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everyone has probably recognized the State legislature has attempted to tinker with this pretty regularly. Mr. Sharpe stated that he would like to work on the committee with Mr. Kraft and Ms. Carr, and that in his opinion each member should be allowed two appointments. He stated that when he envisions the concept of dealing with Washington University what comes to mind is the National League of Cities who has a group of individuals that deal specifically with issues like this and other problems that various Cities are experiencing. Mr. Sharpe stated that he meets with this group whenever he goes to the National League of Cities and they have been successful in coming up with solutions to some of these problems. Mr. Price asked the members of Council who will be participating on this committee to make sure that everybody is in sync and on the same page with what has been agreed to, prior to bringing it back to the Council as a whole. Mayor Welsch confirmed that Councilmembers Carr, Kraft and Sharpe would be willing to meet and discuss this topic as a group and come back with a resolution at a future meeting of the Council. Mayor Welsch stated that she would like to reiterate what a number of members have said about additional appointments. She stated that what she found with the Advisory Board for Economic Progress was that it did help to have people with various expertise, and here, where you are talking about a lot of different issues you will need people with very specific backgrounds. Mayor Welsch stated that while she understands the concern about staff taking over, she would like to stress that staff’s support is needed because they have a lot of the information that will be required for any members of a task force. CITIZEN COMMENTS Christine Michael, 736 Eastgate Ms. Michael stated that she thought the task force is a great idea. She stated that she has lived in this community since 1992 and has really seen the City grow, and what she loves about UCity is that it is a diverse area. Ms. Michael stated that the growth of Wash U has been enormously productive for this community, but as a resident she also has some concerns. She stated that as Council begins to develop this task force she would really encourage them to reach beyond the experts that have been referred to and include citizens, both landowners and renters. Ms. Michael stated that by nature, she is a renter, but she has lived here long enough, has the same investment as most of the people she knows who own property, and would love to be included in a discussion like this. She stated that oftentimes Wash U is at the table, and because they are, a lot of times things go their way. Ms. Michael stated that she would be happy to send Council a copy of an article written by David Linzee for the Pacer, the Parkview Gardens Neighborhood Association’s Newspaper, which talks about development in neighborhoods. The article states that when development begins to happen a lot of times cities resort to all types of give-aways just to get a business to come into their community without ever asking for something back, i.e., training and use of their employees. She stated that while she believed that Wash U already does a lot of this for UCity, Mr. Linzee’s perspective about remembering that it needs to be a two-way street is something that would be good in these discussions. Ms. Michael stated that she also agreed that it would be great to have two appointees per member to ensure that there are a variety of people involved. Ed Mass, 8360 Cornell Avenue Mr. Mass stated that he believed that it is a good idea to have this task force because there are serious economic concerns that need to be addressed in how the City interacts with Wash U. He stated that as President of the Parks Commission he would agree that it is very 9