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<br />Ms. Ricci requested that all incidents referring to a specific sex be changed to a gender <br />neutral terminology. Rule 9, 18 and 26 need to be reviewed. City Manager said that these <br />have been corrected in the latest version, 9/14/06. <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe Jr offered to write up his suggestion on how he would create equalization <br />among the three wards represented on the commissions. <br /> <br />Mr. Price said that he did not agree with two of the changes that Ms. Brot recommended. <br />Rule #2 – he did not feel that people were confused about Mayor and Council. He also <br />does not agree with Ms Brot suggesting the appointment to a commission be 60 days and <br />not 30 days. Mayor Adams remarked the this has just been an understood rule and not a <br />written rule. <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe Jr asked that the City Clerk inform council more than once of the appointment <br />assigned to them. <br /> <br /> <br />OLD BUSINESS <br />1. BILL 8895 <br />— AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 12 OF THE UNIVERSITY CITY <br />MUNCIPAL CODE, RELATING TO STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC <br />PLACES, BY REPEALING CHAPTER 12.08 THEREOF, RELATING TO STREET <br />TREES AND SHRUBS, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER <br />TO BE KNOWN AS “CHAPTER 12.08 TREES AND SHRUBS,” THEREBY <br />AMENDING SAID CHAPTER SO AS TO ESTABLISH NEW REGULATIONS ON <br />TREES AND SHRUBS, ON BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY; AND BY <br />AMENDING THE HEADING TO TITLE 12 SO THAT IT SHALL BE KNOWN AS <br />“TITLE 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES, AND TREES AND <br />SHRUBS;” CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A PENALY. <br /> <br />Mr. Wagner motioned that we use Substitute - 2 of Bill 8895, seconded by Ms. Brot, and <br />substantive <br />approved unanimously. Bill 8895 has been replaced with a new 8895, a <br />amendment which cannot be approved and must be held over until next council session. <br />This bill is now known as Bill 8895, substitute - 2. <br /> <br />Mr. Price was concerned over the section of this bill dealing with private property. He said <br />that according to the bill he could cut the tree down himself without a permit. If he <br />contracted someone, this bill would require using a firm with an arborist to cut down the <br />tree, on a privately owned property lived in by the owner. Mr. Price felt that such a <br />requirement would greatly increase the cost to the citizens. <br /> <br />Ms. Feier explained that it is similar to the City’s requirement for hiring a plumber or an <br />electrician who are required to be a licensed plumber or a licensed electrician. <br /> <br />Ms. Brot said that according to this bill, the tree firm is only required to have one arborist <br />and a $25 a year permit, which she felt would not raise the cost that much. Citing Section <br />12.08.010, purpose and intent, she said a reference was needed for the pronoun “its”. <br />Currently the meaning is unclear. Ms. Ricci, will obtain an answer later as she felt that in <br />this version of the bill some language had been left out. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />