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noted he would not expect Council to vote for a C.I.D .unless that provision was included. Mr. Price asked Ms. Riganti if the C.I.D. issue had come up before and did not go anywhere. Mr. Riganti stated that was correct and at that time, the Council requested additional information. Mr. Price said with the delay, if people have questions, they can be answered. Mr. Price moved to delay the vote to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract until the next Council meeting and was seconded by Ms. Carr. Mr. Sharpe did not have any problem with the C.I.D. other than the $40,000 was not being spent on Olive. He said what it reported to do; he had no problems with at all. Mr. Sharpe stated he had called the Missouri Municipal League to see if a C.I.D. was adventitious or not for the City, which they agreed that it could be as was done in Kansas. He stated all Council would be doing at this point would be to get an attorney to say if it is a good thing or bad. Mr. Sharpe said Council could get the $40,000.00 back if the C.I.D. was formed. Ms. Carr asked Mr. Walker if this contract included the crafting of the C.I.D. documents. Ms. Riganti stated it would be dependent on the research done by the legal team to determine what kind of structure would be beneficial, should this proceed. She said there would be a number of public meetings as it would be discussed with the legal team that everyone should be involved in the community input meetings, including Council and property owners. Ms. Riganti noted the next steps would include preparing the final documents to submit a petition to City Council requesting that a C.I.D. be formed. Ms. Carr stated she has had two constituents tell her that they are stakeholders and they have not been asked to be involved and they had serious questions about hiring the lawyer. Ms. Carr said the two week delay would give Council an opportunity to get together with Mr. Edwards and other property owners to talk about what they envisioned. Ms. Carr stated that having gone through this with the Parkview Gardens plan, there was a tendency for everybody to say they spoke with the right stakeholders and everyone was informed and if they did not come, it was their fault. She said the two weeks would allow people a chance to get together, as she would send them a notice and to call her. Ms. Carr stated this was their time to get together and talk about it and she would feel comfortable then by having represented her constituents. Mr. Kraft said he had talked to about five property owners in the Loop and none of them were a 100% for it or 100% against it. He said the predominate view was why not hire an attorney in order to learn more about it. Mr. Kraft noted that was the view he got from the property owners he spoke with. 8