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Attachment A Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January 11, 2021 Page 22 940 was a huge step in the right direction and he wanted to see what Tobacco 21 (T21), 941 which was just signed into law at the end of the Spring in 2020 does and to also see 942 what that does for reducing availability of these products by 20 shops. Without a 943 Statewide ban, he did not think they would make as much progress as they wanted 944 to make but this cuts a little different. He noted he was not interested in tax revenue 945 and this will dramatically reduce access and availability. 946 947 Mayor Roe noted that he understood all of the arguments related to the health, re- 948 lated to the access by young people, and also related to equity. He appreciated the 949 equity issue and hoped the notion of eliminating mint and menthol sales, which are 950 currently available in convenience stores, grocery stores, drug stores and liquor 951 stores, eliminating that accessibility gets to that issue. It is not a complete solution, 952 but he thought it is a significant change from where the City is right now and a step 953 in the right direction in terms of the equity issue. He also wanted to make it clear 954 that the limitation for licenses for the 90 percent revenue from tobacco is very im- 955 portant to him and the notion that the City is not going to see that situation that St. 956 Paul has seen with an increase of tobacco shops because the City will be putting a 957 cap on the number of licenses. 958 959 Mr. Trudgeon indicated he would like, at some point, direction on the language and 960 where this is to be put in the Ordinance. He also would like to have the City Attor- 961 ney weigh in as necessary on this. 962 963 Mayor Roe explained he did not have specific language drawn up because he was 964 not sure if the City Council wanted this to come back with specific language for 965 consideration. He noted there is not an Ordinance summary in the packet, which 966 would need to be adopted at some point. 967 968 City Attorney Gaughan explained the effective date provision does require an Or- 969 dinance summary so even if the Council did pass something tonight, as a matter of 970 process this would have to come back at a future date for a 4/5 vote. 971 972 Mayor Roe explained his suggested language is a definition of a tobacco retailer. 973 A tobacco retailer would be defined as a licensed establishment which; using the 974 three bullet points from Chapter 306.06 A4 as the criteria, prohibits entry to people 975 under 21; post notice advising of the prohibition at all entrances; and derive at least 976 90 percent of their revenues from the sale of licensed products. He noted as a part 977 of the provision, he would add a sentence that says a maximum of four (4) tobacco 978 licenses may be issued by the City of Roseville to tobacco retailers. He also sug- 979 gested in order to clean things up in Chapter 306.06 A4, to replace listing all those 980 criteria because they are in the definition with a sentence stating the exemption of 981 flavored tobacco. 982 983 City Attorney Gaughan advised if that is a material enough change to the previous 984 proposed ordinance, it should come back with final language inserted for passage.