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To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council From: Julie Feier, City Manager Date: September 4, 2009 Subject: Weekly Update council meeting in the EOC room onTuesday, Council will hold a special September 8 at 7:30 AM to consider the conflict of interest ordinance and the wet pond proposal at Ruth Park Golf Course. Information on both items was provided previously with the August 31 agenda. Supplemental information is attached to the agenda. Parking Ticket System The City is currently implementing a new , which will assist in tracking and monitoring parking ticket payments. Parking Attendants will write tickets using a handheld computer that will be uploaded into the City database for processing. This will expedite the posting of penalties and past due notices in an automated manner. Past unpaid parking tickets will be entered into the system for tracking. The new system is scheduled to go live by November 1. University City in conjunction with the River Des Peres Watershed Coalition is offering free rain barrels for residents participating in the program to educate the public and provide valuable information back to the City/Coalition and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. You must sign a cooperative agreement and allow a representative from St. Louis Water Protection Company to come onto your property to install the rain barrel –there is no cost for the barrel or participation. There are some reporting and disconnection requirements when the weather gets cold. For more information, call Ms. Hicks in Public Works at 505- 8567. A flyer about the program is attached. Rain barrels are used to store storm water runoff from your home and can be used to water garden plants. This helps water quality by reducing “gray” storm water in our storm/sewer drains lessening the overall demand on the wastewater system. The City of University City, along with the cities of O’Fallon, St. Ann and Rock Hill along AmerenUE rate case with the Missouri Municipal League entered the at the Missouri Public Service Commission. The filing contests not only the requested 18% rate increase for increased electricity costs on street lighting but also questions the current 5M rate which is the extremely high rate cities are charged for AmerenUE-owned street lighting. Currently, the City pays over $640,000 a year in utility-owned street lights. If the City were to own the street lighting it could save as much as $477,000 per year (before the 18% increase goes into effect). Several cities have been discussing this particular rate and how they can reduce electricity costs associated with the 5M street private subdivisions lighting program. Many also pay this 5M rate for their street