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UNAPPROVED Page 5 June 22, 1998 Mounds View City Council are in the process of advertising the business for sale. Duong asked that the City Council renew his license to give him the necessary time to sell his business. Chief Ramacher told the Council that Murzyns has successfully passed a police sting operation that was staged to see if Murzyn's Liquor Store would sell cigarettes to minors. He added that Murzyns has installed a closed-circuit video system to try to document the situations that are taking place at the store. Ms. Duong does not know how to operate the video equipment. The Chief added that it would be his recommendation, based on the facts,that the renewal of the license for an Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License not be renewed. Attorney Long outlined the City Council's options in dealing with the matter as follows: 1. Act to renew the license and see what the outcome of court action will be on the pending cases 2. Act to not renew the license based on the information and testimony heard at the evening's meeting Jerry Linke, 2319 Knoll Drive, stated there is a third option. The third option being renewal contingent upon certain conditions of operation that would be established by the City Council. This contingency basis would give the Duongs the chance to sell their business before the June 30, 1998 expiration of their license. Attorney Long stated, in regards to the sale of the Murzyn Liquor Store, that liquor licenses in the City are not transferable. The new liquor license applicant would have to come in and apply for the license on his or her own merit. Arthur Jordan, spoke in favor of giving the Duongs an opportunity to try to operate the business without his wife, Rose Marie, being employed as the clerk. He suggested that Mr. Duong hire somebody that was familiar with working as a clerk in a liquor store. Koopmeiners closed the public hearing,and opened the Council Meeting. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Koopmeiners to approve the recommendation of the City Attorney, to prepare the resolution to deny renewal of the Off-Sale Liquor license for Murzyn's Liquor- 2740 Highway 10. Quick told the Council that he was sympathetic to the applicants situation, but he felt there had been no lessons learned from the educational efforts of the Police Department. The City would be "playing Russian roulette with the lives of the youth in the City if the license was renewed."