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DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting
<br />Monday, April 2,8, 2008
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<br />Attachment B
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<br />Schaffer noted the number of concerns, raised verbally and in writing by Roseville
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<br />residents, in the southwest area, immediately adjacent to this proposed use.
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<br />cite facts, well, and did not provide full disclosure. Ms,. Goodwin referenced vari-
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<br />Councilmember Roe noted the further provisions, regulated by the annual license
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<br />application; and condition #5 related to their application and receipt of a pawn-
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<br />brokers, license, pursuant to City Code, Section 311.
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<br />redevelopment creating additional residential crime adjacent to that area, specifi-
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<br />City Attorney Anderson further noted that, without a license, the applicant would
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<br />not be allowed to operate a pawnshop under Roseville City Code, Chapter 311, or
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<br />under State Law 325J.
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<br />and specific wording on pawnbrokers,. Ms,. Goodwin sought to make the City
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<br />Councilmember Roe questioned if there was a pos,s,ibility that the City could im-
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<br />pose an additional condition that the CUP would lapse if the license were revoked
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<br />for any reason.
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<br />Mr., Glennon Park, 2,070 Midlothian Road
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<br />City Attorney Anderson responded affirmatively.
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<br />Park reviewed his personal research with suburbs, around Roseville, and their s,ig-
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<br />Delores (Deck) oodwin, 2206 „ Haddington Road
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<br />Ms,. Goodwin provided an e-mail providing historical background information on
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<br />pawnshops, in Minnesota; and addressed her concerns, in more detail, based on her
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<br />profes,s,ional experience as a recreational director with the State of Indiana De-
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<br />partment of Corrections,, and her personal experience in attending functions, with
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<br />elected and judicial officials. Ms,. Goodwin opined that there had been tremen-
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<br />dous, opposition at the Planning Commis sign to this proposal, from her perception
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<br />of the meeting.
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<br />Ms,. Goodwin further opined that the applicant's, information letter, sent in re-
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<br />s,pons,e to the "NOW” flyer, was, misleading and contradictory in parts, and didn't
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<br />cite facts, well, and did not provide full disclosure. Ms,. Goodwin referenced vari-
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<br />ous, statistical and demographic information sources,- opined that the face of crime
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<br />was, changing with drugs, and gun play occurring at night; and expressed concern
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<br />for the location of the pawnshop in an unprecedented area, in addition to recent
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<br />redevelopment creating additional residential crime adjacent to that area, specifi-
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<br />cally at the Har Mar Apartment Complex, based on the high density and s,ubs,i-
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<br />dined housing in the area, further complicating the neighborhood's, dramatic
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<br />changes, and problems,. Ms,. Goodwin cited the City of Bloomington's, City Code
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<br />and specific wording on pawnbrokers,. Ms,. Goodwin sought to make the City
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<br />Council aware of the sophistication of today's, criminals,, and the desperate nature
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<br />of drug addicts, and their need for money.
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<br />Mr., Glennon Park, 2,070 Midlothian Road
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<br />Mr. Park expressed his appreciation for the previous, s,peaker's, comments,. Mr.
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<br />Park reviewed his personal research with suburbs, around Roseville, and their s,ig-
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<br />nificant steps, to limit pawnshops, in their communities,. Mr. Park advised that he
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<br />had spoken to staff with the City of Bloomington to hear their rationale and ex-
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