HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCDATE=OCTOBER 04, 1995 (5) Minutes - Business Retention 6 Expansion
October 9 , 1995
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® E. Revisions to City Liquor Ordinance - Norman
Bartels
Ba mels discussed the liquor ordinance
being wed by the City' s legal depart-
ment. As reviewed
is an overwhelming task, It x
decided that it isthewish of the NOPE Busig
e Retention and Expansion Committee that it
would like to review and comment O any new
regulations before the City Council takes any
action.
F. Report On New Business - Deborah NSer
Promac will take possession of River Place o
November 1 . Part of their negotiations was to
have 100 public parking spaces with unlimited
time restrictions available on the north end
of the parking deck. Rinehart expressed his
confidence that Promac will provide an essen-
tial
-
tial -'critical mass-' to center city and swll
be a good corporate member of downtown. Prai-
a Pock's grand opening is set for the end of
October. Norm mentioned that he would like t0
® see the NOPE board members make personal vis-
Its to Center City businesses.
V. Old Business ' -
A. Town Meeting
The town meeting will be se[ for January,
1996 - Dave will represent the Committee on
organizing the details of the meeting with the
help at two other members (t0 be decided by
the Executive Committee) .
R. Hotel Development
The Hyatt Hotel resolutionwas
discussed.
Letters from chamber members and other influen-
tial sources will be sought to support
need for the hotel/convention enter. Don
Rinehart has worked with other riverboat peo-
ple before. He explained that hotels do not
always work well with riverboats and if there
s used, the hotel would already be built.
Hewill try to talk t0 Peter Simon Personal-
ly. Dr. Flores felt that if building a hotel
would delay the Grand victoria foundation
® onations to education, he would he against
it. norm said that the resolution has already
passed and we must support It.