[0:07] Calling to order the public
infrastructure and utilities committee
[0:10] meeting for Wednesday, September 9th.
Madame clerk, would you please call
[0:15] roll?
[0:18] » Autumnoman Boyd,
Alderwoman Clark Hubard,
[0:22] » here.
[0:26] » Vice Chair Switzer,
>> present.
[0:31] Alderman Devote.
[0:35] Alder woman Cox Anti.
[0:42] » Chair Brownie
>> present.
[0:48] We have three present.
Don't think that makes up a quorum. But
[0:53] there's almond.
>> Almond devote
[0:56] » present.
>> We have four present. We have a quorum.
[0:59] » Thank you, madame clerk. Uh with that,
uh I will accept a motion to approve the
[1:04] minutes from Wednesday, July 15th.
>> Some move.
[1:10] » Second.
>> Second.
[1:11] » Uh and
move moved by the alder from the 10th,
[1:15] seconded by the other one from the
first. Uh Mad, please call roll.
[1:19] » Alderwoman Boyd. Alderwoman Clark
Hubard. I
[1:24] » vice chair Switzer. Hi. Alderman Devotey
>> I.
[1:29] » Alderwoman Cox Antwee.
>> Chair Browning
[1:33] » I.
>> We have five We have four I votes.
[1:37] » Thank you. And with that, we'll go ahead
and move to the fourth item on our
[1:41] agenda, which is board bills for review.
Uh we have two board bills to review
[1:46] today. Uh we'll start with Alderwoman
Velasquez, who I believe we have online.
[1:51] Um Alderwoman Velasquez, you are
recognized on board bill number 34.
[1:56] Uh thank you, Chair Browning, and
members of the public infrastructure uh
[2:00] committee. Um this is hopefully a
relatively simple uh bill. So we it's a
[2:05] speed hunt bill. I know our favorite. Um
there was an error when we uh were
[2:10] during the engrossment process. And so
um we're back here. We popped it back to
[2:14] committee to add an amendment um to
hopefully send back. So I believe what
[2:19] is labeled amendment three in your drive
which is actually the only amendment
[2:24] um there was it is just changing the
exhibit to we had two versions we had
[2:33] the same exhibit twice. Um so we
replaced the old exhibit 3 with the
[2:39] accurate exhibit 3 uh which is the map
of the 4300 block of PTOAC. So, I'd like
[2:45] to ask the committee that we adopt,
I guess, amendment one, but labeled as
[2:50] amendment three in your drive to uh
board bill 34 as amended in committee.
[2:58] » Uh so, I'd move that we adopt amendment
number three
[3:04] uh to board bill number 34.
>> Second.
[3:07] » Second.
>> All right. Moved by myself, the on the
[3:11] ninth and seconded by the from the 10th.
Uh so we um madam clerk if you could
[3:16] call roll.
>> Alderwoman Boyd. Alderwoman Clark Hubard
[3:21] » I.
>> Vice Chair Schwitzer
[3:24] » I.
>> Alderman de voting
[3:27] » I.
>> Alderwoman Coxantu.
[3:30] Chair Browning
>> I.
[3:31] » We have four I votes.
>> Thank you Alderone. We've adopted the
[3:34] amendment. You may proceed.
>> Thank you chair. Um with that I ask for
[3:40] your favorable consideration of this
bill. So the residents of the sixth war
[3:44] can happily get their speed homes.
>> Thank you. Uh we'll uh see if anyone on
[3:49] the committee has any questions. If you
have a question, just raise your hand.
[3:53] Don't want to belabor this. Seeing no
questions. U madam clerk, are there any
[3:58] members of the public here to speak on
this?
[4:00] » No.
>> Thank you. And um alder one, just so I'm
[4:03] clear, we do have three amendments in
front of us and I want to make sure that
[4:06] we adopted uh everything that you were
looking to adopt in this bill. So, u ju
[4:11] just to clarify, we only needed to do
amendment three.
[4:15] » Yep. Uh yes, sir. Uh when we were
labeling these original amendments, we
[4:20] had labeled all the amendments that were
previously adopted. Uh that's why it was
[4:25] three because we had two amendments that
were adopted earlier and that is just an
[4:28] error on our our our part that we that
should have been labeled amendment one.
[4:33] So, everything is correct
um and should be and is good to go now.
[4:38] » Okay. Thank you for that clarification.
Uh with that, I'll accept a motion to
[4:43] pass board bill number 34 out of
committee with a due pass
[4:47] recommendation.
>> So move.
[4:50] » Second.
>> It's moved by the alderwoman from the
[4:54] 10th, seconded by the alderman from the
fifth. Madame clerk, please call roll.
[4:59] » Alderwoman Boyd. Alderwoman Clark
Hubard.
[5:02] » I chair Vice Chair Schwitzer.
>> Hi.
[5:06] » Alderman Devote.
Hi,
[5:09] » Chair Brownie.
>> I
[5:12] » We have four eye votes.
>> Thank you, Alderwoman. Thank you very
[5:15] much. Your bill is now passed out of
committee. Uh so we'll move on to item
[5:19] number two, which is board bill number
66. That is my board bill. And so I'm
[5:24] going to pass the chair over to Alderone
Car since she is the member present in
[5:29] person today uh and the most senior
member present. So with that, Alderwoman
[5:33] Car Hubard, I'm passing the chair to you
and uh we can proceed. Thank you,
[5:39] Chair Browning. You're recognized on
board bill 66.
[6:01] Thank you very much. Uh so today we have
board bill number 66. This is an
[6:07] exciting board bill in that it is
getting the ready for accepting uh some
[6:12] grants in order to do some really cool
traffic uh calming and infrastructure
[6:19] projects in the city. Uh one of these is
in my ward uh and the other two are on
[6:26] um Kings Highway as well as Cass Avenue.
So, uh, madame clerk, if you could read,
[6:33] uh, the summary and then I have John Coh
here from the board of public service to
[6:38] answer any questions that anyone might.
>> Board bill 66 introduced by Alderman
[6:44] Michael Browning, an ordinance
recommended by the board of public
[6:47] service of the city of St. Louis
establishing multiple public works and
[6:52] improvement projects for the Cass Avenue
multimodel corridor transformation phase
[6:57] two traffic management enhancement phase
10 on Kings Highway and the Linda
[7:02] Boulevard cycle track within the city
authorizing the city to enter into
[7:06] supplemental agreements with
governmental agencies and parties as
[7:10] necessary for the comp complementation
of such pro completion of such pro
[7:16] projects and containing an emergency
clause.
[7:19] Thank you very much. So, just like it
says, this uh puts us into a place where
[7:23] we can accept the agreements with the
governmental agencies to do these
[7:27] projects. Um I can speak to the project
in my award and say I'm very excited for
[7:32] this project. It's u Lindle Boulevard is
a premier boulevard. It has a a number
[7:38] of amazing things on it including the
Cathedral Basilica and some other just
[7:43] gorgeous buildings and it deserves a
gorgeous street to go with it. So, we're
[7:48] really excited for this new multimodal
uh you know, better pedestrian
[7:54] facilities, better cycling facilities,
and safer driving as well. Uh so, no
[7:59] matter how you choose to get around,
we're aiming to make sure that you can
[8:02] do it safely. Uh with that, I'll turn it
over to John. And John, feel free to
[8:06] share anything that you like about these
projects. You've been deeply involved,
[8:09] and we certainly appreciate your work,
uh and making these things happen.
[8:16] Thank you, Alderman Browning.
Well, good afternoon, committeemen. I'm
[8:21] very excited to talk about our three
major federally funded transportation
[8:26] projects.
>> Excuse me. Could you say your name for
[8:29] the record, please?
>> Sure. I'm John Kohler. I manage the
[8:33] planning and programming division for
the board of public service.
[8:40] » Thank you. And I also wanted to express
my appreciation of the board of alderman
[8:46] expediently move this bill forward.
These are projects that have very tight
[8:52] dlines tied to federal funding and we
are very diligent in making sure that we
[8:59] meet those deadlines so as not to
jeopardize federal funding. But while
[9:04] I'm up here, I would like to briefly
talk about each of the projects. And I
[9:10] guess we can hold questions to the end
or unless you prefer to address them as
[9:15] we go to each project.
Okay.
[9:20] The first project is Cass Avenue
multimodal corridor transformation. And
[9:26] this information I'm presenting is in
attachment A of board bill 66. This is
[9:32] phase two. It's from Grand to Jefferson
and involves almost three quarters of a
[9:40] mile from Grand to Jefferson. It's
designed to provide safe multimodal
[9:46] transportation choices and vital
connections to regional active
[9:52] transportation networks to support
healthy affordable neighborhoods. the
[9:57] new geospatial intelligence agency site
and the brickline greenway on Grand that
[10:05] is wrapping up now and various school K
through 12 access and the businesses
[10:12] institution around that phase 2
corridor. And just a comment on phase
[10:18] one, that is an active project to the
east, which essentially runs from
[10:25] Jefferson all the way to Tucker or I70
and that is nearly complete with design
[10:31] and moving along very well.
We are planning to reduce traffic lanes
[10:38] and a great traffic calming features,
new lighting,
[10:43] and we're going to construct a shared
use path on the north side of the Cass
[10:50] Avenue, which will connect to the Grand
uh Avenue and carry that multi-use pass
[10:57] all the way to Tucker at I70.
[11:03] And moving on to the second project that
involves
[11:08] our traffic management enhancements. We
are up to phase 10 now and this is on
[11:14] Kings Highway.
17 traffic signals are impacted with new
[11:19] monitoring cabinet. All new signal
equipment. 3.75
[11:26] miles of Kings Highway from McCree to
Shaw Meyer. And then there's a shard
[11:32] piece on Eikleberger from Kings Highway
to Christie.
[11:37] We do upgrade the fiber optic
interconnections
[11:42] along the entire corridor to connect
into the city's transportation
[11:47] management center.
And this allows us to optimize traffic
[11:52] flow along the corridor. We also
we have recently upgraded the curb ramps
[11:59] along
uh Kings Highway with the ARPA funding
[12:03] that was completed within the past year.
Some of the ramps will be affected as we
[12:10] uh work on the new signal equipment and
and any additional ramp upgrades that we
[12:16] may need will be incorporated in
project.
[12:20] And then Alderman Browning provided some
background on the Lindle Boulevard cycle
[12:26] track. The total length which connects
Forest Park to Van Avener is 1.34 miles.
[12:34] The two-way cycle track it's being
proposed on the south side of Lindle and
[12:41] it'll be protected with a physical
barrier between park cars or with the
[12:47] park cars also acting as barrier.
and a lane reduction, one travel lane in
[12:54] each direction.
[12:57] We also plan to
implement various traffic calming
[13:03] features, all new markings to improve
pedestrian safety and access across
[13:09] Lindle and on the side streets. And we
are very excited about this project. We
[13:15] will we'll have some improvements in
coordination with bystate to improve t
[13:20] transit stops along corridor.
But with that I'm available to answer
[13:26] any questions
and I appreciate you hearing this board
[13:31] bill.
[13:38] » Okay, we'll start with questions. I
didn't see if uh Alderwoman Boy has
[13:43] joined us.
No, she has not.
[13:47] » Okay. So, then I'll start with myself.
Um, thank you, Mr. Kohler. The
[13:55] attachments. I know we don't have them
here for the public to see. So, if you
[13:59] can just go into like some some brief
sight specific um traffic calming pieces
[14:06] of the Lindle project. Also, as it
relates to the Kings Highway project, it
[14:11] sounds like that's all south, right? Am
I correct on that? So, if you can just
[14:16] give I know you mentioned the streets,
but if you can just kind of touch on to
[14:21] give people
>> Sure.
[14:23] » a broader view of where those are like
are they south of 64, south of 44. Mhm.
[14:29] So the features that many of you have
seen on the ARPA funded projects
[14:34] recently in Kings Highway in particular
in this area, but also we've done them
[14:40] on Goodfellow
>> Union, Jefferson, and Grand is our last
[14:46] one that we're wrapping up.
>> We'll have very similar FE features.
[14:50] They are generally speaking pinned on
concrete bumpouts at every intersection
[14:58] which shortens the pedestrian crossing
>> both on Lindle and then potentially even
[15:04] on the side streets. It will help slow
vehicles down and and improve visibility
[15:11] for pedestrians that are wanting to
cross by having uh that bump out where
[15:16] cars can't park right close to an
intersection. for example.
[15:21] » Mhm.
>> And then we are building
[15:25] enhanced pavement markings. These are
longlasting thermal plastic markings
[15:30] like we've done on the ARPA. They'll
last the the length of the anticipated
[15:36] paving which could be 12 10 to 12 years
>> where we will not have to stripe every
[15:42] couple years if it was traditional
waterborne paint. So that's a very nice
[15:48] longlasting feature as well. We'll put
in our standard continental or
[15:54] rectangular block markings on every
pedestrian crosswalk.
[15:59] And we will be uh another safety feature
and transit improvement will be uh
[16:07] platforms or where people but at bus
stops along the corridor. We've worked
[16:14] closely with bystate to
analyze where people are using transit
[16:21] and looking at ridership and any
adjustments for bus stop locations and
[16:27] making it safer for accessibility for
transit users along the route.
[16:36] Um
>> the let me see the so [clears throat]
[16:40] basically for Kings Highway I'll touch
on that first. What you're saying is
[16:43] you're picking up where the art for fun
left off going south.
[16:47] » Okay.
>> Since I have you here about that, I'll
[16:50] just specifically touch on at Kings
Highway and Delmare on the
[16:57] northwest corner. Mhm.
>> I have a constituent that recently
[17:01] reached out to me, so this was perfect
timing and witnessed a disabled um rider
[17:06] on the metro
>> that could not navigate getting off of
[17:10] the bus and getting over to the sidewalk
>> uh over to the sidewalk on Kings Highway
[17:16] because the area you all carved out, I
guess, for pedestrians is not wide
[17:22] enough um for wheelchairs. So they
essentially had to ride their wheelchair
[17:27] down the lane of Delmare to get to the
actual corner of Delmare and Kings
[17:33] Highway to get over. So I do want to
flag that since I have
[17:36] » I appreciate that and and we will look
at accessibility and we can some of the
[17:43] most projects are still open. We can
modify and work with our construction
[17:48] department.
And uh if you don't mind sending me an
[17:52] email with those specifics again and
then I'll forward it to construction
[17:58] uh to look at accessibility and
physically what's happening there.
[18:02] » Perfect. I know you're always very
responsive on things like that, but I
[18:06] just wanted to take advantage since I
had to go ahead and flag it. And then
[18:09] also the last thing about the Lindle
cycle track, can you just speak to what
[18:13] side of the street that'll be in?
>> Sure.
[18:17] We've had public engagement meetings on
this and we presented multiple options.
[18:23] We landed on a two-way protected cycle
track on the south side of Lyn.
[18:30] » Mhm.
>> So, it'll be a 10- foot wide cycle track
[18:34] on the south side with a small physical
barrier similar to most likely what
[18:41] we're building on South Broadway. And
then we'll have parked cars
[18:47] » and one travel lane in each direction
and then parked cars in the north side.
[18:53] So it'll be on on the south side.
>> Great. That's great. And how far west
[18:57] will that go on Linda
>> Vanav or Oh, it'll go to Kings Highway.
[19:01] » Kings Highway. Okay. And then we're
we're looking at what was done on ORP or
[19:05] we're we're going to make potentially
some minor modifications to make it safe
[19:12] to get into Forest Park by bicycle or
pedestrian.
[19:16] » That'll be great. That'll be great. As
well as feed into the new Lindle Union
[19:20] Lindle bridge that um I'm in Brown and I
share. So that'll be great. Thank you so
[19:25] much for my questioner.
[19:30] » Thank you. I appreciate the the
presentation and the questions asked uh
[19:34] by Alder and Clark Hubard already. Those
were really good questions. Um are there
[19:38] upcoming public um open houses on on
some of these projects or are those
[19:42] already taking place?
So some of the projects that involve
[19:46] studies like the Lindle, the study did
have a public house meeting to garner
[19:55] public input on that during a study
period.
[19:59] on that particular one or on all three
of these. It is a requirement of East
[20:05] Gateway to have another public meeting
at once MODOT approves the preliminary
[20:12] plans and the environmental clearances
and then we'll schedule another public
[20:19] meeting for each one of these.
So cat
[20:25] » well I will be following along and
looking out for those public meetings
[20:28] and I will hopefully get to attend some
of them. I appreciate appreciate the
[20:32] time and the questions.
>> Thank you
[20:36] » Adam Devote.
>> Yes. Uh thank you Mr. Kohler. It's
[20:42] always good to to hear from you and
thank you for the presentation.
[20:47] Uh can you please educate us on how
these three particular projects were
[20:52] chosen? what what is that process?
>> So I'll start with
[20:59] the Cass Avenue. This Cass was a
initiative and promise that the city of
[21:08] St. Louis made to move the national the
NGA to the north campus. We promised
[21:17] that federal agency that we would build
Jefferson
[21:21] which is the north south spine to the
NGA and then the east west was Cass.
[21:27] That was part of the agreement we had
for NGA to relocate to North City. So
[21:33] that's been in the works for some time
and Cass is the last commitment to
[21:38] fulfill the NGA requirement or or
agreement that we had with them
[21:45] on the
the CMAC
[21:50] traffic management phase 10.
We are in fairly good shape with all of
[21:57] our signalized corridors.
We have now gone through the city and
[22:05] interconnected and upgraded every major
signalized corridor in the city. But the
[22:12] ones we did a while back are now
obsolete.
[22:17] Kings Highway which is this phase 10.
That is an example of the equipment
[22:22] doesn't meet current technology needs
and we are now starting the process of
[22:28] going back and redoing our principal
arterials that are in the most need. We
[22:34] have active discussions with the street
department Len Effam of traffic as the
[22:40] traffic commissioner. he has uh
significant input as to which corridors
[22:46] we prioritize
uh moving forward.
[22:51] And so with respect to the King's
Highway section of work, where might one
[22:57] be able to and and I know you identified
it generally and I appreciate that, but
[23:02] is there a is there a map? Is there a
list of those intersections that are
[23:07] going to be tackled as part of this
project
[23:09] » on the Lindle uh project? Oh, Highway.
>> On the Kings Highway, sir.
[23:14] » Yes. If you open board bill 66 and
exhibit A, it will show all 17
[23:23] intersections
that are being impacted by that job. And
[23:26] it is I printed this off right from the
city's website on board bill 66. and and
[23:34] and certainly and I realized that and
and really what I was getting to and and
[23:38] I can I can post it with respect to my
my media, but but I was wondering where
[23:44] on the city's website
could a uh could could a resident access
[23:49] it. It is it merely by looking at the
board bill or is there some somewhere
[23:53] else? So, as projects move forward
through BPS, since we're the contracting
[24:00] and managing agency for all of these
federally funded jobs, we populate each
[24:06] project on our board of public service
website. because these were just
[24:12] recently approved by Eastwiss Gateway at
the end of August. Uh we haven't
[24:18] developed a website yet because we
haven't started design or concepts but
[24:24] eventually all these and you can look
back on anything that we've done or or
[24:30] in design. We should have a website on
all these federally funded projects as
[24:36] well as traffic studies and other
projects that BPS has managed. We've
[24:42] we've really made a concerted effort to
improve and enhance upon the available
[24:48] public information for each one of these
projects.
[24:53] » Yes, sir. And I appreciate that. I and I
thank you for that work because that is
[24:58] that is something that as an alder if we
put out uh it can very easily be buried
[25:05] or lost or if it's on a central website
it's it's easy for a resident to search
[25:10] and to find. So I do appreciate that and
I like the idea that it's somewhere
[25:15] other than a board bill because that can
be clunky for someone to find who isn't
[25:20] necessarily knowledgeable about where to
look. So again, thank you very much and
[25:25] I appreciate the explanation.
>> Thank you. And I I did want to just
[25:29] briefly talk about the last project, the
Lindle as how we came to that selection
[25:37] particular project. That project is
funded through transportation
[25:42] alternative program. It's very specific
to for projects that address pedestrian
[25:50] improvements, bicycling,
multimodal other than moving vehicle and
[25:55] it's a limited amount of money, three or
$2.5 million federal is the max on a
[26:03] tab.
Uh this project is right in the central
[26:07] core of the city. Alderman funded a
traffic study that was extremely
[26:12] wellreceived by the community. We've all
driven Lindle. We know how tight it is.
[26:18] A lot of crashes un could be considered
unsafe crossing Lindle. It was an ideal
[26:25] candidate to submit as a tap up funded
project for this year.
[26:32] » Yes sir. So I lied. I do have another
final question. You used a term of art
[26:38] multiple times. For those folks who are
watching at home, what does multimodal
[26:43] mean? If you could define that for folks
to make sure we're on the same page.
[26:48] » So multimodal
means traveling by generally four forms
[26:55] or four modes. It could be someone
moving by use of a automobile. That's
[27:02] one mode. anybody walking. That's a
pedestrian mode. You could be traveling
[27:09] by bicycle. That's the third mode of
transportation. And generally the last
[27:14] mode of transportation that we have in
this would be people using transit
[27:20] buses, light rail. Of course, there's
other multi modes, but we don't see a
[27:26] whole lot of other things in the city
like Segways. [laughter]
[27:32] Thank you, sir. Thank you.
[27:38] » All right, Madam Clerk, whether is there
anyone from the public signed up to
[27:44] speak on board Bill 66?
>> No, we're not.
[27:48] » And none online?
>> No, we have none.
[27:51] » Okay. Thank you. All right, Chair
Brownie, you're welcome to close. Thank
[27:54] you, Mr. Colum.
So, uh, we just heard a lot about these
[28:00] exciting projects. I just want to take a
moment to say that I think it's really,
[28:06] uh, wonderful to see these progressing
because, uh, when you go to other
[28:11] cities, you see some of the steps
they've taken to improve pedestrian,
[28:16] bicycle, even just their streets for
driving. And we know that when we design
[28:21] roads for the most vulnerable user, we
really design them to be safer for
[28:25] everybody. And so that really includes
accessibility, which I really appreciate
[28:30] you raising all the one uh from the 10th
because uh it's really really important
[28:36] that if the road meets the
accommodations that people need that
[28:40] then everyone will be able to use that
road safely. And so, uh, if someone who
[28:44] crosses the road, you know, if the
slowest person can cross the road
[28:47] safely, that means the rest of us can
make it.
[28:50] » And so, that's really important to
making sure that people have that
[28:53] option. But it's also an issue of equity
in that when you have the option not to
[28:58] own a car, which is a very expensive
purchase and an ongoing expense as well.
[29:02] But when you have an option not to own a
car or a second car and you have the
[29:05] ability to get around in other ways that
is actually uh allows you to get your
[29:11] feet under you in life and uh maybe
purchase your first home uh maybe uh you
[29:17] know upgrade your living situation.
whatever it is, you know, that really
[29:21] helps people who getting started in life
as I know it helped my family when we
[29:25] went with just one car for nine years um
that that let us get our life started
[29:30] here. So, I like to think of St. Louis
is a great place to build your life.
[29:34] » So, we're really excited to bring this
today. Uh this is just, you know, a few
[29:38] projects, but I think you'll notice that
there's more and more things happening
[29:41] in the city. Uh so, with that, I ask for
your favorable consideration on board
[29:46] Bill 66.
>> Thank you, Chair Brown. I mean, I did
[29:48] have one quick question. So, the grants
that we are accepting or legislating to
[29:54] accept, they fully cover these projects
or is this kind of a partnership working
[29:58] here on some of them?
>> There'll be a match on some of these
[30:01] projects. I I can't speak to the other
two, but I can tell you from my part uh
[30:04] I am actively saving Ward Capital money
so that we can uh do the match on this
[30:09] and make it happen as soon as that grant
comes in.
[30:12] » That's great. We know that's sometimes
the quickest way things can happen. So,
[30:16] it's a commitment. Um, madame clerk, can
you please add me as a co-sponsor to
[30:20] board bill 66?
>> So noted.
[30:23] » With that, I'll accept a motion
uh that we pass board bill 66 out of
[30:29] committee with the due pass
recommendation.
[30:33] » So moved.
>> Second. [laughter]
[30:36] » It was moved by Alderman Devodi and
seconded by Autooman Schwicer that we
[30:40] pass out board bill 66 with the due pass
recommendation. Madame clerk
[30:46] » with the call of a previous role
with [snorts] no objections. So
[30:51] congratulations.
>> Thank you.
[31:13] And with that, uh, that is all the board
bills we have for review today. Uh, we
[31:19] do not have any resolutions on the
calendar. Um, so we'll move on to the
[31:23] next agenda item, which is committee
discussions. We don't have any committee
[31:26] discussions on the calendar, but we do
have a gentleman who showed up today uh
[31:30] who wanted to make some comment um on uh
a board bill that is no longer in
[31:36] committee, but I'm going to as chair
just make an exception here and uh allow
[31:41] him three minutes to speak. Um, but I
also want to emphasize that there is a
[31:45] planning commission meeting tonight at
5:30m at 1520 market uh that will be
[31:52] maybe not uh well let me let me pause on
that but um for now we'll go ahead and
[31:58] let this gentleman speak. So if you uh
could introduce yourself uh say what
[32:03] ward you're from and uh you will have
three minutes to speak.
[32:11] Hey everybody, my name is Timothy Cusk.
This is my wiener dog, Carito. I live in
[32:16] Sulard. Um, [clears throat]
congrats on passing the speed humps and
[32:22] keeping the traffic at bay. Um,
I don't want to get too into it, but
[32:31] there's certain things that St. Louis
needs and St. Louis ones and
[32:37] standing as is. I don't see our opinions
being taken uh for what they are, which
[32:44] is we the people's words.
I understand we need to keep people safe
[32:49] by putting traffic cones in humps
places. Um and and don't get me wrong,
[32:56] there's issues. Um but when it's all
said and done, uh I see St. Louis as the
[33:01] greatest city in the world. And um as a
citizen of this great city, we just want
[33:07] to be heard. You know, we don't want
data centers. We don't want to
[33:12] live in the new world order. Like, I'm
not going to get too into this whole
[33:16] thing, but uh I appreciate you letting
me say some things. Um but when it's all
[33:21] said and done, I'm a local alterman at
my local parish and Caro here is my
[33:28] close confidant.
And as we continue moving forward in St.
[33:32] St. Louis doing our own projects
privately. I'm here introducing myself
[33:38] because I am an ally. I'm not here to go
against anything about this. We just
[33:44] have some discussions that all of us
need to have and honestly like there's
[33:49] nobody here right now. I'm the only I
don't know who you guys are. I
[33:53] appreciate you guys being here. Um but
like I said, we got other issues than
[33:59] putting in speed bumps. It's simple. We
need to figure out like what's going on
[34:03] in the sheriff's office. And correct me
if I'm out of line because I don't come
[34:07] do these meetings often. Uh but there
should be more conversations about how
[34:12] do we actually make St. Louis the
greatest city and not worry about
[34:17] putting in more surveillance or more
lights or more speed bumps or more
[34:20] delineators or taking away traffic or
taking away parking spots and putting in
[34:25] more concrete. Like it's simple. like
the city's fed up with this the way this
[34:31] entire thing is being run and the way
the city's been run for most of history
[34:36] and it is what it is at this point, but
I had to come and say hello. So, with
[34:40] that, I'm going to go back about my day.
So, thank you.
[34:45] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. And um I'm going to correct
[34:49] what I said earlier. Uh the planning
commission meeting tonight will be at
[34:52] 3140 Cass.
>> 3140 Cass. Yeah. and um that they will
[34:59] be taking up changes that the board of
alderman made uh to the uh board bill 49
[35:05] which is the data center regulations. So
for anybody that has comment on that I I
[35:11] believe it will be also um online as
well. Uh but there usually is public
[35:17] comment at these meetings. Uh, and this
is a great chance to see the the process
[35:22] um, as it works and uh, encourage
anybody who's interested at 5:30 p.m.
[35:27] tonight to uh, go to 3140 cast or join
online. Um, and I certainly appreciate
[35:34] all the members of uh, the the board of
aldermen that serve on that committee as
[35:38] well, including Alderone Schweitzer
who's today. Um, so with that uh, we'll
[35:43] move on the agenda to announcements.
Does any member have Oh, sorry. Didn't
[35:48] want to skip over any written testimony,
clerk,
[35:51] » we have none.
>> Okay. And with that, does any member of
[35:53] the committee have any announcements?
>> Okay. Well, I do I have one announcement
[35:59] that I'd uh like to make other than the
planning commission tonight, which is
[36:02] that uh look out on the agenda this
Friday for board bill 75. Uh this is a
[36:08] board bill that I've been talking about
for years now, and I'm really excited to
[36:12] introduce it. Uh it is getting rid of
the process of doing a board bill to put
[36:18] in a speed hump and turning that over to
the professionals in our departments to
[36:23] make those decisions. Also empowering
residents to be able to request that uh
[36:28] and empowering neighborhood
organizations, empowering our uh even
[36:32] our police captains and our other people
to participate in this process. So, we
[36:35] really want to make sure we bring the
public uh to the table in this and we're
[36:40] really excited to introduce this bill
that's been worked on in close
[36:43] coordination with the departments uh as
we work on the transition to the
[36:47] department of transportation. So, thank
you all. Uh really excited to bring that
[36:53] forward. Uh I'd like to excuse the
alderwoman from the 13th and the 8th for
[37:01] necessary absence. And with that, I'll
accept a motion to adjurnn.
[37:06] » So move
>> second previous role.
[37:10] » Moved by the alder from the 10th. Uh
second from the other one from the first
[37:14] and a call for previous role from the
alder one from the first. Hearing no
[37:17] objection, we are adjourned. Thank you
all.