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address those who felt they were not notified and it was important they heard about the Plan. He stated that the proposal is that the Plan Commission would have a public information session and deal with the communication issues with private and public subdivisions. He stated that they discussed how to get good lists for how to get information out to the public and that some of the subdivision lists were outdated, but staff agreed to work on updating them. He also stated that they want to get help from City Council members to get the word out for the proposed public information session. Ms. Locke stated that they also discussed the next Comprehensive Plan Update process and they wanted public involvement to be a strong component with aggressive public outreach to ensure there is widespread community want to achieve for the Comprehensive Plan process after the outreach steps for the Bike/Walk Plan. She added that the Plan Commission had already approved the Bike and Walk Plan and while the work should not be redone, the communication process should be refined. She stated this was a good time to address the communication issue. Ms. Moran stated that holding a public information session would have the added benefit of getting the plan out to the people and selling the plan so people understand it, resulting in more informed citizen support. Ms. Lewis stated that they want to move forward with the Draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan after the extra effort for communication and there was no intention of holding up the Plan. Update from Council Liaison th Mayor Welsch stated that the Heman Park Pool was set to open on Saturday the 25. She stated that outdoor movies in the park would begin Saturday in Heman Park. She stated that on thth Monday May 27, the 39 Memorial Day Run would be held which benefitted many local nonprofits. She also stated that the last public hearing on the budget for FY 2014 was at the last City Council meeting and would be on the City Council agenda on Tuesday May 28. She stated the budget showed a surplus. Update from Staff Ms. Riganti stated that a Site Plan was approved for a small building on McKnight and Delmar to be the leasing office for the residential apartment complex to the north. She stated that the Walgreens development was moving forward and they would be breaking ground in the near future. She stated that a University City location could not be found for the dentist that was in that office building and she relocated outside of University City. She stated that the building to the rear of that site was proposed to be an office, but the developers had now received interest from a different potential tenant. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. tm; E