MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
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City Hall
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March 3, 2003
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Council Chambers
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7:00 p.m.
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The Mayor led with the
Pledge of Allegiance.
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Present: Alderman
Boyd, Alderman Marshall, Alderman Leahy, Alderman Golfin,
Alderwoman Mehler, Alderman Robertson, Alderman Wynn, Alderman
Cross.
City Attorney Murphy, City Clerk/Administrator
Seemayer, Zoning Administrator Wolf, Director
of Economic Development Shelton and Executive
Secretary Williams.
Absent: City
Treasurer Reynders.
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CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF MARCH 3, 2003
Motion was made by Alderman
Wynn, second by Alderman Golfin to amend the Agenda of the Regular Board of
Aldermen Meeting of March 3, 2003 by adding under item C, 1, Presentation by
Chief Knight and item D, 1, Resolution No. 887. Roll call: Alderman Boyd,
yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes;
Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman
Cross, yes.
CONSIDERATION AND
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING OF FEBRUARY 3, 2003
Motion was made by Alderman
Boyd, second by Alderman Marshall to approve the Minutes of the Regular Board
of Aldermen Meeting of February 3, 2003 as presented. Roll call: Alderman
Boyd, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin,
abstain; Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes;
Alderman Cross, yes.
Alderman Leahy asked about a
St. Louis University Brentwood Housing Study mentioned on page 4 of the
minutes.
Alderman Boyd said that report
was completed and submitted to members of the Board a year ago December.
BIDS – Norm West Park
Restroom
City Administrator Seemayer
said bids were opened on February 7th for the installation of a
restroom at Norm West Park as follows:
Wal-Con
Inc. $135,475.00
Dar-Beck
Inc. $ 79,632.00
Steffel
& Sons $ 87,000.00
Griffith
Development & Construction $ 87,900.00
Aulbach
Contracting $108,115.00
CB&E
Construction Group $ 75,995.00
Collins
Contracting $ 94,575.00
Katsinas
Construction $ 84,329.00
Helmkamp
Construction $ 74,990.00
Spencer
Contracting $ 73,725.00
Muccigrasso
Construction $ 88,278.00
Maestas
Construction $ 70,400.00
Armbruster
Construction $ 72,288.00
Stocker
Construction $ 72,321.00
Presentation by Police
Chief Knight
Chief Knight came before the
Board and said he is here to honor Sergeant Dan Fitzgerald and Detective Chris
Gibson. Detective Gibson is going to be the new DARE Officer and will start
teaching classes next year. Sergeant Fitzgerald has dedicated most of his
energies to the schools, youth and families of the City of Brentwood for 16
years.
Sergeant Fitzgerald came before
the Board and presented a Certificate of Achievement to Detective Gibson for
recognition of completion of the two week Drug Abuse Resistance Education
Training and the honor of being selected as the class representative of that
training.
Chief Knight presented a plaque
to Sergeant Fitzgerald in recognition of his outstanding performance and
contribution for 16 years as DARE Officer for the Brentwood Police Department.
Sergeant Fitzgerald said
Detective Gibson is excited about being a DARE Officer and will do a fantastic
job. He has had a wonderful 16 years of teaching DARE to the children. He is
going to miss it a lot. He thanked the Board and Chief Knight for the plaque.
HEARING OF ANY MATTER OF
PUBLIC INTEREST UPON REQUEST OF ANY PERSON PRESENT
Keith Rabenberg – Brentwood
Board of Education came before the Board and said he is here to talk about
the proposed tax increase. He went over the information in detail, which is
attached and made a part of the minutes. The handout addresses the Requested Tax
Increase, St. Louis County Tax Rates, Bond Issue Examples, District Assessed
Valuations, District Funding, District Expenses, District Tax Levies and
Projections. He also mentioned that they would be hiring a new
superintendent. Dr. Cleary will be retiring at the end of this year. In the
near future a committee will be handing out questionnaires to the community
looking for information on what they see in that role.
Mr. Rabenberg hopes the Board
will support the tax increase individually and as a Board. He also stated that
if the Board is approached with the question of why they are asking for this
tax increase they should know that there are no funds from outside sources.
The only way you can raise revenue to match increasing expenses if you are in St.
Louis County is to raise your local property taxes.
Alderman Golfin asked why Ladue
could borrow $40.9 million and only pay a $.45 debt service and Brentwood
schools borrow $6 million and have to pay $.20 for debt service.
Mr. Rabenberg said fewer people
live in the Brentwood School District. Ladue is a bigger district.
Alderman Leahy said the State
gives the district $273.00 per student. What is the district spending per
student?
Mr. Rabenberg said the district
is spending over $11,000 per student.
Alderman Leahy said there are
210 voluntary transfer students currently in Brentwood Schools. What happens
as students graduate and the numbers go down?
Mr. Rabenberg said the program
is continuing for the indefinite future. Three or four years ago it changed
when the lawsuit was finally settled. Part of the settlement was that the
program continues pretty much the same on a voluntary basis. Being a school
district, which sits close to the City of St. Louis they are one of the attractive
ones because the kids do not have to ride as far on a bus to get to Brentwood
as they do to Rockwood. They do not seem to have difficulty in attracting
enough new students to keep that enrollment stable.
Maureen Saunders – 2326
Parkridge Avenue came before the Board and said she is a strong supporter
of the community. The City of Brentwood is truly the City of Warmth. Each
September when the community comes together to celebrate Brentwood Days, which
is made possible by the City and this Board, you repeatedly hear the sentiment
that Brentwood has that wonderful small town, greet your neighbor, and lend a
helping hand feeling. Brentwood is able to retain that small town feeling and
still provide many of the conveniences of a larger city and a superior
education for its youth due to the strength of Brentwood School District and
its City government. She firmly believes that the strength of a community is
rooted in its schools, governing body and churches. The schools are a source
of pride for our community. They have received numerous awards of distinction
and consistently remain above the State average on standardized tests. Their
small size enables the schools to meet the diverse needs of all their students
and provides the unique opportunity to achieve academic success, combined with
the opportunity to participate in sports, student counsel, drama, newspaper or
wherever a student interest lies. She believes that the Brentwood School
District has managed their financial resources wisely. It is easy to say that
could be done for less or it shouldn’t take that many individuals to perform a
job but from experience she has found that to do things right it costs more and
takes time and effort. The school district needs our support in passing Proposition
K.
Mary Pozzo, Sophomore at
Brentwood High School – 2211 St. Clair and Katelan Fitzgerald, Sophomore at
Brentwood High School – 8511 Joseph Ms. Fitzgerald said they are speaking
on behalf of students for Proposition K. They presented the Board with
signatures of students and Brentwood citizens that support it. They hope the
Board will support Proposition K.
Mayor Kelly said the only way a
school district can increase its revenue is through property taxes. The school
district needs to focus on not only the school district property tax rate but
also the tax rate of the City of Brentwood. As an alderman he worked very hard
to establish a good relationship with the school district. Without their
support the City would not have been able to proceed with the projects that it
has over the years. Just looking at the numbers it is very simple to
understand that if those projects had not been done the assessed valuations
would not have escalated over the last ten years. That means that the school
district would have been in this situation a number of years ago asking for a
tax increase from the residents. With the three projects Dierbergs, Promenade,
and Brentwood Square, the agreement worked out with the school district is the
City only took $300,000 in new revenue from each one of those projects. Since
1995 the City has had new revenues of $900,000. The City is trying to put
everything back that it can to pay off those bonds as soon as possible, so that
not only the City can benefit from them but the school district as well. It
has been a tough budget year because they have not seen significant increases
in revenue from the sales tax. Overall sales increased this year but the
revenues went down because St. Louis County took a bigger portion of the sales
tax revenue to distribute to other municipalities. These projects are really
for the benefit of the entire community.
Sherman Lee – 8772 Pine
came before the Board and said he attended last week’s session at the high
school where they went over the numbers. He was concerned about some of the
questions he heard. He searched the Internet and found an article in Forbes
Magazine. He read what that article stated and distributed it to the Board.
The article is attached to the minutes.
Mayor Kelly encouraged the
Brentwood School District Board to play an active role in the City’s
Comprehensive Plan. As a community they need to work together to have a
long-range plan. One of the things that has hit the City in the last couple of
years is the cost of health insurance. They have been analyzing the
possibility of becoming self-insured for City employees, but there is not
enough employees to do that. They would like to work with the school district
on forming a health plan co-op and becoming self-insured as a group, which
could possibly cut costs significantly for both the City and the school
district.
Resolution No. 887
Alderman Golfin said he has
been sitting on the Board for eleven years and they have worked very well
together with the objective of continuously reducing the tax burden on the
residents of Brentwood and have been successful in doing that progressively
through the years. They have reduced property and utility taxes. He suggested
that in their individual budgets there is enough room in those reductions to
tolerate the increase that the schools need now. He will fully support
Proposition K.
In his years on the Board he
has been saddled with committee work on trash, floods, sewers and garbage. The
sewers in Brentwood were in deplorable condition. He remembers Powell and
Madge Avenues where twelve homes sanitary sewage was going into a ravine in the
back. They have improved that. Through the years they have made improvements
to reduce flooding in Black Creek. They have made improvements in storm water
flows. They have been working with MSD and they too have limited funds. By
doing a matching fund, they were able to get substantial sanitary and storm
water sewer work done in the City of Brentwood and by the residents supporting
of the ½ cents storm water parks sales tax. He realizes that MSD has
inefficiencies but they are correcting them. He would also support the MSD tax
rate.
Alderman Boyd said in December
2001, a study was conducted for the City by a group of St. Louis University
graduate students. One of the things that those students found very early on
was that there is high correlation between the livability, desirability and the
quality of the school district in the Brentwood community, even among people
that do not have children in the public school district. He would support
Proposition K.
As with the MSD issue, the
credibility of administration is an important point. It is incumbent upon any
administration or government. It is important for the citizens to understand
that the school district is a form of government. The credibility of the
administration is crucial.
Alderman Wynn said Brentwood
schools have been a part of his life. It is more than just a vote, campaign or
a tax levy. He was privileged to have three sons attend the Brentwood
schools. Two of them graduated from West Point and one from Rolla. A lot of
that goes to some of these great teachers in the audience. He was privileged
to work for the Brentwood School District for 33 years. He would support
Proposition K.
Motion was made by Alderman
Robertson, second by Alderman Wynn to approve and adopt Resolution No. 887,
which supports Proposition K and also supports a revenue bond issue for MSD.
Roll call: Alderman Boyd, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
Mayor Kelly called for a recess
at 8:15 p.m.
The meeting reconvened at 8:21
p.m.
INTRODUCTIONS, READINGS,
AND PASSAGE OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
1st and 2nd
Readings of Bills
Motion was made by Alderman
Boyd, second by Alderman Golfin to give Bills No. 5160, 5161, 5162, 5163, 5164
and 5165 first and second readings. Roll call: Alderman Boyd, yes; Alderman
Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderwoman Mehler,
yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
Bill No. 5160 – Lease
Agreement with Southern Sno
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5160, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI, WITH RAYMOND A. DAVIS AND KAREN S.
DAVIS D/B/A SOUTHERN SNO, OF 8817 POWELL AVENUE, BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI 63144 FOR
RENTING A PORTION OF LAND IN MEMORIAL PARK AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS ORDINANCE, its first and second readings.
Mayor Kelly said this lease
agreement allows them to run a sno cone cart at Memorial Park.
Alderman Leahy asked if the
renters would need a business license to operate.
Mayor Kelly said yes.
Alderman Leahy asked if they
are in agreement to operate within the hours of the park.
City Administrator Seemayer
said they open at 9:00 a.m. in the morning and have to close by sunset.
Alderman Golfin asked if they
are self insured for such casualty as property damage to their facility.
City Administrator Seemayer
said they provide evidence of insurance.
Motion was made by Alderman
Leahy, second by Alderman Marshall to approve and adopt Bill No. 5160. Roll
call: Alderman Boyd, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared
Bill No. 5160 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was
given Ordinance No. 3866.
Bill No. 5161 – No Parking
Any Time
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5161, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH TO SECTION 14-1015,
SCHEDULE O, NO PARKING ANY TIME; 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.
Alderwoman Mehler said this
ordinance prohibits parking on South Swan Circle, east of High School Drive.
It is a 17’ wide fire lane.
Alderman Golfin requested his
name be added to sponsorship of the bill.
Motion was made by Alderman
Golfin, second by Alderwoman Mehler to approve and adopt Bill No. 5161. Roll
call: Alderman Boyd, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman
Golfin, yes; Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn,
yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared
Bill No. 5161 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was
given Ordinance No. 3867.
Bill No. 5162 –
Re-subdivision of Lots 1&2, Block 4
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5162, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PRELIMINARY PLAT ENTITLED “RE-SUBDIVISION OF
LOTS 1 & 2, BLOCK 4 OF MADDENVILLE” DEPICTING A RE-SUBDIVISION OF PROPERTY
NUMBERED 2846 BRAZEAU AND ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE,
its first and second readings.
Mayor Kelly said this bill is
for the re-subdivision of a lot on Brazeau into three lots.
Motion was made by Alderman
Leahy, second by Alderman Robertson to approve and adopt Bill No. 5162. Roll
call: Alderman Boyd, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared
Bill No. 5162 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was
given Ordinance No. 3868.
Bill No. 5163 – Changing the
Name of Street
Motion was made by Alderman
Marshall, second by Alderman Golfin to amend Bill No. 5163 by replacing the
words “Swim Club Road” with Swim Club Lane”. Roll call: Alderman Boyd, yes;
Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderwoman
Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5163, AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A PRIVATE STREET FROM CENTRAL
AVENUE TO SWIM CLUB LANE; PROVIDING FOR THE PROPER IDENTIFICATION OF SAID ROAD;
AND ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, its first and second
readings.
Alderman Boyd asked if there
are any other businesses on this street other than Swim Club.
Alderman Marshall said no. The
name of the street is Central Avenue. With deliveries etc., people are ending
up on Central Avenue in Clayton. Also that road is not on any maps. If this
is changed they will contact the County and have it added.
Alderman Boyd asked if it would
remain a private street.
Alderman Marshall said yes.
Alderman Leahy said if it is a
private street, how does the City have jurisdiction to establish a name
change.
Mayor Kelly said they are
making the change but are not taking the road.
Alderman Marshall said the Swim
Club is making inquiries about taking over the road. The City has been
approached about taking over the road but refused.
Alderman Leahy said he would
hate to have them take this action as an implication that the City is taking on
jurisdiction of the road. The City is only establishing a name change and the
ownership of the road is still under discussion.
Motion was made by Alderman
Marshall, second by Alderman Cross to approve and adopt Bill No. 5163. Roll
call: Alderman Boyd, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman
Golfin, yes; Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn,
yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared
Bill No. 5163 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was
given Ordinance No. 3869.
Bill No. 5164 – Contract
with Stocker Construction
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5164, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
BRENTWOOD, MISSOURI TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE STOCKER CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY, 504 MARSHALL AVENUE, WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI 63119, FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A RESTROOM FACILITY WITH STORAGE ROOM AT NORM WEST PARK, its
first and second readings.
Alderman Leahy said Exhibit A
was not provided with the bill. He asked if the plans were reviewed.
Mayor Kelly said Mr. Wolf has
reviewed those plans.
Alderman Leahy asked if staff
checked with the adjacent neighbors to see if this construction is acceptable
to them.
Mayor Kelly said no. The City
usually does not do that.
City Administrator Seemayer
said they have spoken to one property owner with property that abuts it and
they have expressed some concerns about the idea of having it there, not the
specific plans.
Mayor Kelly said this is
something the City has been talking about since Norm West Park was first
built. One of the delays in this project has been getting the funds. This
project is being paid for totally by grants. In order to qualify for the grant
you have to show a need. The City has gotten a number of complaints from
families that they need to have adequate bathroom facilities in the public
park.
Alderman Golfin said the City
received a number of bids and Stocker Construction was selected at $72,321.00.
City Administrator Seemayer
said the Public Works Committee reviewed the bids. Stocker Construction was
the third lowest bid. The lower two were rejected for some inadequacies.
Motion was made by Alderman
Robertson, second by Alderman Marshall to approve and adopt Bill No. 5164.
Roll call: Alderman Boyd, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes;
Alderman Golfin, yes; Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman
Wynn, yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared
Bill No. 5164 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was
given Ordinance No. 3870.
Bill No. 5165 – The Meridian
at Brentwood
City Attorney Murphy gave Bill
No. 5165, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION
OF PROPERTY NUMBERED 8300 EAGER ROAD (a/k/a “THE MERIDIAN AT BRENTWOOD”, A
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT) AND ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE,
its first and second readings.
Motion was made by Alderman
Cross, second by Alderman Wynn to approve and adopt Bill No. 5165. Roll call:
Alderman Boyd, yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman
Golfin, yes; Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn,
yes; Alderman Cross, yes.
The Mayor thereupon declared
Bill No. 5165 duly passed and signed same into approval thereof. Said Bill was
given Ordinance No. 3871.
ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE CITY
Motion was made by Alderman
Golfin, second by Alderwoman Mehler to approve the revised warrant list as
presented. All in favor none opposed.
Alderman Golfin suggested the
invoices be attached to the warrant list for his review.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND
DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Mayor’s Report
Committee Appointment
Mayor Kelly requested Sherman
Lee be appointed to the Brentwood Library Board.
Motion was made by Alderman
Wynn, second by Alderman Leahy to approve the appointment of Sherman Lee to the
Brentwood Library Board. All in favor, none opposed.
Certificates of
Participation
Mayor Kelly said the library is
getting ready to put their renovation package out to bid. In discussions with
the Library Board, they have a shortfall with the amount of money they need.
They knew this going into the process. Their intention was to borrow the money
and pay it back over a period of time. Being a taxing entity it is not legal
for the library to take a loan out in a bank, just as it would not be for the
City to do. Mr. Seemayer, at his direction approached St. Louis First
Securities who did the COP’s for the police department and asked them about
issuing an amount of $300,000 for the additional funds for the library
improvements. At that time, it was suggested by the representative from St.
Louis First Securities that they take out the entire cost for the library
renovations. The issuance cost on the $300,000 would be about the same as
their total cost. It was bumped up to $1 million. As you know the library
will be moving their main entrance to the east side of the building. Future
plans were to make a new foyer and have one entrance to City Hall. They are
proposing the City take out a Certificate of Participation for $1 million. The
library is going to use about $500,000 of those funds and then pay that back
over time with their reserves and ongoing revenues every year. The additional
$500,000 will allow the City to construct the foyer entrance. The City will
also be redoing the windows of the library. The additional funds left will
accelerate the ability to move forward on the fire department. Those funds
will go directly into the capital improvement account in order to make the
improvements to the fire department. They are also considering making it a
$1.2 million COP that would give them the funds to do the fire department now
or at least put it out to bid. One of the reasons they decided to do this is
the cost of borrowing money is very low. For the first three years the
interest rate would be less than 3% on the notes. The average life, if it went
out 20 years, would be 4.8% interest.
Alderman Golfin said he would
like to schedule a Ways and Means Committee meeting on Thursday, March 6th
4:00 p.m. to discuss further.
Mr. Seemayer said none of this
work would slow down the library construction. The trailer arrives on March 17th
and setup will take about two weeks. The trailer will open around March 31st.
Alderman Robertson asked if
there would be a penalty clause for lateness on the contract.
Mr. Seemayer said Bond and
Wolfe is doing the contract on behalf of the library, and he has not seen it
yet.
Newsletter
Mayor Kelly said he would like
to see a section in the monthly newsletter dedicated to the police officers and
firefighters. He asked the Public Safety Committee to review doing that.
Daily Call Sheets
Mayor Kelly said the Board has
been receiving the daily log of calls that come into the police department. He
would like to have Public Safety Committee review if it is necessary for the
Board to receive those daily call sheets.
Costco Tour
Mayor Kelly said Costco has
scheduled a tour for the Board of Aldermen and the Brentwood School Board
members for Monday, March 10th. They are going to do a presentation
at 6:00 p.m., with a short slide show on their store before the tour.
Restrict Delivery Times
Mayor Kelly said he asked Mr.
Wolf to draw up a rough draft of an ordinance to restrict the delivery times in
commercial areas. The City is still running into problems with businesses in
the Hanley Industrial Court making late night and early morning deliveries.
Vacancies
Mayor Kelly said DST Output
located in Hanley Industrial Court was bought out and they are moving. Because
of the lack of access, the park has taken on a different look. In the last few
years it has had many vacancies.
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 report
Planning and Zoning
Neighborhood Study Group
Mayor Kelly said at the last
meeting they talked about establishing a neighborhood study group to come up
with some housing standards in the City. John Geppert, head of that committee
has been working and developed the preliminary mission statement. He thanked
Mr. Geppert for putting together that mission statement. Appointments to that
group will be done soon.
Alderman Robertson said while
walking the community he has seen houses that are being radically renovated,
expanded, or taken down and replaced by new houses. This is an issue that is
growing, so the timing of establishing the study group is appropriate.
City Attorney –
No report
City Clerk/Administrator
– No report
Director of Economic
Development – No report
Excise Commissioner
McCarthy Brothers
Alderman Cross said McCarthy
Brothers submitted an application for a Special Use Permit to hold a charitable
softball tournament and serve beer at Brentwood Park.
Motion was made by Alderman
Cross, second by Alderman Robertson to approve the Special Use Permit for
McCarthy Brothers to serve beer at Brentwood Park. Roll call: Alderman Boyd,
yes; Alderman Marshall, yes; Alderman Leahy, yes; Alderman Golfin, yes;
Alderwoman Mehler, yes; Alderman Robertson, yes; Alderman Wynn, no; Alderman
Cross, yes.
Library – No
further report
Municipal League
Meeting
Alderman Boyd said the
Municipal League met on February 20. They had a very interesting program on
leadership. They also went on record in supporting the MSD bond proposal.
Waste Management
Commission – No report
Stormwater Management
– No report
Communication
Televised Meetings
Alderman Marshall said he has
talked to some of the members on the school board and they are looking
favorably at having their meetings televised.
Facilities Committee
– No report
Insurance Committee
– No report
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Parking Space
Alderwoman Mehler said she
requested a bill for a physically disabled parking space for 1450 High School
Drive and it was not on the agenda.
Zoning Administrator Wolf said
the resident who had requested that contacted the City and requested it be
removed, since Brentwood Forest designated a spot on the parking lot for her.
Dead Trees
Alderwoman Mehler asked about
the replacement of dead trees along Bobolink.
Zoning Administrator Wolf said
they would be replaced in the spring.
NEW BUSINESS -
None
ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made by Alderman
Boyd, second by Alderman Leahy to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 p.m. All in
favor, none opposed.
ss/Pat
Kelly
Pat
Kelly, Mayor
Attest:
ss/Chris
Seemayer
Chris Seemayer, City Clerk