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Session 1772 <br />January 10, 2000 <br /> <br />before would be met. He understands that they added on the back to cut back on the east <br />of these buildings. To him, it shows effort on the part of the builder to work with the City <br />and residents and feels this should be approved. <br /> <br />The motion was approved six to one, with Mr. Wagner voting Nay. <br /> <br />CITIZEN COMMENTS: <br /> <br />Mrs. Elsie Glickert, 6403 Clemens - U. City East, is before Council tonight as a <br />representative of the U. City East Association. Mrs. Glickert presented the problem of <br />distribution of the Post-Dispatch north of Olive. The council of U.City East is asking the City <br />Council for a position on this. The University City residents who live north of Olive are <br />receiving the North section edition of the Post-Dispatch and they should be receiving the <br />West section. This is also occurring with the Citizen Journal, as well. <br /> <br />Mayor Adams stated that he would write a letter to the publishers of the Post Dispatch and <br />the Citizen Journal to make them aware of the situation and to ask for a corrected <br />distribution schedule. <br /> <br />Mr. Schoomer asked if we were using the Post-Dispatch for legal notices. Mr. Ollendorff <br />said that we were not. <br /> <br />Mrs. Elsie Glickert, 6712 Etzel, said that she had read that the City had finished the Civic <br />Plaza renovations. She disagrees. She said that the minor gates are missing which were <br />on Harvard and Delmar. These were duplicated replicas of the Lion Gates from the very <br />beginning of the City until the 60's, when the first gate on the City Hall side was wrecked <br />and it disappeared and the second gate was demolished by another automobile on the <br />south side of Delmar not long after. It was not long, that citizens came forward, very <br />distressed, because these artifacts were disappearing. The Historic Preservation <br />Commission was created at this point, when she was a councilmember on this body. She <br />wants to know why the gates have not been restored. She believes they should be, <br />because they were a part of the Civic Plaza. The whimsical benches are cute, but not a <br />part of the original Civic Plaza artwork. Mr. Schoomer stated that the plans that were <br />drafted were not to restore the Civic Plaza to its absolute historic accuracy. They are not <br />going to put the cupids back on City Hall. It was to be designed for our time and in to the <br />future. He does not recall the minor gates ever being discussed in any of the hearings or <br />meetings on the parameters of the Civic Plaza work. Ms. Glickert maintains that someone <br />had made a mistake, because she believes that the minor gates were definitely part of Civic <br />Plaza. Mayor Adams said that he concurs with Mr. Schoomer, because when he served on <br />Historic Preservation, he does not remember talking about putting the minor gates back up <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />