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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF
BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
FEBRUARY 1, 1994
A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City
of Riverside, Missouri was held in the City Hall in
Riverside, Misso~_ir^i on February 1, 1994 at 7:00 p. m. Those
pr^esent wer^e Aldermen Wedua, Teters, Karr^, Marshall, Rule and
A~_ist were pr^esent. In the Absence of Mayer Burch, Mayc~r^
Pr^~_~ Tern Iiarr^ ca 1 1 ed said meeting t o order.
Alderman Teters moved to gr_. into executive session to
d i sc~_iss persr_,nne 1 root t ers, secr_,nded by A l Berman Marsha 1 1, t h e
v~_te was: Aldermen Wedua, Teters, Marshall, Rule and Aust,
yes; Alderman Karr^ being Mayor Pr^r_. Tern.
Alderman Marshall moved to go into regular session,
seconded by Alderman Aust, the vote was: Rlderrnan Marshall,
A~_ist, Teters, Rule and Wedua, yes; Rlderrnan Karr being Mayer
Pro Tern.
The meeting reconvened, those present wer^e Aldermen
Wed~_~a, Teter^s, Karr, Mar^shall, R~_ile and Rust. Mayor Bur^ch
presided over^ the r^ernainder of the meeting.
It was decided to dispense with the r^eading of the
rnin~_rtes of January 18, 1994 for^ the present tune.
A hearing on the nuisance claim against William and Elva
Clar^k was had on the property at NW 50th Street. William and
Elva Clark, 4308 W Platte Road were present to discuss the
matter before the Mayor^ and Board. Notice was given to the
Clarks regarding this hearing and it was not to be held until
February 15, 1994, however^ the Clarks requested that they be
heard on February 1, 1994. Mr^. Rhoads, tenant living at the
pr^operty was also served with a notice tc. appear befr_~r-e the
Board on February 15, 1994.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark presented a signed Waiver to be hear^d
tonight.
Larry Reece provided photogr^aphs of the pr^operty in
violaticm of the City's ordinances.
Mrs. Clark spoke to the Board and said she had given Mr.
Rhoads 30-day native to rnc~ve and he told her he was going to
fight it. Mrs. Clark said they will clean ~_ip the pr^operty
and will make plans to get it on the p~_rblic sewer system.
The Clarks said they are also having someone tr remodel the
tenant ho~_ise after Mr. Rhoads moves.
The Beard cif Aldermen said that before the building is
r^ernodeled it would have to be approved by the zoning
er~fcrt^cement officer^ and possibly the City Engineer.
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The Mayar^ and F{card said they cannot make any
r^ecc~mrnendations cin this hear^ing; they will have to hear fr^am
the tenant, Mr, Rh. .ads and it will be sc~rnetime after^ the
lath of Februar^y before any r^ecornmendat ions wi 11 be made and
tha•L- the City wo~_ild get in touch with the Clarks.
Chief Pab Payless said that he had pasted a notice of
City C]r^dinance Violations an the r^esidence and it was tarn
dawn. i-ie said that a second n.=Mice was pasted and Mr. Rhoads
infc~rrned the officer posting the natice that he will be at
the hearing crr~ February 15, SS94.
Car^1 Pir^cher, c1`~ Cheater^, Ferrilview, Missour^i,
presented a P~_~siness License for Mobile Chef. This b~_isiness
is pr^~_~vides food ar~d dr^inks to the business areas. It is a
lar^ge tr^~_ick covered inter a kitchen and food is cooked in the
kitchen. Mr'. Pir^cher^ leases the tr^~_icks to individuals. He
said they have a health permit and sales tax number.
Mr^. Pircher' s business 1 icense was appr^c~ved subject tc~
his pr^~~viding the City with a copy of the Health Certificate
and the payment afi the fee.
Randy Pest, 7•,19 Highway 9, Parkv i l l e, MO 6415
pr^esented a business license to have a auto repair shop at
~5Q~4 West Platte Road. This type of business was not on the
or^iginal business license applicaticrr~. It was brought ~_ip
that he did not have a fence err^o~_ind the things he was going
t~v~ stare in back of the building. Another^ cancer^n with
regar^d to have an a~_ito r^epair was the fact that there may be
vehicles partially repaired an the outside of the building.
Mr. Pest said that he wa~_ild do all r^epairs an the inside of
the building and would not have unrepair^ed vehicles on the
outside. This matter was discussed.
Alderman Rule moved that subject to Mr^. Pest cleaning up
his storage and b~..~ilding a privacy fence at the X504 address,
that the b~_lsiness license far repairing vehicles be apprr_,ved,
5ecc~r•~ded by Marc hall the vote was Aldermen Kar^r, no; Teters,
yes; Wedua, yes; Aust, no; Rule, yes; and Marshall, yes.
tMr. Pest has alr^eady received a Special Use permit at this
lc~cat ionl .
Jerr^y Traylor, 1`3~ E. 4th Avenue, North Kansas City,
MO 64116, presented a Special Use N'er^mit, Change of Use
application and P~_rsiness License application far ccrr~signment
and auction service at X705 NW Platte Road. Mr. Traylor^ was
at the Planning Cornrnissian and his special use and change of
use applicatio»s were approved. Mr. Traylor said he wo~_rld
rr~~~t have any items on tfie r_,~_rtside of the b~_rildir~g. He said
he wa~_~ld not start the auction ~_tnt it 6:~0 p. rn. when the
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adjacent businesses are closed and he has their permission to
par^k ~}r, their lots.
Alderman Kar^r moved tc+ appr^nve the Special Use Fier^mit,
seconded by Alderrnar, Rule, the vote was: Alderman Wedua,
Teters, Karr^, Marshall, Rule ar,d Aust, yes.
Alder^man Karr moved to cl•iar,ge the ~_ise from the present,
sign pr^intir,g, to ccm,signment and auction, seccrr,ded by
Alderman Mar^shall, the vote was: Aldermen Aust, Rule,
Marshall, Kar^r^, Teters and Wedua, yes.
The b~_~siness license application was appr^oved subject
to the payrner,•t rf the fees.
Fiat B~_rrfeind, 582.~i N. Nor^tor,, Gladstone, Missouri 64115,
presented a Special Use permit and B~_rsiness License
applicati~~r, far Cars for You at 4.°',20 NW Gateway. This is to
sell ~_rsed vehicles. A plot plan was also pr^esented.
Alderrnar, Kar^r moved that the Special Use permit be
appr^oved, seconded Alderman Rule, the vote was: Aldermen
Wedua, Teters, Karr, R~.rle, Marshall and A~.rst, yes.
The B~_rsiness L_icer,se appl icat ior, far Pat B~_rrfeind was
appr^oved subject to the payrner,t r_,f the fee.
Lyr,n Ann Scharf, 4527 NW Gateway Drive, Manager of
E1Chapperal Apts,, spoke to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
regar^dir,g animal cor,tr^ol. She said that there are r~uite a
few of dogs around the apar^•tment complex, rnr_,st ly because they
ar^e left there by people when they move. Sc~rne of the parents
ar^e afraid fc~r their' childr^en when they wait to catch the
school bus.
Mayor' Burch said she r~_ms into this problem every day
and she wishes she had an answer. Building an animal
shelter' has not mater^ialited, mostly because of the flood.
The City does pick up the animals. If you have a pr^oblern,
call Rick Hedgecc Eck. and we will tr^y to help you in the
situation and if Rick Hedgecock is not in, yo~_r can call Chief
Bayless.
Alderrnar, Karr^ said if they^e is a problem with the dogs
and the children catching the b~_rs, the public Safety
Department sh~~uld take care c.f this matter^.
Alder'roan Marshall moved that a recess be called,
sec~~+r,ded by Alderman Rule, the vote was: Aldermen Wedua,
Teters, Kar^r^, Mar'shall, Rule and Aust, yes.
The meeting reconvened, those present were Aldermen
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Wed+_ra, Teters, Karr, Mar^shall, Rule and Aust; Mayar Fur^ch
called said meeting to order.
Dave Langston, 10631 N. McGee, Kansas City, MO spoke to
the Mayar^ ar,d Foar^d of Aldermen r^egarding the installation of
sewer lire c+r+ his property ar+ South Drive (Previc++_rsly Willard
Neal's proper^ty). He said he has purchased the house, but
r,~~~t the twc~ vacant lets. In c,rder^ to cc~nr,ect the sewer^ 1 ir+e
to his house, he would have to cross c+ne of the fats, which
he has received per^rnissior+. However^, Mr. Langston wanted tc~
know if the City could help hirn fir+ar+cially to put the sewer
in because of the distance of line.
This rnat t er^ was d i sc+_issed and i t was the cor+sensus a f
the Fc~ard that they felt the City could r+ot da ar+ythir+g
ab~~ut this situation. However, the City Engineer will be
c~~+r+tacted to verify that the sewer lire was installed
on the Neal's pr^oper^ty p+_~rsuar+t t~~ the previous owner's
req+_iest.
Fob Heifr,er, 601 NE 108 Ter^r^ace, Kar+sas City, MO 64155;
Tim Kr^ i st , 4516 NW Nor^rnar+dy Lar+e, K. C. , Ma 641 16 ar+d G 1 enn
Sirnrnar+s, ~7 Gr^eer+tree L_ar+e, K. C. , MO 64116, spak.e to the
Mayar and Foard of Aldermen r^egarding ball fields far the
Clay-Glatte Faseball League. They said the leag+_~e is growir+g
very fast and they do not have ena+_igh fields tc+ play on.
They wer^e wor+derir+g when the City's park wo+_ild be completed
ar+d if they could +_rse the fields wher+ they are complete.
This matter was discussed and they were told that the
City's park. pr^abably wo+_rld r+~_~t be cr_,rnplete far several years
ar+d tF~at they sha+_rld work with the per^sc ~r+ they have been c+r+
using the baseball diarnar+d behind the City Hall.
Jae Urarn spoke to the Mayar and Faard of Alder^rnen
regarding the Missa+_rri Supreme Court Ruling an gaming
oiler^atcros and the C1t1P.5. He s+_rrnmarized what Argosy has
accurnplished since they first made their preser+tatiar, ir+ the
David Theatre. Our applicatir_,n to the Missouri Darning
Ccvnmission was the first completed and was selected as one
c+~F the fo+_ir a+_~t of the nineteen applicant s. We are st i 11
war^kir,g to be the fir^st to open. Argosy has built the back
r~~~ad ar,d paved the parkir+g lot and are ccrr,tin+_ring to complete
the pra~ect. Since it appears that the slat machires are
not legal ir, Missa+.rri ar,d Flack Jack is, they would like tc+
formally petition the Missouri Darning Commission to continue
i•l:s investigation of Argosy so that they can timely r_+pen and
have E~lack Jack only and 'later have slot machines, pendir+g
the o+_rtcorrie of the vote and Missouri S+.rpr^eme Co+.rrt Decision.
If they have or,1y Flacl<. Jack, this would lessen the revenue
t~~~ ab~~~ut 40~ ~~~f what it w~~~uld be with slat machines.
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Mr. Ur^arn wr ~_i l d like t o propose
1. ~E,000,0Qi0 r^emain in escrow until the legality of the
slat machine q~_resticm is favorably completed;
~. Retition the Missouri Gaming Cornmissicm to continue
i•ts investigation so that Argosy can be the first to open ire
Missouri; and
.?,. Defer^ the per^forrnance bond unt i 1 ninety (94~) days
after favr_,rable resolution of the slot machines.
Mr. Urarn also said that they ar^e proceeding with the
plans for the twr_,-hundred (2~Q~) rr_,onr hotel and the permanent
b~_iilding site. He said if the City and Ar^gasy could come to
an agreement on these issues and the Gaming Commissicrr~ allows
them to pr^oceed, everyone will gain financially.
Mike Kar^r said he wished the City would st~_rdy what Joe
Ur^arn said and prr_~ceed accordingly. Argosy said they still
tho~_ight they could be in operation by April if the State
gives them the license to proceed with only Rlack. Jack.
Mayor )3ur^ch said that everyone is very concerned
regarding what has happened with regard to the Missouri
Supreme Co~_rrt's decision on Riverboat Gambling and realise it
is not the fa~_rlt of anyone in this room and we are the per_~ple
who have to live with it. We will have to wait to see
whether^ or not the City will have to vote r_,n this again. It
appears that Thursday we will have an answer from the
Misso~_~r^i Court as to whether or^ not this has to be voted on.
Mayor Lurch said there wi 11 be a meeting at 7:~v0 p. rn, on
Thursday, Febr^uar^y 4, 1994 at the City Hall fc~r the wording
to be placed on the ballot for the April election.
Th i. s root t er^ was d i sc~_rssed fur^t her^ and Ar^gosy was
requested tr_, put their pr^oposals in writing far the City, and
J~~~e Urarn agr^eed to do so.
Homer Williams and Ron Jones pr^esented drawings and
applications for different portions of the Ar^gosy protect.
They had a grading plan and said that the r^oad crossing over
Line Creek wo~_rld have to go fairly high and there is no way
to get it lc.w. The C1~_ib Hr_,use will be at the 1G~-year flood
'level.
A Special Use Permit r_,n the per^manent site was pr^esented
by Ron Jones on behalf of Ar^gosy, which had been before the
F'lannir~g Cornrnission and approved, subject to the City
Engineer's appr^oval, on Januar^y `6, 1994.
Alderman Marshall rnoveci that the Special Use Permit on
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the permanent site fc,r Ar^gosy be approved, subject to the
approval of the city engineer, seconded by Alderman Aust, the
vr_,te was Aldermen Aust, Marshall, Kar^r, Teters, and Wedua,
yes, Rule abstained.
Fab Campbell, 7713 NW Westside Drive, Weatherby Lake,
presented a b~_iilding application un behalf of Argosy an the
ternpor^ar^y site for^ the building of a deck..
Alderman Mar^shall moved that the b~_tilding application an
behalf of Ar^gosy and pr^esented by Fab Campbell be approved
s~_ib~ect to approval by the City's engineer, seconded by
Alderman F'.arr, the vote was: Aldermen Teters, Aust,
Marshall, Karr and Wedua, yes; R~_ile abstained.
A r^ecess was called. Meeting reccmvened. Those present
were Alder^men Wed~_ia, Teter^s, Karr, Rule, Marshall and Aust.
Mayor F~_irch pr^esided over^ the r^ernainder^ of the meeting.
Chief Fab Fayless pr^esented to the Mayor^ and Foar^d, the
p~_iblic Safety Department's annual repot^t for^ 1993.
The fr_,l lowing bids were r^eceived ~ ~n ~1, 200, 000:
Nnr^bank. X500, 000 CD 6 rnas. 3. 25X
Fank of Riverside X200,000 CD 6 mos. 2.25X
Fank. of Riverside x:_00,000 CD 1 yr. 2.45X
1st Nat'l Fank of platte county X200,000 CD
3 rnas. 2.97X
Ccvnrnerce Fank X500, ~~~ T-Fi 11 7-28-94 3. 16X
The Finance Committee recommended the acceptance of
Neer^bank on CD far X500, 000 at 3. 25X interest fcn^ 6 months
and 1st National Fank. of Platte County on CD f_~r X200,000 at
2.95X interest fr,r `~0 days and Commerce Fank on T Fill for
X492, 239. 72 at 3. 16% interest due 7-28--94.
Alderman Karr^ moved that the City accept the
r^ecarnrnendat ion of the Finance Cornrnittee and places Fi 11 No.
94-8 an its first r^eading, secr_,r,ded by Alderman R~_rle. The
v~~te was Alder^rnan Kar^r, aye; Alderman Aust, aye; Alderman
R~_ile, aye; Alderman Wedua, aye; Alder^man Teters, aye;
Alderman Marshall, aye. This Fill. pr^ovides for^ the ratifying
the acceptance of bids cm X1,200,000. X500,000 in CD with
N~~~rbank, 180 days with interest at 3.25X; X200,000 in CD with
1st National Fank of platte County, 90 days with interest at
c. 97X ar~d T Fi 11 with Commer^ce Fank. on X492, 239. 72 due July
18, 1994, yield 3. 16%.
A 1 der^rnan Karr^ moved t r_. place Fill No. 94-8 on its second
r^eading, seccm~ded by Alderman Wedua, the vote was: Alderman
Karr^, aye; Alderman Aust, aye; Alderman Rule, aye; Alderman
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Wedua, aye; Aldermar,'feters, aye; and Alderman Marshall,
aye. Upor, the Bill having been read twc~ tunes and copies of
the Bill having beer, made available for public ir,spectior,
prior tr_, consider^atior, of the Board of Alder^nrer,, Hill Na. 94-
8 was passed.
Aldermar, Karr moved tc, g., into exec~_~tive session to
disc~_iss possible litigation, seconded by Alderman Aust, the
vote was Alder^rner, Wedua, Kar^r, Teter^s, Rule, Aust ar,d
Mar^shall, yes.
Aldermar, Marshall moved to go into regular session,
seconded by Aldermar, Aust, the vote was Rldermer, Wedua,
Teter^s, Kar^r^, Marshall, R~_ile and Aust, yes.
Mayor H~_rr^ch said she has met two times with Purcell,
Tr^irnble and Sanchez. They ar^e corning clr_,ser tc. ar, agr^eerner,t
bet weer, them and then the plans will be sent to the City
Engineer for^ his appr^c,val.
Mayor^ H~_ir^ch said she has met with the auditr_,r ar,d he
will send his report to the City and it can be disc~_rssed at
that t i rne.
Alderman Rule moved to place Hi 11 No. ~4-~ or, its first
reading, seconded by Alder^rnar, A~_ist. This pr^ovides far the
ter^rninatir,g of ernp'loyrnent of Fr^ed Welk.er,. The vote was:
Aldermar, Kar^r^, aye; Alder^mar, Mar^shall, aye; Alderman Teter^s,
aye; Alderman R~.ile, aye; Alderman Wed~_ia, nay; Alderman Aust,
aye.
Alderman Rule moved to place Hi 11 No. ~4-~ or, its seccrr,d
reading, seconded by Alder^man Teters, the vote was: Alderman
Karr, aye; Aldermar, Marshall, aye; Alderman Teters, aye;
Alderman Rule, aye; Alderman Wedua, r,ay; Alderman Aust aye.
Upor, the Hill having been read two tunes ar,d copies of the
Hill having been made available for p~_iblic inspection prior
t.o cor,siderat ior, of the Hoar^d of Aldermen, Hill No. ~4-9 was
passed.
There being no further business tc~ ccune before the
Board, upon rnation d~_~ly made, secr_,nded meeting adjourned at
1 1 :35 p. rn.
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