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IVlounds i�iev+� �l�r��i�� Cor�m�ssion Apr�i 16, 2003 12e�aaiar 1\ileet�g Page 7 Mr. Sonterre commented ihat Section 516.13, Subd. l, does not indicate a formula but says that the City Council may suspend or revoke upon finding of a violaiion. He then commented that the tobacco ordinance has a clearly defined process for violations and he sees no clearly defined process for violations of this ordinance and that concerns him. N[r. Sonterre commented that Section 516.14 addresses prohibited acts but tk�ere,i:s no ciefinition of the consequences for those prohibited acts and that concerns him. Mr. Sonterre indicated he served several years bacic an the latest version of the Caunty Highway 10 Steering Committee and the Steering Committee madc rcco�nmendatians'#o Council tbat were ratified by Council as to the irnprovement plan for County Higliway 10, 'The first ��as'safety and. the second was to make the area a true coa-ridor and more atti-active: The City spent tc�1s o� thousands of dollars for engineering and plans and the upgrade �vill uast $3,000,0000 to $5,000,000 and he asks why would the City and its residents pay'tl�.at mueh money to upgrade the corridor and allow a pawnshop in the center of the Czty. :' . . . Mr. Sonterre indicated he wants to give the busine�s tl�e opp�rtumty ta ru� � p; wants the City to have the means to say run it in a dif#�erent area, Mr. Sonterr� commented that the City has givei��Pastor��Ent�rpl-iscs opportuniti wor�C with the City and those opporhznities'were ignoxed hy tl�ein. ' but in the past to ;:. ; Mr. Sonterre aslced Council to digesi the znformatiori and consi�er requiring a different location. Commissioner Miller asked wher.e,lVlr. Sontei.r.e would loG�te the pawnshop. Mr. Sonterre indicated he:liked the separation that new Highway 10 provides as it divides the City. He then said that the area is co��mercial industrial and a paw�shap wauld have no impact on housing, churches, schools �r parlcs lc>cated in ihat area. He further commented thafi a pawnshop is a ciestination shop and does i�ot need to be located within a shopping center environment. Commissaiorier Scotch asked wl�at space was being looked at in Moundsview Square. ycki indicated store. Mr. Prr�iycki. at�d Jewelty. 4,000 square foot space between the frame shop and Penny for the name of the business. the name would either be Security Pawn and Jewelry or Security Loan Director Ericson indicated that Staff would review the suggestzons of Mr. Sontei-re and provide feedback to the Cammission if necessary. ;