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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 30,2017 Page 17 Mayor Roe opened the public hearing at approximately 8:05 p.m. to consider re- newal of the 2017 Currency Exchange License for Pawn America Minnesota, LLC, located at 1715 Rice Street. Public Comment Sherry Sanders, S McCarrons Boulevard Ms. Sanders noted her attendance and comment two years ago regarding this business's business license renewal. Ms. Sanders reported that the business had complied with the request for a privacy fence; but noted unfortunately that there remained ongoing issues, particularly with trash in the parking lot, and blowing into adjacent properties and rights-of-way on a consistent basis. Ms. Sanders also reported holes in the fence since it was built that may be due to how it was built ` and/or installed. Ms. Sanders reported that she had spoken with the store manager who claimed that she had no information. Ms. Sanders further reported that the City's Public Works Department cleaned up the alley at least on an annual basis. Given that ongoing non-compliance, Ms. Sanders asked that the city withhold this approval or their business license renewal until the situation was resolved. At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon responded that City Plan- ner Paschke would need to follow-up with Finance Director Miller on the annual pawn shop business license renewal. Mayor Roe recognized the concerns expressed by Ms. Sanders, but clarified the specificity of this public hearing to consider only the currency exchange license renewal. City Attorney Gaughan agreed that this was probably a condition specific to the pawn shop business license. Mr. Gaughan advised that staff would need to pro- vide evidence in addition to this public comment before pursuing enforcement ac- tion for violations, reserving any adverse action on the license as appropriate in light of that particular condition that may be attached to the business license. City Planner Paschke advised that, prior to responding to any violation, he would want to check with staff in land use codes for their interaction with the business and to address any follow-up concerns with them in order to rectify them. Mr. Paschke noted that it was possible the trash accumulated may not actually be from Pawn America, but simply accumulating on their lot; and therefore may or may not be related to the business license as conditioned. From his recollection, Mr. Paschke stated that the fence was actually tied to the business license, but asked for time to follow-up internally first. Councilmember Willmus stated that when hearing from adjacent property owners, the City Council wanted to be made aware of issues; clarifying that when the business or pawn broker license came back before the city, he would want more information on the provisions regarding the fence and any other complaints to- date.