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DEC- 2n -159n 17:27 FROM SWEENEY & BORER <br />TL LITTLE-CANADA R.n-,.'nh <br />However, it is likely that there is a relationship between the concentration of <br />sexually oriented businesses and neighborhood crime rates. The St. Paul Police <br />Department has determined that St. Paul's street prostitution is concentrated in a <br />"street prostitution zone" immediately adjacent to the intersection where the sexually <br />oriented businesses are located. Police statistics for 1986 show that, of 279 prostitution <br />arrests for which specific locations could be identified, 70 percent (195) were within the <br />"street prostitution zone." Moreover, all of the locations with 10 or more arrests for <br />prostitution were within this zone. <br />The location of sexually oriented businesses has also created a perception in the <br />community that this is an unsafe and undesirable part of the city. In 1983, Western <br />State Bank, which is currently located across the street from an adult bookstore, hired a <br />research firm to survey area residents regarding their preferred location for a bank and <br />their perceptions of different locations. A sample of 305 people were given a list of <br />locations and asked, "Are there any of these locations where you would not feel safe <br />conducting your banking business ?" <br />No more than 4 per cent of the respondents said they would feel unsafe banking at <br />other locations in the city. But 36 percent said they would feel unsafe banking at Dale <br />and University, the corner where the sexually oriented businesses are concentrated. <br />The Working Group reviewed the 1987 40 -Acre Study on Adult Entertainment <br />prepared by the Division of Planning in St. Paul's Department of Planning and <br />Economic Development. This study summarized testimony presented to the Planning <br />Commission regarding neighborhood problems: <br />Residents in the University /Dale area report frequent sex- related harassment <br />by motorists and pedestrians in the neighborhood. Although it cannot be <br />proved that the harassers are patrons of adult businesses, it is reasonable to <br />suspect such a connection. Moreover, neighborhood residents submitted <br />evidence to the Planning Commission in the form of discarded pornographic <br />literature allegedly found in the streets, sidewalks, bushes and alleys near <br />adult businesses. Such literature is sexually very explicit, even on the cover, <br />Page 81 <br />