City Council - Regular Meeting

Hallow of the city of Alvetses. Good evening everyone. Welcome to the Alvette city council meeting from February 10th, 2026. Can we please have roll call? Mayor Clark, present. Chairman Prom here. Council member Solomonov here. Council member Sean Helman here. Council member Lewis present. Okay. Do we have any communications that we'd like to share?

I do. I have two. Uh I am going to read these. Uh the first one I'm probably going to read pretty fast because it's two pages. So I want to get it in in the three minutes. Uh this is I am Nina Miller, 36 Pricewoods Lane. Several months ago, I emailed all council members and the police chief and came before the council to ask that our city be prepared in the event that federal immigration enforcement activity occurs in our community. I'm back again because recent events around the country make it clear that this can happen anywhere and no community should assume it won't happen here. I want to be very clear. This is not about creating fear or encouraging confrontation. It's about knowing our rights, staying calm, and protecting the safety and dignity of everyone who lives here. Based on guidance from well-established civil rights and immigration legal organizations, there are a few basic things people should know. First, people have the right to observe and record law enforcement activity in public spaces, including federal immigration agents as long as they don't interfere. Recording from a safe distance can matter. Second, everyone has the right to remain silent regardless of immigration status. No one is required to answer questions about where they were born or their immigration status. Third, anyone can ask, "Am I free to go?" If the answer is yes, they can leave. If the answer is no, they are being detained and should remain silent and ask for a lawyer. Fourth, people do not have to consent to searches. They can simply say, "I do not consent to a search." Fifth, federal agents generally need a judicial warrant signed by a judge to enter a home or private space. An administrative warrant issued by ICE alone does not give them that authority. And finally, people should not physically interfere, argue, or escalate situations. Staying calm and safe is essential. I'm sharing this not to alarm anyone, but because preparation reduces panic. Clear information saves time, stress, and sometimes lives. I am asking the Alabet Police Department to commit to the fullest extent by allowed by law to not participating in civil immigration enforcement, including declining voluntary assistance and limiting information sharing to what is legally required. I understand that Missouri law prohibits so-called

sanctuary policies, but Missouri law does not require local police to enforce civil immigration law, and it does not require voluntary cooperation beyond what the law demands. What I'm really asking for is clarity. I'm asking the city of Alvette and the Alvette Police Department to clearly and publicly explain what they will do and what they will not do so residents aren't left guessing in a moment of fear or confusion. Clear guidance protects residents, but it also protects the city. Unclear or inconsistent responses increase the risk of constitutional violations, legal challenges, and loss of community trust. Clear statements help officers, residents, and city staff all know where the lines are. Preparation does not create fear. Silence does. In moments of uncertainty, residents look to their government for reassurance. Silence, even when can feel like abandonment. Other Missouri cities have already shown that this can be done within the Missouri law. For example, the Ferguson Police Department re recently issued the following statement to our Ferguson community. In light of recent public concern, we want to speak directly and clearly to the people we serve. The Ferguson Police Department exists to protect the safety and constitutional rights of every person in our city without exception and without bias. We want our residents to know the Ferguson Police Department does not conduct immigration raids. We do not stop, question, or detain anyone slowly to solely to determine immigration status. We do not profile based on race. Should I keep going or Okay. Uh we do not profile based on race, ethnicity, n national origin, religion, or language. Our mission is local public safety and constitutional policing. Immigration enforcement is a federal respon resp responsibility and any such actions in our area carried out by federal agencies under their own legal authority. The role of the Ferguson Police Department remains focused on public safety, emergency response, and maintaining the peace. The Ferguson Police Department fully compi complies with all applicable state and federal laws, including Missouri laws that prohibit policies restricting lawful cooperation with federal agencies. Lawful cooperation does not convert Ferguson officials into immigration enforcement agents. Lawful cooperation

does not include civil immigration status checks or enforcement actions outside our illegal authority. The Ferguson Police Department and this community have invested deeply in building a police department with a strong foundation of constitutional policing. We will not retreat from that. Chief Troy Doyle. I replied to her and I CC the council as well. So, um if you guys if you haven't read it, you might want to read it. But, um I did reply to her. Okay. I also have one more. Okay, go ahead. [laughter]

Uh, this one is from Sue Rich. Uh, it says, "I have concerns about the retail pharmacy parking along Olive Street Road. Having two-way parking parallel to Olive will cause even more traffic congestion entering and merging onto Olive. I've come before the council a couple of times asking that Dealman Industrial Drive connecting onto Olive on the east side of the property restrict left-hand turns during rush hour 3 to 6 PM. There are many streets and driveways in very close proximity with cars trying to come out and turn left onto Olive. In many cases, the cars go into the middle turn lane, restricting cars from making lefts onto Deman Industrial or into the mobile gas station or into Taco Bell, etc. My suggestion is that you make that front parking and driveway area eastbound only, so cars will enter it from the west going eastbound. Those cars will then come out onto Dealman Industrial. If they want to go eastbound on Olive, they would have to go north and then they could either go east or west heading to Price or Dealman Road to the west. Ultimately, both Price and Dealman have stoplights on Olive, where they could either go east or westbound on Olive Street Road. If they want to go west on Olive, they could make a right-hand turn on Dealman and turn right onto Olive Westbound. There have been a number of discussions over the years about the amount of traffic on Olive turning into in or out of the gas station, the Taco Bell, and the number of businesses that really cause potential safety concern. One of the safety issues is people walking along Olive with all the driveways with cars trying to pull out onto Olive. Thank you for your consideration and time. Sincerely, Sue Rich. Now, I'm finished.

Now, we go on to uh item three with the city manager report. Good evening.

All right. Um couple of things. Um so it is the first of the month. So we um talk about the updates for Olive Crossing. So lot three. If you haven't um driven in, the signs for Brass Top and Paris Spaguette are up. So that is um that's a good sign that their tenant finishes are um moving forward. And I think they are both um on track to open later this spring. So as we get more information about when that will be specifically, we will certainly um pass that along. And I believe the brass tap um [sighs] has a grant has a ribbon cutting through the chamber on April I think it's April 10th I believe but I sent that uh in invite to the council members. So um you should have that in your email. Um and then as far as Tropical Smoothie and Verizon, those permits um have been issued for lot three. And then there is one remaining uh vacant tenant space. Uh lot five um again this is the lot that we believe the um the developer is working with um a restaurant on. Uh I think they are getting close to finalizing the lease and uh hopefully we will have um an announcement to make as to who who that restaurant will be within the next uh couple of weeks. So as soon as we get that information, we will certainly share it with everyone. Um lot six is the hotel. So, as you know, um per the development agreement that we um approved, uh in the summer, the developer had a deadline for January 31st to start grading on the site. Um they did in fact take about 10 truckloads of dirt off the site uh January 30th. And so I was encouraged

that that they were going to keep grading uh but they have not. So uh so I sent them a a assertive email today. uh about their about the status that they've not continued grading and um and I have since heard from them uh Mr. Braidwood who represents Keely um and he would like to talk to me you know about the the end of this week probably Thursday or Friday. So um as I know more I will certainly share u but it is moving forward. The hotel which is uh scheduled for lot six has been approved uh and they are working on submitting their building permits to uh to the planning department but they haven't done it at this point. Not not yet but um but they will. So we have that and then of course the other uh lots are completed and um Aldi is doing well uh and certainly had a very full parking lot uh when it snowed the last time it snowed. So, uh, and then the apartment complex is also doing well. Uh on a side note, uh we had been talking about Irvington Rhyme um and that apartment building that is behind uh Chevys and and CVS and they are moving along uh really well and had talked about doing occupancy uh potentially as early as the end of this month um or March, but unfortunately overnight a water line broke and several inches of water um in the first floor. So, um, they're probably going to have to push back their their opening through, you know, mother nature's fault. So, um, they, you know, spring, it'll be spring probably. Um, and speaking of businesses, uh, this is our third annual all of that business awards for both, uh, the business and the restaurant of the year. So, I would

certainly encourage anyone to, uh, vote for your favorite. you can follow the QR code. It will take you to um the web page where you can um not only see a list of all of our businesses and restaurants, but then you can cast your vote. And as in years past, you can cast up to three votes um for you can nominate up to three businesses and three restaurants. So, we encourage everyone to do that. And then uh next week uh on the 18th, I know um the council has received a number of communications from folks um about um noise and air pollution, specifically about um a business in unincorporated St. Louis County north of uh Indian Meadows. And so the St. Staint Louis County Department of Public Health, their air pollution control program staff uh are holding a public town hall here at city center uh February 18th between 6 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. We would encourage anyone in the community um who would like to learn about um air sources, you know, permitted air sources and and what this uh air pollution control program does um to attend. And then if you do have any questions, they are taking questions. Today is the last day. Um but if they have any questions, please submit them to this um email address so that they can be um addressed in the in the presentation by the staff person so they kind of have an understanding of what kinds of things the communities have has questions about. Um, I did submit four specific questions related to um, AZZ galvanizing as I know the council has gotten a number of uh, questions and comments from residents um, about that and so I

just wanted to make sure that at least somebody asked uh, about that. Uh, open mic night is Thursday, February 26th. So, if you have a hidden talent, um we would encourage everybody to go to Five Oaks and uh and share your hidden talent or if you just want to cheer people on. Um it's 7:15 to 8:45 and it's free. Um the understanding traffic stops, this is the program um initiated by the police department. They are doing another spring session uh April 23rd. It is for new drivers or um it's not only young new drivers but adult drivers who maybe want to know what would happen in a traffic stop. And so it's kind of a two-part uh class. The first is kind of a traditional class setting to to talk about driving and you know traffic stops. And then there's a hands-on uh session in the parking lot. We use some of the fleet vehicles. um nobody drives anywhere but it is the actual sitting in the vehicle having a police officer approach so they get some practice in uh you know what that would look like. So if you're interested, you want to register yourself or someone you know, please follow the QR code. And then secondly, every year the Missouri Municipal League asks for um innovations that uh cities have done throughout the year. And so um I talked to the police department and our communications manager uh about submitting this program to that um to that awards um to see uh if the city can get an award for it. I think it's a great program started by the police department and is certainly something that is uh scalable for small cities uh

and larger cities. So uh we will we'll see what happens with that. Uh and just a reminder, city center will be closed uh February 16th, Monday, February 16th for President's Day. Uh residential trash routes are not affected. So, if uh if that's your trash day, please go ahead and put it out. And again, we just encourage everybody to sign up for all of that weekly. And then I do have a couple things for council to talk about um or provide provide some direction to staff for. So, the first is the 24-hour liquor sales allowed during the World Cup soccer tournament uh upcoming this year. So, this is something that we had brought to the council previously. We did poke our um liquor license holders. We only got two responses uh that said that they would be interested. So, what I would like I know the council had questions about if a restaurant has a special use permit and if they have hours uh listed in that special use permit, if this 24-hour sale trumped those hours. Uh Miss Carr can answer that for you. they would still have to abide by the hours set forth in the special land use permit. Those are separate. This exempt the or these special hours only go to um the hours listed for purposes of the liquor license itself, not the special land use permit. So, what I'm looking for is does the count is the council wanting to opt in? Uh is the council wanting to opt out? and then we can put forward any required uh legislation. The number of cities uh it's been a topic of conversation. It's mixed. A number of cities are opting out. Some cities are waiting until it's closer. Uh some cities have

have opted in. So I don't have a disadvantage. Is there any advantage or disadvantage opting in sooner or opting out? Well, if you opt in sooner, then affected businesses could plan, you know, for staffing and supplies and whether or not they want to participate, advertise, maybe advertising. Um, so I it's really the the advantage is giving our uh business community the time to be able to plan if if they want to participate.

Can I is it all or none on 24 hours? Could we say not 24 hours but 20 hours or 18 because because I mean the World Cup being in the United States or at least North America like I don't anticipate games at 3 in the morning. Not that any special you use permit I think even allows that but I'm also wondering why invite that you know I I I can't think I'd have to may be able to tell us but I can't imagine the latest we would allow anyone to be open anyway and that's what's going to override any liquor. Correct. So this is all of it. We're usually in bed by 10:30.

Well, I I just don't think any special use permit allows anyone to be open past like a certain time if I'm correct, but that I'd be curious to know that if we have special land use permits with with hours of operation. Yeah, I just I hope we do. We do. I'd like to know what those hours are, I guess. But, um I'm personally I'm in favor of doing this. I have no concerns. I just I I kind of want to know what we're playing with here, if that makes sense. Um, and then the your other question is, can we do something less than 24 hours?

So, I would have a concern with that because your ordinances do have to um be consistent with state law. So, the the way that this new bill is written is that the hours for for these six weeks are um, you know, are the 24 hours and I think it's really actually around 23 hours. They say it's 24 hours, but when you look at them, it almost looks like 23 hours in the bill. Um, so if you tried to do something in between, um, I think you would run into a problem of being inconsistent with the state law because the state law sets it up as either the 130 or the 24 hours.

Okay. So then I guess my request would just be to understand what are the special use permit hours we might run into for businesses that serve liquor. Sure. And is there some sentiment from the rest of the council about wanting us to prepare any needed legislation about opting in or would you like to opt out? I say one more clarifying question. So are there any businesses right now that can be open past 1:30 in the city? I don't have enough information to be able to say yes or no. So this we're talking about 24 hours, but if no business is allowed to be open past 1:30 anyway, then that doesn't that negate that's kind of my question. That's what I'm trying to get at. Yeah.

Yeah. Again, I don't know. Um, the one that is it liquor by the drink only sales or is it all liquor? I believe it's just liquor by the drink. Yeah. Okay. So, that would negate mobile on the run, which potentially is the liquor store. And the liquor store is closed. So, it just be the restaurants. But they might change it. That's the question. So, correct. Yeah. I I'm in favor of the legislation as long as we understand this is my thought. Yeah. Yeah. I'm in favor if I have a better understanding of the actual hours.

Okay. So, we'll prepare some This is what I needed was just some direction, right? I'm not asking you to make a decision. Um so, we will we'll prepare the needed legislation and we'll provide some staff context for you when we when we bring it forward. Okay. Um and then the second has to do with um section 125.100 in the city code and it's specifically related to the EDC the economic development commission. Um and this has been brought forward by council member um Pashan Helman in comments. uh that particular section essentially says that the EDC needs four votes in order to take any action or to forward any recommendation to the council. So, uh EDC only has five members. So, that's essentially a supermajority uh vote. And so we did, Jennifer Conrad did some research about um the code section relative to the economic development commission. And through the years, the economic development commission has changed their membership uh a number of times from you know very specific sets to having voting and non- voting members to having seven members. And it appears that in 2013 when they reduced the number of members from 7 to five, they didn't then go change section 125.100 and adjust the number down to three from four, right? Because the majority of seven is four. So it appears that this just needs to be corrected and it was just an oversight from 2013. Um, so if the council is interested in correcting what we believe is an oversight, we can draft some language for you um and bring it forward.

Obviously, I brought this forward, so I'm in favor of it. [laughter] Makes sense. Yeah, I'm in favor.

Okay, we will we'll draft language and bring it forward to you. Okay. And then just the regular upcoming meetings are on the screen for um the next couple of weeks. And then on the council's uh social calendar um again March 13th is the chambers firefighter and police officer of the year. If you're interested in going, please let me or Jennifer Conrad know because we have to um we have to RSVP for that and pay for chairs um at that event. As well as the annual um police association prayer breakfast um on April 28th at 8 a.m. It's in St. Charles at the convention center. So, if you're interested in going, please let me or Jennifer Conrad know because again, we have to RSVP. And then because we are quickly approaching budget season, um I would just like to tentatively put on your calendars um these three days, March 31st, April 21st, and May 19th, as possible budget work session days. um if we don't need them, I will certainly tell you, but I would like you to, you know, pencil it in. Um, the other thing that we may do trying to get, you know, budget work sessions in and being cognizant of your time is if we happen to have a super short agenda on a regular council meeting, we we could also have the regular agenda, adjourn that meeting, and then spend an hour to an hour and a half um in a work session for the budget, right? So that you're already here, we're making the most use possible, you know, of your time. So, we would of course let you know that and advertise it accordingly and and all of those things, but I'm

just asking that you pencil these three days in on your calendars. Uh, and that is all I have for the council. We're going to go on to our city council reports. I'll start to my right. Council member Solomon, I attended the pension board meeting last week. Um there are no there's some adjustments to the plan but nothing too major to report on at this time. Thank you very much. Uh Council Member Lewis, please. Uh no report from me because I was out of town. So I think uh yeah, nothing from my side.

Okay. Council member Pashan Helman. I attended the PCDC meeting on February 5th um where there were some um houses that were approved and then uh notable for something that will be coming to us. The PCDC passed amendment to section 400 regarding special permit uses for data centers. So I think that will be coming to the council uh in March. Um, and then there was also uh discussion about the new FEMA map updates that demonstrated some flood map changes that have impacts for um some areas in Olivet that weren't listed on the maps previously as being impacted. So, I think that's important information that hopefully we can uh find a good way to share that with residents and um also help provide any resources if they choose to appeal those the MAP findings and um need to work out different changes to their insurance as well. Um, and then I also attended on January 29th and 30th the 1STL climate action summit and was great to see lots of representation there from municipalities throughout St. Louis, businesses, uh, nonprofits, community organizations, and we had a great showing with uh, three of our planning staff also in attendance. lots of great ideas um and a very inspiring, hopeful, encouraging two days um that I hope to bring more concrete information to the council during uh some future work sessions. Okay, Mayor Pro Tim,

I just want to share as a parks leaison that we had our first um of which I hope will be many craft and vendor fairs this past Saturday. I don't know if everyone got to stop by, but we had about I believe 30 booths. Um we had we hit capacity and all of the vendors were pleased and they thought there was a steady flow of people all day and the energy there was just really positive. So, um, hopefully, like I said, it'll be the first of many. And what was nice, what I heard from the vendors is that during the winter months, it's hard to find fairs. They did, you know, around the holidays they were busy and during the summer. So, they love that we did it in February. I will pass it on to the parks commission next week.

All right. I did not have anything to share at this time, so we're going to go on to item number five, hearing from citizens. Are there any citizens in the audience that would like to come to the microphone and speak? Okay, seeing none, we'll go on to item number six. See if there's anyone online. Oh, is there anyone online? Do you see anything? Okay, then we'll go on to number six. Presentation and approval of the financial statement audit for the fiscal year. Do I still have that on there? Did I not go in there? Huh? That ain't it? Yeah, you had that on there. No, that's okay. No, it was his thing.

No, there was something on it that shouldn't have been on it. That's cool. Okay, so we're going to go on to uh bill number 3056 if we can have a reading on that, I guess. Yeah. Bill 3056, an ordinance authorizing a special permit use to 9321 Olive LLC to permit Mercy Healthcare Organization to operate a centralized ambulatory pharmacy on the property grounds addressed as 9321 Olive Boulevard, zoned LI, Light Industrial District. Second reading.

Good evening, mayor, members of the council. My name is Carlos Trejo. I'm the director of planning and community development for the city of Alvette. Mayor, I'm here for the sec uh consideration of action following the second reading. Be glad to answer any questions. I do have representatives from the ownership and from group representing Mercy and then several people online. Um, I pointed at it when was the mayor. Uh, Mr. To, obviously I was, you know, part of it on listening to it through the PCDC, but I wanted to address kind of Miss Rich's question about the turning um and the parking. Great question.

You know, I think we there had been addressment of that by moving the entrance back more, but just kind of curious from you in the overall comprehensive plan, the flow, you know, your thoughts on that. No, that's something we take a a careful look in there and I appreciate the the the the concerns and the comments that were provided. Uh remember we did the 2017 catalyst strategy uh that took a look at the opportunities to improve the corridor through redevelopment uh through various ways and financing uh as developments uh you know occurred on the corridor. following that in 2019 we did the Olive Boulevard corridor master plan uh which extended all the way from Dealman Industrial uh to Old Bonum and Olive. Uh in that we provided a lot of statistics and crash studies. Uh we did it in 2019 and it represented traffic volumes and crash information uh and accident occurrences you know pre precoid. Uh so at that point we had about 35 thou 3,500 uh employees in the industrial park uh and they're way less now uh with some vacancy with some recent uh adjustments in companies uh and there and then following that we did another study in 2021 kind of using uh after COVID but predicted numbers considering the redevelopment activities that were going on in the all uh in university city uh to take a look at these and and what that led to the recommendations that are actually going to come before you after this bill of doing the improvements at uh Price and Olive, Dilman Industrial and Olive. So, in discussions with the developer uh you know, we we talked about the 2017 study and potential future consideration of the Taco Bell redevelopment uh to get these access points combined. Uh there are some difficulties in that and you know there's just not a nexus or enough synergy there to to kind of place it all

in there because there are some utility poles, there's a fire hydrant, some grade differences um in there. Restricting it to a right in right out would cause some conflict points because it's only one apron between the two uh developments. If you ever go there, the sidewalk stops, you're you walk along a full apron between those two ramps before the next sidewalk starts uh starts and and and settles in. So there are recommendations in uh the 2017 that we've kind of implemented in this process. Uh and then in 2021 when we did the northeast uh hilltop corridor study uh that was looking at again the future projections given all the activity going on in university city and what we had going on here at the crossing. Uh it recommended, you know, the the the expansion of turning movements uh at Price and Dilman Industrial both along Olive to put in dedicated right turn lanes that that would kind of alleviate some of that rush and that left turn traffic uh in there. In addition to that, the one thing that we did implement already in that plan is through Mr. McGregor is extend the the Dealman turning lane uh heading southbound on all of that lane was extended all the way to the entrance of Walgreens. Before you maybe had the opportunity of four to five queuings and now you have probably about eight I would think uh in there. So you know we we're cognizant uh of those issues. we did kind of take a look at that and make sure we were following our plans and all the studies that we put together and and tried to move that forward uh in there. It's a good point. The other thing, you know, I'll note it it it is difficult to uh o oversee or restrict traffic on private property. uh in there I know you know when there's discussions that affect the planning staff like hours of operations and all that it's us that are out there trying to enforce if we get a call that oh there's there too much noise they're too late uh and there you know this this kind of shifts a burden on police

department like oh somebody turned in at this time and you know what's going to happen and all that uh and there there are some sensible ones but I think trying to trying to restrict that uh you know shifts the the you know it doesn't balance balance the the return or the benefit on in most cases. So, uh I I do recognize the concerns and I do believe in these plans and I have strong confidence that this corridor is going to continue to redevelop and that we are going to make a you know a catalyst start and changes on there. Thank you.

Was there discussion at the PCDC level for closing off the entrance to the west? it was brought up uh in there, but in the end of the day, I think they stuck with their plans uh in there. But yes, um you know, from the previous meeting, there was the discussion that the parking in the front would largely be for um customers, correct, who come in, which it sounded like there wouldn't be too much traffic, like a customer base, that there's a decent amount of like the the pharmaceutical mailin or mail out orders. Um is am I correct in correct that's a description during the public hearing that they kind of presented

right right um so I guess my question then is that if if that entrance primarily I mean I see that there's this like side drive that goes along to the back I'm looking on a map on my phone um a side drive to the west that links up with the back parking lot um you know I'm just thinking We don't have rightaway easements to combine those two like we would like right now. I'm wondering what would the harm be in closing off that?

I think you put the fire safety it becomes a fire safety concern something probably the best answered by the chiefs uh in there because I think you start to impact their circular movement around the building and that was one of the things we sat and had discussions with them on. I mean it's it's It it it's in there, but I think that would be best answered by them. Am I correct, though? I thought the west side though wasn't You couldn't drive through. It's pretty narrow. They used to have a uh a generator that was there, but that was removed. Okay. I for some reason thought that was the case, but we It's fully open. Okay.

Do we have any other questions from the council? I guess it's it's more for maybe one of the people that's here. Um the gentleman behind you when they talk about the because the traffic flow and the left the making the left turns out of there is crazy because I go to a mobile on the run every now and then and try to go right but can't always um is when they say that there's not a lot of traffic out of there but it's more of the mailing are we talking 50 to 200 people a day are we talking I mean is there an average of what they're expecting see Mr. I'm not sure if there's a Mercy representative that

No, I'm happy to answer. I have George Stock with Stockton and Associates here on behalf of Mercy. Uh, from a visitor standpoint, 20 to 30 visitors during the day, there's more than 200 employees up to 200 employees, but those would be in the AM and PM and they all park on the north side of the building. So, it's it's less traffic hit across the front than we then we're thinking. Yes. Okay, great. Thank you. You're welcome. Do we have any other questions from the council? Okay, I'll entertain a motion.

Make a motion. U motion to approve bill 3056, an ordinance authorizing a special permit used to 9321 Olive LLC to permit Mercy Healthcare Organization to operate a centralized ambulatory pharmacy on the property grounds and addressed as 9321 Olive Boulevard zoned LI Light Industrial District. We have a second. Second. Okay. Can we please poll the council? Council member Lewis, yes. Council member Pashan Helman, yes. Council member Solomonov, yes. Chairman Prom, yes. Mayor Clark, yes. The motion is passed. Bill 3056 becomes ordinance 2826. Good luck.

All right, we're going to go now to uh bill number 3057. Bill 3057, an ordinance amending section 215.1550 of the municipal code relating to Halloween restrictions on registered sex offenders. First reading. So, um the council is not asked to do any uh make any action. This is the um ordinance that removes the requirement for individuals who are on the um sex offenders registry to post a sign on Halloween that says no candy or treats at this residence. And the reason we are bringing this forward is that um the 8th circuit court of appeals decided that requiring that sign uh was unconstitutional. And so we need to take that out of our um out of our code. The three other requirements are all still uh on the would all still be on the books. And so these individuals would u be required to avoid all Halloween related activities with children. They would need to remain inside their residence between 5:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Halloween. And then they have to have all of their outdoor lighting off um after 5:00 p.m. on Halloween. So those three stay, but the posting of the sign uh would be removed. And so as this is a first reading, there's no action required of the council unless you have any questions.

So the way I read it, they can put a sign saying no candy or treats at this residence. No, those they can if they choose to, they can't be forced to, right? So the court held that that was compelled speech and that's why it's unconstitutional. But if they want to voluntarily, absolutely. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Any more questions from the council? All right, we'll go on to item number eight. Mod cost share olive intersections improvement project award. Do we have any kind of presentation? Here comes the man with the plan.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Uh well, we've been talking about a lot of traffic tonight on Olive. So, and I'll I'll reaffirm what Mr. Tjo said. You know, we have looked very closely at the movements on Olive Boulevard and, you know, are following the recommendations based on, you know, the traffic studies on accident reports and uh and the recommendations. So, we we hear what Miss Wretch is is recommending and I certainly can attest as well to to making that leap uh for a left turn on Olive and I also recognize that I have a choice to to not follow that route uh in that area. So, we are working very hard to improve those and uh take opportunities as they come to uh to change some of those uh aprons and intersections along the uh along the roadway. So this is just for a refresh. This is our cost share project with MDOT which means the work along the MDOT rightaway is shared with the MDOT at a roughly 50% basis. The work on the city streets is paid for out of our own funds. Okay. So, we're choosing to do some additional work on uh Dealman Industrial and North Price, taking the pavement restoration all the way back to the next rec uh next intersection. So, that'll go on Price Road down to Alice and then Dealman Industrial down to basically the front of the Emerson building. Okay. So, the grant project, the grant really only applies to the work along the ModO rightway in the front. I don't have the exact balance of the numbers in front of me, but it is not a exact 50% split of the $500,000 or $550. This is within budget of what we had estimated the project when we did the grant application several years ago. I think we received the award in 2023 or thereabouts and we've been working very hard to keep this project moving ahead of schedule. uh mostly because we knew

we had new tenants coming into the industrial park and the Irvington apartments coming online uh for the uh additional traffic load. Uh infrastructure management is a new contractor to Olivet. We have not worked with them before uh but have checked with a couple peers and they have a good reputation of uh completing what we call local public agency projects of this nature uh with municipalities. Um we are anticipating beginning work in mid-Marchch when uh weather allows. Uh have a pre-construction meeting the end of the month and I expect the project to be substantially complete by early July. Uh again pending weather uh along uh along the project schedule. Glad to answer any questions if there are any. Will there be any detours around the construction or is it still is it going to be open enough to where people can access both?

We will have a you know lane closures on North Price. There isn't really an opportunity to detour there, but we will entertain creative traffic plans for Dealman Industrial. Uh there may be a need or an opportunity for a faster work schedule to make uh Dealman Industrial northbound only for a period of time. Uh it's easier to detour people from Dealman Industrial than from Olive Boulevard. So we would want to keep that traffic movement going north, but if we could close a lane, that would allow the crews to work, you know, a larger work area to complete the improvements uh to the roadway and there may be a partnership uh for the contractor to do the work for Mercy, relocating the entrance to the south uh to the to the north rather uh since they're there and mobilized. But uh that has not been designed yet and we haven't you know even touched on it but it is a uh economy of scale so to speak um for uh getting the all the roadway improvements done faster.

Um the link to plans that's in here is it's not a clickable link. I wasn't able to get and I tested that before I um actually opened. So, I'm I'm familiar um with what the plans are from previous discussions at what's happening with Olive and North Price, especially since the demolition of the building and the widening there, but I'm not as familiar with what is happening at the Dealman Industrial.

Sure. Sure. Well, um so at Dealman Industrial, we are widening to the east. Okay. Towards the retaining wall and the vacant parcel essentially, we have more room on that side. Dealman Industrial is not centered on the rightway in that area. So, we have more vacant ground towards the sidewalk. So, the la the the last 40t or so of the retaining wall that's adjacent to that sort of sloped area is going to get pushed a little bit east and that's going to make room for the sidewalk to come around adjacent to the wall and then that'll create the right turn lane in. So you'll have a little sort of uh chicane, not really a chicane, but a turn as you come in and then um the roadway on the northb southbound side is going to get two lanes. So that way they will have a you know a you know a dedicated right turn lane and a stacking lane for uh you know for left turn. So So yes, so the sidewalk and everything over there that is all going to shift a little bit east. The property line is about uh at the top of the burm where the trees are. That's about the property line there. So, that's all going to shift over. The driveway apron on your left to the um 9321 building, that is going to shift down between the two uh light poles. And then uh where the center line is, that'll become two lanes essentially for dedicated right turn and left turn lanes.

Okay. So, it'll go back. Will the resurfacing of the road go back to that driveway apron? The resurfacing will go all the way back to uh the Emerson building where the stop sign is at the end, but the lane widening won't go that that far back. Okay. Yeah. So, we're going to take the opportunity to replace all of that asphalt. I'll see if I can't fix the link uh on there. And maybe it was because I was logged into the system that it worked when I tested it. So are there any other questions from the council? Uh we have any questions online?

Just one other thing to add. Uh this morning we received the concurrence of award from MDOT. Uh so that's the attached a second attachment on the agenda uh online. Uh as of uh Friday morning when we did this, we hadn't received that uh official. So whenever for an LPA project the award has to be approved by you folks but also by the state. So that's what they call concurrence in award that they agree that we did the process following the LPA guide. And so the recommended motion

yeah it can just say we can leave off after official concurrence of award. So we can we can immediately authorize the city manager to execute the agreement. Okay. Well u I will re I will take a motion. like to make a motion to authorize the city manager to execute a contract not to exceed 570,655 with Infrastructure Management Inc. after and then actually that's it. That's it. Yeah, I'll second that. Okay. Can we please pull the council? Council member Lewis, yes. Council member Pashan Helman, yes. Council member Solomonov, yes. Chairman Prom, yes. Mayor Clark, yes. Motion is passed.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much, sir. Now we're going to uh item number nine, MSD project clear municipal storm water grant program participation agreement. That's a mouthful.

Uh so in April of 2024, MSD put forward uh Proposition S, which was an initiative to fund storm water issues throughout St. Louis County. And as part of that initiative, uh MSD uh agreed that a portion of that annual funding would be set aside for participating municipalities so that the municipalities can address local storm water problems. Uh so all of uh portion eligible portion is $75,000. Uh the money is divided based on population and so based on our population uh we get this would get the $75,000. The agreement is a perpetual agreement for the city to participate in this program. So this is not something that uh council would have to reauthorize every year. um MSC has drafted this uh agreement so that once you have uh signed it, you can stay in so long as you choose to stay in. Uh or if you um don't abide by the rules of the program or misabuse the program, then uh MSD can decide to uh not not allow you to participate. So um staff is asking the council to authorize the city to enter into this agreement with MSD. Okay.

I'd like to make a motion to authorize Oh, I'm sorry. I jumped in too fast. Um, we we can receive this grant funding before we have a clear plan of how we're going to use it. No. Um, it's going to work like a grant. So, we have to have a plan. We have to submit it to MSD. MSD has to approve it and then they will um uh they will grant us up to $75,000. We can we believe um

inumber with the OMCI projects where we've assembled enough funds so that we can build a project

because $75,000 is not going to go very far. It it doesn't go very far. So if there is a project that we you know believe is worth pursuing but we need to you know take three years to build up the funds um then we can do this. But no they will not just give us a random $75,000 to do as we see fit. We do have to adhere to their rules and they do have to approve it. And do we have a sense of at least for this first year or if there is something that's a three-year plan of how we would hope to use it?

So, um the city's in the process of receiving a stormwater master plan from EDM. That is something that uh previous councils had put in the works. And so I think um that stormwater master plan as well as uh staff knowledge of of areas of need uh would guide uh requests. Um and then they would be um brought to council ideally through the budgeting process, right? As just like we do with road projects. Do we have any other questions? Okay, I will entertain a motion.

Now I can go. I'd like to make a motion to authorize the city manager to enter into municipal storm water grant participate participation agreement with MSD. A second. Can we please pull the council? Council member Lewis. Yes. Council member Pashan Halman. Yes. Council member Solomonov. Yes. Chairman Prommo. Yes. Mayor Clark. Yes. The motion is passed.

All right. So, we're going to go on to item number 10, hearing from citizens part two. All right. I don't see any citizens in the audience. We do have someone with the hand raised online. Jason, if we could see your face Hello. Can you hear me? We can hear you. Can you turn your monitor on, please?

Uh, I don't see an option to do that. Apologies. Yeah, I don't I don't see anything in the Zoom that allows me to do that. Camera at the bottom left hand side. No, I'm not. Well, go ahead, Jason.

Not saying anything. Sorry about that. You might be on my end, but um I just on that um MSD project ideas. I live on uh I live at 9328 Kenneth Place. And [snorts] I guess last year uh the city and MSD uh did some work on the storm water drain that runs parallel behind Kenneth. Uh they did part of it last year. um kind of halfway down from Dolores down Kenneth. Uh I'm just curious if maybe doing the latter half of that storm water drain is a project that might be uh you know in consideration for the grant funding. Well, take that into consideration.

Well, if if if you would, sir, can you uh send that to us in writing because generally we don't answer questions like that, you know, through the through the meetings.

I I've I've spoken to Mr. This is Bruce McGregor, public works director. I've spoken with Mr. Murray before about this. He's upstream and as part of the development on his house, they actually did some channel stab stabilization on the uh the storm water well channel in his backyard. Once we get the storm water master plan, then we'll identify uh more projects, but I don't expect a project upstream of where we um ended the work on uh that we called it the Llewellyn channel project uh which was the uh the two we native plantings. I don't anticipate going upstream. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Jason. Have a good evening. All right, we're going on to item number 11, review and acceptance of minutes. Are there any corrections to the minutes that anyone saw? If not, I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes. I move to approve the minutes from January 27th. Do we have a and the work session minutes from February 3rd? Second. All right. Can we please pull the council? Council member Lewis. Yes. Council member Pashan Helman. Yes. Council member Solomonov. Yes. Chairman Prom? Yes. Mayor Clark? Yes. The motion is passed.

All right. On number 12, city attorney's report. No report this evening, but we will need a close session for legal. Okay. I'd like to entertain a motion to go into close session for attorney client privileges matters. I'd like to make a motion to hold an executive session pursuant to the revised statutes of the state of Missouri section 610.0211 legal action or litigation and attorney client privilege matters. Can we get a second please? A second. Can we please pull the council? Council member Lewis. Yes. Council member Pashan Halman. Yes. Council member Solomonov. Yes. Chairman Prom. Yes. Mayor Clark. Yes. Motion has passed. So we are now going into close session.

We are out of close session. No decisions were made at this time. I will entertain a motion to adjurnn. Make a motion to adjurnn. So be it. Second. All right. Good night all.