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CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS COUNCIL COMMENTS Elsie Glickert, 6712 Etzel Ms. Glickert complimented the Council on putting a binder in the library with the upcoming Council’s meeting agenda and the proposed draft minutes. She would also like to see a similar notebook at the Centennial Commons as there are a lot of people there who could find out what is happening in our City. Moreover, she like the weekly update report by the City Manger be made available at the City Library. One of the things that the Prop K committee recommended for the new recreation center was lots of storage space and a bulletin board. There is a bulletin board at the Centennial Commons but it is enclosed and locked. She would like one available for the citizens to post neighborhood meetings, etc. Esley Hamilton, 7346 Balson Mr. Hamilton was present to talk about the demolition of two apartment buildings on Eastgate. This appeared on the City Manager’s report as an executive action, stating that these buildings were not in the Historic District but they are not in the University City’s Historic District but they were listed on the National Register of Historic places over 20 years ago. The whole neighborhood described in this book which was published by the City in 1997, University City Landmarks and Historic Places, specifically for the purpose of informing the City staff which buildings classified as historic in case of demolition review. Those buildings would have been eligible for state and federal tax credits for rehabilitation purposes of historic properties. The tax credits were not used previously because the properties were owned by Washington University, a not for profit institution, and were not eligible for this credit. Mr. Hamilton felt that it should have been proposed to the University that the property could have been sold to people who could take advantage of the tax credits. He was concerned about University City and asked if this is going to be the University City Plan Department’s policy to ignore the historic home mentioned in this book. Ms. Brot asked what the difference was between the National Historic and the U City Historic. Ms. Lynn Rossel, 7015 Olive Ms. Rossel thanked Mr. Price for requesting that a vision be planned for Olive Street. She would like to have the OBA and City staff to have a meeting on this topic. She volunteered to sponsor such a meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 9:25 p.m. Joyce Pumm City Clerk