City Council - Regular Meeting

Heat. Heat. Welcome to the November 3rd Blue Spring City Council meeting. If you will stand with me, I will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. I aliance 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.

Thank you. You can be seated. I will now call the meeting to order. Next item on the agenda is confirmation of a court. Council member Kaylor present. Foland present. Council member Brummel is absent. Ericson present. Edmonson here. Rowan here. Mayor Leves here. We have a quorum. Next item is a consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve? So move. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Council member Kaylor. I Then I Ericson. Hi. Edmonson. Hi. Rowan. I. Mayor Levis. I. Carried unanimously.

Next we have four items to continue to the November 17th city council meeting. First item four is a public hearing. So I'm going to open the public hearing. Now I need a motion to continue that item to the next council meeting November 17th. So move. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. I. Any oppose? No. Motion carries. Same thing with item five, public hearing. I'm going to open the public hearing. Now I need a motion to have it continue to the November 17th city council meeting. So move. Is there a second? Second.

Any discussion? All in favor? I. All right. Any oppose? No. Motion carries. Next is item six. Also has a public hearing. I'm going to open the public hearing. Now I need a motion to continue that one to the November 17th city council meeting. So move. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. I. Any oppose? No. Item seven, the motion carries. Item seven, uh, just need a motion to continue that one till the November 17th. So move. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I I

any opposed? No. Motion carries. Next, uh I don't have any speaker appearance forms for the items being considered 9 through 12. So item nine is introduction to reading the bill 5360, approving the Briwood Oaks Estates final plat. I want to introduce it. First reading bill 5360, an ordinance approving the final plat for Brierwood Oaks Estate Fourth Plat Jackson County, Missouri. All right. Move we approve on the first reading and move to the second. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. I. Any oppose? No. Motion carries. Second reading.

Second reading bill 5360, an ordinance approving the final plat for Brierwood Oaks Estate, Fourth Plat, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri. Your honor, I move to approve the second reading and provide the proper ordinance number. Is there a second? Okay. With you. Second. Any further discussion? Roll call. Council member Tholan. I. Ericson. Hi. Edmonson. I. Rowan. I. Kaylor. I. Mayor Leves I carried unanimously given ordinance number 5461. Next is item 10, introduction to arena bill 5361 approving the Hudson Estates final plat. I'll introduce it. First arena bill 5361, an ordinance approving the final plat for Hudson Estates of Blue Springs, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri. Your honor, I move we approve on the first reading and move to the second reading. Is there a second?

Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? No. Motion carries. Second reading. Second reading. Bill 5361, an ordinance approving the final plat for Hudson Estates of Blue Springs, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri. Your honor move approve the second reading, provide the proper ordinance number. Is there a second? Second. Any further discussion? Roll call. Council member Erikson. Hi. Edmonson. Hi. Rowan. I. Kaylor. I. Foland. Hi. Mayor Leves. I. Car unanimously. Give an ordinance number 5462. Next is item 11, introduction of reading bill 5362, authorizing a hold harmless agreement with the Blue Springs School District. Your honor, I will introduce it.

First reading bill 5362, an ordinance authorizing the execution of a hold harmless agreement between the city of Blue Springs and Blue Springs R4 School District for use of school gym facilities for recreational youth basketball programming. I move we approve on the first reading and move to the second. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any oppose? No. Motion carries. Second reading. Second reading of bill 5362, an ordinance authorizing the execution of a hold harmless agreement between the city of Blue Springs and Blue Springs R4 school district for use of school gym facilities for recreational youth basketball programming. Your honor move to approve the second reading and provide a proper ordinance number. Is there a second? Second. Any further discussion? Roll call. Council member Edmonson. I. Rowan. I. Kaylor. I. Foland.

I. Ericson. I. Mayor Levis. I. carried unanimously and given ordinance number 5463. Next item is the visitors. I have two speaker appearance forms, but they appear to be for an issue that we've continued tonight. I'll just make sure here. Do I have Karen Evans or Martin Underwood here tonight? Okay. Uh I think those are both Solivan Ranch. He'll probably want to speak on those when they're on the agenda for the next council meeting. Next, I have council member comments. Anything from members of the council this evening? Council member Edmonson. Well, I just like to point out a couple of things we did in the consent agenda.

U one is the uh grant approval or approval for going for a grant for Rotary Park to change the tennis courts over to pickle ball courts. We've had a lot of complaints over the years about the condition of the tennis courts over at Rotary Park. And it's nice to see that that's going to be one of the upgrades we get. And then also it deals with uh South Park. So we had some deals in there. though some work that's going to be ready to play on that. So, I thought at least be worth mentioning something that comes through the consent agenda that impacts our community but kind of gets through here real quick. So, if somebody does watch this, at least maybe they get a heads up and know what's going on besides something on Facebook, which we can all count on. I know

those are both very good items on the agenda tonight. Uh big for Southwest Park Construction in District Three and uh we always need more pickleball courts, don't we? Yes, we do. Yes, we do. Those are great. All right. Any other council members have comments for this evening? Your honor, Council Member Ericson? I

I'll have to tag on to what he said, too. We do have the World Cup task force coming up and also probably as important as the 11th, I believe, is uh Veterans Day. And some of you will be getting your free meals. I'll be uh celebrating with my granddaughter who led the pledge of allegiance signing earlier this year as a guest. So, I'll have to be a good boy at least for a few hours. So, thank you all your veterans. We'll celebrate together.

Yes. Thank you, Council Member Ericson. Veterans Day is next Tuesday, November 11th. The city offices will be closed that day. So, uh we'll be letting our our employees celebrate as well. Since you mentioned it, uh I think there's only two in this room that I know for sure, but we're going to go and do our own celebration. If you are a veteran here in this room right now, could you stand so we can recognize you and thank you for your I know council member Erikson is one. Mr. Min, I believe you. No, not at all. Okay. I'm the only one. You're the only one in the whole room. Okay. Not for me. Well, Council Member said, thank you for your service. Thank you for that. I appreciate it. Everybody,

also next week on Thursday the 13th, we'll have a town hall meeting here in this room regarding update on downtown projects. a lot of good stuff that uh is going on. Uh more to update. There'll be some new information then as well. We'll have details on the streetscape, exactly what the engineering looks like for that. And so uh it'll be worth tuning in or coming here to check it out. So that is all I have for this evening. Anybody missing anything? I'll accept a mo Oh, no. I won't. I'll accept a motion to go into executive session. City clerk will read a motion to submit.

Mayor, a motion is in order for council to go into close session pursuant to section 610.021, 021 sub paragraphs 1 and two revise statutes of Missouri for the purpose of privileged communications between a governmental body or its representative and legal counsel including litigation and real estate and that any minutes, documents and other records discussed or taken during the close session remain closed and that this body stand adjourned at the completion of such session. So move. Is there a second? Second. This roll call. Roll call. Council member Rowan I. Kaylor. Hi. Then I Ericson. Hi. Edmonson. Hi, Mayor Leay. Hi. Motion carries. We are in close session.