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Wapiti's liquor licenses have been to the Council numerous times over the past year. A chronological history is attached. Wapiti's current licenses will expire at midnight on June 30, 2011. Tonight the Council is considering whether to renew the liquor licenses. The license applications are to serve and sell alcoholic beverages at the campground store building. The campground store building is currently an illegal use. The Council should consider this in determining whether the licensee has failed to comply with any applicable statute, regulation, or ordinance relating to the conduct of the licensee's business. A copy of the Ciry Council resolution denying renewal of the interim use permit for the store building is attached. The Council should also consider its resolution denying renewal of the consumption and display permit for the store building, which is also attached. Wapiti Park Campground, Inc. operates the Wapiti Park Campground, which operates pursuant to a conditional use permit issued in 1984 and clarified in 1998. If the City Council determines that Wapiti Park Campground is not being operated in compliance with its conditional use permit, then the City Council should decide whether the licensee has failed to comply with applicable statues, regulations, and ordinances relating to the conduct of the licensee's business The Council should also consider whether renewal of the liquor licenses is consistent with the public health, safety, and welfare. Attached is a report from the Police Chief indicating a larger number of police calls to Wapiti Park over the past 5 years, many of which involve alcohol and intoxicated persons. Incidents include several domestic assaults by intoxicated persons, including a recent assault of the campground manager, domestic disturbances between intoxicated persons, several fights between intoxicated persons, a severe injury to an intoxicated person who fell into a campfire, and driving while intoxicated incidents. These incidents, many of them liquor related, affect the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents at Wapiti Park as well as the surrounding neighborhood and the city. ATTACHMENTS Draft resolution Chronological History and Corresponding Reports, Minutes, and Resolutions Report from the Police Chief Action Motion by Second by Vote Follow Up N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Licensing\Liquor\2011\062011 Wapiti Combined with PC Report.doc