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-5- then inquired whether any type of- business , including saunas , could rent out the vacant space in. the shopping center and Mr. Soth said • "probably not since the -.City Ordinance only provides for "health spas" , which he told Jan Moen, 2909. 32nd Avenue N.E. , could not be classified as "rap parlors". Peggy -Ondrey, 2904 - 32nd Avenue N.E. , wanted .to know why the ordinance couldn' t be tightened up and the Attorney told her the amendment procedure would take at. least a month with consideration by both the Council and Planning 'Commission and hearings before the public,. and he .doubts that would .be. of any benefit in this case since any attempt by. the City to .change the Ordinance for the purpose of blocking this operation:.would be grandfathered in with the change in any event. When Mr. Soth reminded those . present. that permits for the amuse- ment devices had already been approved for Chick' s , Virgil Gottwalt indicated he doesn' t believe any family oriented community would like this type of operation. and _said older people are afraid to walk past the young people who congregate near the Fun Center now. Councilman Ranallo told. him it would have been considered dis- criminatory for the Council to deny the licenses for cigarettes and the amusement devices for Chick 's since both have been approved for both. bowling alleys in the City as well as-. for the mall area of Apache Plaza. Mr.. Gottwalt said he was objecting to having to live where he can -see a pool hall operation 24 hours a day , to which Councilman Ranallo replied that the Council had not been aware that Chick ' s might be open all night when they approved those licenses . The Mayor added that he believes there is nothing a municipality can do to prevent a business fromstaying open all night but at least beer can' t be served after 1 :0.0 A.M. He would be willing to do what he can to convince the applicant he should not stay open that long and noted that St. Anthony residents as a practice do not stay up for 24 hours at a time, but acknowledged the City could do nothing to keep people from outside the City from coming in . Mrs . Glodek speculated that "the spillover could beincredible" and asked who she should call to report problems , the St. Anthony or Minneapolis police-. The Mayortold her she would probably have to report the problem to St. Anthony if the problem originated there. Alderman Dziedzic told how the Minneapolis police force is being cut down, especially the East side , which Chief Bouza con- siders. to be a "low crime area" . He would therefore anticipate a diminished ability to .patrol his ward near St. Anthony and said Minneapolis ' ability to respond to calls for assistance at the Stonehouse might also be affected. In reference to the inherent problems with pool halls , the Alderman cited a recent incident in Minneapolis where 10 or 12 squad cars had to respond to an altercation at 4 :00 A.M. where combatants were using pool cues as weapons . He told the Council that he was not trying to tell them how to .run their City , but just -reflecting the concerns of his • constituency.