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-6- Mrs . Gottwalt wondered if a .freeze could be put on the number of amusement devices . Mr. .Soth responded by saying an ordinance • specifying only .so many amusement devices could be established but cautioned .the ordinance could not be made so -restrictive that one area of . the City. was discriminated against while other areas were permitted to keep their games . Councilman Ranallo indicated because Chick 's has -already been granted thesepermits , -. the new ordinance might not be . effective for solving this particular problem. Mr. Soth agreed to research the matter further. Airs . Kuharski then asked for a .straw vote of the Council to see how individual Council members would have voted on the beer license , if it hadn' t been withdrawn. She said she 'was concerned with the civil rights of citizens .to limit beer licenses and whether or not the. Council would support a freeze on gaming devices , since in her opinion.; there are. enough fun _centers, game .rooms and billiard halls in the City. The Mayor said he understood from- the City Attorney's advice , that the City could not prevent this operation from having a 3.2 beer license since the precedent had been set for permitting similar operations to serve beer where there are minor customers . He said he would be glad to work on an ordinance to restrict the number of amusement devices. Councilman Ranallo told the protesters he would have voted "no beer" and had voted to approve the cigarette and amusement device licenses for Chick's on the advice of the City Attorney. • Councilman Marks said .he is against 3..2 beer being served where minors are customers and he is not very positive about video games for the same reason and would therefore be interested in the possibility of limiting them by ordinance . Councilman Enrooth indicated it had been his recommendation at the last meeting to table the beer license request because it had come up too quickly and he was unable to determine exactly what was being developed with the Chick's proposal and the testimony offered that evening. had only reaffirmed his - doubts . He agreed with Council- man Ranallo that there had been no legal justification for refusing to grant the cigarette and -amusement devices licenses , but, if the City is able to limitthe games , he believes "we have enough" . Councilman .Letourneau said he had voted to table the beer license request for further information and based on the information that is now available , would probably vote against the beer license. He would certainly- be interested in looking at 'ways of limiting game licenses and could support such .action if this can be done legally. One resident asked when the freeze could be put on , saying "the St. Anthony Shopping Center hasn't had this type of- element before , and he ' s going to be operating 24 hours a day" . • Mrs . i-�ichaelov .wanted to know who would be responsible to answer to the people who "are bound to become victims of either burglaries or assault" .