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Session 1697, Minutes May 19, 1997 The Council has been asked to approve a permit for solicitation for the Stella Maris Child Center, at 5654 Delmar to raise money by soliciting in the University City Loop area on June 14th. Mr. Ollendorff said that this is a new application and that he does not have any prior experience with this organization. Their application appears to be in order. Mr. Schoomer was well in favor of project, but the issue was with the permit. He asked the City Manager to check spelling which was listed on Cotmcil information as "Moris", he believed it should be spelled "Maris". Mr. Ollendorff said the representative was present. Mayor Adams asked the representative to come forward and answer Council comments. Mr. Fred Christen, 1370 Nykiel Ct., Ballwin, Mo 63011 came forward and confirmed that the spelling should be "Maris". Mr. Wagner thanked Mr. Christen for attending tonight since he liked to ask questions to the applicants personally. He said that he had heard good things about his foundation and hoped they had good luck with their fund raiser. Responding to Mr. Wagner, Mr. Christen said that the fundraiser would run in daylight from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Mr. Wagner asked Mr. Christen to confirm that their costs would not exceed 25% of the total amount raised. Mr. Christen said that their solicitors were all volunteers and that actually every penny would go back into foundation. Responding to Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Christen replied that they had not received permission from the Loop business owners, but he would follow up on that prior to the fund raiser. Mr. Schoomer said that they would need to get permission of any business owner before they solicit on their premises. Mr. Christen said that they had planned to talk with the business owners the day of the event to get permission to solicit on their properties. Responding to Mr. Munkel, Mr. Christen said he did not have any idea what percentage of University City residents use the Marls Center, but he said that he had a demographic study developed for the United Way a couple of years back that he could get to Council. Mr. Schoomer moved approval of the permit for solicitation. Mr. Munkel seconded the motion which carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM #4 - LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER - 7819 OLIVE: Mr. Ollendorff stated that transfer of a liquor license has been requested by the new owner and operator at The Mount Olive Tavern, 7819 Olive. It was approved a couple of years ago for the present owner who is now selling to the applicant. The background of the new owner and manager have been checked out and everything appears to be in order. Mr. Lieberman said that he was aware of the transfer status of this request, but that the Council had established a policy over a period of years that full liquor licenses should really be accompanied by food sales, as well. The Council wanted to avoid a city full of taverns. He understands that this transfer request would probably be subject to a grandfathering privilege. At the same time, he believes the Council should really take a hard look at some of these transfers and see if policy might not need to be changed a little bit regarding full liquor licenses that do not include food. Mr. Lieberman asked Mr. Ollendorff if the full liquor license means that the business cotfid sell liquor by the package. Mr. Ollendorff was not sure, but thought that this may be true. Mayor Adams asked the applicant to come forward to answer questions by Council. Mr. Otis Williams, 1411 W. Main, Collinsville, Illinois came forward. Mr. Wagner wanted to be assured as to the nature of the business, whether it would change into a packaged liquor store or not. He felt this type of business would be inappropriate for that neighborhood. Mr. Williams said that his