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Item No. 03B Meeting Date: December 6, 2005 Type of Business: Work Session 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: Discuss Revising Section 502.08 of the Mounds View City Code in regard to Public Hearing of Liquor License Renewals Section 502.08 of the City Code requires that a public hearing be held prior to the renewal of any intoxicating liquor license. Section 502.08 states: 502.08: LICENSE HEARING: No issuance of a new license or transfer of an existing license for the sale of intoxicating liquor on-sale, 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. Renewals of existing licenses issued under this Chapter and the issuance of temporary intoxicating special event and banquet licenses as defined in Section 502.03, subdivisions 6 and 7 of this Chapter may be granted by the Council after a public hearing without the requirement of a prior published notice. Staff feels that this section of the Code needs to be revised. The concern is the requirements of all intoxicating liquor license renewals go before a public hearing without the requirement of published notice. A public hearing is used to encourage input from residents. By not publishing the notice, residents would not be aware of a liquor license renewal, and therefore, the City may not be aware of problems other than what is offered by police reports. Staff recommends amending Section 502.08 to read that public notice is required on all renewal liquor licenses. If the City Council is in approval, then Staff will start the process of revising the code by the Ordinance process. Respectfully submitted, Desaree Crane