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Mounds View City Council March 12, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 7 1 2 Mayor Mueller indicated there would be a Festival in the Park Committee meeting on Tuesday, 3 March 20th at 7:00 p.m. in the conference room at City Hall. She reported the 601h Anniversary 4 Committee was stili seeking volunteers and would be meeting next on Wednesday, March 10h 5 6 Mayor Mueller stated she attended a North Metro Mayor's meeting last Wednesday and noted the 7 group discussed the MnPASS lanes being proposed for I -35W. She thanked Council Member 8 Gunn for her service on the I -35W Coalition. 9 10 B. Reports of Staff. 11 12 City Planner/Supervisor Sevald updated the Council on the liquor ordinance, front porch 13 ordinance, Crossroad Pointe and community engagement. He asked if the Council wanted to 14 address the liquor ordinance and if they supported a liquor store collocating with another 15 business. 16 17 Council Member Gunn stated she did not support the proposed 500 -foot setback requirement for 18 liquor stores. She noted she supported the City have four liquor licenses in Mounds View. 19 20 Council Member Meehihause agreed with Council Member Gunn. He did not recommend any 21 changes be made to the present Ordinance as it would tie the City's hands. He stated he could 22 support the City setting a limit of four or five liquor licenses. He indicated he could support a 23 convenience store having a liquor license so long as there was a separation between the uses. He 24 suggested liquor licenses be limited to the B-3 zoning district. 25 26 Council Member Bergeron stated he was not concerned with setting a limit on the number of 27 liquor stores allowed in the City. However, he did support the City requiring a barrier between 28 uses. He indicated he was not in favor of changing the buffering the City already had in place. 29 30 Council Member Hull commented he did not recommend any changes be made to the liquor 31 ordinance. He explained he did not see any reason for the City to have more than three liquor 32 licenses. He feared if the City had four or five, the existing liquor stores would be hurt. He 33 stated he agreed a barrier should be put in place. 34 35 Mayor Mueller indicated when she first moved to Mounds View the City had seven liquor stores. 36 However, after changes in the community, the market dictated who would survive and who 37 would not. She recommended that the City allow for four or five liquor licenses. She explained 38 she did not support the City getting tighter on their setback requirements, in case a brewery was 39 to move into Mounds View and would want to sell growlers. She stated she wanted to see the 40 City remain open to new business opportunities. She supported a separate entrance or barrier be 41 in place for businesses hoping to add liquor sales in Mounds View. 42 43 Mayor Mueller asked if other cities were utilizing population counts to dictate the number of 44 liquor licenses within their community. City Planner/Supervisor Sevald stated he was not certain 45 and commented every city had different regulations.