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Session 1692, Minutes April 14, 1997 and missing items. City Manager recommends that award of this bid be made to Roger J. Hutchinson at the price of $42,464.00. Ackert is a Bond Issue project and Greensfelder is in the current annual budget. #4 - Third Quarter Transfers: Mr. Ollendorff recommends approval of budget transfers to place contingency and reserve funds into expenditure accounts. For the most part these are capital expenditures such as a new fire truck and building additions for which funds were placed in reserve. Mr. Ollendorffsaid at this point in the fiscal year we have needed to reduce our unappropriated reserves by $218,000, leaving the anticipated year-end General Fund balance at $ 1.8 million or about 996 of our annual budget. Expenditures will exceed revenue by less than 196 of budget mainly due to a shortfall in the predicted sales tax increase. Mr. Wagner moved approval of the consent calendar. Mr. Schoomer seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING - 7701 MILAN REZONING: Mayor Adams declared the public hearing open to hear comments on the rezoning of 7701 Milan to residential. Responding to Mrs. Thompson, Mr. Ollendorffsaid that Plan Commission member Price felt that most of the homes were brick in that area and this new proposed home would only be partially brick. Mr. Price felt that any new home should be all brick as well. He did not speak against the rezoning, just asainst the style of house. Mr. Ueberman asked that the representative from Ecumenical Housing come forward to answer questions. Ms. Deborah Dunbar, Assistant Executive Director of Ecumenical Housing located at 7477 Delmar came forward. Ms. Dunbar, responding to Mr. Ueberman, stated that Ecumenical Housing would own the home and legally would have to own and maintain the home for a period of fitteen years. Mr. Ueberman stated his concerns regarding similar projects, in the past, claiming a non tax exempt status and later turning into an exempt status. Mr. Meyer of Meyer Construction said that he would request that the Executive Director, Chris Kreymeyer, of Ecumenical Housing send the City a letter stating and confirming that this new home would not be tax exempt now or at any time in the future. Mr. Ueberman was satisfied with a written confirmation. Responding to Mrs. Thompson, Ms. Dunbar stated that Ecumenical Housing has built a total of 180 units, 9596 of those being in St. Louis County. Eight units are in University City. Mrs. Thompson asked why the home could not be built totally brick as per the concern of Mr. Price of the Plan Commission. Mr. Jerry Meyer of Meyer Construction, 1621 I Bent Tree Drive in Chesterfield, Missouri is the builder for Ecumenical Homes and responded to Mrs. Thompson's question regarding the brick. He said that the decision to go partial brick versus total brick was purely economical. Ecumenical's mission is to build affordable housing and a complete brick veneer ends up increasing the building costs substantially which in turn pushes up the rental amount. Mr. Meyer mentioned that the development cost of the home is approximately $80,000. Responding to Mr. Munkel, Mr. Meyer stated that the home will have a one-half brick veneer front. Responding further to Mr. Munkel, Mr. Meyer stated that they were building homes on vacant lots on the streets of Trenton and Crest. Responding to Mr. Wagner, Mr. Ollendorffsaid that the cost of the home would place it slightly higher than the assessed valuation for the homes in that area. Ms. Rachel Macklind, 7725 Milan, stated that she would be adjoining neighbors to the new property and was very interested in what was going to be built there, what it would look like and the price of it. Mayor Adams informed Ms. Macklind whom