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96-792� '1 :"�; ? �, > ^ ; � g Council File # �- �g e� I �� ; �, Si 1 `. � � "� Green Sheet # �` RESOLUTfON CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA � � r� ll � . _ Presented By Referred To 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Committee: Date RESOLVED, that the Licensee, Ramsey Financiai-GIII Enterprises d/b/a Ramsey Financial-GIII Enterprises (License ID l�o. 44334), located at 577 UniversiTy Avenue West in Saint Paul is hereby ordered to pay a fine of $200.00 for the violation of the sale of tobacco or tobacco products to a minor. Said fine shall be paid to the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection within thirty (30) days of the adoption of this resolution by the Council and signature by the Mayor. Tlus resolution and the action of the Council in this matter are based upon the facts contained in the Notice of Violation letter to the licensee, the investigation report, and such arguments as may have been presented to the Council at the public heazing. The facts wete not contested by the licensee. BY' ��•�� f1e�s Approved by Mayor: Date �{ By : � /� � (��['J Requested by Department of: �� By: `�U�;�eL/°L_../ Form Approved by City Attorney BY: �/�rli''cG!'^_� � "' 'xP/�� Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By: Adopted by Council: Date Adoption Certified by Counail Secretary q r_ _'1 q a-. � � co,�� DAT 6125l96 GREEN SHEE �° 3�713 " INRIAL/DATE INRIAUDATE CONTACT PENSON 8 PHONE O DEPARTMENT DIRE � CITY CAUNCIL Nancy Anderson 266-8564 ASSiGN � CITY A7TORNEY � CffY CLERK MUST BE ON COUNCIL AGENDA 8Y (DAT� NUYBEfl FOR O BUDCaET DIRECTOfl � flN. & MGT SERVICES DIP. BOUi1NG July 10, 1996 / ONOER � MAYOR (OA ASSISTANn � TOTAL # OF 516NATURE PAGES (CLIP ALL IOCATIONS FOR SIGNATUR� AGTION AEQUESfED: Concerning adverse action against licenses held by Rawsey Financial-GIII Enterprises, Inc., located at 577 University Avemie West. (Lincontested) RECOMMENDA71pNS: Approve (A) or Reject (a) pERSONAL SERYICE CONTRACTS A1UST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING �LLESTIONS: _ PLANNING COMMISSION _ CIVIL SEHi/ICE COMMISSION �� Has this persoNfirm ever worked under a contract for [his departmeM? _ CIB CAMMITTEE _ YES �NO � SrnFC 2. Has tius Perso^ffirm ever been a city empWyea,? — YES NO � DISTRICT COUR7 — 3. Does thi5 personHirtn possess a skill not normally possessed by any current ciry employee? SUPPORTS WHICH C�UNCiI O&IECTtYE4 YES NQ Explain ali yes anawers on separate sheet and attaeh to green sheet INRIATING PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPoRTUNIN (Who, What, When, Whare. Why): R�� ADVANTAGES IF APPROVED: `11 � 31/ x4 ` 1ER�� ' DISA�VANTAGES �F APPROVED: ai�;v�� ±,.".w'�.�'.'.ev a �4`i�:➢l�: ��v 2 � ay�6 DISAOVANiAGES IFNOTAPPflOVED: - . - - �,,,, y TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION S COST/HEVENUE BUDGETED (C�RCLE ONE) YES NO FUNDIf2G SOURCE ACiIVITY NUMBER FINANGIAL INFORMATION: (EXPIAIN) OFFICE OF Tf� CITY ATTORNEY TursotFry E. Marz, City RKarney d( —�� ^ L �O O� CITY OF SAIN'T PAUL Norm Coteman, Mayor June 20, 1996 Gordon Peterson III Ramsey Financial-GIII aka Tobacco Plus 577 University Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota Re: Licenses held by for the premises License ID No.: Our File Number: Dear Mr. Peterson: Civil Division 400 Ciry Ha!! I S West Kellogg B[vd Sain[ Paul, Minnesota SSIO2 NOTICE OF COUNCIL HEARING Telephone: 612 266-8�10 Facsimile: 612 298-5679 Enterprises �� , west ,1UIW 25 1�96 55103 Ramsey Financial-GIII Enterprises _ located at 577 University Avenue West 44334 G96-0254 Please take notice that a hearing concerning the above-named establishment has been scheduled for 4:30 p.m., Wednesday July 10, 1996 in the City Council Chambers, Third Floor, Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse. Enclosed are copies of the proposed resolution and other documents which will be presented to the City Council for their consideration. This is an uncontested hearing, in that the facts contained in the reports concerning the unlawful sale of cigarettes have been admitted. You will have an opportunity at the Council hearing to present oral and/or written remarks as to the penalty, if any, to be imposed. The recommendation of the license office will be for a $200.00 £ine. If you have any questions, please call me at 266-8710. Very truly yours, �'"� =l�_/��G uGC I.� l� C:2(i—v-Z� Virginia D. Palmer Assistant City Attorney cc: Nancy Anderson, Assistant Council Secretary Robert Kessler, Director, LIEP Gary Pechmann, Deputy Director, LIEP Michael Samuelson, Exec. Director, Thomas-Dale/Dist. 7 Planning Council, 369 University Ave., St. Paul, MN 55103 al (�-'19 a.. UNCONTESTED LICENSE HEARING Licensee Name: Ramsey Financial-GI{f Enterprises d!b/a Ramsey Financial-G111 Enterprises a/k/a Tobacco Pfus Address: 577 University Avenue West Councii Hearing Date: July 10, 1996 Violation: Sale of Cigarettes to a Minor Minn. Stat. § 609.685 St. Paui Legislative Code § 324.07 Date: May 30, 1996 Place: Licensed Premises Presumptive Penalty: $200.00 Fine Recommendation of Assistant City Attorney on behalf of client, Office of License, Inspections and Environmenta! Protection: $200.00 fine (first offense} Attachments: 1. Proposed resotution 2. Letter of ficensee or attorney agreeing not to contest the facts 3. Notice of Violation 4. License information 5. Compliance Report Rams¢y F�nanciai Check Caslung Services �-: ,, ti _... _e.� `_� a��pd 1 -- � s � °I, �-'19 2- u::�{ iH iJvC Juoe 14,1996 Y�rginia Paimer assistant Gity Attamey RE:#G96-0254 Dear 1Grginia Palmer: ,,c+z»q' _ _x�� 9. .. � ' . s F 5 � i'.� �� J 1 am not disputing ihe facts of the charge made against us on May 30 ,1996 . Un May 30 , t dad to leave mv sWre , due ta the tact that fhe waman whu watches my 9 mont� old son was ill .1 need to pick up my son and 6ring him to a relaWes house until my wiie gat off of work. A friend oi mine , watched t�e s[ore for me while 1 was doing fhis errand . He is not normally here and did not know all of our store policies as it pertains to tobacca sales and how to spot underage eastomers . We deeply regret this uiola6on . It was an emergency situabon , that leit us open to a uiulation . i waMed to explain the eyents of tlfe da� m e�lain why this happened . Si eere - ._ �� 1 ordon 577 Unive�ityAve. St Paul, MN 55103 Phon� (612) 224-3329 Fa� (612) 224-Q141 OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY Timolhy E. Marz. Ciry Atforney CITY OF SA1NT PAUL No'm Coleman, Mayar June 6, 1996 Civd Division 400 Ciry Na71 IS West Kellogg Blvd Saint Pmt� Minnesata 55101 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Owner Ramsey Financial-GIII aka Tobacco Plus 577 University Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota Enterprises West 55103 Telephone: 612166-87/0 Facsimile: 612 298-5619 RE: All licenses held by Ramsey Financial-GIII Enterprises iicense ID No. 4?334 Our File Number: G96-0254 Dear Owner: The Director of the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection wil� recommend that adverse action be taken against all the licenses held at the above-named premises. This recommendation is based on the following: On May 30, 1996, an employee sold cigarettes to a minor under the age oE 18 years in the licensed premises. This is an offense undes Minn. Stat. �609.685 and Saint Paul Legislative Code 5324.07. If you do not dispute the above facts, and send me a letter to that effect within 5 days, the case will be set before the City Council. You will have a chance to appear and make a statement before the Council as to the proper penalty, if any, to be imposed. If you do dispute the above facts, a hearing will be set before an Administrative Law Judge. At that hearing both you and the City will be able to appear and present witnesses, evidence and cross- examine the other's witnesses. The Council will ultimately decided the case. If this is your choice, please advise my legal assistant, Peter Pangborn, within 5 days, and we will take the necessary steps to set up that ALJ hearing. Ae can be reached at 266-8776. � Page 2 If you have any c7uestions, you may contact me at 266-8710. Sincerely, �� J � a1� Virginia D. Palmer Assistant City Attorney � � w � � � cc: Robert Kessler, Director, LIEP Gary Pechmann, Deputy Director, LIEP Barry Madore, President, Thomas-Dale/Dist. 7 Planning Council, 653 Galtier St., St. Paul, MN 55103 Shem Shakir, Exec. Director, Frogtown Action Alliance, 689 North Dale St., St. Paul, MN 55103 Elin Skinner, Exec. Director, Midway Chamber of Commerce, 1600 University Ave., Suite #4, St. Paul, MN 55104 Dawn Goldschmitz, Exec. Director, Greater Frogtown Community Development Corp., 689 North Dale St., St. Paul, MN 55103 Michael Samuelson, Exec. Director, Thomas-DalefDist. 7 Planning Council, 369 University Ave., St. Pau1, MN 551�3 Johnny Howard, Exec. Director, Thomas Dale Block Club, 689 North Dale St., St. Paul, MN 55103 Irene Rodriguez, Exec. Director, University UNITED, 1600 University Ave., Suite #4, St. Paul, MN 55104 K.D. Steward, President, Rice Marion Residents Assoc., 175 Charles Ave., #236, St. Paul, MI3 55103-2055 �c.-'19�— STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY ss. AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE BY MA,II, JOANNE G. CLEMENTS, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that on June 10, 1996, she served the attached NOTICE OF VIOLATiON on the following named person by placing a true and correct copy thereof in an envelope addressed as follows: Owner Ramsey Financial-GIII Enterprises 577 University Avenue West St. Paul, MN. 55103 (which is the last known address of said person) and depositing the same, with postage prepaid, in the United States mails at St. Paul, Minnesota. Subscri}r.red) and sc�9�'n td before me this l,dth ,E1a�of/dune; ],�96. � ""'"� /' PANGSORN tary L�ll�% 1C N07AftYPUBUC ^.':MMESCiA �"' Mv Comm. Expxe� ._� 31 200 Lic ID ................... 44334 STAT ..................... AC Business Name............ RAMSEY FINANCIAL-GIII ENTERPRISES Address .................. 577 UNIVERSITY AVE W Zip..........•••......... 55103 Doing Business As........ RAMSEY FINANCIAL-GIII ENTERPRISES License Name ............. CIGARETTE Exp Date ................. 03/31/97 Insurance Carrier........ Ins. Policy Number....... Insurance Effective Date. Ins. Expiration Date..... NOTE AREA ................ Tax Id ................... N.A Worker Comp Exp Date..... Telephone ................ 224-3329 Press 'C' to continue, 'P' to print, or 'R' to redisplay.. � �-� q a- Alt-Z FOR HELP° VT102 ° FDX ° 9600 E71 ° LOG CLOSED ° PRINT OFF ° :�1 E�40RA:� D �:�1 May 31, 1996 T0: Bob Kessler Director FROM: Yvonne Chzillet��" ?�tanaee.;�ent .4s � tant v � • � t �� r ° 3 ' Y; JU;� 0 �� _ ..�, ��_ . _ ��, �� ." _` ; _ _ � SLBJECT: Tobacco Compliance Checks °� (, ''lq � On Thursday, May 30, 1996, Kris Schweinler and I conducted tobacco comp]iance checks on 9 establishments. Seven of the 9 businesses sold tobacco products to our decoy,�, for a total cost of �] 6.83. The names of these businesses and their addresses are noted below. � was paid 530.00 for his time and efforzs. Please reimburse Kris for exprnses totaling S46.83. Thank you. Cra]a Foods Tobacco Plus Amoco Station 7rend Bar St. Paul Firearn:c Big Top Liquors Rzinbow Foods Wal¢reen's Cub Foods 5?4 Universiry Avenue W. 575 Universiry Avenue W. I 111 University Avenue W. 1537 University Avenue W. 634 Snellin¢ Avenue N. 1574 University Avenue W. 1566 University Avenue W. 1550 University Avenue W. 1440 University Avenue W. ce: Kris Schweinler Peier Pangbom � Ginger Paimer � � w � � � TOSPGCOCOMPLlAhCECHECKfORM # � DATE �� /�� TtME: ��.� �C� TAXI.O.NUMBER: NAMEaFCOMPLIANCECHECi�R /� �`�-f<'.��' , " � ,jd?M�FFICEFt �l NAMEANO ApDAESS OF LICENSED VENDOR C, /� � ' S%a � .' �r�� ,cG� � �..�J . WAS THETOBACCO — S'cLF SERVE? ASSISTED? � MACHWE? SALE WAS MADE: YES � N0: BRAND: G!J//� NAME OF CtERK: �� ,� . L'�G, '� f/>�t�f J SIX: M �_ F: DESCRIPTION: CHECKABORTED: YES N0: ADDITIONALCOMv1ENT5: /W�tirt� �'K,f—� '�- �! � T �J �� OFFICE OF LKE!�SE. I�SPECTIO�'S 4!:D E?� IRO'��1E?'TaL PROTE('Tl0'. R„p� ri tia�.�.l. �. Dur� r„r °i `- � 9 �, CITY OF S.�I\T P.aLZ Vnrm Cnlrmun. }qcinr �1E140R�:�DL'�I June 6. 1996 TO: PeterPanabo;n Cin .�;;orne� �s O,;:c: FROM Y�onne Ch2illet l/� '�4anagemenc Assi�a�c SLBJECT Tobacco Compliance Checks LO��RY' PROFESSlO�.�L S f,/LD) vG S�orr �t,C� _ Sn ,Sf. P(f�'/ Svrr+ Smnr Pmd. ,M�nnreom SSlri_JSIb 7<�Iq,b.,,�. n/_�:on-w�wi F.....�,��i, n/.:nn-Wiov ni_ :hn-vl=' This is a revision to the memo dated \4ay 31, 1996 regardinQ tobacco compiiance checks Checks were made on the nine estzblishments listed below. Hoti�ever, only se��en of these nine sold tobacco products to our ,:ecoy.�, f or a total cost of �] 6.83. The names of these businesses, their addresses. and ��hether or not they sold products are noted. Vendor'�ame Ga3a Foods Tobacco Plus Arnoco Station Trend Bar St. Paul Firearms Bi2 Top Liquors Rainbow Foods Wal2reen's Cub Foods Address S44 University Ave. W. 575 University Ave. W. 1 I] 1 University Ave. W 1537 L'niversity Ave. W 634 Snelling Ave. N. ]574 University Ave. W. 1566 Univessity Ave. W ] S 50 University Ave. W. ]440 L'niversitv Ave. ��J Sale 11ade Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes '� o l apolo2i2e for the confusion cause� �y my eariier memo. Please call me at ?66-9013 if you have any questions cc Kris Sch��einler