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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CITY HALL MONDAY, JUNE 27 201 1 Members Present: Mayor Dietz, Councilmembers Zei-was, Gumphre~-, yY~'estgaard and Motin Members Absent: None Staff Present: Finance Director Tim Simon, Cite Attorney Peter Beck, Planning Manager Jeremy Barnhart, Police Chief Brad Rolfe, Fire Chief John Cunningham, and City Clerk Tina Allard Also Present: Attorney George Hoff Call Meeting To Order Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the special meeting of the Elk River City Council was called to order at 7:08 p.m. by i~4ayor Dietz. 2. Wa iti Park Cam round Inc. Continued from une 20 2011 A. Conditional Use Permit Attorney Beck handed out a draft resolution regarding the conditional use permit for ~X~apiti • Park Campground. He noted the Council held a public hearing last week regarding the revocation of this permit, then directed staff to come back with a resolution for revocation of the permit. Attorney Beck recommended the action on this resolution be continued to July 18, 2011 so representatives of Wapiti Park have a chance to review and comment on the resolution and any other party can put on the record any additional comments. He suggested the record be held open for the submission of additional written material until July 11, 2011. He stated this is not a situation in which there is a deadline for action to be taken. He stated Council should pass on any additional comments to staff by July 18. He noted that the resolution the revocation effective date set in the resolution is December 31, 2011. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZERWAS TO CONTINUE CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR WAPITI PARK CAMPGROUND TO JULY 18, 2011 AND TO LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR THE SUBMISSSION OF WRITTEN MATERIALS TO JULY 11, 2011. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. B. Liquor Licenses Ms. Allard presented the staff report. She discussed the resolution outlining the findings of fact for non-renewal of Wapiti Park Campgrounds 3.2 Percent On and Off Sale licenses. Ms. Allard noted that the $225 fee for the 3.2 Percent Off-Sale license hadn't been paid so the application is incomplete. She stated Wapiti Park no longer has a valid interim use permit and MN Statute Chapter 340A and Elk River City Code provide that the city may not issue a • liquor license to a premises which is an illegal use. Ms. Allard stated per the draft resolution of findings that the renewal of the licenses wouldn't be in the public interest and is not