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The following image shows an ashtray from Colacci's with the cursive name and star as the dot over the "i" clearly apparent: Decision by Louisville City Council in 2000 to Permit the Retention of the Sign In 2000, the Pasquini family purchased 816 Main in 2000 with the intention of opening Pasquini's Restaurant, instead of having the restaurant continue as Colacci's. According to the Daily Camera article (March 9, 2000) reporting that Pasquini's was submitting a plan to retain the original Colacci's sign (but with the name Pasquini's): 'The sign is nonconforming in all aspects of the code,' Paul Wood, city planning director, said. 'But the downtown design handbook does say it's important to recognize 1950s storefronts.' The sign takes up about 300 square feet and is the largest three-dimensional sign in the downtown area, said Wood, who is reviewing the Pasquini's application. The article also stated, in connection with Pasquini's request to the City of Louisville to retain the sign, that Tony Pasquini wanted "to be sensitive to the family and the community." This article is also attached as an appendix. A Daily Camera article dated August 16, 2000 (also attached as an appendix) reported that the Louisville City Council decided in May 2000 to allow the requested change to the sign, rather than lose the sign completely. Pasquini's was allowed to retain the sign and put its own name inside to replace the name "Colacci's." Instead of one yellow start to dot the single "i" in Colacci's, the name "Pasquini's" had two yellow starts dotting the two letter "i's." The article stated that Melinda Pasquini noted that she felt that the sign was a landmark, and a Louisville councilman was quoted as explaining the decision by saying that "[t]he council felt the sign was a piece of downtown Louisville and the people wanted to continue that heritage." 15