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To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council From: Julie Feier, City Manager Date: December 12, 2008 Subject: Weekly Update Parks Master Plan After a 12-month process, the Park Commission adopted a on November 25. Please review and let me know if you have any questions or concerns because I would like to place the Master Plan on your January agenda for a presentation from Ms. MacCartney. Thank you to Parks and Recreation department staff and the Park Commission for their time and effort on completing the plan in house. As you know, we made a request of Washington University to assist us with the next phase of planning for the three parks in Parkview Gardens, Eastgate, Metcalf and Ackert Walkway. Director of Local Government Affairs Cheryl Adelstein is currently reviewing a proposal by landscape architect John Hoal. If approved, WU will fund the next phase of park planning process, which will begin with meetings for stakeholders in the neighborhood to develop a long-term vision for the parks in concert with the Centennial Greenway. FEMA will cease operations at the Centennial Commons at 7:00 PM on Friday, December 19, 2008. The SBA will continue at the location for two additional weeks before wrapping up. The SBA will field questions at the Saturday session at Heman Community Center and direct applicants to Cent Commons as appropriate. liquor license application A proposal for a revised was distributed in the November 20 weekly. Council Members indicated they were interested in looking at the liquor licensing process in a more comprehensive way. I slated the February 9 Study Session for this discussion. Please let me know what ideas/programs you would like to pursue prior to January 15. On Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 6:00 PM (earlier than normal Board Meetings), the University City School District Board of Education will discuss and take public comment on the Recommendations in the Final Report of the Facilitation Team from the Community Engagement Process that has occurred over the last seven months. The meeting will be held at the McNair Administration Building at 8136 Groby Road. The recommendations include a school consolidation and reconfiguration plan and a financing plan including a recommendation for the April 2009 ballot for a no-tax increase bond issue of $53 million. It also recommends a 50-cent tax levy increase over five years starting in 2010. The levy increase does not require voter approval. Regarding