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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986 ResolutionAPP D ATTEST ki A RUB STELLO CATHERINE D SEAMAN RESOLUTION NO. 1986 A RESOLUTION declanng the Pasco City Council's support for the amendment of RCW 66 24 370(2) by extending the State's Liquor Control Board's authonty to issue a restricted Class F license in all counties of the State of Washington regardless of population WHEREAS, RCW 66 24 370(2) currently authonzes the State Liquor Control Board m counties with a population over 300,000 to issue a restncted Class F license, authorizing the licensee to sell only table wine, if the Board finds upon issuance or renewal of a Class F license that the sale of fortified wine would be against the public interest, and WHEREAS, the factors that could be considered by the Board to determine the issuance of a restricted Class F license may exist in localities throughout the State of Washington and m counties where the population is under 300,000, of which the City of Pasco in Franklin County is an example, and WHEREAS, the City of Pasco, both currently and in the past, has expenenced police and public safety problems with the offenng for sale of fortified wines at markets and taverns, particularly in its downtown area, and WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has made considerable efforts in its recent past to revitalize its downtown area through economic development, zonmg, and the creation of the Farmers' Market, and WHEREAS, the City of Pasco and its citizens should have the same ability to present evidence or objection to the sale of fortified wine in such circumstances where it would be in the public interest as the local governmental entities and citizens in the largest counties in this State, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: §1. That it supports the efforts of the Pasco Downtown Development Association and the legislative sponsors of appropriate legislation in the Washington State legislature to amend that portion of RCW 66 24 370 which allows the State Liquor Control Board to issue restricted Class F licenses prohibiting the sale of fortified wine, when to do so would be m the public interest, so that the restncted Class F licensing capability applies to all counties within the State of Washington, regardless of population PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at a regular meeting this 21st day of January, 1991 c, Ca.3,ez-Liz‘_ 404 DeFELICE • Deputy City Clerk orney