MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
City Hall June 19, 2006
Council Chambers 7:00
p.m.
The Mayor led with the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mayor Kelly,
Alderwoman Clements, Alderman Leahy, Alderwoman Krewson, Alderman Kramer,
Alderman Robertson, Alderman Wynn and Alderman Cross.
City
Attorney Albrecht, City Clerk/Administrator Seemayer, Director of Economic
Development/Asst. City Administrator Denton, Executive Secretary Williams and
Excise Commissioner Clements.
ABSENT: Alderman Marshall
and City Treasurer Reynders.
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF JUNE 19, 2006
Motion was made by Alderman Wynn,
second by Alderman Leahy to approve and adopt the Agenda of the Regular Board
of Aldermen Meeting of June 19, 2006 as presented. Roll Call: Alderwoman
Clements, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, 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 MAY 15, 2006
Motion was made by Alderman
Leahy, second by Alderwoman Clements to approve and adopt the Minutes of the
Regular Board of Aldermen Meeting of May 15, 2006 as presented. Roll Call:
Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
BIDS – None
HEARING OF ANY MATTER OF
PUBLIC INTEREST UPON REQUEST OF ANY PERSON PRESENT – None
Public Hearing – Rezoning of 8005 Manchester
Mayor Kelly announced the public
hearing for the rezoning of 8005 Manchester Road would be heard at 7:15
p.m.
Mayor Kelly stated that the owner
of the property at 8005 Manchester Road is requesting a rezoning from General
Commercial to Planned Development.
They are limited to the height of the building they may build in the
General Commercial District. They are
planning to build a new Truman Bank on that site, which will be their
headquarters. It will be three stories
high. They will be relocating from
Clayton to Brentwood.
Mayor Kelly asked if there were
any comments from the audience. There
were none.
Alderman Robertson stated that he
would be abstaining from any votes regarding Truman Bank.
Alderman Kramer asked if they
have a handle on the time line for the project.
Mayor Kelly stated that the
applicant is hoping to be before the Planning and Zoning Commission with a site
plan within the next 12 months.
Mayor Kelly announced the public
hearing closed at 7:18 p.m.
INTRODUCTIONS, READINGS,
AND PASSAGE OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
1st and 2nd
Readings of Bills
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Wynn to give Bills
No. 5333, 5334, 5335, 5336 and
5337 first and second readings. All in
favor none opposed.
Bill No. 5333 – Agreement with West Community Credit Union
City Attorney Albrecht gave Bill No.
5333, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH WEST
COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION FOR THE SPONSORSHIP AND FINANCING OF A BANDWAGON; AND,
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, its first and second
readings.
Alderman Leahy asked if West
Community Credit Union has a right to be consulted and has to approve every
rental. Exhibit A, page 1, subsection
3, states that the City and West Community Credit Union have to mutually agree
on renting the bandwagon.
City Attorney Albrecht stated that
subsection 3 provides that they are the designated sponsor for the Sounds of
Summer Concert Series and that they may also be a sponsor of additional events
as agreed between the parties. They are not entitled to be the sponsor unless
it is agreed to by both the City and West Community Credit Union.
Mayor Kelly asked if West Community
Credit Union wanted to know who would be renting the bandwagon, since their
name is going to be on it.
City Administrator Seemayer stated
the sponsorship means having their name on the bandwagon, not where they send
it to be rented. The two names that
will be on it will be West Community Credit Union and the City of
Brentwood. If another group wanted to
rent it, those two names would still be on it, but the City would make West
Community Credit Union aware of the rentals.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis
of Bill No. 5333 as a bill authorizing an agreement between the City and West
Community Credit Union for sponsorship and financing of the City’s new mobile
entertainment stage. The Credit Union has agreed to contribute $41,100 towards
the purchase of the new bandwagon (total cost $82,056.00). They will pay
$16,100 upon ordering the unit and $12,500 on or before May 1st,
2011 and May 1st, 2016. For this contribution the Credit Union will
receive designation as the sponsor of the Summer Concert Series and such other
events that are mutually agreed upon. The Credit Union will also finance the
purchase of the bandwagon. The terms include a five-year loan at 6.75%. Monthly
payments will be $1,301.91 beginning in August.
Motion was made by Alderman Cross,
second by Alderman Leahy to approve and adopt Bill No. 5333. Roll call:
Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill No.
5333 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 4027.
Bill
No. 5334 – Street Name Change
City Attorney Albrecht gave Bill
No. 5334,AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE STREET NAME OF CERTAIN ADDRESSES ON HANLEY
INDUSTRIAL COURT TO STRASSNER DRIVE IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD; PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, its first and
second readings.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis
of Bill No. 5334 as a bill that authorizes changing the name of a certain
portion of Hanley Industrial Court to Strassner Drive. The legislation would create a new Strassner
Drive that extends from Hanley Road to Brentwood Boulevard. All affected property owners were notified
of the proposed changes and given an opportunity to comment.
Alderman Robertson stated that one of
the businesses asked for help with changing their stationery because of the
street name change. He asked if that is
something that could be covered with TDD funds.
Mayor Kelly responded that it is not
an eligible cost. Once the address change is in place, they have 12 months that
the post office will honor their old address.
They can use their existing stationery in that year and that is plenty
of time to notify businesses, etc. He
received two letters and two phone calls from businesses in Hanley Industrial
Court. One of the businesses was
directly affected by the street name change.
The other one was not. One of the businesses was asking for some relief
with the street name change. The other
two letters he received were from representatives of the Hanley Industrial
Court Association that included a map of suggested name changes for Hanley
Industrial Court. The Hanley Industrial
Court Study of 1995 suggested changing the street names in the Court because it
is difficult to find your way around there and the addresses. The Association never had any luck with the
name change because all the businesses resisted it. It is a difficult thing to rename a street and change addresses,
but it is important to maintain the street name of Strassner.
Alderman Leahy asked if it would do
them any good to make the ordinance effective as of the 31st of
January 2007 versus making it effective tonight.
Mayor Kelly stated the reason it
needs to be effective as soon as possible is the developer needs to assign
addresses to the new MLP site so that Ameren UE will start doing work for the
project. Until addresses are assigned,
they are at a standstill with respect to that.
Alderman Cross stated that she
received a phone call about the street name change from someone that it was not
going to affect.
Jennifer Denton – Asst. City
Administrator came before the Board and stated the Department of Revenue does
the addressing. One point of
clarification needs to be made. In a
letter that was sent out under her signature, she indicated that only the
street name would change, and the numerical addresses would stay the same. She was told today that was not necessarily
true. That the County follows an
addressing grid and it is possible that the actual numeric addresses could
change along with the actual street name.
Alderwoman Clements asked if any
indication was given as to when they would complete the grid and the possible
change of numbers.
Mrs. Denton stated that assuming the
ordinance is passed, it is filed with the recorder of deeds office and then a
certified copy of the ordinance is taken to the addressing authority at which
time they will notify the post office, the emergency services and the affected
property owners in the city and their new addresses will be issued. There is one address on Strassner that could
change and that is #1 Strassner, the public works garage.
Motion was made by Alderman Leahy,
second by Alderwoman Clements to approve and adopt Bill No. 5334. Roll
call: Alderwoman Clements, yes;
Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman
Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill No.
5334 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 4028.
Bill
No. 5335 – Amending Chapter 14
City Attorney Albrecht gave Bill No.
5335, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 “MOTOR VEHICLES
AND TRAFFIC” OF THE REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI BY DELETING A PARAGRAPH IN SECTION
14-1013, SCHEDULE M, IN ITS ENTIRETY, DELETING A PARAGRAPH IN SECTION 14-1015,
SCHEDULE O, IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW PARAGRAPH,
DELETING FIVE PARAGRAPHS IN SECTION 14-1030, SCHEDULE DD, IN THEIR ENTIRETY,
DELETING SIX PARAGRAPHS IN SECTION 14-1030, SCHEDULE
DD, IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF SIX NEW PARAGRAPHS;
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 Kramer read a synopsis of Bill No. 5335 as a
bill that changes numerous provisions in our traffic code by deleting specific
sections that refer to specific portions of Hanley Industrial Court and amend
those Sections to include Strassner Drive. The passage of this bill is
contingent upon the passage of Bill No. 5334.
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Cross to approve and adopt Bill No. 5335. Roll call:
Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill No.
5335 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 4029.
Bill
No. 5336 – Signs and Advertising Devices
City Attorney Albrecht gave Bill No.
5336, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 “SIGNS AND ADVERTISING DEVICES” OF THE
REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI BY DELETING A
PARAGRAPH IN SECTION 19-3 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW
PARAGRAPH IN SECTION 19-3; 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 Kramer read a synopsis
of Bill No. 5336 as a bill that is also contingent upon passage of Bill No.
5334. This bill would replace a specific portion of Hanley Industrial Court
with Strassner Drive as it relates to commercial frontage and signage.
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Leahy to approve and adopt Bill No. 5336. Roll call:
Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill No.
5336 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given Ordinance No. 4030.
Bill
No. 5337 – Rezoning 8005 Manchester Road
City Attorney Albrecht gave Bill No.
5337, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD TO REZONE
CERTAIN PROPERTY NUMBERED 8005 MANCHESTER ROAD TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (“PD”)
DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, its first and
second readings.
Alderman Leahy stated since they are
putting new construction in that area, and it’s being rezoned from General
Commercial to Planned Development would there be any newer requirements that
would have to be considered with the creek embankment.
Mayor Kelly stated the property
owners are aggressively working with St. Louis County and MSD, who controls the
requirements of what they need to do with that creek. St. Louis County has told them that they may be realigning the
creek at that point, which greatly inhibits what they could do with their
existing property. They have to take
that future wish list of things that St. Louis County and MSD is planning and
build that into their potential plan.
Obviously that affects their green space abilities, the overall site
abilities, and parking spaces, etc.
That corner is in the floodplain.
There are certain restrictions on that property that are governed, not
only by the City, but also by MSD.
Alderman Kramer read a synopsis of
Bill No. 5337 as a bill that would rezone 8005 Manchester Road from GC to PD.
This is the site where the new Truman Bank is to be built. The Planning &
Zoning Commission has reviewed and approved this rezoning. A public hearing is
required for this matter.
Motion was made by Alderman Leahy,
second by Alderwoman Clements to approve and adopt Bill No. 5337. Roll call:
Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes;
Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, abstain; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared Bill No.
5337 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was given
Ordinance No. 4031.
ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE CITY
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Robertson to accept the warrant list dated
6/19/06. All in favor none opposed.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND
DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Mayor’s Report
Executive
Session/Legal and Real Estate Matters
Mayor Kelly announced that an
Executive Session on Legal and Real Estate Matters would be held following the
regular meeting.
Former
Brentwood Teacher
Mayor Kelly stated that he had some
tragic news about a retired teacher from Brentwood High School, Mrs.
Delgado. They raised their children in
Brentwood and after she retired and the children were out of school, they moved
out of state. Tragically, about a month
ago, Mrs. Delgado lost control of a car that she and her three grandchildren
were riding in. The car crossed the
median and she and her grandchildren were killed. The City has worked out plans to dedicate a tree in her honor on
the Brentwood School property. That
will be done as part of the alumni association meeting, which will be the Friday
night of Brentwood Days. There will be
more information to come on how the ceremony will take place.
Dedication
of Field
Mayor Kelly recommended that they
dedicate baseball diamond #1 in the honor of Coach James Taylor who retired
from the Brentwood Public Schools. That
dedication will take place the weekend of homecoming.
Motion was made by Alderman Leahy,
second by Alderman Wynn to rename baseball diamond #1 to Taylor Field. All in favor none opposed.
Committee
Appointments
Mayor Kelly stated the committee
appointment list is before everyone.
Under the Human Resource Committee, he asked that Alderwoman Krewson be
appointed to replace Alderman Golfin.
Motion was made by Alderman Wynn,
second by Alderwoman Clements to accept the committee appointment list as
amended. All in favor none opposed.
MLP
Mayor Kelly stated the MLP project is
moving forward very well. They turned
in the plans for the condominiums this week and they will be coming forth with
plans for approval of the permits for the hotel.
Restriping
of Brentwood Blvd.
Mayor Kelly stated a few years ago
representatives of St. Louis County talked about restriping Brentwood Boulevard
by adding a third lane southbound without widening the street, going from the
current 13 foot wide lanes to 10 foot wide lanes. Their plan was to have three southbound lanes, a center turn lane
and two northbound lanes, so six lanes where they currently have five. He found out last week that since they have
resurfaced Brentwood Boulevard, they will be restriping it and adding that
third southbound lane. He and Mrs.
Denton met with Gary Earl/Head of the Highway and Public Works Department for
St. Louis County today and Mr. Earl was unaware of the prior attempt to
restripe Brentwood Boulevard. They have
a number of issues with Brentwood Boulevard with respect to the turning radius,
the number of buses that travel down it on a daily basis with their width, the
fact that our residents will have to cross three lanes of traffic plus a center
turn lane to go northbound, and the ability to turn out from curb cuts on
residential streets and stay in your lane is almost impossible now and will be
with ten foot wide lanes. Mr. Earl
assured him that their desire to restripe Brentwood Boulevard does not have
anything to do with the past issues. They are trying to find ways to move
traffic during the construction of Highway 40 and they are looking at a number
of alternatives with lane additions and so forth.
Mayor Kelly stated that he
communicated to Mr. Earl, representing the City, that under the idea of helping
the project move along and understanding that people will be inconvenienced
during that process, if they have to make some adjustments they will be willing
to do that. That if they went ahead
with the restriping they would want a written guarantee that as soon as the
Highway 40 project is completed, they will resurface the roadway and restripe
it back to its current lanes. He stated
that Mr. Earl agreed to that. The City
would also like the restriping delayed as late as possible until they are
closer to the actual construction time of the Highway 40 project. He does not see any reason to add a third
lane now when they may not break ground for the reconstruction of Highway 40
until about a year from now.
Meetings
Mayor Kelly stated he went through
the 2006/2007 Municipal Directory that was recently published and out of the 93
municipalities in St. Louis County, 48 have one board meeting a month.
Public
Safety Committee – No further report
Public
Works Committee – No report
City
Engineer – No report
Ways
and Means Committee – No report
City
Attorney – No report
City
Clerk/Administrator – No report
Director
of Economic Development – No report
Excise
Commissioner
Liquor
License Renewals
Excise Commissioner Clements came
before the Board and stated it is time to renew the liquor licenses for all the
holders in the city of Brentwood. The
only one that is not on the list this year is Corwin’s Restaurant. He believes they are going out of business.
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Robertson to approve the liquor license renewals
as submitted. Roll call: Alderwoman
Clements, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes; Alderman Kramer,
yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
Temporary
Liquor License/Goff-Moll Post 101
Excise Commissioner Clements came
before the Board and stated that Goff-Moll Post 101 is requesting a two-day
permit to sell beer at Brentwood Days in September.
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Clements, second by Alderman Leahy to approve the temporary liquor license for
Goff-Moll Post 101. Roll call: Alderwoman Clements, yes; Alderman Leahy,
yes; Alderwoman Krewson, yes; Alderman Kramer, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes;
Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
Library – No
report
Municipal
League
Mayor Kelly thanked Alderwomen
Clements, Krewson, and Alderman Cross for attending the Municipal League
installation dinner where he was installed.
He stated it is an honor to be a member of the Municipal League Board of
Directors.
Communication – No
further report
Insurance
Committee – No report
Historical
Society – No report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Updates
Alderman Kramer asked for an update
on the additional ingress to eastbound Eager from southbound I-170.
Mayor Kelly stated they are working
with DDR who is the property owner and trying to encourage them to grant the
easement for the additional work.
City Administrator Seemayer stated
they had sent them the information.
They need the contract for dedicating the right-of-way.
Concession
Stand
Alderman Robertson asked for an
update on the concession stand at Brentwood Park.
City Administrator Seemayer stated
the vendor has the contract and the City has not heard back from them yet.
Fencing
Alderman Robertson asked the Public
Works Committee to look into additional fencing to protect people that are
sitting at fields 2 and 3 in Brentwood Park.
NEW BUSINESS
Ward
3 Meeting
Alderman Leahy announced a Ward 3
meeting would be held on Tuesday, June 20th in the City Hall Council
Chambers.
Code
Enforcement
Alderman Leahy stated there were a
number of letters sent out by the housing department to residential properties
throughout Brentwood. The residents would
like the Board to be aware or question whether the letters were sent to the
entire city, that they were not targeted to individual wards, and that all
properties in the city of Brentwood are being evaluated towards code
enforcement.
City Administrator Seemayer stated
that was correct.
Recess
The meeting was recessed at 7:45 p.m.
for an executive session/legal and real estate matters.
Executive
Session – Legal and Real Estate Matters
Motion was made by Alderwoman
Krewson, second by Alderman Wynn to enter into executive session on legal and
real estate matters at 7:55 p.m. All in
favor none opposed.
After discussion on two real estate
matters, motion was made by Alderwoman Clements, second by Alderman Wynn to
return to open session at 8:20 p.m. All
in favor none opposed.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made by Alderman Leahy,
second by Alderman Robertson to adjourn the meeting at 8:21 p.m. All in favor none opposed.
Pat
Kelly, Mayor
Attest:
Chris Seemayer, City Clerk