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Regular Council Minutes 1/24/OS Page 8 shoreway-that is another visual project they have done. They have done a variety of projects. They are looking at redevelopment of Little Italy and implementing a Master Plan there. You name it-City Architecture has really had a hand in it. To me what is very exciting about what they bring to the table is that we are going from more abstract planning into something that truly is nuts and bolts, bricks, mortar and wood. And the idea we can go into 3-dimensional planning, which is what we are hoping to do this year, I think you are going to find for everybody, there is going to be a lot on your plate. Mayor Rinker said Charter Review is coming up again this year. Five yeaxs have gone by quickly and that is going to be an important task. Future land uses that we see, projects that may be coming into play--the Regional Library has looked to expand and we think that this year is going to be, again, early stages of that project as virtually 2%z times larger than it is today; that is the proposed Regional Library. Mayor Rinker said the Krenzler property we just talked about it momentarily. You have already seen the drastic change that taking down all those trees on that property has had just north of Fisher's and I think, again, it underscores the significance of our having purchased the land immediately to the south of it where the stream lies where we are preserving that green space. And that kind of philosophy, that kind of approach, we expect will continue not only this upcoming year, but probably in the next couple of years because we see that certain properties are going to become strategic, strategically important, and we want to try to balance as much as possible development with maintaining the green space. And again, that is something that will be ongoing. Meanwhile, all the nuts and bolts of infrastructure. We were very happy to learn that Mayfield Village has topped the list of small governments approved for State Issue 2 Funding for a sanitary sewer project that we have projected on Highland Road. We have to go a final round down in Columbus; Phil is already looking at what he is to restructure. That proposal-there is a pretty generous grant that goes with that; we are confident that that will go forward. We are planning to do the work really regardless. And we tried for the last several years to get similar approval from Issue 2 for Eastgate and Meadowood. That project will also go forward this year so.we will try to cut to the chase on both of those projects so that by July the work can begin on those. Those are predominantly sanitary sewer projects. They will also include the upgrades of stormwater in those neighborhoods. There is a lot going on and the fact of the matter is as much as we do here, as much as we depend on our employees, we rely heavily on feedback we get from each and every one of you. Your involvement is something that we really just can't do without. So we have a lot of work going on. To me it is very exciting. It always has challenges. There are always some difficulties but collectively we work through these and I think results speak for themselves. Mayor Rinker said I just want to share with you one other little item because for all the work that we do here, it is easy for us to kind of lose track of one of the assets that we have in our Finance and Economic Director Philip Brett. For 2004 alone we can look to separate special revenue sources beyond our regular tax base of upwards of $1.5 million that I can say candidly we can attribute to the efforts of Phil Brett and his abilities in securing these dollars. Another $300,000 additional for the S.O.M. project based on some of the arduous tasks we face with that; the Highland Road Sewer Project, we anticipate getting $200,000 for loans and grants on that project maybe more than that depending on how we structure it; the Upper 40 Project which included some of the reworking of the ball fields that we've done in conjunction with the Metroparks; another $450,000 in State Issue One grants; and finally the tax incremental