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� �� r��79 �l��o ;, u — �i ., — - .. .\' I ' `� I � 1� ' L Jim Ericson City of Mounds�Iiew 2401 Highway 10 Mounds View, MN 55112 Dear Jim: I► ' 1- ; . ' - " ` ; • r� `_ � i. � .•- ' �•.� • - !► " '. ;: ', ;: r � � e 'cl.� �� .. � . : '. April 15, 2003 Thank you for sending me a copy of the proposed Mouttds gliew pawnshop ordinance. Frank and I have reviewed it and have four primary concerns. 1) O�the eight cities rve investigated'�, seven have �old times for purchased (as opposed fio pawned) items of beiweeii 10 and 30 days. 'We �vould like to propose a hold time for purchased items in A/Iounds View of 30 days, which would allow ample time for �the police departrnent to review any questionable ifems, and still prevent needless cost to the licensee from holding unproductive inventory. 2) Section 516.11 �ubd. Ii and Subd.19 impose a significant recordiceeping burden on Iicensees. VJhile we fully support comprehensive records of all items received and the persons wk►o sell or pawn il�em, requiring a record of all sates would seem to serve no useful purpose while adding a subsfiantial cost in staff time and record storage. We would like to propose t�at if a purpose is identified for keeping records of sales, those records only be required for items soid £or more than $100, sunilar to the Hopkins and Fridley ordinances, In addition, we are concerned that requiring disclosure oiF a purcha,ser's na.me and address to a seller would be an invasion of the purchaser's privacy, and could even compromise lus or her personal safety. Two fizrther notes — these two secti�ns se�tt to contradict the speci�ic exclusion of sales from ihe defini�ion of Reportable Transaction in Section 5 i6.02. Also, neit�er Golden Valley nor ]Plymouth has any pawnshops, ax�d the Roseville ordinance is new, so their ordinances are currently untested. 3) While it is uuusual for pawnshops to handle handg�.uis, none of the eight cities we contacted banned the pawn or purchase of'sporting and ga.me rifles and shotguns. We wonld like to propose that Section 516.11 Su6d.17 be amended to prohibit the purchase, pawn or sale of handguns, iuily automa.tic rifles and sawed off shotguns, bat not rifles or shotguns that are popularly used for gatne hunting. 4) The Roseville ordinance inciudes a provision (�eciion 311.09 O.) which sets out a hoiding period of Lwo weeks for items received under a Precious Metals Dealer's license, `We would li�ce to suggest that tl�is provision be included in the Mour�ds View ordinance, since esiafie jewelry wilt be a large part of our plarined business. In addition, we would like to suggesf that passparts be included as an accepiable form of identifiication under Section 516.02.