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2. Council liaison reports on Boards and Commissions Mayor Welsch stated that the Plan Commission had met last week and approved a minor change for Crown Center, which she believed will be an exciting project. She stated that the Loop Trolley Development Board met last Friday and will be submitting the final report to the FTA this week. The Board anticipated that it will take roughly a month to receive a response from the agency advising them of their decision on the project. 3. Boards, Commissions and Task Force Minutes 4. Other Discussions/Business Replacing parking in the Loop and Civic Plaza requested by Ms. Carr and Mr.  Crow. Ms. Carr stated that at the last meeting, Ms. Glickert reported that the nine spaces that had been lost in the Loop were being replaced by the rental of nine spaces in an existing parking garage, as opposed to the Traffic Commission’s recommendation to create nine new spaces. She stated that in addition, Washington University had also been allowed to rent parking spaces in the garage rather than creating new ones. Ms. Carr stated that the creation of the roundabout has resulted in the loss of numerous spaces in Civic Plaza and it is extremely difficult when turning into Trinity North to extricate yourself. She stated that the City has provided no recommendations on what should be done about the loss of parking spaces on the north and south sides of Trinity, and Council is responsible to its constituents to provide new spaces or at least to have those discussions. Ms. Carr asked Mr. Walker if he could provide her with any insight on what the City is doing to address this issue. City Manager Walker stated that staff is in the process of reviewing the issue that was raised at the last Council Meeting and will submit a report at a future meeting, with some options for Council to consider. Status of the Comprehensive Plan update requested by Ms. Carr and Mr. Crow  Ms. Carr stated that when she was appointed to the Plan Commission in February 2010, and had also been a part of the Plan Committee whose intent was to begin working on the Comprehensive Plan 2005 update in February or March of 2010. Ms. Carr asked Mr. Walker if he would bring Council up to date on the progress that has been made since it is now almost November 2013. City Manager Walker stated that staff had included that information in the most recent Council Brief that was circulated to members of Council. He stated that Requests for Proposal were issued for the next iteration of the Comprehensive Plan update; one for a Communications Community Engagement Consultant and one for a Professional Planning Service. Mr. Walker stated that seven responses were received for the Communications Consultant and four responses were received for the Professional Planning Services. Interviews were th conducted with qualified firms during the week of September 29 and a recommendation for the consultants would be forwarded to Council in early November. He stated that after the negotiations were concluded, work would 5