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Item No. 07B Type of Business: PH & CB Meeting Date: June 11, 2007 City Administrator Review: ______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant to the City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing to Consider Resolution 7092, a Resolution Approving An Intoxicating Liquor Business License (Off-Sale) for Vino & Stogies located at 2345 County Road H2 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 Vino & Stogies in June of 2006, and their renewal is before the Council for consideration. Vino & Stogies Intoxicating Liquor License will expire June 30, 2007. 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 Mounds View/New Brighton Bulletin. Vino & Stogies has submitted their city liquor license application materials and the applicable fees. The following investigations and inspections have been conducted to determine whether there is cause for the City to deny any of the above referenced intoxicating liquor license application: Police Inquiry and Investigations (Mounds View Police Department) There was incident at Vino & Stogies. Please refer to the Police Chief’s memo for more information. Utility Billing Inquiry (City of Mounds View) The Finance Department states that the establishment owes money on their utility bill. This liquor license will not be issued until payment is made on the utility bill. The utility bill payment was due on May 31st. Fire Inspection (City of Mounds View Fire Marshal) The City’s Fire Marshal has not inspected Vino & Stogies and this liquor license will not issued until a satisfactory report from the Mounds View Fire Marshal is issued. Recommendation Staff recommends opening the Public Hearing for Public Comment. If the City Council does decide to approve this liquor license, then this license will not be issued until utility bill payment has been made and a satisfactory fire inspection has been done. The time period for this license will be July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Respectfully Submitted, Desaree Crane