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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />CONSENT ITEM – 6B <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: February 22, 2021 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> <br />FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Arden Hills Tobacco Settlement Agreement and Resolution 2021-009 Staying <br />Effective Date of Ordinance Relating to Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products at <br />Adults-Only Tobacco Stores <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />N/A N/A N/A <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br /> <br />Motions to approve, table, or deny the following: <br /> <br />• The settlement agreement with Arden Hills Tobacco, Inc. and Resolution 2021-009 <br />Staying Effective Date of Ordinance Relating to Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products <br />at Adults-Only Tobacco Stores <br /> <br />All items need a simple majority for action unless otherwise noted. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills is in ongoing litigation relating to Ordinance 2019-005 and the <br />prohibition of the sale of flavored tobacco products within the City. The attached settlement <br />agreement with Arden Hills Tobacco, Inc. and resolution have been worked on by the attorneys <br />representing the City in the litigation. If approved, the settlement agreement and resolution will <br />stay the effective date of the ordinance for the sale of flavored tobacco products to July 1, 2023 <br />at adults-only tobacco stores. City staff recommends that the Council approve this settlement <br />agreement and adopt Resolution 2021-009. <br /> <br />The issue of Ordinance 2019-005 and the prohibition of the sale of flavored tobacco products at <br />other tobacco vendors is still in ongoing litigation brought by Brausen Enterprises, Inc. <br />