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Item No: 11 <br />Meeting Date: August 4, 2008 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />Administrator Review: ___ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk - Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Temporary Closing Time for On-Sale Intoxicating and <br />On-Sale 3.2 Malt Liquor License Establishments <br />during the Republican Convention <br /> <br />The Minnesota Legislature passed special and temporary legislation allowing local <br />licensing jurisdictions to issue special permits for serving alcohol until 4 a.m., each day <br />during the Republican National Convention (September 1 – 4, 2008) to holders of an <br />existing On-sale intoxicating liquor or On-Sale 3.2 malt liquor license. Below is the special <br />legislation that was passed in May, 2008: <br /> <br />SFNo. 3672 Sec. 6. TEMPORARY CLOSING TIME. <br /> <br />During the 2008 Republican National Convention, licensing jurisdictions <br />that lie fully or partially within the seven-county metropolitan area may at <br />their discretion issue special permits for service of alcohol through <br />extended hours lasting until 4:00 a.m. each day. This section is subject to <br />the following conditions: <br /> <br /> (1) only holders of an existing on-sale intoxicating liquor license or <br />a 3.2 malt liquor license are eligible for later closing hours; <br /> <br /> (2) later closing hours apply only during the period from 12:00 p.m. <br />on August 31, 2008, through 4:00 a.m. on September 5, 2008; <br /> <br /> (3) local licensing jurisdictions issuing special permits to operate <br />with extended hours during these days, may charge a fee up to but not to <br />exceed $2,500 for such a permit. In the process of issuing a permit under <br />this section, the licensing jurisdiction may limit approval to specified <br />geographic, zoning, or license classifications within its jurisdiction, or to <br />specific days within the time period described in clause (2); and <br /> <br /> (4) this section is repealed as of 4:01 a.m. on September 5, 2008. <br /> <br />The Mermaid contacted Staff this morning, and made a request to say open until 4 a.m., <br />during the Republican National Convention. Staff contacted area businesses with an <br />On-Sale Intoxicating Liquor or an On-Sale 3.2 Malt Liquor. Moe’s (On-Sale Intoxicating <br />Liquor) and Taiko Sushi Bar (On-Sale 3.2 Malt Liquor License), did not want to stay <br />open until 4am. Both businesses felt that they were too far away from the convention <br />for them to benefit. Staff is still waiting to hear back from Totino’s (On-Sale Intoxicating <br />Liquor), and Robert’s Sports Bar and Entertainment (On-Sale Intoxicating Liquor).