01-25-2012 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA JANUARY 25, 2012 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 25th day of January, 2012 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Bill Blesener called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Mr. Bill Blesener Council Member Ms. Shelly Boss Council Member Mr. John Keis Council Member Mr. Mike McGraw Council Member Mr. Rick Montour ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Mr. Joel R. Hanson City Attorney Mr. Trevor Oliver City Clerk Ms. Kathy Glanzer TOBACCO Mayor Blesener opened the workshop meeting to review the City ORDINANCE Attorney's January 25, 2012 report relative to the City's Tobacco Ordinance. The City Attorney presented his report noting there are two separate issues addressed in the report: Two Tiered Licensing System and Tobacco Store License. Within the topic of a Tobacco Store License, the two primary issues to be addressed relate to sampling and limitation of total product display area for tobacco-related products. The City Attorney reported that he does not have a specific recommendation relating to the issue of sampling. Based on his research of the sampling issue, the leading approaches either expand the indoor smoking ban to eliminate the exemption altogether, attempt to eliminate some of the methods of generating revenue from sampling, or do nothing. He reviewed in detail these approaches as outlined in his report. With regard to the issue of limiting the shelf space for tobacco - related products, the City Attorney noted that the initial proposal discussed by the Council was to limit this shelf space to 15 %. The Attorney felt that may be too restrictive and after looking at a number of ordinances and tobacco