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Councilmember Dehen asked what the City did as far as investigating the situation and what kind of complaints had been received. Police Chief Way stated that the APS people have helped out at the site and one of the officers had also been on site numerous times to assist. He stated that he wanted to make it clear that the issues are not just computer errors, but not getting identification and guns not being entered into the system, which have nothing to do with the computer system. Councilmember Dehen asked about the quantity of the violations. City Attorney Goodrich noted that this information was included in the findings of fact and reviewed some of that information. He stated that on October 29,2007, the Police Department met with Mr. Jerdin to discuss the continuing non-compliance issues. He stated that not every violation was entered into the hearing, but there were 70 violations as part of the record. Councilmember Dehen asked what obligation the City has to assist an owner with compliance. He asked if the City assisted the former owner. Police Chief Way stated that the City did not assist the former owner to this degree. He stated that the Police Department is notified by APS when there are issues. Mr. Bogart stated that they were trying to correct the records and noted that much of the contact with the Police Department was initiated by Mr. Jerdin asking for help. He stated that he wanted to correct Police Chief Way that APS has not been on site, but they have been working with Ms. Pederson by phone and e-mail. Councilmember Look stated that the transcript from the hearing states that Mr. Jerdin was having problems with the computer system. He stated that City staff is not familiar with the Xpawn software and he questions whether staff going to help out was the best thing to do. Police Chief Way stated that APS was on site to set up the system, the City did not set that up. Mr. Bogart stated that they were on site under the old ownership back in 2004 or 2005. Councilmember Look stated that he had read through the transcript. He stated that he is also a small business owner and is required to E- file sales and use taxes and noted that this system is complicated. He stated that he wouldn't be surprised if Xpawn is also a difficult to understand system. He stated that he understands that some mistakes have been made, but he would like to be cautious before bringing the "gavel" down on Mr. Jerdin. He stated that recently the City had a problem where a building permit was issued, but was never followed up on to see if the permitted structure had been built, so the City doesn't always cross its T's and dot its I's either. He stated that he would also like to state that this could result in a suspension, not just a revocation. City Council / May 27, 2008 Page 7 of 15