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AYES: Mr. Price, Ms. Carr, Mr. Kraft, Mr. Crow, Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Glickert and Mayor Welsch. NAYS: None. Resolution 2013 – 17 as amended carried unanimously. O. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Gregory Pace, 7171 Westmoreland Mr. Pace stated that there was an amendment to the budget that would be coming up shortly and the reason that he wanted to bring this up was that last week he attended the Economic Development Retail Sales Tax Board meeting and this was the second time that the Chamber of Commerce for U City has requested a grant from this fund. Their request was for roughly $32,000 for the remaining half of this fiscal year, and $64,000 for next year, and will be used as compensation for an executive director. A motion was made, but failed due to the lack of a second. He stated that there are over two million dollars in the Economic Development Retail Sales Tax fund and our Chamber was fledgling. It has been two years since its founding and they have done some wonderful work. There are approximately 120 businesses that are members at this point and it is growing every day. So Mr. Pace asked Council to grant this funding to the Chamber. These are business people promoting business ideas, so to me this was a no-brainer and this is what economic development is all about. The Loop got 40 grand a year for an ice carnival, so you decide. They need the money. And then in a couple of years we can reflect on what they have done and pull the funding if necessary. So he urged Council to fund the grant request from the Chamber of Commerce. Amos Curlee, 337 Westgate Mr. Curlee stated that he would just like to point out that after the first public meeting he had approached Rich Wilson to talk about the exclusion of private neighborhoods from the plan and that Mr. Wilson had informed him that if Parkview gave him a letter saying that they did not want to be a part of the plan he would put in an addendum acknowledging their request. Mr. Curlee stated that Parkview supplied that letter and that they had also received a response from Mr. Wilson stating that Parkview would be excluded from the plan. So please exclude Parkview from the plan. P. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mr. Price asked the City Manager if he would provide him with information on the following: (1) private subdivisions within the Bike Plan and the legality surrounding their use, and (2) how the city would go about obtaining the various right-of-ways that are listed in the plan. Ms. Carr stated that Council had submitted their evaluations over a month ago and to date have heard nothing about their next steps. So she would appreciate it if Council could be informed as to how they were to going to proceed. Mayor Welsch stated that she has been waiting to hear from a majority of Council about when they can meet next, and as soon as she has a majority of responses, she would schedule the meeting with Mr. Walker. Ms. Carr informed Mayor Welsch that she was referring to the goals. Mayor Welsch stated that the intent was to schedule both meetings in tandem. She stated that hopefully Councilmembers who have not responded to her about available nights would do so, so that we can move forward on that. Ms. Carr advised Mr. Walker that she would like an update at every meeting on staff’s progress with respect to the development of the Comprehensive City Plan. She stated that with regard to Olive, Ms. Riganti had sent out a memo addressing what to do with the property and she had provided her with a list of thoughts, but has never received a response. She would like to hear back on that. 30