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Session 1934 September 20, 2004 Discussion followed about these issues. Ms. Brungardt asked for a list of all cell towers in University City so that she can examine what they look like before she makes a decision. Mr. Ollendorff said that the law is clear that, since this is a zoning law, this issue must be brought before the Plan Commission, at which point the Council would need to hold a public hearing. He wanted to clarify that Council wished to have an additional public hearing knowing that another public hearing must be scheduled following the Plan Commission recommendation. The sense of the Council was to have the additional public hearing prior to the Plan Commission action. City Council Travel Policy Mr. Sharpe echoed Mr. Wagner's suggestion that each Councilmember have a portion of the total travel budget for use, and if not used by that member, it could be used by other members. He asked what per cent of the total budget each member's portion would be? Would that percentage be increased from $25,000 to one-tenth of a percent of the total budget? Should the Mayor receive a higher per cent age allocation? Should Councilmembers who are officers of professional associations be allowed to spend more money? There is a policy but it is not always followed; reimbursement amounts are not always observed. There seems to be a need for the policy to be reviewed and observed. Discussion about these points followed. Mayor Adams suggested embracing the travel policy at a later Study Session after Councilmembers had the opportunity to study the current policy, or creating a Council subcommittee to study the policy. The sense of the Council was for the Mayor to assign a new Travel subcommittee to study and modify the policy. City Council Strategic Meetinq Retreat Mayor Adams reported that no further work had been done on this topic for the past month and asked if Councilmembers wanted to have a retreat, per se, or to wait until next year to incorporate this activity into a goal-setting activity for the Council and the staff? Mayor Adams pointed out that his reasons for suggesting a retreat were that, in his memory, the Council changed considerably in a short amount of time, and he thinks a retreat makes a group function more efficiently as a result of learning how people work, both individually and as a group. Councilmember Brungardt expressed her desire "to build relationships on-the- job" which she sees as a more effective approach. Councilmember Welsch stated that she "is not in favor of touchy-feely session" but will do what the majority of the Council wants. Discussion of this approach followed. The sense of the Council was to drop the issue. Page 5