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47. I am not sure of any benefit the city will achieve by extending the hours. If we have to stay open to "compete" with neighboring municipalities whose bars stay open until 2, how much actual benefit is there in this? If ours is only city in the area doing this, are we going to attract enough business to offset the increased numbers of drunk drivers heading our way or using our streets after 2? Since I don't drink and never go to bars, I miss out on the advantages of staying late at such places and perhaps don't understand the issues. If places were allowed to stay open until 2 but had to cut off drinks at one to allow an hour to sober up a bit and the alcoholic effects wear off a little before driving, that would be something I could see as advantageous. (Against.) 48. I would prefer that the bars remain closing at 1:00. There really is no need to extend, Mounds View is becoming too Urban. We are losing the small town feeling here, the reason we moved here in the first place. I would really like to see us make some improvements on making it safe for our children to get across Hwy 10. Now that the children have to pay to bus to school because they took out the dangerous corridor rule, we need to emphasize on our children's safety. Why is so many businesses going up, if it is to bring in the money, where is it going? We should build a crosswalk over 10 so that kids can get to the Library, the Community Center, the Movie Theatre and the schools. (Against.) 49. NO! (Against.) 50. I am in favor of a 2:00 AM bar closing time. (For.) 51. Yes they should stay open till 2:00 am. (For.) Survey Summary: For: 23 (45 %) Against: 22 (43 %) Depends: 6 (12 %) Most of the “Depends” responses were dependent upon the City’s police department being able to handle the additional hour without cost or detriment to the department or dependent upon what other cities do.