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1 Ranallo gave the history of the proceedings at the previous Council 2 meeting when this issue had been discussed. He noted that the St. Paul 3 paper had incorrectly reported that the ordinance had passed, when 4 actually what had passed was a motion to bring the ordinance for the new 5 hours before the Council at their next meeting. Ranallo had voted 6 against the motion. I 7 Joe DiSanto, representative of the company who manages the St. Anthony 8 Shopping Center, advised the Council he had been unaware of the 9 ordinance requirement which prohibited restaurants remaining open later 10 than 1 : 00 a.m. He noted that his prospective tenant, Clark's Submarine 11 Sandwiches, had traditional hours of operation in all of its restaurants 12 until 2 : 00 a.m. 13 Clark Armstead, owner of Clark's Submarine Sandwiches, stated being 14 allowed to remain open until 2 :00 a.m. was critical to this operation's 15 success or failure. 16 The Acting City Manager distributed a copy of the existing closing hours 17 of operation for restaurants/drive-throughs in the City to the Council. 18 Ranallo stated his opposition to an ordinance change,. He felt St. 19 Anthony is a "bedroom" community and the additional traffic this type 20 of operation would have late into the morning would be a disturbance. 21 Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo also stated that he had talked to a number of 22 residents, one of whom wished the Shopping Center closed at 10:00 p.m. 23 None of the residents he talked to wanted the hours to be extended. - 24 Makowske e -observed the -Council--is being_asked to make a policy change. 25 She has given this request considerable thought since the last Council - 26 meeting and is of the opinion that the residents prefer the "bedroom" 27 community position. She stated she had received phone calls and letters 28 regarding this issue and concluded that to represent the residents she 29 would support the ordinance remaining as it is. 30 Marks was of the opinion that other restaurants in the community would 31 not change their hours of operation. He referred to letters about this 32 issue and noted that only one addressed traffic. 33 Enrooth noted he had not been contacted regarding this issue, but 34 referred to the letters received from business people in the St. Anthony 35 Shopping Center. He observed that one of them is going out of business 36 and the other expressed an interest in staying in the Center the 37 costs were prohibitive. 38 DiSanto advised the Council he had personally contacted the business 39 people mentioned, noting that they had month-to-month leases. He wanted 40 them to commit to long term leases. He felt they were not being forced 41 out of the Center. 6