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Ashland aldermen approve Forest Park Phase 3 easements, accept contract changes and form 150th planning committee
Summary
At the Jan. 6 meeting the Board of Aldermen approved a first reading of a development agreement for Forest Park Phase 3, accepted right-of-way easements, authorized a contract addendum to release a landscaping contractor and created a sesquicentennial planning committee.
The Board of Aldermen of Ashland, Missouri, on Jan. 6 approved a set of ordinances and a resolution related to development, contracts and a planning committee for the city's 150th anniversary.
City staff told the board the item before them for Council Bill 2026-1 was a development agreement with Corey Myers Development LLC that "outlines the city's acceptance of those easements and the terms of the agreement for the future development of Forest Park 3," and that the developer had negotiated easements with adjacent owners to secure a future road connection. Staff added the easements were being secured before revising the permanent plat so property owners could not change their minds later.
The board moved and approved the first-reading action on the development agreement. Chair (S1) declared the motion carried.
The aldermen then considered Council Bill 2026-2, an ordinance to accept easements for right-of-way purposes. The bill was moved, seconded and approved on a recorded vote with multiple 'Aye' responses noted at the roll call.
Separately, staff presented Council Bill 2026-3, an addendum to an existing contract with MLM Landscaping and Construction for the Caspian and Oak Street project. Staff said delays prompted the contractor's request to be released from the contract and that the addendum included release from the bond for the project. "They would like to be released from this obligation," staff said. The board approved the addendum and the contractor's release.
On a separate item the board approved Resolution 2026-4 to form a planning committee to coordinate the city's sesquicentennial celebration in 2027. Staff described the committee as similar in size to other local commissions, empowered to make recommendations to the board but without independent spending authority; the board approved the resolution by voice vote.
What happens next: staff will proceed with follow-up steps described in each item — accepting easements, bringing future plats and rezoning to planning and zoning review, and advertising or appointing members to the sesquicentennial planning committee as the board directed.
