CC VER 2020 12 29CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Mayor Ryan called the City Council Meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. The meeting was
opened with the pledge to the Flag.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Ryan, Councilwoman Tjornhom, Councilman
McDonald, and Councilman Campion
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilwoman Coleman
STAFF PRESENT: Heather Johnston, Matt Kerr
PUBLIC PRESENT: None
Mayor Ryan: Thank you and good afternoon. Today we are conducting a special meeting and
public hearing. For the record we have four Council members present. Councilwoman Coleman
is absent. Our first action is our agenda approval. Council members, are there any modifications
to the agenda as printed? Please respond with a yay or nay when I call your name. Councilman
McDonald?
McDonald: Nay.
Mayor Ryan: Councilwoman Tjornhom?
Tjornhom: Nay.
Mayor Ryan: Councilman Campion, yay or nay?
Campion: Nay.
Mayor Ryan: Council, if you could hold on one second we’re having a… Councilman Campion,
could you respond with a yay or a nay please?
Campion: Nay.
Johnston: They can hear each other on Zoom? We just can’t hear them.
Mayor Ryan: No worries. Council, we can’t hear you so Matt’s working on fixing the problem
right now so we’re just on hold for a minute. Thank you.
There was a break at this point to fix the audio connection on Zoom.
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Mayor Ryan: I’m just going to go back real quickly for agenda approval because I couldn’t hear
you the last time. I saw your lips move but I couldn’t hear you so for the record, we have four
Council members present with Councilwoman Coleman absent. Our first action is our agenda
approval. If there any modifications to the agenda, please respond with a yay or nay. Councilman
McDonald?
McDonald: Nay.
Mayor Ryan: Councilwoman Tjornhom?
Tjornhom: Nay.
Mayor Ryan: Councilman Campion?
Campion: Nay.
Mayor Ryan: I am nay as well so we will proceed with the published agenda. The only action
item on our agenda today is a public hearing for a liquor license for Lunds & Byerlys Wines &
Spirits.
PUBLIC HEARING: APPROVAL OF OFF-SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSE
FOR LUNDS & BYERLYS WINES & SPIRITS, 780 WEST 78TH STREET
Mayor Ryan: We will begin with the staff report. Ms. Johnston, please?
Johnston: Thank you, Madam Mayor. Council members, thank you for attending a special
meeting. This is a liquor license for Lunds & Byerlys. The officers and managers have changed
so we received a request for an off-sale liquor license. They are in the process of restructuring
their entity and transferring the license to Lund Beverages, LLC. The officers and managers have
unchanged, only the company name has changed from Byerlys Beverages, Inc. to Lund
Beverages, LLC. Law enforcement conducted background investigations on all the principals
including criminal history, driving records, and outstanding warrants on four officers and
managers and no negative comments were found. This is a public hearing and we did publish this
public hearing so with that I will turn it back to the Mayor. I stand for any questions.
Mayor Ryan: Council, before I open the public hearing do you have any questions for Ms.
Johnston? Councilman McDonald?
McDonald: No, I do not.
Mayor Ryan: Councilwoman Tjornhom?
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Tjornhom: Councilman Campion?
Campion: No.
Mayor Ryan: I hereby open the public hearing. Please step forward and state your name and
address for the record. We also have a phone line that has been published and I will wait for a
minute to see if anyone calls in or steps to the microphone.
There was a break at this point to post the phone number for the public.
Mayor Ryan: Council, there’s nobody in Chambers and nobody has called so I hereby close the
public hearing and bring it back to Council for any questions or a motion.
McDonald: Madam Mayor, I’ll make the motion.
Mayor Ryan: Thank you.
Councilman McDonald moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the City Council
approves a request for an off-sale intoxicating liquor license from Lund Beverages, LLC
doing business as Lunds & Byerlys Wines & Spirits located at 780 West 78th Street. All
voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0.
Mayor Ryan: Thank you Council members for the meeting today. I wish you all a very happy
and safe New Year and looking forward to a great 2021. May I please have a motion to adjourn?
Councilman McDonald moved, Councilman Campion seconded to adjourn the meeting.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. The council
meeting was adjourned at 1:16 p.m.
Submitted by Heather Johnston
Interim City Manager
Prepared by Kim Meuwissen