Regular Meeting
Board of Aldermen
CITY OF PARKVILLE, MISSOURI
December 18, 2001
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor William M. Quitmeier called the meeting to order
at 7:03 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Ward 1 Alderman Jack Friedman - present
Ward 1 Alderman Charlie Poole - present
Ward 2 Alderman David McCoy - present
Ward 2 Alderman Dave Rittman - present
Ward 3 Alderman Marvin Ferguson - present
Ward 3 Alderman Linda Arnold - present
Ward 4 Alderman Frank McCoy - present
Ward 4 Alderman Marc Sportsman - present
ALSO PRESENT: City
Administrator Pat Hawver
Police Chief Bill
Hudson
Director of Public
Works Jeff Rupp
Building contractor
George Schluter
For Parkville
Community Development Corporation/Main Street Assn.:
Gary Worden, Angelo
Gangai, Tom Hutsler, Karen Montgomery,
Siobhan Williams
MEDIA PRESENT: Nancy
Jack
Martha Zirschky for
Platte Dispatch
Jewel Gopwani for
Kansas City Star
Ed Gault and Shan
Johnson for Channel 2
Mr. Schluter asked for permission to install a grinder pump on the
premises of a new house he is building in River Hills Estates. Whereas the residents of Riss Lake have
grinder pumps, and the costs for the City to maintain them are paid for with
surcharges on their sewer bills, no such arrangement exists with residents of
River Hills Estates, where grinder pumps have not heretofore been
installed.
Mr. Rupp said River Hills Estates has a gravity flow system, but this
lot offers a unique building opportunity with a picturesque view. The house will be a three-story home which
will go down about 25'. The main part
of the house will be served by gravity flow; the lower level of the house will
have only two bathrooms and a small kitchen, which will require a grinder
pump.
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Mr. Friedman said we have problems with the grinder pump system in Riss
Lake because of hydrogen sulfide. Mr.
Rupp said he thinks the exposure here is going to be minimal. That cul-de-sac has only four lots, and only
this lot will have a grinder pump; all the others will be served by gravity flow.
Mayor Quitmeier asked about the buildout in River Hills Estates; Mr.
Rupp said it was in its third phase.
ALDERMAN DAVID McCOY MOVED TO ALLOW THE GRINDER PUMP SYSTEM FOR THE
HOUSE BEING BUILT BY MR. SCHLUTER AT 10501 RIVER VIEW POINTE IN RIVER HILLS
ESTATES; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.
PARKVILLE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION -
MAIN
STREET PARKVILLE ASSOCIATION
Mr. Worden and Mr. Gangai came to the podium. They had previously delivered to City Hall copies of a proposal
from the Main Street Parkville Association, including vision and mission
statements put together in conjunction with Park University, downtown
merchants, business owners and residents.
Mr. Gangai said they have established achievable goals, tailored a
manageable budget, and hired an excellent program manager, Karen
Montgomery. He is the owner of the
Power Plant Restaurant, but was appearing that night as director of the MSPA,
which is the direct operating division of Parkville Community Development
Corporation. This proposal put forth
a formalized agreement between the City
and the PCDC, to ensure funding for the Main Street program in 2002. Main Street will have to appear before the
PCDC with the same budget to achieve funding for that program.
Mr. Gangai recounted the history of Main Street, noting that PCDC was
the first organization. Main Street
will appear before the PCDC board. He
said Main Street has given merchants a unifying voice as one cohesive
group. They have been talking about
doing unified advertising. They
produced 110,000 brochures last year, distributed about 16,000 this year, and
will distribute about 50,000 brochures
next year to hotels, convention and tourist bureau sites, etc. They want to bring more and more people to
enjoy downtown Parkville. The MSPA has
been able in the past to avail itself of NAP (Neighborhood Assistance Program)
credit funding. Because it was so
successful, those credits are no longer available to them.
Mayor Quitmeier said all of us love and support businesses down there
(downtown). Keeping downtown Parkville
viable is very important, but what they were suggesting the City give to them
are the same things needed by businesses in Parkville Heights Shopping Center
and Crestridge. Mr. Gangai said they
work a lot with Cheryl Thorp (director of Platte County-KCI Convention &
Visitors Bureau) and with Deborah Butcher (president of the Parkville Chamber
of Commerce).
The mayor said their proposal has the City putting in $20,000. Expenses are shown at $19,800. He said downtown restaurants are busy;
downtown properties keep tenants.
Keeping downtown viable is very important, but asking the City to give
public tax dollars for private benefit is
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questionable. It would be
opening City officials up to requests from other commercial groups
for funding. In the past we=ve had
contracts where certain infrastructure improvements would be made. We could use public money for that B
sidewalks, a public restroom, that kind of thing, but to fund MSPA=s total
annual budget, including the salary of a person to operate it, would be a
questionable use of tax dollars.
Mr. Gangai said Mr. Worden could address that really well, adding that
MSPA is only one entity of PCDC.
Obviously they (downtown businesses) benefit from great roads, great
infrastructures. They want to have more
and more of the festivals down there, arranging it so that the City doesn=t have
out-of-pocket expenses.
Mr. Ferguson said none of their budget addresses any of these things
they say they want to spend money on.
Mr. Gangai said those are the long-term goals; they are looking at
short-term goals this year. Then they
will go forward with the long-term goals.
They talked about doing some more in the park, trying to do more about
Ball Field #1. This would be through
MSPA and PCDC.
Mr. Ferguson said at the last presentation he understood they had
commitments of $15,000-$20,000 from private members. In this proposal they show only $2,000 from members. He asked if no-one wants to contribute. Mr. Gangai said they did not get the $15,000
for 2001.
Mr. Worden said there has been a lot of confusion. He has been a little confused himself over
the last six or seven months. PCDC is a
501 (c) (3) IRS (Internal Revenue Service) tax-exempt organization. What they=ve tried to do is make sure all their paperwork is now
correct. It is supposed to be, or is, a
community-wide organization that was funded to the tune of $185,000-$190,000
over the last four years. That was
tax-deductible money, both through the federal government and the Neighborhood
Assistance Program, which has basically run its course. The money has been spent on a variety of
infrastructure improvements throughout the community.
They believed, he said, that it was best to take Christmas on the River
and make it an operating division of the PCDC.
Donors got not only the state deduction but also the federal
deduction. The same is true of the jazz
event. The same is true with Parkville
Main Street Association, and with
Christmas on the River, which is truly a community-wide event. Those festivals are now separate operating
parts of PCDC. Operating agreements are
now in place, and they are now operating under the 501 (c) (3) rules. The same thing is now trying to happen with
MSPA. That will be one of the many
things PCDC does, and PCDC will use some of the funds from the festivals to
help fund that Main Street operation.
Christmas on the River chairs are now on the PCDC board, also Jazzfest
is on the board. The Parkville Main
Street chair and co-chair are on the board.
They will then be able to vote some of this money from the festivals
into the operating budget for Main Street.
He hoped the City, from its contingency funds, will be able to help with
those donations. The only way it can be
done is with a person to organize all of these things. Donation money is not there any more. He is hoping the City will also contribute
to PCDC which is community-wide. They
will take some of those funds, not all of them, and use them for community-wide
efforts.
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Mrs. Arnold asked if they were also taking over July 4th and
Parkville Days (now operated by Parkville River Festivals, Inc.). Mr. Worden said they were hoping that
aldermen will get together and make some kind of a decision about what the
community wants to see, the number and duration and types of festivals.
Mrs. Arnold said they have done that.
But she is talking about the 4th and Parkville Days. Are they
under Main Street, or separate like Christmas on the River and
Jazzfest?
Mr. Worden said there is still some debate and question about where
these two festivals fit in. There is
some feeling on Main Street=s part they would like to see them come under Main
Street. There is certainly a feeling
that COR and Jazzfest would like to have those operations stay separate. It becomes a matter of how to continue the
paperwork and who is going to do the work on it. But there is no question that Main Street will have to have
someone in charge if it is going to stay viable.
Mrs. Arnold asked if Main Street had become incorporated. Mr. Worden said there is some
confusion. It is now filed as AParkville
Community Development Corporation doing business as Christmas on the River, and Jazzfest.@ He thinks there has been some thought that
PCDC and Main Street are one and the same.
They are definitely not. The
folks on the PCDC board gave over $190,000 over a three-year period of time. It was very active at one time, and then it
fell into Adis-activity,@ and it looked like they might lose their 501 (c)
(3). He got involved about six months
ago. They spent about $4,000 for legal
work. He would ask that the City be
supportive of this group in a financial way.
Mr. Hawver said he met with Mr. Worden; PCDC has done an outstanding
job of reorganizing. He added that he
thinks the Board of Aldermen is pretty far away from making a decision on
participation. There is no specific
program. What=s needed
is a work session because PCDC needs direction from the Board. Also, he said, as far as budgeting goes,
there is money in the contingency fund.
A decision did not have to be made that night.
Mr. Poole asked if they=re putting another arm under PCDC, one who=ll do
the work? Mr. Worden said he thought it
was more of a structure than another arm.
The problem with Main Street is that it focuses on one area of the
community and as such can=t have a 501 (c) (3).
PCDC was originally set up ten years ago, and he was involved in that
beginning. It represented the whole community. Main Street at this point simply represents
the downtown area, certainly a very important part of our community, but PCDC
is not a Main Street vehicle.
As an example, say the area of Highway 45 wanted to do some function
and needed a vehicle and wanted to do a 501 (c) (3); they could do that.
Mr. Ferguson said there is no income reflected in the budget. He knew that Jazzfest made money this
year. Mr. Worden said Jazzfest has
about $12,000-$13,000. Christmas on the
River has a similar amount, perhaps a little more. He is hoping to have a PCDC board meeting. He named citizens who were appointed to the
PCDC Board in an effort to get community-wide representation.
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Mr. Ferguson asked what they were going to do with that money. Mr. Worden said they will try to take some
of that and fund Main Street. Some of
this money, not reflected in that budget, will come from those festivals. Mayor Quitmeier said no doubt you=re doing
a good job, but we (public officials) could all individually be sued and
personally have to make up those losses.
If we contract for services, those services can=t be
promotion of downtown businesses, but have to be more general public
benefits.
Mr. Gangai said they could tailor the City=s
contributions to infrastructure.
Mr. Friedman said City Hall=s doing infrastructure downtown all the time B we don=t need a
contract to do it. We do the parking
lots, park, sidewalks, snow plowing, etc.
Mr. Worden said he would not disagree with that. They want someone in the community to help
develop some of the community-wide
programs hat need to be done. Mr.
Ferguson said the City can=t fund her salary.
Mr. Gangai said AAnd you won=t.@ Mr. Ferguson
said AAccording to this budget, we are.@ Mr. Gangai said he may have put the wrong
line items. He said this budget will
come from PCDC. Funds that come from
the City under contract will go to PCDC.
Mr. Ferguson said the City of Parkville is asked to put in $20,000, and
the expenses equal about that amount.
All we=re doing is maintaining the cost of salary and
operating expenses. Mr. Worden said
there is a problem with that particular budget; what they were asking the City
to consider is to contribute; they knew the City was going to work on the
budget this evening and approve it. He
was hoping the City would keep an open mind on using some of its contingency
funds for the contract that uses whatever City money comes in for
infrastructure needs.
Mr. Rittman said he applauded the idea of a work session. His question was if there were some way to
get this person (Main Street employee) back to a full-time employee would that
in turn qualify Main Street for some NAP credits? Mr. Worden said he didn=t know, but he kind of doubted it. Because Parkville got so many NAP credits he
thinks the state has been thinking those credits should be spread around the
state. Mrs. Arnold said she understood
more of the credits would be going to child-related causes. Mr. Worden said even if they got more they
would be at a much lower rate.
Mr. Rittman said they needed a work session with copies of Main Street=s
constitution and by-laws, and a list of its board members.
Mr. Worden said they have operating agreements with each of the
areas. He said there is a question B Mr.
Hutsler probably wants to address the issue of 4th of July and
Parkville Days. There is some debate
going on there.
Mayor Quitmeier said staff should work on this. They could get recommendations from the
board, but staff - the city administrator, director of public works, director
of community development, should get together and talk about infrastructure
improvements. He wants to see a staff
report before the Board of Aldermen has a work session.
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Mr. Hawver said Mr. Worden and he spoke, and they agreed someone should
be in charge of festivals. Cities can
contract with entities like this for economic development. He would question
the inclusion of advertising in the contract. He thinks there is a need for someone, whether the Chamber or
PCDC, to be at some location answering phones.
City Hall gets tons of calls.
Mayor Quitmeier asked if we should fund the salary of that person or
hire that person as a city employee? He
asked what we budget a year on festivals.
(Note: Recent budgets and the 2002 budget allocate $5,000 a year to festival
expenses.)
Mrs. Arnold said former Main Street Program Manager Diane Marty wrote
in a report that festivals consumed more than 70% of the program manager=s
time. She doesn=t know
how anyone could run all four festivals and do justice to Main Street program
needs.
Mr. Worden asked about festivals, saying there is some confusion about
how many festivals the community wants.
He asked what was the sense of the Board of Aldermen? Mrs. Arnold said what Cami Davey did would
be good to work with. Her work
included asking a lot of people about festivals. She did a good job. They
should get that survey out. Mr. Gangai
said they did do that.
Mr. Poole asked Mr. Worden and Mr. Gangai if they foresaw this
operation becoming self-sufficient from income from festivals? Mr. Gangai said they talked about in the future
being more successful and then getting more money from the City to get more
stuff accomplished. He said if MSPA
made money the City should be repaid for its expenses. Mr. Poole said a membership drive would
generate a certain amount of income.
Mr. Worden said he thinks it is certainly a valid governmental purpose
to develop the economic viability of any community. The government does have a responsibility. This country has a great history of doing
exactly that, both in large and small communities. The City of Parkville has some obligation, and now we=re
trying to determine what is that obligation.
That=s the opening of the debate. He didn=t want to wait until 2003.
Mr. David McCoy said in the focus groups there was some discussion about
the need for three entities B Main Street, the City, the Chamber. AWhere does the Chamber fit?@ he
asked.
Mr. Worden said there is some debate.
We probably do have too many organizations for such a small community;
part of the issue is do we really need a 501(c) (3)? It would be a shame to lose it and lose that option. He thinks Christmas on the River is a very
good example. Mayor Quitmeier said if
we=re going to do the budget for Main Street, shouldn=t we
include it in the budget? Mrs. Arnold
said they have given us a great blueprint B maybe we should have a work session.
TOM
HUTSLER FOR MAIN STREET
Mr. Hutsler said this whole program was extremely premature B they
were not prepared. Their budget is not
prepared. He apologized for that. They haven=t quite got there yet, he said. In two or three months they can come back to
the City. To answer Mrs. Arnold=s
question about incorporation, he said, he said yes, he did incorporate last
week. If PCDC decided to dissolve in
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2002, that would impact Main Street.
By incorporating he could still apply for 501 (c) (3) and could continue
with NAP credits. To continue that, it
(the position) would have to be full-time to be approved by the state for the
Main Street program and the program does require community-wide support. To be funded, monies must be spent only in
the historic district (downtown) as it has for the last six years.
Mr. Poole asked why there has to be PCDC and Main Street. Mr. Hutsler said most cities have only
one. To operate the program has to
follow all the guidelines and have done that for the last several years. They can apply for NAP credits; they may or
may not receive them. Main Street has
worked for downtown. It has increased
the sales tax base. They can move all
the festivals under one organization, under one roof, streamline, and dissolve
Parkville River Festivals, Inc., which puts on July 4th and
Parkville Days. There could be one
voice for all of downtown and the community.
Even though money is spent downtown, it is for the community.
Mayor Quitmeier said he agreed we want Main Street. We have in the budget $5,000 for festivals
and $5,000 for Main Street. You have
asked for $20,000 B is that over and above the $10,000 in the budget for
these two items? Mr. Gangai responded
from the audience ANo, you=re halfway there.@
Mr. Hutsler said Mr. David McCoy had a question about the Parkville
Chamber of Commerce. It is an excellent
city-wide organization. He would like
to see a full-time chamber. It is a
great organization to stand behind for the whole community as well as downtown.
As far as the budget is concerned, they need to complete the
budget. They have every intention of
turning that money to the Main Street program once that program is activated
full-time.
Mr. Friedman asked why they didn=t get the money to make it full-time. Mr. Gangai said that=s why
they were there. Mr. Ferguson said you
want to use our money. Mr. Friedman
asked if any of the businesses are putting up the money. He said that=s part of the director=s job B to raise funds.
Mr. Hutsler said they will come back with a nice clean proposal.
PUBLIC
HEARING ON 2002 BUDGET
The mayor asked if there was any other input on the 2002 budget. Mr. Hawver said he made a mistake on the
budget concerning Officer Sligar. He
thought he was another (new) officer and not yet eligible for a salary
increase. He left the room to make copies
of a corrected page for the police budget.
REVIEW
OF MINUTES
ALDERMAN POOLE MOVED TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 4th
(REGULAR) AND DECEMBER 8th, and 11th, 2001 (SPECIAL)
MEETINGS; ALDERMAN FERGUSON SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.
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OTHER
BUSINESS
WATER COMPANY BUILDING: It was reported the back of this building needs
upkeep.
MAYOR=S
REPORT
PLATTE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOB DEVELOPMENT
AWARDS LUNCHEON:
Mayor Quitmeier said he, Mr. Hawver, and several aldermen attended this
luncheon, honoring Piropos as its job development business for 2001.
MARC TOTAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE: Mayor Quitmeier attended this meeting the previous
week. They approved projects.
PLATTE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN: Platte County Presiding Commissioner Betty Knight
sent him information; he said he would leave a copy of the colored map at City
Hall to be taken to a print shop to be copied.
Part of the plan area is now in Parkville, having been annexed this
month.
POLICE
CHIEF=S REPORT
Chief Hudson said they all got a copy of his report. They will be training on the AED. MAST is
providing the trainer.
John Moyer was training on the new piece of equipment in Phoenix with
the same outfit that gave it to us. It
is a nice piece of equipment, about $12,000 that didn=t come
out of anybody=s budget.
The mayor said he really likes that speed device our department
gets. It is a great way to slow traffic
down without ticketing. Chief Hudson
said it is supposed to go back.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
CHANNEL 2 AND WEBSITE: Mr. Rittman said there was no report. The committee would meet that Thursday.
COMMUNITY CENTER: No report.
FINANCIAL REPORT: Mr. Ferguson said there was $92,000 in income for the month. If sales tax continues good, we should go
over projected income. As for expenses,
he said if we can keep spending down we could end up with a surplus. It will be pretty close.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER;
ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.
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NATURE SANCTUARY: Mr. David McCoy said they tested water quality in the White
Alloe. The water checked out really
well. The Trek with Santa had 30-40
people attending. Mr. Friedman added
that Nature Sanctuary Director Jim Reed (Santa) is doing a fabulous job for us.
PARKS: No
report.
PLANNING AND ZONING: Mr. Ferguson said he missed the meeting. There will be a meeting
January 15th at 5:30 p.m.
Mrs. Arnold said they will be discussing the proposed development
adjacent to Pinecrest. The mayor will
get him a report on it.
TREE BOARD:
Mr. Frank McCoy said he did not get there because of the special Board of
Aldermen meeting. Mayor Quitmeier said
he has talked to some of the members about the Tree Board becoming part of the
Park Board, but meantime if anyone knows of someone who wants to serve please
give him a call.
BUDGET
HEARING (resumed)
Mr. Hawver distributed correct versions of the 2002 budget draft.
Mr. Sportsman asked Chief Hudson about the drug analysis. The chief said it was originally a line item
in his draft, but the category under Aother@ would cover it.
Discussion ensued. $480 is what it should cost us. It will be random testing and not include
every employee every year. The mayor
said the Board passed the resolution to do drug testing, so it will be done.
There were no other questions on the budget.
BILLS
AND ORDINANCES
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2009, ADOPTING THE 2002 BUDGET,
BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN RITTMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION
CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2009 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND
PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN SPORTSMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE;
MOTION CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2009 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO
BECOME ORDINANCE 1994.
Mr. Poole noted there is no increase for the director of community
development and administrative assistant/assistant city clerk on the budget,
and the same thing applies on the police budget. Mr. Hawver said he had thought Officer Sligar was too new to get
a raise, but found that was not the case.
Mayor Quitmeier asked why salaries were not shown to be applicable to
2002. If they=re not
getting raises, they should get the same amount. Mr. Hawver said they will B that omission doesn=t affect the bottom line.
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ALDERMAN RITTMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.
Bill 2009 was posted 12/11/01.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2010, INCREASING THE SALARY OF CITY PROSECUTOR PETER SCHLOSS TO $900
PER MONTH, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL
AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2010 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND
PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE;
MOTION CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THT BILL 2010 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO
BECOME ORDINANCE 1995; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL;
MOTION CARRIED 8-0.
Bill 2010 was posted 12/14/01.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2011, INCREASING THE SALARY OF THE
MAYOR AND JUDGE EFFECTIVE APRIL 16, 2002, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING;
ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2011 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND
PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE;
MOTION CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2011 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO
BECOME ORDINANCE 1996; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL;
MOTION CARRIED 8-0.
Bill 2011 was posted 12/18/01.
ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL A-684, TO PAY LISTED SALARIES AND
ACCOUNTS, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE;
MOTION CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL A-684 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING
AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE;
MOTION CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL A-684 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING
TO BECOME ORDINANCE A-684; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL;
MOTION CARRIED 8-0.
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Bill A-684 was posted 12/14/01.
OTHER
BUSINESS
SPECIAL CENSUS:
The city clerk had enclosed a draft of a letter to Governor William Holden, requesting
approval to take a special census in Parkville. Mayor Quitmeier said he talked with Dr. Jerzy Hauptmann,
professor emeritus of Political Science at Park University, and he had agreed
to act as supervisor of the census. Dr.
Ron Brecke, current professor of Political Science at Park University, had
agreed to assist him. Dr. Hauptmann is
a resident and registered voter in Parkville.
ALDERMAN DAVID McCOY MOVED TO APPROVE SENDING THE LETTER; ALDERMAN
POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
Mr. Sportsman asked City Clerk Barbara Lance about costs for the
census. She said the costs would be
limited to those of printing the postcards, and mailing letters with the
postcards included to each residence in Parkville. The census count will be taken by mail, and followed up by phone
calls and personal visits when necessary.
The mail return in the 1995 census was over 70%; follow-up efforts
brought the verified results to over 90%.
The work would be done in-house, but any assistance offered by Park University
students would be gratefully accepted.
WORK BEING DONE BY PAT KELLY IN RIVERSIDE BELOW WALL
STREET: The mayor said he and Mr.
Hawver, along with some residents of Wall Street, showed up in Riverside when
its Board of Aldermen considered this matter.
On behalf of the City of Parkville, they opposed Mr. Kelly=s plan
to develop at the base of the hill. You
can see the hill kind of rolling down, the mayor said. Riverside continued the issue for 90 days. He would like a resolution from the Board
telling Riverside that Parkville opposes the plan. It puts the homes above it on Wall Street in potential
jeopardy. If Mr. Kelly wants to
continue, he should personally indemnify us.
We had talked with him before he cut down the trees, asking him not to
do that. He did. (At that time we thought the property was in
Parkville.)
ORDINANCE ABOUT CUTTING DOWN TREES: The mayor
asked for an ordinance at the next meeting.
Director of Community Development Danielle Devlin will be asked to draft
it.
Discussion ensued about left and right-hand turn lanes along Highway 9
just west of Riverside.
The mayor asked aldermen, especially those in the 4th ward,
to look at the site on Wall Street where the trees have been cut down. Alderman David McCoy referred to our
engineering report on this site. Mayor
Quitmeier said their engineer said the land Mr. Kelly is building on is stable Aat this time.@
DRIVEWAY OFF QUAIL RIDGE: Mr. Frank
McCoy announced there would be no resolution of the Quail Ridge issue until
they have had a chance to talk with one of the partners. They are not trying to rush anything, just
trying to get a consensus. They will
come back with another Ward 4 meeting.
Mayor Quitmeier said a conservation easement form was hand-delivered to
Attorney Michael Gunn. Mr. Sportsman
said he next step is for him to get back with the City, and they=ll
convene another session with homeowners there. They are getting very responsive
feedback.
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JANUARY MEETINGS: Mr. Rittman asked about
January meetings. Because the first one
would fall on New Year=s Day, these meetings have been moved to the 2nd
and 4th Tuesdays B January 8th and January 22nd.
SEWER BILLING: Mr. David McCoy spoke about sewer bills from
Missouri American Water Company. His
bill looked too high, and he called the company. They fixed it, but he wanted people to know there has been a
glitch in the system, and they should look at their sewer bills.
Mayor Quitmeier said we=d have to monitor that.
AUDITOR=S COMMENTS:
Mayor Quitmeier said current Auditor Bruce Culley would be sending a letter
commenting on the suggestions of the previous auditor. Mr. Hawver said he reminded him.
NORTHLAND HEALTH CARE ACCESS: Mr. Hawver said he got more information. To sign a contract with them would be to set
a new policy. Generally small cities
don=t get involved in programs of this nature because the
state and federal governments do it.
Mrs. Zirschky said Riverside signed a contract. Mr. Hawver said he thinks Riverside is
distributing some of that gaming money.
It is very generous of them.
Mrs. Zirschky said Platte County does it, and so does Kansas City. Mr. Hawver said maybe some larger cities
do. He thinks it would be Aopening
up a can of worms@ for Parkville to sign this contract, which calls for
a donation of $5,000 for people who don=t have medical insurance. The mayor said he thought the contract would be for services to
our residents. He and Mr. Hawver would
talk about it.
ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO ADJOURN; ALDERMAN SPORTSMAN SECONDED; ALL
AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
Submitted by _______________________________________
City Clerk Barbara J. Lance - 2/2/02
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