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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 25,2013 Page 30 stores in MN who typically compete angaiMs Bo dneh opined that this applicant each oter but were now together and united against this applit. was like the "Wal Mart of liquor stores;"eliminate competition ebtion of smaller businesses that given their business practices that elimi p that usiness did not have their owner wineries. acceptable,MBand that the City Concilbhad not practices of this applicant are not looked into this issue well enough. In not allowing additional public comment prior to this from the fair number of people who showed up to do so, opined that this was not acceptable to business ness owners her who have something Council did a better job of listening say about this. Frank Ball, Woodbury, MN, Past Director of the Minnesota Licensed Bever- age Association; Past Director of Public Safety and retired Chief of Police from Brainer,MN; now representing small liquor licenses in the State of MN Mr. Ball advised that he was speaking on behalf of those not wanting to come forward to speak, locally-owned business owners. Mr. Ball noted that this discus- sion centered on a controlled substance; and business pr MN were local precise,with the City Council given authority to grant liquor licenses community. Of the City's 10 off-sale liquor 1 not be able to remain noted in business if those were family owned businesses, who entity opens in Roseville. Mr. Ball states and smacomment tores that no ongerhexist re- alities of his research of sixteen other in that environment. Mr. Ball reviewed the business model of the applicant, man- ufacturing product (private label) which other liquor stores could not do, creating a very unfair playing field for those small, "mom and pop" retT r, currently lo- cal citizens and taxpayers, who will simply cease � the need to weigh in what this applicant had done ri Roseville, asked that the City Council of those existing 8 family owned stores and reconsider. Mr. Ball opined that there was no rush to appprov this ene the store further opined that he found it presumptuous of the applicant co- before the license is issued. Mr. Ball further ch questioned te location of the was beinghnvestigated by helAs- hol previously held by Network Liquors, ` sociation at this time. With no one else coming forward to speak, Mayor Roe closed the Public Hearing on this liquor license renewal at approximately 9:10 p.m. Councilmember Willmus spoke to the Mr.smaBller,torespMr �Willmus tes- timony related to the nature of competition against ximi- advised that he had researched operations e locations,based based on a and zip their code search, ty to other nation-wide Total Wines &More his resulting observations that those smaller liquor establishments llo ated pendents being out-of-business, with to Total Wines & more operations. Councilmember Willmus noted that ad-