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Registration will be held from 11:30 to noon with a lunch provide. The program begins at noon. Registration is $20 and must be received by June 12. You can register at www.cmt-stl.org. WeCar is the brand new car-sharing program introduced by Enterprise Rent-A-Car in St. Louis in 2008. Find out why car sharing can benefit your worksite and the steps necessary to get started. MoDOT representatives will be on hand to discuss Phase II of the I-64 project and its impacts on the community. Even though Phase I has gone well, there will be a whole new set of challenges and new people affected with the second closure. The St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership will provide updates on good employer practices for air quality. The agendas will be the same at each meeting. On Tuesday June 24 at 6:30 pm, the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department will Master Plan Public Meeting hold a at Heman Park Community Center 975 Pennsylvania. The meeting is on one component in the development of an overall Master Plan for the parks. Parks standards have already been developed and each park has been evaluated by staff for current conditions and future opportunities. A survey was distributed via the internet and in hard copy. It asked about park use, visitation, ideas for improving and increasing recreational opportunities and opinion about how park users feel about the current park system. 577 surveys were collected from 486 residents. The public meeting will address the strongest issues coming from the citizen surveys and the inspections. Focus groups will discuss parks in need of redesign; biking, jogging, walking paths/trails; beautification; restrooms; indoor pool and Heman Bathhouse; and the Community Center. After a facilitated discussion, citizens will vote on which ideas should be pursued. Citizen input will part of the master planning process which will be presented to the Park Commission then the City Council for their consideration. St. Louis Countycapital investments selected Blue Ribbon Commission to consider in St. Louis County government and advise it on funding options. Some projects being considered by the county include replacing or updating several county buildings, road improvement and preservation projects throughout the county, updating and improving several of our parks facilities and updating security such as the Early Warning Communications System. The Commission’s role is to study these issues and make recommendations to the County Executive. In total, these projects would cost the county approximately $430 million. The county has proposed the following funding mechanisms: A $120 million general obligation bond issue for buildings and building ? improvements. It would extend the payment for bond retirement by 15 years to 2028 without requiring a property tax increase. (this would include the county selling the parking lot across from the 41 Central building as well as tearing down 2 other county buildings and selling the Juvenile court building at Enterprise on Brentwood ) A sales tax increase for Metro's buses and Metro Link. All revenue from that ? increase would go to the transit system, but the county would reduce by $5 million per year money it provides Metro through a separate transportation sales tax. The $5 million would go for road projects. The Commission may consider whether to include whether pedestrian/bike paths be included in the Hanley Road overpass.