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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 25, 2013 Page 31 mittedly this will be a larger store, and it may bring traffic in from outside Rose- ville; however,he questioned the validity of any statements asserting that the new store will prevent any well-respected and established off-sale li ou r store e e a- tion from maintaining their long-established client base, asp Y to by Councilmember Etten. Councilmember Willmus opined that it became very difficult for a body such as the City Council to be put in a position of deciding it was only going to license Roseville ressdente and not to start down, whlicense those he in Roseville; opining that this would be a pp rY terpreted Mr. Burwell's comments to suggest; and stated that he personally found that troubling. At the prompting of Mayor Roe, Councilmember Willmus directed a question to Mr. Ball on what he based his information that this entity will drive all other es- tablishments from Roseville. stores Mr. Ball responded that his background made contact the small ores oa by this applicant in 16 other states, he ade their state associations, and questioned why or how they were forced out of opera- tion. While some of this information may be based on hearsay, Mr. Ball advised initially that the typical "bait and switch" method was used, with the applicant showing selling below their cost, using predatory pricing to lure people in, then it their private label brands, which could not be sold in other retailers locations live was private label. Mr. Ball noted that small mom and pop on small profit margins. Once the applicant was licensed in a state, Mr. Ball al- leged that they then brought their plight to the state anda legislature e to lobbyoor Sun- day liquor sales which most small retailers opposed, system for separation of manufacture, distribution and retail sale of alcohol was also eroded, the result was over-consumption hist history of this regulat ry system el and inexperienced legislature without sponded. Mr. Ball questioned why of that3 ti ed regulatory system ein come to MN, if not to pursue elimination 3-tiered regulator state. Mr. Ball opined that Minnesota ore information could pons bly be brought to system; and questioned how much m the City Council's attention other than the actual people who will not be in busi- ness next year if this license renewal is pp Councilmember McGehee requested the date of the violations referenced by Mr. Griffith. Mr. Griffith responded that the violations were all in 2002, and after many years, settled as part of a consent decree in 2009; reiterating iolat ons with a penalty im- testi- mony that the State of New Jersey considered those im- posed.