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Regular meeting June 6, 2005 Mr. Sabol commented that this would be a service for the Orthodox community. It will be done on a very small scale. He believes it will be a beneficial enhancement to this organization, as well as to the community. He urges the Council to consider it favorably. Mr. Ollendorff asked if there would be any advertising. Mr. Sabol doesn’t believe it will be necessary. Mr. Levitansky couldn’t promise that he wouldn’t ever have a sign up in his store, but he not planning to do so. Ms. Brot appreciates the comments of Mr. Sabol and the Rabbi, but she still stands by her position. She doesn’t believe that synagogues should be selling wine, especially in light of the wine being available elsewhere. She urges the Council to reject this license approval. Ms. Welsch said that she obviously misspoke when she said earlier that it couldn’t be sold elsewhere. She still feels that this would be an appreciated service to a community that is a large part of University City. She doesn’t believe that it will negatively impact our community in any way. She understands the concerns about packaged liquor stores, but this will not be the standard packaged liquor store that we have seen before. She doesn’t believe, just because this hasn’t been done before, that it should limit the Council from believing it can’t be done now. Ms. Brungardt urged her colleagues to remember to be tolerant. Ms. Brot responded that she did not need to be reminded to be tolerant by respected colleagues, but we don’t have Muslim shops selling wine; we don’t have churches selling wine and she does not believe that the Council should be in the business of allowing one synagogue, with a bookstore, to sell wine. Mayor Adams reminded the Council that the motion was to reject the license. To vote in the affirmative is to reject the license. To vote in the negative would kill the motion to reject which would open the floor up to another motion. The motion to reject failed two to five, with Ms. Colquitt, Ms. Brungardt, Ms. Welsch, Mr. Sharpe and Mayor Adams voting NAY. Ms. Welsch moved approval of the liquor license as recommended. Ms. Colquitt seconded the motion, which passed five to two, with Ms. Brot and Mr. Wagner voting NAY. The liquor license was approved. AGENDA #3: 7740 Olive – Conditional Use Permit Amendment Mr. Ollendorff recommends approval of the parking lot expansion proposed by Wei Hong Bakery. We are very pleased that new businesses in our community realize that they must at least meet and often exceed our parking requirement. All previous Page 5