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Home My WebLink About7. On-Sale Liquor License for Walleye's Bar and Grill and Fox's PizzaAGENDA ITEM: ON -Sale Liquor License Application by Carl Morgan, LLC for Walleye's Bar Grill and Fox's Pizza 3400 150 Street West, Suite B AGENDA SECTION: PUBLIC HEARING PREPARED BY: Linda Jentink, City Clerk AGEND ATTACHMENTS: Memo, Floor Plan, Site Plan APPROVED BY: RECOMMENDED ACTION: MOTION to approve the on -sale Morgan, LLC for Walleye's Bar Grill and Fox's Pizza at 3400 having the license term begin upon receiving their Certificate 31, 2005; and, contingent on the approval of the PUD Minor Amendment Market Square presented on the Consent Agenda this evening. liquor license to C rl 150 Street West, Suite B, of Occupancy to December for Rosemount 4 ROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL City Council Regular Meeting September 6, 2005 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ISSUE Council is requested to consider an application for a new on -sale liquor license at 3400 150 Street West, Suite B, which is located facing County Road 42 m a portion of the property formerly known as Knowlan's Supermarket in Rosemount Market Square. BACKGROUND Carl Morgan, LLC has submitted an application for an on -sale liquor license. Owners and managers of Fox's Pizza, Robert and Kathleen Johnson, propose a new restaurant to be run jointly with their Fox's Pizza franchise. A PUD Minor Amendment is required for the change m land use from retail to restaurant at Rosemount Market Square. City Planner Pearson has prepared the amendment for consideration on the Consent Agenda this evening, Item 6. i. Walleye's Bar Grill is a full- service restaurant. The menu will be chef -driven and include steak, ribs, smoked pork and seafood. Walleye will be the only fresh -water fish on the menu, but will not be the dominant menu theme. There will be a bar near the entrance that seats about eight customers. There will be approximately 2,000 sq. ft. available for seating, including the bar The entire restaurant has 6,038 sq. ft. There is no outdoor seating proposed. The interior decor will be remuuscent of a rustic north woods cabin. City Planner Pearson conducted a thorough parkrig study and recommended the PUD Minor Amendment for Rosemount Market Square be approved. This will result in a required major amendment to Rosemount Market Square in the event they would request an expansion m the future. Mr Pearson noted that Walleye's has an exclusivity feature in their lease that will restrict additional restaurants. On -Sale liquor hcenses held at restaurants are not limited by City ordinance of State law. All fees and proof of msurance have been received. Pohce Lt. Dwayne Kuhns conducted a full investigation on the apphcant and manager, Robert Johnson and his wife, Kathleen Johnson. No criminal record was found. SUMMARY Staff finds no reason to withhold the on -sale liquor license. The recommendation is to approve the license with the above motion. 4 ROSEMOUNT POLICE DEPARTMENT M E M O R A N D U M To: Gary Kalstabakken, Chief of Police From: Dwayne Kuhns, Lieutenant Date: August 24, 2005 Subject: Background Investigation Walleye's Bar Grill I was requested to conduct a background investigation regarding the issuance of a liquor license to Walleye's Bar Gnll/Fox's Pizza, the following is a summary of that investigation. Carl Morgan, LLC. is the parent company of Walleye's Bar Grill. Fox's Pizza is a national franchise and not a holding of Carl Morgan, LLC. The corporate officers for Carl Morgan, LLC. are Robert and Kathleen Johnson. Robert Johnson is also named as the store manager. The Johnson's have operated the Fox's Pizza franchise located at 15092 Claret Avenue, Rosemount, for approximately two (2) years There have only been three (3) calls for service at that restaurant and none of the calls indicate a cause for concern The license applicants did provide certificate of liability insurance, which was issued by the ARGES Group, Inc. of St. Paul This certificate covers Workers Compensation and Liquor Liability. Criminal Background checks were conducted on all apphcants. No cnmmal record was found on any of the apphcants. Local records checks m both Burnsville and St. Cloud also indicate no contacts. Contact was also made with the apphcant's references, Thomas Glynn and Brian Gleason both who indicated no cause for concern regarding the issuance of a liquor license to the applicants and feel that Mr Johnson restaurant would be a good addition to any community. 2 N WALLEYE'S S S t ROSSE VILL4GE SQUARE FIXTURE PLAN KRJ ASSOCIATES SCALE AS 103TCO CREME) HY LOCATION DRAWING ROSEMOUNT MARKET SQ. N '7 0 Q 0 r W h Z D 0 0