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_ Page 23 Special Session 369, Minutes June 26, 1967 RECESS: ~ayor Kaufman announced a brief recess at 10:07 P.~. and at 10:12 P.M. the Council reconvened. ~yor Kaufman inquired whether any member of the public desired to be heard on any matter; there was no response. MISCELLA~EOUS: DOG BITES -~i~L CONTROL: Councilman Lieberman said about two weeks ago he requested the administra- tive forces to look into the matter of whether it is possible to have a dog put away following a second bite, as he understood that members of the Board of Health were considering this proposal. He said that a memorandum has been received by members of the Council from City Counselor Morris in- dicating that it would not be legal to do this, quotin~ the statute which applies (Chapter 237 R.S. ~O. 1959). Councilman Lieberman read a part of the statute and expressed the vi~v that it is outdated, ridiculous and no longer applicable and should be revised. Councilman Lieberman said he would be interested in kn~ing whether the City Counselor can get an opinion from the State Attorney General as to whether the term :;or animals;; includes "homo - homines" which is man. STUDENTS - CITY PLANNING PROGR~2!S: Councilman Lieberman said he is very interested in a particular item which appears in the newspapers and various news media from time to time - the U. S. i~nicipal News in March indicated that in regard to Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 some universities had pooled federal funds and had set up an Urban Careers Program for some college juniors to develop professional talent for local government. He called attention to an article which appeared in the Post Dispatch in ~rch~ concerned with the idea that last year at least 1,200 well paying jobs in the city planning field were unfulfilled in 1966 because the country's universities turned out only 450 graduates who devoted any study at all to city planning. Councilman Lieberman said there is a demand for persons with training of this kind in planning - it is growing so fast the universities are going to be ten years behind in providing the graduates. He said today he feels strongly that not only in planning, but in city administration this kind of assistance is needed. He said he thinks the City ought to plan ahead and the Council, as municipal officials, has a certain amount of obliga- tion on this to look that far ahead - emphasis is needed on placing a curriculum in schools on developing the proficiencies of the city employee of the future~ who is the student of today. He said the City Engineer, Building Commissioner, the City Planner, the Zoning Administrator, the City Manager, are all involved and possibly this should be staxted through the ~lissouri i~iunicipal League or possibly the County Municipal League. Councilman Lieberman recommended that the City Manager~ or anyone the City }~nager might designate, draft a Resolution to the Missouri Municipal League and the County l~lunicipal League, and also to be sent to Junior College Districts, Washington University and St. Louis University, along these lines to encourage the development of a curriculum to enhance and promote the proficiencies of the city employee of the future. Councilman Woods said she checked with Councilman Grimm on this and notes