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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN APRIL 10, 1972
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
CREVE COEUR, MISSOURI, WAS HELD AT THE CITY HALL ON MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1972, AT 8: 00 P. M. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER
BY MAYOR HAROLD L. DIELMANN.
UPON A CALL OF THE ROLL, THE FOLLOWING RESPONDED PRESENT:
MR. LEVINSON ALDERMAN WARD I MR. MEIER ALDERMAN WARD I MR. DUBINSKY ALDERMAN WARD II MR. HENGES ALDERMAN WARD II MR. GABEL ALDERMAN WARD III MR. NATHAN ALDERMAN WARD III
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WERE MR. LEONARD WALTHER, CITY ATTORNEY; MR. JACK KOSLOW, POLICE JUDGE; MR. WILLIAM KISLING, CHIEF OF
POLICE; MR. ROBERT KROENING, TAX COLLECTOR; MR. LESTER SEASONGOOD, CITY TREASURER; LAVERNE COLLINS, CITY CLERK; AND MR. NOLAN STINSON, JR., CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
MR. GEORGE KROPP, CITY ENGINEER, WAS ABSENT.
UPON COMPLETION OF ROLL CALL, A PRAYER WAS GIVEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR. LEONARD WALTHER.
THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WAS THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
UPON MOTION OF MR. MEIER, SECONDED BY MR. DUBINSKY, AND UNANI- MOUSLY CARRIED, THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE,-, BOARD OF ALDERMEN ON MARCH 27, 1972, WAS DISPENSED WITH, AND
SUCH
MINUTES
WERE
APPROVED
WITH
CHANGES
AS
SPECIFIED
BY
THE
BOARD.
THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WAS THE APPROVAL OF THE BILLS. UPON MOTION OF MR. DUBINSKY, SECONDED BY MR. LEVINSON, AND 0
UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED, THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE ORDERED PAID: ADMINISTRATIVE
XEROX CORPORATION 53. 30
SAFEGUARD BUSINESS SYSTEMS 108. 77
STANDARD PRINTING
69. 00
LAND TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 7. 50
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE 154. 70
ST. LOUIS COUNTIAN 66. 50
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL LAW OFFICERS 107. 50
THEE" ART GALLERY 17. 88
NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1, 194. 28
CITY HALL
ESSEN HARDWARE
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY
STEFFEN ELECTRIC, INC. CHAS. TODD, INC.
INDUSTRIAL SOAP COMPANY
HEALTH 8 WELFARE
SUBURBAN HAULERS, INC.
RABIES CONTROL SERVICE
STREET DEPARTMENT
ESSEN HARDWARE
VIGUS QUARRIES, INC. GEORGE F. SMITH COMPANY BOB SHARP, INC.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY POLICE DEPARTMENT
DIERBERG' S, INC.
ESSEN HARDWARE SOUTHWESTERN BELL
MOTOROLA
ST. LOUIS ELECTRONICS, INC.
TOM GOOCH FRANK HARRIS
BILL' S SPEEDOMETER SERVICE, STANDARD PRINTING CO.
RESCUE PRODUCTS, INC. ST. LOUIS ELECTRONICS WUNNENBERG STREET GUIDE
JIM' S SUNOCO PARK DEPARTMENT ESSEN HARDWARE
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
DOLL HEATING i COOLING, INC. E. J. MOORE PLUMBING COMPANY ICE RINK
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE
E. J. MOORE UNITED DISPOSAL CASEY' S BRIDGETON GARAGE ESSEN HARDWARE GALE A. HILL ST. LOUIS COUNTIAN GOLF COURSE
WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT COMPANY LINK' S NURSERY, INC.
ESSEN HARDWARE INC. E 32. 97 179. 00 95. 86 18. 75
69. 21
10, 493. 49
216. 00 108. 55 10. 50 27. 15 13. 25 1, 236. 74 23. 74 12. 50 215. 83 56. 00 50. 00 25. 00 12. 00 11. 00 13. 29 6. 36 16. 00 5. 90 799. 226. 25
22. 50 40. 13 34. 96 24. 00 79. 86 18. 00 55. 00 27. 92 73. 64 9. 95 8, 040. 00 36. 50 8. 34 3. 55 91. 10 20. 79THE NEXT
ITEM
OF
BUSINESS
WAS
AN
APPLICATION
FOR
A
LIQUOR
LICENSE
FOR THE 905 LIQUOR STORE, 10941 OLIVE BOULEVARD. MAYOR DIELMANN STATED
THE SAMPLING OF WINES BY CUSTOMERS ONLY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT
ACTION ON THIS APPLICATION HAD BEEN DEFERRED FROM THE LAST REGULAR
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
DISCUSSION WAS HAD BY THE BOARD ON THIS MATTER.
MR. HENGES MOVED THAT A LICENSE FOR LIQUOR BY THE DRINK BE
ISSUED
THE
905
LIQUOR
STORE
TO
BE
LIMITED
TO
THE
SAMPLING
OF
WINES
BY THE CUSTOMERS ONLY, WHICH MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MP.. DUBINSKY, AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED; THE APPLICATION FOR THE LIQUOR LICENSE FORTHE 905 LIQUOR STORE, 10941 OLIVE BOULEVARD, WAS APPROVED.
THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WAS THE BIDS FOR THE COLLECTION,
REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND RUBBISH IN THE CITY OF CREVE COEUR.
MR. NATHAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE, STATED
THAT FOUR BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WOULD BE A CHANGE IN THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE, IT
WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BIDS BE REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AND
ALSO, BECAUSE ALTERNATE BIDS HAD BEEN REQUESTED, THAT NEW HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE MAKE A STUDY OF THE BIDS RECEIVED AND REPORT BACK TO
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN AS TO THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
DISCUSSION WAS HAD BY THE BOARD ON THIS MATTER. MR. HENGES ASKED WHEN THE PRESENT CONTRACT EXPIRED, AND HE WAS ADVISED BY MAYOR DIELMANN
THAT IT WAS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR OR JUNE 30, 1972.
MR. NATHAN READ THE BIDS FROM THE FOLLOWING PARTIES, TO - WIT: WILSON REFUSE HAULING, INC., CROSSROADS HAULING, A - 1 SCAVENGER SERVICE COMPANY, INC., AND SUBURBAN HAULERS, INC.
MAYOR DIELMANN STATED THE BIDS WOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE MEMBERS
OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE AND THEIR ' RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WAS THE SWEARING INTO OFFICE OF THE ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS.
THE OATH OF OFFICE WAS ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY CLERK TO
HAROLD L. DIELMANN, MAYOR; THOMAS CAREY, ALDERMAN WARD I;
HENRY DUBINSKY, ALDERMAN WARD II; THOMAS DAY, ALDERMAN WARD III;
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TAX COLLECTOR.
MAYOR
DIELMANN
PRESENTED
MR.
EMIL NATHAN, III, AND MR. ROBERT MEIER, RETIRING ALDERMEN, AND CHIEF WILLIAM KISLING,A GIFT AND A CERTIFICATE OF AWARD
IN RECOGNITION OF THE PERFORMANCE
OF MERITORIOUS AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND
ITS GOALS,
AND EXPRESSED' HIS APPRECIATION
TO THE
RETIRING OFFICIALS.
CHIEF KISLING, MR. NATHAN AND MR. MEIER EXPRESSED, THEIR
APPRECIATION
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF SERVING THE
CITY.
THE NEXT
ITEM OF BUSINESS
WAS A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION
14
OF
ORDINANCE
NO.
70.MR. HENGES INTRODUCED BILL NO.
605
FOR AN
ORDINANCE
AMENDING
SECTION 14 OF ORDINANCE NO.70
PROVIDING
FOR
THE
PROHIBITION
OF
STOPPING AND PARKING OF CERTAIN VEHICLES AND ADDING TO SAID SECTION A
SUBPARAGRAPH ( P)
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
THE
IMPOUNDING
OF
ILLEGALLY PARKEDOR
STOPPED VEHICLES AND
FOR THE POSSIBLE
SALE THEREOF,
AND MOVED THATSAID
BILL
BE
GIVEN
THE
FIRST
READING,
WHICH MOTION WAS SECONDED BYMR. GABEL, AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED, WHEREUPON BILL NO.
605
WAS
READ
FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE NEXT
ITEM
OF
BUSINESS
WAS
A REQUEST
FOR A
VARIANCE
FROM
ORDINANCE NO. 581 REGARDING THEINSTALLATION
OF
OVERHEAD
SERVICES
ON LOT 30, LADUE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION.
MR. HENGES MOVED, SECONDED BY MR. GABEL, THAT THE VARIANCE BE
DENIED ON THE
BASIS OF
PRECEDENT,
THAT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY, ANDTHAT
NO
UNDUE
HARDSHIP
WAS
SHOWN,
THE VOTE UPON SUCH MOTION BEINGAS FOLLOWS, TO - WIT: MR. DAY - AYE MR. DUBINSKY - AYE MR. HENGES - AYE MR. GABEL - AYE MR. CAREY - AYE MR. LEVINSON - AYE
THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WAS A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM
ORDINANCE NO. 581 REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD SERVICE
ON LOT 2, JANRIDGE SUBDIVISION.
MR. ARTHUR ROUFA, 10901 RONDELAY DRIVE, ADDRESSED THE BOARD IN REGARD TO THIS MATTER. MR. ROUFA STATED THAT HE WAS THE BUILDER UNDER CONTRACT OF A CUSTOM HOME ON LOT 2, JANRIDGE SUBDIVISION.
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FOR
PROHIBITING OVERHEAD WIRING WAS
NOT
IN
EFFECT.
HE STATED THEARCHITECT HAD DRAWN PLANS WHICH CALLED FOR OVERHEAD WIRING AND HAD
BEEN GIVEN TO SIX BUILDERS,
AND THE
CONTRACT
HAD
BEEN AWARDED ON
THE
BASIS
OF
OVERHEAD
WIRING.
MR.ROUFA
PRESENTED
A
DRAWING
TO
THE
BOARD AND
STATED THAT
THERE
WAS
A
POLE
IN
EXISTENCE
APPROXIMATELY
45 FEET BEHIND THE RESIDENCE AND ANOTHER POLE 65 FEET FROM THE
RESIDENCE WHICH UNION ELECTRIC HAD ADVISED WOULD BE THE SOURCE OF
POWER.
HE FURTHER STATED THERE WAS A THIRD POLE ON THE
BACK BOUNDARY
OF THE PROPERTY,
AND THERE WERE
OVERHEAD WIRES
VISIBLE;
AND IT WASHIS OPINION THAT IT WAS UNFAIR THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER. WOULD HAVE TO
PAY THEIR OWN COST OF UNDERGROUND WIRING WHEN THERE WAS OVERHEAD
WIRING IN EXISTENCE.
MR. DUBINSKY ASKED MR.
ROUFA
IF
THIS
WAS
NOT
THE
FIRST
HOME
IN
A NEW SUBDIVISION OF THREE HOMES AND
IF THE ARGUMENT THAT MR.
ROUFAWAS MAKING COULD NOT BE MADE
IN THE CASE OF ANY NEW SUBDIVISION
INTHE CITY THAT HAS A SUBDIVISION WITH OVERHEAD WIRING NEXT TO
IT.
MR.
ROUFA ADVISED
THAT
ON THE
LOT.: NEXT
TO
THIS
LOCATION THERE WERE NO POLESIN EXISTENCE
EITHER
BEHIND OR ON THE
SIDE OF
IT.
DISCUSSIONWAS
HAD
BY
THE
BOARD
ON
THIS
MATTER.
UPON MOTION OF MR. HENGES, SECONDED BY MR. DUBINSKY, AND UNANI-
MOUSLY CARRIED,
THE
REQUEST
FOR
A VARIANCE
FROM
ORDINANCE
NO.
581REGARDING THE
INSTALLATION
OF
OVERHEAD
SERVICE
ON
LOT
2,
JANRIDGESUBDIVISION WAS DENIED.
MR.
GABEL
STATED
IT
TO
BE
HIS
OPINION
THAT
MR.
ROUFA WAS LOOKINGAT THE MATTER WITH A SHORT TERM VIEW AND THAT
IN YEARS TO COME,
THERESIDENTS WILL BE PLEASED THAT THEY HAVE THE UNDERGROUND WIRING AND
THAT IT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP
IN
THE
BEAUTIFICATION
OF
THE
CITY
WITH
THE WIRING UNDERGROUND.
MAYOR DIELMANN ASKED
IF THERE WAS ANYONE
PRESENT WHO WISHED TO
ADDRESS THE BOARD.
MR. SIDNEY JOSEPH, 735 MONTAUBAN, ADDRESSED THE BOARD AND STATED
HIS PURPOSE
IN APPEARING WAS TO
POINT OUT TWO
PROBLEMS
THAT WERE
EXISTING
IN
THE
CITY
AND
WOULD
CONTINUE
TO
EXIST,
RELATIVE TO LOW VOLT WIRING,WHICH
HAD
BEEN
INCREASING
IN
DEMAND
IN THE CITY OF6
SYSTEMS FOR BURGLAR ALARMS BY UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS. THESE ARE
INSTALLED IN NEW AND OLD CONSTRUCTION, AND THE MATTER WAS CONCERN-
ING THE REVISION OF LOW VOLT WIRING CODE FOR THE CITY OF CREVE COEUR
REQUIRING LICENSED CONTRACTORS ONLY, TO PAY FOR AND OBTAIN PERMITS
FROM THE CITY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF LOW VOLT WIRING AND THAT IT
BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE SINCE THIS HAD BEEN AN EXPANDING
SITUATION IN THE CITY. HE STATED THE OTHER MATTER WAS REGARDING THE
LOW VOLT WIRING THAT WAS IN EXISTENCE IN THE POLICE STATION PROPER
WHICH WAS ALSO EXPANDING AT A RAPID RATE WITH THE WIRING IN BACK NO
LONGER BEING AMPLE TO HANDLE THE WIRING FOR RECEIVING THE EXISTING
ALARMS. HE WAS PROPOSING A NEW MINIATURE RISE MODERN CIRCUITRY TO RECEIVE THE ALARM SITUATIONS FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USE
FOR THE CITY OF CREVE COEUR AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. HE STATED HE
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TO WHOM HE COULD BE REFERRED TO DISCUSS THIS
SITUATION.
MR. JOSEPH WAS ADVISED BY MAYOR DIELMANN THAT THE POLICE COMMIT- TEE WAS WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM AT THE PRESENT TIME AND HE WOULD LIKE
TO REFER HIM TO MR. WILLIAM LEVINSON, WHO WOULD BE APPOINTED CHAIRMAN
OF THE POLICE COMMITTEE.
MR. HENGES STATED THAT MR. JOSEPH WAS ALSO REQUESTING CONSIDERATION
FOR A REVISION IN THE BUILDING CODE AS IT RELATES TO LOW VOLTAGE WIRING,
AND MAYOR DIELMANN STATED HE WOULD LIKE THIS MATTER CHECKED INTO BY THE
POLICE COMMITTEE AND ALSO A RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FORTHCOMING FROM
A COMMITTEE THAT HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO CHECK INTO THE CITY INSPECTION PROGRAM WHICH SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. HE
STATED THIS MATTER WOULD BE REFERRED TO THEM.
MR. HENGES STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. JIM CONCADE
WHO HAD BEEN RECENTLY ELECTED A DIRECTOR OF THE CREVE COEUR FIRE PRO-
TECTION DISTRICT AND TO STATE THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH MR. C'ONCADE AND THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IN SOLVING
MUTUAL
PROBLEMS
SUCH
AS
THE
FIRE
LANE
PARKING
SITUATION
WHICH
WAS
BEING WORKED ON AT THIS TIME. HE STATED HE WOULD FURTHER LIKE TOCONGRATULATE MR. CONCADE AND TO THANK HIM AND HIS COMMITTEE AS IT WAS
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ELECTION
CAMPAIGN MATERIAL
THAT
HAD
BEEN
POSTED
WITHIN
THE
CITY
HAD BEEN REMOVED.
MAYOR
DIELMANN
STATED HE WOULD
LIKE
TO ANNOUNCE
TO THE
RESIDENTS
PRESENT AND
REQUEST THE NEWSPAPERS
TO
PUBLISH THE
FACT
THAT AN
ORDINANCE
HAD
BEEN
PASSED
BY THE
CITY
PROHIBITING PARKING
IN FIRELANES AND THAT CITATIONS
WERE
BEING
ISSUED
BY THE
POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
MR. WALTER J. STRADAL, 510 NORTH SPOEDE ROAD, ADDRESSED THE BOARD. MR.
STRADAL
EXTENDED
HIS
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE
CANDIDATES
AND
STATED HE WAS
UNAWARE
THAT THE
FIRE
LANE
ORDINANCE
HAD
BEEN
PASSED BY THE CITY.
HE
FURTHER
STATED
HE
WOULD
LIKE
TO
RAISE
AN
ISSUE
TO THE
CITY
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE
OF WARD
I.
HE STATED THATSEVEN
YEARS AGO
HE
HAD
FACED THE
SAME
SITUATION;
THAT AT THAT TIMETHEY HAD
FOUND THAT THE
FIRE DISTRICT WAS
CHARGED WITH THE
POLICY
WHICH THE CITY
HAD APPARENTLY
ENDORSED AGAIN OF HANDING OUT TICKETS
IN A SUBDIVISION WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD NO
ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY ASIDE FROM THE TICKETING OF THE AUTOMOBILES
PARKED
IN
FIRE LANES. MR.
STRADAL STATED HE QUESTIONED HOW MUCH PROGRESS
HAD
BEEN MADEIN THE PAST TWO YEARS
WHEN THEY
HAD
BEEN ATTEMPTING TO
WORK OUT A
SITUATION WITH
THE
FIRE
DISTRICT
IN WHICH A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AT THAT TIME AND STILL, WISH TO PLACEIMPEDIMENTS
IN
THE
SUBDIVISION
STREETS.
HE STATED HE HAD NOT SEENANY ARTICLES
IN
THE
NEWSPAPERS AND
HE
HAD
NOT APPEARED
BEFORE
THE
BOARD IN REGARD TO THIS MATTER, BUT HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE
CITY WOULD
DO WITH THE
POLITICAL
ENTITY WHO
HAD ACTUALLY
THREATENED
THE CITY
IN THE
COURSE OF ONE OF THE MEETINGS WHICH HE HAD ATTENDED.
HE
STATED
HE
FELT
THAT
THERE HAD
BEEN AMPLE
TIME
FOR THE
CITY
TO WORK
OUT
WITH
THE
CREVE
COEUR
FIRE
PROTECTION
DISTRICT A
SITUATION
OF
GREAT CONCERN.HE
STATED
HE
WOULD
LIKE
TO
SPECIFICALLY
CALL
TO
THE
ATTENTION
OF
THE
BOARD
THE
STREET
OF
COUNTRYVIEW
DRIVE
WHICH
WAS
A
CITY STREET WITH A PARK LOCATED ON THE STREET, AND IT WAS HIS OPINIONTHAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE SPEEDING ON THE STREET. A LENGTHY PRESENTA-
TION
WAS
MADE
BY
MR.
STRADAL IN REGARD TO BARRICADES OR HORSES BEING PLACED IN THE STREETS.8
MAYOR DIELMANN STATED THE CITY HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE
CREVE COEUR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AT LEAST THREE TIMES BY LETTER
WHICH
HE
HAD
RECEIVED
NO
RESPONSE,
AND
IT
WAS
HIS
OPINION
THAT
THIS
MIGHT
BE THE FIRST PHASE OF WORKING WITH THE
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
MR.
HENGES
STATED HE
WOULD TAKE
THIS
MATTER
ON AS
HIS
PERSONAL
CHALLENGE AND WITHIN TWO MEETINGS
HOPED TO HAVE THE
PROBLEM SOLVED.
MAYOR DIELMANN STATED THAT SEVERAL PROPOSALS
HAD BEEN MADE TO THE
FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT AND THE
CITY HAD REQUESTED SUGGESTIONS
FROM
THEM ON DISTANCES, ETC.,
AND NO
RESPONSE
HAD
BEEN
RECEIVED
BY
THE
CITY. MR.HENGES
STATED
IT TO BE
HIS OPINION THAT THERE HAD BEEN A
LACK OF COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICT,
AND
IT WAS
HIS
OPINION
THAT THE
ELECTION
OF MR.
CONCADE TO THE BOARDWILL HELP
IN WORKING WITH THE
CITY
IN TAKING A MORE
OBJECTIVE
VIEW-
POINT IN SOME OF THE MATTERS THAT COME BEFORE THE FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICT.
MR. GABEL STATED THAT MR.
STRADAL
SAID
THAT
THE
CITY
PASSED AN
ORDINANCE
TO ENFORCE THE
FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT
RULES;
WHEREAS ITWAS
HIS OPINION
THE CITY WAS NOT
ENFORCING THE
FIRE DISTRICT
RULES,
BUT WAS
TRYING TO
PROTECT THE
CITIZENS
OF CREVE COEUR AND,
IF ITREQUIRED AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY TO ENFORCE
FIRE
LANE PARKING
THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO DO THEIR UTMOST TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE
WAS
INJURED
BECAUSE
OF
LACK OF ENFORCEMENT
OF PREVIOUS
FIRE ORDINANCE
RULES.MAYOR
DIELMANN
STATED
THE
NEXT
ITEM OF BUSINESS WAS THE APPOINT-MENTS.
MAYOR DIELMANN
STATED THAT HE WOULD
LIKE
TO MAKE
THE
FOLLOWING
APPOINTMENTS, TO - WIT: BUILDING COMMISSIONER, KENNETH WISCHMEYER;CITY ATTORNEY, LEONARD WALTHER; CITY ENGINEER, GEORGE W. KROPP;
CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR, RONALD HENGES; CITY TREASURER, LESTER SEASONGOOD; CITY CLERK, LAVERNE COLLINS;
ARCHITECTURAL
AND
CONFORMITY
BOARD:
KENNETH WISCHMEYER, NOLAN STINSON, JR., BARBARA CURRY; BOARD OF ADJUST- MENT: PAUL KUELTHAU, JOSEPH TRIPODI; PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
NOLAN
L.
STINSON, JR., CHAIRMAN, KENNETH RITTER, GEORGE KROPP,BERT SCHWEIZER, II, CLIFFORD RUFKAHR, ROBERT MCNULTY, HAROLD' TERBROCK;
HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: TOM DAY, CHAIRMAN, SUE LAUBER,
m
ROBERT GABEL, CHAIRMAN, GEORGE BAKKER, JR., BEN KOOTMAN,
ELLIOTT CHUBB, OTTO BROEDER, JR.,
ROY
BIRKMANN,
MRS.FRAN
DOWNING;
POLICE
COMMITTEE:
WILLIAM
LEVINSON,
CHAIRMAN,WILLIAM
KISLING,
LOUIS' CARDWELL,
JOHN VINCENT, KENNETH SHAPIRO, ROBERT MEIER, CHIEF;WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEE: HENRY DUBINSKY, CHAIRMAN, A. CARL WEBEP.,
RICHARD
NELSON,
HARRY LOEB,JAMES
DIERBERG,
LESTER SEASONGOOD.UPON
MOTION
OF MR.
LEVINSON,SECONDED
BY
MR.
HENGES, ANDUNANIMOUSLY
CARRIED,
THE APPOINTMENTS WERE APPROVED.
MR.
GABEL STATED THAT IN REGARD TO THE WESTGATE PROJECT,
CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION HAD BEEN HAD AND THE PLANTING TIME WAS FAST
DRAWING
TO
A
CLOSE,
AND IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT WESTGATE SHOULD BE
ADVISED TO PROPERLY LANDSCAPE THE TRACT AS WAS ORIGINALLY AGREED
UPON.
HE STATED THAT CONIFERS WERE TO BE PLACED
IN
THE
AREA
OF
THE PARKING LOT WHICH HAD NOT BEEN DONE.
HE
FURTHER
STATED
IT
TO
BE HIS OPINION THAT SOME OF THE TREES THAT HAD BEEN PLANTED WERE
RATHER SMALL.
MR.
GABEL STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO,
THERE HADBEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CREVE COEUR CINEMA PARKING.
HE STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 3: 55 P. M.
ON SUNDAY,THERE
WAS
NO
TRAFFIC
CONTROL
IN THE STREET OF THE THEATRE AND FOR THE SAFETY OF
THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS OTHERS,
IT WAS HIS OPINION THEY SHOULD HAVE
TRAFFIC
CONTROL
THERE.
MR.
GABEL STATED THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO,
THE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
HAD
AGREED
THAT
THE
ICE RINK SHOULD
BE ENCLOSED,
AND THEY WERE
GOING TO DO THEIR BEST TO ENCLOSE IT.
HE
STATED
IT
WAS
IMPERATIVETHAT SCHEDULES
BE
ESTABLISHED
IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS TO WHAT WOULD
BE DONE FOR THE
ICE RINK IN ORDER TO CONTACT THOSE WISHING TO USE
THE RINK.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT EFFECTIVE MAY
1,
19720
A NEWS
RELEASE WOULD BE GIVEN TO THE NEWSPAPER PRIOR TO
THAT DATE, ANDTHEY WERE MAKING PLANS TO START REGISTRATION FOR THE CREVE COEUR
HOCKEY PROGRAM.
HE STATED REGISTRATION FOR RESIDENTS WOULD START
ON MAY 1, 197' 2,
AND NON- RESIDENTS ON JUNE 5,
1972.THE
PROGRAM
THIS
YEAR WOULD BE 18 WEEKSIN DURATION COMPARED TO 13 WEEKS LAST SEASON.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT LAST YEAR EACH TEAM HAD ONE HOUR GAME TIME
0
HOUR OF GAME TIME AND ONE AND ONE - HALF HOURS
OF PRACTICE
TIME.
HE
FURTHER STATED THAT RATES WILL BE DECIDED PRIOR TO REGISTRA-
TION AND A
DEPOSIT
WOULD
BE REQUIRED
FOR
REGISTRATION.
MR. GABELSTATED THE FORMS WOULD ALSO SPECIFY
THE WILLINGNESS
TO HELP
IN THE
HOCKEY PROGRAM.
MAYOR DIELMANN
STATED THAT ON THE PARKING AT THE
CREVE COEUR
CINEMA,
A QUESTION
HAD
COME
UP AT
THE
LAST MEETING;
AND THE MATTEROF THE
PARKING ON THE
STREET HAD BEEN
RESOLVED AND THE
RESIDENTS
ARE SATISFIED WITH THE ACTION.
HE
FURTHER
STATED
THAT
HE
HAD
TALKED
TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CINEMA AND THEY HAD HIRED AN OFF - DUTY
POLICE
OFFICER
ON
FRIDAYS,
SATURDAYS, AND SUNDAYS.MR.
DUBINSKY
STATED
THERE
WERE
TWO MATTERS
ON WHICH WE
WOULD
LIKE TO REQUEST A LETTER BE WRITTEN TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT;
ONE
OF
WHICH
HAD
BEEN
DISCUSSED
BEFORE,
AND
THE
OTHER
HAS
NOW
BECOME
A PROBLEM. HE STATED THE FIRSTITEM
WAS
THE
FACT
THAT
THERE
WERE
NO PROTECTED CROSSWALKS ACROSS OLIVE
FOR RESIDENTS OR ANYONE ELSE
IN THE AREA.
HE
STATED
THIS NEED HAD
BEEN
PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED,
PARTICULARLY WITH REFERENCE
TO THE CRAIG AND BALLAS
ROAD
INTERSEC-
TIONS. IN ADDITION,
WITH THE
PROPOSAL
FOR
THE
MOTEL WHICH
HAD
BEEN
APPROVED LAST YEAR,NEAR
THE
CORNER
OF
MOSLEY
AND
OLIVE,
THE DEVELOPERHAD ADVISED THAT HE WOULD PAY FOR THE COST OF
INSTALLING A STOP
LIGHT
AT
THE
INTERSECTION
OF
MOSLEY
AND
OLIVE.
HE STATED THERE HAD BEEN NOACTION ON THE MOTEL, AND IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT THIS INTERSECTION WAS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
IN
THE
CITY
NOT
NOW
PROTECTED
BY
EITHER A
STOP SIGN OR LIGHT. MR.
DUBINSKY
STATED
HE
FELT
THAT
IN
THE
LETTER
TO
THE
HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
THERE
SHOULD
BE
INCLUDED A REQUEST FOR A STOPLIGHT AT THAT CORNER.
MAYOR
DIELMANN
STATED
THE
HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
HAD
BEEN
CONTACTED
AND
THEY
WERE
MAKING A
STUDY
OF
THREE
LOCATIONS:
LINDBERGH, SEVERALLOCATIONS FOR CROSSWALKS,
AND
OLIVE
AT
THE
TRAFFIC
SIGNALS;
AND A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME IS NEEDED FOR THE STUDY. THEY HAVE INDICATEDTHERE
IS A CERTAIN
NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS
CROSSING
THE
STREET
THAT
ARE
REQUIRED
IN ORDER
FOR
THEM TO
ESTABLISH A CROSSWALK.
MAYOR DIELMANN11
MADE.
MAYOR
DIELMANN
STATED THAT AS
SOON AS
THE
SURVEY WAS
AVAILABLE,THIS
MATTER WOULD
BE
BROUGHT
BEFORE THE
BOARD.
MR.
GABEL
STATED HE WOULD
LIKE TO ADVISE THAT THE
CITY
ISNEGOTIATING WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
FOR ADEQUATE CONTROL
ON COEUR DE VILLE DRIVE TO PRECLUDE WRONG PARKING WHICH PRECLUDES
THE POSSIBILITY OF FIRE APPARATUS OR OTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLES
HAVING ACCESS TO COEUR DE VILLE DRIVE BY MEMBERS ATTENDING CHURCH
SERVICES ON SUNDAY.
MR. TOM LEWIS, 768 COUNTRY MANOR LANE, ADDRESSED THE BOARD.
MR. LEWIS STATED HE WAS VERY
INTERESTED
IN
THE
COMMENTS
IN REGARDTO THE CROSSWALKS AND IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT THERE WAS PARTICULARLY
AN ACUTE SITUATION OUTSIDE ST.
MONICA' S
ON OLIVE
BOULEVARD AS
A
NUMBER
OF CHILDREN WALK TO SCHOOL
IN THIS AREA.
MAYOR DIELMANNSTATED THAT A CROSSING GUARD WAS PROVIDED BY THE CITY AT THIS
LOCA-
TION DURING SCHOOL HOURS
WITH A POLICE OFFICER ON DUTY.
MAYOR
DIELMANN
STATED A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE
HELD AT THE
NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN WHICH WOULD BE CHANGED FROM
THE
REGULAR
DATE
OF
THE
FOURTH
MONDAY
IN APRIL TO THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY DUE TO THELACK OF A QUORUM AVAILABLE
ON APRIL
24TH.
MAYORDIELMANN STATED THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN WOULD BE
MAY 1, 1972.
HE
STATED A
PUBLIC
HEARING
WOULD
BE
HELD
IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE PLANNING
AND ZONING COMMISSION ON PARKING SPACES
FOR RESTAURANTS.
MAYOR DIELMANN
STATED THAT A NEW PRESIDENT OF THE
BOARD OF
ALDERMEN NEEDED TO BE ELECTED SINCE ROBERT MEIER' WHO WAS
THE PAST
PRESIDENT
RETIRED
FROM THE
BOARD
THIS
EVENING.
MR. HENGES MOVED THAT MR. DUBINSKY, WHO HAS SENIORITY, BE
ELECTED
PRESIDENT
OF
THE
BOARD
OF
ALDERMEN,
WHICH MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MR. GABEL, AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED, WHEREUPON MR. DUBINSKY WASELECTED
PRESIDENT
OF
THE
BOARD
OF
ALDERMEN.
MAYOR DIELMANN
STATED A PUBLIC
HEARING WOULD
BE HELD AT
9: 00 P. M.
ON A REQUEST
FOR A SPECIAL
USE
PERMIT
FOR A STEAK AND ALE
RESTAURANT.
THERE
BEING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS
TO COME
BEFORE THE
BOARD,
UPON MOTIONBEING
MADE
AND
DULY
SECONDED,
THE MEETING WAS
ADJOURNED AT
8: 47
P. M.
HAROLD L. DIELMANN, MAYOR ATTEST:
