Old Webster Business District Advisory Commission

Old Webster Special Business District Advisory Commission MEETING MINUTES APPROVED MEETING DATE: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 LOCATION: City Hall CALLED TO ORDER: 8:09 AM MEETING ADJOURNED: 8:47 AM NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 , NAME PRESENT ABSENT Ron Clipp, Chair X Joe Rath X Stacie Swederska X Mark Hinkle X Tim Delanty X Micki Hansel X Scott Kemper X Gary Schoenberger X Vacancy Pam Bliss, Council Liaison X Mara Perry, City Liaison X Also, in attendance: Fran Sudekum – Administrative Support APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve April minutes was made by Tim Delanty, seconded by Joe Rath, and unanimously approved. NEW COUNCIL LIASION Introduction of new City Council Liaison, Pam Bliss. ROOFTOP LIGHTING UPDATE • Mara Perry has been working with Stribe Electric to move forward installing rooftop lighting with the next two buildings previously identified; Stribe will also be doing bulb replacement on existing rooftop stands as work progresses. • Currently the light bulbs and wiring are on sale; Mara will go ahead and purchase ahead to supply the continuing project. • Ron has not yet been successful to catch Robert Peters in to acquire his signoff on the agreement paperwork for his locations at 49 and 51 N. Gore. Robert had verbally agreed in the past and a signed permission is needed now in order to move forward on his building. PARKING UPDATE • Moody Lot – Mara has met with the Webster Groves Presbyterian Church representative and has left them with draft lease text (see Appendix A) along with costs to repair, restripe, future restriping, and snow removal as part of the continuing negotiations to lease some spaces on their Moody lot. o The City proposes to repair and maintain the entire lot; mill, overlay and restriping would cost approximately $15,575; work to be performed by the Public Works Department and funding would come out of the City’s general fund. o At some point in three years to restripe the lot for approximately $875. o Snow removal would also be included.  o The lease would include language that allows the Church to use all of the spaces if such a need arises for a designated number of times a year with 48-hour notice. o There are 42 parking spaces in the Church’s Moody Lot, the District is hoping to lease at least 30 of those spaces to use for employee parking. o We are now waiting for their board to discuss. • 15-Minutes Parking Spots – The Police Department says the Traffic Advisory Commission does not need to handle this item. The Police do however, want to confirm the Commission Members understand that additional resources to monitor the time-limit of the new short-term spots will not be added to the existing parking monitoring in the District. Commission Members acknowledge this and suggest good, clear signage will be helpful. Adding these spots to the District will move forward and signs will be installed at each of the locations: 1. West side of South Gore, near The Clover and the Bee. 2. West side of North Gore near The Initial Design. 3. South side of West Moody near My Shabby Cottage. 4. South side of East Lockwood near Dewey’s Pizza. 5. South side of West Lockwood near Half and Half. OLD BUSINESS • District Banners – Tim Delanty will have a summer design to present at the next meeting. o Public Works handles putting up/taking down the seasonal banners in the District; a standing work order on their calendar to change out the. NEW BUSINESS • 63119 Radio Snippets – The follow up to the project. The radio station is overwhelmed with all three business districts wanting to use the program along with doing the Hawken’s House Concert Series and the Old Orchard Gazebo Series. It’s in the budget to move forward. Will continue to follow up with the station. • Pedestrian Signs – Many of the businesses listed on the signs are no longer in the District and need to be removed. Mara will contact Public Works and ask them to remove the old businesses. CITY UPDATE • The rezoning request for apartments and retail space at the former Gerber Chapel location has passed the Planning Commission and is moving forward to City Council. There is concern the proposal for 53 rental two-bedroom apartments along with commercial retail space and 60 parking spaces in its garage is not enough allotted parking to handle all its residents, their potential guests, and employees of the retail space. City staff had recommended the number of units be reduced to 44 if only 60 parking spaces were included in the project. The development proposal is a great fit for the District, however there are concerns the mix of parking to units, etc. will have an adverse effect on the existing businesses and their customers. A lower number of units would better sustain the project and alleviate the concerns. Anyone wishing to express concerns over the ratio of the number of parking spaces to apartment units/employees/apartment guests is encouraged to attend the City Council meeting on June 5th and share those concerns or send an email message to the City Council. • Delve DIY in Old Webster is moving to a location in St. Louis County. The building owner already has a new tenant lined up for that location. • Two new tenants are moving into the former SanSai location in Old Webster, a pizza place and a gelato place; a walk-up window will be added to the location to handle the gelato space. • The Frisco Barroom in Old Orchard hopes to open soon. • Work on updates in usage language in the commercial code continue. • A small rezoning request is before the Planning Commission from the Shining Rivers School so they can move their location on Lockwood next to their location on Bell in North Webster. They are purchasing additional property on Bell and the rezoning would allow a school to be held in the existing structures. • The Brewery/Pub House development at the former Auto Beauty location have partnered with a different brewery. Construction budgets are currently being finalized. • Currently waiting on permits to come in from McDonald’s in Old Orchard to completely redo the interior of the restaurant. • May have some movement on a new tenant on the former Stratton’s location in Old Orchard. • Nothing new on the former Milagro space in Old Webster. • Nothing new on the former Stratton’s location in Old Orchard. ADJOURNED Meeting adjourned at 8:47 AM. NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held at City Hall on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 from 8:00 AM. APPENDIX A