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defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Some of Buck Consultant’s and, in particular, Mr. Siepman’s long-term existing clients include the City of Creve Coeur, Creve Coeur Fire District, City of Hazelwood, and St. Louis County. The transition is underway and we expect to have the annual actuarial valuation by the July Pension Board meetings. Great Streets Initiative We applied to be a part of the for planning opportunities on Olive Blvd. Unfortunately, our application was not selected. I have included the letter from Mr. Sterman. Staff followed up with Brian Horton with East-West Gateway and he indicated that our application was very strong but there was significant competition and we have received funding in the past. The cities/areas in St. Louis County selected to receive a “site visit” from the Great Streets team are: ? Clayton/Richmond Heights – from the DeMun neighborhood to the Esquire ? Maryland Heights – west of I-270 ? Normandy – Natural Bridge road, surrounding MetroLink ? Overland – downtown area ? Shrewsbury – surrounding the new MetroLink station ? Manchester Road in west county – five communities joined together to submit an application They did indicate that if we were interested in working on a transit-oriented development at Big Bend and the Parkway, Delmar or Olive at the I-170 specifically the application would receive additional points in the future. At the time of the design was being completed for Centennial Commons, a citizen petition was filed to discuss the use of space at the center. Recently, that petition was reintroduced requesting the relocation of three parks employees to the Commons. I park looked into the issue and found it would require around $52,000 to relocate the offices to Centennial Commons . The goals identified in the petition were to alleviate parking problems at City Hall and to provide an office situation similar to that in other cities. I am addressing the parking issue in a number of ways. In the coming year we will identify carpool parking spaces for employees as part of our transportation incentive for employees and compliance with LEEDS. The transportation incentive proposed in the upcoming budget will compensate employees for walking, biking, using METRO or carpooling to work. I believe this will go further to alleviate parking and traffic issues related to I-64 and environmental concerns than the relocating of the three positions. However, as we continue to assess our facilities there may be other opportunities in the future. Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) stakeholder As a correction, the May 2 at 7:00 PM meeting on the Melville/Ackert Walkway portion of the Centennial Trail will be in the EOC room at City Hall. –Unfortunately, this is the same night as municipal court and the Historical Society event. GRG contacted adjacent property owners directly, but the general public is welcome to attend.