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Mounds View City Council May 23, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 3 Mayor Flaherty inquired if Mr. Chopra would be making any improvements to the façade of the 1 building. Mr. Chopra indicated he would be adding a sign to the exterior of the building. He 2 believed the building was in good condition and met all City requirements. 3 4 Mayor Flaherty asked if the whole building would be used for a liquor store. Mr. Chopra 5 commented only the SNAP Market side of the building would be used as a liquor store. 6 7 Mayor Flaherty questioned if the coolers on site had been inspected. Mr. Chopra reported the 8 existing coolers had been inspected and were operational. He noted he would be bringing in 9 additional coolers. 10 11 Mayor Flaherty inquired if Mr. Chopra would be carding all patrons and asked if he would be 12 providing training for his employees. Mr. Chopra stated this was State law. He indicated his 13 business would have a card reader system to ensure no sales to minors occurred. 14 15 Mayor Flaherty asked how Mr. Chopra would deal with the surrounding neighbors. Mr. Chopra 16 did not believe the liquor store would be bad for the neighborhood. He explained no illegal items 17 would be sold from the property and noted the store would be closed by 10:00 p.m. each night. 18 He stated he has owned his liquor store in Brooklyn Park for the past eight years. 19 20 Council Member Mueller questioned how Mr. Chopra would manage the trash and recycling on 21 the property. Mr. Chopra reported deliveries would only occur two or three times per week. He 22 anticipated all material would fit into the trash receptacle behind the building and would be 23 removed weekly. 24 25 Council Member Mueller inquired if there was a fence at the rear property line to screen the 26 business use from the adjacent residential neighborhood. Mr. Punjani, the property owner, 27 discussed the location of the garbage receptacles and noted it was completely fenced. 28 29 Council Member Mueller asked when deliveries would be made. Mr. Chopra stated deliveries at 30 his Brooklyn Park location were made between 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 31 32 Council Member Mueller commented she did not want to see loitering in front of this building 33 and questioned how Mr. Chopra would address this concern. Mr. Chopra explained his property 34 would have cameras at the front of the building to assist with addressing this issue. 35 36 Council Member Meehlhause inquired why Mounds View was being considered for another 37 liquor store versus a larger community. Mr. Chopra understood Mounds View already had three 38 liquor stores, but believed this was a good market and location. 39 40 Mayor Flaherty explained the Council had made requests of the applicant in order for his request 41 to be considered. He stated there was nothing in the City’s zoning law that would prevent a 42 liquor store from being located on this property. He discussed the history of this site and stated 43 he wanted to see this vacant property put to use. He was not convinced that having a liquor store 44 adjacent to a neighborhood would be a concern, given the current location of Vino & Stogies and 45