Good afternoon.

I'm calling today's public infrastructure and utilities committee to order.

It is Wednesday, February 25th.

Madam Cork, please call roll.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Aye.

Present.

We're taking breath.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Here.

Vice Chair Schweitzer.

Present.

Alder Amended voting.

Present.

Alder Woman Cox Anthony.

Here.

Chair Browning.

Present.

We have six present.

We have a quorum.

Thank you.

And with that, uh, we'll move on to approval of the minutes.

I will accept a motion to approve the minutes from Wednesday, February 18th, 2026.

It's moved by the Alderman from the first, seconded by the Alder One from the 10th.

Madam Cork, please call roll.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Aye.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Aye.

Vice Chair Schweitzer.

Aye.

Alderman voting.

Aye.

Alder Woman Cox Anthony.

Aye.

Chair Browning.

Aye.

We have six aye votes.

Thank you.

With that, we'll move on to our next item on the agenda, which is board bills for review.

Alder Woman Tice.

Uh you are recognized in item number one, which is board bill number one ten.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman and members of the committee.

I appear before you today to ask for a do pass recommendation from this committee regarding board bill one 10.

Um Board Bill 110 came with a map, but I always include my own maps, and you should have had you should have before you two maps that uh coincide with Board Bill 110.

Board Bill 110 is a uh a request to vacate an alley um between the perimeters of St.

Louis Avenue and Mathitt and Newstead and Taylor.

And it's a small portion of the alley, and there's going to be it's already been, I think, uh re uh it's uh rezoned for a commercial building that's supposed to go there.

Um and if uh you don't have the uh handouts, somebody should give them to you because if you will look at uh the handout that has the green um um land on it if you got a color handout, if not it's in black.

There's a little portion of uh the alley that runs east and west between St.

Louis Avenue and Maffitt, and that's the portion that we seek to vacate.

Um when we when this project started, there were several houses on the blocks.

Now there are only three house four houses that have anything to do with it, and two of them may not rebuild because of the tornado.

There's a house, there's one house left on North Taylor, and there are three houses on Maffitt.

And other than that, it's all vacant lot.

Um, but they didn't seek to do to uh vacate the entire alley because there are still homes that abut both the north south alley, and then there's a cross alley that's east and west.

Does anybody have a hand up?

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh we'll see if the committee has any questions.

Um start with our most senior member, Alderwoman Boyd I have no questions because Alderwoman ties is usually pretty thorough with her bills.

And if you don't have one, I want to say to the Alder Woman.

I did ask them to put it on the drive also.

This uh I was looking for an Ottawa Matha.

Okay, well, you you I know you know the neighborhood, so I can uh explain to you.

You know where Care St.

Louis uh is supposed to go right at St.

Louis Avenue on uh Newstead between Newstead and Taylor, and they built the new senior building that then got hit by the tornado.

Um and right across the street, that's that big vacant lot, and that's going to be where it is supposed to be built.

And behind it is Maffitt, and they have um a lot behind that piece of land that's at Newstead and Maffitt, and they're gonna use that for parking, and they're gonna vacate that alley right just in that little portion so that they can they don't have people driving through, but that would still give the other four houses the uh accessibility of coming in.

There's a uh north-south alley that runs behind Taylor, so they could come for in from St.

Louis Avenue or Mathitt, and they could go either down MAFIFIT to uh where the alley stops, or they could go to the house on North Taylor.

Okay, yeah, I know the area way up.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Alder One Clark Covered.

No question.

Alder One Schweitzer.

Thank you very much, Alderwoman for being here.

Uh I have two questions.

I don't have a second exhibit that you're talking about.

If you don't mind emailing it to me.

Okay, nobody gave it to you.

So it's um I I sent it to the secretaries and the clerk asking them to put it on the drive and to also hand it out as a handout.

So nobody did.

I don't think any of us have the hand.

But uh we're just an additional map, which I think is better than what's attached to the uh I agree.

The map that's on there is really hard to follow.

Right, exactly.

So I actually printed out color and everything.

Um I guess I could put my iPad on the screen and show it that way.

Works really if you would like.

Um, but yeah, I'm looking at the map on the the board bill.

Is the place where there's like hatches?

Is that the vacation?

Or is it the place without the hatchet?

I'm trying to figure out what what the vacation do you see where Newstead is?

I'm is that a if the clerk could just print them?

I call myself Newshead is um and St.

Louis Avenue, and then in the exhibit, there's an alley.

Um the alley is a portion of it has like these hatch marks over it, and a portion doesn't.

So I didn't know if the vacation right the hash mark is the vacation.

Okay, so starting from this dead down um east, I'm sorry, westerly.

Um that's where the vacation would be.

The one side is the one piece of uh between Newstead down to Taylor, it's all green land.

There's nothing there, and then um from Newstead up on the MAFIFT area from Newstead to where the hashtags across the stop, that would be where the vacation was.

Uh is to be rather.

And I actually like I said, I I had the green uh map from the apples map, and then I paint I uh highlighted it in pink so you could see it really well.

Okay, sorry you didn't that's okay.

If you don't mind emailing it to me, I would really appreciate it.

Or if they oh I can do that right now.

Thank you.

I can send it to the committee.

Perfect.

Um here, I think people would like to see that because we're all looking at our computers, like which one is uh so thank you.

Um the other question I have is that the bill um summary doesn't say this was approved by the Board of Public Service, but then the bill itself says approved by the so I was just wondering if this has gone through the Board of Public Service.

It has, and it came out from public service and streets, but I don't write the summary.

But it so sometimes it's stuff in there by the Board of Public Service is just what I'm trying to make.

Right.

Do you want that in the that can be put in the summary?

Pretty easy.

But sometimes they don't put everything in there.

I okay.

I appreciate it.

I just wanted to make sure um that that had happened uh before we move it out of committee.

Okay.

So I look forward to seeing the case.

If you give me a second, I will email you the maps right now.

Okay.

Thank you kindly.

We appreciate that.

Um Alderman Devotee.

Uh good afternoon, older woman.

Uh, I apologize for my ignorance.

Um I I know you were just having a good conversation with older woman Schweitzer, and I was frankly, I was trying to look at the map.

I too am a bit confused, so I apologize.

No, that's why I sent the uh let's see.

That's why I sent the map so that you would have them.

My my question, and if you answer this, I truly apologize.

But but could you walk me through the the process that you went through?

Educate me on on how we got to the point that you're asking for this, please.

Well, first of all, this is new territory to me.

I didn't represent this area for the 35 years I've been on the board.

I only picked it up three years ago, and um this started with Sam Moore, who was doing a development senior buildings, care stl, and also they're they're moving off of uh uh they're moving off of Dr.

Martin Luther King and over into on St.

Louis Avenue, and on one side on the north side of the street of St.

Louis Avenue, they've already built one senior building that unfortunately in the uh uh tornado, uh a car got thrown through the building after people had moved in, and so that is being redone, and they've started the second phase right next to it, west of it on the north side of St.

Louis Avenue.

They built a building.

Um they're building a new senior building right next to it across the street on the south side of St.

Louis Avenue.

Um they are building, they're moving their corporate offices from Dr.

Martin Luther King in the 13th ward uh to the 12th ward.

Um, so then they've been this has been in the plans way before I got here.

I'm just carrying the ball and continuing it um to get it done.

Um and I've been working with them.

I you know had to get up to speed, but I didn't do any of the initial work, it was already done.

Okay, so again, I'm looking at the map, but I'm trying to orient myself.

Uh obviously, this is this petition is at the request of Care St.

Louis.

I understand that.

If I'm looking at the map, if I'm reading the map and the petition correctly, there would be four other parcels that would potentially be affected.

First of all, is that right?

Am I reading this the right way?

So there are four houses, one on Taylor and three on Maffitt that are left.

Okay, that is why they're not closing the whole alley, they're only closing the end of alley at Newstead, and they're consolidating that piece of land on Maffitt that goes, I don't know how many feet.

So I didn't get into the weeds about that, but um, they're consolidating that with the parcel of land that faces St.

Louis Avenue.

They actually own all the land all the way down from Newstead to North Taylor.

I um I understand now.

Okay.

So Kier St.

Louis, as we're looking at the map, Kier St.

Louis owns every parcel that abuts St.

Louis Avenue between Newstead and Taylor.

Is that right?

Did I say that right?

That's correct.

Okay.

And so okay.

I'm with you now.

Thank you.

That's all I have.

I want to say that I got an email from tech Tracy saying that the attachments were there, so I don't know why.

Um let me try to send them.

I don't know what's going on.

I usually they usually are pretty good at getting them out.

So I I meant for you to have them.

Um, if you want me to, I can go to the end of the agenda so you can have them before you madam Mr.

Chairman.

Um I don't think that's necessary.

I think we all understand from the uh description.

Uh, but looking at the committee, yeah.

I don't think any of us are confused anymore.

I think we understand.

So uh do I have another one just like this that and so I sent both.

I call myself doing extra homework.

Okay, so that's why I'm not whatever way you want.

If it's fine, that's fine.

Yeah, I think we can proceed.

Um no worries though.

We really appreciate your willingness.

Um Alderwoman Cox Antoine.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chair and Alder Woman.

I I agree.

Uh my senior colleagues have asked all the questions that I had, so I don't have any further questions for you.

And um, like I said, your exclamation explanation has helped clarify some of my questions.

So when those supplemental maps are received, that would be helpful.

But I'm have no further questions at this time.

All right, thank you.

Alderwoman, I have just uh a couple questions.

Um I think uh I I answered one of them just by exploring this on Google Street View.

Um I was gonna ask, how do those homes get their trash picked up?

But I'm seeing that they have roll carts.

Uh so answer that question for myself.

But I do notice that in the north-south wag, uh, really it's a kind of a T alley and the top of the T has dumpsters on it, uh, but that part is being vacated, so I guess that would mean there's no longer gonna be trash pickup on that alley.

Because there's no houses, there are only three houses on the if you go to Maffitt.

There are three houses, two of them are damaged.

One is occupied um on uh on Maffitt between Newstead and Taylor.

Um and then on North Taylor, there's one house left.

And so even if you have dumpsters, you bring you bring the dumpsters, they're down the houses, are down at the west end of Maffitt, not the not the east end of Maffitt.

So what we are vacating is everything east of those houses.

So that their alleys, they would just come in either side of the T Alley off of St.

Louis Avenue and Maffitt, and it's not just dumpsters.

If they have a garage, you have to leave um uh uh uh uh egress for them to get in and out of their garage.

I want to remind you I set on streets for 20 some of my years and was the chair and the vice chair for a lot.

So I'm pretty uh thorough about making sure people have access to the front and back of their properties.

I I'm sure you are.

I just wanted to ask to do my due diligence.

I appreciate that.

Um so that that's the extent of my questions.

Uh your uh well, first, madam court.

Do we have any members of the public here for this bill?

We have none.

So you recognize to close, Alderwoman.

Okay, um, Mr.

Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for listening to my explanation.

Again, I apologize that my um my maps were not attached.

I will get them to you.

Um, but in the meantime, I'd ask I'd move that you pass board bill one ten out with a do pass recommendation.

Second.

Moved by the Alderwoman from the 13th, seconded by the Alderwoman for the first.

Uh Madam Cork, please call roll.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Aye.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Aye.

Vice Chair Sweitzer.

Aye.

Alderman Devotee.

Aye.

Alder Woman Cox Anthony.

Aye.

Chair Browning.

Aye.

We have six aye votes.

With that, we have passed Board Bill 110 out of committee with the due pass recommendation.

Alder Woman Tyus, you are now recognized on item number two, which is board bill number 111.

Okay.

So I'm sure you don't have those maps either.

Board bill one eleven is uh a vacation of a street off of North Broadway.

Um again, something I picked up in the new uh redistricting a couple of years ago.

Um North Broadway, this section of North Broadway is uh mostly uh commercial, even the residential is a hotel, and they want to close uh North Taylor uh right at North Broadway for approximately a box block to a street called Queda.

And the people who want to close it are a uh it's a business.

Uh Hopkins Property, they run uh a trucking business, and they've bought property on both sides of Taylor up to Queda, and they want to consolidate that uh property so that they can build a new development.

They uh did seek the uh signatures and approval of the surrounding uh uh properties, uh business properties, Mr.

Drury, uh a company called Broadway Development, but it doesn't by them closing Taylor and vacating it for one block, it doesn't stop people from getting in because the next street over is carry, and from carry, everybody can enter and then they can enter off a Queda or they can enter off a Prescott and then there are other streets that's off of East Carrie, so they could enter off of.

And in fact, the people are kind of happy they're closing it off because they are having a dickens of the time with uh young people.

There's a couple of uh gas stations right across uh prairie, and one of them has Love's Travel Stop, and another one is a mobile, and the young folks gather there now because the Alder Woman from the 11th did such a great job of keeping them from going inappropriately into uh uh her one of her parks that they now just come over and hang out.

And so um the people who are up in this little kind of business community are gonna probably come back and try to close most of that off so that there will only be one way to come in and out because they are having such a problem with the young people and with uh inappropriate behavior.

Thank you, Alder Woman.

Uh with that we'll go through the committee.

Uh Alder Woman Boyd no questions, thank you.

Alder Woman Carr Cubberd.

No questions, thank you.

Alder Woman Schweitzer?

No questions, thank you.

Alderman Devotee.

No questions.

Alderwoman Cox Antwi.

No questions.

I'm gonna break the trend here.

I do have just one question.

Um, so they're they're vacating East Taylor Avenue, but they're gonna leave Prescott open.

So they're they're only vacating East Taylor to Queda.

So from Broadway, the next street overhead toward Hall Street or is Queda, and then the next street over is Prescott.

So they're only vacating that one block because they bought that property and they've already demolished it.

And so they don't want people to come through.

There that's going to be a continuous piece of property on both the what is that running west and east side of uh Taylor.

But you'll be able to enter the complex from Carrie, and then from Kerry, you can go into Queda.

You can go into Prescott's.

There are other streets.

So there's no no, there's no problem with people getting in.

It will just be that one um piece of uh the street on Taylor, one block.

Thank you for the clarification.

I don't have any more questions.

Um with that, uh Madam Cork.

Do we have any members of the community here?

We have none.

And with that, Alderwoman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman and members of the committee.

I'd seek a due pass recommendation and move that board bill one eleven be passed out of uh committee with a due pass recommendation.

So mo second previous call.

Seconded by the Alder Woman from the first, and a call for previous roll from the Alderman from the first.

Hearing no objection, congratulations, Alder Woman 11 has passed with the due pass recommendation.

Thank you.

And I'm sending both uh maps anyway, just because it's gotten on my nerves.

Thank you.

Oh, we appreciate it.

With that, we'll move on to our next item.

Um I don't it's alderman alderge on line.

Online, we'll move on to the next item uh and see if we can't get a hold of him.

Um with that, we'll move on to the next item, which is item number four, uh, board bill number one fifty, Alder One Clark Hubbard.

You are recognized.

I thought we were going to right.

Oh, we can if you'd like.

I know you were a little more handsome.

RB, I wouldn't prefer it.

I think it was my sir.

No worries, yeah.

Take your time.

Madam Clerk, can you read the summary for board bill one fifty?

Board bill one fifty introduced by Audible Shameen Clark Hubbard.

Pursuant to ordinance number seven zero three three three as amended by ordinance number seven one three nine four to calm the flow of traffic on the 6100 block of Washington Avenue.

Thank you, Madam Clerk, um, Mr.

Chairman and committee members.

This is a speed hump bill per request of the residents on their block, and I'm asking for your favorite consideration and a due pass recommendation for board bill one fifty.

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh, do any members of the committee have any questions?

No questions.

Thank you.

Uh, with that, Alderwoman.

Uh well, do we have any members of the public on this bill?

We have none.

Alder woman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you again.

I appreciate the speediency of this legislation.

With that, I'm asking again for your favorable consideration and a due pass recommendation for board bill one fifty.

With that, I'll say motion uh pass board bill one fifty out with a due pass recommendation has been moved by the Alder One from the 13th.

Is there a second?

Second previous roll.

Seconded by the Alderman from the first call for previous roll.

Uh hearing no objection, congratulations.

150 is passed out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

We try to keep things moving here.

Uh with that, we're gonna jump down to what I think should be item number six on the agenda, uh, board bill number one seventy.

Alderman Narayan is not able to be here today, and he has asked that Alderman Schweitzer uh carry the bill for him today.

So Alderwoman Schweitzer, you are recognized on board bill one seventy.

Thank you, uh Matt.

Uh thank you, Chairman Browning and members of the committee.

Uh Alderman uh as Chairman Browning said, asked for me to carry 170 at a conflicting meeting, and this is a stop sign bill.

Um we did um flag and he's aware of some uh issues in the bill regarding the locations of the the stop signs he's talking about and the two-way one-way kind of issue here.

Um he is preparing a amendment or floor substitute for to that extent.

Um so he does intend to do that, but he asked if I would still ask the committee for a vote today in order to get this to the floor where he would make that um change to the bill.

Thank you, Alder Woman.

Uh we'll see if there's any members of the committee have any questions.

Seeing none.

Um are any members of the public here on this bill?

We have none.

With that, Alder Woman, you're recognized to close.

Thank you so much.

On behalf of Alderman Narayan, I would ask for a due pass recommendation of board bill one seventy this time.

I'll accept a recommendation for a due pass uh for board bill one seventy.

So move second moved by the alder woman from the 10th, seconded by the alder woman from the eighth.

Call previous roll.

Previous roll and hearing no objection.

Who called previous role?

I'd uh one seventy is passed out of committee with a due pass recommendation.

Thank you.

With that, um, we will move on to item number five, uh, which is board bill number one fifty-nine.

That's a board bill that I have, so I will hand the chair to Alderwan Schweitzer.

Thank you, Chairman Browning.

You recognize on board bill number one fifty-nine.

Thank you.

Uh so board bill one fifty-nine is a uh board bill.

You may remember uh last Friday.

It's a long time ago, but uh we had Board Bill 115 perfected.

That is a board bill that allocated five million dollars uh to the from the capital fund uh to repairing the flood wall.

Uh but we amended it last Friday uh with a four uh with a four substitute to uh put that down to about four point one million.

The other nine hundred thousand is coming from this board bill uh one fifty nine.

We are applying for an MSD grant uh that is going to fill out the rest of that budget so that then we can get the uh matching funds from the state to help repair uh this critical piece of infrastructure for our city.

Um with that I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Alderman Browning.

Uh move through the committee for questions.

Alderwoman Boyd.

No questions.

Alderman Clark Hubbard.

No questions, thank you.

Alderman Devotee.

No questions.

Alderwoman Cox Antwee.

Uh thank you, Madam Vice Chair.

I do just have one quick question.

Obviously, Alderman, I'm very supportive of any efforts to repair our flood woe.

I know how essential that is.

Uh, I just wanted to quickly clarify your statement.

I understand we uh amended on the floor the previous bill that we passed out of committee for the initial full sum.

And now you're saying uh this bill will replace that if we were to receive the grant.

I'm just curious if the grant is not received uh what uh MSD anticipates will fill that $900,000 gap.

I think uh it would have to then come from the capital fund uh in order to make sure we get to that full amount, but um I I think we say we feel pretty confident applying for this grant.

This the purpose of this grant is to uh work on infrastructure like this, and so we we hope that we're able to get it, but um this is uh this is definitely likely to be received, in my opinion.

Uh so uh it would be great to be able to keep that $900,000 off the the capital fund that way we can use that money for some other capital need.

Thank you for that clarification.

I have no further questions.

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh thank you for bringing this forward.

I know we've discussed this a little bit, Alderman Browning.

Um, but has there been any further conversation with MSD to provide more funding than even just this, what's being applied for?

That's really a question that I'd have to defer to the mayor's office on.

Um I I'm not aware of that, but um, you know, certainly it would be nice to supplement this fund with with more money.

I think this is the amount that's eligible for this grant, but uh we can certainly explore other funding opportunities.

So a question I have about just the responsibility regarding the flood wall.

It's the city of St.

Louis's responsibility to maintain the flood wall, not MSD responsibility.

That's my understanding.

Yeah, it's it's the city property and um MSD will help us with that just like they have grants for you know private property too.

Uh, but this is something that we can get some supplemental funds from.

Sure.

I think they have a decent chunk of change that they'd have to get out the door uh with their consent decree and um the the money that they they have to put into a community project.

So yeah, I'd love to see more.

Maybe we can keep talking about that and see see what else is available to help support this project.

City has so many other needs.

Yeah, I I I would agree.

Um the flood wall is is one thing, but in general, uh we've seen heavier rains in the city.

Uh and so uh increased flooding is is always a possibility.

We we remember 2022 and those floods and damage to our city uh that I think we're still recovering from in some places.

So it's necessary to continue to work with them and hopefully we can get some more money from them in the future to do some more projects.

Thank you.

Uh any public comment, madam clerk.

We have none.

Okay.

Uh and with that, Alderman, you are recognized to close.

Thank you.

Uh just ask for your due pass recommendation for uh board bill one fifty-nine.

Thank you.

So I'll move.

Uh I will entertain a motion for a due pass recommendation.

It's been moved by the Alderwoman from the 13th.

Any second?

Seconded by the Alderman from the eighth, and a call from previous roll from the Alderwoman from the eighth.

Any objection to previous role?

Hearing no objection, we have passed board bill 159 with a due pass recommendation.

Thank you, Alderman Browning.

Passing it back to you.

Okay.

Um with that, well, we're gonna go back to uh item number three on the agenda.

Uh that's uh board bill number 136 from Alderman Aldridge.

Uh he's asked Alderwoman Schweitzer to carry that bill for him.

Uh and we appreciate Alderwoman Schweitzer stepping up today to carry bills for our our other alders.

So with that, Alderwoman, you are recognized.

Thank you so much.

Um Alderman Aldridge had uh unexpectedly was detained from this meeting today.

So um just to keep things moving.

I know we're in the end time of the time of year where uh you know we want to make sure things are able to move forward before we have a break here.

So um I would not consider myself an expert on this bill, um, but I am happy to be here and to at least make sure this bill is heard in committee today.

Um so madam clerk, if you could please read the summary of board bill number 136.

Board bill 136 introduced by Alderman Rashine Aldridge and ordinance recommended by the Board of Public Service to conditionally vacate the following street in a portion portion of Elliott Avenue from St.

Louis Avenue to Montgomery Avenue, Montgomery Street from Jefferson Avenue to Elliott Avenue, and a two feet two-foot wide east-west alley beginning at Elliott Avenue and extending eastwardly 25 259.99 feet to a point in City Block 2365 is bounded by St.

Louis Avenue, Jefferson Avenue, Montgomery Street, and Elliott Avenue.

Uh thank you very much.

Uh here today.

I do have a speaker here that Alderman has coordinated today, uh, who will be able to give some more background on this bill if we could do that before committee questions.

Absolutely.

Um before I have you introduce yourself, would you raise your right hand and you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?

Yeah, I do.

Thank you.

Please uh tell us your name and where you're from, and uh then please proceed.

Um my name is Mike Solomon.

I'm a senior manager of facilities and maintenance for sentient colors located at 2515 North Jefferson.

Um this request is for street vacations on Montgomery and Elliott Street.

So I've plotted out the location of our property.

We currently own the property south of Montgomery is our facility, north of Montgomery, and east of Elliot, minus the one resident that is located on North Jefferson.

So those that property, I would call it the northwest or northeast corner, is owned by Sentient Colors, and we are looking to vacate that street of Elliott Montgomery and the alley pertaining through the split of that property.

Umly the request is to create um a better barrier for our facility right there.

Our fence line currently is just north of the Montgomery Street, which is just north of that building on the corner of what is that, Montgomery and Elliott.

Um the street vacated in yellow.

That is currently a vacated street to sentient colors, and we're trying to connect those two.

Allow us to um have continuation around our facility.

Currently, we have two gates, two security gates where the two stars are.

One is on the southeast corner, and one is on the northwest corner by vacating the street.

It allows us to open that perimeter where we would allow traffic from one gate to access the other side of our facility.

Thank you.

Uh we'll move through the committee to see if there are any questions.

Alderwoman Boyd.

No questions.

Alder One Core Covered.

No questions, thank you.

Alderwoman Schweitzer.

No questions.

Uh Alderman Devotee.

No questions.

Alderman Cox Antoine.

Uh thank you for being here.

I I do just have one quick question as a point of clarification.

Looking here at your map.

I see where your property line and I have Google Maps pulled up has the fencing around it.

If the street is vacated, would there be any need for you all to extend the fencing to connect on the other side of your facility if I'm understanding what you're describing correctly?

We would look to extend that fence to close that area in and then landscape grass, the area that is currently north of Montgomery.

Okay.

And then box that in to where it would open up our access from if you see the Elliott Street that's currently like a parking lot for our current building.

That would allow us access around that corner of that building.

Currently, that fence, which is that red line right there, blocks our access from being able to connect the two parcels.

Okay.

And would that fencing extend to the boundary of St.

Louis Avenue and Elliott, or would it just be that additional smaller portion?

It would currently our plan would be to as you see the uh the alleyway that cuts through the middle of the parcel we're trying to get vacated.

We're looking to cut that fence line from there straight across to where the North Leffingwell front fence is.

So it will be back from St.

Louis Avenue, probably let's call it 200 feet, maybe.

Give or take it'd be that same distance of the lot of the current houses that are on St.

Louis Avenue.

Okay, thank you.

I do understand that St.

Louis Avenue does have quite a bit of traffic and also residents, so I just wanted to make sure that you guys would not be abutting upon that.

So thank you for that clarification.

I have no further questions.

Uh thank you.

I I think that was my main question.

Umsient colors makes food coloring.

We do.

Is there any?

I'm just curious.

Are there any products that I'd recognize that uh Red 40?

Uh that's a good one.

Very uh we're St.

Louis is the one of the highest manufacturers of the Red 40.

We're currently going to a natural color facility.

So we're doing a lot of natural colors.

Obviously, you know that's a big thing in St.

Louis.

So we're doing a big expansion on the facility right now.

Excellent.

Um, and do you know?

And I'm sorry I'm asking these questions because you it might not this might not be your field, but do you know how many people sentient colors employees?

So right now, this location I believe we're at like 467.

Okay, that's that's pretty great for that uh that site.

I'm uh just was curious because I think you've got you've got quite the campus there, and it's always interesting to see you know who's bringing jobs into the city, and we definitely appreciate being in the city.

Uh I don't have any other questions.

Um Madam Court, do we have any members of the public?

We have none.

With that, uh Alderwoman, you are recognized to close.

Let me clear all this stuff up.

Thank you, Chairman Browning and members of the committee.

Uh that's really interesting to always interesting to learn more about the companies that are doing work in the city, uh, what they're doing.

Um, I do want to note from Alderman Aldridge that there is a uh a house that's sort of right in the area uh next to that all the areas that are highlighted ascending owned property, and that house is vacant.

Um so I just wanted to highlight that for the committee in case anyone was concerned about that that property what's happening there.

Um he also asked that I share that uh this is a street that is not currently uh used by community members because as you can see, the um sensient property really surrounds the whole the whole street.

They're the only ones um needing this access point.

Uh so that is everything that I have to share from Alderman Aldridge.

Uh and with that I would ask the committee for a due pass recommendation on F.

Thank you.

With that, I'll accept uh um motion for a due pass recommendation uh for board bill one thirty six so move second previous roll moved by the alderman from the tenth, seconded by the alder one alderman from the fifth, and a call for previous role from the alderman from the fifth.

Hearing no objection, board bill one thirty-six is passed out of committee with the due pass recommendation.

That I think does it for our agenda today.

Uh with that, um, I see that we have no resolutions for review, uh no committee discussions on the agenda.

Uh Madam Quirk, was there any written testimony?

No, there were no written testimonies.

Uh does any member of the committee have any announcements?

Seeing none, uh all members were present today.

No need to excuse.

Uh with that, I'll accept a motion to adjourn.

Second second, moved by the alder one from the fifth, seconded by the alder woman from the 10th.

Seconded by the Alderwoman from the 10th.

Call for previous roll from the Alder One from the first.

Hearing no objection, we are adjourned.