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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 5, 1991 8 The property owner then requested that some of those findings be amended. In July of 1991 the court amended two of the findings by deleting them and added "The present zoning is not consistent with the 1979 comp plan which was in effect in 1987 when this application was being reviewed and the City failed to state any reasons for not following the 1979 plan". The City Attorney noted this particular case was handled by then City Attorney Carlson and he (Fills) had not reviewed the transcript of the trial. Filla added there was no chance of appeal because of the lapse of time, but believes the process will start all over with an application by this property owner in the future, but not until they find out what is going to happen with the current proposal to amend the comp plan. B. Liquor Ordinance Amendment The City Attorney was asked to review the city's liquor regulations because they were somewhat outdated and there was a request from Guardian Angels Church to sell intoxicating liquor on a temporary event basis. Under the city's current regulations, this is not possible because we do not allow for temporary intoxicating liquor licenses. The State allows us to do this, but our current regulations are more restrictive. Filla's comments, suggestions and remarks are offered in his letter dated November 5, 1991. The Council directed the city staff to take comments from the City Attorney's letter dated November 5, 1991 and bring our liquor ordinance more in line with the state law. 9. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: This item was postponed to the November 12th Council meeting. 10. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT• A. Charitable Gambling at VFW, Resolution No. 91-36 M/S/P Dick Johnson/Mayor Johnson - to adopt Resolution No. 91-36 approving the Premises Permit Application for Charitable Gambling located at the Lake Elmo Post 5725 VFW. (Motion carried 3-1: Mottaz: He's not in favor of expanding any gambling operations in the State of Minnesota). Councilman Williams explained he was generally not in favor of expanding gambling in the City, but voted in favor of this motion because he feels the VFW is a very worthwhile organization for the City and they depend to a great extent on this operation for their survival.