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MINUTES OF UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL <br />STUDY SESSION <br />August 31, 2009 <br />The Council Study Session, held on the Fifth Floor of the City Hall, on Monday, August 31, <br />2009, was called to order by Mayor Joseph Adams at 5:30 p.m. In addition to the Mayor <br />the following members of the Council were present: <br />Mr. Terry Crow <br /> Mr. RobertWagner <br />Ms. Lynn Ricci <br /> Mr. ByronPrice <br />Mr. Michael Glickert <br />Mr. Arthur Sharpe, Jr. <br />Also present were the City Manager Julie Feier, Deputy City Manger Janet Watson, Parks <br />Director Nancy MacCartney and City Attorney John Mulligan. <br />The study session was to view a presentation given by John Hoal from H3Studio. <br />H3Studio is doing a redesign of Parkview Gardens Park Plan. The purpose of the Park <br />Plan was to revitalize parks which in turn would then revitalize the neighborhood. The <br />consultants worked with three parks in the Parkview Garden area: Metcalf Park, Eastgate <br />Park and Ackert Park. What was brought to everyone’s attention was that these parks <br />could be a park continuation between Forest Park and Heman Park. <br />Metcalf Park was basically the swamp area for River DesPeres. Metcalf Park is hidden <br />from view and the parking lot is not in view from the park. The idea was to open up the <br />visibility of this park thus making it friendlier. <br />Eastgate Park and its surrounding area has the most police calls. Residents near by are <br />highly dependent on public transportation. There are approximately 3,300 residents with a <br />median age of 27.5 and a little over seventy-six percent have one car or less. Eastgate <br />Park has a basketball court but is not used by neighbors but by transients. This park is <br />also much hidden from view. <br />Options presented were: develop trails in Ackert Park, Metcalf Park was to become the ID <br />of the neighborhood, a family park, and Eastgate Park would take major rethinking. All <br />parks would be opened and become more visible from different angles. <br />There are four options in the design phase. In these options there were also changes <br />made to surrounding streets: change direction, open streets that were presently closed as <br />Enright and Ackert Rd., extend greenway and change routes. A main focal point was to <br />eliminate the identity associated with north of Vernon to south of Vernon. <br />The contract with H3 Studio is with Washington University which started in February after <br />Council adopted the Park Master Plan. <br />The meeting was adjourned at 5:25 p.m. <br />Submitted by <br />Joyce Pumm, City Clerk <br /> <br />