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Ms. Colquitt, Ms. Welsch and Mr. Sharpe and those voting NAY were Ms. Brungardt, Mr. Wagner, Ms. Brot and Mayor Adams. The motion to table failed four to three. Ms. Welsch commented that this is a difficult situation. MSD has been contacted over a period of thirty to thirty-five years to resolve this issue. It is not fair to hold up one development until that problem is solved. More pervious surfaces can be added. The City Staff will work with the developer to reduce noise and traffic issues. These issues concern problems with MSD and can't be controlled by the City and should not hold up development. If this happens, there will be not be development along the river. Mr. Sharpe said that problems with back-flow can be solved with backflow valves, and if that is done, the development should not affect the flooding. As for the children, he still wants to see mixed-use in the City. He said the neighbors might be surprised at how well this will work. Ms. Colquitt added that neighbors were not opposed to the development, but they were opposed to major issues not being addressed, because no one from the development team came to work with them. She said they had many questions that weren't addressed to their satisfaction. Ms. Brungardt stated that Hafner Place and Wilson Square face similar flooding problems. She understands that this is a tremendous burden on these neighborhoods to bear. She believes; however, that this development should not bear negatively on the existing issues of this neighborhood. She hopes that everyone will continue to work diligently together to help resolve these issues. Mayor Adams said that since it looked like this project would be approved, he wanted to make sure that when the Council looked at future economic development, that the total burden of economic development is not placed on just one segment of the city. The entire City should receive the same treatment and there should be a concerted effort to do so. Ms. Brot asked the Mayor to repeat the motion and he said that the motion was to approve the conditional use permit on 8041-8081 Olive. The motion was made by Mr. Wagner and seconded by Ms. Brot. The motion passed with six AYE votes and Ms. Colquitt voting NAY. Agenda Item # 5 - Liquor License - Tivoli Theater The application for alcoholic beverage sales at 6350 Delmar is in order and may be approved by City Council. The applicant has a clear record and the site should not present any problems. Ms. Brot moved approval and Ms. Welsch seconded. Ms. Brot stated that every time we have talked about sale of liquor there has been a food requirement. Up and down Olive there are many places where people can get alcoholic beverages, and she personally does not want to go into a theatre and sit next to someone who has been drinking a lot and only having popcorn. What does this two hundred and thirty thousand dollar food item mean; what kind of food are we talking about and is that enough food for Council to approve this? Mr. Ollendorff said he did not have any information about it. She would like to hear some arguments in favor of it. Ms. Welsch said she thought that with liquor licenses, most of the sales should be from food, and added that she wonders how this would impact other businesses