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Regular Meeting April 11, 2005 the previous meeting regarding the Greensfelder Lane subdivision. He sees a dangerous precedent being set which makes private subdivision indentures not worth paper upon which they are written. He is currently rewriting indentures for University Park Subdivision. When these decisions are made, such as what is encroaching from Clayton, this drives out the middle income people who can no longer afford to live here. He is trying to gather some of the representatives of some of the private subdivision trustees in the City and hopefully, we will come to you to write an ordinance that does a better job of protecting their indentures. Private subdivisions are one of the glories of University City and should stay that way. Richard Dockett, 6844 Crest Avenue, came to speak about Metro. He represents a group of concerned taxpayers interested in what Metro is doing. They have asked Governor Matt Blunt and State Auditor Claire McCaskill to audit Metro. They have agreed to do so. Metro is using litigation to counter the audit and one of the reasons why Larry Salci will not attend any of their meetings. His group is very pleased with the Governor’s and state auditor’s position on this issue. He also wanted to thank the Mayor, the city manager and the assistant city manager for supporting their group and meetings. Mayor Slay is also in support of this audit of Metro, as well. As watchdogs they will continue to hold Metro accountable for what they are doing in the region. Kathy Straatmann, 6823 Crest Avenue, 2W, suggested police/animal protection on weekends after what happened at a tenant’s home regarding a Rottweiler growling at her front door over the weekend. She was told that the County did not have animal protection over the weekend and wondered what they were supposed to do. Mr. Ollendorff said for her to get him all of the information and he would find out what happened, because the police should have assisted in this situation. He will find out what happened. LEGISLATIVE DOCKET: RECONSIDERATION OF BILL #8759 – 7823 GREENSFELDER LANE RESUBDIVISION: Mr. Wagner stated that at our previous regular meeting on March 28, 2005, the application for the resubdivision of 7823 Greensfelder came to a vote. At that time, there were some unanswered procedural and legal matters still opened which contributed to the denial vote. In the two weeks since, our city attorney, John Mulligan has, for the first time, completed a credible and comprehensive review of all issues in question and has appeared before this Council to answer these questions to the satisfaction of all Councilmembers. Under these circumstances, it is now appropriate to reconsider the application for resubdivision on Greensfelder and he does now move to reconsider the vote on the motion to defeat Bill number 8759. Ms. Welsch seconded the motion. The motion to reconsider the vote was approved unanimously. Page 15