After months of silence on both sides, Gov. Jay Nixon will hold a media conference call today to discuss the Rams’ stadium situation and the next step toward keeping the team in St. Louis.

Nixon’s comments are expected to be general but positive in nature, stressing the state’s and the region’s commitment to coming up with a solution. Expectations are that there will be no specific details on the stadium plan discussed in the conference call, but according to sources familiar with the situation, such plans will be made public by the end of the year.

It is expected, however, that Nixon will talk about formation of a committee or task force to deal with the stadium issue. It’s not known whether Nixon will disclose any or all of the names of committee members today.

As reported last month by the Post-Dispatch’s Bryan Burwell, the stadium site is located north of Lumiere Place and south of the Stan Musial Bridge on the north edge of downtown. The plan at this point seems to be to construct an outdoor stadium, with space for large surface parking lots as well. Burwell also reported at that time that the silence from local negotiators would be broken after the Nov. 4 elections.