HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1961-012r
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EMIT RESIDENTHE TS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO OOF EgMOUTH TE ON
TO QUESTION OF ESTABLI:'HING A MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE
WHEREAS, The Council of the Village of Plymouth is
sympathetic with the desire of the City of Bloomington to be allowed to
vote on the question of establishing a municipal liquor store, a right
enjoyed and exercised by some 390 other Minnesota municipalities; and
WHEREAS, The City of Bloomington has requested the Council of
the Village of Plymouth to support special legislation which
would permit such an election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the Village of Plymouth
that the Council support, and it does
hereby, the passage of special legislation which would allow the electorate
of Bloomington to vote on the question of the establishment of a municipal
liquor store.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That executed copies of this Resolution
be forwarded to the City of Bloomington.
Passed and adopted this 7U, day of March , 1961.
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Mayor
Attest. Fr
Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) ss.
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I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of
Village of Plymouth , Minnesota, do hereby certify that I have
carefully compared the attached and foregoing Resolution which is an
extract of the minutes of the meeting of Plmwath Village Council
held on the 7th day of March —0 1961, at 8:00 P. M. with the
original thereof on file in my office and the same is a full, true and
complete transcript therefrom; that the following members voted in favor of
said resolution: Mayor Anderson: Trustees, Keefe, Kreatz, Tneis and Yngve.,
the following members voted against the Resolution: None
and the following members were absent None
and the resolution was therefore adopted.
Dated this 7th day of March 1961.
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opinion that it is to the beat interest of the people of Bloomington
that legislation be enacted by the Minnesota State Legislature wh'ch
would permit the people of Bloomington to vote on the question of
the establishment of a municipal liquor store and the issuance of
on -sale licenses to bona fide clubs and veterans' organizations; and
WHEREAS, It will be helpful and is desirable to secure support
from various organizations in procuring passage of such legislation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the
City of Bloomirgton in regular meeting assembled on the 6th day of
February, 1961, that each of the organizations listed below be, and
they hereby are, requested by the City Council of the City of
Bloomington to take appropriate steps and actions, including the
forwarding of resolutions from each su:h organizations to members
of the Minnesota State Legislature, as may be calculated to assist
in the passage of such permissive special legislation; that the
Bloomington organizations hereby referred to are as follows:
1. The American Legion
2. The Chamber of Commerce
3. The DFL Party
4. The Exchange Club
5. The Junior Chamber of Commerce
6. The League of Women Voters
7. The Lions Club
S. The Metropolitan Stadium Commission
9. Minnesota Valley. Country Club
10. The Optimist Club
11. The Republican Party
12. The Veterans of Foreign Wars.
That the news media which serve the City of Bloomington be,
and they hereby are, requested to support the passage of such legislation,
such media including the following:
1. KSTP Radio and Television
2. WCCO Radio and Television
3.WTCH Radio and Television
4. KMSP Television
5. KEVE Radio
6. MM Radio
7. The Minneapolis Sta-
8. Th- Minneapolis Tribune
9. 5t. Paul Disp+tch
10. St. Paul Pioneer Press
11. 1:.:_ 3loomington Suburbanite
12. The Bloomington Sun.
That otbar organisations, including adjacent municinalitLes, be
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That copies of such proposed legislation
and a copy of a resolution to be seat Lo members of the Minnesota State
Legislature be forwarded to the foregoing organizations.
Passed and adopted the 6th day of February, 1461.
IS/ rorrinn Mi kl of hnn
Ma�?or
Attest:
/s/ Milo A. Hall
Clerk and Secretary of the Council
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) ss.
C MY OF BLOOMINGTON )
I. the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting
Clerk of the City of Bloomington, Minnesota, do hereby certify that
I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing resolution which
is an extract of the minutes of the regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of V oomingto, held on the 6th 'day of February,
1961, at 7-00 o'clock P. M. with the original thereof on file in my
office and the same is a full and true and complete transcript there-
from; that the following members voted in favor of said resolutim-
Mtlethun. Roffman. Maistrovich. Adams and Knudsen ;
that the following members voted against said resolution: None,
that the following members were absent: None ;
and the resolution was therefore declared to be adopted.
Dated thir> 6th day of February, 1961.
S E A L /s/ Milo A. Hall
Clerk
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING LEGISLATION TO PERMIT BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS TO
VOTE ON THE QUESTION OF ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE AND
ISSUING LICENSES TO CLUBS AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS.
WHEREAS, The legislature of the State of Minnesota is empowered,
pursuant to the provisions of Revised Article ICI, Section 2 of the
Constitution of the State of Minnesota, to enact special legislation
permitting the electorate of the City of Bloomington to vote on the
question of establishing an exclusive municipal liquor store for off -
sale of intoxicating liquors and of issuing licenses for on -sale of
intoxicating liquor to clubs and veterans' organizations; and
WHEREAS, The sale of intoxicating liquors is presently
prohibited within the City of Bloomington and, consequently, the
establishment of a municipal liquor store will not interfere with or
affect any presently established business or dealer in intoxicating
liquors; and
WHEREAS, It is highly desirable to exercise substantial control
over the dispensing of intoxicating liquor which can best be accomplished
by the establishment of a municipal liquor store and the issuance of
on -sale licenses to bona fide clubs, an defined by state law, and
veterans' organizations; and
WHEREAS, In the considered judgment of the Bloomington City
Council, the operation of a municipal liquor store will result in
certain monetary benefits to the community and its taxpayers as, for
example, witness the successful experience of Bloomington's sister
suburban coamnity Edina, with a 1950 population of 9,744 and a 1960
population of 28,501, and which, since the establishment of its
municipal liquor store in 1948 has realized $1,308,000.00, $600,000.00
of which has been utilized in the betterment and development of parks
and playgrounds, $252,000.00 of which has been used for the erection
of a modern municipal building, and the balance deposited directly
into the general fund, and, for example. Bloomington's sister suburban
community of Richfield with a 1960 population of 42,523, which realized
in the past calendar year in excess of the sum of $390,000.00 whish
has been utilized in a capital improvement program; and
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WHEREAS, Communities -which have experience in operating municipal
liquor stores are well pleased with the results thereof as, for example,
again citing the experience of Edina which established its municipal
liquor store in 1948 as it result of an election which showed 1,921
voters in favor and 1,040 voters against the establishment of a municipal
liquor store and which, this past week, elected to continue the operation
of the municipal liquor store by a truly overwhelming vote of 5,015 in
favor and only 183 opposed; and
WHEREAS, The people of Bloomington, who had no opportunity,
prior to the incorporation of Bloomington as a Village in 1953, to
express their desire to establish a municipal liquor store, did,
im mediately after such incorporation, elect, by a ratio of approximately
3 to 1, to establish a municipal liquor store, only to have such action
rendered nugatory by the Supreme Court, Ellis vs. Bloomington, 245 Minn
292, 72 NW2 350, which held that in the absence of additional legisla-
tion, Bloomington could not establish a municipal liquor store because
the population of Bloomington at the time of incorporation was in
excess of 10,000; and
WHEREAS, The electorate of Bloomington has since, in 1956 and
1959, voted against the issuance of private liquor licenses and, on
November 7, 1960, by the adoption of a charter, approved a provision
which would allow the establishment of a municipal liquor store if special
legislation is enacted and if such legislation is ratified by the people
of Bloomington and at the same time adopted a provision requiring a
charter amendment prior to the issuance of private liquor licenses; and
WHEREAS, Other communities and governmental units have enjoyed
the benefits of special legislation allowing governmental operation of
liquor establishments as, for example, the Metropolitan Airport, Laws
of 1959, Regular Session, Chapter 540, municipalities in Ottertail
County, Laws 1949, Regular Session, Chapter 354, and those municipalities
coming within the provisions of Laws 1941, Chapter 401; and
WHEREAS, Special provisions have been enacted which obviously
apply to certain individual establishments allowing them to be licensed
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to sell intoxicating liquors, as for exarapl::, the Lowell Inn at
Stillwater, Laws 1957, Regular Session, Chapter 725, others being
described in Section 340.11 M.S.A.; and
WHEREAS. Other communities each having a population in excess
of the aforementioned 10,000 do awn Wid operate municipal liquor
stores, such communities being Richfield with a 1960 population of
42,523, Edina with a 1460 population of 28,501, Brooklyn Center with
a 1960 population of 24,356, Roseville with a 1960 population of
23,997, Columbia Heights with a 1960 population of 17,533, Robbinsdale
with a 1960 population of 16,381, Fridley with a 1960 population of
15,173, Coon Rapids with a 1960 population of 14,931, Anoka with a
1960 population of 10,562, and Brooklyn Park with a 1960 population
of 10,197; and
WHEREAS, The Village Council of the Village of Bloomington,
in 1959, petitioned the legislature to give the electorate of the
Village of Bloomington the opportunity of voting on the question of
establishing a municipal liquor store and the City Council of the
City of Bloomington is of the same firm opinion that there is no valid
reason for refusing the people of Bloomington the right to make this
choice.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the
City of Bloomington, Minnesota, in regular meeting assembled on the
6th day of February, 1961, that Senator Al Bergerud and State
Representative C. Donald Peterson be, and they hereby are, petitioned
to introduce legislation passage of which would allow the electorate
of Bloomington to vote on the question of the establishment of a
municipal liquor store and the issuance of on -sale liquor licenses
to bona fide clubs and veterans' organizations and to take whatever
steps they deem beneficial to secure consideration and passage of
such legislation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That Senator Bergerud and
Representative Peterson be, and C xy hereby are, informed that the
Honorable Senator Donald Fraser and the Honorable Mrs. Sally Luther
have consented to act as co-sponsers for ouch proposed legislation.
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AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That copies of this resolution be
forwarded to each member of the Minnesota Legislature and each Senator
and Representative is hereby requested to support the proposed
legislation.
Passed and adopted the 6th day of February, 1961,
/s/ Gordon Miklethun
Mayor
Attest:
/s/ Milo A. Hall
Clerk and Secretary of the Council
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) ss.
CITY OF BLOOMINGTON )
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting
Clerk of the City of Bloomington, Minnesota, do hereby certify that
I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing resolution which
is an extract of the minutes of the regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Bloomington held on the 6th day of February,
1961, at 7:00 o'clock P. M, With the original thereof on file in syr
office and the same is a full and true and complete transcript there-
from; that the following members voted in favor of said resolution:
Miklethun, Hoffman, Meistrovich, Adams and Knudsen; that the
following members voted against said resolution: None; that the
following members were absent: None; and the resolution was there-
fore decalred tobeadopted.
Dated this 6th day of February, 1961.
S 8 A L
Clerk
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