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Page 1 of 2 AGENDA ITEM – 1A MEMORANDUM DATE: November 8, 2021 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Dave Perrault, City Administrator FROM: Julie Hanson, City Clerk SUBJECT: Northern Lights Bingo Liquor License and Concept Plan Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A For Council Consideration Council may provide direction regarding a potential new liquor license for the new Northern Lights Bingo (formerly Pot-O-Gold Bingo) located at 3776 Connelly Avenue. Background Northern Lights Bingo (applicant) has submitted the required City and State applications and associated paperwork (background check forms and insurance information) for a new liquor license effective in 2022. The liquor license will be presented to the Council for formal consideration of approval at its regular meeting on December 13, 2021 together with the yearly renewals that are brought forward each year. Because this a new use for this particular site/building, staff is requesting Council direction on proceeding with the liquor license process. It should be noted that staff has consulted with the City Attorney as bingo halls are not a typical location at which a liquor license is pursued. That said, the City Attorney concurred that neither City Code nor State Statute precludes a bingo hall from selling liquor. Based on this, staff is moving this application forward for Council consideration with the caveat that the applicant attain the designation as a restaurant, per City Code. City Code, Chapter 5, Section 500.1, states that liquor licenses are issued to restaurants, and restaurants are defined as “an establishment . . . under the control of a single proprietor or manager, where meals are regularly prepared on the premises . . . and having a minimum seating capacity for thirty (30) guests.”