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Mounds View City Council June 28, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 8 meeting given the fact the establishment’s liquor license was two days away from lapsing. 1 Assistant City Administrator Crane indicated the City has made every effort to be on contact with 2 the owner. 3 4 Council Member Gunn explained the failed fire inspection could not go unnoticed, along with 5 the lapsed monitoring service. She stated this would create a great fire hazard to the neighboring 6 properties. Council Member Gunn was not in favor of renewing the liquor license given the 7 current issues and the applicant’s complete disregard to follow the City’s rules and regulations. 8 9 Mayor Flaherty indicated he has always given this organization the benefit of the doubt, and 10 understood the liquor license was crucial for the operation of this business. However, Robert’s 11 has not demonstrated any effort to complete a satisfactory fire inspection, which was necessary to 12 keep the business viable. He explained he was willing to go to the July 22nd deadline if Robert’s 13 corrected the fire inspection and paid the outstanding dues. After July 22nd the liquor license 14 would lapse. 15 16 Council Member Mueller asked if a new fire monitoring company could have been hired by 17 Robert’s. Assistant City Administrator Crane stated this could be the case, but the fire 18 monitoring contracts have lapsed in the past. 19 20 Council Member Mueller explained she would be in favor of allowing Robert’s time to come 21 into compliance by July 22nd. 22 23 City Administrator Ericson stated if the Council was willing to extend the license to July 22nd, 24 the Council was effectively approving the liquor license for a year. The Council would then have 25 to go through the entire revocation process after July 22nd. He recommended the issues be 26 addressed at this time. If the Council were to take no action at this time, the current license 27 would lapse on June 30, 2010. 28 29 City Attorney Riggs indicated the Council did not have the right to extend the current license as 30 it would lapse. He explained the applicant should have been present at tonight’s meeting to 31 address the Council’s concerns. The Council had the right to shut down the business due to the 32 fire, health and safety risks found by the Fire Marshal. 33 34 City Attorney Riggs added that the outstanding fines also need to be addressed before Council 35 could approve a liquor license. He suggested the Council have the applicant present at the July 36 12th meeting for questioning to assure the concerns at hand are addressed. 37 38 Council Member Mueller stated it was unfortunate the Council had to come to this decision. She 39 questioned if the Fire Marshal could reexamine the site before the July 12th meeting. Community 40 Development Director Roberts stated this would be done. 41 42 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Adopt Resolution 7625, approving an On Sale 43 Intoxicating Liquor License Renewal for Robert’s Sports Bar and Entertainment located at 2400 44 County Road H2 with the understanding the current issues (fire, health and safety concerns, and 45