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Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting • December 10, 2001 Page 19 Director Ericson suggested tabling the mater until the next City Council meeting for consideration before a full Council. City Attorney Riggs indicated that Council would need to take action on the matter at the January 7, 2002 work session due to the 60 day time limit. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Stigney. To Table this Matter to the January 7, 2002 Work Session. Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. B. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 689, Revising Chapter 512 of the City Code Relating to Tobacco Products. Acting Chief Brennan indicated he had noticed the School District, NW Youth and Family Services, Minnesota Institute of Public Health and the County Attorney for this hearing as well as those establishments with tobacco licenses in the City. Acting Mayor Stigney opened the public hearing at 8:58 p.m. Tom Manke indicated that his store has failed two compliance tests during the last nine years and stated that whether the penalty is $5.00 or $5,000 it would not change how he trains his employees. He then explained that they go over the laws monthly with existing employees and carefully train new employees. He further explained that people that are of age and/or parents purchase cigarettes and hand them to the underage kids. Ian Anderson of 5380 Cliffton Drive indicated that kids are out on the streets smoking and asking for cigarettes and the police drive by and do not do anything about it. He then suggested that the authorities need to pull their weight to get kids to stop, including the School District and the police department. Paul Fedor of 9001 Stratford Crossing in Brooklyn Park indicated he was a resident of Mounds View for 29 years before moving to Brooklyn Park and he operates Fedor's Market and has gone through a lot of changes and dealt with many issues on cigarette licensing. He then indicated that his employees are told that if he fails a compliance check because of one of them they will be fired immediately. Mr. Fedor commented that he feels that increasing the fee for compliance violations does not solve the problem. He then stated he feels that more time should be invested in young kids to tell them and beat into their minds that smoking will kill you. He also indicated that they ask kids who are smoking to leave because they do not want anyone to think that the cigarettes were purchased from their business. Mr. Fedor said he would hate to see his name as failing a compliance check but knows as they go along they eventually will fail.