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Special Meeting June 7, 2005 with each other and then finally, Washington University. She just wonders how the Council will work for potential Loop development that is in conflict to these various Loop interests. She believes there is a very strong interest in high rise, large scale residential development on both sides of Delmar there. We can’t have just one individual continue to have the perception that they have the only opportunities for U. City. We need to be open to others being part of the U. City family. She believes that there will be significant roadblocks to any development in the Loop due to the existing stakeholders in the Loop area. Ms. Welsch said that we need to deal with this issue as a Council at a separate time and asked Ms. Brungardt if she had any problems with ABEP recommendations being placed in the Plan. Ms. Brungardt said she supports the recommendations; however, she doesn’t believe, with the current politics and players, anything will ever come of them. This issue must be discussed and acknowledged. Mr. Wagner said that number 2, 3 and 4 are already in the Plan. Ms. Brot reminded him that Mr. Ollendorff did suggest that we add mixed use to the Delcrest Circle. Mr. Wagner acknowledged that change, but he believes that this is a mapping issue. Ms. Welsch noted that Section C seemed to be fairly well represented in the Plan and reported that this concluded the changes from ABEP, section C. Mr. Ollendorff suggested changing recommendation 3b, to say “Improve the overall diversity of the restaurant and retail offerings.” Ms. Welsch noted this and asked the Council to move on to Section D of the report. Section D of the ABEP Report Ms. Welsch noted that recommendation one and two were in the Plan, but asked about number three, four and five and asked the Council to consider these for inclusion. Ms. Brot said that an issue that she and Mr. Ollendorff disagree on has to do with the sidewalks on Olive. She had suggested that we think long term, ten years, especially in light of the International issue, where we want this area to be before we start making the new sidewalks. Her understanding of what number three is, is if we could think long range, then we would be able to have projects go together in a systematic way so that there would be higher efficiency of resources. Mr. Wagner believes that three, four and five are all candidates to go in the Plan. Mr. Wagner believes that number three is addressing long term strategic planning, but understands that there are short term projects that would be done. Ms. Welsch actually sees number one and two being part of number three. They talk in the Plan about discussing shared services with surrounding communities. Mr. Wagner agrees, but he thinks they did not cover three enough. Ms. Welsch agreed that it was not very strong. Ms. Brot agrees, as well, with adding three, four and five. Ms. Welsch said that the Plan talks about buying vacant property, but they talk about donating or selling them to non-profit groups. When it is time for comments, she is against doing this as a definitive action; she wants to look at other possibilities such as land banking or selling it to developers. Mr. Ollendorff said he missed that part in the Plan. Ms. Welsch directed the Council to look at the bottom Page 15