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Session 1913 March 15, 2004 the full support of the City Council during this process. He asked that they include the recommendations of the advisory board in the Comprehensive Plan. Ms. Ricci requested that full financial information, especially in determining tax base benefits, be distributed to all members in order to facilitate intelligent decision making and discussions. Currently, the information as presented, notes conflicting goals - choices will need to be made. The Plan Commission will need as much information as possible to do so. Mr. Ollendorff agreed with her and assured her that all financial information that the Plan Commission required would be distributed. Ms. Welsch requested that the Plan Commission is given details about all the City's revenue sources. There could be potentially great changes in this area. Potential development should be explored as in the corner of U.City at Wellston. Ms. Borg suggested that the many areas that are listed in the proposal be narrowed down to just a few foci in order to encourage greater development of ideas. She encouraged "out of the box" thinking. She thinks mixed use on Olive would be an excellent start. She also encouraged programs that would help Iow to mid income families keep property values high by helping them maintain their properties. Ms. Arbogast agrees that mixed use would be an exciting idea. She feels that any program that would help eliminate or minimize absentee owner properties should be encouraged, as she sees this as a big problem. Mr. Kreishman inquired more about the focus on Olive, which has been a big focus of the City for many years. He wonders if the focus is well founded and if any improvements are being reaped from this attention. Mr. Ollendorff said that great improvements are being made in this area. He pointed out the bike trail development and transportation grant, as well as the upcoming rebuild of the Olive/I-170 Interchange, as examples. Mr. Kreishman didn't doubt that improvements were occurring, he just wanted to see how the City was noting and measuring any successes within the Comprehensive Plan process. Ms. Welsch said that great things were happening along Olive that have and will benefit us. We need to find more ways for this area to benefit us by more expansion and development. Mayor Adams noted that he learned from a recent Brookings seminar that housing does meet a certain life cycle. There is housing in this area of University City that has met their natural life and should be considered for targets of redevelopment. Ms. Ricci stated that this process needs to be sensitive to diversity and our lowering population. How can we stop people from migrating from U. City?