MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF
ALDERMEN MEETING
City Hall May 16, 2005
Council Chambers 7:00
p.m.
Present: Mayor Kelly, Alderwoman Jepsen, Alderman Marshall,
Alderman Leahy, Alderman Golfin, Alderman Kramer,
Alderman Robertson, Alderman Cross.
City Attorney Murphy, City
Clerk/Administrator Seemayer, Director of Economic
Development Shelton, City Treasurer Reynders.
Absent: Alderman Wynn and Executive Secretary Williams.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF MAY 16, 2005
Motion was made by Alderman
Golfin, second by Alderman Leahy to approve and adopt the Agenda of the Regular
Board of Aldermen Meeting of May 16, 2005.
Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen,
yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF MAY 2, 2005
Motion was made by Alderman
Golfin, second by Alderman Marshall to approve and adopt the Minutes of the
Regular Board of Aldermen Meeting of May 2, 2005 as presented. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy,
yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes;
Alderman Cross, yes.
PROCLAMATION – Youth
Art Month
Mayor Kelly stated that some students
from the Brentwood School District were in attendance to receive a proclamation
for Youth Art Month. He read the
proclamation into the record, which is attached to the minutes.
Mayor Kelly invited Tim Rempel, Art
Teacher for Mark Twain School to come before the Board.
Mr. Rempel came before the Board and
thanked the Mayor, Board of Aldermen and City of Brentwood for giving the
students the opportunity to display their artwork in City Hall. He also thanked Artmart Frame Center for
donating the frames a few years ago.
He stated it was a pleasure to see the children’s work up and the looks
on their faces as they look at their work.
He invited all students with artwork displayed at City Hall to come
forward, receive their proclamation and get their photo taken. The students came before the Board,
introduced themselves and received their proclamation.
Mayor Kelly stated Artmart Frame
Center stated they would donate all the supplies for the Beautify Brentwood
activity, which is the painting of the trash cans in September. The City appreciates their support of the
school district and the children.
Alderwoman Jepsen stated that she is
a commercial artist. When she was
their age she started winning awards.
She went to college and received her degree. She encouraged the children to stick with it. If it is truly in their hearts they will be
successful.
SWEARING-IN OF ALDERMEN WARD IV
Alderman Kramer came before the Board
and was sworn in by Mayor Kelly as Alderman for Ward IV.
BIDS – Surplus Property Sale
City Administrator Seemayer stated
bids were opened on Tuesday, May 10th for the sale of surplus
equipment. The highest bids were read
as follows:
Ami Auto Broker Car#1 $3,526 Car#2 $3,526
ABC Investment Vehicle#7 $2,802
Tom Moore Car#3 $3,262 Car#4 $3,363
DC Sales Car#5 $577
Imperial Tractor Vehicle#6 $3,301
HEARING OF ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC
INTEREST UPON REQUEST OF ANY PERSON PRESENT – None
Presentation
by the Great Rivers Greenway
Nancy Ullman – Project Manager with
Great Rivers Greenway came before the Board and stated the Great Rivers
Greenway District was formed when the voters in St. Louis County as well as St.
Louis City and St. Charles County voted in November of 2000 favorably on
Proposition “C”, which was billed as the clean water, safe parks and community
trails initiative. The legislature had
shortly before that set out a procedure in which Metropolitan St. Louis could
create an ultra parks district for the purposes of furthering trails and
interconnected system of parks. This is
funded by a 1/10th cent sales tax within St. Louis County as well as
the City and St. Charles County. Half
of that money goes into a municipal parks commission in St. Louis County and
there is a competitive grant process.
The other half goes directly to their district, which is made up of an
executive director, six other staff members and herself. Shortly after their district was formed, the
board decided that they would do a regional plan for their district, figure out
what to do with the new money and the new mandate. They came up with the concept of the river ring because they noticed
that the Missouri, Mississippi and Meramec Rivers almost form a ring around St.
Louis. The long-range vision is inside
the brochure. They decided they would
have a couple of pilot projects. The
Shady Creek Greenway, which was called out in the plan, is one of the two pilot
projects. The other one is the
Centennial Greenway. She illustrated on
the map the area included in the Shady Creek Greenway.
The team is led by HNTB, a local
consulting firm. They are helping them
to identify, not only a trail but other things they could do along the greenway
to help improve water quality, educate about water quality and improve the look
of Shady Creek. They became aware of
Brentwood’s interconnected trails system.
She thinks Brentwood is way ahead of most surrounding communities
because they recognized that interconnecting the parks makes them more
valuable.
The timeframe for building a main
trail through the Shady Creek Greenway is about five years. MSD is telling them they will be doing a
major sewer project along Shady Creek in the next several years.
They build things completely with
their funds. Then they try to make a
deal with a municipality that they would maintain them. That gives that municipality buy-in, the
flexibility to maintain to the standard they would like, and have local
control.
They would begin by working on
Lorraine Davis Park, which does not have a lot of facilities or
activities. The trial would go through
that area, go across Brentwood and then go by the Metro garage. Metro has given them permission to go on their
land and to follow the curve of their property. When they get up to the trestle for the railroad spur, they will
need to go under that. They have talked
to the railroad and they agreed. And
then they will try to follow the creek around.
North of the railroad spur is land that is substantially lower in
elevation. The owner will allow them to
go through that property. Then they
will go on the north side of the creek because it will save money and come into
Deer Creek Park. The trail projects
avoid streets for the most part. The
only street they will have to worry about is Kirkham with a signal, right at
Marshall before South of Brentwood and a point in Breckenridge Industrial
Court. Other than that you will have
1.7 miles of trails with no traffic problems whatsoever.
Alderman Marshall stated he is a big
supporter of the trails in Brentwood.
They are currently looking to add a link to one of the trails that they
have. He asked about connecting the
trials.
Ms. Ullman stated one of the parts of
the plan is to talk about what the neighborhood connectors are to the main
trial system.
Alderwoman Jepsen asked if it is a
greenbelt about 20 feet wide with an eight-foot asphalt path.
Ms. Ullman stated the standard for
the trial would be ten feet of asphalt.
That is not to say that there could not be other kinds of neighborhood
connections that would be a different dimension.
Alderman Cross asked if the trails
are going to be lighted.
Ms. Ullman stated it is not their
thought at the moment although that is still open to question. That is something that could be a project
for next year. They will be back to get
input and detailed approval from city councils and appropriate community
groups.
INTRODUCTIONS, READINGS, AND
PASSAGE OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Bill
No. 5282 – Reciprocal Easement Agreement
Motion was made by Alderman Golfin,
second by Alderman Marshall to remove Bill No. 5282 from hold. All in favor none opposed.
1st
and 2nd Readings of Bills
Motion was made by Alderman
Robertson, second by Alderman Cross to give Bills No. 5282 and 5283 first and
second readings. All in favor none
opposed.
Bill
No. 5282 – Reciprocal Easement Agreement
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill No.
5282, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A RECIPROCAL EASEMENT
AGREEMENT WITH THE BRENTWOOD FOREST CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., 1401 THRUSH
PLACE, BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI 63144, its first and second readings.
Alderman Golfin stated the
construction is scheduled to begin tomorrow.
They have been alerted and the signage is up for that. They need to let residents know that
Wrenwood at Brentwood Boulevard will not be accessible. There will be detours along High School
Drive to the north and to the south.
Alderman Kramer stated they are very
excited about the project. He believes
the westbound traffic is what is going to be allowed and the eastbound traffic
will be detoured.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis of
Bill No. 5282 into record, which is attached to the minutes.
Alderman Kramer requested his name be
added to the bill.
Motion was made by Alderman Kramer,
second by Alderman Golfin to approve and adopt Bill No. 5282. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill No.
5282 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 3979.
Bill
No. 5283 – Metro Lighting Site Development Plan
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill No. 5283, AN ORDINANCE
GRANTING APPROVAL OF A SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PARKING LOT MODIFICATIONS AND
A NEW BUILDING FACADE FOR AN OFFICE/RETAIL/WAREHOUSE BUILDING AT PROPERTY
NUMBERED 927 HANLEY INDUSTRIAL COURT WHICH PERMITS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER
25, SECTIONS 126 AND 260 OF THE BRENTWOOD CITY CODE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT
SITE; PROVIDING THE CONDITIONS TO SUCH DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, its first and second readings.
Mayor Kelly stated this bill is relating to the Metro
Electric building in Hanley Industrial Court for renovations of the new retail
part of the store and the façade on the exterior of the building.
Alderwoman Jepsen stated it seems to be mostly a
warehouse. Was there feeling that they
would exceed the original 46 parking spaces and possibly need the 126 spaces.
Zoning Administrator Wolf came before the Board and stated
it is the opinion of the owner of the property that he is only going to need
the 46 spaces. The additional parking spaces
up to the 126, is what the calculations end up at. He shows the ability to hit that number but he does not need
it. There is a section in the code that
allows the Board to waive furnishing all the spaces that are required as long
as they can be furnished if and when you choose to require them. If parking problems arise at the site the
Board could request that they add another 60 or 80 parking spaces.
Alderwoman Jepsen asked if delivery trucks would be coming
in at what is the upper left hand corner of the property.
Zoning Administrator Wolf stated they would all come in
from the west side of the building.
Alderman Kramer stated when the
façade is complete and the retail side of the business is opened are they going
to have signage anywhere on Hanley or Eager Road.
Zoning Administrator Wolf stated no,
only on their property.
Alderman Cross asked what are the
hours of the retail store.
Bill Frisella – owner of Metro
Lighting came before the Board and stated the hours on the wholesale electric,
which is in the rear is Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. til 5:00 p.m. and
Saturday 8:00 a.m. til noon. The retail
will be opened from 8:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. three days a week and the other
days and Saturday they will be opened until 5:00 p.m. They are closed on Sunday.
Motion was made by Alderman Cross,
second by Alderman Leahy to approve and adopt Bill No. 5283. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill No.
5283 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 3980.
Resolution No. 919 – Ambulance User Fee Policy
Alderman Robertson stated the
increase in the ambulance user fee went through the Public Safety Committee
with a positive recommendation to bring the City in line with the rising rates
that are being charged for those services.
Mayor Kelly stated that the residents
do not have any ambulance fees. The
City collects what the insurance companies pay. They reimburse the deductibles.
If a resident does not have any insurance at all they do not pay
anything.
City Administrator Seemayer stated if
anybody had an ambulance call where they were transported and it was $650.00
and you had a $500.00 deductible, the bill would be submitted to the insurance
carrier. The insurance carrier would
then pay the City $150.00 and send a notice to the resident that they have paid
their portion and that the resident from the insurance standpoint would be
responsible for the deductible or any co-insurance if they have 80%
coverage. The residents are not sent a
bill by the City for that amount.
Alderman Marshall stated they are
following Medicare guidelines with the charges.
Alderman Leahy stated in the change
of the fee from the $425.00 figure to the $650.00 figure, it is his
understanding that it will also cover the medical materials that might be used
on that call versus where they currently bill separately.
Alderman Marshall stated that was one
of the questions that was brought up in the Ways and Means Committee meeting to
see if they could also recoup that cost.
They would actually be going over the Medicare charges if they did that.
City Administrator Seemayer stated
the previous resolution had an attachment with the list of what those fees
were. That is no longer applicable so
it is not on this resolution. They will
not be charging any line item fees for any type of medicines.
Alderman Leahy stated it was a one
bill covers all arrangement.
City Administrator Seemayer stated
that was correct.
Alderman Golfin stated the amendment
to the ambulance fee policy also received a positive recommendation from the
Ways and Means Committee.
Motion was made by Alderman Golfin,
second by Alderman Kramer to approve and adopt Resolution No. 919. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
Resolution No. 920 – ARB
Alderman Cross stated Resolution No.
920 came through the Public Works Committee with a positive recommendation.
Alderman Kramer requested an
amendment to Resolution No. 920, Exhibit “A”.
He would like the words “and condominium” added after the words
“existing home”.
Motion was made by Alderman
Robertson, second by Alderman Cross to amend Resolution No. 920 by adding the
words “and condominium” after the words “existing home” in the attached Exhibit
“A”. All in favor none opposed.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis of
Resolution No. 920 into record, which is attached to the minutes.
Alderwoman Jepsen stated although
those items don’t have to go in front of the ARB a certain amount of them still
require permits.
Motion was made by Alderman Cross,
second by Alderman Marshall to adopt Resolution No. 920 as amended. Roll call:
Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE CITY
Warrant
List
Motion was made by Alderman Marshall,
second by Alderman Robertson to accept the revised warrant list dated
5/16/05. All in favor none opposed.
Alderman Kramer asked about the
amount listed on the warrant list for police car computers.
City Administrator Seemayer stated
the computers are rather expensive, so they have been slowly installing them in
all the vehicles. This brings them up
to a total of six. They would like to
have somewhere around 8 to 10 total.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND
DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Mayor’s
Report
Committee
Appointment List
Mayor Kelly submitted a committee
appointment list to the Board for consideration. There were two significant changes to the list. There is no
longer a storm water committee and City Attorney Murphy is resigning, and a new
city attorney is being appointed. The Mayor’s recommendation is to appoint
Frank Albrecht. They decided as a Board
that storm water issues could be handled by the Public Works Committee. Jerry
Murphy will continue with the open files they are working on and also
help Mr. Albrecht with the transition.
Alderwoman Jepsen requested being
added to the Waste Management Task Force.
Motion was made by Alderman Cross,
second by Alderman Marshall to approve the committee appointment list as
amended. Roll call: Alderwoman Jepsen, yes; Alderman Marshall,
yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman
Robertson, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
EverBank
Mayor Kelly stated EverBank would be
having an Art Show and an Open House on May 26th from 4:30 p.m. to
7:00 p.m. The Board and the Planning
and Zoning Commission are welcome to attend.
Golf
Tournament
Mayor Kelly reminded everyone of the
Golf Tournament scheduled for Friday, June 17th. The beneficiaries for this year are the
Brentwood Foundation, Brentwood Football League and Special Education
Foundation. He encouraged residents to come out and play in a relaxed
atmosphere. The tournament is also well
supported by the businesses, which the City greatly appreciates.
Meetings
The summer schedule for the Board of
Aldermen meetings will start next month.
There will be one Board of Aldermen meeting on the third Monday of each
month through September.
Meridian
Pharmaceuticals
Mayor Kelly stated Meridian
Pharmaceuticals would be moving out of Brentwood. They will be leaving eleven of the twelve buildings that they are
in in Hanley Industrial Court. This
will be a big hit to the City from a revenue standpoint for business license
fees, which is around $175,000, as well as the number of employees that work
there who shop in the area and go to the restaurants, etc.
Alderman Marshall stated King
Pharmaceuticals bought them. Their goal
is to move everything into one area.
Mayor Kelly stated it is a concern in
that area not only with Meridian Pharmaceuticals but KV Pharmaceuticals. The fact that they are in so many different
buildings is inadequate. That is why
Meridian is moving. They want to consolidate
and move their employees into one facility.
The only building that they are staying in is the actual production lab,
which is about 40,000 square feet.
Richard
Byrd
Mayor Kelly stated Richard Byrd, a
House of Representative member from Kirkwood passed away from a heart attack
Saturday evening. He extended his
condolences to Representative Byrd’s family and friends in the Kirkwood
area. Richard was instrumental in helping
the City with TDD legislation to get it passed for the multi-jusrisdiction of
TDDs. He sponsored the bill at the
House level to get that done. He was
one of the hardest working people in the Capitol. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Public Safety Committee – No
report
Public Works Committee – No
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
Resignation
Mayor Kelly stated City Attorney
Murphy is resigning and he appreciates his service to the City since 1997.
City Clerk/Administrator – No
report
Director of Economic
Development
Design
Forum
Director of Economic Development
Shelton came before the Board and stated there will be a Brentwood Design Forum
at the Brentwood High School cafeteria from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. as part of the
Comprehensive Plan.
Their working documents are posted on
the website at www.brentwoodmo.org.
Business
Group Focus Meeting
This past Thursday they had a business
group focus meeting. The interesting
thing is from the 100 businesses they contacted, 7 businesses showed up. The positive side of that from the
consultant’s standpoint was that most of the businesses are happy in Brentwood,
so they did not see a need to come out on a Thursday evening and participate.
RFP
Economic Development Director Shelton
stated that the Mayor discussed some meetings ago a couple of property owners
on Manchester Road that expressed an interest in the RFP. He indicated at the time there was a third
property owner that they had not received a response from. They talked to them today. It is the 8500 block of Manchester between
Ruth and Helen. They have talked to all
the property owners and they are in agreement to go ahead with the RFP. He recommended that they go ahead with the
RFP and see what kind of response they get for that area.
Alderman Leahy stated this is an RFP
being initiated by the property owners and thus it does not fall under the
moratorium currently in place until the Comprehensive Plan is completed.
Mayor Kelly stated that is correct.
Excise Commissioner – No
report
Library – No report
Municipal League – No
report
Waste Management Commission – No
report
Communication – No
report
Insurance Committee – No
further report
Historical Society – No
report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Swim
Club Road
Alderman Marshall stated he received
a letter from Brentwood Swim Club requesting that some repairs be made to Swim
Club Road. It is their belief from an
attorney that they hired that found documentation that the road is owned by the
City of Brentwood. They are not asking
to completely repave the road. They are
requesting the road be kept maintained.
There is some talk about removing the speed bumps.
Mayor Kelly stated this is an issue
that seems to come up every four or five years as to whose road it is,
etc. From a City’s standpoint they
wouldn’t want to totally abandon the road because at some future time they may
want to put another north/south road in there and use that as an access to
Hanley Industrial Court. He does not
think it would be a major expense removing the speed bumps and fixing potholes,
which could be done by Public Works.
The issue will be discussed in the Public Works Committee meeting.
Alderman Leahy stated from what he
recalls on this issue the actual ownership of the road is in question. Could documentation be presented to the
Board, so they can make an informed decision.
Mayor Kelly stated he does not want
to go into the legalities of it because of the money the City will have to
spend. It is not worth spending the
money to determine who actually owns it at this point. If the City wants to own it, it should be
left the way it is. If somebody ever
tries to take ownership of it then at that point the City could do a quit claim
on it.
Alderman Leahy asked if it is
possible that the City post notice to claim ownership.
Mayor Kelly asked City Attorney
Murphy what would be the process for taking ownership.
City Attorney Murphy stated it would
need to be researched.
Mayor Kelly stated the City has spent
a lot of money researching it a number of times and they end up at the same
place where nobody wants to take any action.
Alderman Marshall stated there were
two roads that ran along pool road, which was the right of way, similar to
where the park goes down to Manchester.
The landowners that built the subdivision on either side deeded those
roads to Brentwood when it became clear there was no use for them. That is what they are basing their facts
on. They went all the way back to 1895.
Alderman Golfin stated he would agree
that if the Public Works Committee approves this action to maintain the road
they should move ahead with it.
The Board indicated they agree to
move forward.
NEW BUSINESS
Yorkshire
Storm Water Detention
Alderman Kramer stated he and
Alderman Golfin wanted to extend a very large thank you for a project that was
quite extensive on the west side of Brentwood Forest now complete. The re-plumbing of the Yorkshire storm water
detention egress on the Brentwood Forest property was left in fine fashion upon
completion.
Manhasset
Village
The Manhasset Village demolition is
now undergoing an extensive asbestos abatement that has been mandated. That abatement process is going to take a
little bit longer than originally anticipated.
It will be phased for most of the summer. The first construction will take place after the abatement is completed. The western most edge of the property with
the townhouse upstairs and downstairs configurations as well as the re-routing
and configuration of the McCutheon Road headed directly south to Eager
approximately at Peacock Lane.
Ward
3 Meeting
Ward 3 meeting will be held Tuesday,
May 31 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
All residents are invited.
Adjournment
Motion was made by Alderman Cross,
second by Alderman Marshall to adjourn the meeting at 8:20 p.m. All in favor none opposed.
Pat
Kelly, Mayor
Attest:
Chris Seemayer, City Clerk