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I ' i Session 1310, Minutes Page 3 June 21, 1982 Picnic License - University City Lions Club 02). The City Manager recommended ap- proval of a picnic license to sell beer on July 18, 1982 at Heman Park for the Uni- versity City Lions Club. The Park Commission has already given its approval. Trousers for the Police Department (#3). The City solicited bids for the furnish- ing of winter and summer trousers for the Police Department, with the following re- sponse: Winter Summer Total Penn Garment $3,212.30 $2,984.80 $6,197.10 Leon Uniform $3,817.45 $3,931.20 $7,748.65 Universal Uniform $5,621.00 $5,681.50 $11,302.50 Acceptance of the bid from Penn Garment in the amount of $6,197.10 was recommended. Uniform Shirts for the Police Department (#4). Bids were solicited by the City for the furnishing of summer and winter shirts for the Police Department, with the fol- lowing response: Winter Summer Total U. S. Uniform $2,964.08 $2,126.49 $5,090.57 Leon Uniform $3,087.36 $2,260:08 $5,347.44 Universal Uniform $3,307.12 $2,395.86 $5,702.98 It was recommended that the U. S. Uniform bid in the amount of $5,090.57 be accepted. TAX WAIVERS - VACANT LOTS The City Manager said several requests had been received to waive back taxes, and in connection with that, the Council should discuss the policy it wants implemented on this subject. He said there were about 60 lots in University City which,.for various reasons, have been under the ownership of St. Louis County. The County's policy is to sell these properties to anyone who is interested in buying them for $100, waiving all County taxes owed. At that point, the Council must then decide what should be done about bills and/or taxes on the properties which are owed to University City. Two years ago, a Charter amendment made it possible for the Coun- cil to waive back taxes, and it has done so in several instances since that time, but only for adjacent vacant property. Mr. Ollendorff said an unusual request had been received whereby a University City resident (James Love, Jr.) had purchased five lots from St. Louis County, none of which are adjacent to his own property, although one lot is in the same block. The others are from two to ten blocks away. Mr. Ollendorff recommended that the lot nearest the owner's property (at 6927 Cor- bitt) be considered for tax abatement. (Mr. Love lives at 6900 Plymouth.) How- ever, Mr. Ollendorff pointed out several advantages of getting the lots into pri- vate ownership--the owner could be billed if the City had to perform any services, such as weed-cutting, and the property would be back on the tax rolls. In answer to Mayor Mooney, Mr. Ollendorff said that nearly all property owners ad- jacent to County-owned lots had been notified that they may purchase those lots at a nominal cost, with 15 to 20 responses up to now. Mr. Ollendorff said, answering Mr. Lieberman, that the purchaser of the five lots