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268387 WHI7E - CITV CLERK � � ����(1� PINK - FINAN(sE COULICll j1� � CANARY - DEPARTMENT G I TY OF SA I NT PA LT L � '�" BLUE -fMAVOR . Flle NO. C 'l solution Presented By , Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS, Mr. James P. LaBosco, d/b/a "Racquel' s Rap", is the holder of Motion Picture Theatre License No. 8293, expiring Ma.rch 22, 1977, under Saint Paul Legislative Code �@ 372.01- .09, for the premises located at 489 W. Seventh Street in Saint Paul; and WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the License Inspector that the license should be revoked, the licensee was notified by letters dated December 15, 1976 and December 21, 1976 that he would be entitled to a hearing before the License Committee on January 5, 1977, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 707 of the City Hall, at which hearing he could appear and be represented by counsel, and present evidence; and WHEREAS, such letters, containing detailed notice of the grounds upon which the License Inspector based his recommen- dation, were addressed to the licensed place of business at 489 �,1. Seventh Street, by certified mail with return receipts acknowledging receipt at the premises; arid WHEREAS, the grounds for the recommendation of revocation were given in the two letters, as follows: (1) April 20, 1976 - Failure to properly and/or completely answer questions 9 and 11 of your application for movie theatre license. (2) April 21, 1976 - September 18, 1976 - and December 9, 1976 - Allowing and/or permitting fema.le employees of Racquel' s to use the premises at 489 West 7th Street to engage in ��� ,.>, solicitation and/or acts of prostitution. COUNCILMEN Yeas Nays Requested by Department of: Butler Hozza In Favor Hunt Levine __ Against BY Rcedler Sylvester Tedesco Form Appro b!y City At l�w�y Adopted by Council: Date • � Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY sy Approved by Mavor: Date Approved by Mayor fot Submission to Council By BY . .: � ������`� (3) April 23, 1976 - Causing and/or permitting to be caused an incident on the premises at 489 West 7th Street which resulted in your (James LaBosco) arrest and conviction for disorderly conduct. (4) August 11, 1976 - Lack of truthfulness on the part of the licensee (James LaBosco) in his testimony before the License Committee. (5) November 8, 1976 - Police officer observed a nude man sitting in a movie viewing room next to a fema.le employee clothed only in panties and a see-through top. (6) November 10, 1976 - Police officers seeking to ma.ke a routine investigation of the licensed premises were refused p�rmission. (7) December 15, 1976 - Allowin� and/or permitting female employees of Racquel s to use the premises at 489 West 7th Street to engage in solicitation and/or acts of prostitution. , (8) December 16, 1976 - Allowin� and/or permitting female employees of Racquel s to use the premises at 489 West 7th Street to engage in solicitation and/or acts of prostitution; and WHEREAS, the licensee did not appear at the hearing, nor did counsel ma.ke any appearance in the licensee' s behalf; and WHEREAS, testimony, exhibits and police reports were presented to the License Committee, under oath, and taken down by a l�censed court reporter, from Joseph F. Carchedi, License Inspector; Sgt. James Feckey, Officer Charles Anderson, Sgt. Mark Jessen, Officer Joseph Fehr, Officer James Lundholm, all of the Saint Paul Police Department; as well as certified copies of the convictions of Lucy Alvarez Odenbreit and Annetta Kuehnel; copies of police reports made by the above officers, together with the reports of Officer Gerald Brown, Officer A. Johnson, Officers Singer and Bonsack, all of the Saint Paul Police Departmen t; and the minutes of the License Committee hearing August 11, 1976, at which the application of James P. LaBosco for a "conversation parlor" license was denied after an evidentiary hearing before the License Committee; and 2. / � � 6� � 611 `��p1�''.:,�� WHEREAS, the evidence received established to the clear satisfaction of the Committee that the licensee had permitted female employees over a long period of time to engage in and solicit ma.le customers for acts of prostitution for money, that these activities had in recent month5 increased rather than decreased; that the licensee has omitted to respond completely and truthfully to the questions in the motion pictu�e theatre license application, that in particular the licensee failed to disclose that imcnediately prior to opening the establishment at �a89 W. Seventh Street he had been the ma.nager of a sauna- massage parlor in Rochester, Minnesota, which had its license revoked for misconduct in the operation, that he had personally applied for a sauna-ma.ssage parlor in Rochester which had been denied on the basis of his involvement with it as manager; that the 1'icensee assaulted and was engaged in dzsorderly con- duct involving persons picketing the establishment in April of 1976; , that the licensee did not testify truthfully regarding his involvement and actions in; that incident when testifying under oath before the License Coaa�nittee on August 11, 1976; - � that on the instructions of the licensee, police officers were refused admission to the premises during business hours, con- trary to ordinance; that undercover officers of the Saint Paul Police Department were solicited to engage in ttnlawful sexual actions by female employees on April 21, December 9, December 15 and December 16, 1976; that on September 18, 1976 and November 8, 1976, officers either observed or were participants in sit- uations corroborating the inference that unlawful sexual activity was carried on in the licensed premises with the knowledge and consent of the licensee; and WHEREAS, it was the conclusion of the License Committee that the above evidence clearly and overwhelmingly established the truth of the allegation of the License Inspector as to each ground; and that the operations of the licensed establish- ment constituted a continuing clear and present danger to the health, safety, welfare and morals of the legitima.te patrons of the establishment and the citizens of the City of Saint Paul; and that the lack of integrity and responsibility of the li- censee to follow and observe the requirements of the 1aw was clearly established; and that the licensee knew and condoned the illicit sexual activity carried on in the licensed premises; and 3. P N'KE - FINA C E RK � � CANARV - D6F�AR MENT GITY OF SAI.NT� PALTL Council ��.�?}'�� BLUE -MAVOR File NO. Council Resolution Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS, the License Committee voted unanimously by a vote of 2-0 to recommend that the City Council revoke the motion picture theatre license held by James P. LaBosco; and WHEREAS, a copy of this Resolution as proposed by the License Committee has been ma.iled to the licensee at his licensed premises; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Motion Picture Theatre License held by the licensee is hereby revoked. COUNCILMEN Yeas Nays Requested by Department of: Butler Hozza [n Favor Hunt Levine � _ Against BY Roedler Sylvester ,, �`�""�'� ��p JAN 1 1 ��T7 Form Approved by City Attorney Adopte�'ISy Council: Date rtified Pass y Cou .il Secretary $y ♦ Appr by Nlayor: Date �977 Approved by Mayor for Submission to Councii By BY �� � 3 �,