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Item No: 09D Meeting Date: July 14, 2003 Type of Business: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Interim City Administrator Item Title/Subject: First Reading and Introduction of Ordinance 717, an Ordinance Amending the City Code Relating to On- Sale Liquor Establishments Hours of Operation Introduction: At the worksession on July 7, 2003, the Council directed staff to put draft Ordinance 717 on the Council agenda for first reading on July 14th and second reading on July 28th. The Council also asked that a public hearing be set and advertised to ensure the public had sufficient notice of the proposed changes. The public hearing has been scheduled for July 28, 2003. Discussion: Ordinance 717 is attached which amends the City Code to allow on-sale liquor establishments to serve alcohol until 2:00 am. Our Code does not simply reference Minnesota statutes regarding hours of operation so an amendment to our Code is necessary to allow the Mounds View on-sale establishments to stay open until 2:00 am. In keeping with the Council’s desire to advertise the proposed changes, a notice will be published in the July 16th edition of the Bulletin. In addition, the public hearing is being scrolled on Cable Channel 16 and will be scrolled on the City’s electronic sign facing County Road 10. Last, staff sent out an e-mail message to those residents for which we have an e0- mail address, asking the simple question, “should Mounds View allow its on-sale liquor licensed establishments to remain open until 2:00 am.” The pros and cons for the change were not articulated to prevent the appearance of bias. As of Thursday evening, we had received 36 responses—18 favoring the change and 15 opposing the change. Three responses either took no position or indicated that their answer would depend on other factors, such as if there were adequate police staff on hand. The responses (without names or addresses) are attached as Exhibit 1. Also, staff received a letter from Jake’s Sports Café which is attached to this report indicating their support for the change. Representatives from The Mermaid and Roberts have vocalized their support of the change as well. Staff has asked that Kennedy & Graven review the On-Sale Liquor License provisions found in Chapters 502 and 503 to ensure internal consistency and compliance with MN Statutes. Any revisions resulting from their review will be incorporated into the second reading. Recommendation: Introduce the first reading of Ordinance 717. _____________________________________ James Ericson Interim City Clerk/Administrator