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Mounds View City Council November 14, 2011 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:15 p.m. 2 3 Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:15 p.m. 4 5 Council Member Gunn questioned Item 3 on Page 6, and asked if a convenience store would 6 qualify for sampling. City Administrator Ericson stated Walgreens, SuperAmerica or Holiday, 7 which also have a food license, would not be allowed to sample tobacco onsite. 8 9 Council Member Hull asked if Vino & Stogies could sell their business to another tobacco seller. 10 City Administrator Ericson indicated this would be possible and the same terms within the City’s 11 Ordinance would apply. 12 13 Council Member Mueller expressed confusion with how the sampling of tobacco was allowed as 14 it read in the Ordinance. City Administrator Ericson reviewed the language further stating 15 sampling was prohibited at all tobacco establishments, except if they meet the four stated 16 conditions. He explained this language was separate within the Code in case the State was to 17 change the regulations, the City could easily change this one section. 18 19 Mayor Flaherty commented how the proximity regulations would affect current businesses. City 20 Administrator Ericson stated the proximity language would only affect new tobacco licenses and 21 all current tobacco sales would continue in their current establishments. 22 23 Mayor Flaherty asked if the hours of sales should be further reviewed. He requested the sales be 24 allowed from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. 25 26 Fayez Gieth, Tobacco View, explained he understood the City’s new regulations and thanked the 27 Council for thoroughly reviewing the information. 28 29 Council Member Mueller summarized the regulations within the Ordinance, noting tobacco 30 would not be sold to minors under the age of 18 and reviewed the hours of operation. 31 32 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Gunn. To Waive the First Reading and Introduce Ordinance 865, 33 an Ordinance Regulating the Possession, Sale and Consumption of Tobacco and Tobacco 34 Related Devices and Products within the City of Mounds View. 35 36 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 37 38 C. 7:15 p.m. Public Hearing, First Reading on Ordinance 866, an Ordinance 39 Amending Title 900 by Deleting Chapter 901 of the City Code Pertaining to 40 the Snow and Ice Control Policy. 41 42 Public Works Director DeBar stated the Council adopted Ordinance 451 in 1998 and Chapter 43 901 regulated Snow and Ice Control. Since that time, Mounds View began snow plowing 44 operations throughout the City in house. Staff recommends removing the policy from City Code. 45