CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
City Council Agenda

Bob Fox, Mayor
Dan Presson, Ward 1
Shelly Moore, Ward 2
Nate Thomas, Ward 3
Robbie Guard, Ward 4
Shannon Truxel, Ward 5
Stacy Kinder, Ward 6

City Council Chambers
City Hall
401 Independence

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www.cityofcape.org/citycouncil


December 20, 2021
5:00 PM

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REVISED AGENDA

Invocation
Pastor Stafford Moore Jr. of Mt. Moriah Ministries in Cape Girardeau   
Pledge of Allegiance
Study Session
 
No action will be taken during the study session
Presentations
Recognition of Steven Mirly for retirement from the Fire Department.
Recognition of W. Eric Cunningham for retirement from the City of Cape Girardeau
Communications/Reports

City Council

Staff

Items for Discussion
Appearances by Advisory Board Applicants 
Planning and Zoning Commission Report
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 5 minutes. Please face and speak directly to the City Council as a whole. The Mayor and Council Members will not engage or answer questions during the speaker's time at the podium. The timer will sound at the end of the speaker’s time. After all members of the public have appeared, the City Council may respond and discuss issues that were brought forward by the speakers.  

Agenda review

Regular Session
Call to Order/Roll Call
Adoption of the Agenda
Public Hearings
Appearances regarding Items Listed on the Agenda

Individuals who wish to make comments regarding items listed on the agenda must first be recognized by the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem. Each speaker is allowed 5 minutes and must stand at the public microphone and state his/her name and address for the record. The timer will buzz at the end of the speaker's time.

Consent Agenda

The Consent Agenda is a meeting method to make City Council meetings more efficient and meaningful to the members of the audience. All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Cape Girardeau City Council for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the council with no separate discussion. Staff recommends approval of the Consent Agenda. If separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by request of a member of the City Council.

1.Approval of the December 6, 2021, City Council regular session minutes.
2.BILL NO. 21-185, an Ordinance accepting Temporary Construction Easements from various property owners for the Sprigg Street Improvement Project, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  Second and Third Readings.
3.BILL NO. 21-186, an Ordinance accepting Permanent Drainage Easements and Temporary Construction Easements from various property owners, for the West End Boulevard Project, from Rose Street to Bertling Street, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  Second and Third Readings.
4.BILL NO. 21-187, an Ordinance accepting permanent water line easements from Drury Land Development, Inc., for the Goodwill Water Line Project, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Second and Third Readings.
5.BILL NO. 21-188, an Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute a Quit Claim Deed to Drury Land Development, Inc., for the Goodwill Water Line Project, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Second and Third Readings.
6.BILL NO. 21-189, an Ordinance approving an Amended and Restated Redevelopment Agreement for the North Middle/Broadway Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Second and Third Readings.
7.BILL NO. 21-190, an Ordinance approving an Amended and Restated Redevelopment Agreement for the 811 Broadway Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Second and Third Readings.
8.BILL NO. 21-191, an Ordinance approving an Amended and Restated Redevelopment Agreement for the 101 William Street Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Second and Third Readings.
9.BILL NO. 21-192, an Ordinance appropriating the expenditure of unappropriated general funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Second and Third Readings.
10.BILL NO. 21-193, an Ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, by changing the zoning of property located at 1301 and 1316 North Main Street, in the City and County of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, from R-2 to M-1. Second and Third Readings.
11.BILL NO. 21-194, an Ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, by changing the zoning of property located at 475 North Main Street, in the City and County of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, from R-4 to CBD.  Second and Third Readings.
12.

BILL NO. 21-195, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Contract for Professional Services with Klingner & Associates, P.C. for a feasibility study for the development of a marina, and a best use land analysis, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Readings and Passage. 

13.

BILL NO. 21-196,  a Resolution convening the Tax Increment Financing Commission of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, authorizing the distribution of a Request for Proposals, and authorizing certain actions connected therewith. Reading and Passage.

14.BILL NO. 21-197, a Resolution authorizing an application to the American Rescue Plan Act Economic Adjustment Assistance program, for improvements to the Greater Cape Girardeau Business Park, and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary grant documents. Reading and Passage. 
Items Removed from Consent Agenda
New Ordinances
15.BILL NO. 21-199, an Ordinance appropriating monies for payment of additional employee compensation for services to be rendered between now and the end of the third quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  First, Second and Third Readings. 
16.BILL NO. 21-200, an Ordinance approving a Redevelopment Agreement in Connection with a Portion of RPA 2 Redevelopment Project Described in the Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown Tax Increment Financing District, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 2015. First Reading.
17.BILL NO. 21-201, an Ordinance Terminating Tax Increment Financing within  the Redevelopment Area described in the Esquire Theater Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Plan and Dissolving the Esquire Theater Special Allocation Fund. First Reading.
18.BILL NO. 21-202, an Ordinance approving the record plat of Ellis Street Subdivision.  First Reading.
19.BILL NO. 21-203, an Ordinance approving the record plat of Saint Francis Health & Wellness Center Condominiums, Re-Plat No. 3.  First Reading.
Appointments
20.Appointment to the Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Board
21.Appointments to the Cape Girardeau Area MAGNET Board of Directors
Other Business
Meeting Adjournment

Closed Session
The City Council of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 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.
Legal actions and litigation, confidential communications with legal counsel, and personnel matters, pursuant to RSMo. Sections 610.021(1), and (3). 
Memos
Summary of Code Changes During Recodification Project
Appointment to the Public Library Board of Directors
Advisory Board Minutes
Advisory Board Minutes