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May 17, 2017
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Chesterfield residents asked to
weigh in on special tax district
By JIM ERICKSON
With an ice rink slated for possible development
in Chesterfield Valley, residents
are being asked to weigh in on extending
a special sales tax district. To that end,
Mayor Bob Nation has placed a survey on
the city’s website through May 26.
“This is only a survey which will be
used to gauge public opinion,” the survey
announcement said. It also emphasized,
“The City of Chesterfield would not own
and would not have any financial participation
in the ice rink.”
The Chesterfield Youth Hockey Association
is spearheading the rink project, a twosheet
facility to be built in the western part
of the Valley, south of I-64. It has asked
that the existing Chesterfield Valley Transportation
Development District be used to
fund about $7 million in improvements to
roads, parking and utilities related to the
new rink.
Revenue for the improvements would
come from an existing 3/8-cent sales tax
collected only in Chesterfield Valley. The
levy already has funded other transportation-related
projects in the Valley through
the sale of bonds, which the sales tax revenue
retires. If the tax is extended, it would
continue for 15 more years beyond its
current expiration date, or until the debt is
paid off, whichever comes sooner.
Extending the sales tax requires a positive
vote by residents in adjoining subdivisions,
a number in the low hundreds,
as opposed to all those living in the city.
However, opponents of the TDD extension
have said that anyone doing business
in the Valley is required to pay the higher
tax, not just those who can vote on the
measure.
The survey can be found online at www.
chesterfield.mo.us/mayors-survey.html.
Responding to the survey, the hockey
association issued a statement saying, “For
22 years, ice sports have brought millions
of dollars in revenues to the Chesterfield
Valley from events and leagues hosted at
the Hardee’s Iceplex. The Chesterfield
Sportscomplex will continue that tradition
while also providing the Chesterfield community
with additional opportunities to
host other community events.
“The Chesterfield Hockey Association
appreciates the support received so far
from the city of Chesterfield and the surrounding
community.”
Wildwood to vote on possible video streaming
June 3rd
By MARY SHAPIRO
As early as July, Wildwood City Council
and other city meetings could be video
streamed to the public.
A resolution that would authorize the
purchase, delivery and installation of new
camera/video streaming equipment and
other system upgrades for the Wildwood
municipal building, at a cost of $23,496.75,
was discussed during the May 8 council
work session. But a vote to authorize a purchase
order with CI Select for the technology
was put off until at least the May 22
council meeting.
Councilmember Jim Baugus [Ward 3]
asked for the delay so that various council
questions could be answered. Included were
those regarding the importance of determining
how long the city must retain the video
files; addressing search capability for those
files; and consulting with other municipalities
to determine best practices in posting
meeting videos and to find out who has
worked with CI Select.
During the work session, City Administrator
Ryan Thomas said the new equipment
would allow for the recording of city
meetings and streaming of that video on the
city’s website. He said the city’s audio visual
vendor, CI Select, determined that installation
of a two-camera system with live streaming
capabilities would cost a total of $18,128.43.
The recommended streaming service [www.
livestream.com] would cost $249 per month.
Included in the two-camera system would
be a camera at the rear of the council chamber
with full pan, tilt and zoom capabilities
for viewing the dais as well as a camera
with optical zoom capabilities that would be
attached to the speakers’ podium.
City staff could toggle between cameras,
depending on the person speaking or select
an image being displayed on monitors,
Thomas said. He noted that, with so many
features being added to the existing audio
visual system and given its age, it would be
advisable to upgrade to a new system controller
and touch screen console, an additional
cost of $5,368.32.
Mayor Jim Bowlin said the video streaming
would provide benefits such as giving
the public better knowledge of how city
government operates and security for the
council and public speakers. Thomas added
that the city’s Board of Public Safety also
is considering use of security cameras
throughout the city building.