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RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMISSION After holding four meetings in which liquor ordinances were reviewed from three co~r~unities, the State Liquor Control Rules were reviewed, City residents were contacted, and a survey of 120 residents was taken, the Commission recommends the followings Although the City of Ramsey, having a status of a third class City, may issue as many Off-Sale licenses as it wished, the Conunission unanimously recommends to the Council that the City shall issue no more than one license for every 5,000 population, based on the last official U.S. Census. In arriving at this recommendation, the Commission took into consideration the positive and negative factors of allowing more than one license per 5,000 population. Positive a. Possible increased tax base if anew building were erected. b. An increase in jobs. c. Convenience to the public. d. Very seldom a policing problem. Negative a. With a population of approximately 11,000, two Off- Sale stores seem to be quite adequate compared with other communities. b. Public opinion taken from the poll shows that 74% of all those polled oppose having more than two c. Our C~ty st~ll is, for all practical purposms, in its infant stage, compared to what the City may someday become. In developing to its best potential, the City should see more major retail commercial development before it acts to allow more licenses in areas where future city development might show that it was not the best location to have an Off- Sale store. In summation, the Commission feels that the City Council has a great responsibility in the control of liquor and owes it to the citizens to act in a slow and prudent manner in allowing more Off-Sale licenses. One license for every 5,000 population would be a good rule to follow.