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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 67-06SLYPPORTING A~A/DMENT OF MINNESOT~ LIQUOR COzNTROL STATUTES BE IT ~REBY ~ESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, that WT~REAS, the present provisions of the Minnesota Liquor Control Statutes regarding local control are inflexible and prevent the local municipal- ity from controlling the dispensation of intoxicating liquor in regard to local conditions and problems; and WHE~AS, The League of Minnesota Municipalities and the Hennepin County League of Municipalities have adopted resolutions calling for the revision of the present Liquor Control statutes to permit local municipalities, which now or in the future may have municipal liquor facilities, to issue licenses to private parties to permit dispensation of intoxicating liquors for on-pr~]ise conscription; and W~REAS, such an amend_ment would provide the flexibility required to meet local problems of liquor control: N~?, T~REFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Eeights as follows: The City Council endorses and supports legislation presented in the 1967 session of the Minnesota legislature which would permit municipalities that now, or in the future, may operate municipal liquor dispensaries to issue private licenses for the on-premise consumption of intoxicating liquors in con- junction with restaurant licenses, while retaining the right to operate municipal "On ~nd Off-Sale~[dispensaries. The representatives of the citizens of Co!m%]bia ~eights, both in the Senate and House of Representatives, are herewith urged to support such legislation. The Clerk is hereby directed to distribute copies of this resolution to the Governor of ~the State of Minnesota, the Senator and Representatives of the 32nd District and to the members of the legislative committees concerned with this type of legislation. Passed this 13thday of February 1967 Offered by: Land Seconded by: Jeska ~ [~ ? /// / Roll Gal!: Land, King,Jeska - Ayes// /~ ~/~ / ~-/~ Orendorff -Naye ~j/~~~/~-~/[ ~ ~ ~ /~ ~YOR Secretary of ~he Councml