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<br /> <br />Ms. Carr said that she did not believe that the Mayor’s Task Force on Bike and <br />Walkability was against the Charter. She expressed was that the ordinance <br />brought forward was a violation of the Charter because several things were listed <br />and most of them were giving away the decision making responsibility and <br />powers of the Council to either Mr. Wilson, the head of Public Works or to others. <br />Ms. Carr said the draft plan, which she labored over for weeks to try to <br />understand what it meant to the City financially, also violated the Charter. She <br />did not believe that the task force violated the Charter because nothing in it states <br />that they could have or not have committees because that would be addressed <br />only in the Council rules. She said she did not say that the task force violated the <br />Council rules. Ms. Carr asked if it was a case that one member of Council could <br />appoint a committee without the say-so of the rest of the Council which acts as <br />the governing body. She said they made that case earlier when they went <br />through the Council rules and decided as a body that the Council must always <br />approve the formation of new committees. She said she was not being critical of <br />Mayor Welsch’s ability to establish a task force and to ask others to appoint, but <br />she was critical of when those jobs were made or given out and ideals set forth, <br />they were not brought back and discussed with the Council. Ms. Carr said the <br />mayor at that time asked the Council how they felt about complete livable streets. <br />She wanted to compare that to what happened with the Green Practices <br />Committee when Mayor Adams wanted to make University City a sustainable <br />community. She said Mayor Adams brought that to Council in the form of a <br />resolution; the Council passed it and established the committee on Green <br />Practices. Ms. Carr said it was slightly different but thought that all three <br />committees, established as task forces, did a fabulous job but where she drew <br />the line was how it went from producing a report to actually bringing forth <br />legislation. She did not believe that was the purview of a task force, which has <br />not been approved by the Council. Ms. Carr stated for the record that she had all <br />of the e-mails that were transferred by Ms. Ricci, not supplied to me by Ms. Ricci <br />and Ms. Pumm, but supplied otherwise. She said there was indeed a transfer and <br />since Council chose not to follow-up on it, she chose not to do anything about it. <br />Ms. Carr said she invested a good deal of her time questioning Councilmember <br />Kraft about what he knew and if he would look into it, but only received off-hand <br />comments. Ms. Carr said that was a serious charge and the University City <br />community cared about what happened and was appalled; they can take <br />responsibility for having her sit on the Council. She stated she was sitting on <br />Council in reaction to some of the behaviors that went on in the City. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch reminded everyone again that the task force did not bring <br />legislation to the Council. She said the task force made a recommendation, but <br />the staff brought legislation to the Council and they were fully enabled to bring <br />legislation because that is what the City Manager does. Mayor Welsch stated <br />that on behalf of their Public Works Department, she has gotten lots of call saying <br />they were fixing pot holes, curbs, and streets better than in the past. She hoped <br />if members of Council get complaints to make sure Mr. Walker gets the <br />complaints. <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe asked if the additional money for the roof needed Council’s approval. <br />9 <br /> <br /> <br />