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Item No. 07C Type of Business: PH & CB Meeting Date: June 12, 2006 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 6830, a Resolution Approving An Intoxicating Liquor Business License (Off-Sale) for ABC Liquor located at 2840 Highway 10 In accordance with Ordinance 771, which became effective June 4, 2006, revised Section 502.08 of the City Code. With the passing of Ordinance 771 on April 24, 2006, Section 502.08 now states: 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 ABC Liquor in June of 2005, and their renewal is before the Council for consideration. ABC Liquor’s Intoxicating Liquor License will expire June 30, 2006. 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. ABC 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) Attached is a Police Report along with a memorandum from Bob Vose an attorney from Kennedy and Graven. There is an area of concern with this police report in regard to selling alcohol to minors. This is the establishment’s first violation on record. Utility Billing Inquiry (City of Mounds View) The Finance Department has issued a satisfactory report for ABC Liquor. Fire Inspection (City of Mounds View Fire Marshal) The City’s Fire Marshal has inspected ABC Liquor and issued a satisfactory report. Recommendation Staff recommends that the City Council open the Public Hearing for public input. Due to the concerns stated in the police report, staff would like to discuss how to proceed with this business license renewal. Since this is a first violation with the owner, and the owner is not currently convicted, we could proceed with the renewal and monitor the proceedings of the case. A Resolution approving this license is attached if the Council wishes to approve the liquor license. If the City Council wishes to investigate this matter further, then the City Council could also open the Public Hearing for public comment and postpone this renewal until the next City Council Meeting. If this renewal is approved, the time period of this license will be July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007. Respectfully Submitted, Desaree Crane