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1 made from their -arcades _ i-n: all their locations.: The Councilmember <br /> 2 said he didn.' t •perceive - that.. Was - anything against their management • <br /> 3 but did think- that- was a-,problem the City .would :be facing',once ,they <br /> 4 approve this arcade for the City. He responded to the statements <br /> 5 about closing the-.schools, ..by saying,-he perceived ,the. City' s position <br /> 6 was -a lot different. because..the school district can fire ' a ,.teacher <br /> 7 who allows smoking in school, while the City has no other recourse <br /> 8 than to review the permit once a year and try to revoke the licenses <br /> 9 if there are problems which. ".is almost impossible to .do. " . <br /> 10 Heitlicher Says His. Company_ .Couldn' t Afford to Keep Problem Amusement <br /> 11 Devices <br /> 12 Mr. Heilicher pointed out that the City of Blaine had for the first 3 <br /> 13 or 4 years reviewed- the permit he had for his .arcade- in Northtown <br /> 14 until they realized the type of establishment they were: :r.unning. - .He <br /> 1-5 added his firm was well aware of what the ramifications were for a <br /> 16 conditional use- permit. - He assured the Councilmember that . if at., the <br /> 17 end of the year his company perceived a pool table or some type of <br /> 18 game was causing- a problem, they would never .let the situation fester <br /> 19 because they have. a financial stake- in their lease in the center and <br /> 20 without a conditional use permit the costs of improving that space, <br /> 21 etc. would be lost to them. The arcade representative pointed out <br /> 22 that "we would not be in as many locations as we are if we . did not <br /> 23 operate and control good establishments. " Mr. Heilicher pointed out <br /> 24 that if the bowling alley, which "serves beer and allows smoking in <br /> 25 the areas, where games are played is -allowed licenses , then we should <br /> 26 be allowed licenses.." <br /> 27 Marks wonders .where City Youths Are Going to Gather <br /> 28 The Councilmember said his own observations about this issue had <br /> 29 been: <br /> 30 that because of. the great fears parents have- for their own and <br /> 31 other-.children when- it comes to experimentation with sex, , drugs., <br /> 32 and alcohol, they might have unfairly characterized any esta- . <br /> 33 b1 shment where youths hang out as encouraging the most extreme <br /> 34 of those activities; <br /> 35 it might have been because those who organized the various- types- <br /> 36 of teen centers in - the -City in the past might not have --known how <br /> 37 to set up the right programs or how to supervise the centers, <br /> 38 resulting in their failure; . <br /> 39 that as a result of these failures. the only teen center left. was <br /> 40 one which, -. although he- knew.. there had been problems , had. not <br /> 41 been as bad as he at first expected them to be; <br /> . 42 . said the only institutionalized gathering place for kids which <br /> 43 remains are the ,-church youth .centers in which many of the kids <br /> 44 refuse to participate; <br /> 12 <br />