City Council - Regular Meeting

Call meeting to order. Pledge of Allegiance. Council member Prime. Algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Roll call, please. Mayor Larkkey here. Council member White. Council member Thompson here. Council member Davidson here. Council member Pryan here. Council member Lawson here. Council member Richardson here. Council member McCllum here. Council member Johnson here.

We have a quorum. D personal appearances. We have none. Uh presentations. One. Arbor Day proclamation. Alex. He's even got his shirt on. Is this live? It is. Yeah. Yeah, they are. Give me one of them. Oh, I've got multiple joining me. Good. I'm not up here by myself. All right.

All right. I have a proclamation here for Arbor Day. Whereas in 1892, J. Sterling Morton first proposed that a special commemorative day be officially set aside for the planting of and acknowledgement of trees. And whereas this holiday designated as Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world. And whereas trees can reduce erosion of our precious top soil by wind and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce life-giving oxygen, and provide habitat for wildlife. And whereas trees are a renewable resource, giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products. And whereas trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, and beautify our community. And whereas trees wherever they are planted are a source of joy and spiritual renewal. And whereas on April 25th, 2026, the city of Belton will celebrate Arbor Day and pay special attention to the wonderful treasure that our trees represent and dedicate themselves to the continued health of our state's urban and rural forests. Now, therefore, Norman K. Larky Senior, mayor of the city of Belton, Missouri, does hereby proclaim April 25th, 2026 to be Arbor Day and the month of April 20 of April 200 2026 uh to be Arbor Month in the city of Belton. We urge all citizens to become more aware of the importance of trees to their well-being, to participate in tree planting programs that ensure a green Belton for decades to come, and to plant, nurture, and protect and wisely use Belton's great treasure of trees. In witness there whereof, Norman K. Liy, senior, mayor of the city of Belton,

Missouri, has here unto set his hand and caused the seal of the city to be affixed at uh Belton, Missouri on this 14th day of April uh 2026. I have with me um well, actually, why don't you guys go ahead and introduce yourself? I'm Tyler Pharaoh, the forestry council president, Nick Altazer, park superintendent, and uh and we have um the parks and conjoined with the um urban Oh, I'm sorry, what is the title again?

Urban Forestry Council. Urban Forestry Council will have a Arbor Day um celebration coming up on um April 25th to um not only celebrate Arbor Day but also um remember one of our um fallen um Arbor Day or sorry urban forestry um former members. So just thought uh that was an important thing to share with everybody. And if there's anything else either of you would like to add speech, I'll just say it's starts at 9:00 a.m. uh April 25th at Memorial Station. Thank you. All right. Thank you guys.

Oh, Nick. Picture. Yeah.

Oh, here. All right. Item two, National Public Safety Telecommunications Week Proclamation. I can just hide in the back. Yeah, I hear you hiding nowhere.

All right. I have a proclamation for National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Say that five times fast. Whereas emergencies that require police, fire, or emergency medical services can occur at any time. And whereas when an emergency occurs, the prompt response of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics is critical to the protection of life and preservation of property. And whereas the safety of our police officers, firefighters, and paramedics is dependent upon the quality and accuracy of information obtained from the citizens who contact the city of Belton 911 emergency communication center. And whereas public safety communications officers, 911 dispatchers are the first and most critical contact our citizens have with emergency services. They are first responders in the truest sense. And whereas public safety telecommunicators are the single vital link for our police officers, firefighters, and paramedics by monitoring their activities by radio, providing them information, and ensuring their safety. And whereas public safety telecommunicators of the Belton Police Department have contributed substantially to the apprehension of criminals, sus suppression of fires, and treatment of patients. And whereas each public safety telecommunicator has exhibited compassion, understanding, and professionalism during the performance of their job in the past year. Now therefore, Norman K. Larky Senior, mayor of the city of Belton, Missouri, does hereby proclaim the week of April 12th through the 18th, 2026 to be National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in the city of Belton in honor of the men and women whose diligence and professionalism keep our city and

citizens safe. In witness whereof, Norman K. Larky senior mayor of the city of Belton, Missouri has here unto set his hand and caused the seal of the city to be affixed at Belton, Missouri this 14th day of April, 2026.

Anyone have anything to add? They all like to talk on the radio, so would they like to introduce themselves? Sure. My name is Caleb. Hi, my name is Lily. Kenzie Tabitha. Thank you all. Thank you.

Thank you. Leave it. Item F, unfinished business. One, motion approving final reading of bill 2026-10. An ordinance establishing temporary short-term rental regulations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup special event period. Present.

Second. A motion in a second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. Council member Lawson. I. Johnson. I. Richardson. I. Davidson. Yes. Brian. I. McCllum. I. Mayor Larkkey. I. Thompson. Yes. Motion passes. Two. Motion approving final reading of bill 2026-11. An ordinance approving a final plat for Pyramid Roofing, a two lot subdivision on 1.53 more or less acres located at 17230 and 17232 Belray Place and 17229 South Outer Road in the city of Belton, Missouri. Present.

Second. Motion in a second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. Council member Bryan. I. Davidson. Yes. Thompson. Yes. Johnson. I. Mallum. I Lawson I Mayor Larkkey I Richardson I motion passes

G new business one motion approving the first reading of bill 2026-12 an ordinance approving a special use permit to allow a vehicle and equipment sales light land use in the C2 zoning district at 1016 North Scott Avenue unit E present Second. A motion is second. You're up.

Yep. Thank you, mayor and council. Before this evening is a special use permit request to allow a vehicle and equipment sales light use in a C2 zoning district uh at 1016 Norcott Avenue, unit E. Uh the applicant, Gtown Auto Body, has operated a vehicle repair use on this site for several years and would like the opportunity to provide vehicles for lease and for sale at their location as an additional service. Um, due to the size of the site, vehicle sales are intended to be a minor or accessory component to the current business. The applicant is also proposing to construct a 450 square foot two-bay workshop at the southwest corner of the property that would accommodate two additional service bays for vehicle repair. Uh, the west bays on the existing building are difficult to access without trespassing on the neighboring property. Um, and due to that, the neighboring property recently installed a fence uh to prevent that. Um, as part of the special use permit request, the applicant is requesting a reduction in the setback from 10 feet to five feet for the new building to maintain an adequate drive aisle width uh for ingress and eress through the site. Um, and also allow the building to be all metal due to the limited visibility from the street as this is a second tier lot with no direct uh street access. Um, incremental improvements required include paving any unpaved parking and outdoor storage areas, uh, enclosing the existing dumpster, as well as restriping the parking lot. Um, staff proposes, uh, approval of a one-year special use permit that allows the permit, uh, to be approved permanently if all uh, improvements are completed within that one-year time frame. If not, the applicant must go back through the special use permit process to request a renewal. Uh the planning commission held a public hearing on March 17th at which no one spoke in favor or in opposition to the request. Uh the commission recommended unanimous approval of the request and staff also recommends approval with these six conditions in the ordinance. And I'm happy to answer any questions.

Any questions? Go ahead. I know that because we've done the new uh kind of overlay on Scott, are we having different interests coming to look at that part of our town? We have uh had more application meetings uh over the past year with development interest, a lot of interest in reinvestment in some buildings that have been vacant or underutilized, but also some interest in new development um on some vacant land that's on the corridor that are not automotive related.

Yes, we have had um some non-automotive uses that have expressed interest in the corridor. Go ahead. Remind me if this because I know we talked about this previously, but if this um if this owner decided to make selling vehicles a major part of the component instead of the planned minor at this time, um what would stop them from doing that?

They're limited on the space to be able to do that. um that's the main purpose that would stop them. They also don't have the visibility that typically if you're a car sales you want to be right on the main road. Um so they're limited by access and visibility. Um if they were I mean this isn't specifically for any accessory use. That's just kind of their purpose. Um, I mean, if if at some point they went basically all in on the auto sales and stopped doing the repair, um, they could do that. However, they really wouldn't be able to utilize the site and the buildings as they're currently set up. So, I would say if they're successful with the car business, they would likely look elsewhere to expand.

And their current business model is is primarily repairing vehicles. And the thought was that they might be able to sell a few on the side as well because of that. Yeah. And I think they also uh occasionally acquire vehicles that they then repair and then sell. So that's the other reason for this is it's not specifically going out and just seeking used vehicles that they're going to turn around and sell. I think they buy vehicles, fix them up, and then sell them. Okay. Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor? I.

Any opposed? Motion passes. Item two, a public hearing regarding the proposed 29th amendment to the Oldtown Belt and Redevelopment Plan for the redevelopment project 2026-01 pursuant to M to RSMO section 353.110.32 sub paragraph 2. Present. Second. You don't. Oh, public hearing. Sorry. I didn't think so, but I I heard a present. Yeah, Mike, you're up.

Thank you, mayor and council members. So, the item before you in this public hearing is the third or the 29th amendment to the Oldtown Redevelopment Plan uh corporation plan. The applicant is for 515 to 519 Main Street is requesting project approval for $26,764. The improvements are for both interior and exterior of the existing building. The estimated property taxes with these imp with these improvements could increase from $4,400 thou or $4,400 annually to $7,100 over the 12-year abatement period. Although there will be a short-term decrease in taxes for the taxing entities, the long-term impact and the improvement to the building is is positive by encouraging reinvestment in Oldtown Belton. The request follows the Oldtown Belton redevelopment plan policy most recently updated, and I'll get to that here in just a second. Staff does recommend approval. The Oldtown Redevelopment Corporation board recommended approval of the project on March 18th with a vote of three and0 with only two abstaining. Um those two abstensions, if you're not familiar, the so the building we're talking about, this is the meet on Maine and the Chamber of Commerce building and also a future uh office tenant that'll be going in the old vintage furniture store. Um this Mike Stegner's property and Stegner holdings. Um as I mentioned the kind of the policy and I wanted to talk touch briefly on this. So, the Oldtown Board did update their policy that they use for evaluating projects and whether they fit within the 350 the chapter 353 plan and the redevelopment plan. Um, one of the things that they considered and and heavily favored as part of adopting an updated policy was looking at the investment that commercial businesses make. So, currently we only had one category for all projects that came through regardless of whether you were residential or commercial. So under this policy, it breaks out residential projects which remain exactly the same for 50% of your exterior improvements for 50% minimum of exterior improvements for all qualified projects. Under the

commercial category, the conversation really focused a lot on for commercial buildings, there are a lot more interior improvements that need to happen. Specifically, one of the things that was brought up was if there was a business such as a a restaurant that wanted to locate into one of the current buildings, they would be spending and using up the vast majority of their interior improvements just to install a commercial kitchen. Um, and so what was decided by the Oldtown Board was we would reduce from that 50% minimum of exterior to a 30% minimum exterior improvements for the overall abatement. Ultimately, there's still a split. There's still a requirement for exterior improvements to be made on the building. Um, but it gives a little bit more uh leeway to some additional interior improvements that might make a business either more profitable, more stable, or or have a little bit more of a ability to improve the inside. A good example also that came out of this was with one of our projects where the vast majority of their exterior improvements were replacing the plate glass windows and also adding some paint to the exterior. It wasn't a lot in terms of investment on the exterior, but because they were investing so much on the interior, the argument they made was, well, we're doing more investment in the interior that you're going to see from the street, making an overall improvement to the overall building, the business, etc., etc. And so that's where the Oldtown board really kind of fell on making this adjustment. So you'll see in the the proposal through Stegner Holdings um on this project, you know, there is more of an interior improvement, but they do still meet the requirement of that minimum for exterior improvements to the overall building at all three addresses. Happy to answer any questions on this project.

Any questions? Go ahead. None of the work has been started yet as requested in this project. That's correct. And what we will be doing going forward is once council makes approval um we typically have done improvements after the fact when projects are completed um we'll be making a an initial inspection just to make sure that work hasn't started. Again it doesn't negate necessarily if council approves the project itself. It would just any work that's been completed before council approval we would just remove from the overall certification process.

Go ahead. So, in the application, I want to make sure I understood what was said. Um, it says it's going to remove all the old doors and windows. Um, does that mean that there are certain doors and windows that are newer and will not be removed? So, it was my understanding from the application that it was all doors and windows. the all the were going to be replaced in yeah just the addition of the word old there seems to suggest that there's either some that are staying or or works already begun or there you know that addition of that word suggests otherwise. Sure. And I I think the board took that as all instead of old it's all of the existing just because

okay they are old. Um well I just wanted to clarify that and then so uh I haven't done the math because I because of this recent change is the all of the interior work with the totality of the project is that going to meet that 30% threshold?

It would. So where we will actually make that determination is on the cost certification based on costs that get turned in through receipts. And so you know that when we look at the total abatement at the end of the day 30% of the project has to be exterior improvements. And so then we do we sent the total abatement to the county based on that that split. Gotcha. So I I feel like it's it this feels um Hold on a minute. We need to talk about this in the next the bill, not the public hearing. Oh, you're stretching it out a little. Sure.

You jumped ahead. Yeah. So, any other questions about the public hearing?

Hearing none, I will ask anybody in the public they want to speak for or against this to come up to the microphone, state your name and address, and state your piece. Again, last time I will ask anybody in the public that wants to speak for or against this, come to the microphone, speak your name and address, state your piece. Hearing none, I move to close the public hearing. And then we'll go to item three, motion approving the first reading of bill 2026-13,

an ordinance approving the 29th amendment to the Oldtown Belt and redevelopment plan to approve the 515 to 519 Main Street project as redevelopment project-01 and to authorize tax abatement as described therein. Present. Second. A motion. A second. Now you can go.

Um I I this is probably going to end up more of a comment I think than it is a question. Um but it's in that our approval of any of these projects still relies heavily on your department holding up the the cost um review or whatever term you use there um to make sure that it's analyzed and properly done. So they can submit on their application, you know, whatever it is may, you know, be, but ultimately if it doesn't reach that crit and, you know, we and it can change and adjust because you find things when you're demoing and whatever, right? Um, and uh, I guess my point is so an approval doesn't give somebody cart blanch. I feel like that's important to at least publicly point out because an approval doesn't necessarily mean that you're um fully, you know, in agreement with what's happening just that they can move forward based on the agreement that uh we have under this tax payment program.

Correct. Okay. It's just feels a little it just the perception of it feels just a little strange to approve something that may not be within the parameters of it. But it doesn't matter because we will hold them to the parameters even if council approves otherwise.

Correct. And and that that is the purpose of the policy that gives staff something you know the oldtown board approved it based on that policy. It gives staff direction on what to hold folks to when they and this is and and not to veer too off off course, this is very similar to a cost certification process that we do with CIDs and some of our other larger incentive tools. Um while Gilmore and Bell may be involved in some of those certification processes, these are typically easier for staff to handle on, you know, in-house. It makes sense. I understand that. I just Yeah, it's just like I said, it feels like it has this perception, but I I get it.

Go ahead. I guess if if that your group group is probably not the right word, but committee talks about this and in the application, you're going to change the description, right? So I mean because it says that um you know between interior approvement not eligible for abatement of less than 25,000 capped at 50,000 total investment. So we need to we need to change the if you're looking at the policy on our website right now. No I'm looking at the application that Yes. And this this was an old application that they used to Yeah. So I mean if if you've changed it would be nice. Yeah. Anybody else?

Go ahead. Um, has he I believe he's asked for a double read. I know he's asked me um because I he's got a business ready to go in that place. Um, do you know about that? I I would leave that up to council's discretion. Okay. Anybody else hearing? None. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Motion for a second reading. Second. Motion and a second for a second reading. Any discussion on the motion for a second reading?

So, I know Mike's not here, but he did I did talk to him. He's asked for it. Um, and I've talked to the people that actually are going in there, and they are a small business needing to go in there because the space they're in right now is very small. Um, and he is asking for a double read for the business going in there. So, Is there a I guess is there a some particular timeline on that though? Is there you know I hear that they want to do it, but is there like something that's preventing there's an issue with the building that they're in now? The the whoever's going into this building, there's an issue with the building they're in now that they need to get out of there pretty quick. So, and Mike's got a crew waiting, I guess, to start on this immediately. Anybody else?

I I just want to I have a I I think this is very publicly uh uh known already, but I just want to again clear that. So, I'm pretty opposed to double readings in general. Um I think the purpose of having readings over multiple meetings is so that we can get public input and hear more and whatever. So, this has nothing to do with this particular double reading for the record. It just in in general, that's my stance. Um, and without particulars on why we would need a advanced timeline, I guess I don't know that I'm in favor, but just wanted to clear where I would end up.

I mean, you can have your own opinion. He's asked me to ask for a double read, so and I I'm relaying what he told me and so that's where we're at. So, I like I like helping small businesses, you know, getting going and and for small businesses, the the cost of doing stuff is a lot right now. So getting somebody in there as fast as possible, it is a plus. So he just asked me. That's where we're at. So anybody else? All in favor? I I. Any opposed? Nay. No. Can you please repeat who said yes? Thank you.

Oh, I said yes. Oh, I had three. Who was the fourth right here? Richardson Lawson, mayor Davidson. Yes. Did you say yes? Okay. I'm sorry I missed that one. Fails.

Okay. All right. Item four, a public hearing regarding the proposed 30th amendment to the Oldtown Belt and Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Project 2026-02 pursuant to RSMO section 353.110.3 sub paragraph 2.

Hey, at this time I need to disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding this agenda item as it involves my personal property. I will be recusing myself from any discussion or vote on this matter. Thanks. All right. Uh, open the public hearing. You're up.

Thank you, Mayor and Council. The item before the council this evening is the 30th amendment to the Oldtown Belton Redevelopment Corporation redevelopment plan. Applicant owner Chris Richardson and Michelle Melinger at 704 Main Street are requesting project approval for $154,000 in improvements to the uh and that should read just the exterior of the existing building their home. Estimated property taxes within the improvements could increase from $1,800 annually to $5,500 annually over the 12-year abatement period. Although there'll be a short-term decrease in taxes for taxing entities, the long-term impact is positive by encouraging reinvestment in Oldtown Belton. Um the requested project follows the Oldtown Belt and Redevelopment Policy Plan. Um staff does recommend approval. The Oldtown Belt and Redevelopment Corporation Board recommended approval of project on April 1 with a unanimous vote. Um the project itself is primarily or is entirely on the exterior. There is one portion of the project that was included that is a um they're going to demolish the garage and build a new garage with concrete um concrete driveway and and apron um on that building at the rear of the house. And so that's the totality of the project. Happy to answer any questions on the project itself. Anybody hearing? None. I would ask anybody in the public to come up and speak their piece. State your name and address. Again, I'll ask anybody in the public speak for or against to come up and state their name and address and speak their piece. Hearing seeing none, I'll close the public hearing and go to five. Motion approving the first reading of bill 2026-14. An ordinance approving the 30th amendment to the Oldtown Belt and Redevelopment Plan to approve the 704

Main Street project as redevelopment project 2026-02 and to authorize tax abatement as described therein. Present. Second. A motion is second. Any discussion? Go ahead. Same question as previously. Has any work been done on this project prior to our approval if we do of this application? No work has been done and staff will again conduct the initial inspection once council does give its final approval. Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor? I I. Any opposed?

Motion passes. Go again. Item six, motion approving the first reading of bill 2026-15. An ordinance amending chapter 2 division 4 procedure of the code of ordinances of the city of Belton, Missouri by clarifying the procedure for abstension. Present.

Second. Have a motion a second. This amendment to chapter 2 specifies that an elected official must state their abstension prior to the discussion and remove themselves from the meeting while the matter is being discussed and voted on. This amendment was recommended by legal counsel to clarify the procedure for abstension to reduce confusion in the city council votes and help prevent a perceived conflict of interest. The need to clarify that the elected official should leave the meeting is to avoid any doubt regarding an attempt to influence the decision of the city council. Any questions? Go ahead.

Uh is is there something that generated a need for this? The current code is not explicitly clear on how to abstain from a vote. So with legal counsel it was recommended that we clarify it.

Um seems a little unnecessary to have to leave a public meeting that anyone in the public and you could argue I am a member of the public would be at. Um I understand not voting uh on something and I understand I mean as an example I I myself have abstained previously about two years ago or so. Um I don't know what me leaving the room does adds to that if that makes sense. Like you know it's a public meeting.

You're a very intimidating figure influence my vote. I think you can argue that in in some instances the uh appearance of a conflict is as big a deal as the actual conflict itself. And so just to remove any potential appearance for conflict and any undue influence that might arise is and I'm not an attorney so I'm not the one trying to recommend legally why you should do it this way but I I could see where it would be clarifying and at least um setting a standard for our council to to follow. It is actually recommended.

Sorry I couldn't be there in person but I do just want to jump in here. So the reason for leaving the room is section 105.454.13. Um while it is a public meeting, a uh elected or appointed official of the state is deemed to have violated the conflict of interest provisions of Missouri law if they participate in any matter either directly or indirectly in which he or she attempts to influence any decision. So the while it is a public meeting and the public can't attend a an elected official that has a potential conflict of interest, staying in the room could potentially be seen to be participating indirectly in an attempt to influence a decision of the the city which would then just be a conflict of interest and the recusal would have been pointless at that at that time. Well, perception uh doesn't matter then and what does that law? So, thank you for clarifying that. That was one of my questions on that. Um,

hold on, hold on. You were to say something before Patrick chimed in. All right, go ahead. Um, does this also apply to our committees?

Patrick, did you hear that? I did. And now I'm thinking through which committees have statutory authority to adopt their own bylaws which would control the conduct of their meetings. I will be honest if it I'm not sure if this exact ordinance would because it relates strictly to the city council. But I will say that my advice to any of our committees or other boards would be to follow this same process and following this meeting if the council decides to adopt or uh approve this ordinance, Andrea and I can look at those bylaws for those separate boards and determine if they need to be amended to to track with this. Yeah, I guess that would be that's where my thought process was going is that exactly that if we should we should make sure if something's applied um it's applied equally across the AC pun included across the board. Um and uh and that was the thought process there just as we just so happened to have a discussion about one of the committees needing to abstain tonight. So it just so happened to be relevant. Um so okay, thank you for that clarification.

Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Seven. Motion approving the final or sorry, motion approving the first reading of bill 2026-16. An ordinance amending chapter 6, business licenses and regulations of the code of ordinances to clearly define license application timelines. Present. Second.

Motion a second. All city business license applicants receive 60 days to complete their application. During the 60 days, staff is in contact with the applicant to address missing information and receive status updates. This amendment to chapter 6 is intended to prevent applications from remaining open indefinitely and establishes reasonable deadlines for completion. Any questions? Go ahead. So this is what we previously discussed during a work session. Is that accurate? No, I don't believe we've discussed this in a work session.

So this was Oh, so what we discussed previously was related to a different permitting process. That was related to permitting, not licensing. This is related to licensing. Okay, I understand. Oh, yes. That was in regards to rent. Is that right? The timeline was in relation to building permit applications and how long they're open.

Okay. So, most applicants complete their license applications within 5 days. Uh there's times though that people are missing information or need additional time to complete it. So, our practice has been to allow them 60 days. And this is this in line with our other process that we previously disc I mean like just looking for consistency across our organization. Is it consistent? I don't know that they're comparable. There's a lot more plan reviews that typically go on with permitting and there's typically more re back and forth revisions than what would typically be required with the licensing process. Okay.

I have one more question. if they don't do it within 60 days.

Yeah. So, right now our pra our practice has been which is why we're asking it to have a code amendment so that it's in the code. Our practice has been to withdraw the application after 60 days. They'll get a notification that their application's been withdrawn and that usually spurs a conversation. Albeit during that 60 days we have been communicating with them and asking them for updates of the missing information. Um, those are for businesses that are not located here in Belton. Typically, those businesses would get a license if they're a construction business and they need to get a permit. If the business is located in Belton, they have additional requirements they need to complete within that 60 days. And if they're not completed, then we will deny the application, which will also spur a conversation of what they're missing and how we can get that completed. Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor?

I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Eight. Motion approving the first reading of bill 2026-17. An ordinance approving a tips hotline contract with the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission in the amount of $3,000. Present. Second.

Motion and a second. You're up. This is a annual contract that the police department brings every year for approval uh for a tips hotline contract with the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission. They're the ones that operate the Crimestoppers Hotline. You hear it on the television and uh radio and social media. Crimestoppers hotline is 816474 TIPS. Again, we're looking for approval to enter this contract for $3,000. We get a lot of benefits from this um when there are crimes where we believe that the member of the public can provide us with a tip or if the member of a p the public thinks that they want to submit something that uh they believe was a crime that was committed, we can match it up with something that we've already had reported. And if uh it is on a tips hotline event, we can actually get the person paid for if there's successful prosecution of the uh perpetrator.

Go ahead. I saw something last year when we talked about this that I I didn't know that the public if the public was aware of, but this doesn't go this is a separate group. This doesn't This isn't a phone call to the police department. Correct. This is a separate group. And that that the story I heard last year was that people were leerary to use it because it would they thought it was a direct Yeah. And I just wanted to clarify that again. It's a separate group.

Yeah. This is maintained by uh the crime commission. They have people that man that hotline around the clock 24/7 even on the holidays. And the only thing the police department will get is a number associated with that caller to match back up with the tip. And then when we uh investigate that, if we find that it was useful information and help with prosecution, we alert the Crimestoppers organization of that of that and then they get that person paid out. Well, I just wanted to I wanted you to explain it again so people could understand that they're that they're really calling a separate organization that and it's anonymous.

Yes, that's a very good catch. I'll add that to my speech next year. Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Item nine, motion approving first reading of bill 2026-18. An ordinance approving the Belton, Missouri. Excuse me. I'm going to start over. An ordinance approving the Belton, Missouri Police Department Municipal Jail 2026 housing contract for inmates of the Harrisonville, Missouri Police Department. Present. Second.

Motion in a second. You're still up. Uh we have uh reached the two-year mark. Uh these are two-year contracts that we have with each of the agencies that we house inmates for. This time it's Harrisonville. And this the two years gives us the opportunity to look at other rates and see if we are still within that u margin of what we feel is fair. And it's $63.93 uh per day. That's the same fee as what it's been in the past uh two years. And so we're just renewing the contract and they've been great uh partners in this with us.

Any questions? Hearing none. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Item 10, motion approving resolution 2026-40. A resolution approving the purchase of a 2026 Ford ML Transit van with a Roush SWCM135 HD sewer camera system from Roush USA in the amount of $328,941.95 to replace trailer 436. Present. Second.

Motion a second. You're up. If you remember in all our budget discussions just last month we talked about the sewer camera truck is actually currently we have a trailer uh it's about dead and so in this year's budget we have approved or you have approved for us to uh replace it. Uh the replacement won't be a trailer anymore. Instead it's going to be a transit van and uh it'll have all the sewer equipment inside the uh inside the van and so we'll just be driving around a van. It won't be a truck pulling a trailer anymore. Uh this uh this is a much better camera system than we currently have. Our current camera, we just wore that thing out after seven years. Uh this one should last much longer hopefully and uh and do a fantastic job for us. It also allows us to do some minor repairs in the sewer lines as we're doing as as we're in there. And so it both will be able to televise lines and we'll be able to do some minor repairs. Happy to answer any questions that you have.

Go ahead. Can this be used for emergency repairs at all or do we use it for that? Uh we currently don't do any emergency all our emergency repairs are done by digging down to the sewer line. This will be able to do some if it's uh if we can get through the collapse if the break. If it turns into an egg shape instead of circle, we'll still be able to go through there and be able to push it back up. But if it's a complete collapse and the whole pipe's gone, we'll still have to dig those up. Okay. So, but in it sounds like in limited situations, we will be able to And for the most part, that's what we find is just where it's sagging or where there's just a crack, something we can still fix. Okay. Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor?

I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Item 11, motion approving resolution 2026-41. A resolution authorizing the filing of an application with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources state revolving fund program for loans under the Missouri Safe Drinking Water Law. Present. Second. We have a motion and a second. You're still up.

So for um what this resolution does is allow me to uh submit an application for an SRF loan to for the replacement of water lines. Uh if you remember back several years ago, we had a vote that would take remove the sunset off of the capital improvements tax so we could use that money to repay the loan and replace all the water lines uh very quickly. This will allow us uh me to submit the application. This is not the agreement. This is just uh so I can submit the application. Missouri DNR requires our city council to approve me just to submit the application. So that's all this resolution does. Uh once it's approved, we'll uh take that resolution with the application and be able to submit it with all the other paperwork we've already submitted to them. Happy to answer questions that you have.

Any questions? Hearing none. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Item 12, motion approving resolution 2026-42. A resolution approving a grant funding agreement with Hero Fund USA, Inc. to partially fund the purchase of equipment, including a drone. Present. Second. Motion is second. You're up.

Good evening, council mayor. We're trying to leverage more grants to to increase our purchasing power. We have uh we have some drones um as the police department has their drones are starting to age out and their uh DJI drones, which have also become problematic from a federal standpoint and the future of those are a little limited. So, we requested in the FY27 um some money to purchase uh something a little bit different than that one and uh Assistant Chief Chad Wright had found this uh hero fund grant that we were uh uh applying for and uh was they were gracious enough to grant us that. So, this is an approval for that. So, it's really not an approval for the purchase as of yet. The purchase will actually be lower than what uh the threshold is to bring to you, but it was going to take this to be able to make that um happen. happy to answer any questions that you might have about that.

Any questions? Go ahead. Adjacent to it, is that something the police department could also apply for to to potentially because I know we were purchasing drones for that department as well. I think it's p it's a public safety grant. I think I think that it's actually already closed though. They do it twice a year, I think. So, the GL the application time right now is closed, but I think it's for for all public safety. All right. Well, some food for thought. Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. 13. Motion approving resolution 2026-43.

A resolution approving a software licensing agreement addendum between Image Trend, Inc. and the Belt and Fire Department. Present. Second.

Motion. A second. Image Trend is something we've used for several years. We uh we use it as a reporting uh platform. It's the software we use to do our fire and EMS reports on as well as uses as a staffing component. They're like many softwares now. They have a lot of components you can add to it. And so we're really not trying to move away or do anything different, but if you may remember, you guys approved a new EMS billing company that we were switching to EMSC, which actually took place on April 1. But as a part of that grant, um, they were going to start assuming our costs for that software platform. And so that required an adjustment to the agreement, which was actually a little more difficult than I figured that it might be. Um, and so basically, we had to make sure that the agreement still showed that it's our data and we're using the software, just that the billing was going to go to MSMC and be paid u by them. So this will make that right. So all that works out. In your memo, you see that I wrote 16,000 savings. That's actually a little bit lower than what we paid last year, but in reality, we were able to add a new analytics platform to it. So, the true cost savings to the city of Belton was 28,000 because it's all consumed into that new contract. Happy to answer any questions you might have.

Anybody any questions? Hearing none. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. H consent agenda. One motion unavailable to approve recommendations noted. Any member of the council may ask for an item to be taken from the consent agenda for discussion and separate action. Present. Second. Motion and a second. Any discussion? Go ahead. Um I'd like to pull number two for discussion, please.

Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Item two, motion approve resolution 2026-44. A resolution appointing Mark Sharp and Trevor Perry to the Municipal Park Board. Present. Second. Motion and a second. I guess you're up.

Yeah. Um, so we had a little bit different process this time with parkboard applications. There were additional questions sent out to all 12 of the applicants. Uh Mayor Lurkey shared the 12 different applications with all of us on the council, which is new and I appreciate that. U my question is if these two um that you're putting up for appointment answered the additional questions and if the council could review their answers prior to voting on this.

They did respond with the questions. Um, I don't know how we would do that. I guess we would have to pause and bring this back if we so chose that. Um, you would have the option to postpone this resolution for a future council. Are you on still?

Sure. This would have to be postponed. Um, since it's a resolution, a single reading, there would be no way to change it uh at this point given kind of uh council member Lawson's points. Um, I would also note that if it was approved, once a person is approved to serve as a member of the park board, they can only be removed for cause. So if it's approved, they're on subject to them doing something that could get them removed.

So okay, I would make a motion to postpone this until our next council meeting so that we have a chance to review all the application materials. And this is not an objection to the people or their application. I don't know either of them. I just would like it to be an applesto apples process that we review all the materials before we can move on the appointment suggestion. So we have a motion to postpone. Second. We have a motion and a second to postpone item two. Two. Mr. Mayor, may I make a suggestion that we postpone to May 12th instead of April 28th just for deadline purposes? Yes. Yeah. Thank you.

So, we have a motion to postpone item two till May 12th. Any discussion on the motion to postpone? Go ahead.

I don't disagree with your thought process. Um, and I do appreciate uh after discussion last time uh the mayor being uh very transparent with us on the applicants and all that stuff. I and it was it was a nice refreshing uh um change of pace there. Um not that well let me clarify not that you've been anything but transparent in the past but previous process outside of before you were even mayor that was not normal. Right. So, um, anyways, in the interest of moving forward with our, um, two missing board members for the park board, I would suggest that we look at doing that process that you're describing for the upcoming June uh, appointments just because that's not that far away. And I know the park board has specifically requested pointed out to me that they are low on people. they're, you know, potentially concerned about um uh having enough for a quorum. Uh the last park board meeting there was, I think there was five exactly uh members that were there. So food for thought would be my suggestion would be we could just move forward instead of postponing this one and then do that in the you know future. That would be my thought as long as the mayor was also in agreement to that. I'm I'm in agreement with whatever this board wants to do. I mean, I I

Yeah, whatever you guys want to do. But do we have to postpone it to May 12th? Why can't we do it the 24th? That's for what you'd like to for his reason. I know that won't I know that won't catch the next meeting for the park, but it'll be a quick review by city council. Then, Mr. Mayor, either date would not it doesn't matter if you go April 28th or the first one in May. They've missed the They'd missed the April meeting and they'd be back for the May meeting, but that's right. Because the meeting won't be till whenever. So either way,

so anybody else on the motion to postpone till May 12th hearing? None. All in favor? I I Any oppose? No. Nay. Can you please do a show of hands? Who's Who's nay? Motion P or motion fails. And to clarify, I have council members Richardson, Lawson, and Davidson as a yes to postpone. Correct. Okay. Thank you.

So now we're back to motion approving resolution 2026-044 as presented. Go ahead. I just want to state again that my request to review all the application materials is not at all a reflection of the candidates or wanting to hamstring the park board with insufficient numbers. I think if we're making a procedural change about how we engage and involve people in the community.

Let's just be upfront about that. Let's give everyone a fair shake. As far as I know, I only saw one applicant return the additional qu or two applicants return the additional questions and from what the mayor told me, seven of the 12 did. Well, if it's now the process, you know, a handful of them are incomplete applications. Are those going to come back up in June? Like, we have applications for a reason. We should again try to keep everything as consistent as possible. So, that's that's my concern right now with how these particular applicants are being appointed is that we kind of cobbled together some additional steps and perhaps not everyone followed them correctly.

Go ahead. Is that normal sending out extra questions uh board members? I've kind of been changing the way I do that especially on when you get a lot of applications. You know, it's kind of hard just to pick out from a a one-page, you know, application. So, I've kind of been changing how I try to weed out and pick who I want to present to you guys. Were there four extra questions? Yes. And how do you come up with the four extra questions? Is there a certain thing that you're looking at or No, just something I came up with on my own. Okay. Go ahead.

Maybe um just thinking through as someone myself who has been through an application process to join a board, which happens to be this particular board. Um and what I mean is the council. Uh, I will say that I took it upon myself to seek out and talk to all of those that were currently sitting on the council at the time and do all those things. But not having that, I guess where I'm going with this is I can totally see where just a application filled out with, you know, John Smith's name on it and his email address and, you know, how do you pick John Smith over somebody else? Um, I don't I I guess I like the idea of there being some engagement with us as we go through that process. That's just kind of how my thought process is there. Um, I'm not, you know, I don't know the specifics behind the questions being asked because that's the mayor's prerogative, but I uh um just throwing that out there.

Go ahead. Um, on the questions. I I don't even know what the four questions were. And how I mean, how did you come up with it? Was it was it a group effort or was it yourself? Myself. So, I just, you know, did a little searching, try to find some good questions that fit our situation and that's what I came up with. I will email the questions to all of you, too. Get back to them. Go ahead. Are you done?

Are we going to do this on other boards that we got multiple applications from? Yeah, if we get multiple applications, we get multiple applications on any other board. So, okay. Anybody else? Hearing none. All in favor? I. Any oppose? No. No motion passes. And that was council members Davidson, Lawson, and Richardson. Correct. Okay. Thank you.

Item I, reports and information. I don't need to do that. Uh, communication with city council. Council member Johnson

wanted to thank everybody who came out and voted um in the election last week. Um also went to the ribbon cutting for the new Olive Garden and that was very nice and well done and the Olive Garden looks great. Um wanted to advise that the uh coalition in conjunction with the arts commission is having a arts walk sip and stroll May the 2nd. I think it's from 3 to 6. Uh it'll be on Main Street. There'll be artists inside um different merchants um and we'll have hopefully a whiskey and wine tasting um and we'll be putting out advertising for that um soon and how to purchase tickets. Council member Macauen.

Um we've had a lot of community events going on lately. So, I just wanted to publicly say thank you to all the staff and volunteers that help make those things happen. And I know like for example the Easter egg hunt, that's a lot of eggs that need to be stuffed with candy and all that stuff. So I just want to say thank you to everyone who's helped make all of those things happen. Uh I do not have any updates from the TDD board at this time. I of course have park updates um because they are uh got to be one of the busiest departments we have. Um, I want to remind everybody that if you are interested in being a lifeguard or um, you know, know somebody that might be interested, please um, reach out and they're they're always looking for more lifeguards. And speaking of the outdoor water park, um, as a reminder, those season pass uh, sales are those season passes are on sale right now. Um, and they are discounted up until uh, tomorrow, I believe. Yeah. So, uh, so if you looking to get a discount and planning to buy one, now's your your last chance. Um, opening date is scheduled for May 23rd. Then we have some events coming up. Um, April 18th will be, which is this weekend, kids night out, which include um swimming, dinner, and a movie. Uh, April 26th, they're uh going to do a taste of Belton, which will be an evening celebrating uh Belton flavors. They've got 15 vendors signed up for that. Uh hard to believe that we are already talking about this, but May 7th will be the kickoff for the farmers market. Um and so that's just around the corner. And um and also the junior craft show is coming back again to High Blue this year on May 9th. And that's again vendors from 8 to 18. I believe that was really successful previously and uh look forward to seeing that creativity. And then just as a reminder, I think I think this is no secret, but Kerry Nation Days

is uh will be May 29th to 30th. And just in case um you missed it, I there is an opportunity to um submit an art uh piece that you might have uh for the drone show. So if you had something in mind for that drone show, you can submit that. There's a contest going on for that right now that will end uh this week. It'll end on Friday. Um, so drones to do your art piece.

Yeah. The drones will, you know, Yeah. So if there's something that you have, oh man, we should do this or that during that drone show, you know, submit it and um and but do it by Friday and uh and they'll and they'll look at um I I don't I don't know exactly all the details of that. I'll let parks answer any questions on that, but they will have um you know that potentially taking place in the drone show. So featured uh here locally. That is everything I have for parks. Member Richardson. Um I went to the Olive Garden ribbon cutting. Great. Place is nice inside. Food's great. Everybody go try it out. That's all I got.

Council member,

I would do a plug for the Belton Educational Foundation Pirate Dash is this Friday at 7:30 at Wallace Park. So, if you haven't signed up, please do. Um, and then I have a request for a work session. It might even be sort of a a mini work session. Um, but street sweepers have been a hot topic. And my question is not whether we're replacing it because we've had some talks about that, but I'm curious to know what the MO DNR requirements are for a city our size, like what kind of street maintenance program we're on the hook for, if that could be a, like I said, mini work session before summer and festival type season kicks off. I would like to know more. So, that's my request.

I have nothing. I uh uh went to a arts training event in and I learned a lot as a matter of fact and the and the arts community is emphatic about how much art brings to your town. So it was a very interesting probably one of the best training things that I went to. Patty went there. I forgot even where it was. Where was it? It doesn't matter. Jeff. Yeah.

Colia. It was in Colombia. But it was very good. Um, I want to talk about the Sip and Stroll. It's May 2nd from 3 to 6. And I believe some of the artists that are coming are the ones that we feature at HighBlue. Is that correct? Which is way cool because they they get a lot of traction in HighBlue already. Um, I also would like to say that the train is running May 2nd for the first time this season. So, if you haven't had a chance to ride on the Belt and Railroad, now is the time. Um, the tickets are on sale. And I want to give a nod out to Kevin and to Nick for the awesome lights that I see every time I look out my kitchen window. Now that the park is more active at night, it's nice to know that those lights are on. So, good work, guys.

Uh I the only thing I got is uh Olive Garden. You know, it was five years in the making. Probably actually probably longer than that. Probably 10 12 years, 15 years in the making. But uh it finally came to fruition and opened for business Monday, yesterday at 11:00. U but it was quite the hill to climb to get that to the city. Uh but we did it and uh hopefully everybody's happy with it. I'm sure not everybody will be, but hopefully everybody is.

Yeah, I drove by today and it was packed. Yeah. So that's all I got. The other thing I got according to charter section 3.4 4. I open the floor to no now open for nominations for mayor pro Tim

getting fired. I go ahead. I would like to nominate council member Bryan and I would like to second that. Hold on. Let me write this down. Any other nominations? Floor is now closed to nominations. Congratulations. Whether you want it or not, you got it. I think so. Whether you want it or not, you got it. City manager report.

Mr. Mayor and Council, there are a couple of things. One, um you might have noticed if you've been outside uh in front of city hall, the heart for the pray of hearts was delivered this week. So, we have our heart. Um there's a bunch of hearts throughout the metro area this year. They've stepped it up 150 I think. And so you they're all over the place. Um but we are not left out. We have a nice I think it's a very good-looking heart too. I think they the artist did a great job. And I just want to give the uh give you guys and the rest of the public a heads up that as part of our new agreement with GFL that we recently approved, they're they are going to be replacing carts um and and handling cart maintenance moving forward. And so I believe um at the end of May uh is or the last part of May is when they're going to be starting that replacement. So they will be handling their own communication on how that's supposed to work. And so just give everybody a heads up to watch out for that. So the carts will be replaced and they'll bring bring in new carts and hopefully nobody will have issues with their carts anymore.

We start putting that out on our web page too. Yeah, that was going to be my request is just I know that they will be responsible for it. Obviously, that's part of the good thing here going on as we heard from our public works director. Uh, but the I I guess the more we can help them with the communication, I would I think is good. Once I I can just tell you once I start seeing the trash cans actually be delivered to the lot because they are ordering it from a another company. It's not something they have in stock. So, once they show up in the lot and I know we have them, then we're going to be able to let people know this is for sure. exactly when it's going to happen. Perfect. Makes sense. Yeah.

Anybody else? Oh, go ahead. You can still use the My Beltton app though if you have issues, which are rare for GFL, but yeah, I mean, of course, the My Beltn app, I mean, we as a single source. Um, yeah, we can be the touch base to for the beginning of that. We'll probably forward it to GFL, but that's where

that's what I meant that Yeah, they would get absolutely known. All right. Anybody else? All right. Item M, items for review and discussion. Item one, freedom flex reszoning preliminary development plan. Yep. I left a handout at your seats uh for both of these projects on the uh work session. Uh the first one is for Freedom Flex, which is located at the southwest corner of 58 and Prospect. Um this would be a reszoning application with a preliminary development plan and a special use permit. Um the reason for the reszoning, most of the property is zone light industrial, but there is a 100 foot deep strip of land that was zoned commercial back when Simco was first uh approved back in uh 2004. Um this proposal would remove that and reszone the entire property in M1 just for easier development purposes. Uh what's proposed is the um basically a group of flex buildings. Uh the first easternmost building is uh designed more with storefronts to kind of have more of an office uh retail strip mall look on the front facing prospect. Uh they would have uh rear garages. So those setups are very popular specifically for contractor offices that may want a storefront but also have access in the rear for vehicles and equipment. And then the remaining buildings uh there's two buildings with 48 units total uh 50,000 square ft. Uh that would be more of a mix. They can be flex spaces uh contractor garages, hobby shops, um potentially storage as well. um specific uses are limited by zoning and building fire codes. Um this is just the preliminary plan. There'll be a final development plan at a later date if this is approved. There are some architectural conceptual renderings there in the lower left and we're still working uh with the development team on

kind of what the storefront will look like. Um but at least the storefront building and the facades that are visible from the road will have uh various masonry and architectural metal panels. The facades that are more interior uh will have various types of metal. Um this is presented will be presented to planning commission next Tuesday on April 21st and there'll be a public hearing for the resoning and preliminary development plan as well as the special use permit. Any questions? Go ahead. Is the whole plan It's all one story.

Yes, these are all singlestory buildings. Okay. And the um does the Can you talk a little bit about the difference between those two zones? Those zoning.

Yeah. So, the commercial zoning is more limited in terms of what can be allowed there. They also are allowed to have contractor offices. So the modification of the C2 zoning is primarily we allow flex space buildings in C2 zonings but only up to 10,000 square feet. That front building exceeds that by a little over a little under 4,000 square feet. So that's the purpose of reszoning that to light industrial is to allow that slightly larger building in that zoning district. Um but the overall development plan and the special use permit uh locks in the overall building design um for that front building.

Go ahead. Um just so I can better understand M1 light industrial storefronts like what can you give just a general idea of what kind of businesses would be in that?

Yeah. So, with the storefronts, those are typically going to be similar to some of uh Stacy Business B business park on North Scott is a good example of that. Um, where they have smaller storefronts uh for contractor offices, but within that space, they have a rear loaded garage door that you can have kind of a separate warehouse space at the back of that. Um, so it's it's set up for small contractor businesses that also don't just need it for storage, but also need it as a meeting place for customers as well as employees. Um, it doesn't also within that zoning district, it doesn't prohibit it from being used for other retail office or even restaurant services. Those are all possibility in there just based on it. just takes, you know, other improvements to it to meet building and fire codes for more intensive uses like that.

Okay, thanks for flushing that out. That helps. Go ahead. Oh, go ahead. Sandwich shops, lunch counters, takaras, convenient little neighborhood. All of those are possible. Okay. Within a space like that if if it's designed to meet that. Okay. Go ahead. Do we know if there are contract orers interested already. Like I mean I'm assuming they're not doing this just because they think there's business there. I'm assuming they're doing it because they're know that there's interest in here.

Yeah, there there's been several similar developments um specifically in kind of the Martin City area that have popped up like this and they have filled up pretty quickly. Um and so there's this is kind of the first one of this type of product in Belton and really Cass County. So, can you give that Martin City example? Um, there's a few on 135th Street and off of W dot and 143rd Street. Yeah, there's one north of that car dealership as you're going around on 143rd. Okay. I'd love to check it out myself. Yeah.

Similar other fac uh multiple other facilities uh approved in both Lee Summit and Blue Springs over the last couple of years as well. Um there's a lot of need for uh contractor spaces um that have outgrown. They could be new spaces that people have outgrown their home, just need a more permanent location uh to grow their business. So they also can kind of serve as incubator spaces for small companies that are just starting out that that then can grow and expand. And there's potential depending on the design of these that they could even, you know, expand into adjacent spaces and slowly grow. Obviously, that's all up to kind of how the lease agreements are with the ownership group if they want to allow that.

So, I imagine that like it's essentially an open field at the moment with some exception to that with those trees um on the uh railroad side there. Um do they think they're going to be able to keep any of those as part of this? They currently show that they're going to try to maintain the buffering up along the railroad. They will be removing some of it up along uh the along 58 highway. Um however, they have a pretty robust landscape plan of putting landscaping all around the perimeter of the site.

That was part of my follow-up question. So, um, with that I I'm just thinking, so obviously this space, so having a building there is going to add some more buffer to those that live over near that between the railroad and their house. But in terms of privacy, I guess just further thought process, you know, is what what will that landscaping look like or what, you know, what will help those residents that would be looking across the street now or in their backyards really?

Yeah. So the frontage along Prospect, which there's actually a probably another hundred feet from where pro the back of the road on Prospect is right now to where the rightway is. So these buildings will set back pretty far from where the current street is. Um there was significant rightway dedicated there for future improvements back when Senco was platted. Um the the storefronts are likely going to not be used at late into the evening or overnight hours, but that buffer will have typically a street tree every 40 feet and then there will be continuous shrubs and hedges in between those. So it will be a solid landscape buffer.

Okay. Anybody else? All right. Item two, Jim's muffler final plant special use permit.

And then on the back side of that sheet is um the proposal for Jim's muffler. Uh this is to so when Marquy Parkway uh was completed out to North Scott, there was a 50- foot strip of land that was still owned by Quicktrip. Um since the 50ft strip isn't really wide enough for them to do anything with, they worked with Jim's Jim Muffler worked with them on acquiring that. Uh so the reason for this is to plat the property um to add that quickrip uh land to the gyms muffler site and allow Jim's muffler to expand their parking lot on the south side of their building. Uh that would be um completed with some additional landscaping along the uh intersection there at North Scott and Marquy Parkway. um preliminary and final development plan or sorry preliminary plat and final development plan will be approved by planning commission or reviewed by planning commission next week. Um the agenda said special use permit. However, the property is actually zoned M1. So only a final development plan is required there. No special use permit is needed for this. Um so the final plat will come forward to council in May.

Anybody All right, hearing none. I'd enter in a motion to enter executive session discuss matters pertaining to legal actions according Missouri state statute 610.021.1 pertaining to the leasing purchase seller real estate according to Missouri state statute 610.021.2 pertaining to negotiated contracts according to Missouri statute 610.021.12 and the record be closed in the meeting adjourned from there. Present. Second. We have a motion a second. Roll call, please. Mayor Larkkey, yes. Council member Johnson, I. Prian, I. Richardson, I. McCllum, I. Lawson, I. Thompson, I. Davidson,

yes. Motion passes.