HomeMy Public PortalAbout20120822admin minutesCITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
August 22, 2012
ATTENDEES- Council- Carrie Carroll, Larry Henry, Rick Mihalevich, Rick Prather; Staff- Gail Strope, Drew
Hilpert, Nathan Nickolaus, Roger Schwartze, Ron Davenport, Janice McMillan, Michelle Gleba, Carla
Trower; News Tribune- Madeleine Leroux; Jefferson City Board of Realtors- Mo McCullough; Citizens-
Michael Brownstein, Audrey Smollen, Glen Constales, Jerry Knollmeyer, Charles Gaskin and Ann Gaskin.
Meeting came to order at 8:02 a.m., the minutes were approved with a motion by Prather and a second
by Mihalevich.
CVB CONTRACT:
Presented by Drew Hilpert. We will hold at this time, due to Steve Picker’s resignation.
AMENDING NOISE ORDINANCE:
Presented by Drew Hilpert. Section 21.16 changed daytime hours to 10 p.m. Schwartze went to Prison
Brews and measured the sound. It was on a Friday night with a band in the courtyard. He measured 78 -
79 dcb in the alley with the wooden fence. Under the new ordinance, the band noise would have been
within the limits. The cicadis in the tree measured 81 -82 dcb. Police were there issuing a ticket because
of a noise complaint. Schwartze measured Midwest Block and Brick where it was 61 dcb from the
sidewalk on McCarty which was within the Industrial limits. Thursday night downtown in the middle of
High Street was 105 dcb and 96 dcb where the band stage is. If a permit is purchased, event would be
exempt from dcb limits. The Festival District permit is $100. Hilpert received a complaint regarding the
Quick Car Wash. The noise was not the car wash itself but the music that the workers turned up too loud.
Michael Brownstein mentioned concerns from a number of the neighbors. He has a dcb monitor and it is
showing much higher numbers than the city machine. He will meet with Hilpert after the meeting to get
his questions answered – 1) What dcb machine is the city using and what training does the city person
have? 2) Define the times, day and night hours. Audrey Swollen is Brownstein’s attorney, who also
listened to the noise and found it extremely high. This will also go to Planning and Zoning for review. A
motion was made by Prather to send to the Council and a second by Mihalevich, passed unanimously.
DOG BARKING ORDINANCE:
Presented by Drew Hilpert. This is a proposed working document. Proposed ordinance sets barking as a
code violation. The public wants enforcement for peace. Police cannot ticket for peace. Currently
barking has to be audible from 5 feet off of the property and Police have to hear the barking for 5 minutes
before a ticket can be issued. We will leave on the agenda for the next meeting so that Scrivner can
review.
JC CONFERENCE CENTER ANALYSIS:
Presented by Nathan Nickolaus. Nickolaus said that an RFP is being finalized to build a large box
conference center attached to an existing hotel. The hotel would operate the facility, make profits and
absorb losses. Citizen, Charles Gaskin, 2604 Twin H ills Road, did a presentation for a proposed
conference center, civics center, multipurpose center. Gaskin said that conference centers are not
profitable. Gaskin provided the analysis to council and staff at the July meeting. Gaskin says he has a lot
of experience and knowledge of this type of project, and is willing to gather the information for the city as
his civic duty and not charge the city for his services. Gaskin provided a breakdown of the proposal and
requested the city take this project seri ously, and would like for the city to do it right. Gaskin noted that
the majority of the people at the Mayor’s Town Hall and transformation vote show citizens are not
supportive. Property values are dropping in cities with convent ion centers and the cities are laying off
police and fire personnel so they can pay to keep the conference center open. If we do it right, we can
make money. Gaskin has no experience with flooding issues or lack of airline issues. Council expressed
appreciation for his feedback.
RESOLUTION FOR FREQUENT OFFENDER ORDINANCE FOR CODE VIOLATIONS :
Presented by Drew Hilpert. This will help staff enforce frequent offender violations. We could enforce
through jail time, but we have not been doing that. We could also use each day i s a new offense, some
will think the city is picking on the m. Council will get many complaints and push-back. The proposed
resolution tells staff how they should handle the frequent offenders, heavy -handed or not. Heavy-
handed will be successful, but di fficult. McMillan thinks draft is significant. Carroll asked that the
resolution be e-mailed to all council members. Carroll will review it with Scrivner and let him choose if he
wants to move it on to council or bring it back to the September administration meeting.
ABSENTEE LANDLORD ORDINANCE:
Presented by Janice McMillan. Steve Nelson wrote a letter regarding the landlord registration. McMillan
has tried to talk to Nelson and will continue to try to get in touch with him to discuss his concerns. This
will be handled at the administrative level.
APPOINTMENT REVIEW:
Presented by Gail Strope. There are no recommendations from the Mayor at this tim e. The Mayor has
interviews scheduled for September and October. Carroll inquired on JCTV. Gleba is the staff liaison and
is working with Gloria on scheduling a meeting. Henry is the council liaison.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: None
NEW BUSINESS: None
A motion was made by Prather to adjourn the meeting and seconded by Henry. Motion was approved.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:12 a.m.
Next meeting is set for the 4th Wednesday in September; September 26th in the Boone/Bancroft Room at
City Hall.