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'It <br /> ,-A1ZEN HILLS <br /> Approved: November 22, 2021 <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br /> SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING <br /> NOVEMBER 8,2021 <br /> 5:00 P.M.-ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br /> CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the City Council <br /> Work Session at 5:00 p.m. <br /> Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Dave <br /> McClung(attending the meeting via Zoom) and Steve Scott <br /> Absent: None <br /> Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Finance Director Gayle Bauman; Public <br /> Works Director/City Engineer David Swearingen; City Planner Jessica Jagoe; and City <br /> Clerk Julie Hanson <br /> 1. AGENDA ITEMS <br /> A. Liquor License and Concept Plan—Northern Lights Bingo <br /> City Clerk Hanson stated Northern Lights Bingo (applicant) has submitted the required City and <br /> State applications and associated paperwork (background check forms and insurance information) <br /> for a new liquor license effective in 2022. The liquor license will be presented to the Council for <br /> formal consideration of approval at its regular meeting on December 13, 2021 together with the <br /> yearly renewals that are brought forward each year. Because this a new use for this particular <br /> site/building, staff is requesting Council direction on proceeding with the liquor license process. It <br /> should be noted that staff has consulted with the City Attorney as bingo halls are not a typical <br /> location at which a liquor license is pursued. That said, the City Attorney concurred that neither <br /> City Code nor State Statute precludes a bingo hall from selling liquor. Based on this, staff is <br /> moving this application forward for Council consideration with the caveat that the applicant attain <br /> the designation as a restaurant, per City Code. <br /> City Clerk Hanson reported City Code, Chapter 5, Section 500.1, states that liquor licenses are <br /> issued to restaurants, and restaurants are defined as "an establishment . . . under the control of a <br /> single proprietor or manager, where meals are regularly prepared on the premises . . . and having a <br /> minimum seating capacity for thirty (30) guests." Northern Lights Bingo contains an area that is <br /> currently licensed with the City as Brightside Cafe with limited seating. In order to qualify for a <br />