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<br />Quality Consignment Fashions for Men and Women
<br />Rice Creek Center. 2118 Sliver lake Road
<br />New Brighton, Minnesota 55112
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<br />and how does he enforce it, once he is decided?
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<br />3. liB:> rowdiness", or ".ina.ppropr~te behavior" will be tolerated. 'Again,
<br />wha"t is oonsidered lIinappropriate1t? Will this va.zy with the views
<br />ot' the person currently on du1yr? Wbat I, as a close neighbor of this
<br />amusement center, think is inappropriate, rrs:y be just 1'ine with the
<br />owner or his employees.
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<br />4. "Cur.few will be enforced". How? When the cur;few whistle blows at
<br />9 :00, does the attendant check the I.D. of every kid in the place?
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<br />What I am hying to emphasise, with all of this seemingly picky detail, is
<br />that vague, unenforceable rules look great on a permit ap:p1ication, or even posted
<br />on a wall, but they have little to do with what can or will actually be dane.
<br />Mr. .Aaron SB:JTS that there will be a IIres:ponsible adult 21+ on du\y at all times."
<br />HaVing been a Junior and Senior High School teacher for years, I apparently lmow
<br />kids a bit better than he does; because I mow that the fact that the person-~-
<br />charge is over t\ven'ti;y-<me outs no ice at all with teenagers. ' If he is also six-Ceet-
<br />eight, and :plays guard t'or the Vikings, it m:i8ht help _ but even so, there is
<br />a limited amount 01' responsibiliV that one, lone person CAN assume in supervising
<br />a large nmnber ot' kids ha.Dgjng around a game room. He is supposed to supervise
<br />the bathrooms. How? They are aCl:!)Bs the hall, shielded by a :partition, which is
<br />all tba t can be o1fserved throU8h the .font window of the game room. He is supposed
<br />to "olosely mom tor" the bike :rack, which is outside in the '~ rking 'lot. How?
<br />No single attendant, no matter how responsible, or how far over the age of twen1;y-
<br />one, can be Supernan, all-powerful and ever-present; The "Starf ComnEllts",
<br />appended to the Jermit application ~Section 4j suggest that "the owners of the
<br />Pizza. :Factory and the applicaat have agreed that having two businesses watching
<br />the mall will lessen the concern of problems in the mall area." I 1'ind this ,
<br />hard to believe - one ~ during the latter pu-t of Septanber, .!! stopped a .fight
<br />that was taking place directly outside the Pizza :Factory's mall windows, because
<br />no one else seemed to know wnat was going on. This is not surprisi.ng, since the
<br />tizza. Rl.ctor,y's windows are nearly covered with painted letters, all but obsouring
<br />i:heview into the mall.
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<br />At the meeting last night, Mr. Aaron observed that he would not need a security
<br />person for his business, but if the other ta.nants thought they needed one, he
<br />would work with 1hem in getting the oenter to hire one. This, it seems to me, is
<br />a specious bit 01' reason.in8l- BE will not hire a guard, because he won' t need one,
<br />but dlhe only reason WE would need one, is if he opens his business next to ours.
<br />Without the crowds of kids attracted by such a center, we get along nioely without
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<br />1i1 slElIDa.ry, we t'eel that by its very nature, this Vpe ot' business is incompa.tible
<br />with adult shopping and service 1'acilities, and that it is likely to be detrimental
<br />to both the center and the surrounding nei8iiborhood. For these reasons, we ;feel
<br />thai; ille special Use penn1i; should bedettled., "/2,.,, .., A
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<br />Sincere4'. vi t!~. LA '
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<br />Ibyllis A. Ke~ f
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