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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 20, 2017 REVISE The City Administrator stated that the Council adopted provisions for the CONDITIONS Hoggsbreath as part of their liquor license, and there were still a few AND REQUEST things to work out. He stated that the owners have requested to reduce the FROM outside security personnel from two to one from November through HOGGSBREATH March, along with requesting that music inside be allowed to continue 15 OWNERS minutes longer, until 1:45am. Tom Duray, owner of the Hoggsbreath, stated that he met with City Staff recently to go over the final conditions of what would be happening during the week. He explained that they will be doing the same things during the week except security staff will be reduced since there is less business during the weekdays. They are considering reducing the nights of having a DJ since business has dropped off quite a bit. They have been operating under the agreed conditions for about five months now and he feels they are doing a good job. Mr. Duray noted that since they changed the music format, they are doing about half the amount of business on the weekends now. He reported that the amount of customers is lower so only the main parking lot is being used, so one security guard plus the police officer can manage the one lot. Rich Clark, Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, stated that there have been no significant calls for service at the Hoggsbreath in the last 30 days. Mr. Duray stated that they have installed Plexiglas around the patio to help reduce the noise for the adjacent neighborhood. He explained that they initially thought they could keep customers longer after the music ended at 1:30am, but have found that they are leaving as soon as the music ends. He stated that they are requesting to be allowed to keep the music on inside for an additional 15 minutes, until 1:45am. He noted they would still shut it off outside at 1:30am. He explained that since there are a lot fewer customers, there have not been the same problems with the crowds exiting all at once. Fischer asked about the incident that occurred when the video was needed by the Sheriff's Department but the video had been erased. He noted that one of the conditions was that video be maintained for at least 10 days. Mr. Duray stated that the request from the Sheriffs Department was four or five days after the incident, but the hard drive fills up and does not record as much as it should be. He explained that their video system is 15- 20 years old, so even though everything stills works fine, the recording system technology is not as good as it is now. He stated that the new hard drive is being installed tomorrow. McGraw questioned why the recording did not occur, and why Mr. Duray did not address the lack of ability to record for 10 days much sooner. Fischer stated that he has no problem with playing music for 15 minutes