City Council Agendas

CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 2020 A meeting of the City Council of the City of Blue Springs, Missouri, was held on Monday, February 3, 2020, 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building, 1100 Smith Street with Mayor Carson Ross presiding. COUNCILMEMBERS IN Jerry Kaylor Galen Ericson ATTENDANCE Chris Lievsay Kent Edmondson Ron Fowler Susan Culpepper Also present were City Administrator Eric Johnson, Assistant City Administrator Christine Cates, City Attorney Jacqueline Sommer, and City Clerk Sheryl Morgan. CALL MEETING TO Mayor Ross called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and led in the ORDER Pledge of Allegiance. CONSENT AGENDA Councilmember Edmondson moved to approve the following Consent Agenda items and the motion was seconded by Councilmember Kaylor. • Minutes of the January 21, 2020 City Council Meeting • Resolution No. 07-2020 approving the disposition of Information Technology and Community Development department records which have met the required retention period as prescribed by the Blue Springs Records Retention, Management, and Destruction Policy dated November 28, 2016 and in accordance with the Missouri Secretary of State's records retention guidelines • Resolution No. 08-2020 approving Amendment #1 to Contract No. 2016-210 for citywide sewer rehabilitation with lnsituform Technologies USA, LLC increasing total payment by $100,000.00 for FY19-20 and approving the second and final renewal of Contract No. 2016-210 in the amount of $1,050,000.00 • Resolution No. 09-2020 approving a purchase in amount of $55,400.00 from the Missouri State Highway Patrol for two 2017 Dodge Chargers and one 2018 Dodge Charger • Resolution No. 10-2020 appointing the Successor Board of Directors of the White Oak Community Improvement District • Resolution No. 11-2020 approving AmendmenUChange Order #3 in the amount of $30,000.00 to Contract No. 2016-082, May 10, 2019 through May 9, 2020 term, with Arbor Masters Tree and Landscape for tree services • Resolution No. 12-2020 approving a contract in the amount of $548.36 annually with the Villas of Sonora Valley Association, Inc. for the installation and maintenance costs of four ornamental street lights • Resolution No. 13-2020 approving a purchase in the amount of $246,377.00 from Key Equipment & Supply Co. for an 850 Series Front Reel RamJet Mounted on a Heavy-Duty Truck Chassis February 3, 2020 City Council Minutes Page 2 • Resolution No. 14-2020 approving a purchase in the amount of $67,528.00 from Blue Springs Ford Sales, Inc. for a 2020 19,000 GVWR 4x4 Truck with Bed, Spreader, and Plow • Resolution No. 15-2020 approving an agreement with the Communication Workers of America Local 6360 for communications officers The Consent Agenda was approved with the following vote: Kaylor-Aye Ericson - Aye Lievsay - Aye Edmondson - Aye Fowler-Aye Culpepper - Aye Mayor Ross - Aye INTRODUCTION AND 1ST Councilmember Culpepper introduced Bill No. 4728 approving the READING - BILL NO. appointment and compensation for Jeffrey B. Mullins as Municipal 4728 - APPOINTMENT OF Judge. City Clerk Sheryl Morgan made the first reading of Bill No. MUNICIPAL COURT 4728 by title; copies of the proposed Bill having previously been made JUDGE available to the public. Councilmember Fowler moved to approve Bill No. 4728 upon its first reading and proceed with the second reading. Motion seconded by Councilmember Kaylor and carried unanimously. 2ND READING- BILL NO. Ms. Morgan made the second reading of Bill No. 4728 by title. 4728 Councilmember Fowler moved to adopt Bill No. 4728 upon its second reading and give it ORDINANCE NO. 4883, with a copy attached hereto and made a part of the minutes. Motion seconded by Councilmember Kaylor and carried with the following vote: Lievsay - Aye Edmondson - Aye Fowler-Aye Culpepper - Aye Ericson - Aye Kaylor-Aye Mayor Ross - Aye PUBLIC HEARING - Mayor Ross opened the Public Hearing to reconsider a Planned Unit PLANNED UNIT Development Concept Plan for Food Mart/501 NE Napoleon Drive, on DEVELOPMENT 1.35 +/- acres at the southwest corner of NE Adams Dairy Parkway CONCEPT PLAN FOR and NE Napoleon Drive for the development of a gas station and FOOD MART convenience store (PUDC-11-19-7129) at 6:07 p.m. The minutes of (PUDC-11-19-7129) the public hearing were recorded by a certified court reporter. City Clerk Sheryl Morgan entered one exhibit into the record. STAFF REPORT Matt Wright, Senior Planner, stated the applicant, BHC Rhodes, on behalf of the owner, O'Reilly Holdings, LLC presented a proposed Planned Unit Development Concept Plan to the City Council on December 16, 2019 for consideration. The Bill approving the proposed PUD Concept Plan failed on the first reading at the December 16, 2019 City Council meeting. On January 6, 2020 the City Council voted to renew consideration of a PUD Concept Plan at the February 3, 2020 City Council meeting. The applicant has made February 3, 2020 City Council Minutes Page 3 changes to the PUD Concept Plan based on the comments received at the December 16 Council meeting. APPLICANT Robert Andrew spoke on behalf of the project team for the applicant and addressed Council questions. IN SUPPORT OF James Ash addressed Council in support of the revised project. The Mayor hearing no further comments for or against, closed the public hearing at 6:49 p.m. INTRODUCTION AND 1ST Councilmember Culpepper introduced Bill No. 4729 approving a READING - BILL NO. Planned Unit Development Concept Plan for Food Mart/501 NE 4729 - PLANNED UNIT Napoleon Drive, on 1.35 +/- acres at the southwest corner of NE DEVELOPMENT Adams Dairy Parkway and NE Napoleon Drive for the development of CONCEPT PLAN FOR a gas station and convenience store (PUDC-11-19-7129). City Clerk FOOD MART (PUDC-11-19-7129) Sheryl Morgan made the first reading of Bill No. 4729 by title; copies of the proposed Bill having previously been made available to the public. Councilmember Fowler moved to approve Bill No. 4729 upon its first reading and proceed with the second reading. Motion seconded by Councilmember Lievsay and, after Council discussion, carried with a 4-3 vote. COUNCIL DISCUSSION Councilmember Edmondson stated he spoke with Mr. Andrew after the denial of the original Concept Plan and agreed to support the request for Council to reconsider a revised Plan. No assurances were made as to whether the Council would approve the revised Plan. VOTE ON 1ST READING Fowler - NO Culpepper - Aye OF BILL NO. 4729 Ericson - NO Kaylor-NO Edmondson - Aye Lievsay - Aye Mayor Ross - Aye 2ND READING- BILL NO. Ms. Morgan made the second reading of Bill No. 4729 by title. 4729 Councilmember Fowler moved to adopt Bill No. 4729 upon its second reading and give it ORDINANCE NO. 4884, with a copy attached hereto and made a part of the minutes. Motion seconded by Councilmember Lievsay and carried with a 4-3 vote as follows: Fowler-NO Culpepper - Aye Ericson- NO Kaylor-NO Edmondson - Aye Lievsay - Aye Mayor Ross - Aye PUBLIC HEARING - TAX Mayor Ross opened the Public Hearing to receive the Tax Increment INCREMENT FINANCING Financing and Economic Development Update at 6:54 p.m. The AND ECONOMIC minutes of the public hearing were recorded by a certified court DEVELOPMENT UPDATE reporter. City Clerk Sheryl Morgan entered one exhibit into the record. February 3, 2020 City Council Minutes Page4 STAFF REPORT Assistant City Administrator Christine Cates provided an update on Tax Increment Financing and Economic Development Incentive as required by Section 99.865 RSMo. The report included an update on all Tax Increment Financing projects that are currently active, as well as the South Area Neighborhood Improvement District and Land Bank. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation and Annual Report are attached to these Minutes and incorporated herein. The Mayor hearing no further comments for or against, closed the public hearing at 7:05 p.m. PUBLIC HEARING - Mayor Ross opened the Public Hearing to consider repealing the Sign AMEND CODE OF Code, enacting a new Sign Code, and amending the Unified ORDINANCES RELATING Development Code and various other sections of the Code of TO THE SIGN CODE Ordinances, City of Blue Springs, Missouri at 7:05 p.m. The minutes of the public hearing were recorded by a certified court reporter. City Clerk Sheryl Morgan entered two exhibits into the record. STAFF REPORT Nathan Jurey, Senior Planner, reviewed the proposed Code amendments relating to the Sign Code. Padraic Corcoran of Williams and Campo provided an outside legal review of the Sign Code and stated the proposed draft is the most well written and defensible sign codes he has reviewed to date. COUNCIL DISCUSSION Council and staff discussed establishing standards for enforcement of the Sign Code regulations. Council directed staff to draft a proposed policy and bring forward for Council approval at a future meeting. IN SUPPORT OF Lara Vermillion, President of the Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce, served on the Task Force and expressed her support for the proposed Code. The Mayor hearing no further comments for or against, closed the public hearing at 7:38 p.m. INTRODUCTION AND 1 ST Councilmember Kaylor introduced Bill No. 4730 repealing the Sign READING - BILL NO. Code, enacting a new Sign Code, and amending the Unified 4730 - AMEND CODE OF Development Code and various other sections of the Code of ORDINANCES RELATING Ordinances, City of Blue Springs, Missouri. City Clerk Sheryl Morgan TO THE SIGN CODE made the first reading of Bill No. 4730 by title; copies of the proposed Bill having previously been made available to the public. Councilmember Fowler moved to approve Bill No. 4730 upon its first reading and proceed with the second reading. Motion seconded by Councilmember Lievsay. MOTION TO AMEND BILL Councilmember Ericson moved to amend Bill No. 4730 to prohibit NO. 4730 feather flag signs as follows: • delete from 501.040.C.3.c the words "and Section 501.070.C.2.b (Feather Flags)" February 3, 2020 City Council Minutes Page 5 • delete the column "Feather Flags" from the table in 501.070.B • delete the entire 501.070.C.2.b Feather Flags • delete "feather flags," from 501.110.B.6 • add "feather flags;" after the word "streamers;" to 501.110.B.10 • delete "a. Feather Flags. See Section 501.070.C.2.b (Feather Flags)" from 501.130.C.42 and renumber. Motion seconded by Councilmember Fowler and failed with a 3-4 vote as follows: Ericson - Aye Kaylor-NO Edmondson - NO Lievsay- NO Culpepper - Aye Fowler-Aye Mayor Ross - NO 2nd MOTION TO AMEND Councilmember Ericson moved to amend Bill No. 4730 in Section BILL NO. 4730 501.090.B.3.b to increase the minimum spacing between billboards by replacing "one-thousand four-hundred (1 ,400)" with "two thousand (2,000)". Motion seconded by Councilmember Fowler and carried unanimously. VOTE ON 1sr READING Council unanimously approved the first reading of Bill No. 4730, as OF BILL NO. 4730, AS amended. AMENDED 2ND READING - BILL NO. Ms. Morgan made the second reading of Bill No. 4730, as amended 4730, AS AMENDED by title. Councilmember Fowler moved to adopt Bill No. 4730, as amended upon its second reading and give it ORDINANCE NO. 4885, with a copy attached hereto and made a part of the minutes. Motion seconded by Councilmember Culpepper and carried with the following vote: Edmondson - Aye Lievsay - Aye Culpepper - Aye Fowler-Aye Kaylor-Aye Ericson - Aye Mayor Ross - Aye PUBLIC HEARING - Mayor Ross advised the Council the applicant, S-Squared REZONING AND Development, has requested a continuance of the public hearing to PLANNED the March 16, 2020 Council Meeting. Councilmember Edmondson DEVELOPMENT moved to continue the public hearing on the Rezoning (RZ-12-19- CONCEPT PLAN FOR 7161) and for the consideration of a Planned Development Concept DEER CREEK - MOTION TO CONTINUE Plan (PDC-12-19-7162) for Deer Creek to the March 16, 2020 Council meeting. Motion seconded by Councilmember Fowler and carried unanimously. APPEAL OF Mayor Ross advised the Council that the applicant, Rausch-Coleman PRELIMINARY PLAT Homes, formally withdrew the applications for a Preliminary Plat (PP- (PP-11-19-7143) AND 11-19-7143) with Alternative Development Standards, as well as REZONING Rezoning from SF-7/PR-O to SF-7 (RZ-11-19-7142) to develop 186 (RZ-11-19-7142) OF single-family homes on approximately 60.21 +/- acres located CAMBRIDGE PARK February 3, 2020 City Council Minutes Page 6 generally west of Adams Dairy Parkway, and north of SE Major Road to be known as Cambridge Park Subdivision . As such , the appeal of the Planning Commission approval of the Preliminary Plat is no longer necessary. The applicant has subsequently submitted new applications for a Rezoning (RZ-01-20-7216) to rezone the property from SF-7/PRO to SF-7/ PD, a Planned Development Concept Plan (PDC-01-20-7215) and a Preliminary Plat (PP-01-20-7214) for consideration at the February 10, 2020 Planning Commission meeting and the February 19, 2020 City Council meeting to develop 182 single family homes on the same subject property described above. PRESENTATION - BUY Lara Vermillion , President of the Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce, BLUE SPRINGS / and Melodie Chrisman , Buy Blue Springs Task Force Chair, presented DISCOVER BLUE an update of the Buy Blue Springs and Discover Blue Springs SPRINGS programs and introduced the 2019-20 Blue Springs Chamber LEADership class . A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is attached to these Minutes and incorporated herein. MAYORAL Due to the Presidents' Day Holiday, the next meeting of the City ANNOUNCEMENTS Council will be Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Tomorrow is an election day and Blue Springs has a question regarding a Central Jackson County Fire Protection District bond issue on the ballot. Thoughts to ponder: "Life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly ." (James Mercer Langston Hughes) ADJOURNMENT At 8:17 p.m., there was no further business to come before the Council , Councilmember Kaylor moved the meeting be adjourned. Motion seconded by Councilmember Ericson and carried unanimously. CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS Carson Ross , Mayor