MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
GLADSTONE, MISSOURI
SPECIAL MEETING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003
PRESENT: Mayor Les Smith
Mayor
Pro Tem Wayne Beer
City Counselor David Ramsay
City Clerk Cathy Swenson
ABSENT: Councilman Bill Cross
City Manager Kirk
Davis
Assistant City
Manager Scott Wingerson
Mayor Les Smith opened the Special October 30, 2003,
City Council Meeting at 5:30 PM in the Gladstone City Council Chambers.
Item 3. on the Agenda. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
Mayor Les Smith led the Pledge of Allegiance, in
which all joined.
Item 4. on the Agenda. RESOLUTION R-03-80, authorizing the Mayor, City
Council members, City Manager, Director of Parks and Recreation, and the
Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to execute all necessary
applications and other documents to seek a Grant-In-Aid under the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources & Water Conservation Fund for construction,
improvement and maintenance of walking trails in Oak Grove Park.
Mayor Pro Tem Wayne Beer moved to approve RESOLUTION R-03-80, authorizing the
Mayor, City Council members, City Manager, Director of Parks and Recreation,
and the Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to execute all
necessary applications and other documents to seek a Grant-In-Aid under the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources & Water Conservation Fund for
construction, improvement and maintenance of walking trails in Oak Grove
Park. Councilman Joe Evans
seconded. The vote: All “aye” – Councilman Joe Evans, Councilman
Carol Rudi, Mayor Pro Tem Wayne Beer, Mayor Les Smith. (4-0)
Item 5. on the Agenda. RESOLUTION
R-03-81, authorizing
the Mayor, City Council members, City Manager, Director of Parks and
Recreation, and the Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to
execute all necessary applications and other documents to seek a Grant-In-Aid
under the Missouri Department of Natural Resources & Water Conservation
Fund for construction, improvement and maintenance of walking trails in Happy
Rock Park.
Mayor Pro Tem Wayne Beer moved to approve RESOLUTION R-03-81, authorizing the
Mayor, City Council members, City Manager, Director of Parks and Recreation,
and the Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to execute all
necessary applications and other documents to seek a Grant-In-Aid under the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources & Water Conservation Fund for
construction, improvement and maintenance of walking trails in Happy Rock Park. Councilman Carol Rudi seconded. The vote:
All “aye” – Councilman Joe Evans, Councilman Carol Rudi, Mayor Pro Tem
Wayne Beer, Mayor Les Smith. (4-0)
Item 6. on the Agenda. QUESTIONS FROM THE NEWS MEDIA.
Kelli Houx, of the Sun News asked why it was necessary to hold a Special City Council meeting.
Parks and Recreation Director Sheila Lillis replied Staff is working on a trail grant application through the Land and Water Conservation Fund of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and recently realized formal resolutions for both of the items on the agenda (R-03-80 and R-03-81) were necessary documentation for the grant application. The deadline for the grant application is tomorrow, October 31, 2003, which is why it was necessary to have a Special City Council meeting tonight. This is a 45 percent matching grant through the Department of Natural Resources.
Director Lillis reported it is Staff’s hope to use grant money to remove the existing 12-year old, four-foot trail in Oak Grove Park and replace it with an eight-foot trail. Director Lillis continued by saying approximately 1,800 linear feet of trail has been replaced at Happy Rock Park, increasing the trail width from four feet to eight feet in the replaced area. It is hoped to replace the remainder of the trail, which is three-quarters of a mile.
Ms. Houx asked if there were cost estimates.
Director Lillis replied she did not have those estimates with her, but would provide them to Ms. Houx after the meeting.
Item 7. on the Agenda. ADJOURNMENT.
There being no further business to come before the
October 30, 2003, Gladstone City Council Meeting, Mayor Les Smith adjourned the
Special Meeting.
Respectfully submitted:
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Cathy
Swenson, City Clerk
Approved
as submitted: ___
Approved
as corrected/amended: ___
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Mayor Les Smith