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Approving the application with conditions, per the Deputy Legislative Hearing Officer, for Liquor On Sale - 291 or more Seats for the University of St. Thomas (I.D. #20110002908), 2115 Summit Avenue (entire campus of the University of St. Thomas).
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WHEREAS, two legislative hearings were conducted on September 26, 2011 and October 6, 2011 regarding St. Thomas' application for Liquor On Sale - 291 or more Seats and a recommendation was made to approve and be considered at the November 23, 2011 City Council meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council referred the matter back to legislative hearing to reconsider St. Thomas' application for Liquor On Sale - 291 or more Seats in light of clarifications made to the July 13, 2011 amendment of Chapter 409.06; and
WHEREAS, a legislative hearing was conducted on December 8, 2011 to reconsider St. Thomas' application for Liquor On Sale - 291 or more Seats; and
WHEREAS, the Deputy Legislative Hearing Officer recommends that the application for the University of St. Thomas for Liquor On Sale - 291 or more Seats, be approved with the following conditions:
1. The liquor service area is restricted to the specific indoor and outdoor University of St. Thomas (UST) on-campus locations, identified in the revised map of the University of St. Thomas St. Paul Campus, Liquor License Locations, dated October 6, 2011, with restrictions on outdoor locations in the first year, as stipulated in Condition # 9.
2. The licensee is responsible for taking all appropriate measures to ensure that the sale/service/consumption of alcohol is contained within the designated UST campus liquor service area(s) on file with DSI.
3. There shall be no permanent bar and/or liquor service area established by UST. The intent of this condition is to prohibit UST from conducting business in a manner similar to operations such as, but not necessarily limited to the following: a restaurant with regular hours which also serves alcohol, a bar, etc.
4. All employees/managers/servers providing alcoholic beverages under the UST license shall undergo yearly Alcohol Awareness Training through an agency approved by DSI to operate such a program. All new employees/managers/servers shall be required to undergo training within two (2) weeks of their starting date. The licensee shall have proof of each person who has completed this training on-site, and this proof shall be made available to DSI upon request.
5. Licensee will adopt procedures to ensure that alcohol is not served to anyone under the age of twenty-one (21).
6. The sale of alcoholic beverages shall occur between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and midnight, with last call at 11:30 p.m. NOTE: The sale/service of alcoholic beverages on Sunday is permitted with this license.
7. There shall be an annual review of the license and conditions. As part of the review, UST will provide documentation from the previous year regarding events at which liquor was sold, including calls to UST security regarding patron behavior at these events.
8. UST will provide to the West Summit Neighborhood Advisory Committee (WSNAC) on a monthly basis and to DSI upon request a log of events where sales of alcoholic beverages have occurred. UST will cooperate with WSNAC and DSI to address any complaints filed with the City regarding sales of alcoholic beverages by UST, including discussing the need for new or modified conditions at the time of annual license renewal.
9. The following outdoor service areas are approved only for the first year of operation: (a) Monahan Plaza-lower Academic Quadrangle; (b) Upper (residential) Quadrangle; (c) McNeely Hall Courtyard. The subject of liquor outdoor service areas will be discussed at the annual neighborhood review, to determine if modications are appropriate.
10. The sale of alcoholic beverages outdoors at events with more than 150 attendees shall occur only in the following outdoor locations: (a) Monahan Plaza-lower academic quadrangle; (b) Upper (residential) quadrangle; (c) Sabo Plaza (in front of science center); and (d) Science center rear plaza.
11. UST shall place portable toilets in the vicinity of the football stadium on football home game days and will pick up trash after the football games, in the abutting neighborhood blocks immediately bordering the campus along Cretin on the west, Selby on the north, Cleveland on the east and Grand on the south.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby approves this license application with the aforementioned agreed-upon conditions.
The Conditions Affidavit was signed and submitted on January 13, 2012.