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Session 1547, Minutes June 10, 1991 Page 2 her neighbors have worked extremely hard to make the area a fine place to live by taking care of their property, planting flowers, etc., am a blcx:xi bank nearby would ruin this beautiful neighborhcx:xi. She said there was no advantage whatsoever to having such a business there. Mr. Richard :Rosenfeld, 7217 Princeton, said at the last Council meeting, he provided police reports on the two st. IDuis lcx::ations operated by Interstate Blcx:xi Bank. Now he am other ad hoc cannni.ttee members are obtaining the same infonnation from other cities where Interstate operates, so it may be shown that Interstate has similar tyPes am numbers of police calls wherever it 0p- erates. He said Interstate has badly miscalculated the nature of University City because large mnnbers of clients will not be fO\.lI'rl here, am better ways can be foun:i to assist those who sell their blcx:xi to meet their needs. He said the ad hoc group will keep operating 'W1til it is sure the blcx:xi bank will not open, and that no amount of IOOney in a business license fee is enough to compensate for the burglaries, auto thefts, assaults and peace dis- turbances that will occur. He said the .ilrpact on the adjacent neighborhoods and neart>y businesses, as well as the entire community, would be devastating. Mr. Rory Ellinger, 7340 Melrose, Musick Neighborhcx:xi Association president, said this problem affects all of University City, not just the neighborhoods near the proposed blcx:xi bank. He asked those in the audience who support the proposed $50,000 license fee on the blcx:xi bank to stand, and all rose. He said he has never seen University City so 'W1ited on an issue. He applauded the Mayor and Council for the courage they were about to show by passing this bill, am he asked all in the audience to support them in this effort by vot- ing for this tax on August 6. Mr. David still, Jr., 7005 Canrlen Court, said no one wants a blcx:xi bank here, and it would cause businesses to leave University City. He said it would not be gcx:xi for the City, the neighborhoods or residents' taxes. Ms. Genies Jordan, 7035 Melrose, president of Melrose Neighborhcx:xi Associa- tion, said the possibility of a blcx:xi bank in University City is causing an inunense emotional strain in the comrmmity. She said it will not be gcx:xi for her neighborhcx:xi or any other, and its proximity to the City's largest park can only cause problems. OXJNCIIMEMBER cn1MENTS Mr. Adams said when he proposed the idea of a $50,000 license fee for busi- nesses that sell blcx:xi products or body parts, he thought the comrmmity would 'W'lite in support, am he was not disappointed-he saw a great love for Uni- versity City among its residents. He said he will do all he can legally to prevent the blcx:xi bank from lcx::ating here. His idea was to make the fee so large that it would pay for the expense of having such a business in the com- nn.mi.ty, and he urged Council to approve this bill. Mr. Wagner said the citizens have spoken early, often, and forcefully about the Interstate Blcx:xi Bank and the fact that this business will bring nothing to University City but a need for IOOre city savices and expenses to maintain the quality of life of the neighborhoods. Mr. Wagner felt the proposed fee