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It's another light week, but it's a HEAVY weekend, y'all! First up, we have Bootleg Revelry performing at tonight's plaza concert series beginning at 6:30, then, on Saturday, Carbs and Guitars runs from 8:30-11 am at the Downtown firehouse, followed by the main event from 4-11pm. Sounds like an absolute blast and a great way to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Route 66!
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- Tonight's City Council Work Session agenda brings the return of the stormwater ordinance discussion. I think the stormwater runoff concerns are legitimate, but so too are affordability concerns. I would like to see these two issues balanced against one another, preferably by pulling together a committee of local home builders and stormwater mitigation advocates so that both sides can share their perspectives and we can find some common ground. In lieu of that, my primary concerns are the following:
- 1. Lower the threshold for requiring stormwater mitigation from 1,000 sf to 500 sf. I'm worried that this will make accessory dwelling units (ADUs), perhaps the single best solution to affordability in Kirkwood, financially infeasible. ADUs can only be a max of 750sqft in Kirkwood so I'd like to see the threshold set there instead of 500sqft or ADUs exempted.
- 2. The maximum impervious coverage on single family lots shall be 55%. Again, I'd like to see ADUs exempted from this to help incentivize preserving existing small homes. If you can't add an ADU to provide an extra bedroom/income, you might as well tear the small home down and build a McMansion that covers the full 55% of the lot you're allowed to build on.
- Also on tonight's work session agenda is a revised transportation development district project list. I'm particularly excited to see Phase 2 of the Grant's Trail extension on the list.
- Some more info from last week's Great Rivers Greenway Meramec River bridge open house is available here. It sounds like the first step will be a feasibility study to see if it's even possible.
- Finally, on pg. 4 of last week's Webster-Kirkwood Times: an update on the new public works site. It's interesting to see new Council Member Justin Arnold join CM Jaksetic and CM Schaefer in voting against moving forward, but $30 million is an astronomical sum of money, and if there's a route to reconsidering the development plan for the old public works site, I'd love to hear it.
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That's all for this week! Have a great weekend, everyone! Go Knicks!
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