City of Columbia, Missouri

Meeting Minutes

City Council

Council Chamber

Columbia City Hall

701 E. Broadway

Monday, May 2, 2022

7:00 PM

Regular

I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

The City Council of the City of Columbia, Missouri met for

a regular meeting at

approximately 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2022, in the Council Chamber of the City of

Columbia, Missouri. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited, and the roll was taken with

the following results: Council Member PAT FOWLER, Council Member ANDREA

WANER, Council Member KARL SKALA, Council Member NICK FOSTER, Council

Member MATT PITZER, Council Member BETSY PETERS, and Mayor BARBARA

BUFFALOE were present. City Manager De’Carlon Seewood, City Counselor Nancy

Thompson, City Clerk Sheela Amin, and various Department Heads and staff members

were also present.

Mayor Buffaloe explained the minutes were not yet complete for the October 18, 2021,

November 1, 2021, November 15, 2021, December 6, 2021, December 20, 2021, January

3, 2022, January 18, 2022, February 7, 2022, February 21, 2022, March 7, 2022, March

21, 2022, April 4, 2022, and April 18, 2022 regular council meetings, and the April 18,

2022 special council meeting.

Council Member Fowler asked that B113-22 and B124-22 be moved from the consent

agenda to old business, and that R65-22 be moved to new business.

The agenda, including the consent agenda with B113-22 and B124-22 being moved to old

business and R65-22 being moved to new business, was approved unanimously by voice

vote on a motion by Council Member Pitzer and a second by Council Member Skala.

II. SPECIAL ITEMS

Mayor Buffaloe read the proclamation issued by Governor Michael Parson for Local

Government Week, and recognized representatives of other area local governments,

Columbia Public School Board President David Seamon and Boone County

Commissioner Janet Thompson.

III. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

None.

IV. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT

SPC28-22

Greta Frymire, Hickman Amnesty International - Adopting 100%

Renewable Energy by 2030.

Greta Frymire, 4104 Faurot Drive, indicated she was one of the executive officers of

Hickman High School’s Chapter of Amnesty International and spoke.

SPC29-22

Carolyn Amparan, Sierra Club Osage Group - Renewable Energy Goals

for Columbia Water & Light.

Carolyn Amparan indicated she was representing the Sierra Club and the 100 percent by

2030 coalition of organizations and petition signers, provided a handout, and spoke.

SPC30-22

SPC31-22

Steve Callis - International Compost Awareness Week.

Steve Callis, 6304 W. Normandy Lane, spoke.

Julie Ryan, COMO Safe Water Coalition - Columbia's Water Treatment

Plant - Circling the Drain.

Julie Ryan, 5301 Regal Way, indicated she was representing the COMO Safe Water

Coalition and spoke.

SPC32-22

Andrew Hutchinson, LiUNA Local 955 Members - A Plea for a 50-Hour

Work Week.

Andrew Hutchinson withdrew his request to speak.

SPC33-22

Rose Metro - The Independence and Powers of the CPRB.

Rose Metro, 203 S. Garth Avenue, indicated she was a volunteer with Moms Demand

Action for Gun Sense in America and spoke.

V. PUBLIC HEARINGS

None.

VI. OLD BUSINESS

B113-22

Authorizing a fiber optic system lease agreement with The Columbia

School District for use of a portion of the City's fiber optic cable system.

The bill was given second reading by the City Clerk.

Utilities Director David Sorrel responded to Council questions.

B113-22 was given third reading by the City Clerk with the vote recorded as

follows: VOTING YES: FOWLER, WANER, SKALA, FOSTER, PITZER, PETERS,

BUFFALOE. VOTING NO: NO ONE. Bill declared enacted, reading as follows:

B124-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds for the

installation of cubicles for new employees in the Public Health and Human

Services Department.

The bill was given second reading by the City Clerk.

Finance Director Matthew Lue and City Manager De’Carlon Seewood responded to

Council questions.

B124-22 was given third reading by the City Clerk with the vote recorded as

follows: VOTING YES: FOWLER, WANER, SKALA, FOSTER, PITZER, PETERS,

BUFFALOE. VOTING NO: NO ONE. Bill declared enacted, reading as follows:

VII. CONSENT AGENDA

The following bills were given second reading and the resolutions were read by the City

Clerk.

B110-22

Imposing a local use tax at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate;

providing for the local use tax to be repealed, reduced or raised in the

same amount as any local sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised;

directing the City Clerk to provide notice of the local use tax to the Missouri

Department of Revenue; directing the City Manager to provide mapping

and geographic data to the Missouri Department of Revenue.

B111-22

Approving the Final Plat of “Seventh-Day Subdivision” located on the

southeast corner of College Park Drive and Oxford Drive; authorizing a

performance contract (Case No. 87-2022).

B112-22

B114-22

Amending the FY 2022 Classification and Pay Plan by adding the

Para-Transit Van Driver - 955 classification.

Accepting conveyances for sewer, utility, temporary construction, and

drainage purposes; accepting Stormwater Management/BMP Facilities

Covenants.

B115-22

B116-22

Authorizing Amendment No. 1 to the program services contract with the

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for epidemiology and

laboratory capacity enhancing detection expansion services for the

provision or implementation of COVID-19 response activities.

Authorizing a First Amendment to Addendum 1 to the community

assistance program agreement with the Missouri Department of

Conservation relating to infrastructure improvements at Norma Sutherland

Smith Park Lake and The Vineyards Park Lake; amending the FY 2022

Annual Budget by appropriating funds.

B117-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds received

from donations, golf capital user fees, and miscellaneous revenues to

provide funding for various Parks and Recreation Department projects.

B118-22

B119-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds to the

Columbia Regional Airport’s materials and supplies operating budget.

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds for the

temporary extension of operations and to increase air traffic controller

staffing at the Columbia Regional Airport.

B120-22

B121-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds for the

design and construction of a flagpole and courtyard area to be located in

front of the new terminal building at the Columbia Regional Airport.

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds associated

with the sponsorship agreement with The Curators of the University of

Missouri to allow the installation of the “Mizzou” logo and approved signage

in a section of the new airport terminal baggage claim area.

B122-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds for annual

maintenance fees associated with the agreement with Tyler Technologies,

Inc. for the community health software modules used by the Department of

Public Health and Human Services.

B123-22

B125-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds for the rental

of underground storage for the Public Health and Human Services

Department’s emergency preparedness trailer.

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating Public Works

Department funds to finalize and close out the Walnut Bridge Repair

completed capital improvement project and to provide funding for the

Ridgemont Bridge Repair capital improvement project.

B126-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds received

from the Urban Sustainability Director’s Network to fund a citizen science

urban heat mapping project across the City of Columbia.

B127-22

B128-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds for the

purchase of replacement mobile and portable radios for the Fire

Department.

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds for the

purchase of replacement portable radios for the Columbia Police

Department.

B129-22

R54-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds to finalize

and close out the business license rebate program.

Setting a public hearing: proposed installation of traffic calming devices on

Louisville Drive between Chapel Hill Road and the geographic boundary of

the Columbia city limits, and on Louisville Drive between Smith Drive and

the geographic boundary of the Columbia city limits.

R55-22

Setting a public hearing: proposed replacement of water distribution

infrastructure along Walnut Street between Melbourne Street and William

Street.

R56-22

R57-22

Setting a public hearing: proposed replacement of water distribution

infrastructure along Woodbine Drive.

Setting a public hearing: proposed construction of the Clary-Shy

Community Park - Agriculture Park - Phase II improvement project to

include construction of the east and west sections of the MU Health Care

Pavilion steel structure.

R58-22

R59-22

Appointing Andrew Briscoe as an associate municipal judge.

Granting temporary waivers from the requirements of Section 16-185 of the

City Code to allow possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages

and Section 16-258 of the City Code to allow amplified sound exceeding a

distance of 100 feet for two (2) Ninth Street Summerfest events.

R60-22

R61-22

Authorizing application to the Missouri Division of Tourism for the FY 2023

Cooperative Marketing Program to broaden countywide marketing efforts.

Authorizing an agreement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association

(NCAA) for the 2022-23 Division I Cross Country Midwest Regional

Championship event.

R62-22

R63-22

Authorizing a special event operations agreement with Columbia Art

League for the 2022 Art in the Park event.

Authorizing an artist’s commission agreement with Cody Finley for Traffic

Signal Cabinet Art to be located at the corner of Broadway and Ninth

Street.

R64-22

R66-22

R67-22

Authorizing a professional engineering services agreement with Barr

Engineering Co. for design services relating to the proposed Nebraska

Avenue storm water improvement project.

Authorizing a first amendment to the lease agreement with Enterprise

Leasing Company of STL, LLC for the lease of a car wash facility at the

Columbia Regional Airport.

Approving the Revised Preliminary Plat of “Forest Hills, Plat No. 3” located

on the south side of Geyser Boulevard and the west side of Lake of the

Woods Road (Case No. 116-2022).

The bills were given third reading and the resolutions read by the City Clerk with

the vote recorded as follows: VOTING YES: FOWLER, WANER, SKALA, FOSTER,

PITZER, PETERS, BUFFALOE. VOTING NO: NO ONE. Bills declared enacted and

resolutions declared adopted, reading as follows:

VIII. NEW BUSINESS

R65-22

Authorizing the temporary closure of a sidewalk on University Avenue

between Ninth Street and Hitt Street to facilitate the demolition of The

Professional Building on the University of Missouri campus, and the

temporary closure of vehicular lanes, parking lanes and sidewalks on Sixth

Street between Elm Street and Stewart Road to facilitate the demolition of

Parker Hall, Noyes Hall and the Old Student Health Building on the

University of Missouri campus.

The resolution was read by the City Clerk.

City Manager De’Carlon Seewood responded to Council questions.

The Council made comments.

R65-22 was read by the City Clerk, and the vote was recorded as follows: VOTING

YES: FOWLER, WANER, SKALA, FOSTER, PITZER, PETERS, BUFFALOE. VOTING

NO: NO ONE. Resolution declared adopted, reading as follows:

IX. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

The following policy resolution and bills were introduced by the Mayor unless otherwise

indicated, and all were given first reading.

PR68-22

B130-22

Establishing a city council parental leave policy.

Repealing Ordinance No. 024978 calling a special election to consider an

initiative ordinance; repealing Sections 22-159(f), 22-159(g), 22-159.1(d)

and 22-159.1(e) of the City Code prohibiting the use of residential roll carts

and automated refuse collection vehicles for roll carts.

B131-22

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Greg and Kelly DeLine

to allow a “self-service storage facility” use on property located at 818 E.

Broadway in an M-DT (Mixed-use Downtown) zoning district (Case No.

105-2022).

B132-22

B133-22

B134-22

B135-22

B136-22

Approving the Final Plat of “Discovery Park Subdivision, Plat No. 8”

located on the southwest corner of Discovery Parkway and Endeavor

Avenue (Case No. 81-2022).

Approving the Final Plat of “U-Haul Subdivision Plat 2” located south of the

intersection of I-70 Drive Southwest and Business Loop 70; authorizing a

performance contract (Case No. 189-2021).

Approving the Final Plat of “Quail Creek West Plat 7” located on the

southeast corner of Smith Drive and Louisville Drive; authorizing a

performance contract (Case No. 111-2022).

Approving the Final Plat of “The Brooks, Plat No. 3” located on the

northwest corner of State Route WW and Hoylake Drive; authorizing a

performance contract (Case No. 04-2022).

Approving the Final Plat of “Chalet Subdivision, Plat No. 1-A” located on

the south side of Grindstone Parkway and on the north side of Ponderosa

Street; authorizing a performance contract (Case No. 94-2022).

B137-22

B138-22

Vacating a sanitary sewer easement on Lot 3 within Barcus Ridge

Subdivision Plat No. 2 located on the north side of Old Plank Road (7101

S. Old Plank Road) (Case No. 88-2022).

Amending Chapter 2 of the City Code as it relates to duties and

responsibilities for the Commission on Cultural Affairs to include the traffic

box art program and the cultural activities enhancement program.

B139-22

B140-22

Amending Chapter 14 of the City Code to restrict permit holders from

parking in hourly spaces in unmetered off-street parking facilities.

Amending Ordinance No. 024962 as it relates to the acquisition of

easements for construction of portions of sidewalk, pedestrian crossings

and pedestrian crosswalks along the west side of North Stadium Boulevard

(Route E) between the I-70 overpass and Cottle Drive.

B141-22

B142-22

Amending Ordinance No. 024964 as it relates to the acquisition of

easements for the installation of audible pedestrian signals with countdown

timers, crosswalk markings, and the reconstruction of sidewalk ramps at

the intersection of Worley Street and Bernadette Drive and the intersection

of Worley Street and West Boulevard.

Authorizing construction of the Clary-Shy Community Park - Agriculture

Park - Phase II improvement project to include construction of the east and

west sections of the MU Health Care Pavilion steel structure; calling for

bids for the project through the Purchasing Division; authorizing a financial

assistance award agreement with the United States Department of

Commerce - Economic Development Administration; amending the FY

2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds.

B143-22

Authorizing a donation agreement with Community Foundation of Central

Missouri and the Frank W. Morris Memorial Trust for the planning and

development of the Cosmo Bike Park, and the development of the Gans

Creek Recreation Area natural surface trail and the Stephens Lake Park

trailhead; amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds.

B144-22

B145-22

Authorizing the City Manager to execute an easement to Boone Electric

Cooperative for the replacement and relocation of electric distribution

and/or communication systems to the new terminal building at the

Columbia Regional Airport.

Authorizing a tourism development sponsorship agreement with The

Curators of the University of Missouri for the 2022 University Concert

Series event.

B146-22

B147-22

Authorizing an agreement with The Curators of the University of Missouri

for the 2022 Missouri State Senior Games and Show-Me STATE GAMES.

Authorizing an FDP cost reimbursement subaward agreement with The

Curators of the University of Missouri, on behalf of the University of

Missouri - St. Louis, to assist in coordinating planning sessions, identifying

geographic hotspots, and delegating a liaison to participate in the SHIELD

training in Boone County associated with the First Responders -

Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act for Missouri program;

amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds.

B148-22

Amending the FY 2022 Annual Budget by appropriating funds to

accommodate mid-year salary adjustments for all employees; providing for

FY 2022 salary adjustments for unrepresented permanent employees;

providing for FY 2022 salary adjustments for employees represented by

Water and Light Association; granting a waiver from the requirements of

Section 19-85 of the City Code to provide for salary adjustments for

employees that exceeds the salary ranges established in the FY 2022

Classification and Pay Plan; establishing an implementation date;

providing for retention payments for unrepresented permanent employees

and employees represented by Water and Light Association.

X. REPORTS

REP33-22

Proposed lease agreement with White Oak Investments, LLC to allow the

construction of parking facilities on a portion of the Columbia Terminal

Railroad (COLT) right-of-way on Fay Street.

Utilities Director David Sorrell provided a staff report, and he and City Counselor Nancy

Thompson responded to Council questions. Jesse Stephens, an engineer with Crockett

Engineering with offices at 1000 W. Nifong Boulevard, and Tyson Hunt with Logboat

Brewing Company responded to Council questions as well.

The Council made comments.

REP34-22

REP35-22

REP36-22

Communication from Public Transit Advisory Commission regarding

Transit Service.

Acting Public Works Director Shane Creech provided a staff report, and responded to

Council questions.

Communication from the Climate and Environment Commission regarding

the Integrated Electric Resource and Master Plan (IERMP), Volume 1.

Leanne Tippet Mosby, the Chair of the Climate and Environment Commission, provided a

report.

Amendment to the FY 2022 Annual Budget - Intra-Departmental Transfer of

Funds.

Mayor Buffaloe understood this report was informational.

XI. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, COUNCIL AND STAFF

Rebecca Shaw, 2615 Vail Drive, spoke regarding concerns about the bus services being

cut short this past Friday, the benefit of paravan drivers for accessible transportation, the

housing survey in terms of the lack of the City promoting it and the lack of responses,

and the lack of participant representation at a recent Columbia Housing Authority (CHA)

opportunity campus engagement meeting.

Jack Meinzenbach, 806 Sunstone Lane, indicated he was a member of Citizens’ Climate

Lobby and spoke about carbon emissions and the issues associated with fossil fuel

dependency.

Susan Renee Carter, 2105 Hillsboro Drive, spoke regarding the wages associated with

CARE program participants and some seasonal Parks and Recreation Department staff.

Dean Andersen, 814 Timbers Court, spoke about his support for the City being proactive

in addressing climate change.

Eugene Elkin, 3406 Range Line Street, spoke about the homeless shelter, looking into

other things that could be burned to provide electricity other than coal, the City ’s water

facilities, and solid waste services.

Council Member Fowler made

a motion for the City Manager to leverage his

relationship with the University of Missouri to obtain permission for the volunteer

members of the Historic Preservation Commission to be able to photograph and

measure the buildings that would soon be torn down, particularly Parker Hall.

The motion was seconded by Council Member Waner. After discussion, the

Council approved the motion unanimously by voice vote.

City Manager De’Carlon Seewood asked for clarification regarding this request and

Council Member Fowler responded.

The Council and staff discussed various topics to include whether there would time for

free-form discussion at the upcoming Council Retreat, the recent community engagement

meeting regarding the opportunity campus project, the potential for small planning grants

for the collectives involved with homelessness, housing, community violence, mental

health, and workforce development, the need for better community engagement for the

housing survey, the money that had previously been set aside to review of the City ’s

ordinances via a racial equity point of view, a prior direct outreach program that focused

on a few certain areas within the City and the potential of bringing it back for underserved

areas, a potential ban on no-knock warrants, and the review and potential formalization of

council meeting and council chamber policies and procedures.

Mayor Buffaloe pointed out written comments had been received from EdnaLea

Almanza-Murray, Tim Allen, Jim Windsor, and John Conway.

XII. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned without objection at 8:54 p.m.