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AGENDA ITEM — 3B <br />,-ARZEN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: April 8, 2024 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br />FROM: Julie Hanson, Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk <br />SUBJECT: Food Truck Licensing Discussion <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />N/A N/A N/A <br />Council Should Consider <br />Council should discuss if it wishes to make any changes to the current requirements in City Code <br />related to mobile food units/food truck licensing. <br />Background <br />City licensing process <br />The City adopted an ordinance regarding licensing food trucks/mobile food units in December of <br />2017, with the first licenses being issued in 2018. There are currently two licensing options: <br />temporary ($30) good for up to 7 days in a calendar year or annual ($100) good for 8 or more days <br />in a calendar year. As part of the licensing process, vendors must provide the City's application, a <br />certificate of insurance, a copy of their State of MN Dept. of Health license, MN Dept. of <br />Agriculture license, or Ramsey County Public Health license, written permission from the property <br />owner at which they will be operating (whether a commercial or residential property), and the fee. <br />The Lake Johanna Fire Marshal is contacted to perform an inspection and will work directly with <br />the applicant for such (though many times the Fire Marshal will accept photographs of certain <br />items in lieu of an in -person inspection). A list of licensed vendors is continually updated and <br />published on our website. <br />At the time of licensing, vendors are told (and it is noted on their license) that they are to notify the <br />City of future dates of operation. Unfortunately, this step rarely occurs, making it challenging to <br />track the actual number of days a vendor operates once they've obtained their license. <br />The below table illustrates by year, the number of licenses issued and revenue: <br />Year Temporary <br />License Annual License <br />Total <br />Revenue <br />2023 <br />40 4 <br />44 <br />$1,600 <br />2422 <br />46 2 <br />48 <br />$1,580 <br />2021 <br />24 0 <br />24 <br />$720 <br />2424 <br />4 0 <br />4 <br />$120 <br />2019 <br />25 0 <br />25 <br />$750 <br />2018 <br />26 0 <br />25 <br />$780 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />