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participate to bring the street up to code and then take over ongoing maintenance. We will be also participants in the NID as property owners. The details are attached. Economic Council Member Price requested information on the amount spent from the Development Retail Sales Tax on the Loop area and the Olive Blvd. area. Below is that split for the past two years. The original five-year plan identified heavier funding for Delmar in the first two years due to the grant allocations. Phase 3 of the Olive Blvd. Street Streetscape is currently under consideration. Delmar Loop $250,000 Trolley $32,374 Loop Directional Signs $330,000 Delmar Streetscape $50,000 Delmar Parking Lot Maintenance $662,374 Olive Blvd. $40,432 Olive Design Standards $50,000 Olive Theme Identity $390,000 Olive Blvd. Streetscape $480,432 The proposed FY 2009 budget is attached, there is an additional $320,000 designated for Olive and $100,000 for Delmar Blvd. Although staff recommendation for the February 17 meeting will be to pull the $50,000 earmarked for the Trolley and the Wifi study to pull more money back to the general fund. The five-year plan for the Trolley received funding upfront and the Wifi project is not active due to the changes in technology. Come share time with friends in the Loop for Valentine’s Day Saturday, February 14. Love in the Loop will include free carriage rides departing from Commerce Bank from 7 PM to 10 PM. Take in the special window and dining displays. Details at http://visittheloop.com/events/ Nikki Davenport will host a program on Saturday, February 14, from 9 AM to 11AM as th 12 annual Great Backyard Bird Count part of the . Veteran and new Green Center volunteers are welcome to participate. Attendees will view a presentation on bird identification and help identify and count birds on the Green Center grounds. Jen Porcelli, Green Center Restoration Ecologist will be on-hand to assist with the event. The Green Center is a community agency located in Kaufman Park. The City of University City is excited to announce their first bi-lingual Chinese Intern through the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. Intern, Julie Zhang, started work on her Masters in May of 2008. She is working in the City Manager’s office outreach within the Asian community and responsible for providing . She will complete a bi-lingual community directory as well as translate City forms and information pieces. Residents who have ideas or concerns they prefer to share in Chinese or Cantonese should contact Ms. Zhang directly at 505-8603 or