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Item No. 07C Type of Business: PH & CB Meeting Date: June 22, 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: Continued 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. This license renewal was originally scheduled for June 8, 2009; however, the City Council continued the Public Hearing to this meeting due to the lack of fire inspection and delinquent property taxes. All application materials are complete and fees have been paid for this license. 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 not received the background check from the Minnesota Department of Criminal Apprehension. This 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. The City Council may approve this liquor license contingent on payment of their utility bill and property taxes, or the City Council may deny renewal in accordance with Section 502.04(b). Please be advised that this is not the first time they have been delinquent with their utility bills and property taxes. Attached are the Minutes relating to their last liquor license renewal on June 9, 2008.