Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 6-21-17

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By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH
The Missouri Supreme Court has denied
the transfer of a case challenging the constitutionality
of a St. Charles County Charter
amendment that bans red-light cameras
in both incorporated and unincorporated
areas of the county.
The May 30 ruling affirms a Missouri
Court of Appeals decision from January,
supporting a judgment from November
2015 by the 11th District Circuit Court in
St. Charles County upholding the constitutionality
of the amendment.
The amendment to prohibit red-light
cameras countywide was placed on the
November 2014 ballot and approved by 72
percent of county voters. The amendment
was challenged by the cities of St. Peters,
O’Fallon and Lake Saint Louis, and former
O’Fallon Alderman Jim Pepper and former
Dardenne Prairie Mayor Pam Fogarty, who
filed suit against the county’s election
authority and county.
“This is a good day and another victory for
the voters of St. Charles County,” County
Executive Steve Ehlmann stated in a county
news release. “The charter form of government
gives the power to the people to tell
city and county governments what they
want in their communities. Over 72 percent
of our voters approved the charter amendment.
This is clearly what voters wanted.”
exhibits and be primarily designed for children
up to age 8. “We want to design it in
such a way that the 8-year-old’s parents also
get intrigued and drawn into different exhibits,”
she said.
Liebel added that the museum will have a
number of impacts.
“For Lake Saint Louis, it will put you
on the map as a destination for tourism for
sure,” she told the aldermen, “and this is an
economic development project for sure.”
She added that the project will generate
jobs and construction, and will attract more
shoppers and retailers to The Meadows.
The agency’s 2014 marketing and
research study suggested that the museum
would draw 190,000 people during its first
year. Liebel said that, at the time of the study,
they didn’t know the Wentzville School District
would continue to grow as quickly as it
has or that a first shift would be added to
the nearby General Motors assembly plant.
Those changes mean more people may be
attracted to a museum, she said.
Cohen Equities has offered to give United
Services three acres on which to build the
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State Supreme Court upholds
red-light camera vote, ban
MUSEUM, from page 11
Automated red-light cameras take photographs
of vehicles that run red stoplights,
and violators were assessed fines of $110
or more per violation. St. Peters was the
only governmental body in St. Charles
County that was using red-light cameras.
The city’s use of red-light cameras sparked
a debate among some councilmembers and
city officials, which eventually resulted in
the amendment being placed on the ballot.
City officials had said they wanted the
election result voided because they questioned
the county government’s authority
over municipal laws. “It’s not about redlight
cameras, we don’t have the intention
of having them and we have never had
them,” said Lake Saint Louis Mayor Kathy
Schweikert at one point.
“Some in the cities complain the county
cannot tell them what to do – and they are
right,” Ehlmann added in the news release.
“The action by the County Council to put
this on the ballot could have been taken up
by the people through an initiative petition,”
he said. “The council and the people
took action because a statewide bill to ban
red-light cameras has been killed for three
successive years by lobbyists in Jefferson
City.
“The rights of the voters of this county
were upheld by the 11th Judicial Circuit
Court, the Missouri Court of Appeals and
the Missouri Supreme Court.”
museum. Lake Saint Louis officials have
said that, if the museum moves forward,
they may purchase almost two acres adjacent
to the museum site for use as a public
park.
Board members were enthusiastic during
M+H’s presentation of drawings and plans.
“I think we’re a little quiet over here
because we’re so surprised,” said Alderman
John Pellerito [Ward 3]. The museum offers
great visibility from Interstate 64, he said.
“It’s very exciting.”
Pellerito said the city has always viewed
The Meadows as a destination attraction.
The museum “would be the icing on [the]
cake,” he said.
Mayor Kathy Schweikert said the
museum would help establish The Meadows
as a town center for the community,
something a comprehensive plan study indicates
residents want. “This is just perfect,”
Schweikert said. “I think our residents will
be excited.”
Liebel could not place a time frame on
when she would like to see the museum
doors open to the public.
She said it isn’t unusual for a project like
this to take 10 years to become a reality.