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e e e EXTRACT FROM MINUTES NEW BRIGHTON PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 17, 1982 SP-106, RICHLAND, INC. SP-106 8:49 P.M. TO 9:25 P.M. Chairman Williams opened the public hearing. Judy Linse, 2145 29th Avenue, stated that she opposed proposed application based on her experience with the site in regard to supervision. She stated that the supervisor was sometimes not even inside the facility and that supervisors that she has seen have been too young to properly manage theraci1ity. She noted that her sister was a manager of Arbys and had experienc~ with supervision of young people and stated that her sister felt that the supervisor:s of the same age as the persons they are supervising that peer pressure is too great to have an orderly facility. She commented that on several occasions she has noticed broken glass outs; de the door" persons hang; ng around the door, b; kes 1 ay; ng down ; n front of the door and girls being chased home from the facility. She also said that she had secondhand information that a knife,had been pulled outside of the amusement cent~r and she wondered if the police had been ca-1led and whether or not there w.as a pollce record of this incident. She expressed concern about the numbers of young children in her neighborhood that were younger than four and one-half years old and that if this 'particu1ar hangout would spill into the new park it would cause vandalism problems...in the park and also safety problems for those young children.. She .stated that l,fth.e- operation'~as pro~r1y run as the Circus Amuse:nent Cente,r 1S, WhlCh had two supervisors in the building, one in the food area and one watching the machines and strictly controlled so that there were no kids hanging around and that there was a10t of policing being done that this use would be acceptable. She stated ~hat . the teenagers that she}d, seen in' thi s' facil itY. are at the age where t~ey need, dl r~ctlon and proper supervision and neither are being provided by the owners of this facility. In addition she commented that she is not sure how management could assure the residents that the facility in the future would be propertly supervised when it has been operating for a number of months and nothing has beeD done. She inquired if police reports could be gathered to bring .to the City Council's attention pertaining t to incidents in the park and Rice Creek-:eenter area that could be rela.ted to the amusemen center. She reiterated that she was strongly opposed to the approval of the request for the spetialuse permit. Richard Ernst 'Senior was present representing the applicant. He stated that he was the owner of the Rice Creek Shopping Center and as the owner had the greatest interest in this particular use. He noted that his son owned and operated the facility and was unable to attend the public hearing. He stated that he felt that the amuse- ment center provided an area for children to meet and be kept busy playing games rather than hanging around interfering with other business operations. He stated that the age of the supervisors were young college students and that when the amusement center was first opened that an elderly couple was hired for supervision. He noted that originally when the amusement center was opened it was a retail sales of ice cream and a sales of game machines which could be used by the public and were sold to resorts and other businesses. He again noted that he had a stronger interest than anyone else because he owned the shopping center and did not want to create problems for other merchants.