Cape Girardeau City Council action 3/21/06

Study session at 5 p.m.

Presentation to graduates of the Citizens Police Academy.

* Communications to be presented by the city manager or city staff.

Appearances

* Appearance by Buz Sutherland of the Small Business Development Center.

Consent ordinances

* Amended Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances of the city of Cape Girardeau by changing the zoning of property located at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, city and county of Cape Girardeau from R-1 to A-1. Second and Third Readings.

* Granted a special-use permit to Southeast Missouri Stone Co.

* Authorized the city manager to execute an automatic mutual aid agreement with Scott City.

* Appropriated funds from the Convention/Visitors Special Revenue Fund for improvements to the Red Star Access.

New ordinances

* Amended the city code relating to signs.

* Accepted temporary construction easements and permanent drainage easements from various property owners for the improvement of Linden Street.

* Accepted a waterline easement from Gregg and Yvonne Hallman, for water main improvements on County Road 206.

* Accepted into the city's system the water main improvements to serve residents on County Road 206.

* Annexed land to the city upon the request of Joseph James Jr.

* Granted a permanent sewer easement from Earl Norman for the Prestwick Plantation.

Resolutions

* Acknowledged receipt of an annexation petition from Gregg S. and Yvonne M. Hallman, and setting a public hearing regarding the proposed annexation.

* Authorized the city manager to execute a demolition contract with C & S Excavating.

* Authorized the city manager to execute an addendum to the general services contract with Bowen Engineering and Surveying for the Main Street parking lot improvements.

* Authorized the city manager to execute an addendum to the general services contract with Koehler Engineering and Land Surveying for the Bloomfield Road Phase III Project, in the city of Cape Girardeau.

* Authorized the city manager to execute a general agreement for engineering services with S. H. Smith & Co.

Appointments

* Made appointments to the TIF Commission.

Liquor license

* Granted conditional approval of a retail liquor by the drink license for Global CafZ, 1315 Broadway.

* Granted approval of a temporary retail liquor by the drink license for the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, for an event to be held April 29.

Motions

n Accepted into the city's system the sanitary sewer improvements to serve unsubdivided property east of Whispering Oaks Subdivision.

n Accepted the improvements completed under the Lexington Trace Phase I and II and authorizing final payment to Lappe Cement Finishing.

n Followed the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission to deny the request of Pat LaFont to rezone 402 Chesley Drive from single-family residential district to local commercial district; or in the alternative, a motion setting a public hearing on the above request.