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1 ''said his- notes of -the Commission, hearing -indicated the abstentions <br /> 2 :had been prompted-by the two Commissioners approving. the concept but <br /> 3 -disapproving of the-, limitation of.- the hours ;. <br /> 4 said- he perceived they had not wanted .to have the use denied <br /> 5 altogether and therefore voted to abstain rather than vote against <br /> 6 it; <br /> 7 disputed that the tenant or customer mix in Apache .was different than <br /> 8 in any other community shopping center, including Southdale, where <br /> 9 his firm - operated an amusement center for 26 years.; Brookdale where <br /> 10 they operated until the space was needed for a liquor establishment; <br /> 11 or Ridgedale where they have operated since the center was opened; <br /> 12 said as a parent he is glad to have his child go to a supervised <br /> 13 establishment; <br /> 14 said if his child goes to any of the -Picadilly Circus arcades, she <br /> 15 would be in a place where smoking is not permitted, which would not <br /> 16 be true of the Apache Bowling Alley or any other bowling alley .where <br /> 17 not only is smoking allowed, but there is wine or beer served right <br /> 18 where the same video games are played in 'that type of establishment. <br /> 19 Commissioner London said he perceived Mr. Pink might have correctly <br /> 20 characterized John Madden' s view . because he was one of the <br /> 021 Commissioners who had proposed -an 'amendment which would allow the <br /> 22 arcade to be open for .different hours than the mall. However, he <br /> 23 disputed Mr. Pink' s assumption about his own abstention because his <br /> 24 vote indicated "I didn' t like anything about the arcade and <br /> 25 realizing there was no way of defeating the motion, -just <br /> 26 abstained. " <br /> 27 Councilmember Ranallo said that vote had not been a ."bad thing" with <br /> 28 him and pointed to the fact that the Council had not followed the <br /> 29 Commission' s ' Tecommendation about the second caretaker unit, <br /> 30 perceiving that- was an advisory on which the Council had to make its <br /> 31 own decision. <br /> 32 Applicants Admit Having to Call Police to Their Arcades <br /> 33 Councilmember Ranallo then asked Mr. Heilicher whether he was saying <br /> 34 he had never had to call the-police to any of his arcades. When the <br /> 35 Picadilly Circus owner said he didn' t believe they ever had to do <br /> 3.6 ' that , Mr. Pink corrected him by saying he believed it would be <br /> 37 "inaccurate to say that in 26 years we have never had to call the <br /> 38 police to any of our establishments. " However, he added, that he <br /> 39 didn' t think there was - a business in town which didn' t have toacall <br /> 40 the police for shoplifting; etc: : <br /> 41 Councilmember Ranallo told - Mr. Heilicher he had ., nothing against <br /> 42 American Amusement and knew nothing about their management style , <br /> � 43 but that he did know for certain that - there ..had been police calls <br /> 1.1 <br />