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APPROVAL OF RENEWAL OF TAVERN LIQUOR LICENSE - TRACK INN Susan Griffiths, City Attorney, asked if the applicant had any comments with respect to the renewal application of the liquor license. Clay Patzer, 3484 E. 97th Place, Thornton, Colorado, was there to answer any questions. Sisk stated he had asked to have this pulled, because included in his renewal application were three 8 1/2 x 11 pages of "occurrences" at his establishment during the last nine months that Sisk felt a hearing should be held, he had operated the Track Inn. before approval. Griffiths: The current license of the Track Inn expires on November 13, 1993. There is a requirement for notice prior to a hearing on a renewal application. There is at least 10 days notice of posting and there has to be at least 10 days notice to the licensee, along with the potential grounds for non-renewal. Under those circumstances, I think the earliest that a hearing could be scheduled is August 17, 1993, before the City Council. The ordinance that's being considered on the second reading, if it's passed, would create a new local licensing authority, which would act on license matters, rather than the City Council. As currently written, that ordinance, if it's passed on 2nd reading tonight and it's published tomorrow, would take effect in early September. If you think it's appropriate to put this past August 17, then you need to decide whether the Council should consider this hearing and this renewal application. If so, we could amend the ordinance to exclude any pending matters from the preview of the local licensing authority and have the Council conclude those, or we could refer it to the local licensing authority after they're formed. My only concern with that is that you would have several new members of the local licensing authority, who would have no experience in the matters. I would