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The motion passed unanimously. AGENDA ITEM # 2 – CONDITIONAL USE 6680 DELMAR: Mr. Ollendorff continued to say that this conditional use permit is presented for Council approval and the Planning Commission recommended that it be approved. It is for a business located at the corner of Kingsland and Delmar and it is in the zoning for the U. City Loop. On the Delmar corner, the first floor must be a comparative retail shop or a restaurant~entertainment type use, anything else must come before the City Council for approval. Since this is a non-retail business, it must get Council approval. He recommended it but with these conditions: signs, litter control including adjacent public property, refuse containers, business hours limited to 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mr. Ollendorff said he wanted to point out specifically that the seating is limited to what is specified in the application and this is because the number of seats relates to the parking requirement. Mr. Wagner moved approval and Ms. Brot seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. Ms. Welsch wanted to go on record saying that she is glad to see this business established in the Loop and that it is beneficial to citizens. Mr. Wagner commented that this business is a tremendous improvement over what was there previously. He noted that they sell "services which is a kind of retail." Ms. Brot said she was very impressed with the procedure that the franchisee had gone through to develop this and place it in University City. She does have a question regarding the eighteen parking spaces. Given their location, they are so close to so much on-the-street parking, and you don't really have to sit down to eat. Do we have to limit them to eighteen and is this the maximum that we can allow? Mr. Ollendorff responded that it was the maximum. Ms. Welsch said they can return to the City Council to get a variance for parking if their business grows. Mr. Wagner said this issue was raised at the Planning Commission and the answer from the applicants were with the number of staff they are planning, this is the right number of customer seats they need for the computer sections they have. Ms. Brot said their plan talked about 1500 to 2000 new computers in just a couple of years and she thought that they might need more that. Mr. Wagner corrected her, saying 18 was the number of parking spaces, not of seats, and Mayor Adams added that it was the minimum number of parking spaces required at that location. The motion passed unanimously. AGENDA ITEM 3 - Public Hearing - Annual Budget A public hearing has been called for this time and place for citizens to comment on the budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2005. Mayor Adams opened the public hearing at 7:06 p.m.