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Item No: 07A <br />Meeting Date: May 23, 2016 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Resolution 8580, a Resolution to Consider an <br />Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License for Keshav Enterprises, <br />Inc., Located at 2408 County Road I <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />In accordance with Chapter 502 of the Mounds View City Code, a public hearing is required <br />for all liquor licenses. Keshav Enterprises, Inc., is requesting an Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor <br />License located at 2408 County Road I (former SNAP Market). <br /> <br />On March 28, 2016, the City Council considered a liquor license for Keshav Enterprises, Inc. <br />The City Council denied approval of the license because the property was delinquent in their <br />property taxes. In accordance with the City’s Liquor Code: <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Places Ineligible for License: <br />a. No intoxicating liquor or wine license shall be granted for operation on <br />any premises on which taxes, assessments, utility bills or other financial <br />claims of the City are delinquent or unpaid. (Amended, Ord. 843, 5-20-10) <br /> <br />Mr. Ankur Chopra of Keshav Enterprises, Inc., will be appearing at this City Council meeting <br />to answer any questions. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Mr. Ankur Chopra of Keshav Enterprises, Inc., submitted all required city liquor license <br />application materials and fees. Staff has not received a Certificate of Liability Insurance. <br />This license would be contingent in receiving this certificate. The following investigations and <br />inspections have been conducted to determine whether there is cause for the City to deny the <br />application: <br /> <br />Police Inquiry and Investigations (Mounds View Police Department) <br />Staff submitted a background check application to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal <br />Apprehension (BCA) on Ankur Chopra. In addition, the City has submitted a background <br />check on Keshav Enterprises, Inc., in accordance with the City Liquor Code. All background <br />checks have been received and are satisfactory. <br /> <br />Applicant owns a liquor store in Brooklyn Park called City Liquors. Staff contacted the City of <br />Brooklyn Park and there were two violations on record: 2009: Sale to a minor; 2010: Sale of <br />a minor.