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Aldermen approve mayor's signature on Hatchery Road park right-of-way plat; debate centers on private-road status
Summary
The board authorized the mayor to sign a plat creating a 40-foot right of way for the Hatchery Road extension into the city park so the road district can release funding. City planner Carrie Patterson said the plat will leave the road as a city-owned private road, not part of the public road inventory; Alderman Rucker voted no and raised concerns
City planner Carrie Patterson presented a plat that creates a 40-foot right of way along the extension of Hatchery Road through city park property and said the road district requires a platted right-of-way for its funding program. "Once the plat is signed and it's recorded, then it becomes a private road... It will be a private road owned by the city of Osage Beach, not in the public road inventory," Patterson said.
Patterson told the board the plat does not change day-to-day logistics: the road would remain under the parks budget for maintenance rather than entering the city's public road inventory. She said the change was requested by the road district to meet the district's eligibility requirements for the funding it offered.
Alderman Rucker opposed the motion and raised several objections, including uncertainty about how many private roads the city already owns, whether adopting the plat would allow the city to circumvent existing road and street guidelines, and whether private-road classification would alter the city's ability to install traffic-calming measures such as speed bumps. "I am opposed to this... I think we're opening up a can of worms," Rucker said.
Other aldermen urged caution but supported accepting the plat to secure the road-district funds. Alderman Hoffman said the road district had indicated the approach was legally permissible and that securing funds to pave a road the city needs made the motion "a no-brainer" to him. The motion to authorize the mayor to sign the plat carried on a roll call vote with Alderman Rucker voting no.
The board instructed staff to record the plat and notify the road district; staff and the road district will proceed with the project under the conditions described by Patterson.
