000 appraised
home, the County would take 19% of that and your taxes would be based on a home
valued at $19,000.
Alderwoman
Jepsen stated that there is some sort of State program for seniors that is on a
limited income and cannot handle tax increases. Would something like this qualify for that program?
City
Administrator Seemayer stated that it would.
If the residential property tax increase in any given year of a senior
citizen exceeds 5%, it would be frozen at 5%.
However the State has to make up that difference and appropriate it back
to all the municipalities, school districts, fire districts and so forth,
otherwise it does not go into effect.
Alderman
Robertson stated as Chairman of the Public Safety Committee they have discussed
it and voted to pass it on to the Board with a unanimously positive
recommendation. It is a very important
issue for the police and firemen.
Motion
was made by Alderman Robertson, second by Alderman Golfin to approve and adopt
Bill No. 5239. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes.
The
Mayor thereupon declared Bill No. 5239 duly passed and signed same into approval
thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance
No. 3941.
1st and 2nd
Readings of Bill No. 5240
Motion
was made by Alderman Kramer, second by Alderman Golfin to give Bill No. 5240
first and second readings. Roll
call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman
Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson,
yes; Alderman Wynn, yes.
Asst.
City Attorney Daming gave Bill No. 5240, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF
THE REVISED CODE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI BY ADDING ONE NEW DEFINITION
TO SECTION 25-2; BY ADDING NEW SECTIONS TO SECTION 25-257(c) (2); PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, its first and second readings.
Alderman
Kramer read into record a synopsis on Bill No. 5240. This bill defines tattoo and body piercing establishments and
restricts their usage to the R.S.C. zoning district, similar to check cashing
facilities. This bill requires a public
hearing and was reviewed and approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Motion
was made by Alderman Kramer, second by Alderman Golfin to approve and adopt
Bill No. 5240. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes.
The
Mayor thereupon declared Bill No. 5240 duly passed and signed same into
approval thereof. Said Bill was given
Ordinance No. 3942.
Resolution No. 910 –
Endorsing and Supporting Tax Increase
Mayor
Kelly stated that the Pension Board requested the Resolution be placed on hold
until the next meeting. They would like
to have the full Board present when the resolution is considered.
Motion
was made by Alderman Wynn, second by Alderman Leahy to place Resolution No. 910
on hold. All in favor none opposed.
Resolution No. 911 –
Natural Hazard Mitigation
Alderman
Kramer read a synopsis of Resolution No. 911 into record. This Resolution states that the City of
Brentwood will use its best efforts to become a safer community by identifying
hazards and assessing their risk to help implement a plan to reduce hazards in
our community. This Resolution also
allows the City to qualify for grants and assistance to avoid hazards and to
assist with the destruction they may cause.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated the main focus with those would be on natural
disasters like flooding, tornadoes, and earthquakes and to have a good plan to
deal with those.
Mayor
Kelly stated that having a plan in place would give the City a better chance of
getting more federal funds if that natural disaster happens.
Alderwoman
Jepsen stated that the second paragraph from the bottom states that “ . . .
Regional All-Hazard Mitigation Plan attached hereto . . .” Does the City have a
copy of this plan?
Mayor
Kelly stated that it is in place.
Alderwoman
Jepsen asked who oversees it.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated that a lot of it goes through the Public Works
Director Jerry Wolf and the Public Safety personnel. If there is anything that has to go forward it would more than
likely go through the Public Safety Committee.
Alderman
Leahy asked if he is correct in assuming that at one point the City passed a
status that the Recreation Center could be used as a community cooling center
for part of this plan.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated yes.
Alderman
Leahy stated would this help the City in recouping some of the cost of running
that facility if necessary?
City
Administrator Seemayer stated that they would not be able to recoup any of the
expenses.
Motion
was made by Alderman Golfin, second by Alderman Leahy to approve and adopt
Resolution No. 911. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes.
ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE CITY
Alderman
Kramer stated that State Mechanical is doing the repairs to the ice rink
compressor. What is the cost of a new
compressor?
City
Administrator Seemayer stated it is around $75,000 and the ice rink has three
compressors. Two of them operate at one
time and one is in reserve.
Alderwoman
Jepsen stated that the warrant list shows $37,000 for legal services from
January – March 2003.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated from time-to-time the attorney is not completely
up to date with billing. They are
occasionally behind on billing the City.
Alderwoman
Jepsen asked if they are on a monthly retainer.
City
Administrator Seemayer stated that they are on a monthly fixed retainer for
most items and anytime there is litigation involved with the City of any sort
and some other various issues there is an hourly rate also.
Motion
was made by Alderman Leahy, second by Alderman Wynn to approve the warrant list
dated 6/21/04 in the amount of $487,329.24.
All in favor none opposed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND
DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Mayor’s Report
Mayor
Kelly stated that the TDD Board met for Strassner Road. The bonds have been issued and are all
sold. Because of the success of the
projects and the financial stability of the City, they received a AA rating on
the bonds and also were able to insure the bonds, which give the City a lower
interest rate. That is the first TDD to
be able to do that. What that means to
the bondholders is on the serial bonds there is an average interest rate of 4%
and for the super sinker bonds, which is the majority of them the interest rate
is 5%. From an investor’s standpoint
because they are tax-exempt bonds, and the reason they sell so quickly is there
is about a 9% return for the investors that buy those bonds. At that same meeting they selected their
civil engineer who is going to help design the improvements that are going to
be done to Eager Road, Wrenwood, and the park paths. They also hired a traffic engineer who will be doing the analysis
of Eager Road to advise them on what they need to do.
Mayor
Kelly stated that he has asked the Public Works Committee to look at a couple
of ordinances that he found in talking to representative from University
City. One is with respect to vacant
homes. University City has adopted an
ordinance, that if there is a home that is vacant for more than six months they
have to notify the city and pay a $200.00 fee so that the city can monitor that
home until they have somebody occupying it.
The other one is the housing and inspection of rental property. He is asking the Public Works Committee if
it would be appropriate to put an additional fee, if they do yearly inspections
on rental property, per rental property as well. The City needs to look at this and try to encourage more
homeownership instead of rental property.
Mayor
Kelly stated that he had Mr. Wolf contact The Villas at Brentwood last week to
get an update and they are doing extremely well. Currently they have 220 apartments available. They have 186 of those leased, which is
about 85%. The other units are still
under construction. The construction
timetable may be a little behind schedule but the success of The Villas and the
actual leasing and getting residents in there are going extremely well. One of the delays they had was because of
the City shutting them down on leasing because they did not have the center
parking garage completed and didn’t have some of the fire exits in place.
Alderwoman
Jepsen asked when it comes to fire, was the place really looked at for the
density and access, etc.
Mayor
Kelly stated that the buildings have sprinklers. The deciding factor on whether the project would move forward was
the sprinkler system the City required them to put in. All of the exterior windows have sprinklers
from the inside so that if a window broke and flames are shooting out it cannot
get to the adjacent buildings. If you
go through the building you will notice a number of fire hoses and fire
hydrants in place. The firemen tour the
premises and know where they are located and it is part of their responsibility
to make sure those people are safe.
Public Safety Committee – No further report
Public Works Committee – No further report
City Engineer – No report
Parks
Mayor
Kelly stated that he has been meeting with some of the Parks Department and
employees and they have been meeting with Richmond Heights about looking at
some of the services that can be combined and offered to the residents. The
brochure for the Recreation Centers is going to be combined. There will be one quarterly brochure coming
out for the programs and will be beneficial to all the municipalities
participating for the programs they are offering. The brochure will come out around August 10th.
Zoning Administrator – No report
Ways and Means Committee – No report
Planning and Zoning – No report
City Attorney – No report
City Clerk/Administrator – No report
Director of Economic
Development
Director
of Economic Development Shelton came before the Board and stated that the Comprehensive
Plan Steering Committee will meet on June 23rd at 7:00 p.m. They will be
interviewing the first of two respondents to the request for planning
consultants. Then they will begin the
process of gathering public input, which is a big goal of the Steering
Committee.
Excise Commissioner
Temporary Liquor License Request – Goff Moll Post 101
Excise
Commissioner Clements stated that Brentwood Goff Moll Post 101 is asking for a
two-day permit for Brentwood Days on September 17 and 18.
Motion
was made by Alderman Golfin, second by Alderman Kramer to approve the temporary
liquor license request for Goff Moll Post 101 to serve liquor at Brentwood Days
on September 17 and 18. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman
Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, no.
Liquor License Renewals
Excise
Commissioner Clements stated it is time to renew the licenses for the year 2004
through 2005. There are eighteen
license applications. All departments
have signed off and everything is in order.
Motion
was made by Alderman Kramer, second by Alderman Golfin to approve the yearly
liquor license renewals. Roll
call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman
Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson,
yes; Alderman Wynn, yes.
Library – No report
Municipal League – No report
Waste Management Commission – No report
Storm Water Management – No report
Communication – No report
Insurance Committee – No report
Historical Society – No report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Director
of Economic Development Shelton stated that the Board might want to entertain a
motion to authorize the entering into the application for the CDBG since the
deadline is July 2.
Motion
was made by Alderman Leahy, second by Alderman Wynn to approve the
participation in the CDBG for year 2005.
All in favor none opposed.
NEW BUSINESS
Recognition
Alderwoman
Jepsen asked Alderman Wynn to explain the recent recognition he received from
the Missouri Hall of Fame.
Alderman
Wynn stated that he played in the 1954 Missouri University Baseball Team that
won the National Championship. They
were the only team in the history of the University of Missouri that has won a
National Championship. Because of that
they were honored by being place in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in
Springfield Missouri.
Meeting
Ward
3 meeting for the month of June is Tuesday, June 29th at 7:00 p.m.
in the Council Chambers.
Can Crusher Machine
Mayor
Kelly stated that the City applied for a grant and received a can crusher
machine that is available for organizations in the City to use for that
service. At the moment there are no
policies in place on how that is going to take place. One of the things that are important from the City’s standpoint
is that they are responsible for the machine and may need to have a waiver
signed by people using it. If they get
hurt, the City is not going to be held liable for that.
Alderman
Leahy stated that at current the machine is located at his premises. He is personally carrying a $1 million
liability policy to cover the scouting program and thus the usage of the
machine under the program for the scouts is being covered. The scouts that are using the equipment are
done so with two adult supervisors at all times with one of the property owners
being present.
Mayor
Kelly stated that the policy needs to be filed with the City.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion
was made by Alderman Robertson, second by Alderman Leahy to adjourn the meeting
at 8:10 p.m. All in favor none opposed.
Pat
Kelly, Mayor
Attest:
Chris
Seemayer, City Clerk