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To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council From: Julie Feier, City Manager Date: October 16, 2009 Subject: Weekly Update On Tuesday, October 20, the City with Freddie Mac will host aHousing Resource Fair at Heman Park Community Center. The fair is designed to educate potential homebuyers on how to purchase a home, identify available homes for sale in University City and explain how to finance the purchase of a home. There will also be information available on how to make homes more affordable to operate through home weatherization, how to repair credit, refinancing options and how to avoid foreclosure. The Fair will run from 5:30 - 9:00 PM. At 5:30 PM representatives from Freddie Mac will give a presentation entitled “Making Home Affordable” concerning refinancing and loan modifications and at 6:30 PM there will be a workshop on home buying. Door prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be served. For more information, call Petree Eastman at 505-8534. next County League The meeting will be held at 7:30 PM on Thursday, October 22 at the Missouri American Water Central Plant, 901 Hog Hollow Road, Maryland Heights. The main item of business will be the adoption of the Report of the Legislative Affairs Committee, followed by an E-911 presentation. The legislative report is attached for your consideration. Proposition E911: On Nov. 3 Ballot to Improve St. Louis County Emergency Communications. On the recommendation of the police and fire chiefs and citizens serving on the St. Louis County Emergency Communications Commission, voters countywide will see Proposition E911 on the Nov. 3 ballot. Proposition E911 would provide funding to improve emergency communications throughout St. Louis County through a one-tenth of one cent sales tax. Similar measures have already been passed by voters in St. Charles and Jefferson counties as public safety agencies work to meet new FCC requirements for emergency communications. St. Louis County’s Proposition E911 will fund improvements to the most critical emergency communications that affect citizens. Better communication means faster response times and more effective coordination of emergency services. Proposition E911 would provide: Up-to-date 911 technology so that individuals placing emergency calls from their cell phones can be located quickly and reliably;