HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-05-01
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF
CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
MAY 1, 1990
A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Riverside, Missouri was held in the City Hall in Riverside,
Missouri on May 1, 1990, at 7:30 p.m. Those present were
Aldermen Marshall, Teters, Karr, Shepard, and Rule; Richardson
absent and Mayor Betty Burch called said meeting to order.
It was decided to dispense with the reading of the Minutes
of April 17, 1990, for the present time.
Steve Adams, 10607 W. 115th Terrace, Overland Park, KS,
presented business license application for Diamond Shield,
Inc., 416 N.W. Business Park Lane. They make their products,
for polishes, cutting grease, etc. and sell wholesale only.
This was approved subject to the payment of the fee.
Robert Lundeen, was present in the place of Don Jack to
present new facade plans for the Twin Marking Building on
VanDePopulier Street. Since this was a change from the
original plans, Karr moved that the change in the facade be
approved subject to approval by the City Engineer, seconded by
Marshall, Rule, Teters, Shepard, Marshall and Rule voted yes
and Richardson absent.
Chuck Isley, 6003 N. Monroe, Kansas City, MO 64109,
presented change of use, Application for Liquor License, and
Business License for the Coach Lite Building at 4720 N. W.
Gateway. Mr. Isley said that he has asked to go before the
Board of Zoning Adjustment because of the shortage of parking
space he has, compared to the square footage of the building.
It was also brought out that the Liquor License Application has
to be checked out by the Chief of the Public Safety Department.
It was announced that there could be a meeting on May 8, 1990,
if necessary to work on the budget, as well as other things,
including Mr. Isley's applications. Mayor Burch is to contact
Mr. Isley and let him know if there will be a meeting.
After Chuck Isley left, the matter of the plans having an
architectural seal was discussed. The Mayor and Board felt
that the plans would have to have the Architectural Seal before
they can be approved by the City, and Mayor Burch will call Mr.
Isley to notify him of this requirement.
Mayor Burch announced that the City will now have the
hearing on the Moratorium for building in the area south of
Burlington-Norther Railroad tracks, between I-635 and the West
City Limits. Everyone present signed in and said list is
attached hereto and made a part hereof.
r
Minutes of Reg. Meeting
Page 2, 5-1-90
Mayor Burch said that development has not started south of
BN Tracks. That just recently two building permits have been
issued south of BN tracks, one the Twin Marking Company and the
other MO-KAN Container. Inquiries have been received from
property owners in the "Bottom Area" concerning where the
drainage is going and they do not want water to be drained on
their property from other land owners. To protect other people
on drainage it was felt to put a moratorium on the area until
the City has a study on the drainage, sewers, streets, curbs,
etc. She said that the City does not want to deny anyone a
building permit and the City cannot let one person fill in the
area and the water drain on someone else's property. It was
felt that maybe the levee would be built and the plans would
have to be completed to the satisfaction of the Levee District.
However, at the present time there is no levee and the City has
to plan without it. The reason for the meeting is to get the
input from the property owners to see how they felt about
planning the "Bottom Area". Ken Vaughn, City Engineer, and Don
Witt, City Attorney were present to try to answer any questions
they could.
Attached hereto and incorporated herein as though more
fully set forth is a copy of the Notice published in the April
11, 1990,April 18, 1990 and April 25, 1990 edition of the
Platte County Gazette in the legal notice section. This notice
correctly stated the date and time of the meeting as well as
the area to be considered for the moratorium. In addition to
the legal notice, Mayor Burch stated that the Platte County
Gazette took it upon itself to publish a press release
regarding the moratorium and erred in stating the date of the
moratorium meeting. Mayor Burch apologized for the mix-up.
However, the City of Riverside had no involvement with the
press release notice. Mayor Burch also stated that in addition
to the legal notice published for three (3) consecutive weeks
in the Platte County Gazette, the City attempted to send
personal notices to all property owners within the bottoms
area.
Don Witt stated that the state statutes have allowed for a
moratorium for a number of reasons, i.e. to prevent development
to interfere with the construction of streets, bridges, etc.
He said that this hearing is for the property owners to say
what they feel about the moratorium and also how the "Bottom
Area" should be developed, where the roads should be, where the
drainage should be, along with sewers, water, etc.
Bill Latta, property owner (here
several land owners) and he is also a
District spoke on behalf of the Quindaro
concerning the Riverside L3 Levee Project
tonight to represent
member of the Levee
River Levee District
He said if this
r
Minutes of Reg. Meeting
Page 3, May 1, 1990
Project is completed, the entire drainage will be accomplished
by the Levee Board and would consist of that area which is
south of Hydroconduit to a point south of Sutherland Lumber.
He said that there will be an increase in the height in the
center of 11' and would drain on each side. When there is a
pond of water collecting, it will drain the other way.
The water would be discharged at the point most likely
for it to drain. Mr. Latta said that he and the people he
represents are not anxious to tie up the property for one year
unless they are absolutely sure that the matter will be
resolved 100$ at the end of the year.
Mayor Burch said that she thought the City should have the
moratorium and make a study of the area in case the levee does
not go through, but that the City is in favor of the levee and
will work with the people to get the levee.
John Brown said he thinks that Ken Vaughn is the person
who can answer the questions on what needs to be done in the
way of drainage and the building of streets.
Ken Vaughn said that if the levee does not proceed, that
the drainage has to be proposed so that it will tie into a
levee at a later date. It has to be decided how to handle the
water on each street and each proposed street.
Bill Latta said he talked to one of the BN people and told
them there used to be a drainage under the railroad tracks
other than the ones there now and in looking over the area,
they found the drainage on the north east of VanDePopulier
Street.
Don Coleman inquired as to the inter cost of the planning
and the cost of construction of the proposed plans.
Don Witt said that he feels
does not have the answer as to the
for or assessed. He said the
priorities and go from there.
Ken Vaughn said that there ha
lots of meetings which all the
available to have input.
at this time that the City
cost and how it will be paid
City has to find out the
a to be a lot of planning and
property owners should be
Alderman Rule said that when the roads are put in that
they will have to be surveyed and that he is in favor of the
one year moratorium for the City to prepare some plans.
Maurice Ameel said that after the 'S1 flood that the roads
r
Minutes of Reg. Meeting
Page 4, May 1, 1990
have been changed considerably. He said that after Sutherland
built there was considerable amount of water flowing to his
father's property until A. O. Thompson built in that area. He
said he still would have like to live in the "Bottom Area"
however he had to move out account of the flood hazard. He
also said that he does not agree with some of the things put
out as to the height of the 100 year flood. Mr. Ameel said he
thought there was a law where that water cannot be drained on
other people's property other than the natural drain.
Don Coleman brought up the matter that if nothing is built
during the next year and construction continues on the bluffs,
that would increase the water flow in the "Bottoms." It was
felt that it was not the responsibility of the City to stop the
flow of the water into the City from the bluffs, but it was the
responsibility of the City to develop vehicles to correct the
situation, and the City has to put a vehicle in place to direct
the cost of the plans.
Mr. Ameel also said that since Misty Woods has been built
that there has been more water in the "Bottoms".
John Brown said that he
program and would expect that
people can start construction.
would certainly encourage the
at the end of the year that
Bob Gieseke said that one year can make a lot of
difference, maybe the levee project will be approved, but if it
isn't, we will have a plan in place.
John Brown asked if someone needed some minor remodeling,
could this be done during the moratorium.
The Mayor and Aldermen were in agreement that each case
will be taken on an individual basis and also said that if
someone had a "Hot" buyer, they would also consider working
with the people.
Mayor Burch said that since 1977, the City has issued four
building permits south of the railroad tracks and all of these
were not between I-635 and West City Limits.
Alderman Rule said that this drainage really depends on
the engineer, as to what they recommend in the way of streets,
sewage and water.
Wes Syler of MO-KAN said that he was told that
VanDePopulier Street was designed to go under I-635 and asked
what happened to the plans. He said that assuming that this
will happen and if there is a plan and it is approved and all
r
Minutes of Reg. Meeting
Page 5, May 1, 1990
the things talked about happen, when someone comes to the
Clerk's office, will they get a straight answer. He said he
had spent $20,000 which he felt he should not have had to
because of the water line and water hydrants.
Attorney Witt said that on the flood matters, one of the
things to do is to get as many answers as we can.
Alderman John Marshall said he thought by this planning,
the people will become better educated. That this matter
definitely needs the help of engineers to do the planning. He
said he always intends to give people a straight answer and
wants to suggest the least expensive way to develop the area.
Mr. Coleman said that since the City wants a moratorium
for one year, he would like to expedite this as quickly as
possible.
Alderman Shepard said the council is extremely anxious to
get this moving along quickly so that there will be some
direction to follow in developing this area.
City Attorney Witt said that everyone would like to do the
planning faster and the best knowledge would be input from the
property owners who understand it more.
Dan Peek said that he would be willing to volunteer help
in the plans.
Mr. Edwards was for the City to try to complete the plans
as soon as possible
Anne DeHaemer was not in favor of the moratorium and
thought the City should have the plans before a moratorium.
Mayor Burch said she felt there should be one year
moratorium maximum and if any of the property owners had plans
for their property before the year is up, they should come to
the Mayor and Board and talk it over, as the ordinance can be
amended and felt that each person should be considered
separately.
Alderman Karr said there has to be a starting place and
felt we should start now.
A vote of the people present was taken and it appeared 20
people were for and five against the moratorium.
A recess was called. Meeting reconvened. Marshall,
Teters, Rule, Karr and Shepard were present and Richardson
r
Minutes of Reg. Meeting
Page 6, 5-1-90
absent. Mayor Burch presided over the remainder of the
meeting.
It was brought out that Ken Vaughn, Gary Storm and Bill
Cunningham, City Engineers, have been working in the area for
quite some time (almost 10 years). Bill Cunningham is very
familiar with the drainage in the subject area.
It was pointed out that Black and Veach were the engineers
on Line Creek levee project.
City Attorney Don Witt said several aspects to think about
in getting plans for the area were:
1. Alternative Plans
2. Costs
3. How to Pay
4. Effect of the flood - with levee and without levee.
Engineer Vaughn said he would like to get together with
Cunningham on a study not only on the drainage, but also on the
streets, sanitary sewers and the water system.
Engineer Vaughn said that the study of the streets will
have to be what is needed at the present time and to plan what
will be necessary later on. He said the big problem is getting
the water to the place that it has to go.
It was asked if this project could be done in phases.
Engineer Vaughn said that the plan has to be worked around
the sewers, drainage and streets, and certainly want to keep
the good will of the property owners.
Mayor Burch said that she would .like to have several
committees working on different phases of the plans.
Mayor Burch said that she plans to have a meeting on
Tuesday, May 8, 1990 and everyone will be notified if there is
a change.
Ron Super was present to renew his grading permit, said
permit was renewed.
Karr moved that Bill No. 90-21 be placed on its first
reading, said bill enacts a moratorium on building permits in
the Riverside Floodway Fringe Area of the General Industry
Zone, better known as the "Bottoms Area", seconded by Rule, the
vote was Shepard, Karr, Marshall, Teters and Rule voted aye;
r i
Minutes of Reg. Meeting
Paqe 7, May 1- 1990
Richardson absent.
Shepard moved that Bill No. 90-21 be placed on its second
reading, seconded by Rule, the vote was Shepard, Karr,
Marshall, Teters and Rule voted yes, Richardson absent.
Whereupon, the Bill having been made available for public
inspection prior to the consideration of the Board of Aldermen,
Bill No. 90-21 was passed.
A discussion was had concerning architect's seal on all
business plans, remodeling or new building. It was brought out
that the ordinance requires the seal.
Another matter discussed was whether or not the plans
should go to the engineer before submitted to the Planning
Commission or Board of Alderman.
Mayor Burch brought up the matter of Reach Out America and
said that they are asking for $130,000 throughout the Cities.
She wanted to know if it would be in order for Don Witt to
write an opinion letter setting out whether or not the City can
Contribute to this. She also said that they wanted her to be
the agent for the City of Riverside to receive the money.
Teters asked if the City could use some weed spray for the
Park, since it appears the weeds are taking over.
Karr asked if the City could purchase the Fire Truck which
was on loan to the City while ours was being repaired. He said
everyone thought the truck was in very good condition and
getting this truck would lower the fire rates in the City. He
said they are asking $59,980.00, which appears to be
reasonable.
Mayor Burch said that she has word that they have sold the
Rosie Long's property and after the sale is completed, and the
purchaser gets the money, it will be cleaned up.
It was reported that Charlie Stewart went before the Board
of Zoning Adjustment and they required that he get an
architect's plan of the buildings.
Mayor Burch recommended that Frank Martin be an alternate
to the Board of Zoning Adjustment, replacing Gary Brenner.
Karr moved that Mayor Burch's recommendation be accepted
and that Frank Martin be an alternate' to the Board of Zoning
Adjustment, by rule, the vote was Karr, Marshall, Teters,
Shepard and Rule voted yes, Richardson absent.
r
Minutes of Reg. Meeting
Page 8, May 1, 1990
Mayor Burch recommended that Brenda Teters be a member of
the Park Board from Ward 2.
Karr moved that Mayor Burch's recommendation be accepted
and that Brenda Teters be a member of the Park Board from Ward
2, seconded by Rule, the vote was Rule, Shepard, Karr and
Marshall voted yes; Teters passed and Richardson absent.
Mayor Burch said that we have had the two temporary people
helping with cleaning up the streets and parks and we now have
some 57 hours left and she would like to recommend that the
City use one of the persons for four more days, 7 hours per day
for more work to be done, mostly in the parks. She said that
there is still money left for this person.
Rule moved that we retain one of the temporary persons to
work for four more days, 7 hours per day on the parks, seconded
by Karr, the vote was Rule, Karr, Marshall, Teters and Shepard
voted yes, Richardson absent.
Mayor Burch said that Fred Wilkin has been doing lots of
work on the parks as well as other work and would like to
increase his pay .50 per hour.
Karr moved that increase Fred Wilkin's pay .50 per hour,
seconded by Marshall, the vote was Rule, Marshall, Karr and
Teters voted yes; Shepard No, and Richardson absent.
Chief Fletcher said that Archibald was going to run in the
special Olympics and needed $100.00 for entry.
The matter of security alarms going off, requiring the
public safety officers to check out the buildings, sometime
tying them up for quite a long time for the owner or person in
charge to arrive was discussed. It appeared that some of the
business were having more alarms going off than others. It was
decided that Chief Fletcher would write the businesses,
informing them that they are going to start enforcing the
ordinance and charging them after so many calls.
Chief Fletcher said that he and the corporals have the
applicants for the new Public Safety officer down to two and he
would like authority to go ahead and employ the one they think
best before the next meeting.
Shepard moved that Chief Fletcher to recommend either one
of the two applicants for the Public Safety Officer to the
Board, seconded by Rule, the vote was Karr, Teters, Shepard,
r
A .
Minutes of Reg. Meeting
Page 9, May 1, 1990
Marshall, and Rule voted yes, Richardson absent.
City Attorney Don Witt recommended the following paragraph
be inserted in the Minutes of April 3, 1990 in lieu of the
present one:
"City Attorney Don Witt explained to the Mayor and Board
what has taken place with regard to Jerry Lorraine and his Rose
Valley Trailer Court and explained the "Stipulation for Consent
order". Attorney Witt said that Jerry Lorraine would remove
all the mobile homes and neatly landscape the mobile home area
by October 31, 1990. He also agreed to remove a shed located
on the premise by April 1, 1992. Mr. Lorraine had agreed to
never rent Building #4600 in order to be able to rent Building
#4526, Building #4610 (the building that had been burned) is
to be remodeled by September 23, 1990. In addition, Mr.
Lorraine also agreed with respect to Building #4522, #4526 and
#4524 to correct all electrical violations listed in a prior
report given to Mr. Lorraine by the City Engineer. Mr.
Lorraine agreed that he would not rent Building #4523 until it
was completely in compliance with several codes. Finally, Mr.
Lorraine agreed to paint or reside and paint the buildings that
would be remaining on the premises by October 31, 1990. The
City Engineer will be allowed on the premises to inspect the
property at the various dates listed above."
Rule moved that we correct the Minutes of April 3, 1990 as
recommended by Attorney Witt and insert the above quote in lieu
of the paragraph, seconded by Karr, the vote was Rule, Teters,
Karr, Shepard and Marshall voted yes; Richardson absent.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen said that the Planning
Commission should deny or reject anyone who does not have a
complete set of plans, site plan and application for the
project, special use, if necessary; that all commercial
buildings, new or remodeling must have an architectural seal.
There being
upon motion duly
at 11:45 p.m.
no further business to come before the Board,
made, seconded and passed, meeting adjourned
r