COUNCIL APPOINTS REVIEW BOARD

The newly appointed minimum property standards review committee will meet for the first time June 7 in the Cape Girardeau City Council Chambers and will have 60 days to produce a recommended draft for the council.

The committee, which was announced by Cape Mayor Al Spradling III during Monday's city council meeting, includes Charles Kupchella, president of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, and Michael Sterling, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

The committee also includes a tenant and renter, Brian Shelton and Carol Drummond, a residential property owner, Richard Bollwerk, and two landlords, Dorothy Hardy and Barbara Horn.

"This committee will meet at 6:30, June 7, along with the city council for the first organizational session," said Spradling.

The city staff will be represented by Rick Murray, inspection services supervisor. The board of appeals did not submit the name of a representative to serve the review committee.

In other business Monday :

-- Stanley Batch Systems Inc. was granted a variance for the addition to a building on Fountain Street. Since Stanley Batch is in a flood plain, the building's floor would have to have been elevated two feet to meet city codes. The variance was granted with an amendment that all electrical outlets and plumbing be installed above flood level.

-- Michael McGuire, who represented the Cape Cable Committee, urged the city council to appoint a committee of citizens to ask certain questions about the programs they would like to see on access channels.

"TCI is moving C-Span from Channel 13 to 5, which is the property of the city," said McGuire. "Channel 5 allows us to view the city council meetings. I don't think the city should let anyone take away control of one of its valuable resources."

City Manager J. Ronald Fischer was quick to point out that the city has not relinquished any control over its local access channel.

-- The council gave final approval to a law placing stop signs on Lexington Avenue, Centennial Drive and Rivercrest Drive.

-- The council gave final approval to a law regarding changes in the city's zoning code as it relates to riverboat casino developments.

-- The council approved a liquor license for Jaynne Brown for Ed's Bar, 512 Good Hope Street.

-- The council filed the recommendation of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission to deny a special use permit for a day care center for more than six children at 1316 Wayne Street. Donnie J. and Herice L. McClinton have 10 days to file for a special hearing or establish a day care center with six or fewer children.

-- The council gave initial approval to an ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a contract with Kelley Transportation Co. Inc. for a subsidized taxi coupon program.

-- The council approved a resolution authorizing an agreement with Dannie Gilder Excavation Inc. for closure of the city's sanitary landfill.

-- The council accepted a warranty deed and permanent easement for the Lexington Avenue extension project.

-- The G. Keith Deimund Trust and Americare Properties Inc. was granted a special use permit to build and operate an assisted living facility on Beavercreek Drive.