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Session 1922 May 17, 2004 overlook spare tires in the front yard, people undertaking maintenance of seven cars in the street, people installing a pond in the back yard, storing their garbage cans in her driveway and generating an oil slick, and too many people living in the house. Also, she cited a house across from her property on Abbeville Drive which has ten children living in a three-bedroom house with two adults. Their yard is unkempt, garbage cans overflow, and there is no garage to house their possessions. She has been cited for lacking batteries in her smoke alarm and has been taken to court for a pool at Eighty- First Street which she no longer owns, yet the City allows these inconsistencies to persist. She wants these problems addressed and she asked what she could do to improve the situation. Mayor Adams advised her that she had taken the first step by contacting the City staff with these issues. BILLS FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING: none. BILLS FOR INTRODUCTION: 1. Ms. Welsch introduced Bill 8713 which was given its first reading: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF A TRACT OF LAND TO BE KNOWN AS GORDON'S CONDOMINIUM OF UNIVERSITY CITY AND LOCATED AT 7945 DELMAR. 2. Ms. Welsch introduced Bill 8714 which was given its first reading: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 34 OF THE CITY CODE, RELATING TO ZONING, BY REPEALING SECTION 34-61.1 THEREOF RELATING TO FENCE HEIGHT, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 34-61.1 ," TO ALLOW AN EXCEPTION FOR POST HEIGHT; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. COMMENTS Ms. Welsch commented that she received comments from her constituents relating to the contract with Midwest Pools which she conveyed to the City Manager, to ensure their "interpretation of the letter sent by Midwest Pools is clarified in the contract." She wants to "make sure everybody is on the same page." Page 6