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<br />Quality Consignment Fashions for Men and Women
<br />Rice Creek Center. 2118 Silver lake Road
<br />New Brighton, Minnesota 55112
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<br />and how does he enforce 1 t, once he's decided?
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<br />3. ItNo rowdinessll, or "inappropriate behavior" will be tolerated. 'Again,
<br />what is considered "inappropriate"? Will this vary with the views
<br />of the person currently on duV? What I, as a close neighbor of this
<br />amusement center, think is inappropriate, may be just fine with the
<br />owner or his employees.
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<br />4. "Curfew will be enforced". How? When the curfew whistle blows at
<br />9 :00, does the attendant check the I.D. of every kid in the place?
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<br />\Yhat I am trying to emphasise, with all of this seemingly pioky detail, is
<br />that vague, unenforceable rules look great on a permit application, or even posted
<br />on a wall, but they have little to do with what can or will actually be done.
<br />Mr. Aaron says that there will be a "responSible adult 21+ on duty at all times."
<br />Having been a Junior and Senior High School teacher for years, I apparently know
<br />kids a bit better than he does, because I know that the fact that the person-in-
<br />charge is over t\venv-one cuts no ice at all with teenagers. If he is also six-feet-
<br />eight, and plays guard for the Vi.kings, it might help _ but even so, there is
<br />a limited amolmt of responsibility that one, lone person CAN assume in supervising
<br />a large number of kids hanging arolmd a game room. He is supposed to supervise
<br />the bathrooms. How? They are aCaJeS the hall, shielded by a partition, which is
<br />all tba t can be o_served tbroU8h the font window of the game room. He is supposed
<br />to "Closely monitor" the bike rack, which is outside in' the -]I. rkinglot. How?
<br />No single attendant, no matter how responsible, or how far over the age of twenty--
<br />one, can be Supernan, all-powerful and ever-present, The IIStaff Comments",
<br />appended to the lBrmit application (Section 4) suggest that "the owners of the
<br />Pizza :Factory and the applicaJit have agreed that having two businesses watching
<br />the mall will lessen the concem of problems in the mall area." I find this .
<br />hard to believe - one day during the latter p:Lrt of September, It! stopped a fight
<br />that was taking place directly outside the Pizza :Factory's mall Windows, because
<br />no one else seemed to know what was going on. This is not surprising, since the
<br />tizza :Factory's windows are nearly covered with painted letters, all but obscuring
<br />the view into the mall.
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<br />At the meeting last night, Mt-. Aaron observed that he would not need a securiV
<br />person for his business, but if the other 1anants thought they needed one, he
<br />would work with ihem in getting the center to hire one. This, it seems to me, is
<br />a specious bit of reasoningy- BE will not hire a guard, because he won't need one,
<br />but d1he 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 nicely without
<br />one, tool
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<br />In summa.ry, we feel that by its very nature, this type of business is incompatible
<br />with adult shopping and service facilities, and that it is likely to be detrimental
<br />to both the center and the surroundi.ng neighborhood. For these reasons, we feel
<br />that the special use permit should be denied.
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<br />Sincerely,
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<br />iLfld
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<br />Rlyllis A.
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<br />See page 3
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