City Plan Commission/Architectural Review Board Meeting 1/20/2026 - 5:30 PM City Hall Chambers – 10 N. Bemiston Avenue, Clayton, MO 63105 Applications and Plans available at www.claytonmo.gov/PendingApplications For further information contact Ryan Helle at 314-290-8450 or rhelle@claytonmo.gov

Minutes I. Roll Call

Present Steve Lichtenfeld, Chair Helen DiFate Susan Buse, Aldermanic Representative Jim Arsenault

Absent Chris Brennan Darren Vant ’Hof

Also in attendance Anna Krane, Director of Planning & Development Ryan Helle, Planner

II. Minutes – Regular meeting of 01/05/2026 Minutes were presented from the meeting on January 5th, 2026. Helen DiFate made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. Susan Buse seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.

III. Open Forum (00:00:49) No members of the audience elected to participate in the Open Forum.

IV. Business Matters

NEW BUSINESS 1. 7701 Forsyth Boulevard – Plan Commission – Conditional Use Permit (00:01:15) Consideration of a request by Greg Gerber, Applicant, on behalf of Missouri Athletic Club, tenant, for review of a Conditional Use Permit to permit the operation of a private club with dining space, a lounge, a bar, meeting rooms, and a cigar lounge.

Ryan Helle provided a summary of the staff report with a recommendation that the Plan Commission recommend approval of the CUP to the City Council as submitted. Chip Misch, Greg Gerber and Chris Herman were present on behalf of the application. The PC-ARB discussed the application with the project representatives. Helen DiFate made a motion to recommend approval of the CUP to the City Council as submitted. Susan Buse seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.