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1 Makowske Doesn' t Believe Arcade Would Contribute to the Welfare of 2 the Community 3 The Councilmember indicated that, based on her knowledge of the 4 problems the City has had with the Fun Center, she really questioned 5 the replies the applicants ' had made to the last two questions on the 6 application form because, in her opinion, this arcade might also be 7 "detrimental to the welfare of persons residing or working in the 8 vicinity" and could not be expected to "contribute to the general 9 welfare of the neighborhood or community. " 10 When she indicated she had been puzzled about the two abstentions on 11 the Commission vote, Commissioner London told her: 12 with the exception of Commissioner Madden, who liked the idea of 13 being able to take his grandson to play pool somewhere other 14 than a bar, the Commissioners had basically been quite hostile 15 towards granting the permit; 16 indicated the "nay" vote had come from Commissioner Werenicz, 17 who didn' t care for the motion which had finally been hammered 18 out because it had not contained a prohibition of pool tables, 19 perceiving that, with pool tables right next to a bar, there 20 could not help but be problems with a mix of patrons in both 21 establishments; 1022 said a majority of the Commissioners were swayed by Commissioner 23 Werenicz ' 14 year experience as a police officer and the results 24 of the survey he had made of 8 of the police departments in 25 communities where American Amusement had arcades which indicated 26 that, in spite of the fact that the company "did a good job of 27 managing their establishments, there are problems no matter how 28 well they are run" and "there could be nothing but trouble if 29 this arcade went into Apache." 30 Commissioner London said he too had decided to abstain because he 31 didn' t agree with the motion which finally evolved. 32 Marks Concerned About Congregation of Kids at Mall Entrance 33 The Councilmember indicated that not only was he concerned about the 34 security in the arcade immediately outside the interior mall door, 35 and in the parking lots , but was also worried about the effect on 36 shoppers who might be uncomfortable using a mall entrance where 37 there' s a large congregation of kids smoking and acting abusively. 38 He said he had experienced a certain degree of discomfort just being 39 in the Fun Center, even though there was nothing going on when he 40 was there. 41 Applicants Dispute Council Assumptions 2 The applicants made the following responses to these allegations: 9