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Regular Meeting March 7, 2005 The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Mr. Wagner, Ms. Brot, Ms. Welsch, Mr. Sharpe, Ms. Colquitt, Ms. Brungardt and Mayor Adams: NAYS: none. Bill Number 8757 passed unanimously and became Ordinance 6528. 4. Bill No. 8759 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF A TRACT OF LAND TO BE KNOWN AS “BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AND SUBDIVISION PLAT OF PART OF LOT 32 OF CENTRAL SUBURBS ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI” AND LOCATED AT 7823 GREENSFELDER AND THE WESTERN 18 FEET OF 533 WARDER. The Bill was given its second reading. Tom Harig, 7814 Greensfelder Lane, said something is wrong when both the Planning Commission and the City Council vote against this re-subdivision and now tonight’s impending vote. Something is wrong when the main criteria for meeting the zoning requirements are not the houses on the street directly affected by this re-subdivision, but houses located on other streets as far away as Delmar Boulevard on the north and Teasdale Avenue on the west. He said he can throw a horseshoe from his front yard and hit the yard at 7823 Greensfelder, the re-subdivision lot. It takes him two to three minutes to walk from his home to Delmar Boulevard. Something is wrong when the City Council has to reverse itself because of a law suit in the knowledge that this law suit, based on passed experience, would result in a loss for University City. Why haven’t steps been taken to address the shortcomings in the zoning code so that law suits would not be the order of the day, or if so, they would be “winnable.” Something is wrong when we read in various official City publications that were mentioned tonight about neighborhood’s integrity, but they turn out to be just words. A developer who is not here tonight, and even his lawyer who is having a little sidebar, will win over the residents who are here tonight. I still have to say “thank you” to Councilmember Wagner who has gone way beyond the call of duty to be supportive and helpful, and for that I thank you publicly. For me, it has been a fight, but it is not over yet. If memory serves correctly, a famous philosopher from The Hill said, “It’s not over until it is over.” Mike Greenwood, 7840 Greensfelder Lane, thanked the City Council for their hard work and support in this issue. He brought up the issue of Council approval of a final subdivision, stating that the property must meet City requirements. In order to meet them, he asked if there has been a completed transaction for public record of the sale of Manning’s 18 feet of property to Anselmo. No one on Council, staff or attorneys present in audience seemed to know. Greenwood asked again, “Has there been a public record of the sale of the eighteen feet?” and Eric Schmitt, from the audience, responded “he is the owner under contract – that is all he knew. Ms. Brot asked if Mr. Anselmo is the “owner under contract” and Mr. Schmitt replied yes. Mr. Greenwood continued by saying that Dante Anselmo is the owner of the lot, but that he had referred to a strip of 18-foot land. Mr. Greenwood said he questioned Page 10