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Item No: 07B3 Meeting Date: May 13, 2013 Type of Business: CB Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Resolution 8098, a Resolution to Consider an Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License Renewal for Vino & Stogies, located at 2345 County Road H2 Introduction: In accordance with Chapter 502 of the Mounds View City Code, a public hearing is required for all liquor license renewals. The City of Mounds View issued an intoxicating liquor license for Vino & Stogies effective July 1, 2012, and their renewal is before the City Council for consideration. Vino & Stogies’ Intoxicating Liquor License will expire June 30, 2013. Discussion: The notice of this public hearing was sent out to residences within a 350 feet radius, and the Notice of Public Hearing was published in the City’s official newspaper. Property taxes are not current on this property. According to the Ramsey County Property Tax website, Vino & Stogies are delinquent for 2012 taxes in the amount of $9,476.16. The owner of Vino & Stogies, Robert Waste, Jr., will be present at this City Council Meeting to discuss his plan to pay the delinquent taxes. Vino & Stogies has submitted their city liquor license application materials and the applicable fees. The deadline for submitting liquor license applications and fees was on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The following investigations and inspections have been conducted to determine whether there is cause for the City to deny the above referenced intoxicating liquor license application: Police Inquiry and Investigations (Mounds View Police Department) The Mounds View Police Department is currently planning a compliance check operation before the expiration of this license. Staff recommends this license renewal be contingent on a satisfactory report from the Mounds View Police Department. Staff has submitted a criminal background check to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and has not received the criminal background check. This liquor license renewal will be contingent on a satisfactory background check. Utility Billing Inquiry (City of Mounds View) The Finance Department has issued a satisfactory report for Vino & Stogies.