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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />APRIL 24, 1995 <br />store, donut shop, bakery, drug store. <br />The bingo hall is a destination. Lots of customers at <br />Rainbow after bingo session. Do not believe bingo hall <br />customers use Rainbow after sessions. Interior gate <br />closed. <br />Where do customers of Saxon come from. A lot of local <br />people. <br />People on the west side of 35E patronize businesses in <br />the area. Where do people on the east side of 35E go - <br />Maplewood Mall, Menards. Cheaper prices, easier access <br />to Maplewood businesses, not much further than Rioe <br />Street businesses. <br />Would use theater on Little Canada Road. <br />For area to work need 3 or 4 good destination-type <br />businesses. Once those established, area will <br />naturally proqress. Need good family sit-down <br />restaurant. <br />What areas do you go to that would be nice for Little <br />Canada - Como off 280; Grand Avenue; 50th & France; <br />Larpentuer/Lexington area. Larpentuer/Lexington looks <br />congested, terrible - but good uses. Roseville just <br />hired consultant to work on Larpentuer/Lexington area. <br />River front in New York - beat up barge area, multi- <br />level buildings, terraces, little eateries, several <br />choices. Perhaps there is no longer a reason from a <br />code standpoint to prohibit multi-story buildings in <br />Little Canada. Stillwater - old buildings, but tough <br />traffic situation. <br />We can set the tone in Rice Street/Little Canada Road <br />area. We need some unique designs. Something that <br />will give the area staying power. <br />Think about safety. If very accessible to public <br />transportation, could be safety problems. <br />Water plays an important part in most of the places <br />named a few moments ago. Man-made water or better use <br />of Round Lake. WBL's fountain. Market nights in WBL. <br />Vandalism problems. Younq people hanging out, drug <br />problems. Must take good with bad to a degree. <br />Dick Boss asked if the consultants sit down <br />individually with business owners along Rice Street? <br />Fifield replied that they had <br />reported that the a lot of the <br />place this evening will happen <br />not planned to. Fifield <br />same discussion as took <br />at the first town <br />9 <br />