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<br />Item No: 09A <br />Meeting Date: July 28, 2003 <br />Type of Business: PH & CB <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Interim City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Second Reading and Adoption of <br />Ordinance 717, an Ordinance Amending the City <br />Code Relating to On-Sale Liquor Establishments <br />Hours of Operation <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />At the worksession on July 7, 2003, the Council directed staff to put draft Ordinance 717 on <br />the Council agenda for first reading on July 14th and second reading on July 28th. The <br />Council also asked that a public hearing be set and advertised to ensure the public had <br />sufficient notice of the proposed changes. The public hearing has been scheduled for the <br />July 28, 2003 meeting. The ordinance was introduced and the first reading approved on <br />July 14, 2003. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Ordinance 717 amends the City Code to allow on-sale liquor establishments to serve alcohol <br />until 2:00 am. Our Code does not simply reference Minnesota statutes regarding hours of <br />operation so an amendment to our Code is necessary to allow the Mounds View on-sale <br />establishments to stay open until 2:00 am. <br /> <br />As communicated in the July 14 staff report, staff has received almost 50 responses from <br />residents regarding the 2:00 am question. The pros and cons for the change were not <br />articulated to prevent the appearance of bias. As of July 18, we had received 51 <br />responses—23 favoring the change and 22 opposing the change. Six responses either took <br />no position or indicated that their answer would depend on other factors, such as if there <br />were adequate police staff on hand. The responses (without names or addresses) are <br />attached as Exhibit 1. Also, staff received a letter from Jake’s Sports Café which is attached <br />to this report indicating their support for the change. Representatives from The Mermaid and <br />Roberts have vocalized their support of the change as well. <br /> Chief Sommer will be in attendance at the meeting and will be available to respond to any <br />questions the Council may have relating to enforcement and/or impact upon the department. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Hold the public hearing and consider all testimony regarding the proposed ordinance. <br />Barring any significant objections, staff recommends adoption of Ordinance 717. <br /> <br /> <br />_____________________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />Interim City Clerk/Administrator <br />