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Session 1697, Minutes May 19, 1997 and that Council should consider investing more money into it to enhance this part of the City. Mrs. Thompson commented that she shared Mrs. Glickert's concerns and that she knew also that the City was working on it gradually and that she believes the residents see that the street is getting better. Mrs. Glickert would also like to see decorative gates installed at Skinker and the same thing at Olive. Mrs. Glickert also wanted to direct the Council's attention to improving entry signs into the City. She used Olivette entry signs as an example. She stated that their entry signs have decorative trees underneath them, whereas University City's are on unattractive stilts. Mrs. Glickert asked if the City was adding additional court time for housing in the budget this year. Mr. Ollendorff said that there was not. She understands that there is possibly only one or two court sessions a month. Mr. Ollendorff wasn't sure of the number, but that she could call him tomorrow and he would find out. Mrs. Glickert continued by saying that these court sessions are also held in the day, not at night. She believes that this is not a very citizen friendly practice. She feels like housing court should be held once a week, otherwise people in violation stay in violation for weeks, prior to the next scheduled housing court. She does not believe this is right. Mrs. Glickert is also concerned with soil erosion between the tree lawn and sidewalks. She feels that these would be good projects for the summer youth. She also suggested that the City consider special protection for the Sugarberry Tree, which recently was made a Historic Landmark. She asked in consideration of a grant for the UCRS, if the Council asked them for better coverage of the third ward. She mentioned that this area is still not an open market and it is causing property to depreciate. She feels it is a moral issue which should be addressed. She asked Council to consider using individual roll out carts for people in alleys other than community boxes. She continued saying that all citizens pay the same amount of refuse money. She would rather have an individual roll out cart versus sharing a community refuse box with any trash hauler that wishes to use it. She wanted to find out if any extra monies were in the budget to allow people living along alleys to have roll out carts. She suggested that the City makes sure that a performance bond is secured for houses that are razed. She mentioned that there were several demolitions of substandard housing in the third ward and that the contractor's took an extremely long time to take them down. Once down, the lots were left in total disarray. She said that a performance bond would allow us to get back at the contractors. Lastly, Mrs. Glickert, wanted to remind Council that many years ago, the Council enacted half price swim passes for employees of the City and the Board of Education. Apparently, the idea fell between the cracks. She feels it would be a good idea for the Mayor or the City Manager to write a letter to the Superintendent of Schools and call this to their attention. This would be a nice perk for the employees. Shelley Welsch, 7238 Forsyth, and Linda Kraft, 7275 Creveling, wished to speak on possible funds for the Green Center, a proposed environmental cultural center. Ms. Welsch had understood that there was approximately $80,000 in the five year capital improvement plan of the City's budget for the