MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
City Hall August
16, 2004
Council Chambers 7:00
p.m.
The Mayor led with the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Present: Mayor Kelly,
Alderwoman Jepsen, Alderman Marshall, Alderman Leahy, Alderman Golfin, Alderman
Kramer, Alderman Robertson, Alderman Wynn, Alderman Cross.
City
Attorney Murphy, City Clerk/Administrator Seemayer, Zoning Administrator Wolf,
Director of Economic Development Shelton, Treasurer Reynders and Executive
Secretary Williams.
Absent: None.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF AUGUST 16, 2004
Motion was made by Alderman
Golfin, second by Alderman Robertson to approve and adopt the Agenda of the
Regular Board of Aldermen Meeting of August 16, 2004. Roll call: Alderwoman
Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF JULY 19, 2004
Motion was made by Alderman
Kramer, second by Alderman Marshall to approve and adopt the Minutes of the
Regular Board of Aldermen Meeting of July 19, 2004. Roll call: Alderwoman
Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF JULY 27, 2004
Corrections:
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the words in the fourth line, “At that meeting” and insert “Prior to that
meeting”.
Page 4 - last paragraph, insert
the words “another traffic professional not affiliated with the
development”.
Motion was made by Alderman
Kramer, second by Alderman Leahy to amend the Minutes of the Special Board of
Aldermen Meeting of July 27, 2004. Roll
call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman
Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes;
Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
SWEARING IN OF POLICE OFFICERS
Chief Knight came before the
Board and introduced Scott Wurth and Todd Lambert as new police officers for
the City of Brentwood Police Department.
Alderman Robertson came before
the Board and administered the Oath of Office to Scott Wurth and Todd Lambert
the new police officers for the Brentwood Police Department.
BIDS – None
HEARING OF ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC
INTEREST UPON REQUEST OF ANY PERSON PRESENT
Mike Conlon – 8817 Moritz came
before the Board and stated his north property line borders the Pioneer Bank
building. He asked who is responsible
for seeing that the plans for Pioneer Bank are carried out the way they were signed
off on and agreed to.
Mayor Kelly responded the City
Engineer and the Housing Department.
Mr. Conlon asked about some
incomplete items on the Pioneer Bank property as it relates to his property and
when it would be taken care of.
Mayor Kelly stated that he would
talk with Mr. Conlon and address the issues, along with Pioneer Bank. He will take Pioneer Bank representatives at
their word that they will resolve the issues and follow those plans.
Mr. Wolf stated that the bank
assured him it would be taken care of.
It will be done exactly the way the plans read.
Public Hearing – Setting of 2004 Property Tax
Rate
Mayor Kelly announced the public
hearing scheduled for the setting of the 2004 property tax rate would now be
heard at 7:15 p.m.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that Bill No. 5249 sets the 2004 property tax rate as follows: The General Fund Residential Rate $.000,
Commercial Rate $.230 and Personal Property Rate $.207. The Public Library Residential Rate $.181,
Commercial Rate $.198 and Personal Property Rate $.179. The Police and Firemen’s Retirement
Residential Rate $.238, Commercial Rate $.261 and Personal Property Rate
$.235. The Bonded Indebtedness
Residential, Commercial and Personal Property Rates $.000.
Mayor Kelly asked what would the
total be on the debt service if the City were to assess that against the
residents.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that it would be $.235. The
amount being waived between the residential rate and the debt service rate is a
combined $.444.
Alderman Leahy asked if the Board
approves the rates does it accomplish the fact that the City can operate on a
balanced budget. Will there be a
surplus?
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that it does not address either of those. Those are the rates being projected for this portion of the
revenues. It does not give the City a
balanced budget, a deficit or surplus.
It is in line with what they projected for this year for this portion of
the revenues. The amounts will keep the
budget working.
Alderwoman Jepsen asked how does
the rates compare to what was approved last year.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that the City is about $.103
higher on the residential rate. It
follows the same on the commercial and personal property rates.
Alderwoman Jepsen stated that it
is her understanding that the personal property value has dropped
citywide. Is that the reason nothing
was assessed if that is the area going down.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that they could not do that on the personal property. They have a ceiling amount that the voters
approved some time ago. They are
limited to that amount. When the rate
goes higher like it did this year it is because the overall assessed value went
down because of the personal property, so the rate is adjusted slightly higher
to accommodate that. When the assessed
values go up then the rate would probably drop down so they collect the same
amount of money.
Mayor Kelly stated under the
Hancock Amendment they could not increase those rates without voter
approval. The changes come from the
State letting them know what increases they can have in order to bring it up to
the same level of income they had the year before.
Alderman Golfin stated in order
to frame this tax rate in terms that they might all understand better, this
increase as he remember would amount to about $2.78 cents on the average home
in the City of Brentwood. It is really
an adjustment because assessed values have gone down.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that is correct.
Mayor Kelly asked if there were
any comments from the audience regarding the setting of the 2004 property tax
rate. There were none.
The Mayor announced the public
hearing closed at 7:23 p.m.
Public Hearing – Amending Chapter 25
Mayor Kelly announced a public
hearing for an amendment to Chapter 25 would now be heard at 7:25 p.m.
Mayor Kelly stated there is a
bill before the Board, which addresses one of the issues that the residents
have been concerned about with respect to building new homes and the exterior
building materials, primarily wanting brick homes in brick neighborhoods. He asked the City Engineer how they could
come up with an ordinance that would resolve that issue for building permits
being submitted to the City, while they try to hash out some of the other
issues with respect to building materials and architectural review. If someone is tearing down and building a
new house and if three houses on either side of the new house are built
primarily of brick then the house would have to meet those same percentages of brick. The bill did not get a favorable review from
the Commission. He asked the Board to
put the bill on hold for review. The
public hearing will remain.
Alderman Robertson stated that
this bill does not specify either residential zones but it covers both.
Mayor Kelly stated that this
would be citywide. One of the issues of
coming up with separate zones for different parts of the City is very
complicated.
Alderman Robertson stated that he
lives on Lawndell, which is entirely frame and siding houses. Would they prevent a brick house from being
built on that street since it would be very disruptive?
Alderman Wynn stated that there
are several streets with brick houses that are getting old. If someone wanted to build a house with
siding it may be better off with siding than to continue to let the brick house
deteriorate. They should think of the
City as a whole.
Mayor Kelly stated that they want
to maintain the integrity of the City and make sure they are building quality
homes when they put up new homes.
Alderman Kramer stated as the
newly appointed Chairman of the Architectural Review Board and not having a
chance to meet with that group he wanted to make sure he passed along his
affirmation and applaud to the initiative on Bill No. 5250. However he does have some concerns that
Alderman Robertson has brought up about some of the frame homes in the way this
would or would not address that issue.
There was a concern about the introduction into our community of vinyl
siding versus many of the frame homes that are constructed with the older type
siding, which may have been made out of the different materials one of which is
asbestos based. There are some
communities further to our west and some around us who have gone more towards
specifying the type of siding that would preclude vinyl as an option. He invited his fellow aldermen to take a
look at the Missouri Municipal Review article on infill housing that was
published in the June issue of that magazine that talked about the City of Ladue’s
approach and their use of the architectural review board for their benefit and
maintain the uniformity in the various neighborhoods. Bill No. 5250 is very good but there may be a better way to
approach what they as a community may end up wanting in the end.
Alderwoman Jepsen asked what were
the criteria for the three houses on either side of the house being built. Are there written review guidelines in
place?
Alderman Kramer stated that there
is not a good list of guidelines.
However the article in the Missouri Municipal Review basically spoke to
a ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court in regards to Ladue’s use of the
architectural review board, which has very loose guidelines. Their main objective is to preserve the
integrity of the neighborhood without specifying in particular that you have to
do this. Leave it up to the architects
that are on the architectural review board to specify whether or not this
conforms to the community. Ideally if
it does a permit is issued and the building is erected. If it is not then the petitioner is allowed
to go before the Board of Aldermen and get a review of that decision. It is a concept that has been challenged and
gone to court and made it to the Supreme Court as to whether or not the City of
Ladue could go through that review without the specific guidelines and in fact
they can.
Mayor Kelly stated that this bill
was modeled after Ellisville’s ordinance.
Zoning Administrator Wolf stated
that theirs is a function of the size, square foot of living area and the
percentage of brick that is required on a home. It ranges anywhere from 100 percent to 0 percent. That was not what the residents seem to want
here. Three homes in general are about
350 feet. That is the distance you
would look and see and register in your mind as to whether it is mostly brick,
etc. That is a variable. It can be changed to two, five, seven, or
the whole block. In most blocks in
Brentwood you have a variety of mixes.
If you make it too complicated nothing is going to be done. In the Brentwood Code the architectural
review board is just an advisory group to the Board of Aldermen, so whatever
decision they reach would be considered a recommendation. Regardless of whether it is this bill or the
Brentwood Code as a whole it still comes to this body for a decision.
Mayor Kelly stated that one of
the concerns he has is having some standards for the architectural review board
and not having something in black and white to look at makes it very subjective
in making their decisions.
Mayor Kelly asked if there were
any comments from the audience.
Jim Fiete – 2201 Parkridge came
before the Board and asked what happens if four of the houses on each side are
brick and two of them simply have a brick facing. Is that the majority?
Zoning Administrator Wolf stated
that when Mr. Fiete referred to a brick home he was referring to a brick
structure both the structural wall as well as the exterior finished wall. Bill No. 5250 is written with a brick veneer,
which does not address what the structural wall is. It can be masonry or wood stud.
In either case unless you are talking about the thirteen-inch thick
walls, what you have out in front is a facing of veneer.
Alderman Leahy stated the way the
bill is written you could pick the three houses to the left or the three to the
south depending on what you are seeing.
Zoning Administrator Wolf stated
that was not the intent in writing the bill.
Alderman Robertson stated that
unless you have all three houses on each side and both sides of the houses have
brick there is no requirement to comply.
It does not state in the bill the majority of the houses.
Zoning Administrator Wolf stated
that would have to be changed. It was
the intent that when you look at those six houses whatever is predominant is
what should take effect. For example,
if there were four siding homes and two brick homes then siding would be used.
Mayor Kelly announced he would
leave the public hearing open until the next meeting.
Public Comment Continued
David Emas - 2614 Helen came
before the Board and asked what is the budget for the Parks Department annually
and how many acres of parks are maintained.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated it is approximately $1.7 million.
Mr. Emas stated Forest Park has
1,292 acres and their budget is $800,000 a year. The entire City of St. Louis has got in excess of 10,000 acres of
parks and their budget is a little over $8 million. Brentwood has 36 acres and the budget is $1.7 million.
Mayor Kelly stated that a big
part of the Brentwood’s budget is the operation of the ice rink. That may be the money that the City is
contributing to Forest Park but if you look at their budget a lot of their
funds come from donations. They have a
multi-million dollar operation in maintaining those parks. The residents of Brentwood have stated to
the Board of Aldermen that the parks are very important. The residents in 1993 approved a $1 million
bond issue to make the improvements to the parks. It included the trail systems, the playgrounds and so forth. The City has an obligation to the residents
to maintain those parks. About $500,000
of general revenue help to maintain those parks. The City has not assessed against the residents that bond issue
and is paying for it out of the general revenue in order to keep the taxes
low. If you look at the overall
operation of the parks they run very efficiently and they do a great job of
maintaining them.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that the Park Department has revenues of about $700,000 a year.
Barbara Dorries – 2610 Helen came
before the Board and thanked the Mayor and Alderman Marshall for speaking with
them this week regarding their storm sewer issue on Helen Avenue. She is begging the Board not to let this
issue drop.
Linda Emas – 2614 Helen came
before the Board and stated they are part of the group that has storm sewer
backup in their basement. They
frequently experience storm sewer backups.
MSD has promised they would come out and they have not done that
yet. She has been calling MSD and is
not getting any answers. They cannot
sell their home and will not be able to move.
They have to put up with this every time it rains. It is very frustrating and she is tired of
it.
INTRODUCTIONS, READINGS, AND
PASSAGE OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Bill No. 5250 – On Hold
Motion was made by Alderman
Leahy, second by Alderman Wynn to place Bill No. 5250 on hold. All in favor none opposed.
1st and 2nd
Readings of Bills
Motion was made by Alderman
Robertson, second by Alderman Golfin to give Bills No. 5247, 5248 and 5249
first and second readings. Roll
call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman
Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes;
Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
Bill No. 5247 – Proposition “B”
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5247, AN ORDINANCE TO CALL AN ELECTION TO SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY
OF BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI, PROPOSITION “B” TO AUTHORIZE THE INCREASE OF THE
BUSINESS LICENSE FEE ON GROSS RECEIPTS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS ORDINANCE, its first and second readings.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis
of Bill No. 5247: This Bill would place
Proposition “B” on the November ballot with the question, “Shall the gross
receipts business license fee be increased from $1 dollar per $1,000 of gross
receipts to $1.25 per $1,000 of gross receipts”? This Proposition requires a simple majority for passage and if
approved would generate approximately $200,000 in additional business license
fee’s annually. The Ways and Means
discussed this Bill and recommended its approval by the full Board of Aldermen.
Alderman Marshall stated that
this increase is in line with surrounding municipalities. Brentwood is actually lower compared to some
others.
Alderman Leahy questioned the
timing of this bill with the Wal-Mart, Lowe’s and Sam’s going in
Maplewood. He has a feeling that the
City of Brentwood is going to be faced with many open small storefront faces. Increasing the business license fees could
be a reason for picking or non-picking of a location. He fears that raising the fee like this could end up chasing
businesses. He would like to see
postponing this bill until they see what the affect of the adjacent development
is doing.
Alderman Marshall stated that the
City would be in line with Maplewood.
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that Maplewood is currently at a $1.00 on business license fees on gross
receipts, however their real estate, personal property and utility taxes are
significantly higher than Brentwood’s.
Alderman Golfin stated as a
member of the Ways and Means Committee they had discussed the various aspects
of this bill. They need to have a
balanced budget. If you look at alternatives
you would be looking at increasing the residential property tax. The City has about 50,000 people in
Brentwood during the day that are workers and doing business in Brentwood,
shopping and there are only 8,000 residents.
They are faced with providing services for 50,000 people which includes police
protection, traffic control, litter pickup, etc. It is appropriate that businesses carry their share.
Alderman Cross stated that this
is the first time the City has raised the business license fee.
Motion was made by Alderman
Marshall, second by Alderman Wynn to approve and adopt Bill No. 5247. Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall,
yes; Alderman Leahy, no; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman
Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill
No. 5247 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 3948.
Bill No. 5248 – Personal Financial Disclosure
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5248, AN ORDINANCE READOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 3153, SECTION 2-471 OF CHAPTER
2 OF THE REVISED CODE OR ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FOR 1987;
PROVIDING FOR THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE OF THIS CODE; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE, its first and second readings.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis
of Bill No. 5248: This Bill would
readopt our Ethics/Personal Financial Disclosure ordinance as required by State
Statute. This ordinance sets forth the
requirements that elected and certain appointed officials must disclose any
financial interests they may have with the City. The filings must be performed on an annual basis and submitted to
the Missouri Ethics Commission.
Motion was made by Alderman
Kramer, second by Alderman Cross to approve and adopt Bill No. 5248. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill
No. 5248 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 3949.
Bill No. 5249 – Property Tax Rate
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5249, AN ORDINANCE TO CONFIRM, RATIFY AND APPROVE THE RATE OF TAX TO BE
ASSESSED AND COLLECTED FOR EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OF ASSESSED
VALUATION FOR THE YEAR 2004 FOR: (A) GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES; (B) TO PAY
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST AS THE SAME MATURES ON INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF
BRENTWOOD EVIDENCED BY BONDS; (C) TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC
LIBRARY; AND (D) TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD’S
POLICE AND FIREMEN’S RETIREMENT FUND; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, its first
and second readings.
Alderwoman Jepsen asked if the
annual contribution to the City of Brentwood’s Police and Firemen’s Fund is
fixed and separate from what will be on the ballot.
Mayor Kelly stated that would be
an increase to this amount. The library
is a separate taxing district and they set their rate. The Police and Firemen’s Pension Board is a
legal entity that sets their rate. It
goes through the City and it is adopted by the City for legal reasons. It is left up to those Boards to set that
rate and then they run their operations from that revenue. The rate that is being set with this bill
for the Police and Firemen’s Retirement Fund is what they are currently
at. The issue that is going on the
November 2nd ballot is an increase of an additional 15 cents that
would be added to this amount.
Motion was made by Alderman
Marshall, second by Alderman Robertson to approve and adopt Bill No. 5249. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill
No. 5249 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 3950.
Resolution No. 912 – Sale of beer and wine at
Brentwood Days
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis
of Resolution No. 912: This Resolution
allows for the sale of beer and wine at the Brentwood Days Festival on
September 17 and 18.
Motion was made by Alderman
Kramer, second by Alderman Marshall to adopt Resolution No. 912. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, no; Alderman Cross, yes.
Resolution No. 913 – Open meetings and records
policy
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis
of Resolution No. 913: This Resolution
adopts the new Sunshine Law rules and regulations, approved by the Missouri
General Assembly this past session. The
new requirements address areas such as “on-line” meetings, telephone votes,
e-mails as public records, fees for copy requests, increased fines for
violations and executive session procedures.
Motion was made by Alderman
Leahy, second by Alderman Cross to adopt Resolution No. 913. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
Alderman Leahy stated that in
Resolution No. 913 they are establishing that the e-mails need to be sent as a
copy. What address do they send the
emails to?
City Administrator Seemayer
stated that he is the City Clerk but Shelly Williams keeps all the records, so
they should be sent to her.
City Attorney Murphy stated that
if any e-mail is being sent to the majority of elected officials then it is
considered a public record. If it is
just one official e-mailing another that is not a public record. City Attorney Murphy stated that he would
bring the booklet of the open meeting law to the next meeting.
Mayor Kelly stated that the
Municipal League would be holding some meetings on the open meetings and
records policy.
Alderman Kramer stated that an
elected official can attend a meeting by electronic means but that elected
official cannot place a vote during a roll call.
Mayor Kelly stated that it has to
be posted that the elected official will be participating electronically.
ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE CITY
Motion was made by Alderman
Marshall, second by Alderman Kramer to approve the revised warrant list dated
8/16/04. All in favor none
opposed.
Alderman Kramer asked for a
follow up regarding the judgment that is on the warrant list.
City Attorney Murphy stated they
are judgments that were awarded and the dollar amounts are listed on the
warrant list.
Alderman Kramer asked if the
insurance is covering the judgments.
City Attorney Murphy stated that
they are getting involved in litigation in that regard.
Mayor Kelly stated that the City
Attorney could be directed to bring the Board up to speed at the next
meeting. Obviously this is a legal
matter and it would be discussed in executive session.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND
DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Mayor’s Report
Brentwood Days
Mayor Kelly reminded everyone
that Brentwood Days is on September 17 and 18.
Metro
Metro has fired all of their
consultants with respect to the Metro link line. A meeting will be scheduled for next week to go over some
issues. One of the key issues is the delay
of the work underneath Eager Road.
MLP
MLP submitted their plans and had
their first meeting with the Planning and Zoning Commission last week for their
project on Hanley Road. They are going
to take members of the Planning and Zoning Commission on a bus tour of their
project in downtown Kirkwood this Wednesday night. He has requested Chris Ho with MLP schedule another meeting so
that the Board of Aldermen could take a look at that project as well.
Ambulance Fees
Mayor Kelly stated that one of
the issues that many of the residents do not understand is the ambulance
fee. The policy of the City has been
that when a resident call for the ambulance the City would collect their
Medicare or Medicaid insurance and they would also collect any insurance if the
resident has health insurance with ambulance coverage. Beyond that, the City would not charge for
deductibles and those types of things.
If the resident does not have insurance they do not have to pay. He will ask the Ways and Means Committee to
review a couple of ordinances from another city. Basically it waives anything above and beyond their insurance
payments.
Report from CDG Engineering
Mayor Kelly stated that they
received a preliminary report from CDG Engineering and met with some of the
residents on Helen. He will forward
that document to the Public Works Committee.
In looking at what needs to be done, it is a project that MSD would
never do which is a new storm water sewer.
There is no storm water sewer system in that area.
Public Safety Committee
– No further report
Public Works Committee
– No further report
City Engineer - No report
Parks – No report
Zoning Administrator
– No report
Ways and Means Committee
– No further report
Planning and Zoning
– No report
City Attorney – No
report
City Clerk/Administrator
– No report
Director of Economic Development
Comprehensive Plan
Director of Economic Development
Shelton came before the Board and stated the Comprehensive Plan Steering
Committee has targeted September 1st at 7:00 p.m. in the Council
Chamber to review the scope of work.
The Board should have received a copy of that scope. Submit comments to him and they will be
incorporated.
Manchester Road
Mr. Shelton stated that they had
two Manchester Road meetings with the property owners and business
operators. They had representatives of
the Board of Aldermen and the business community. They were given a breakdown on how the different programs could
work to fund some improvements. As a
result of the failure of the transportation development district the business
owners and operators had said show them the various ways. They covered neighborhood improvement
districts, community improvement districts, TIF districts and 353. The consensus he heard from the majority of
that group was that it appears the TDD is the best feasible way to fund
improvements. They wanted them to go
forward and do some survey work of the businesses and property owners.
Excise Commissioner
Liquor License Request – Double D Lounge
Excise Commissioner Clements came
before the Board and stated that Double D Lounge on Brentwood Boulevard is
applying for a Sunday liquor license by the drink. They have begun food service.
They are building their business based on food and want to be opened on
Sunday. It is a temporary license,
which is good for 90 days. They need
the City’s approval then they will get the State’s approval. After the 90 days they have to justify to
both the City and the State that they have met the 50/50 requirement for food
and liquor.
Motion was made by Alderman
Cross, second by Alderman Marshall to approve the temporary liquor license
request for Double D Lounge. Roll
call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman
Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes;
Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
Package Liquor License – Trader Joe’s
Excise Commissioner Clements
stated that there is a new application for package liquor for Trader Joe’s,
which is moving into the Zany Brainy facility at the Promenade.
Mayor Kelly stated that Trader
Joe’s is a grocery store. They do not
carry as much organic type things that Whole Foods carry. They carry fresh seafood and imported wines,
etc.
Motion was made by Alderman
Cross, second by Alderman Robertson to approve a package liquor license for
Trader Joe’s. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall,
yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman
Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
Alderman Wynn explained why he
votes on one side of the liquor issue and on another side. He should not vote to interrupt business in
the City of Brentwood. He is not
opposed to it. He opposes having
alcohol at such things like Brentwood Days because it is a family affair.
Library
Alderman Wynn stated the front of
the library has a new fountain, which is unique and beautiful.
Waste Management Commission
A meeting will be held on Monday,
August 30th 7:00 p.m. in the small conference room.
Alderman Leahy stated the Public
Works Committee discussed the need to change the trash pick up day for an area
in Ward 3. That would take effect on
September 14th. The City
will be sending out letters to the residents in Ward 3 on Bremerton to
Litzsinger, Litzsinger to Brentwood Boulevard and coming up to Manchester
Road. They are shifting from a Friday
pick up to a Tuesday pick up in order to accommodate the amount of trash they
are getting on the trash trucks.
Storm Water Management
A meeting will be held on Monday,
September 23rd 7:00 p.m. in the small conference room.
Communication – No
further report
Insurance Committee
– No report
Historical Society
– No report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS
A Ward 3 meeting will be held on
Tuesday, August 31st at 7:00 p.m. City Hall.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made by Alderman
Leahy, second by Alderman Golfin to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 p.m. All in favor none opposed.
Pat
Kelly, Mayor
Attest:
Chris Seemayer, City Clerk