2009-08-31 Regular City Council Session

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certain areas. He said there must be a 100 parking spots and does not feel that residents need all of them. Mr. McCarthy asked the Traffic Commission to stop putting up stop signs. He first had two stop signs to get to work, now he has four. Mr. McCarthy said that the Centennial Commons has a deficit of $500,000 that would not equate to the $1.61 per kid mentioned by Mr. Price. He said if you look at the children and him that go there, we are all being supplemented and he feels this is wrong. William Field, 7152 Kingsbury Mr. Field stated he takes issue with a Councilmember stating the City Government can not be run like a business. He stated the term non-profit is simply a tax status. University City provides certain defined services for tax money. He stated that this has lead to the present budget deficit. What is needed is information that provides a clear picture of what is happening. The Fleet Operation study showed the lack of a good management information system was the cause of much of its problems. This deficiency is not limited to one department but is endemic with all the departments: policy making, defining and monitoring city functions. Mr. Field stated there is no attempt made to match revenue with expenses. Lawrence Taylor, 7472 Stanford Ave. Mr. Taylor stated as a point of information on the LEED housing proposed by the City that there are new rules in place and if there is not monitoring and reporting of the approved efficiencies, Federal dollars may not be made available. Mr. Lawrence agreed that the Council should have a toutoring meeting on how a proper meeting is run, according to Robert’s Rules of Order which increases tension, and decreases productivity. Ted Luby, 8032 Teasdale Mr. Luby submitted questions for the City Attorney to the City Clerk and asked for answers. He read a couple of his questions that are attached at the end. The first was if there was a legal opinion to review the request and why was it not made available to the public, what was the scope of the opinion, how much money was paid for the opinion, what was the opinion, why was the opinion not published, names of all attorneys who provided advice to the Council in respect to the AT&T settlement. M. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mr. Price asked the City Manager for a status report of the flood victims on Wilson, as the last one he received was August 12, 2009. City Manager Ms. Feier said the packet went out a couple of weeks ago and the grant was approved. It is on the FEMA level who should have a response back in about a month of the different phases which could take to the end of the year. She stated that she is waiting for the Corp of Engineers to come back on properties outside of Wilson, which she stated will be a year to one and half years. Mr. Price asked everyone to continue to e-mail Congressman Clay. Mr. Price also asked the City Manager to develop some kind of an emergency evacuation plan and present it in a workshop. Mr. Price asked the following to be recorded, “he is not a career politician. You do your time and do the best you can do. You do the right thing and then you got to turn it over to some young folk.”