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downtown area ten years ago. They are employees the City has welcomed into the community to work in the business parks and who now live in Pleasanton. Strizzi's is a restaurant, not a bar. He pointed out that Mr. Bartolomucci is asking for a chance, and that is more than fair. He suggested that serving wine be allowed for a six-month trial period. He stated that it is important to get Mr. Bartolomucci to work with the DRB on the barrier, and then bring the matter back to Council. But it is more important to give the project a chance and see if it works. Many of the downtown merchants have grown so used to operating their business in an old way; a new and unique approach may be what the downtown needs. If this does not work, then the City can revoke the permit. Mr. Brandes indicated that he agreed with Mr. Mercer that innovative things are needed in the downtown area, but that he concurred with Mr. Eastman that allowing alcohol service on a City sidewalk can cause some problems. He stated that he could not see how anyone can be allowed to do business on City property. He added that if the Council decides it wants to consider matters like this, the appropriate way to do it would be to have an ordinance that covers what is and is not allowed on sidewalks as it applies to businesses, like the City of Napa has proposed. Mr. Mercer stated that the ordinance could come later, after the trial period shows what the problems are. Drafting an ordinance without knowing what the problems are may result in not covering what should be addressed. He said that he was not saying it is all right to drink beer on the sidewalk. He requested Mr. Roush to come up with a draft ordinance that would allow alcohol service for Strizzi's and asked Mr. Bartolomucci to work with the DRB on a design for a barrier that would blend with the restaurant and Main Street and then bring both back to Council. Mr. Tarver commented that he found it hard to believe that the DRB would put a condition to have tables outside and then add that the applicant would have to get an encroachment permit and put up barriers. He stated that he would not want the police to stop enforcing what they have done in the past and agreed with Mr. Mercer's request that the City Attorney come up with some distinction to continue the police enforcement of the ordinance outside that area. Ms. Mohr stated that she did not see any problem with serving wine in conjunction with a meal. She said that alcoholic beverage consumption can be dealt with in a rational manner that gives the police the opportunity to enforce the ordinance while allowing creativity in the downtown area. -21- 1-16-90