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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-05-20Minutes of Regular Meeting of Board of Aldermen of City of Riverside, Missouri May 20, 2008 A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, Missouri, was held in the Ciry Hall, of Riverside, Missouri, on May 20, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Fuller, Daxata, Bmns, Hurt, Salyer and Super. Also present were David Blackburn, City Admhristrator, Mike Duffy, Director of Community Development, Louise Rusick, City Clerk, Jane Hemy, Executive Administration Assistant, Director of Public Safety, Gregory Mills, Jeff Rupp, Public Works Director, Meredith Hauck, Coordinator of Communications and External Affairs, John McClelland, City Attorney, Deborah Polk, City Attorney's Office. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Rose started the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance with the audience joining in. Minutes of Apri129's Alderman Darata moved to approve the minutes of April 29, 2008, seconded Approved by Alderman Hurt, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Salyer, Daxata, Fuller, Bmns, Super and Hurt. Motion carries. Minutes of May 6`s Alderman Salyer moved to approve the minutes of May 6, 2008, seconded Approved by Alderman Darata, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Darata, Fuller, Salyer, Hurt and Super. Abstain: Alderman Bmns. Motion caries. Public Hearhrg Opened Mayor Rose opened the Public Hearing at 7:03 p.m. regarding the Briarcliff Professional Plaza Public Improvement Project and Proposed Assessments Against Property Withhr the Briarcliff Professional Plaza Neighborhood Improvement District. Deborah Polk, City Attorney's office explained the board already adopted hvo ordinances regarding the Neighborhood Improvement District, the fast ordinance to establish the district and the second ordinance required that plan and specifications be filed and this has all been done. The third step is to have a public hearing to hear any public comments on this project. Chris Williams with Briarcliff gave an update on the project stating they are moving forward with conshuction. Walls are up and the finish date is September 15`s and then will move forward with moving in tenants. There is approximately 10,000 square feet out of the first building sold. Aldermau Super asked about the `on-site' infrastmcture. Chris said the parking lot and curbs are moving forward, The parking is being bid out and due back May 29 and all the utilities are being coordurated with the companies. Mins. 5/20/08 Mayor Rose asked when the third building will go up. Mr. Williams said once buildings A&B are built and the parking is taken care of, Building C will be started and will have 45,000 square feet. This building will be started in the summer or early fall. Chris said the 220,000 square foot building will be ready around the middle of July or the first of August. Public Aearhrg Closed Mayor Rose closed the Public Hearing at 7:06 p.m. Court Report Approved Alderman Super moved to approve the Court Report for Apri12008, seconded by Alderman Salyer, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Bruns, Super, Darata, Hurt, Salyer and Fuller. Motion caries. City Administrator David summarized the report as follows: Report The Riverside Telecommunication Unit just completed training on the Universal Communications System (Reverse 911) on May 14'". Tlris training allows emergency messages by hard-wired telephones to citizens of Riverside and others of Platte County. The Community Center Pool Shade Project is complete and the pool is scheduled to open May 24a'. The Community Center Flooring and Volleyball System were advertised for bidding this past Sunday. The bids will be received Thursday, May 22°a The water tower is back in full operation and Missouri American Water Company has been flushing the hydrants around the City. The company "ETC" began follow up calls for the resident survey on Monday and expect to have the report completed in late June. The employee Wellness Challenge starts Monday, May 19a' and will run tluough mid- August. The Renner-Brenner Park Drainage Improvements (including reconstruction of a portion of the trail segment) has been completed. Kansas City has budgeted almost $1 million for the construction of a hail along Line Creek to the northern edge of the Riverside City limits. Riverside has been asked to consider extending the hail south to a point that can serve as a trail head. The City has received a task order for desigr services on the SOa' Sheet Drainage Improvements. This project will be partially funded by a $30,000 storm water grant received from Platte County. Conshuction has begun on the Line Creek Bridge (Cliffview Bridge) project. The Levee District told the Corps of Engineers was told the contractor was cutting into the berm, which was not the case and a problem with the pile drawings occurred. A meefing took place on Friday to get the drawings and to work with the contractor on these issues. Apri120a' through May l0a', 1,749 individuals attended 93 events and classes at the Community Center. Mins. 5/20/08 Mowing occurred on certain right-of--way in the City, miscellaneous sheet work, sheet sign repair, grounds maintenance at the parks, fleet maintenance and building maintenance. The budget timeline leas been adjusted to end June 21" and adopt the budget on June 24, 2008. There were City Hall meetings held from May 5's through May 16, 2008. Certain staff attended training at MACA Conference, LaserFiche and Outlook 2007: Leve12 and 3. On May 3`a, more than 110 skaters and spectators turned out for the Rollin' on the River Skate Competition at Renner Brenner Park. Landscaping work is conthming on Northwood Road Phase 1 and the roadway is 99% complete. Northwood Road will be closed on Wednesday Grading, sod and pouring sidewalks is occurring at Horizons Parkway South. Continued fill, grading for the roadway, completed the RCB and poured pier columns for the bridge also occurred at Horizons Parkway North. Erosion control and cleanup occured at Montebella. Continued dirt fill, grading layout of pad sites and building structure occurred at Briarcliff. Continued demolition of the structures and cleanup occurred at the Rinker site. There have been some issues at the Renner-Brenner Park with vandalism in the resh~ooms. Public Safety will `step up' their efforts to monitor the park. Hopefully, for the long-term solution, cameras will be installed. Mayor Rose said last Wednesday evening, she and Julie Rule met with 20 of the skateboarders talking about different things asking what they wanted to change or add. Alderman Hurt said he had an episode with his grandkids last summer and said he felt intimated by the skateboarders and called Public Safety. Alderman Bruns said he noticed the side ramp was down and it was stated this is maintenance for Public Works. Alderman Fuller said his wife reported illegal activities going on at the park. Mayor Rose encouraged the board to report all incidents. Mayor Rose said if this is something that can't be controlled, the skateboard park will be closed. Irene Paulhe, 4700 Petronella asked if the dust would be controlled on Northwood Road and David said the road would be `watered down' just enough to settle the dust. David said we do need to address this in the future because when the project is done dirt will still be hauled off of the hill. Change of Use Permit Alderman Super moved to approve a Major Change of Use Permit for Atlas Sales & Approved Rentals, Inc. 246 NW Plaza Drive to do office and warehousing, seconded by Alderman Bmns, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Fuller, Darata, Super, Hurt, Salyer and Bruns. Mins. 5/20/08 Motion caries. SOa' Street project Mike said the hvo things this project will do is hill stabilization and to get comment better access to the detention bashr so it can be maintained and the second thing is to improve water quality. There is a vertical hole near by that needs filled in. The majority of the change order request is do surveying and civil work, but water sampling is also going to be done. Total constmction costs for the project is expected to be about $85,000.00 and 30% for engineering estimate design. Alderman Salyer asked if Mike was certain three wouldn't be any more of these in the fuhue and Mike said this is the job of our storm water engineer to take a look at these kind of projects. Where there is problems it will be required be corrected before we accept public infrastructure. Task Order for Shafer, Kline Alderman Fuller moved to approve a task order for the SOa' Street Detention & Warren for the 50'" St. Project authorizing Shafer, Kline & Warren to initiate design services fox the Detention Project, Approved the project under the existing City Engineering contract for an amount of $29,000.00, seconded by Alderman Salyer, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Salyer, Darata, Fuller, Bmns, Super and Hurt. Motion carries. Mike said they have been working with Briarcliff making sure we get a water line through this particular project. This is where Missouri American Water would like to have a hansmission Ihre that has an interconnect with Kansas City, Missouri on the east side of Briarcliff. This matter may come back to the board for more discussion. There is additional discussion with Missouri American Water Company this week. Alderman Hurt mentioned the problems stated in newspaper with Kansas City, Missouri sewer lines and asked if there is an option to change who mns our sewer lines. Mike said Kansas City, Missouri mns our sewer lines and neither of the systems belongs to the City and we do have an agreement with them. Mike said we do need to look at the sewer charge increases that are being proposed and the impact it has on our residents. Change Order Approved for Alderman Fuller moved to approve a Change Order for Mega Industries for Mega Industries, Renner Renner Brenner Drainage Improvements hr the amount of $3,824.80, seconded Brenner Drainage by Alderman Bmns, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Fuller, Super, Darata, Hurt, Salyer and Bmns. Motion carries. Wetlands comments Mike said lre's been speaking with Timothy Bureau, the City's consultarrt on the wetlands and we did get the approval from the Corps of Engineers and they asked for one or hvo modifications to the plans. After this is worked through, the final design documents will be submitted. There is 6.8 acres to be mitigated. The budget amount behrg put in for design and mitigation is abut $350,000, including about $10,000 for design, $SQ000 per acre: We should have an answer from the Corps and be ready to go into the final desigrr of conshuction. Part-time help Approved Jeff Rupp asked the board to approve part time help for Public Works. Jeff for Public Works said it is in the budget to hire someone from April through September. Jeff said Larry Meyer spent this weekend getting the pool ready to open and it was very much appreciated. The board agreed to hiring two seasonal part- Mins. 5/20/08 time help employees xiglrt away if they pass their background check and drug test. An Ordinance will be prepared for the next regular meeting. Procedural Instruction Alderman Darata moved to approve the Procedural Instruction for Disciplinary for Disciplinary Pro- Procedures: Reference Handbook, Article 700, seconded by Alderman Salyer, cedure..........., the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Bruns, Super, Darata, Hurt, Salyer and Fuller. Motion carries. City Engineer comments Sabin said the pemuts are in place for the Cliffview Bridge and pile drawings have begun. Northwood Road is closing May 21~`. Issues are being watched that the public has complained about and the dust matter is being taken care of A meeting with the contractor will be Wednesday morning to keep the road clean. The schedule was 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. but something has changed as they worked much later. A time line will be obtained on the Cliffview Bridge. Bill No. 2007-70 Alderman Super moved to place Bill No. 2007-70 on its first readurg, Approving the Adoption Approving the Adoption of Tax Increment Financing For the Redevelopment Project of TIF....... Area Under the West Platte Road Redevelopment Plan and Approving Other Actions Related thereto, seconded by, Alderman Bruns, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Bmns, Darata, Hurt, Fuller, Super and Salyer. Motion carries. Ordinance No. 2008-70 Alderman Darata moved to place Bill No. 2008-70 on its second reading, Approved and upon passage of same become Ordinance No. 2008-70, seconded by Alderman Salyer, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Darata, Salyer, Bmns, Super, Fuller and Hurt. Motion carries. Bill No. 2008-55 Bill No. 2008-55 Died for lack of amotion-Determination Advisability of the Gatewoods Dies for lack of Public Improvement Project And Ordering The Establishment Of The Gate Woods Motion Neighborhood Improvement District And The Preparation Of Plans And Specifications For The Project. Bill No. 2008-64 Alderman Super moved to place Bill No. 2008-64 omits first reading, Payment of said Bill authorizing the payment of certain indebtedness listed therein, Indebtedness seconded by Alderman Bruns the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Bmns, Darata, Hurt, Fuller, Super and Salyer. Motion carries. Ordinance No. 2008-64 Alderman Fuller moved to place Bill No. 2008-64 on its second reading, Approved and upon passage of same become Ordinance No. 2008-64, seconded by Alderman Bruns, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Darata, Salyer, Bruns, Super, Fuller and Hurt. Motion carries. Mins. 5/20/08 Bill No. 2008-65 Alderman Salyer moved to place Bill No. 2008-65 on its first reading, said Bill Ordering the Briar- Orderhrg the Briarcliff Professional Plaza Public Improvement Project Improve- cliffProfessional Plaza... ments To Be Made And Directing That Financing Be Obtained, seconded by Alderman Hurt, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Fuller, Bmns, Hurt, Darata, Super and Salyer. Motion carries. Ordinance No. 2008-65 Alderman Darata moved to place Bill No. 2008-65 on its second reading, Approved and upon passage of same become Ordinance No. 2008-65, seconded by Alderman Bmns, the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Super, Fuller, Bruns, Hurt, Salyer and Darata. Motion carries. Bill No. 2008-66 Alderman Super moved to table Bill No. 2008-66 Authorizing The City of Entering Into A Riverside To Enter Into A Services Agreement With And Pay Certain Funds Service Agreement..... To United Services Community Action Agency, seconded by Alderman Salyer, Tabled the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Darata, Super, Salyer, Bmns, Hurt and Fuller. Motion carries. Recess A brief recess was called at 8:15 p.m. Reconvened All Aldermen and the Mayor responded to roll call and the meeting reconvened at 8:22 p.m. Public Safety comments Chief Mills distributed the reverse 911 system report to the board; this being a drawing of the residents and companies notified for Northwood Rd. closing. There are 2,512 phones in the system and 79% of the people were notified. There will be proper signage when turning on NW 52"a Street. It was mentioned Argosy will be applying for their re-licensing next Wednesday. Motion for Alderman Fuller moved that the meeting go into closed session, pursuant to Closed Session RSMo 610.021(1) Legal and RSMo 610.021(2) Real Estate Issues, seconded by at 8:25 p.m. Alderman Hurt the vote was: Aye: Aldermen Salyer, Darata, Hurt, Fuller, Bmns and Super. Motion carries. Motion for Alderman Super moved that the meeting go into open session, seconded by Open Session Alderman Bmns the vote was: at 9:27 p.m. Aye: Aldermen Salyer, Darata, Hurt, Bmns, Super and Fuller. Motion carries. Adjournment By unurimous decision, the meeting ~ urned at :27 n. Mhrs. 5/20/08 6