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Commission recommends approval of Missouri American Water tank replacements with staff sign-off on exterior finish
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a conditional use permit for replacement of two aging Missouri American Water tanks at 9989 Old Olive Boulevard, endorsing staff’s preference for a brick-look finish but approving a fallback colored/textured coating with final color/material/texture to be approved by staff; commissioners raised questions about burying tanks, construction access and costs.
The Creve Coeur Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of application 25-025, a conditional use permit to replace two existing steel water storage tanks at 9989 Old Olive Boulevard with new prestressed concrete tanks.
Danny Richardson, the project engineer representing Missouri American Water, told the commission the existing early-1960s steel tanks form a critical choke point in the St. Louis County distribution system and are reaching the end of their useful life. Richardson described alternatives considered — rehabilitation of the existing tanks (requiring an inner ring) and new steel tanks (higher maintenance) — and said the selected approach is new prestressed concrete tanks placed in the same footprint to…
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