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Mounds View City Council August 26, 2019 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br />1 8. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br />2 A. Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance 961 Tobacco Sales <br />3 Prohibited under Age 21. <br />4 <br />5 City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council introduce an Ordinance that would prohibit <br />6 the sale of tobacco to those under the age of 21. He explained the Council first visited this item <br />7 last fall in a worksession meeting. He reported on June 3rd worksession meeting the Council <br />8 further discussed options for this Ordinance. He indicated the proposed Ordinance had been <br />9 reviewed by City Attorney Riggs. Staff provided further comment on the proposed Ordinance <br />10 and recommended introduction. <br />11 <br />12 Mayor Mueller reported she had heard from the owners of Mervyn's Liquors and the <br />13 management team at Speedway. <br />14 <br />15 Council Member Meehlhause asked if the Ordinance also covered vaping products. City <br />16 Attorney Riggs reported this was not the case but noted staff could revise the Ordinance to make <br />17 a change if this was the Council's wish. <br />18 <br />19 Council Member Bergeron supported the Ordinance being amended to prohibit the sale of all <br />20 vaping products to those under the age of 21. <br />21 <br />22 AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: Bergeron/Hull. To Amend Ordinance 961, that all <br />23 Vaping product sales be prohibited to those under the age of 21. <br />24 <br />25 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. <br />26 <br />27 Mayor Mueller opened the public hearing at 6:38 p.m. <br />28 <br />29 Grace Powman, 1096 Carmel Court, stated she was an 11th grader in the Mounds View School <br />30 District. She described how she has seen an increase in vaping at school. She supported the <br />31 Council increasing the tobacco age to 21 in Mounds View as this would assist in keeping tobacco <br />32 and vaping products out of the hands of middle and high schoolers. She believed the tobacco <br />33 industry was doing a great job by offering fruity flavors for their vaping products and by making <br />34 the vaping device look like a thumb drive. She thanked the Council for taking action on this item <br />35 as it would assist with keeping vaping products out of the hands of her friends and classmates. <br />36 <br />37 Pah Shasky, 2256 Lois Drive, reported she was a health educator for St. Paul/Ramsey County <br />38 Public Health. She stated she was before the Council as a mother of young children and as a <br />39 resident of Mounds View. She explained she moved to Mounds View because of the excellent <br />40 school district and access to public spaces. She indicated she made a good choice and she was <br />41 glad she lived in Mounds View. She discussed how vaping use was on the rise and encouraged <br />42 the Council to support the Tobacco 21 Ordinance. <br />43 <br />44 Bridget Jaquith, Apple Tree Dental representative, stated she was a dental hygienist and <br />45 discussed how her clinic worked to provide tobacco cessation services. She stated because of the <br />