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Council Minutes of 07-20-2010 Commander of VFW Post 7647, Pat Straley; President of the Ladies Auxiliary and Ann Griss, Treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary. The applicant brought forth a rough draft of the proposed tent, seating and serving areas. The men's and women's auxiliary will be serving beverages as well as regular bartenders from the organization. Draft beer is the only alcoholic beverage that will be sold during this event. A member of the organization has arranged for the use of a beer truck whereby the beer will be dispensed from only one side of the truck which abuts the tent. The truck will be fenced off as well as the tent. The applicant stated that identification will be checked by volunteers of the men's auxiliary, one of whom currently serves as a corrections officer. The sale of beverages will not open until later in the day on Thursday and Friday, and may possibly open at noon on Saturday. Sales will conclude one hour before the Homecoming events close for the evening. Pull tab instant bingo will not be sold at this stand. Councilman Barker expressed concerns that Ordinance 2010-79 encompasses two separate matters that should be addressed individually with both the sale of alcoholic beverages during Homecoming as well as alcoholic sales at the Community Cabin. Gareau stated that there is nothing in the present Ordinance that would prevent more than one beer vendor at a time during to Homecoming event. In order for more than one permit to be issued, the city would need to put that in an ordinance. Councilman Orlowski would like to see only one vendor permitted to sell beer only in the park, and would also like to see a non-profit agency running the booth. Councilwoman Jones said she does not see it as Council's decision.to determine who will be selling alcoholic beverages in the park, but rather the type of alcohol that would be permitted for consumption within the Community Cabin. The Ordinance needs to be refined to set limitations such as being allowed to consume beverages in the surrounding perimeters of the Cabin. The meeting was open for public comment, and several of the comments made were either for or against the sale of alcohol on city property. It was recommended by several members of Council to make 2010-79 two separate pieces of legislation to allow for the sale of alcohol in the park during Homecoming and the regulation of alcohol sales on city property. Ordinance 2010-79 will be amended to reflect the sale of alcoholic beverages at the North Olmsted Homecoming festivities, and a new ordinance will be introduced to address the issue of alcohol consumption on City property, such as the Community Cabin. The law director will make the appropriate amendments and will introduce the new legislation at a later date. Councilwoman Williamson made a motion to amend Ordinance 2010-79. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2010-79 amended. • The second item on the agenda for the evening was the issuance of a liquor permit for Basalath, Inc., dba Flavors of India located at 26703 Brookpark Road Extension, in North Olmsted. After review from Lt. Cox at the Police Dept. and seeing no issues with the applicant, the committee recommended to issue the liquor permit 2-0. The meeting adjourned at 8:1 I p.m. 4