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open or closed session. She said she understood that it was withdrawn because the offer was withdrawn, but wanted to know the difference between this sale and the last sale. Mayor Welsch stated that she thought the last sale should have been in open session also. She believed as Mr. Kraft stated that one should err towards openness. She said the Sunshine Law does not cover this so it should be in open session. She said there were many sales done in closed session and believed Council should be doing better about being more open than what was done in the past. Ms. Carr agreed a little with Mayor Welsch’s statement and she said there were many things that should have been in open session or documents that should have been made available, but were in terms of operational. She noted for her to do the best possible job, she needed to know when these if issues would be in a closed or open session. She also said Councilmember Crow was right because Council did not come back together to talk about this. She requested some type of an operational guide. Mr. Price said if you looked at this logically, if the buyer was there in public today at the meeting, he did not think this person would come back again because they would have stood there while Council would have had to go through every detail of what they were trying to do that we didn’t know about . Mr. Price said if we could not come to an agreement on that property then said the City needed to get some people in the City that can make this move. M. UNFINISHED BUSINESS BILLS 1. BILL 9169 – An ordinance to authorize the City Manager to execute a contact between the City of University City and the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission providing for the installation of bike land striping and signage on Canton Avenue, Old Bonhomme Road and Jackson Avenue. Mr. Glickert moved for approval and was seconded by Mr. Crow. Roll call vote was: Ayes: Mr. Price, Ms. Carr, Mr. Kraft, Mr. Crow, Mr. Glickert, Mr. Sharpe Mayor Welsch Nays: Bill 9169 carried unanimously and became Ordinance 6902. 2. BILL 9170 - An ordinance to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract between the City of University City and the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission providing for the replacement of the street bridge on Chamberlain Avenue over branch of River des Peres. Mr. Sharpe moved for approval and was seconded by Mr. Glickert. 22