PUBLIC REQUESTS AND PETITIONS

Mayor Harris announced that the St. Louis Art Fair will be presented virtually, September 11-13 and encouraged everyone to “attend.”

A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE TAX YEAR 2020 PROPERTY TAX LEVIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET – 1ST READING

Mayor Harris opened the Public hearing and requested proof of publication. Janet Watson, Director of Finance and Administrative Services, addressed the Board reporting that each year the City must approve property tax levies which are then submitted to St. Louis County for billing. Calendar year 2020 was not a reassessment year therefore there was little change in continuing assessments. The City experienced significant commercial new construction growth, which increases assessed values, related to the remainder of the Centene development among other smaller projects. The City is allowed to receive additional revenue

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up to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which was 2.3% for this year, and for the value of the new construction. Per the Fiscal Year 2021 proposed budget plan, we are submitting the maximum allowable rates for your review. As part of the property tax levy process, the Board will hold a public hearing to seek public input on the proposed tax rates. Mayor Harris closed the public hearing. Alderman Boulton introduced Bill No. 6804, an ordinance Setting the Property Tax Levies for Tax Year 2020 to be read for the first time by title only. Alderman Lintz seconded. City Attorney Karr reads Bill No. 6804, first reading, an ordinance Levying and Establishing the Rate of Annual Taxes for General Municipal Purposes; Police Building Debt Service; General Obligation Debt Service; and Special Business District Purposes to be Collected by the City of Clayton, Missouri, for the Year 2020, Including Resetting Certain Tax Rates to the Voter-Approved Tax Rate Ceiling and Articulating Reasons for Doing So by title only. The motion passed unanimously on a voice vote. A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN ORDINANCE TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2021 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET

Mayor Harris opened the public hearing and requested proof of publication. City Manager Gipson reported that in August the Board of Aldermen received the City Manager’s proposed FY2021 Operating and Capital Improvements Budget.

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The motion passed unanimously on a voice vote. MOTION TO CONSIDER SELECTING AN OPTION FOR THE FORSYTH POINT LANE CONFIGURATION

Matt Malick, Director of Public Works, reported that during the June 23rd and August 25th, 2020 Board of Alderman meetings, staff presented information from the project’s traffic study, options for the lane configuration of Forsyth Blvd, as well as comments from the Developer. Following the discussion on August 25th, staff revised the proposed plan and estimated the cost to restripe the roadway at a future date. City staff proposes that the development construction establish the northern curb line and traffic signal infrastructure in a manner to allow future lane reconfiguration to be accomplished simply by restriping and avoiding the need for costly relocations of infrastructure. The roadway striping would currently remain in its current configuration and preserve parking on the north side at this time. The location of this northern curb line shall provide sufficient width on Forsyth to allow for future proposed lane reconfiguration improvements by restriping the roadway. In addition, city staff proposes the establishment of an escrow to cover the restriping of the roadway, adjustment of traffic signal heads, and up to two future traffic health analyses to assist the city in determining if circumstances warrant the proposed lane reconfiguration and the elimination of on-street parking. The length of the escrow will be eight years from the date of occupancy.

In addition, city staff proposes the establishment of an escrow to cover the restriping of the roadway, adjustment of traffic signal heads, and up to two future traffic health analyses to assist the city in determining if circumstances warrant the proposed lane reconfiguration and the elimination of on-street parking. The length of the escrow will be eight years from the date of occupancy. The goal of the city’s pavement management plan is to install a new surface treatment (mill and overlay or microsurfacing) on Forsyth every seven years. During any repaving, the roadway would be restriped and present an opportunity for revisions. Forsyth is currently scheduled to be repaved this year (2020) and the next proposed repaving would be in 2027. An eight-year escrow (from occupancy) would provide for an opportunity to revise the lanes approximately halfway to the following surface treatment scheduled for 2034. Considering current prices and a 1.5% annual inflation (2020 vs. 2030), we recommend escrowing $56,000. This escrow could be utilized by the City to make the roadway changes required to add the dedicated westbound Forsyth left turn lane at Brentwood and the eastbound Forsyth left turn lane in to the development. That change would also almost certainly require removal of the parking on the north side of this block at that time. Since this is city right-of-way, the determination to reconfigure the traffic/parking lanes shall be at the sole judgment and discretion of the city.