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Ms. Ricci said if you make substantive change to a bill it would need to be delayed for a week so if you want to make any changes they should be now. Mayor Welsch asked if anyone else on the Council considered the changes suggested by Mr. Kraft as substantive. Mr. Crow said that anything which deals with conflict of interest and Council is asking to make a change that is not even run by the City Attorney. He asked when the deadline was on this and Mr. Walker said September 15. The City Manager said the City Attorney actually drafted the bill and Mr. Kraft is suggesting minor amendments. Mayor Welsch asked that if any member of Council considered these suggested amendments as substantive changes to contact the City Manager so adjustments can be made if needed. O. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (continued if needed) Richard Dockett, 6844 Crest Ave. Mr. Dockett said he fully supported Bill 9131, in moving forward that Council considered. P. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mr. Crow apologized for being two minutes late. He said that on the draft minutes of the previous meeting the adjournment time was incorrect. Mayor Welsch noted that the revised minutes sent out the previous Friday did have the time corrected. He asked if the statements Ms. Carr made were being made part of the record. City Clerk Pumm noted that because of time constraint involve in attaching paper documents handed to the clerk, she did not attach Ms. Carr’s statements to the Draft minutes but they would be filed with the minutes of record. Mr. Crow asked the City Manager if the City is still moving forward on procedure changes for liquor licensing. Mayor Welsch said she would be meeting with some of the mayors of the University City sub-watershed of the River des Peres to discuss the common challenges our communities face along the river and to discuss the MSD-EPA settlement concerning the river. The meeting will be hosted by the River des Peres Watershed Coalition at the th Green Center, August 29 at 5:30 p.m. On the Regional Youth Initiative, Mayor Welsch stated she has met with a number of volunteers who are working on the planning committee. The next large meeting will be in late September or early October. She said in her meeting with School Board member Stacy Clay they shared ideas on how to improve on-going communications between the District and the City. They talked about how to get University City youths more involved in programs and activities already available through the City and School District. Mayor Welsch said they also discussed setting up a City Council/School District Board Committee to talk about how the City and School District can work together productively and asked members of Council to let her know if they would like to serve on this committee. She noted the first movie in the park would be in Fogerty Park. August 31st. She said University City sill be the first town in the region to have food trucks at outdoor movies. Mayor Welsch noted the Barbara Jordan PTO would be selling concessions. She asked for title suggestions for the next movie. Mayor Welsch said she is concerned with the amount of litter on the City streets, the maintenance needed on the sidewalks, the growth of weeds in cracks and untrimmed lawns so she will be putting together a task force that would meet and come up with ideas on how the community can work together to keep University City looking 6