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I Norman Pink had been in St. Anthony when the licenses were limited • 2 to 106 because there were so many applications for arcades in every 3 vacant store, drug store, etc. and the simplest way to control 4 that was rather than to write an ordinance defining them was to 5 limit the control of the arcades by licenses; 6 said his firm had 1, 500 square feet of empty space which could 7 take from 45 to 50 video games to fill up and because there are 8 only 34 licenses available, they need pool tables; 9 indicated if the City wanted to let them have more licenses, they 10 wouldn' t need the pool tables; 11 reiterated that his company had hired the full time police officers 12 who work in their village North and Maplewood establishments the 13 day their arcades opened up and it wasn' t something the municipali- 14 ties had made them do; 15 pointed out that the young people who have the mobility they have 16 nowadays are going to go somewhere because the school system 17 doesn' t require the amount of study they did when he was young; 18 said in reference to parental supervision, he said he 'd rather have 19 his own kids in an arcade where there is good supervision where he 20 would be able to go and would be able to take that child and pick 21 him or her up rather than have that child say "I 'm going out with 22 the kids and will be back at 10 o'clock. " ; • 23 said his company expects to close the arcade Monday through 24 Thursday at 9: 30 P.M. or whatever time the shopping mall closes; 25 indicated his company had found it would be advantageous to them 26 and also to the young people to give them a supervised place to be 27 up to 12 : 00 o'clock on Friday and Saturday nights; 28 insisted they wouldn' t be looking for the crowd from the Apache 29 Wells bar and would like to have their mall door closed so the 30 only access from the bar to the arcade would be through the outside 31 door; 32 said they would have to decide whether it was practical dollar and 33 cents wise to hire an off-duty policeman and other type of outside 34 supervision and if not monetarily feasible to have someone on duty 35 three hours every Friday and Saturday night, they would close 36 earlier on those nights; 37 pointed out that in the bowling alley the arcade is in close 38 proximity to the beer counter and beer can be brought any place in 39 that room no matter who it is next to; 40 stated he believed it should be left to the parents to decide 41 whether their children are in the arcade after 9: 00 at night; • 17