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UNIVERSITY CITY AND CITY OF OLIVETTE I-170/OLIVE JOINT REDEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 18, 2009 The University City and the City of Olivette I-170/Olive Joint Redevelopment Task Force met on November 18, 2009, at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers at Olivette City Hall located at 9473 Olive Boulevard, Olivette, Missouri. ROLL CALL: On roll call, the following members were present: University City Task Force members Lance Finland, Marc Jacob, and Nova Felton. City of Olivette Task Force members Craig Cohen and J. Gregory Carl. Also in attendance: Olivette City Manager T. Michael McDowell and Olivette Planning and Zoning Administrator Carlos Trejo. 1. CONTINUED DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY ADOPTED REDEVELOPMENT POLICIES Mr. Trejo provided a brief summary of the discussions of the October 29, 2009, meeting. This included discussions regarding views of the task force assignment as noted in the Proposal for I-170/Olive Joint Redevelopment Task Force dated May 2009, the concept of sustainable development, perspectives on local and national developers, and whether to identify boundaries. Mr. Trejo distributed hard copies of the following documents: 1. University City Comprehensive Plan Update of 2005 2. University City Development Subsidy Policy 3. University City Olive Boulevard Implementation Plan 4. Olivette Economic Development Tools Evaluation Checklist 5. Olivette Eminent Domain Task Force Final Report 6. Olivette Redevelopment Project Management Process 7. Olivette Strategic Plan-Part 2 Defining Sense of Place 8. Olivette Strategic Plan-Part 3 Launch the Vision Mr. Trejo noted that a University City document named Olive Boulevard Design Guidelines was made electronically available. Given the document size, a hard copy was not made available. Mr. Trejo noted that in a staff review of the documents of both communities, the overall goals and objectives for redevelopment along the Olive Boulevard corridor are not that different. Both encouraged good planning principles for redevelopment, site design, and architecture. Both communities outlined similar financial development tools, and both communities noted potential use of eminent domain under certain conditions. 2. CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES Mr. McDowell encourage task force members to individually describe the types of redevelopment possibilities that would be ideal in the corridor and what each member believes their respective communities would like to see. A summary of points noted by task force members is as follows: consider and build on the strengths of established businesses already along the corridor acknowledge and reinforce the existing identity of the corridor and the ethnic diversity consider building on the existing character of the area than completely changing everything establish a unique identity for the area other than looking like every other interchange along I-170 look to see what has been successful in other Midwest communities that share similar characteristics as University City and Olivette do in the Olive-I-170 interchange a belief that Olivette lacks a variety of restaurant and shops that are unique and local not to encourage a whole lot of national chain type of operations encourage small retail with a residential component rather than industrial uses C:\Documents and Settings\ariganti\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\9CW7A9UY\JRTF Mtg Min 2009 11-18.doc Page 1 of 3