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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 6, 2013 DRAFT 4 The council had reviewed the plan over the past month an d concurred that it should be 134 added to the next regular council meeting agenda for approval. 135 136 4. Off –Sale Liquor Licensing – City Clerk Bartell noted there is some new information 137 in the staff reported provided by Community Development Director Grochal a in response 138 to the council’s direction to look at the possibility of limited off -sale licenses but also 139 provide for an exempt zone(s). Mr. Grochal a noted that he spoke with the c it y a ttorney 140 about how an ordinance could be drafted that would provide for exemptions. His 141 recommendation was to limit additional licenses within the geographic area where the 142 city se es there are enough licenses. The city could even authorize a lesser number of 143 licenses within the zone so if a store was closed that license wou ldn’t be eligible for 144 replacement. Council members expressed concern about regulations that would create an 145 unfair field and noted that the Economic Development Advisory Committee 146 recommend ed no change to the regulations. 147 148 The council concurred that th ey would not consider a change to the current off -sale 149 regulations at this time but will anticipate a review of the situation each year. 150 151 Review Regular Agenda of May 13, 2013 – The council received a brief explanation of 152 each agenda item. There were no changes to the regular Council agenda. 153 154 The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. 155 156 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on 157 May 28, 2013 . 158 159 160 161 162 Julianne Bartell, City Clerk Jeff Reinert , M ayor 163 164