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4 <br /> maintaining a new building, and to "get away from the aches and <br /> • pains of such a building being considered undesirable anywhere <br /> else where it might be adjacent to residential . " M. Gehrke said <br /> she and other senior citizens who live at the Heights have enough <br /> trouble trying to cross Stinson now and feared a liquor store in <br /> that location would tend to draw even more traffic. She was told <br /> of possible plans to install a semaphor as well as a sidewalk along <br /> 39th Avenue N.E. <br /> Mr. Jones felt the City owed Ray Nelson a commendation for managing <br /> the liquor operation so well, but definitely felt the bar should <br /> be moved from that location after 1986. He favored a liquor store <br /> being built at the Silver Lane location, but also saw the advantages <br /> of building a store at the corner of 37th and Silver Lake Road where <br /> there will be an easy access. He viewed a well-run liquor store <br /> as an improvement over Fas Gas and Purity for the residents across <br /> 37th, but if the decision is made not to locate in the northern I <br /> section of the City, he suggested the Stonehouse operation should f <br /> be expanded and the fire station moved up to the Parkview building i <br /> with the Police Department. <br /> The Anoka liquor manager responded to his suggestion that only a <br /> liquor store be built by saying the City needs both on- and off-sale <br /> in the area and cautioned New Brighton might get ahead of the City <br /> by establishing their own operation either on Silver Lake Road and <br /> County Road "E" , or at their border with St. Anthony on Silver Lane. <br /> • The Manager agreed with his assumption that parking affects the off- <br /> sale of liquor in a shopping center, saying the Apache liquor store <br /> revenues generally improve when the rest of the shopping center ' s <br /> business declines. Mrs. Nelson disagreed, saying a majority of the <br /> parking is for the bowling alley which always does a flourishing <br /> business. <br /> Before the hearing was closed, an unidentified resident on Penrod <br /> said he had purchased his home with the understanding that the PUD <br /> for the rest of the Hedlund property called for only low-volume, <br /> office-type usage along Silver Lake Road and was surprised to learn <br /> of the contradictory proposals being advanced now. He was informed <br /> that the PUD is office-usage oriented, that that site was only an <br /> alternative and the City was aware of significant legal obstacles. <br /> I <br /> Mr. McMullen thanked the Council for the opportunity they had given <br /> the residents to provide input into the preliminary stages of the <br /> planning. <br /> Mayor Haik -announced there would be no direction to the staff nor <br /> scheduling of a second meeting that evening because two Council <br /> -members are not present. „',1` <br />