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Forest Park through Washington University campus and completed on Ackert Walkway at Vernon. The second would complete a section of trail from Shaw Park to Olive Blvd. The agreement needed to be the same for Great Rivers Greenway, Olivette and University City. Ms. Feier suggested that unless there are substantial changes to leave the agreement as is to avoid getting new signatures from Olivette and the Great Rivers Greenway. Ms. Feier stated the Parks department felt comfortable with maintaining the trail. Mr. Wagner moved for approval and was seconded by Mr. Sharpe. Ms. Ricci stated as she expressed in the study session that she wants the greenway to proceed forward but had concerns about the two agreements. First she noted that “the maintenance should begin after the completion of the trail by the Great Rivers Greenway” be added Ms. Ricci also noted in the agreement with Olivette that there was no cost agreement in the contracts when U City is doing work in Olivette when it should be border specific. She also said that it appears that Olivette is using a different term, “Capital improvement to facilities: in describing the same thing. Ms. Ricci noted she was advised the facilities and the trails are the same and thought the same terminology should be consistent. Ms. MacCartney said she would answer it in two parts. The section from Kingsbury to 400 feet north of Delmar is essentially a widening of the sidewalk to make it trail standard. She noted the City is already maintaining that area. Ms. MacCartney said she did not anticipate any extra cost associated with that. She said the second section just north of Schnucks at I170 that crosses over Delmar up McKnight will be constructed in concrete. Ms. MacCartney said MoDOT will be doing the mowing in this corridor as it is their right-of-way. She said that because of the construction type she did not anticipate it to take more than a couple hours a month to maintain it. Ms. MacCartney thought it would be easier for U City to go another couple hundred feet in maintaining the trail. Ms. Ricci asked if there would be an issue if someone was injured on the Olivette 200 feet portion due to neglect of U City’s maintenance. She asked who would be liable as the agreement was not clear. Ms. MacCartney said that Olivette would be responsible for any capital improvement north of structure to Olive Blvd. University City would have agreed as it seemed to make sense to maintain the section all the way to Olive Blvd. She said the direct route has not been designated and Ms. MacCartney said that all of the trail could end up in University City. She said this agreement had to be in place prior to the final design which would show the final route. Ms. Ricci stated that this agreement is not doing what Ms. MacCartney is telling them. The agreement was approved with one Nay vote from Ms. Ricci. J. UNFINISHED BUSINESS BILLS 1. BILL 9060 - An ordinance approving a final subdivision plat of a tract of land to be known as Vernon Ave. Station House Subdivision and located at 6601 Vernon Ave. Mr. Price moved for approval and was seconded by Mr. Sharpe. Roll Call vote was: AYES: Mr. Price, Ms. Ricci, Mr. Wagner, Mr. Crow, Mr. Sharpe and Mayor Adams. NAYS: none 2