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RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM PERTAINING TO THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR IN THE LAKESIDE AND LESTER PARK NEIGHBORHOODS OF DULUTH.
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BY COUNCILOR JULSRUD:
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(a) Under Special Laws 1891, Chapter 57, Chapter XII, Section 5, the issuance of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor in what was formerly known as the city of Lakeside neighborhood of Duluth has been prohibited;
(b) The city of Lakeside is currently known as the area bordered by 40th Avenue East on the west, Skyline Parkway on the north, the city limits on the east and Lake Superior on the south (the "Lakeside and Lester Park neighborhoods")
(c) The Duluth city council wishes to determine the desire of voters in the city of Duluth with respect to allowing the sale of intoxicating liquor in the Lakeside and Lester Park neighborhoods in order to determine what, if any, action on the matter the city will propose to the state legislature in its next session.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the city council hereby calls for an advisory referendum at a general municipal election to be held on November 3, 2015, on the question of allowing the sale of intoxicating liquor in the Lakeside and Lester Park neighborhoods.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the city clerk shall place the following proposition on the ballot at such advisory referendum:
To vote for the proposition, completely fill in the oval next to the word "YES" for that question.
To vote against the proposition, completely fill in the oval next to the word "NO" for that question.
NON-BINDING PROPOSITION
Should the state statute which prohibits the issuance of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor in the Lakeside and Lester Park neighborhoods be repealed?
A "YES" vote means I support eliminating the state law which prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquor in the Lakeside and Lester Park neighborhoods.
A "NO" vote means I do not support eliminating the state law which prohibits...
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