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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • COUNCIL MINUTES September 28 , 1982 Mayor Sundland opened the' meeting with the--:-Pledge. of -Allegiance--at 8 :00 P.M. Present for roll call: Marks , Ranallo, Sundland, Letourneau and Enrooth. Also present: David Childs , City Manager; Ron Berg, Administrative Assistant; William Soth, City Attorney; Carol Johnson , Finance Director; and Don Hickerson, Chief of Police. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve as submitted the minutes for the Council meeting held Sept- ember 14 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. Roger Springfield reapplied for an on sale 3 . 2 beer license for Chick 's' Billiards-, 2529 Harding Street N.E. , but since a new ordinance related to beer licenses was being developed, Pyr.. Soth advised that it would be appropriate to table the application until the determina- tion of the ordinance was completed; especially since the proposed ordinance would preclude granting such license to any establishment other than a restaurant which has a 50 person seating capacity. The As Mayor explained to about 25 persons who were present that this is the second reading of the proposed beer license ordinance in which the City Attorney has clarified the meaning of the words "closed" .and "minor" . Mr. Soth had also submitted anoth-er version of that ordinance under which no new beer licenses could be issued, but licenses existing in the City as. of September 14 , 1982 , would be grandfathered in. Charlotte Olson, 3412 N.E. Skycroft Drive, indicated she was present to let the Council know she would be very much opposed to granting a beer license to Chick 's . Mrs . Olson said the City has -supported an effort to address the problems with chemical dependency , especially among the young, in the City, and she saw granting any more liquor licenses would be counter productive. It is her opinion that "the adults in the community have to take some responsibility for combating the misuse of alcohol. and drugs by young people" . Mrs . Olson related her own personal experience with the problem where her son miraculously escaped death when another youthful driver from the City , with a blood alcohol content of . 16 ; hit her -son's - car broadside. The St. Anthony resident pred%acted it would be .very' difficult to enforce the liquor laws in an establishment which stays open all night and said she sees many problems- for the City's police if the beer license is granted to Chick ' s . Mark Gehan, attorney for Mr. Springfield, recalled the events which had led his client to withdraw his original beer license application and • said since Mr. Springfield had reapplied for the license before the first reading of the proposed ordinance , he does ' not believe the City 1