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Attachment B Allow Cedarholm Community Building to obtain an on-sale intoxicating liquor license Minnesota Statutes section 340A.404, sets out the exclusive list of establishments that can be granted an on-sale liquor license by a City. The list of approved venues includes hotels, restaurants, bowling centers, VFW/American Legions, Metropolitan Sports Facility Commission facilities, Metropolitan Sports Commission facilities, exclusive liquor stores, theaters, convention centers, and summer league baseball team facilities. The City of Roseville operates the Cedarholm Community Building as part of the Cedarholm Municipal Golf Course. Within Minnesota Statutes section 340A.404, municipal golf courses are not listed as being able to obtain on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses. Therefore, the City of Roseville cannot grant an on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses to the Cedarholm Community Building. As part of the replacement of the previous clubhouse at Cedarholm Golf Course to the new Cedarholm Community Building, it was planned that the facility would have an on-sale intoxicating liquor license in order to maximize the number and type of events the facility can host. Despite working with the State of Minnesota for several months andcomplying with state requirementsto receive the on-sale intoxicating liquor, the City learned from the State just prior to the opening of the Cedarholm Community Building that the City was not eligible to receive an on-sale intoxicating liquor license. During the process, the State never indicated that a municipal golf course was ineligible to receive an on-sale intoxicating liquor license. Therefore, the City of Roseville is seeking special legislation to allow for the Cedarholm Community Building to receive an on-sale intoxicating liquor license. In the 2019 Legislative Session, bills were introduced (HF 1119/SF 1163) to grant the Cedarholm Golf Course a liquor license. In addition, a liquor license for Cedarholm Golf Course was included in the Omnibus Liquor Bill last session, but the bill did not pass before the legislative deadline. The City is also supportive of changing state law to allow municipalities to directly grant a liquor license toitself. The City of Roseville supports any legislation that grants permission for the Cedarholm Community Building to receive an on-sale intoxicating liquor license under Minnesota Statutes section 340A.404. The City also supports legislation that allows municipalities to directly grant a liquor license toitself.