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-11- Mrs . Kuharski appealed to Mr. Springfield' s sense of..fairness , asking • whether his home is situated near .a game room where his neighbors have to clean all kinds of 'litter off their yards every morning. Mr. Kirk wondered if the billiards hall proprietor might be willing to start out with short hours and then, if no -problems were experienced, there might be no objections to a 24 hour operation. Dick .Taylor, 2641 Fillmore Street, said he had worked at Paper Cal- menson for. 17 years where there were three shifts and most of the time he had worked at night. He doubted "Mr. Springfield is eyeing the good working class , but, rather knows full well he will draw the younger crowd who have nothing else to do'.' . Pirs . Michael Ondrey , 2904 - 32nd Avenue N.E. , wondered how ,Mr. Spring- field could be sure the kids who were in his place during the day weren 't supposed to be in school and he told her he doesn' t let anyone under 18 in his Coon Rapids establishment until after school closes at 2 : 30 P.M. unless there is a legal holiday , or a school holiday which he has verified with the school. Mrs . Ondrey informed him that the St. Anthony schools close at 3 : 30 P.M. The Mayor Pro Tem introduced Por. Soth who he said .had researched the City ordinances , as requested by Council, and -would give his recom- -mendations. as to what can be legally done about the problems . The Attorney indicated he perceives the legal issues had been lost in the shuffle during the discussions . - He told those present a vote of • the Council had made it clear there would be strong opposition to grant- ing a beer license for this establishment and the applicant has already withdrawn that application. Because pool halls are accepted uses under the City Zoning Ordinance, the Council has nothing to say about that aspect of this business , and even if they might want to change the existing ordinance to forbid any more pool halls (and there is some question whether such an amendment would. be valid) ., this particular establishment would have to be permitted to continue. When it comes to revoking the video games license , .it is Dir. Soth 's opinion that there would .have to be a good, valid reason for doing so which could face a challenge in the courts . He added, "if it were that easy to get ride of activities that anyone considers objectionable, you wouldn' t see a sauna or- rap parlor, or an rated movie theatre anywhere in the metropolitan area, or, for that matter, anywhere in the nation" . He concluded by saying "every city just wishes it were that easy to get rid of some of these types of activities" . The City Attorney indicated he believes the 'City staff had rechecked enough of the references to ascertain "all the applicant said in his application was true" , and the applicant and his partner have now been rechecked by the Police Department to confirm that neither had a criminal record and the St. Anthony Police had based its recommendation for granting the license on the report from the Coon Rapids Police Depart- ment that there had been no serious problems with Chick 's in that municipality . • In reference to whether or not the applicant had intentionally .deceived the Council with the wording in his application, Mr. Soth said "he has