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Mounds View City Council June 26, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 15 City Attorney Riggs said if there is a violation at any time, the Council can suspend or revoke the 1 license and putting Mr. Xiong on notice will not hurt. 2 3 MOTION/SECOND: FLAHERTY/STIGNEY. To waive the reading and adopt Resolution 6830 4 an Off Sale intoxicating Liquor License Renewal for ABC Liquor located at 2840 Highway 10. 5 6 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 7 8 E. Continued Public Hearing from June 12, 2006, to consider Resolution 6833 9 an On Sale Intoxicating Liquor License Renewal for Robert’s Sports Bar and 10 Entertainment located at 2400 County Road H2 11 12 City Administrator Ulrich stated this item was postponed from the June 12th meetings, when 13 several residents voice specific complaints about the operation including noise and trash. He 14 said they attached police reports to the Staff report. He stated the owner of Robert’s Sports Bar 15 and Entertainment is here to address complaints. 16 17 Mayor Marty re-opened the public hearing at 9:04 p.m. 18 19 Mr. Hutchinson, the attorney for Mr. Waste, the owner of Robert’s, stated they reviewed the 20 Police Department record, and in the last 18 months, there have been 7 noise complaints, 3 of 21 which were anonymous. He said before the meeting last month, Mr. Waste was not aware of the 22 noise complaints. 23 24 Mr. Hutchinson stated it is the nature of the nightclub that there will be noise around the bar and 25 in the street. He said Mr. Waste will do everything he can to treat his neighbors well. He said 26 some of the complaints were that the doors were left open and Mr. Waste and the nightclub 27 managers have addressed the issue. 28 29 Mr. Hutchinson added that the traffic noise could be coming from many different places, not 30 necessarily Robert’s. He said that Robert’s does not condone the behavior, that the bar has a 31 good relationship with the Police Department. He said he does not believe anyone has been 32 tagged for excessive noise in or directly outside the lot. 33 34 Mr. Hutchinson stated the nightclub has been there for 20-30 years, and to some extent, there will 35 always be some noise associated. He said Mr. Waste will do his best to be courteous, and that 36 there have not been an inordinate number of police calls. Mr. Hutchinson said it is not a “biker 37 bar,” and that motorcyclists patronize several bars in the area. 38 39 Sarah Mears, 5292 Edgewood Drive, stated she does not care about the motorcycle noise. She 40 said her concern is the music and that even with the doors in the bar closed and in their house 41 shut, that they can hear the noise. 42 43 Ms. Mears also stated her concern that a man was drunk and crawling around in her front yard 44 and asked why he was not refused alcohol at the bar before he got to that point. She voiced her 45