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MOUNDS VIEW City of Mounds View Staff Report Item No: 08A Meeting Date: June 26, 2023 Type of Business: Council Business City Administrator Review: To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Nyle Zikmund, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing: Resolution 9773 Approving a Temporary On -Sale Liquor License for the Festival in the Park of Mounds View to Allow Maxx Bar and Grill to Sell and Serve Liquor at the Mounds View Festival in the Park Introduction: In accordance with the Mounds View City Code, Temporary On -Sale Intoxicating Liquor Licenses may be issued to a club, charitable, religious or non-profit organization. This license, is valid for up to three consecutive days. The Mounds View Festival in the Park of Mounds View is a non-profit organization that is requesting that Maxx Bar and Grill, located in the City of Ham Lake, be allowed to sell and serve liquor during the Mounds View Festival in the Park on Saturday, August 19, 2023. A public hearing is required for all liquor licenses, including temporary. Discussion: Festival in the Park of Mounds View and Maxx Bar and Grill have submitted an application to sell and serve alcoholic beverages at this year's Festival in the Park. As you know, last year the City of Mounds View made a Code amendment to allow an organization, such as the Festival in the Park of Mounds View, to contract with liquor establishments in any City, not just those directly adjacent to Mounds View. Application materials, including insurance and fees, have been submitted. Maxx Bar and Grill has a current On -Sale Intoxicating Liquor License with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (Alcohol and Gambling Division) and a current liquor license with the City of Ham Lake. Both licenses are in good standing. In addition, the background check conducted by the Mounds View Police Department for Bruce Westman of Maxx Bar and Grill was satisfactory. As in past Mounds View festivals, there will be a fenced -in area designated as the "beer garden" with a mobile truck unit dispensing alcoholic beverages for sale. All alcoholic beverages must remain within the fenced in area. The "beer garden", as with other festival activities, will be located at Silver View Park. In addition, the City Council is allowed to make conditions of the on -sale intoxicating temporary liquor license by allowing Maxx Bar and Grill to serve only wine, beer and hard seltzer (everything except hard liquor). Staff recommends that the City Council impose this condition as noted in proposed Resolution 9773. The public hearing notice was published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on June 14, 2023.