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Regular meeting August 8, 2005 need for more diverse options in our business area. Give us businesses that will offer us variety, goods & services that we need and want, provide employment opportunities, give incentives to encourage our patronage, and pleasant shopping experience. Great care is taken to promote diverse business environments in other areas of University City. We deserve the same. Ms. Weston opposes this bill. Nova Felton, 8031 Noel Ct. - a resident for more than 34 years. Ms. Felton was disappointed to find out at the last Council meeting that citizen’s comments concerning the “chickens” were considered irrelevant by the majority of the Council. The residents on Hafner Court expressed their objections to the expansion of the Farmers’ Market. It appears that Third Ward residents’ concerns are being completely ignored. She felt that only four of the six council members knew of the “chicken” ordinance. The two that did not know about it were the Third Ward Councilmembers. Ms. Felton has never seen so much miscommunication among Councilmembers and in total disregard for citizen’s concerns. Ms. Felton would like to recommend that the Councilmembers have some sensitivity training focusing on race and culture differences among citizens and how to serve all the people and not just special interest groups. Ms Felton requested that the “chicken” ordinance be repealed. Mr. Wagner injected a question of Mayor asking if we are still on the Public Hearing of Seafood City expansion. Speakers need to be reminded of the topic that citizens are to be speaking on. Rosalyn Heidelberg, 1232 Mt. Olive Ave. She resides at the third house down from what use to be the Day Care Center. She understands that the Day Care Center property has been purchased but is not occupied. She opposes the expansion of the Seafood Market because of the smell in that area is just terrible. Ms. Heidelberg said she cannot sit outside in the summer because of the odor. If they expand, the odor will just increase. I was hoping they were moving not expanding. For her to have a barbeque is out of the question. To have guests over is also out of the question because of the odor from the market. Ms. Heidelberg opposes the expansion. Richard Dockett, 6844 Crest Ave. He wanted to ditto the speakers before him. Citizens in the third ward are being disrespected and disregarded. U-City needs to get to the bottom of these racial and cultural concerns so as not to create a cultural clash. I am proud to be a part of U-City but there is a divisiveness that is happening in this community that could tear us apart. We are always talking about Greenspace things but when it gets to these areas of the Third Ward, the Greenspace goes out the window. The Third Ward is not the Projects where you just stack people up on top of one another. I think the Council needs to consider the needs of its citizens in the Third Ward. He wants to applaud U-City of its social integration, the diversity it has. The African/American population needs to be brought into the economic mainstream. Council can’t keep shoving the majority on to the Third Ward, as they are tired of it and will not continue to be disrespected. We represent the cradle of civilization in University Page 5