F.I.T. Kids Camp Revises

Site Plan, Gets Council OK

By Carol Arnett

The Florissant City Council held one public hearing and considered several bills at the council meeting last week. The council began the meeting with a moment of silence for the victims of the shooting in Orlando.

In the public hearing, the council heard from Tony Cancila about a request to subdivide property at 955 N. Hwy. 67. Cancila said he would like to have the property subdivided so that he could sell a portion to Popeye’s’ Restaurant. The site is next to Culver’s Restaurant. The council held a first reading on a bill that would approve the subdivision.

The council also approved a new children’s camp at 2370 N. Hwy. 67. Councilman Tommy Siam introduced a substitute bill in place of the previous bill that would authorize a special use permit to F.I.T. Kids Camp.

“From the public hearing last time, a lot of concerns came up about the children’s safety,” Siam said. The substitute bill addressed those concerns, he said. At the previous meeting, several members of the council expressed concerns about the outdoor play area being on a parking lot and too close to the drop-off and pick-up area. Steven Ray, with F.I.T. Ministries, the organization that would run the camp, spoke to the council.

City Attorney John Hessel said that the petitioner submitted a new site plan since the bill was read the first time.

“We just received these tonight when we walked in,” Councilman Tim Jones said. He said he would not like to approve them without studying them further.

“I’m comfortable with accepting the revised site plan because I’m comfortable with the substitute bill getting the additional things I would be concerned about,” Lee said. He said he went by the business and compared the original and revised site plans. The bill passed.

In other action, the council:

• Reconsidered their vote on a previous bill that approved the purchase of various parcels of land. Councilman Tim Lee introduced a substitute bill that added the addresses of all the parcels included in the purchase.
• Passed a bill that would rezone property at 1350 N. Hwy 67 from one commercial district to another commercial district to allow for the construction of a new self-storage, truck and trailer rental facility.
• The council amended a section of the bill to accommodate changes to the plan that the council received at the last council meeting; they then voted in favor of the bill.
• Approved a request for a full liquor by the drink license for Jay’s, located at 12667 New Halls Ferry.

The council meets again next Monday night, June 27

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