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-10- • 1 The Commission was in agreement that there was no need to. restrict the sale of 2 videos from any particular era because those sales are well controlled by 3 ordinance. 4 5 The hearing was closed at 9:28 P.M. for Commission action. 6 7 Motion by Commissioner Madden and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to recommend the 8 Council grant a conditional use permit to Ernest Berquist of the Little Professor g Bookstore at Apache Plaza which would allow him to sell video cassettes of film 10 classics in his store under the'foll-owing conditions: 11 12 1 . There would be no viewing of tapes in the store, except for bona fide demon- 13 strations of tapes and no viewing would be visible from outside the store; 14 15 2. The proprietors must comply with all state laws relating to obscenity and to 16 any ordinance of the City of St. Anthony thereafter relating to obscenity; and 17 18 3. Conviction of the owner or any of the employees of the owner for-..violation 19 of obscenity laws in the operation of the store would be grounds for revocation 20 of this permit- by the City Council . 21 22 Motion carried unanimously. 23 24 At 9:30 P.M. , the Chair opened the public hearing to consider the requests from 25 Arkell Development for approval -of the amendments to the Kenzie Terrace Development 26 Concept Plan and Detail Plan for Phase I of the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment 27 Project and the Final Plan for Phase I. The notice of the hearing, which had been 28 published in the February 5th Bulletin and sent to all property owners within 350 29 feet of the subject property, was read by the Chair and the Manager indicated that 30 not only the notice but copies of the original artist renderings of the building 31 and the proposed new design, which had been included in the agenda packet, had 32 also been sent to the neighbors so they would be fully informed as to what changes 33 in the Kenzington would be made. He stated that he had received no calls for or 34 against the amendments since the notice. 35 36 Commissioner Hansen asked Steve Yurick of Arkell and Gary Tushie of Tushie- -.-3-.7---Montgomery, Architects,—the developers, why the buyers of the condominiums had 38 - been informed by letter, January 24th, that the footings were going in right away 39 and that had not happened to date. He was told that when the plans were changed ._ _40- to provide heated and. enclosed garages on two floors, the type -of footings had ----- 41 to be .changed. A detailed explanation of what that entailed followed with the 42 developers indicating that they expected the final footings plan to be submitted 43 ' for approval this week and installation to start as soon as the plans are approved 44 ,by the State. Mr. Tushie mentioned that the excavation could only start ona Monday. 45 — - --- -- - - 4 6 Chair Franzese asked whether any of the prospective buyers had been lost when the 47 fourth floor condominiums were upgraded to "K" units and whether the .enclosed garages 48 had been welcomed. Mr. Yurick indicated all the "K" units had been sold and the 49 only opposition to the deletion of the loft units had come from the loft purchasers, 50 three out of four of whom switched to "K" units. 51 • 52 Commissioner Hansen indicated he had heard that there had been some resentment about 53 the change in plans after prospective purchasers had made their choice of units 54 and he perceived all the changes had created a sense of apprehension for the 55 buyers. The Commissioner requested Arkell be careful about keeping the lines of 56 communication open with them.