is built for entertaining and we do not take our friends down to the corner
Pub for a drink as they do in England. He commented that«he would be
directly atfected by either location proposed for a neighbourhood pub

and he felt that the lack of parking and location was poor.

Mrs. Smith commented that there was definite lack of parking at this location
and pointed out that the restaurant established on the southwest corner of
Coast Meridian and Prairie had suffered from lack of parking.

Another resident spoke in favour, expressing his opinion that the hours of
operation for a neighbourhood pub are good and he felt that the area could
support one more outlet. He pointed out that neighbourhood pubs have the
advantage of serving all types of beverages and food.

Mr. Reg Chiasson, representing the Northside Merchants’ Association, pointed
out that their group had met on April 4th, 1977 and voted unanimously in
support of a Pub for the the Northside Shopping Centre area. The group felt
that any additional business in the area would, in turn, create more business
for all Northside Merchants. With regard to the Union remarks on the Pubs
detracting from Hotel business, he commented that this was only fair competition,
and that the Hotels should not be afraid of gcod competition. He commented
that the Pub concept is similar to tnat of the Legion which has been around
for many years without difficulty. He also commented that~ the Northside
Association had given some consideration to their businesses staying open
until 10:00 p.m. nightly, in crder to create more interest and activity
around the area. He agreed that people will probably drive rather than walk
to a neighbourhood pub in the area and pointed out that parking has not been
a problem on the Northside in spite of the fact that if every business on
the Northside had three patrons with cars at any one time, there would not

be enough parking. He commented that the failure of the restaurant on the
southwest corner of Coast Meridian and Prairie, referred to earlier, was

not becuase of inadequate parking but because everything else in the vicinity
closed up at 6:00 p.m. and there was not enough activity in the area to
create business for the restaurant.

There was a considerable amount of comment in connection with the manner
in which the survey of owners in the six block radius was carried out.
This survey is a requirement of the Liquor Administration Board and no
firm rules have been set down until recently, as to how these surveys
should be carried out. It would appear from the comments of those in
attendance that some owners had not been contacted, some people under
the age of 18 had signed petitions, and there was general confusion as
to who was qualified to sign such a petition. The general impression
gained was that the meeting was divided approximately evenly either for
or against the establishment of neighbourhood pubs.

LDP /w