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<br />Item No: 07B <br />Meeting Date: September 28, 2015 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Resolution 8458, Approving an Off-Sale <br />Intoxicating License Transfer from Menbe, Inc. (doing business <br />as ABC Liquor) to M.D. Liquors 2, Inc., (doing business as M.D <br />Liquors) located at 2840 County Road 10 <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />In accordance with Chapter 502 of the Mounds View City Code, a public hearing is required <br />for all liquor license transfers. M.D. Liquors 2, Inc., has a purchase agreement with Menbe, <br />Inc. to purchase ABC Liquor, located at 2840 County Road 10. Menbe, Inc., is requesting to <br />transfer their Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License to M.D. Liquors 2, Inc. It is the intention of <br />M.D. Liquors 2, Inc., to purchase the property on or about the end of September. Mark <br />Gettinger, CEO of M.D. Liquors 2, Inc., will be appearing at this City Council meeting to <br />answer any questions. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />M.D. Liquors 2, Inc., submitted all required city liquor license application materials and fees. <br />The following investigations and inspections have been conducted to determine whether there <br />is cause for the City to deny the application: <br /> <br />Police Inquiry and Investigations (Mounds View Police Department) <br />Staff submitted a background check application to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal <br />Apprehension (BCA) on CEO Matt Gettinger. In addition, the City has submitted a <br />background check on M.D. Liquors 2, Inc., in accordance with the City Liquor Code. Staff <br />has not received any reports. This license is contingent on satisfactory background checks. <br /> <br />City Billing (Mounds View Finance Department) <br />ABC Liquor is up to date on payment of all utility bills. However, it has come to Staff’s <br />attention that ABC Liquor has two outstanding invoices for false security alarms charges: <br />one from October 2014 for $50.00 and another from January 2015 for $75.00. This license <br />will be contingent on payment full payment on the false alarm charges. <br /> <br />There are no outstanding property taxes. <br /> <br />Fire Inspection (Mounds View Fire Marshal) <br />It is the intention of M.D. Liquors 2, Inc., to clean-up and update the appearance of the current <br />ABC Liquor site. In addition, M.D. Liquors 2, Inc., will be renaming the business as M.D. <br />Liquors. Before they open, they would be required to have a fire inspection. This license will <br />be contingent on a satisfactory fire inspection from the Fire Marshal.