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By Carol Arnett

The Florissant City Council heard about problems with the Sunset Park Trail at their last executive session. In addition to explaining the problem, City Engineer Tim Barrett outlined the solution.

Great Rivers Greenway, Barrett said, is willing to spend $300,000 to repair the trail. In exchange, Great Rivers Greenway would like to city to deal with some erosion problems near the nature lodge. If these issues are not fixed, they may cause more problems with the trail.

Barrett said the estimate for the repairs the city would make is $55,000 ($15,000 for design and $40,000 for the work). Great Rivers Greenway would like to make their repairs in August.

Councilman Joe Eagan said he had walked the trail recently. “We need to fix this or the problem will get worse,” he said.

Councilman Tim Jones agreed. He suggested that Barrett talk directly with the contractor that Great Rivers Greenway was using to see if they could do all the work at once, and possible get a break on the cost.

Barrett said he would talk further with Great Rivers Greenway and report back to the council.

The owners of Culver’s Restaurant presented their plan for a Florissant location to the city council at the council’s meeting last week. Groundbreaking is expected this month.

S and H Foods wants to put the restaurant at the corner of Lindbergh and St. Ferdinand St. This site was formerly a car dealership. The restaurant would use what used to be part of the parking lot of the car dealer, but the not the entire site.

Jay Campbell, speaking for the owners, said that S and H was owned by husband and wife Gary and Jill Beres, and this would be their fifth Culver’s location. They currently own two in Wisconsin and two in Missouri.

The restaurant wuld be open from 10 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. It would have 95 inside seats and 65 outside seats. It would also have a drive-through and 65 parking spots.

Councilman Gerard Henke represents Ward 6, where the restaurant would be located. He called it a “perfect fit for the lot,” and added, “people couldn’t be more excited about this.”

The council held a first reading on the bill that would authorize the project. They are scheduled to hold a second reading and vote at next council meeting on July 14.

In other action, the council:

• Passed a bill that appropriates $424,500 for replacement vehicles for the Public Works Department.

Resident Kevin O’Donnell noted that the council voted 9-0 against this appropriation in the November budget. He asked what had changed since November.

“Politics is a game of compromise,” said Councilman Keith Schildroth. He noted that this was fewer vehicles than the mayor had wanted and that the council and mayor had both compromised on the issue.

• Passed an ordinance appropriating $144,000 for sidewalk repairs.
• Approved a request to transfer a special use permit for the Paterson Phillips 66 at 2885 Patterson Road, and approved a request for a liquor license for the same location.

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