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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 1997 Page 8 1 the Town and Country out of business. He felt the City had only been concerned with 2 Apache and CUB Foods and had forgotten about the Village. He stated that as a community, 3 efforts should be made in the Village area of St. Anthony. 4 City Manager noted that over the years the City did offer the commercial owners in that area 5 assistance. 6 Mayor Ranallo noted it was the landlord which was forcing the Town and Country to close, 7 and not the City. 8 Mike Jacobs, 2914-29th Avenue N.E., stated the landlord should be kicked out. The elderly 9 of that neighborhood rely on shopping at that store. He noted the City controls how the 10 homes are maintained and asked why they can't control the businesses. 11 Mr. Kaczor suggested that the Quarry Center residents are already complaining of increased 12 traffic in that area. He felt signage could be utilized in the Quarry area to direct people to a 13 restaurant located in the Village area. He stated he did not consider the Stonehouse to be a 14 restaurant. He considered it a bar that serves food. He felt the Council should address the 15 split liquor issue. Wagner stated the Council has discussed the split liquor issue and are willing to change but need a restaurant owner who wants to operate in the City of St. Anthony. 18 Faust noted the restaurant owners look at the demographics and determine there is not enough 19 traffic. 20 Mayor Ranallo stated the City had offered $140,000 to assist the Village shopping center. 21 The Council would like to see the addition of a restaurant in the City. Ranallo noted he had 22 approached a number of restaurant owners and they had all stated they were not interested. 23 Mr. Jacobs suggested this information has to be made available to the public in some manner. 24 Mr. Kaczor stated that he has started to see graffiti in the City. There needs to be a stop put 25 on the vandalism in the City. He suggested the vandalism be listed in the Bulletin with the 26 police reports. 27 Marks stated that when the City started redevelopment in St. Anthony, they started in the 28 Village Shopping Center area. The City attempted to provide enough residents in that area to 29 make the businesses viable. The businesses in that area should be more capable of doing 30 business now than they were 17 years ago. He stated he did not know the solution in the 31 particular case of the Town and Country where the landlord is not being responsible. Sue Kozarck, 4029 Shamrock, asked if there were inspections or rules imposed on the owners of the building.