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• 1 the Council is not very comfortable with the only center which 2 remains and wants to get it out; 3 although it would be hard to get rid of this arcade once it' s in 4 Apache, it might be a more positive step to take to allow 5 another center, because "if we close all their hangouts, where 6 are the teenagers going to go?" . 7 Mr. Cavanaugh responded that he knew a lot of the teenagers go to 8 Apache Mall, where the management from time to time has problems with 9 them congregating and smoking in the center court area and has to 10 clear them out. He added that congregation of kids in fast food and 11 sit-down restaurants, amusement arcades, skate board areas, etc. are 12 just problems which "go with the territory" when you' re trying to 13 manage a 530,000 square foot mall. 14 Mayor Asks for Better Understanding of Both Positions 15 Mayor Sundland asked the applicants to understand and appreciate the 16 Council' s position in the same manner as they expected the Council to 17 give a fair hearing to their request. He pointed out that each of 18 the Councilmembers have personally had difficulties with a similar, 19 but perhaps different, establishment in St. Anthony which had 20 prompted their opposition to another establishment like it in the 21 City. His comments generated the following response: 022 Marks: reiterated that he would like to see something positive 23 done for the kids; however, 24 indicated he had mixed feelings about this request him- 25 self; 26 indicated he wished he had visited more arcades prior to 27 the meeting to be better informed about the issue. 28 Ranallo: said he had also been involved with the previous attempts 29 to establish youth centers in the City and had concluded 30 "kids just don' t want to be supervised. " 31 32 Attorney Expands on Legal Issues Involved 33 Mr. Soth reiterated that "the fact that the City Ordinance says 34 amusement arcades are permitted uses in St. Anthony doesn' t mean the 35 Council can never deny such a request because they might find during 36 their considerations that there were good reasons to deny because 37 of an establishment ' s location. " He said in this case it had already 38 been mentioned that the proposed arcade was in close proximity to a 39 bar where adults coming out of the bar could easily mix with the 40 teenage people in the arcade. The Attorney said the City can't say 41 it "doesn' t want any amusement arcades at all" because they are 42 authorized in the Ordinance, but the Council is not obliged to �43 approve this particular arcade as long as they enumerate the reasons 13