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Item No. 07C 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 7094, a Resolution Approving An Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor Business License for Big Top Liquor located at 2577 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. The City of Mounds View issued an intoxicating liquor license for Big Top Liquor in June of 2006, and their renewal is before the Council for consideration. Big Top Liquor’s 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. Big Top Liquor 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) The Mounds View Police Department has issued a satisfactory report for Big Top Liquor. Utility Billing Inquiry (City of Mounds View) The Finance Department has issued a satisfactory report for Big Top Liquor. Fire Inspection (City of Mounds View Fire Marshal) The City’s Fire Marshal has not inspected this establishment yet. This Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License renewal will be pending a satisfactory fire inspection. Recommendation Staff recommends to open the Public Hearing for public comment. Staff also recommends that the City Council approve Big Top Liquor’s application for an Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License pending a satisfactory inspection from the Mounds View Fire Marshal. The time period for this license will be July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Respectfully Submitted, Desaree Crane