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<br />Kraft also quoted the April 8, 2013 City Council minutes regarding <br />Councilmember Carr’s statement, “The Mayor’s charges were not completely in <br />accord with the City Charter. City Council is responsible for making policy, not <br />police or staff.” He noted she further stated that, “City Council makes policy and <br />the staff is responsible for executing the details”. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft said he wanted to understand the comment made that the Bike/Walk <br />Task Force violated the City Charter by “making policy” or in any other way. He <br />said the fact was that Mayor Welsch created the Bike/Walk Task Force on <br />October 4, 2010. Under Council Rules at that time; the Mayor had the authority <br />to create a task force. He said the Mayor did not unilaterally appoint the <br />members of the task force; each Councilmember had two appointments to the <br />task force, so he found no Charter violation. Mr. Kraft said there were six <br />charges to the task force. <br />1. Conduct a survey of streets in the City. Mr. Kraft said that did not sound like <br />making policy to him. <br />2. Become familiar with policies relating to foot and bike traffic by other entities <br />such as the State of Missouri and St. Louis County. He said they looked at <br />other policies, but did nothing about making policy. <br />3. Produce a report of action that University City should take to make local <br />streets more bike and walk- friendly. He noted that it sounded like a request <br />for recommendations. He said asking for recommendations are hardly a <br />violation of the Charter. He said Council routinely asked citizens to speak at <br />meetings and elsewhere to tell them what they want. <br />4. Research the complete streets’ approach and make recommendations. <br />5. Offer suggestions and ideas about bike and walk safety. <br />6. Recommend how University City should connect to national efforts. <br />Mr. Kraft stated that the last three charges seemed like a request for <br />recommendations, too. He said in summary the task force was asked to review <br />the topic and make recommendations and he was sure that no one suggested <br />that the citizens could not make recommendations. Mr. Kraft stated again that he <br />saw no Charter violation. He said the Mayor was above board with the process <br />and the task force was discussed in at least three meetings in 2010 with no <br />objections. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr requested “Point of Order”. Mayor Welsch asked what Ms. Carr’s “Point <br />of Order” was. Ms. Carr stated that Mr. Kraft’s discussion was supposed to be <br />about Council Rules and it appeared to be about their discussion before. She <br />stated that she was uncomfortable with the fact that they were not discussing <br />Council Rules right now and were discussing something else. Mayor Welsch <br />ruled that Mr. Kraft could continue and if Council would like to overturn that. She <br />said they have time and thought Mr. Kraft should be able to continue. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft stated again that so far in the discussion, he saw no Charter violation. <br />He said the mayor was above board in the process and the Council Rules at that <br />time said she could appoint the task force. He said the task force was discussed <br />in at least three Council meetings in 2010. Mr. Kraft noted the Bike/Walk Task <br />Force had presented their report at the Plan Commission three times, the Park <br />Commission, the Urban Forestry Commission, the Traffic Commission, the Green <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />