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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 20, 2005 <br />APPROVED <br />• 1 <br />2 <br />3 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />4 MINUTES <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 DATE : April 20, 2005 <br />9 TIME STARTED : 5:35 p.m. <br />10 TIME ENDED : 10:00 p.m. <br />11 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, Dahl, Reinert, <br />12 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson <br />13 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Engineer, Jim <br />17 Studenski; Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia (part); Community Development Coordinator, <br />18 Mary Alice Divine (part); and City Clerk, Ann Blair (part) <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 REQUEST FOR 2 A.M. CLOSING FOR ON -SALE LIQUOR <br />22 ESTABLISHMENTS, ANN BLAIR <br />• 23 <br />24 City Clerk Blair advised at the August 5, 2003 Work Session, the City Council <br />25 considered the issue of bar closing hours. This was in response to the July 1, 2003 state <br />26 legislature's change making it possible for on -sale liquor establishments to stay open <br />27 until 2 a.m., provided the City's ordinance allows this. <br />28 <br />29 City Clerk Blair stated the opinion of City staff at that time was that there was no hurry to <br />30 adopt a 2 a.m. policy, and there was an interest in determining whether or not this created <br />31 additional problems for other communities. The Council expressed a willingness to <br />32 consider the matter further in the future. <br />33 <br />34 City Clerk Blair stated Mr. Chad Wagner, Miller's on Main, contacted the City recently <br />35 to request that the Council consider an ordinance change to allow for the 2 a.m. closing, <br />36 and stated other establishments in the City support this request also. He stated he felt <br />37 Lino Lakes establishments were losing business due to the current restriction on hours. <br />38 <br />39 City Clerk Blair indicated that following this request, she received a copy of a letter dated <br />40 April 12, 2005, requesting this change from Chad Wagner of Miller's on Main, Tom Katt <br />41 of Red Oak Steaks & Wine, and Jeff Moore, of Trapper's Bar and Grill. <br />42 <br />43 City Clerk Blair reviewed the surrounding communities' bar closing times noting that <br />44 most of the nearby communities have now predominantly chosen to allow for a 2 a.m. <br />45 closing time. <br />46 <br />• 47 City Clerk Blair advised if the Council wishes to consider a 2 a.m. closing, a very minor <br />48 change to the existing ordinance would be required and this could be brought forth in <br />