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To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council From: Julie Feier, City Manager Date: January 16, 2009 Subject: Weekly Update TIF purchased properties at North and South Demolition of the and Olive began last week and should be complete in the coming week. The corner was subject to a charrette earlier this year. One business will remain standing through the term of their lease in 2012, after which the City will pursue redevelopment of the corner based on the community objectives identified during the planning session. The TIF Commission met last week to discuss purchase of additional properties along the Olive Corridor. In accordance with the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, the Mayor has forwarded the needed communication to the County, Parkview Gardens Association and School District to proceed with the reconstituted County TIF Board on future TIFs. The letters are attached for your consideration.Once appointments are complete, we will be the first municipality to proceed with a TIF under the new State guidelines as we proceed with the Kingsland Walk development at Kingsland and Vernon. Fire Cooperative Services Nine firms submitted proposals in response to the Consultant Process. Five were interviewed, two underwent a second round of interviews and ESCI was selected as the preferred consultant. A draft of the agreement is attached for your consideration. The fee of $79,471 will be distributed evenly among University City, Olivette, Maplewood, Richmond Heights and Clayton, at $15,894 each. The other cities have asked that a subsequent draft establish contracts for each municipality and ESCI individually rather than solely University City. If you have any other issues for consideration before the final draft is approved, please let me know as soon as possible as coordination between five cities presents significant logistical issues. Council budgeted $20,000 for the assessment. As it is under the budgeted amount, the contract will move forward once each representative approves the language. The Urban Forestry Commission met with Skip Kincaid of the Urban Forestry Group to Urban Forest Operations Review and Strategic Plan review the goals of the . We are conducting and assessment of our forestry operation. I have attached a summary of the program, it contains a brief explanation of the project and a list of questions we are circulating to solicit input from staff, elected officials, commissions and citizens. Please respond to the questions on the backside of the flyer and return by the end of the