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Mounds View City Council June 22, 2020 Regular Meeting Page 2 1 None. 2 3 7. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 4 A. City Position Statement Regarding Recent Events. 5 6 Mayor Mueller read a City position statement regarding recent events. On behalf of the Mounds 7 View City Council she sent her condolences to the George Floyd family. She reported the City 8 recently reviewed all of its policies and discussed how the Mounds View Police Department 9 modeled 21st Century policing. She explained Mounds View officers meet or exceed all training 10 requirements, especially those related to use of force. She indicated the City was proud of its 11 Police Department and all of the community outreach functions that occurred each year. 12 13 Council Member Bergeron encouraged residents to visit the City’s webpage to view the full 14 statement from the City. He stated he was proud of the Mounds View Police Department and he 15 wanted to see the department continuing the great work they have been doing in the community. 16 17 Council Member Gunn agreed and thanked the Mounds View Police Department for being 18 committed to community outreach. She asked that residents of Mounds View not diminish the 19 department’s efforts. She explained the Mounds View Police Department was not the 20 Minneapolis Police Department. 21 22 8. COUNCIL BUSINESS 23 A. Resolution 9281, Approving the Renewal of Mounds View Liquor Licenses. 24 25 City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council approve the renewal of the Mounds View 26 liquor licenses. He explained these licenses would be valid from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 27 2021 for The Mermaid, Moe’s, the movie theater, Merwin Liquor, Vino & Stogies and 28 SuperAmerica. He reported all necessary paperwork and fees have been submitted by all vendors, 29 except for the movie theater. He explained Moe’s would have their utility bill paid in full by June 30 30th and has requested the Council waive 100% of their liquor license fees for the upcoming year. 31 He noted New Brighton has waived 100% of their liquor license fees in an effort to assist its local 32 businesses. 33 34 Council Member Gunn commented if the City were to forego the license for Moe’s she believed it 35 would only be fair to refund the fees for all of the other liquor license holders. She indicated each 36 of these businesses have been through hard times since March. She noted the City has bent over 37 backwards a number of times for Moe’s in order for them to maintain their liquor license. She 38 questioned how the other members of the Council wanted to proceed with this item. 39 40 Council Member Meehlhause asked how much money the City made on liquor license revenues. 41 Finance Director Beer estimated this to be $15,000. 42 43 Council Member Meehlhause agreed that if the Council was going to waive it for one the City 44 would have to waive it for all of the liquor license holders. He discussed this history of Moe’s 45