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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 12, 2019 Page 2 A. St. Anthony Liquor Operations Annual Report. 1 2 Liquor Operations Manager Mike Larson provided the 2018 Annual Report for the St. Anthony 3 Village Liquor Operations. He reviewed the Locations, Mission Statement, Vision Statement, 4 the Value of Municipal Liquor Operations, The Value of Municipal Liquor Operation Revenue, 5 1948 – 2018 70 Years of Service, 10 Year Profit History, 2018 Monthly Sales Trend, 5 Year 6 Sales History, 5 Year Profit History, 2017 – 2018 Sales and Profit Comparison, Trends During 7 2018, Sales by Category, Percentage of Gross Profit by Category Sales, Gross Profit Percentage 8 by Category, Comparisons and Benchmarks, 2018 Accomplishments, 2018 Events, Looking 9 Ahead 2019 & Beyond, and the www.savmn.com website. Mr. Larson stated the entire report is 10 available on the City’s website. March 30 is the spring beer event and April 13 is the spring wine 11 event from 2-5pm at Marketplace location. 12 13 Councilmember Stille referred to Mr. Larson’s statement of five years of turbulent change, 14 noting cycles of change are now four years. He asked for Mr. Larson’s strategies. Mr. Larson 15 stated the liquor industry has been relatively stable. The industry changed when big box retailers 16 came into the Twin Cities. This happened to liquor industry about six years ago. They try to stay 17 on top of industry publications, networking with other stores, etc. They have a great selection of 18 rose wines and have changed the items they are selling in the store. 19 20 Councilmember Randle asked about employee retention as good employees are hard to find and 21 with the economy being the way it is, you may need to pay good employees more to keep them. 22 23 Councilmember Jenson complimented Mr. Larson on his staff and the leadership team and being 24 able to sustain the business plan. 25 26 Councilmember Gray stated the ability to retain customers is through their great customer 27 service. 28 29 Mayor Faust referred to the five-year profit and 2018 exceeded previous years. He is surprised 30 by the average sale, noting the royalty program with 5700 members is outstanding. Mayor Faust 31 stated he saw Mr. Larson on a YouTube video while he was on vacation. Mr. Larson stated it is 32 available on Minnesotans 4 Choices to see the video. 33 34 B. Resolution 19-022; a Resolution Approving Proposed Application for 2019 Hennepin 35 County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Funds and 36 Authorizing Execution of Subrecipient Agreement with Urban Hennepin County and 37 any Third Party Agreements. 38 39 Accessible Space Inc. Public Relations and Marketing Manager Devin Vander Schaaf reviewed 40 ASI, also known as Silver Lake Home in St. Anthony, is applying for $36,600 in Community 41 Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from Hennepin County for capital improvements. 42 Currently, Silver lake Home provides Corporate Foster Care in a rent-subsidized setting to four 43 very low-income adults with physical disabilities, traumatic brain injuries and/or mobility 44 impairments. Silver Lake home is aging and is in dire need of new windows, doors, and a 45 driveway – among other repairs – and cannot afford to cover these costs with its current reserve 46 2