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~5 I~ILNUTES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL 1•ZEETING FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA NOVEMBER 1, 1973 A special meeting of the Falcon Heights Village Council was called to order by P?ayor Warkentien at 7:30 P.M. Mayor Warkentien, Councilmen Black, Ecklund, and Stone, PRESENT and Councilwoman Stocker. Also present were Clerk-Ad- ministrator Barnes and Attorney Kenefick. None . ABSEP~T ?Mayor Warkentien stated that the special meeting had been DISCUSSION OF LIQt10R ISSiTE called for discussion of the split liquor issue and to answer azzestions presented at the last regular meeting of the Village Council. He stated that a petition for placing the split liquor issue on the ballot had been checked and it was found that ~1~ of the 200 p eonle who had signed the petition were qualified, registered voters. Under the circumstances, a special election must b e h e1d for approval of the issuance of on-sale liquor licenses by the voters of the Village of Falcon Heights. Attorney Kenefick stated that he had received a copy of the questions raised at the last meeting and that he had looked into them as instructed by the Council, and gave a brief summary of the liquor issue in the Village of Falcon Heights. Before 1971, the Village of Falcon Heights was not able to issue any liquor license because of its close proximity to the University of Minnesota, (liquor could not be sold within 1 mile of the School of Agriculture) and the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, (liquor could not be sold within ~ mile of the fairgrounds) . Legislation was passed in 1969, that any municipality owning or operating a Municipal Liquor Store as of Tune 30, 1969, became eligible to issue on-sale liquor licenses if liquor would be served with food, subject to voter approval. Falcon Heights did not own or operate a liquor store on that date and so was not affected by the change in the law. In 1971, a statutory amendment waived previous res- trictions on the sale of liquor within the Village of Falcon Heights. The Village Council took action and voted to establish and op crate a municipal retail liquor store. Bonds were sold and an ordinance estab- lished to regulate the op eration of the Municipal Liquor Store. In 1973, the Split Liquor Law was amended, which allows municipalities operating a municipal liquor off -sale store to issue on-sale liquor licenses, in those municipalities which prohibited the sale of liquor as of <Tune 30, 1969. The licenses only per- ATTORNEY KENEFICK~S PRE SEIQTATIO°1