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long time. Ms. Glickert stated that this is the same kind of ridiculous proposal and business logic the Loop Trolley Company is asking Council to vote on. Ms. Glickert stated that although State regulations require Mayor Welsch to be on the Trolley’s Board, she believes that there is clearly a conflict of interest. She respectfully requested that the Mayor recuse herself from voting on this proposal or any future proposals presented to City Council by the Loop Trolley Company. She stated that there is also a pending lawsuit against the Trolley Company. Ms. Glickert would request that the vote on the tree removal or any future proposals by this Company be postponed until the lawsuit is adjudicated. She stated that with respect to the March st 1 migrating bird admonition, the birds will adjust themselves as they have done for generations prior to the Federal mandate. Point of privilege; Mr. Kraft stated that City Council meetings have not been the same without Ms. Glickert and it was great to have her back. Jen Jensen, 706 Pennsylvania Ms. Jensen stated that perhaps this issue will be resolved once the lawsuits are settled and the Federal Transit Administration approves the final plans, but until that time the two trees, which are not in the original plans, should remain. She stated that University City is Tree City USA and as a citizen of University City she believes that she definitely should be able to have a say on whether or not these trees in the Delmar Loop are cut down. Cirri Moran, 6652 Kingsbury Boulevard Ms. Moran stated that when she read the draft agenda attached to Mayor th Welsch’s February 16 Newsletter her first thought was of disappointment in her city government. Two sycamore’s stand in front of the City’s library, one in the library’s lawn closer to the Kingsland corner, the other a few feet further west in the Delmar tree lawn. She stated that it is very unclear from the satellite picture which tree is designated for removal. The circle shows the more eastern location, but the KSDK news team has targeted the one further west in the tree lawn. So exactly what tree is slated for removal and what are the issues that necessitate its removal. Ms. Moran stated that usually the supporting documents for agenda items provide exhaustive details, but the details for this proposal were sparse. She then questioned why the application to the Forestry Commission had not been attached and why there had only been a vague reference to the migratory bird regulation, rather than a full explanation on why this was an immediate concern. Ms. Moran stated the one fact that had been disclosed was that a Conditional Use Permit had been issued for the Trolley Project on March 11, 2013. Since the one year deadline for this CUP is fast approaching, her concern is whether this issue is being squeaked through before a reapplication must be submitted and reevaluated by the various commissions. She stated that transparency seemed to be compromised here. If this is how information is passed to Council, then how can citizens trust that decisions are fully vetted with the correct information? Ms. Moran stated that she has lived in University City for almost sixty years and for all of those years these two sycamores have grown and