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Session 1822 October 20, 2001 Mr. Lieberman was curious as to what occurred with Ms. Wood's memo of September 8th detailing her concerns and questions about the upcoming sales tax and bond election on November 6th. Mr. Ollendorff stated that he responded to her in writing, on behalf of the entire Council, the City's viewpoints and positions regarding the need for the sales tax increases and bond election. They basically respectfully disagreed with each other's positions on the matter. AGENDA #8 - METROLINK FUNDING: Mr. Lieberman reported that Tom Curran with the St. Louis County Department of Planning had met with him, Mr. Wagner and others concerning MetroLink funding in relationship to the problems at the track adjacent to Parkview Subdivision. Mr. Curran reported that it would cost approximately $45 million dollars to move the sewer system in a way that would allow the track to move farther away from the Parkview Subdivision. Mr. Curran was interested in determining whether the City would be interested in participating in some type of funding assistance with other organizations or funding sources. Bi-State may consider the proposal if others fund the project. Mr. Lieberman asked if the City would consider participating in funding for this endeavor, by possibly a future tax election? Other funding avenues certainly would have to be found, as well. The City could not afford to fund this in its entirety, but no other organization was willing to commit to funding unless University City participated. Mr. Wagner strongly supported Mr. Lieberman's request. Mr. Ollendorff and the Mayor both agreed that it was a bad idea to further prop up the Parkview Subdivision's hopes like this, because it would be highly unlikely, due to the current financial and taxing concerns of the citizens and the City, to obtain this type of funding. The City is looking at a loss of revenue and is going to the polls for tax increases. The discussion centered at this point on what other types of funding could be located. Transportation, state and federal grants would need to be located. The sense of the Council was to say that they would be willing to talk further about finding funding sources. AGENDA #9 - HARRIETT WOODS' WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY PLAN: Mayor Adams reported that this was really a school district proposal that he has been asked to present along with Superintendent Vern Moore to Chancellor Wrighton and his staff. He asked that Council review the plan and prepare comments or questions in the next few weeks. This plan will be a way in which Washington University can support our citizens through the school system. There were some sentiment among Council that this did not help the cash flow situation. Mr. Ollendorff responded that the University would be paying the City $90,000 annually for police services. The property that Washington University had purchased would cause the City to lose $60,000 in taxes. AGENDA #10 - TROLLEY STUDY: Mr. Schoomer asked for a status report on the trolley study. Mr. Ollendorff reported that 3