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To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council From: Julie Feier, City Manager Date: December 18, 2009 Subject: Weekly Update Congratulations to John Mulligan for being one of the nominees for Missouri - Lawyer of the Year. Lawyers Weekly’s The winner of the Lawyer of the Year will be announced in the December 28 issue. There are more than 25,000 lawyers in the State of Missouri, and the award often goes to lawyers connected to large firms, so for Mr. Mulligan to receive the honor of a nomination operating independently speaks volumes of his talent and dedication to the practice of law. Mr. Mulligan recently spoke with Tim Diemler (Deputy Director), Randy Scrivner (Branch Director), and Sheila Huddleston (Section Chief and Mitigation Officer) during a SEMA conference call. SEMA indicated that the East-West Gateway Multi-Jurisdictional Plan expired on November 23, 2009. Because University City is within the East-West Gateway area, SEMA cannot approve University City's application until East-West Gateway has a new plan in place. East-West Gateway submitted their plan for SEMA’s approval this past July. SEMA and East-West Gateway are in the process of completing a new plan to submit to FEMA for its review and approval. It is approximately 1,800 pages and is available on East West Gateway website, http://www.ewgateway.org. SEMA expects to have the new plan to FEMA by the end of the month, and FEMA has 45 days from receipt to complete its review. Once FEMA approves the new plan, SEMA may approve University City's application. SEMA will thereafter schedule a meeting with University City to discuss the grant agreement and funding approval. Once University City accepts the agreement, it may incur expenses for title searches and appraisals. Closings on home purchases may be scheduled after that. SEMA said it usually takes 6-12 months after notification of grant approval before there are closings. There could be problem properties that slow the process, but there the delay of is no requirement that all properties close at the same time. Therefore, SEMA’s approval could set our grant application back about 45 days. Instead of the end of the year for grant approval, we could be looking at mid February. We are working on a confirmation of the potential delay. When we have a response from SEMA we will forward out notification to the Wilson residents. 2009 Employee Holiday Luncheon Thewill be on Thursday, December 24, from 12 – 1:30 PM at the Heman Park Community Center. Come celebrate with fellow city