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Attachment A Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January 11, 2021 Page 20 851 which is a legal product, seems to be a fair, compromised position, from the point 852 of view of both addressing the health issue and more broad general availability as 853 well as addressing the equity issue of the wintergreen, mint, and menthol sales at 854 other types of licensees. He thought that by not extending that exemption to con- 855 venience stores, not extending it to liquor stores, by not extending it to any other 856 type of licensee, that goes a long way towards addressing the equity issue and lim- 857 iting it to the four tobacco licensees that get 90 percent or more revenue from to- 858 bacco products. He stated it seems to be a reasonable middle position, which is why 859 he made the motion to amend, especially to get discussion on the motion. 860 861 Councilmember Willmus thought this would be a significant step in the right direc- 862 tion and provides an opportunity to further regulate and control availability. It is 863 certainly something where if they determine that in the City of Roseville there is an 864 ongoing issue or they are having trouble with it, he would not be opposed to revis- 865 iting it again. From some of those aspects, this made sense to him. He still fully 866 understood Councilmembers GroffÓs and StrahanÓs position with a strict outright 867 prohibition, but for him this is more of a next logical step to implement, put this in 868 place, and see how that is working for them. 869 870 Councilmember Strahan asked Mr. Trudgeon, in reviewing all of the logs (peti- 871 tions) from the tobacco-only shops, easily 50 percent of the people signing those 872 did not live in Roseville. They lived in adjacent areas, some quite far from Roseville 873 and obviously it is a matter of convenience, but she asked if he could address the 874 policies of Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, and St. Paul and what items are allowed to 875 be sold in 21+ shops and if those cities have banned flavored tobacco across the 876 board. 877 878 Mr. Trudgeon explained it is his understanding that the cities of St. Paul, Minneap- 879 olis, and Falcon Heights do allow for the sale of flavored tobacco in over age 21 880 stores. That would be tobacco shops, but he was not sure about the liquor stores. 881 882 Mayor Roe believed the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis do allow mint, menthol, 883 and wintergreen sales at liquor stores, but the liquor stores do have to limit entry to 884 people over 21. 885 886 Councilmember Strahan questioned as Lauderdale is exploring a more stringent 887 restriction, what the city is proposing lifting and also if Shoreview is exploring be- 888 ing more restricting as well. She wondered what path Shoreview is going from and 889 to. She is concerned with the great number of people who are seeking their sales 890 in Roseville. She did not want to be offering something that no one else is and if 891 the CityÓs goal is to truly be related to public health, then if the City is the supplier, 892 she did not know that the buck stops with the City. She stated they need to find a 893 way to be more restrictive and actually do some measure of good. 894