MISSOURI CIRCUIT COURT I G& E
TWENTY-SECOND CIRCUIT QD
(City of St. Louis) FEB _9 2021
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court ClENS ORE
WHEELHOUSE20, LLC, et al., ) tata
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Plaintiffs, )
) No. 2022-CC10352
v. ) Div. 19
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CITY OF ST. LOUIS, etc., et al., )
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Defendants. )
CONSENT ORDER
On stipulation of the parties, it is ORDERED as follows:
1, From and after the date of this Order, plaintiffs shall be permitted to
re-open for business at Wheelhouse, Midwest, and Start Bar, subject to the
following terms and conditions:
(a) business will be conducted solely by plaintiffs and its venues shall not be
licensed or leased to third parties without the consent of defendants;
(b) occupancy shall be limited to 33 1/3% of total permitted occupancy at
each venue;
(c) police officers on secondary employment will be at each venue to
enforce occupancy restrictions at all times, at plaintiffs' sole expense, in
cooperation with plaintiffs’ security and St. Louis Division of Police; the providerof officers on secondary employment may include officers provided by City's
Finest or any other provider approved by the St. Louis Division of Police;
(d) one television screen at each venue will be dedicated to displaying
reminders concerning social distancing and mask mandates as prescribed by the
Health Commissioner;
(e) internal signage will be prominently posted in each venue at multiple
locations to remind patrons of social distancing and mask mandates as prescribed
by the Health Commissioner;
(£ employees will be assigned to circulate among patrons at each venue
regularly during the hours of 5 p.m. to closing (11 p.m. currently) to remind
patrons of social distancing and mask mandates as prescribed by the Health
Commissioner and to conduct additional sanitizing of the premises; at least five
employees total for all venues will be so assigned;
(g) plaintiffs! employees will continue to require that all patrons be masked
upon entering, with masks to be provided by plaintiffs if necessary;
(hy plaintiffs’ employees will submit to temperature checks upon reporting to
work and will require patrons to submit to temperature checks prior to entry, and
shall exclude any employee or patron from entry if the temperature reading
exceeds 99.5F;(j) plaintiffs will continue to monitor employees for symptoms of flu-like
illness and shall not permit any employee with symptoms to continue at work;
(j) prior to re-opening, plaintiffs, at their expense, shall install additional
video surveillance capable of monitoring activity at the door and throughout each
venue, with recordings to be preserved and provided to health inspectors or City
police on demand; if feasible, the surveillance will be transmitted to Division of
Police Real Time Crime Center, with any cost to be paid by plaintiffs; and
(k) plaintiffs shall post a copy of this Consent Order on their social media
sites.
2. Inthe event the City's Health Commissioner determines, in his sole
discretion, that plaintiffs are not in compliance with the foregoing conditions at any
venue, the Health Commissioner may order such venue to be closed forthwith,
without re-opening for a period of six months, subject to the terms of paragraph 3
of this order, or until the Health Commissioner determines that the pandemic is
sufficiently controlled so as not to require closure or limits on occupancy or
operating hours of bars or restaurants, whichever is earlier.
3. This order will remain in effect until terminated or modified by the
Court. No motion to amend or modify this Order will be entertained prior to 30
days after the date hereof, unless all parties consent; provided, that nothing herein
shall be construed to preclude modification or dissolution of this order on motionof any party in light of changed circumstances, including but not limited to
reduction of COVID positivity rate in the City, completion of vaccination of 90%
or more of the City's population against COVID, and a declaration by the National
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the pandemic is ended, or
enactment of legislation affecting the authority of the Health Commissioner in the
premises. The City's Health Commissioner will promptly notify the Court if public
health conditions relating to the COVID pandemic warrant dissolution of this
Order.
4. Further proceedings in this action are stayed pending further order of
Court. The parties shall report to the Court within 180 days as to whether this
Order should remain in effect.
5. By agreeing to this Order, no party is construed to have admitted any
fact or waived any claim or defense herein.
Dated: February 9, 2021/s/N. Scott Rosenblum MBE 33390
120 S. Central, No. 130
St. Louis, MO 63105
314-862-4332
srosenblum@rsflawfirm.com
Attorney for Plaintiffs
MICHAEL A. GARVIN,
CITY COUNSELOR
/s/ Robert H. Dierker MBE 23671
Deputy City Counselor
dierkerr@stlouis-mo.gov
‘Ashley Moore MBE 69462
Catherine A. Dierker MBE 70025
Assistant City Counselors
314 City Hall
1200 Market St.
St. Louis, MO 63103
314-622-3361
Attorneys for Defendants