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1 Amusement Arcade at Apache Plaza in the space form- • 2 erly occupied by the St. Anthony off—sale liquor 3 store. The proposal would utilize the 34 amusement 4 device licenses now held by the Apache owners. 5 Documentation: Application accompanied by August 31st letter, from 6 Daniel Heilicher of American Amusement Arcades 7 Company; 8 City Manager ' s September 11th memo giving staff 9 reaction to the request and the issues which are 10 involved; 11 sketch of proposed layout of store. 12 Staff report: Childs reiterated some of the above information, 13 including the fact that the current city Ordinance 14 limits the number of machines to a maximum of 106 15 amusement devices licenses which was the number in 16 effect when the Council established the recreation- 17 al ordinance and still held in St. Anthony; 18 suggested the commission could recommend a limit on 19 devices this business could have as the licenses 20 _ became availah1e; - - - - -- - 21 indicated no food or beverages would be served in • 22 the establishment; 23 24 reiterated that this type of activity is a condi- 25 tionally permitted use for which the Commission can 26 recommend certain conditions which it feels are 27 necessary or desirable. 28 29 reported staff had received no calls or letters 30 against this request. 31 Mr. Childs reported Police Chief Hickerson had been contacted about 32 the request and he paraphrased the Chief ' s memorandum where he 33 indicated he: 34 *would have some concerns about this operation being located 35 right adjacent to the City municipal on-sale liquor store, 36 which, the Manager perceived, and the concerns would probably 37 be the same the opposite were true and the bar was being 38 started next to an amusement arcade; 39 *based on his concerns on how well the establishment would be 40 operated because if it is well managed, the Chief thought 41 problems with loitering in the hallways and those kinds of 42 problems would be minimized; 10