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City Atto~ re,x, (k>(,chich noted that any fee that would be established would have to be used to
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<br />Po]icc ('h,t=l' ",,~ ~}y stated that they will probably have to increase the license fee and after a year
<br />determine ii' ti~[,t ~o~.t~lt was adequate to cover any additional Police costs.
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<br />Cily Atto~ ~t:,~, t i~,,drich stated that he was going to have to research if the City is allowed to
<br />charge a s,q~a~'a[c IL'c to a bar owner who chooses to stay open until 2:00 a.m.
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<br />Mr. Grttbc~- ~(i~tir, :d if they arc required to close by 2:30 a.m. would there be an issue if they are
<br />driving pc<q;l~: I~o;,ic ami they have people waiting in the lobby area after closing time.
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<br />Police ('hic:l '&'%, ,cplicd no, as long as they are not using the facility.
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<br />Consensus: ct it~ t:ity Council was to direct staff to amend the ordinance to allow for alcohol to
<br />bt: served ul,til ~:(,0 a. tn. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the day before Thanksgiving, New
<br />Years },;ye, :,~,i lb.: 4~h of July. Food service would be required up until one hour before close,
<br />and all drinl,~,; ~v,.~l<t have to be pulled by 2:30 a.m. There would be a one-year review of the
<br />pros and (o~t~; ~f Irc change and possibly an inclusion of a sunset date in the ordinance of one
<br />year.
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<br />City Atto~m.y ~ io~dt'ich inquired if the Council wanted to schedule a public hearing on the
<br />ordi~mncc.
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<br />Consel~sUs <~l'll~c: C 'ouncil was to schedule a public hearing.
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<br />City Attor~,.;~, ( ;(,odridl noted that staffwill mail out a copy of the ordinance to all licensees prior
<br />to lbo public: t!c:, ilq.,;.
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<br />2) Rams~'~ T~.wn (~enter Parks
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<br />Assistant l )i~'ct:i()~' ~i' l'ublic Works Olson explained that on September 25, 2003 the Ramsey City
<br />Council ctcci(i~*([ t~: approve the final plat of the Ramsey Town Center and grant Ramsey Town
<br />(~.onter, I ~1 ( · ~ ?(i .{lay window to complete the design and proposal of the Parks within the Town
<br />Center. f.)~t i)c;~ca,bcr 16, 2003, tile City Council also decided to extend this 90-day period until
<br />March 25, 20(}4 lc~ i'urthcr design tile two parks within the retail core of the development. The
<br />costs t~,-ti~¢~ it~q,-~)vcments that have been shown on the conceptual plans for the RTC Parks
<br />totals $13,211 ,(,'-()(). This includes a large amount of "soft" costs that would be necessary if the
<br />City dccidc,.i I() lal, c on the development of these improvements. Since the December meeting
<br />there have 13ct;ll .'.omc changes made to the plan such as the elimination of the swimming pond in
<br />thc m)rth p~,tk. ~!'hc: main reason the swimming pond was eliminated is because typically
<br />swimm lng i~,)~ ~.!~'; t, l' this nature experience 10,000 people or more on weekends, which would be
<br />too mmly l,coi~1 '. i(~l thc area and thc cost to construct it, would be near one million dollars. Mr.
<br />Olson tti<l ~(.,i fL:ti that the swimming pond ,,vas one of the highest priorities of the Park
<br />Commissit,} i,t,t i~ scorns that they understand that it will not work out in this area.
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