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-2- f i Plaza, and a copy of the City 's Obscenity Ordinance , all of which dealt with the sub.jec.t:= of the sale of X-rated materials for which the .-.,...... applicants have indicated they have no interest in carrying in their St. Anthony store. The application for the permit had been signed by Duane Doughty of Zimmerman, Minnesota and he and two of his partners in the Coon Rapids Color T.V. , Inc. , Bill E. Mortice, also of Zimmerman and Sam Czaplewski , 2105 Marshall Street 'in St. Paul , were present to discuss the store and its operation. They indicated their firm which does business under the name of The 99C Video Club , had another partner, Ed Lanning, who was not present. All the partners fully understood the conditions under which they would be permitted to operate in St. Anthony were "no X-rated movies and no late hours" . Mr. Mortice said these terms were acceptable to them since they plan to have the s.,tore open no later than 8 :00 P .M. on weekdays and only until 5 :00 P .M. on Saturdays and- Sundays and all the movies they would carry are films which could be seen in a theater or on T.V. fie said the store owners would continue their practice at other locations of discouraging juveniles from hanging around their stores . Any such person who comes in , Mr. Mortice said,. would be told to "come back with their parents to make a purchase" . Mrs . Makowske was assured there would be no reason for running a movie its full length, because that would just wear the film out and the screenings would never be visible from outside the buildinc . Gordon Fox, 6924 Ash:•.-ooc:, TIoodbury , Minnesota , said his firm is the managing agent fbr--the St. Anthony Shopping Center and because they and t^e center ' s ::ew `.'crl: o:•:ners were of tie ocinion that it would not ne in t e best business interests of the center to have a porno- crra:,':ic bus inesS there , :-.a6 con;?ucted a thorouch chec;: of the petitioners and their other Isinzdd .-ontures before renting t:ie store next to Jerry ' _ '7ov-s to rox told the C:—z- rman *_:ie center ' s c%..-ners and manao ement are vor•• an..<icus to work 4-ith the City.• on " turning the center around" , and !, _vo retained an architect to drat~ up plans for - rla!:inc `acia i ;lprovemer.ts and remodeling the tao large empty: units lih tyltt e tt r . �.i t yhOU�.' :lL inO�tiS Of I70 Cur rent plans regarding the re,,:raainc- of the try_' = '_ � ":,.tterns , Mr. Fc\ reminded the Commission members that the Eborha� dt Company is involved with the senior ;lousing project across Kenzie Terrace . There was no one present to speak in opposition to the permit request and the hearing was closed at 7 : 51 i' .ri. for Commission deliberations. Dir. Peterson indicated the unequivocal letter of commendation from the manager of the Northdale Center where the same group runs a similar store in Coon Rapids had been most helpful in his- making a decision about the request. Mr. Bjorklund arrived at 7 : 52 P .M. Mrs . Makowske pointed out that she sees a di.fferent set -.of .circumstances for this store as compared to the Video Center which was . somewhat isolated in an interior mall in Apache but then made the motion. which Hr: Bowerman seconded that the City Council grant a conditional use permit to Coon Rapids Color T.V. , Inc. DBA 994� Video Club which would allow the operation of. a video tape .sale. and rental business as pro- posed at 2920 Pentagon Drive under the conditions that: