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1 <br />Item No: 7D <br />Meeting Date: June 25, 2007 <br />Type of Business: Council Meeting <br />City Administrator Review_____ <br /> <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Police Chief Mike Sommer <br />Item Title/Subject: Vino and Stogies Liquor License <br />Date of Report: June 25, 2007 <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />At the June 11th Mounds View City Council meeting the application to renew the liquor license for <br />Vino and Stogies was discussed. The Mounds View Police Chief provided a summary of criminal <br />activity that occurred within the building in which Vino and Stogies is situated in. After hearing this <br />the City Council moved consideration of this liquor license to the June 25th City Council meeting. <br />Robert Waste Jr., the holder of the current liquor license for Vino and Stogies was present at the June <br />11th meeting and at that time he was advised the Council would take up consideration of renewal of the <br />liquor license at a public hearing at the June 25th council meeting held at 7:00 PM. With respect to the <br />liquor license renewal application the Council has several options to consider. State statutes offer a <br />variety of regulations and alternatives including revocation, suspension, and fines. City code provides <br />additional requirements and regulations. <br /> <br />The responsibility of the liquor license holder is detailed in Section 502.11 of the Mounds View City <br />Code: <br /> <br />City Code § 502.11: CONDUCT OF BUSINESS; CONDITIONS OF LICENSE: <br /> <br />Subd. 1. Responsibility of Licensee: Every licensee shall be responsible for the <br />conduct of licensee's place of business and the conditions of sobriety and order in it. <br />The act of any employee on the licensed premises authorized to sell and serve <br />intoxicating liquors shall be deemed the act of the licensee as well, and the licensee <br />shall be liable to all penalties provided by this Chapter equally with the employee. <br /> <br />The licensed premises, as defined in the floor plan submitted in its application, for Vino and Stogies does <br />not extend beyond the sales, shelving, and display areas of the liquor store. The floor plan shows three <br />access points into the liquor store area. The floor plan does not allude to the presence of an adjacent <br />residential unit or a basement. The criminal activity observed by the Mounds View Police Department, <br />and summarized by the Police Chief at the Council’s June 11 meeting, occurred in the basement of the <br />structure where Vino and Stogies is also located. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />The City Council can question the license holder as to what steps he may have taken to address the