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Item No: 09G(2) <br />Meeting Date: May 22,2017 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing: Resolution 8761, a Resolution to Consider <br />an Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License Renewal for Merwin <br />Liquors, Located at 2577 Mounds View Boulevard <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />In accordance with Chapter 502 of the Mounds View City Code, a public hearing is required for all <br />liquor license renewals. The City of Mounds View issued an intoxicating liquor license for Merwin <br />Liquors effective September 27, 2016, and their renewal is before the City Council for consideration. <br /> Merwin Liquors’ Intoxicating Liquor License will expire June 30, 2017. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The notice of this public hearing was sent out to residences within a 350 feet radius, and the Notice <br />of Public Hearing was published in the City’s official newspaper. Merwin Liquors has submitted their <br />city liquor license application materials and the applicable fees. Property taxes on this property are <br />current. <br /> <br />The following investigations and inspections have been conducted to determine whether there is <br />cause for the City to deny the above referenced intoxicating liquor license application: <br /> <br />Police Inquiry and Investigations (Mounds View Police Department) <br />Merwin Liquors has a satisfactory criminal background check. However, on December 22, 2016, an <br />employee at Merwin Liquors sold liquor to a minor during an alcohol compliance check. The owner <br />of Merwin Liquors informed the City that the employee was terminated immediately for selling liquor <br />to a minor. This is their first violation. <br /> <br /> Utility Billing Inquiry (City of Mounds View) <br />The Finance Department has issued a satisfactory report. <br /> <br />Fire Inspection (City of Mounds View Fire Marshal) <br />All checks are satisfactory. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the City Council open the Public Hearing for public input. If this renewal is <br />approved, the time period of this license will be July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />________________________ <br />Desaree Crane <br /> <br /> <br />