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Councihnember Anderson inquired if there was any chance of using the CDBG funds to acquire access to Elmcrest Park. Community Development Director Frolik replied that the City would have to prove that 51 percent of the people using the park are low to moderate income, which would be difficult. Councihnember Hendriksen stated that it was hard to imagine that they couldn't put something on the two sites that would not create at least four jobs a piece. Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to direct City staff to make application to Anoka County for CDBG Funds in the amount of $270,000 for the purpose of acqniring Lots 1 and 2, Block 2, Gateway North Industrial Park Plat 2 to eliminate a slum and blight condition, and to authorize the City Administrator to sign the CDBG application on behalf of the City. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Councilmembers Hendriksen, Kurak, Anderson, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Absent: Mayor Gamec. Acting Mayor Zimmerman recessed the regular meeting of the City Council at 8:50 p.m. Acting Mayor Zimmetxnan called the regular meeting of the City Council back to order at 9:02 p.m. Case #7: Introduce Ordinance Amending Chapter 7, Section 7.13 of the Ramsey City Code Entitled Pawnbrokers City Attorney Goodrich stated that the Ramsey City Code, Chapter 7, deals with licenses; Section 7.13 deals specifically with the licensing of pawnbrokers. Upon review of paragraph 7.13.06, entitled Holding of Property, staff has concern with the sentence "No personal property deposited with or purchased by a licensee shall be sold or permitted to be redeemed from the place of business of licensee until five days after the copy of the records required by City Code Section 7.13.04 have been made available to the Chief of Police, except upon written permission of the Chief of Police." What staff disagrees with is the five days. Staff recommended increasing the five days to 30 days, which would allow the Police Department time to receive reports of possible stolen items. There are recent cases in the City of Ramsey and the City of Anoka where it was determined that the property that was taken in by the pawn dealer was stolen, but was not discovered until after the five day waiting period. The City of Anoka amended their ordnance on November 16, 2001, to the 30 day time period. Staff wrote a letter to Mr. Nissen of Ralph's Guns and Pawn explaining the proposed change. Councihnember Hendriksen stated that he personally experienced the pain of having things stolen and pawned and the records at the pawnshop were so poorly written that they could not determine who pawned it. He questioned what the City can do to protect that from happening to City Council/January 8, 2002 Page 17 of 27