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Member Howard Heck introduced the following resolution and moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 69 -86
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING ADOPTION OF HOUSE FILE 60 AND SENATE
FILE 518 RELATIVE TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR; PERMITTING "ON- SALE"
PRIVATE LICENSES IN CITIES, VILLAGES, OR BOROUGHS OPERATING
MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORES: AMENDING MINNESOTA STATUTES 1967,
CHAPTER 340
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 67 -25 dated
February 6, 1967 requesting legislation which would permit issuance of
on- premise consumption of intoxicating liquors while retaining municipal
"off- sale" facilities; and
WHEREAS, the brand owners and Minnesota liquor wholesalers through
their lobby marshalled intense opposition and successfully prevented such
legislation from being presented upon the floor of the Minnesota House and
Senate, thereby apparently protecting certain private interests at the expense
of the public interest; and
WHEREAS, since the 1967 session of the Legislature, citizen demand
for a "split liquor" option has continually increased and broadened; and
WHEREAS, the ecomonics of a "split liquor" feature would enhance the
revenue squeeze being increasingly experienced by local government, while not
adversely affecting the control factor of liquor consumption nor the interests of
the liquor lobby:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center as follows:
1. The City Council endorses and supports legislation presented in
the 1969 session of the Minnesota Legislature, specifically House File
60 and Senate File 518, which would permit municipalities that now or
in the future may operate municipal liquor dispensaries to issue private
licenses for the on -sale consumption of intoxicating liquors while
retaining municipal "off- sale" facilities.
2. The representatives of the citizens of Brooklyn Center, both in the
Senate and House of Representatives, are herewith urged to support such
legislation.
3. 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.
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RESOLUTION NO. 69 -86
February 3, 1969
Date f
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member John Leary and upon vote being taken thereon, the followi ng
voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, Howard Heck, John Leary, Earl Rydberg,
and Theodore Willard;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.