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11/23/1999 07:01 3125614483 MICHAEL R MELLCY PAGE 02 COLISEUM BILLIARDS • 2900 RICE STREET • LITTLE CANADA, MN Conditional Use Permit Application March 31, 2000 It is our mission to provide the finest pool, billiard and snooker equipment available. Top-of- the-line equipment serves to create a respected forum to attract top players and inspire committed involvement by smiled amateurs and newcomers. We will host world class tournaments for men and women in all three cue sport disciplines (3- cushion billiards, pool and smoker). We will regularly stage local pool and billiard tournaments for play by beginners, skilled amateurs and professionals, promote men's and women's leagues, and host teaching clinics by world - renowned champions to promote the sport and improve playing skill. It is also our mission to promote not only pocket billiards, but also 3- cushion billiards in the upper midwest Currently, there are no billiard moms in the State ofMimmesota offering top quality 3- cushion billiard tables for the substantial number of avid 3- cushion enthusiasts in the area. Coliseum Billiards will promote the public welfare by providing an upscale cue sport venue for beginners, skilled amateurs and professional pool, snooker and billiard players, and by promoting local, regional, national and international tournaments. Coliseum Billiards will not contribute to additional traffic congestion 1) because ofthe new configuration of the Market Place Shopping Center access road, and 2) because the peak business hours of Coliseum Billiards are in the evenings when some of the other tenants of the Shopping Center are closed. Safety from fire and other danger issues are addressed by the building's construction and sprinkler system, and the watchful diligence of the tenants, including Coliseum Billiards. Security is always a concerti, and Coliseum Billiards will be vigilant in its promotion of proper behavior in the billiard room, enforcing curfew laws, and in its efforts to ensure proper decorum of all its patrons. Coliseum Billiards will be diligent in keeping order in the parking lot by discouraging loitering and otherwise maintaining order among its customers throughout the Shopping Center area. I believe my past experience as an executive body guard and as a security consultant in connection with loss prevention and surveillance at companies such as Harley-Davidson, Ralston Purina and Anheuser - Busch, as well as my law enforcement training, will facilitate a secure environment at Coliseum Billiards. The conditional use permit for Coliseum Billiards would most assuredly not injure or detract from the use of neighboring property or from the character of the neighborhood because of the attractive design of the premises, the overall professional attitude ofits on -site owner /operator and its employees, and because the customers ofColisewn Billiards will by- and -large be serious cue sport competitors. Although we invite and encourage casual players to come in for an afternoon or evening out to enjoy their thvorite cue sport, we will expect all of our customers to conduct themselves as ladies and gentlemen, and our younger patrons will be guided to conduct themselves accordingly. The location of Coliseum Billiards in the Market Place Shopping Center is serviced by adequate public facilities, such as streets, sewers, water lines, etc. Page 44