Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 6/1/20

Cape Girardeau City Council

5 p.m. today

City Hall

401 Independence St.

Study session

• No action will be taken during the study session

Presentation

• Beautiful Business Property of the Month presentation
• Recognition of service — council member Ryan Essex

Communications/reports

• City Council staff

Items for discussion

• Appearances regarding items not listed on the agenda. This is an opportunity for the City Council to listen to comments regarding items not listed on the agenda. The mayor may refer any matter brought up to the City Council to the city manager if action is needed. Individuals who wish to make comments must first be recognized by the mayor or mayor pro tem. Each speaker is allowed five minutes. A timer will buzz at the end of the speaker’s time.
• Agenda review

Regular session

Public hearings

• A public hearing to consider the proposed annual operating budget, for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
• A public hearing to consider a request to rezone property at 305, 307, and 309 N. Frederick St. from RUMD (residential urban mixed density district) to NC (neighborhood commercial district).
• A public hearing to consider a request to rezone property at the southeast corner of North Middle Street and Bellevue Street from RUMD (residential urban mixed density district) to CBD-DCC (central business district with downtown commercial corridor overlay).
• A public hearing to consider a proposed amendment to Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances regarding CBD, central business district.

Consent agenda

• Approval of the May 18 City Council regular minutes.
• Ordinance vacating the city’s interest in unimproved right-of-way at Collins Street and Hunze Drive.
• Ordinance vacating the city’s interest in the utility easement between 6022 and 6030 Cardrona Drive.
• Ordinance vacating the city’s interest in part of an unimproved alley right-of-way behind 621 and 623 Perry Avenue.
• Ordinance accepting permanent utility easements from West Broadway Properties LLC and R. Hetzel Properties LLC.
• Ordinance approving the record plat of Palmer Palace Subdivision.
• Ordinance amending Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances regarding exterior lighting.
• Ordinance establishing utility rates by amending Chapter 22 relating to solid waste fees and Chapter 29 relating to water rates.
• A resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a performance guarantee agreement with Meyr Properties LP for Baldwin Place Phase III.
• A resolution authorizing the city manager to participate in the Fiscal Year 2020 Emergency Management Performance Grant program and accept the awarded funds as administered by the State Emergency Management Agency and funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
• Approval of the Amended Preliminary Plat of The Highlands at Hopper Crossing.

Items removed from consent agenda

• Ordinance adopting the annual operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

New ordinances

• Ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances by changing the zoning of property at 305, 307, and 309 N. Frederick St. from RUMD to NC.
• Ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances by changing the zoning of property at the southeast corner of North Middle Street and Bellevue Street from RUMD to CBD-DCC.
• Ordinance approving the record plat of Baldwin Place Phase III.
• Ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances regarding CBD, central business district.
• Ordinance amending Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances regarding emergency services alarms.
• Ordinance authorizing the issuance of a special tax bill for property at 33 N. Henderson Ave. for the demolition of a dangerous building and for the abatement of a nuisance, under the provisions of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances.
• Ordinance authorizing the issuance of a special tax bill for property at 1217 N. Water St. for the demolition of a dangerous building under the provisions of Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances.
• Ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a transportation planning consolidated Grant Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for Southeast Metropolitan Planning Organization expenses.

Items removed from consent agenda

• Resolution suspending the existing Casino Funding Policy and authorizing the use of the unencumbered Casino Fund balance and future Casino Fund allocations to repay the Emergency Reserve Fund for the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 cyberattack. Reading and passage.
• Accept the endorsement of the two-pool concept as approved by the Aquatics Facility Committee and to authorize the city manager to negotiate an operational agreement with the Cape Girardeau School District.

Appointments

• Appointment to the Board of Appeals
• Appointment to the Downtown Cape Girardeau Community Improvement District Board of Directors.

Other business

• Motion to set a special City Council meeting to declare the results of the June 2 municipal election.

Closed session

• The City Council may, as a part of a study session or regular or special City Council meeting, vote to hold a closed session to discuss issues listed in RSMo. Section 610.021, including but not limited to: legal actions, causes of legal action or litigation, leasing, purchasing or sale of real estate, hiring, firing, disciplining, personnel issues, or confidential or privileged communications with its attorneys.

Memos

• Appointments to the Cape Dogwood Community Improvement District Board of Directors.
• Appointment to the Public Library Board of Directors.