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Session 1802 February 12, 2001 AGENDA #6 - PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS: The City Clerk asked Council if preparing for a registered parliamentarian (Robert's Rules) program would be beneficial to Council at meetings. She pointed out that it isn't usually necessary and that Council usually gets out of their messes, but there have been a few times when Council spent a little too long dealing with a parliamentary issue or when a parliamentary issue was dealt with inconsistently. The sense of Council was to allow the City Clerk to go through the registered parliamentarian program for $150. AGENDA #7 - BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS - TRAINING AND APPOINTMENTS: The City Clerk reported that she was running out of standing file applications for Council's use in filling boards/commission appointments. She also noted that some members of Council were having problems making their appointments. After some suggestions, Council agreed that a small cut out application in the CityScape would be a good idea, as well as the City Clerk's idea of a boards/commission brochure, which could be placed in the new resident's bags which they get when they come in to apply for an occupancy permit. The City Clerk will also put something out on the website, as well. The City Clerk also offered to help make the parliamentary checklists for the Council liaison's to take to their respective boards/commissions. She noted that a Councilmember had suggested doing this at a past study session meeting and that it had not been done yet to her knowledge and felt it important to get this information disseminated fairly quickly. AGENDA #8 - TRAVEL POLICY FOR COUNCIL: The Council approved the new draft travel policy as prepared by the City Council travel subcommittee (Mr. Lieberman), with the following exceptions: 1. Travel would be set at .08 of the City's budget, plus approximately $2,000 for City Clerk travel. AGENDA #9 - MSD: RIVER DES PERES: Mr. OIlendorff reported that MSD was planning to widen the River Des Peres for flood control. Stone walls are planned for installation to stop erosion from the 82® Street bridge north to Archer/Braddock to one block west. He stated that MSD needs a 15' easement and therefore, would need all owner's signatures along this stretch. MSD has offered to pay each owner $500 or more for the right to the easements. They are holding a meeting on June 12th at 7 p.m. and it is important that the third ward Councilmembers inform their constituents in this area about this project. They will lose about 7' of their property when 3