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For example, we cannot sell candy, gum, mints, chips, beef sticks, milk, bread, eggs, .meat, vegetables, or any other grocery product - it is strictly alcohol related products. The retailer who was looki ng to make its presence in Roseville at that time was Costco at the Twin Lakes Development project. They were a big box store with lots of backing and they would have had to have a separate off-sale liquor store from their main store. If the Twin Lakes Development had not already had such a stormy relationship with the citizens of Roseville, it probably would have succeeded in amending the code at that time but instead it backed off and Council took no further action relative to adding off-sale liquor licenses. In line 64 you state "The city of Roseville has over 60 establishments that sell alcoholic beverages under five different license categories." Do you realize that those establishments are related to either on-sale liquor or on-sale 3.2~ malt beverage licenses in conjunction with a restaurant or off-sale 3.2~ malt beverages (such as issued to gas stations and convenience stores)? Those types of establishments can also sell other items that are not related to just the sale of alcoholic beverages. They are not held to the same standard, limit or regulation by the state as off-sale license holders are held. In line 68 you state "With the exception of lawful gambling licenses, off-sale liquor licenses appear to be the only other locally-regulated business type that carries restrictions on the number of allowable licenses." Why do you limit the number of gambling licenses? Is it because it is highly regulated by the state the same as off-sale liquor licenses? Remember, the state issues a license form for all off-sale licenses (yellow), on-sale wine licenses (green) and fraternal clubs such as VFW's (blue) that has to be signed off by the city and then the state. The city does not have the exclusive right to approving an off-sale liquor license, on-sale wine license or club license without the state director's approval and signature. You do not have to have that same approval from the state for on-sale liquor licenses, on-sale 3.2~ malt beverages, off-sale 3.2~ malt beverages, etc. There is still a difference in how off-sale liquor and on-sale liquor licensing is regulated b y the state. It was only back in 2005 that the legislature lifted the number of on-sale liquor licenses a city could issue so long as they are issued to a restaurant, bowling alley, hotel, etc. but the state still regulates the number issued for "bars only" based upon the cities classification. I believe Roseville is limited, as a city of the second class, to 18 on-sale licenses for bars only. In line 70 you state "There are no locally-imposed restrictions on the number of on-sale and other types of liquor licenses, tobacco sales, lottery ticket sales, massage parlors, gasoline stations, etc." Again you fail to mention that these types of businesses do not have limits on what types of products they can sell or services they can or may offer. For example, pretty much any business who wants a tobacco license can apply for and get one. The same goes for lottery ticket sales which are not a competitive market item. Gasoline is a product that the majority of the adult population needs to purchase for every day use to get to work, school or travel in general - liquor is not a necessity, it has a limited market because of age restrictions and not everyone purchases it for personal reasons. Unless you have an intimate knowledge of the liquor business you cannot fully understand the marketing differences between the various on-sale liquor businesses and the off-sale li quor businesses. To convey information to the general public and to your public officials without that specific knowledge would be very misleading as well as unfortunate. Perhaps Roseville should look at limiting their on-sale liquor licenses as well so that the current restaurants that hold licenses do not have to worry about struggling in the future, if they are not already. In line 73 you mention a recent survey of 10 metro cities. You did not give any specific cities or their actual population. I have included with this letter statistics that I gathered in early 2004 regarding the number of off-sale licenses issued in many metro cities in addition to some other major non-metro cities along with any restrictions they may have on the number issued. I will take another survey in the next couple of weeks to get any updates that may apply. I would venture to guess that Roseville has the highest number of off-sale liquor licenses per capita of any city in the metro, if not in the entire state. Roseville's having bragging rights to the highest percentage of retail per capita in the state is one thing, but the bragging rights to the highest number of alcohol outlets is another thing. Just ask MADD or law enforcement about that statistic. Furthermore, there is no public outcry for more off-sale liquor stores in Roseville. If you have received letters of request or concerns from residents of Roseville asking for 3