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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 6, 2003 APPROVED 1 establishment would not be open until 2:00 a.m. every night, but he would like the option 2 of staying open an extra hour. 3 4 City Administrator Waite Smith advised if the ordinance were amended there would be a 5 public hearing. The two issues from the Staffs perspective are the impact on the 6 surrounding neighborhoods and public safety. 7 8 Chief Pecchia stated the intent of the change was to accentuate the ability to attract 9 conventions in the metro area. Local law enforcement will not see any additional dollars 10 for enforcement. He stated that from a public safety aspect, allowing bars to remain open 11 until 2:00 a.m. is not a good idea. 12 13 Mr. Wagner stated the issues the City of Spring Lake Park had were scheduling of 14 officers and the financial impact. 15 16 Councilmember Carlson stated she would like to hear from other bar owners and citizens 17 regarding this issue. 18 19 Acting Mayor Reinert stated he is not crazy about the idea of bars staying open another 20 hour. He suggested the bars stay open until 2:00 a.m. but not serve alcohol. He did 21 indicate he is willing to look into the request further. 22 23 Councilmember Dahl stated there is a lot of controversy about this issue. She stated that 24 if she were voting now she would vote no to the request. 25 26 Council directed staff to add this item to the Council work session agenda September 3, 27 2003, 5:30 p.m. 28 29 PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR CITY PROPERTY (VILLAGE), MICHAEL 30 GROCHALA, MARY DIVINE 31 32 Community Development Director Grochala distributed a copy of a purchase agreement 33 from Hartford Group. The Hartford Group has submitted a purchase agreement on the 34 11.2 acre of City owned property for the Village area. He stated staff is not requesting 35 any action at this point. He asked the Council to review the purchase agreement for 36 further discussion at the next Council work session. 37 38 Community Development Director Grochala reviewed the contingencies of the agreement 39 noting City assistance will be necessary in the form of TIF (Tax Increment Financing), 40 tax abatement, land contribution or other financial incentives. 41 42 The City Attorney has briefly reviewed the purchase agreement and requested some 43 minor changes. The City Attorney will continue to review the agreement and make any 44 necessary modifications. 45 46 This item will be on the Council work session agenda August 20, 2003, 5:30 p.m. 47 48 ELM STREET ACCESS, COUNCILMEMBER CARLSON