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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-05-01 Minutes of Regular Meeting of Board of Aldermen of City of Riverside, Mo. May 1, 1973 A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, Kissouri was held in the City Hall in Riverside, on May 1, 1973, at 7:30 ~p.m. and upon a roll call, Aldermen Bailey, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulgamott and West were present, Fries absent; Mayor Czamanske calling said meeting to order. Thy minutes of Special Meeting of April 24, 1973, were read and Mayor Czamanske advised the records should show that the minutes of the meeting. of April 24,1973, as set forth on page 2, was discussion only and the final authority of the Commissioners of the various areas is to be determined when the ordinance is finally passed, the minutes were then approved as written, read and subject to the comment made. Walter Leslie, 5800 North Ava, Kansas City, Missouri 64151, applied for license to have a Teen-age dance hall in the upstairs of the Riverside Downs Building; he advised this would be only on Friday nights from 8:30 to mid-night, he would have soft drinks and snacks only, he would have a policeman on duty all the time. A discussion was had with regard to this matter and the question of the safety of the building was brought up; Mr. Leslie advised that it was a fire proof building and there were two exits. He advised that it was for a money making business. He, Mr. Leslie, advised the Board that he only intends to operate on Friday night, if at a later date he decides to operate on another night or nights, he willaome before the Board for approval. The age of people he would like to have would be 15, 16, 17 and 18. There are three rest rooms, they are marked for men and women. Mr. Leslie agreed to secure a fire extinguisher. Mr. Leslie also advised again that he would have a full time policeman on duty all the time the dance was in operation. The license:~was approved and the cost being $45.00 for 3/4 of a year. Jim Beauchamp, Route #25, Parkville, Missouri, came to represent Riverside Drive-In, with regard to his having to have a special license for the Swap and Shop that is operated on Sundays at the Drive-In. Mr. Beauchamp thought that it was not necessary to Pave a license to operate the Swap and Shop business, that he does charge a fee for the people to come in and purchase_or sell merchandise. _ the Board decided to give the matter to the Commissioner of Licenses and he can search the ordinances and meet with the City Attorney and then get in touch with the Police Chief, who will in turn advise Mr. Beauchamp whether or not he will need the license to operate the Swap and Shop business. Page 2, Reg. Minutes May 1, 1973 Mr, and Mrs. Herman Studeville of Route #24, Box 134 C, Parkville, Missouri 6451 and Mrs. Harold Augur, Route #24, Box 133 H, Parkville, Missouri 64151, presented petitions for annexation cif the property the City had talked about annexing previously, that is the property between Riverside and Parkville. They advised the did not see the people who awned The Green Hills Trailer Park and this was because the people were -ill. The Studevilles brought out that all the people in Ridgewpe~tl.,were not contacted, they had only about 26 houses or signatures on the pe+hition, also they stated there were about four houses that advised they wanted to think this matter over. It was figured that approximately 80 to 90 percent of the people whom they had contacted did want the City of Riverside to Annex them. Since the Attorney was not present this portion of meeting this matter was deferred to the latter part of the meeting until the Attorney was present. 4835 High Drive Noel Deconicka/of Northwood Acres stated that he was advised that since he was selling plants from his Greenhouse that he must obtain a license also that the area was not zoned for business. He, Mr. Deconick advised the Board that he was not doing this for a profit, he just wanted to sell enough plants to pay for his expenses. Mr. Deconick does have a sign stating that he has plants for sale. Gary Hohimer advised that he had received complaints that Mr. Deconick was operating a business and this was in an area not zoned for business ...and didn't have occupation license. Also there were three people who were raising dogs and did not have occupation license and were not in the proper zoned area, that is the reason for the people being p~eseut at the melting. Mrs. Tabscott of 4851 N.W. Highdrive was present and advised she had lived in Riverside 16 years and has been raising Poodle Dogs for 16 dears and has been .selling some; she still has 8 acres of property. The number of dogs she usually has is 30, howe~ she advised that they had as many as 185 dogs at one time. All of her dogs are on the inside, she has the proper pens for them. Mrs. Tabscott advised she shows dogs and does not make a profit on the ones she sells. Mrs. Criss of 4816 Highdrive, inquired when does a business become a business and when does it stop being a hobby, and she was advised by the Attorney thatc~~'~"J_~ this is set out in ordinances and feels that according to our ordinanc es this would be considered a business, that is the selling of plants and the raising of dogs. ~Irs. Criss advised that she has six adult dogs and four pups and she -has her dogs for field trial, does not raisrfor a profit. She has her place fenced in for the dogs. Mr. Roger Morris, 4907 N.W. Highdrive advised he moved in on April 9, 1973, he has a fence for his dogs which is 20 x 44 feet, he has a crippled dog, and two female St. Bernard dogs, he advises he has a ]fitter a year Pa:%e 3, 1973 - Reg. Minutes May 1, 1973 and he does sell the pups. He also advi~edathat there were two more pups there, but they belonged to another f::mily who vrere lieing with him but would move on May 1 ~~ , 1973• This muter was dlscus:ed further and advised the people the reason fbr passing the ordinances ~3nd enforcing them is to ~brotect the people and to upgrade the are~~ of the residential zone ind also the business are~:s. Don J:;:ek advised the new zoning ordinance ~4rould deal with use areas, cert:.ih things requiring so much area. within which to do those things in. It was also e~l~_iined to the people that if there is a complaint filed by any person that the person against whom the complaint is filed may be found guilty and the matter will be regulated according to the zoning order. Sur;=tnam moved that these matters be tabled for further action for •.n indefinite time, seconded by hest, the roll w s c:~lled, all present voted in favor, tries absent. Mr. LaFa.ve advised he was present to obtain an occupation '_icense for J~i~rL Norris for the operation of a restaurant on Vivian Road (2711), this is the ':Marren E3renner building, next to S?-elgas business. The Bo=~:rd advised that this would have to h ~-e the County Health Department'F~ <~pprova3, and also the Board wants the person who is ~'.ctuully the person in ch:urge of the 3estaur,:;nt to come in to talk to the I?o_ird, in this instance, Mr. Norris. The Board advised that they would give Mr. Norris 15 minutes ~t its ne<t special meeting on T~~esday, NIay ~ 1973. The m.:tter of the people present who brought the ~~etitions for the .~nnsxation of the area between Riverside and Parlrville was brought up and Don Witt advised that the City of Riverside would hr3ve to pass an ordinance in which it declares to intend to annex the area involved and bring an actin for the annexation of the area. In order to do this the City must show that it will provide services for the annexed area and P"r. Witt will be glad to prep=ire the ordinance whenP er the City is ready. However, Mr. bJitt suggested th t the feeling of all the people in the area. should be gotten before any further action .~e t_~ken. ~1'he Board suggsted that ~rll the members survey the area to be annexed to see what the City would be annexing. It was .fir .ught out tha there were no businesses in the area and that the City~lhn~1 on a~'p~erty Tax s~e~y :and wondered how the people in the pro~os d annexed area would feel about this. The tax should be brought out when the survey of the people's feelings are obt~~ined. The Studeville~C:>gave their thoughts on the tax matter and realized that this would be necess ry etnd they thought this would not Chang.-- the people's minds Mayor Czamanslce sug Bested that this m,:~.tt r be tabled with regard to the annexation for ut least two ?reeks and that the Studeviiles and Mrs. auger get the opinions of the people in Ridgewood and other areas and bring in the pe~titicans with a.ll names they possibly can, also the survey should include Mistywoods., -end that they bring this matter back at the ne;t regular meeting of the Board. Meanwhile, the Board will c_~nduct its ~urtth~-r'of whet services would h ve to he extended the area >lndwhat problems would be e°cnuntered with reg~:rd P.;ge 4, deg. Minutes May 1, 1973 to annexing the area. Don Jack advised he had the beginning of High Drive's plans ~rnd proposed to put the dr=;inag~~ on the South Side of High Drive, The Bo ~ r~: looked over the plans and s t ted th t Per. Jack alre ~.dy hid the Bo,rd's permission to proceed. Don Jack advised the Bo -a rd that b@ thought it ~.uould go toconcrete pipe rather than the steel. Don Jack also <~dvised that ~he t-~.lked to Dr. Jones with regard to his driveway and feels that Dr. Jones will rrttr ~~=~ ,,a ~ •, „~ a •, ; ,•, 6 t h w d r i v a ~ , • ~r t 8 ~1-i-$ Y-}bl S-~-t~-P6 ® ~ ~i`2d-E'9-l'i-~ 3~~}11 t i n p'_ Don Witt report reg_.rd ng the trwiler parks that none of theg- h;ve done the work agreed to in their letters and w=anted to know what the;; City Wanted to do, whether to extend the time or proceed with leg.-1 action. The Board tho_,ght the people of the ^lr_~iler Parks could have come to the Council if th s•~ that they could t,}ae3~-e~tr~ not c ~mplete the corrections. G=~~ Court had taken / czre of its problems and Prince Tr:~iler Court, (rte Don Witt ad•~ised that before suit can be filed, a new survey of the 7 courts would h;ve to be made to see what ordinances are not complied with, as he underst~>d it, some corrections h<rve been m>~~de. Questions were asked with reg rd to suit being filed and Don Witt advised that the judge would propably give the courts sor;,many days within wffiich to comely with the ordinance and them if they do not do that, an injunction would be filed to close them down. This would prob<~bly be a temporary injunction and that the City would have to post a bond and if this is a consider;~ble amount, Mr. Witt would contact the City. Mr. Witt -advised it wouldprob:~bly be about ~6 0 days before this would take place. /o-~ ~,~ Mr. Witt advised that he has not ,~~ '~ ~'r?nchise Ordinance. /~[%pa'aC kJ,~ wile moved that Biel No. 7 - 4 bein bill rovidin_. for the Y 3~ g p P cresting of positions for 8 are;~s in the .~dministr~-ative code, be pl::iced on its first re Ading, seconded by West, the roll was celled and votes were -as follows: Bailey, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulg~~mott and '•-Jest voted aye; Fries absent, stiid bill w:~~s -accordingly read. Swetnam moved that rules be suspended and said bill be pl:iced on its second re-iding, seconded by 'west, the roll was c.lled and votes were ~~s follows: Bailey, Grog:gin, Swetnam, Vulgamott ~..-~.nd Grogan voted aye; Fries, absent; s:zid bill was accordingly read. West moved that rules be suspended and said its third reading and upon passage of s<:me become seconded by B~iiley, the roll was celled and votes Bailey, Grog:xn, Swetnam, V~.ilg 3mott end '.~iest voted said bill w.~.s accordingly read, approved by M:~yor c~:.me Ordin~~nce No. 73-14. bill be nl,ced on ordinance No. 73-14, were as follovrs: :Aye; Fries absent Czars.=srske and be- Paige 5, i3eg. Minutes M.~y 1, 1 973• ~~est moved that Bill No. 73-1~ be placed on its first reading, said bill providing for the appointing of certain commissioners for the different areas as set out in Ord. 73-14, seconded by Swetnam, the roll w:as called and votes were as folloras: Bailey, Grogan, Swetnam Vulg>.mott and West voted aye; Fri^s bsent; s:3id Bill iw=a accordingly read. Bariley moved that rubs be s~_,spended and s id bill be pLrced on its second r~~~ding, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was celled and votes were ss follows: Bailey, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulgamott, West voted eye; Fri^s .b~~ent, s ;id bill was ccordingly read. Bailey moved that r aes be suspended and said bill be nl ced on its third reeding and capon pass ge of same become 8rdin=once No. 73-15, seconded by tdest~ the roll errs c fled a.nd votes were as follows: Bailey, Grog.=.n, ~w~tnam, V~alg?mott and West voted aye; r~ries absent s=; id bill was accordingly read, approved by M•or ~zam:~nske and be- came Orr3in:once Ido. D-73-15. Kenneth Kenyon ldvised that he was nn the P rkville Volunteer r'ire D^partment ,:and w~u d bF on the i3ivers_.de `s Fire ijepartment; he also informed the Bo rd of its getting the Bid on the ' ~-•• fire Bruck for ,:46QOgi It was decided to pay this out of the general funds and with the regular disbusersent ordinance. Grogan advised that Gary Hohimer advised him that there vaere some semin-ors on June W, ~ and 6 on preliminary investig=-tions, writing re;.ports on Pollygraph, r:3on~ threats ~3nd feels that he can get transportation with North Kansas City Police, however the hotel would cost approximately ,;rZ5.C0 for two nights and they may hive to st_~y t arse nights if the North Kansas City P~.i~e dom. li~so ~roga.n~~ advised there was nother seminir with the Highway Safety People, this is the one paying 1/z of Burns salary this ye :r, and thought it would be advis~~ble for someone to go. Grog:~n moved that G:pry Hohimer be authorized to go th the aforementioned seminars, seconded by Vulgamott, the roll was clled and upp present voted in favor, Fries absent. Bailey :~~dvised that he received two bids on the repair of Cliff View Drive one for w22~$S00 and •;y2F350.00, these were from Permar~Seal and SealOMatic respectively. Don Jack :advised he would like to be gi:yen the date this work would b~ started, so he c:gin check on it. B:~iley moved that we :accept the bid from PermaSeal for the sum of ,;~222~~.00, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was c lled and votes vrere as follows: all present voted in f::vor, cries, absent. -~ It was suggested that the Twin Drive In be advised to comnl~te the dr-;inage c,~lverts. Mayor Ca=~manske> advised th•~t there is an account in the ;riverside Pa~rolmsn account in the amount of =>16.50, this has ~:een there since 1957, and wanted authority to transfer it to another acco:,nt, it was the consensus of the ~3oa °d to transfer this to the P-Age 6, i3eg, Minu es N; y 1, 1973 general account. Mayor Caam~nske :advised th-~t he •;ent to a m• eting ffihi~h-°Jeary Litton had which pert=,ined to loan °~pproprirtion on sewer prpgr~m :nd thought there was a lot pf good potention for the City to secure this sewer plan lo~~n and would like to meet with Don Jack and Swetnam on this m:~tter. Information was received from King City Oil Company that they closed its business in t~iverside and incuired whether it could receive a refund on its unused potion of the occupation license. Mr. Witt advised he thought this was not possible as it w~;.s not in the ordinances. # Mrs. Nelson •is to write the oil company that City is unable to refund the unused portion of occupation license. Mr. Swetnam inc,uired with reg,rd to a culvert ordinance. I'4r. '.+Iest in uired whether ornot Northside Mobile Sales eras on the St:zte i?ight of Way. The matter of Damon Purcell repairing the street in Indian Hill a; .~=:~s brought up and it wassstxggested that Mrs. Nelson write him, reminding of this and Mr. nest would contact Jimmy Nelson with this regard. Gary Hohimer :_dvised that Humane Society was out five times and didr_ot pick up any dogs. I3ai":ey moved that the contract with Wyandotte County Humane Society be cancelled, secondedby Vmlg<3mott, the roll~was celled and ail present voted in favor, Fries absent; #Mrs. Nelson to write the Humane Society -~ letter and termin<=.te the contr::~ct in accord:znce with the provisions of the Contr:et. there being no further business, m~,eting adjourned.