2011-12-09 Regular City Council Session

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MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL 6801 Delmar Blvd. City of University City, Missouri 63130 December 12, 2011 6:30 p.m. At the Regular Session of the City Council of University City held on the fifth floor of City Hall, on Monday, December 12, 2011, Mayor Shelley Welsch called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. In addition to the Mayor, the following members of the Council were present: Mr. Byron Price Ms. Lynn Ricci Mr. Stephen Kraft Mr. Terry Crow Mr. Michael Glickert Mr. Arthur Sharpe Also in attendance was City Manager Lehman Walker C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Approved as submitted D. PROCLAMATIONS E. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. The minutes of the November 28, 2011, Regular City Council session was moved for approval by Mr. Sharpe, who was seconded by Mr. Crow and the motion carried unanimously. F. APPOINTMENTS 1. Teddy Presberg was nominated to the CALOP Commission by Mayor Welsch, was seconded by Ms. Ricci and the motion carried unanimously. G. SWEARING IN 1. Nancy Baglan was sworn in to the Urban Forestry Commission; Larry Lanius was sworn in to the CALOP Commission; and Ann Cortinovis was sworn in to the Arts & Letters in the City Clerk’s office H. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (Total of 15 minutes allowed) Eric Friedman, 7010 Washington Mr. Friedman is the Chair of the CALOP Commission. He was present to share information on CALOP’s project on recycling. This project is designed to increase the recycling in U City, which would, hopefully, decrease the City’s trash dumping fees. He also said they hope the project would create a culture of sustainability in the community. He said CALOP formed a committee and they were ready to send out a RFP to the community and press. This will be a two-year project for CALOP and is being funded at the level of $50,000. Mr. Friedman said the critical part of this project would be to involve the youth of the community. He also noted that CALOP won the OLGA award 1