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suggested a condition which would shut the place down if that ever 2 happened, so their area would remain as crime free as it was now. +3 Mr. Lee said his experience as a high schoolteacher and FFA leader 4 years ago had made him aware of just how difficult it is to control 5 even the best of young people when they are gathered together for 6 recreational purposes. He pointed to the potential for problems if the 7 City didn' t keep a close contact with what' s going on in the arcade 8 after the permit is granted. All four residents wished Mr. Bonaventura 9 well, however. 10 Apache Promotion Manager Foresees Positive Effects From Arcade 11 Barb Olsonski indicated she was very supportive of the business coming 12 into the shopping center, perceiving that if the community sees its 13 young people enjoying a good, clean recreational establishment like 1.4 this one, they might be encouraged to come back to shop at Apache. 15 She said, although she has nothing to do with Apache leases, she knew 16 the 34 licenses the center holds were a part of management' s 17 negotiations with Mike Bonaventura. 18 The hearing was closed at 8 : 40 P.M. for development of a Commission 19 recommendation to the Council. Commissioner Brownell indicated he had been very impressed with the fact that there were no speakers against the proposal, which he 2 attributed to "a good sales job by Mr. Bonaventura. " When he . 23 suggested the permit be granted directly to Mr. Bonaventura, Mr. Childs 24 said he would check with Mr. -Soth regarding that point. The City 25 Manager told Commissioner London he wasn' t certain how the City could 26 measure the sound levels in the arcade. 27 Commissioner Werericz said he had been amazed to see' some of his 28 daughter' s seven and eight year old friends wandering unsupervised 29 around Apache. - He suggested some limit be placed on the minimum age 30 which would be allowed in the arcade. The Commissioner also perceived 31 problems with children that age from the apartment buildings across 32 Silver Lake Road running across that busy roadway to get to the 33 arcade. 34 When the Commissioners sought help in establishing that age limit, Mrs. 35 Freeman told them she agreed about restricting younger children, but 36 thought the 7th and 8th graders might be just the ones who most needed 37 to hang out in the type of place where they wouldn' t be encouraged to 38 smoke, drink or use drugs. Commissioner London agreed, saying "if this 39 is the well run establishment Mike says, it' s going to be, it might be 40 a great place for ten and eleven year olds to hang out in too. " 41 There was concurrence that having uniformed police officers at the door 2 might needlessly give the general public the wrong impression about the arcade, especially since Mr. Bonaventura had promised to provide whatever security was needed. Commissioner Wagner suggested this might 6