ms. martin expressed a on a going concern of the cac for more quantitative information on bicycle-related outreach. item seven, the allocation of $1.25 million in prop k funds for six projects and the appropriation of $70,000 in prop k funds for planning and implementation of the integrated travel partnership there that was also on the agenda. the cac recommended the allocation of $1.2 million for your committee for these projects, but again for procedural reasons, we excluded the $78,000 from the public partner shot -- public-private partnership. the allocation for the tdm shuttle proposal, which has a long history -- where the cac ultimately passed on a split vote -- and is included here. item eight before you, the cac -- i want to say the cac approved the strategic analysis report based on shuttle services. but as i mentioned previously, the proposed partnership has a long history with the cac and was rejected and returned to staff in 2010 because of insufficient information. perhaps less than a handful of proposals that the cac has returned to staff with conditions because it simply w

ms. martin was asked and participated in the media event related to the memorial for the firefighters last week, stationed at the service all day. we typically work very much hand in hand. we found when we had that the emergency operation center that was stood up more than two weeks, while there are a number of public information officer staff to the city, only three, counting renee, were willing to staff that. that is one of the things we'd like to have it in the event there is a sizable emergency. renee is one person to back fill that. we don't have a plan for that right now. likewise, with the america's cup, listed as an event. it the event authority has their own pr people. the city has been working very much with all of the affected departments, but we thought it might be useful as we move forward with our obligations to have somebody on call to do that. we're not looking to have a retainer. we are looking to have specific on-call services from time to time, and we hope that it is enough, but we have never done this before. >> but as the director state id this would be on an as needed

ms. freeman will become the 96th recipient of the spingarn medal this july when she is honored during the naacp national convention in los angeles. passed spingarn medalists include maya angelou and dr. martin luther king jr. this impressive list of exceptional americans gives you a sense of the caliber of the person attorney freeman really is. there is no doubt that attorney frankie freeman is deserving of this distinction. i am so proud of her for being honored with this recognition of her life long dedication to justice and civil rights. she is such an inspiration to me and she has been an inspiration to thousands of young people during her life and to so many americans, regardless of race, an inspiration for what she stands for and what she has accomplished in her lifetime. i am so grateful to call her my friend and i thank her for all that she has done for the people of st. louis the people of missouri and the people of this great nation. congratulations and thank you frankie freeman. mr. president, if i could also briefly spend a few moments to just talk about the economic development administration. there's lots of times that we debate legislation on this floor, and we do it in almos