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Item No. 07H Type of Business: PH & CB Meeting Date: June 8, 2009 City Administrator Review: ______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk- Administrator Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Resolution 7461, a Resolution to Consider An On-Sale Intoxicating Liquor Business License for The Mermaid located at 2200 Highway 10 In accordance with Section 502.08 of the Mounds View City Code, a public hearing is required for all liquor license renewals. 502.08: LICENSE HEARING: No issuance of a new license, transfer of an existing license, renewal of an existing license, issuance of temporary special event or banquet licenses, or special outdoor consumption endorsements for the sale of intoxicating liquor on-sale or off-sale, club, Sunday sales or on-sale wine shall be hereafter granted by the Council until a public hearing has been conducted by the Council after published notice in the official newspaper at least ten (10) days in advance of the hearing. The City of Mounds View issued an intoxicating liquor license for The Mermaid in June of 2008, and their renewal is before the Council for consideration. The Mermaid Intoxicating Liquor License will expire June 30, 2009. The Mermaid has submitted their city liquor license application materials and the applicable fees. However, The Mermaid has not submitted their liquor liability insurance to the City. Their liquor license would be contingent on receiving a Certificate of Liability Insurance. 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. 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 has issued a satisfactory report for The Mermaid. Staff has submitted a background check application on the owner of The Mermaid to the Minnesota Department of Criminal Apprehension. Staff has not yet received the background report. The liquor license will be contingent on a satisfactory background check. The Mermaid did pass their yearly compliance check with the Mounds View Police Department. Utility Billing Inquiry (City of Mounds View) The Finance Department states that the establishment owes money on their utility bill ($2,028.55). In addition, Ramsey County Property Records show that The Mermaid continues to be delinquent in their property taxes for 2008 and half of 2009. In accordance with §502.04, subd. 2(b), no intoxicating liquor license shall be granted for operation on any premises on which taxes, assessments, utility bills or other financial claims of the Municipality are delinquent or unpaid.