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r•1I PdUT!: S <br />City CounCil <br />Oct. `3, 19t~F <br />tilarket Place <br />Pool !iall <br />(Cont.) <br />Scharr reported t'nat therca ~rri 11 be no al cohot on thr prerui ses an~i that <br />'nF~ allo4vs only i minirnal amount of loi~ering. <br />Scharr reporteci that he is ~,~illin~ to instal1 a gate, if the City <br />rpqu~res, whic,~ ~,•~oiald~ block off his business from the rest of thc <br />r~all after the other busincsses close. i~lowever, th°re is a restaurant <br />in th^ mall that rnay benefit From the pool hall. <br />Scalze asked the s~tatus of the sa1e of 9:9~c mall. <br />Sr.h~rr r~ported that a final decision has not been made ~;rith regarc( <br />to the ,ale, iiow~ver, th~ prosnective ne~~t owner hzs reservec! the <br />ri~ht to act on Sct~arr's 1ease, should the sale be finalized. <br />~nyllis ~e~tle, o~mer of the 1~!ard.robe and pr~sident of f;Vi^ merchants' <br />association in the `^,arkef, Place, appeared before the Co~_incil and <br />repor±^r,i that tiie bi.isinesses only just learned of hlr. Scharr's <br />pronosal late this afternaon. The management company has not <br />i nfiorme<.l the other busi nesses of the pr~>nosal ancl 'Cettl e cormn~nted <br />t'na t they have hac! prabl e7ns dea1 i nn ~%~i th the nanager~~ent rompam/ <br />in the past. <br />'<c~ttle reK~orted that the xnarchlnts objccl: 9:o Scharr's ~roposal as <br />t•.~ey fe^1 <~ poo1 hall is an inappropriat~ bus'iness izi a shopping <br />center and the !<ind ~f f,raffic cenerated 4y the pool hall +~rill no': <br />benefit the other merchants. :ettle reported that there havc ~2en <br />probl erns at the l~~ar!<et Pl ace ~ai ~th a game room that !~as ~ n~:ne bacl< <br />o~F ~lancy's Cafe. Fiowever, the game rooiai is no4~r gone 1s aiell as the <br />hang-around trafPic it generatecl and tiiere has also becn a<<ecreas~_~ <br />in the qraffe9;ti on the wails ~in the P~iarket Place. <br />Kettle felC t4iat the more younc~ people hang~nc~ irnund. the hlarl<et <br />Pl ace, t9ie more nrobl ~ cis there are. Kettl e sta~ed that i t i~as <br />her personal fee1inq that ai~nisement centers snould be located ~~i~th <br />ot;her amuseeient cen~ers. <br />K~tt1 e fel t that at a r:ii nim~u,~ the gat2 proposed. !~y nair. Srharr ~~roul cl <br />be helpfu1. <br />Ye~ttl e reoorted that there i s al ready an exi sti n~ nrol~1 ent iai t~i k~i ds <br />hangi nq aroiind the pari<i ng 1 ot i n the bac!t of t9ie Plarket S'1 ace. <br />Scharr pointen out that there was a pool hall in ~the Phalen Shopping <br />C<^.nter for 'Ln years, aahich s~ent oiat of bus~iness only due to 1ease <br />probl ems a~t tYie center. Ti~i s b~isi ness opera~C~d very successful ly <br />in a sliopping c~nter. <br />Scalze point~d ou~t tha~: at Pfia1en Shopp~ing Center, the pool hall 'nad <br />i ts o~,m entrance and exi t. <br />P3C1~ -~- <br />