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Resolution Number 95-250
City of Stillwater, Minnesota
REQUESTING A LIQUOR LICENSE
Whereas, the old territorial prison was located in Stillwater 146 years ago, and is a
treasury of historic development of the area that was to became the birthplace for the
State of Minnesota;
Whereas, the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National
Pat1\: Service of the U.S. Department of Interior, and remains a focal point of interest for
Minnesotans and tourists from all over the world;
Whereas, the buildings on the site have succumbed to age more than a century of
continuous use, and are badly in need of repair;
Whereas, the Territorial Coalition Inc. (TCI) has signed a purchase agreement with
Maple Island Inc. in July, 1995, providing earnest money for the buildings and land at
the site of the old Territorial Prison;
Whereas. the Territorial Coalition Inc, plans call for the modification of the existing
structures into a hotel that will include 100 guest rooms and suites, a restaurant, a
Grand Ballroom and Conference Center with an occupancy of 350 people for social
events, and 650 persons for meetings and conferences, and a large swimming pool
with plans for community use as well as for guests, and rehabilitating the original
structures in consultation with the Minnesota Historical Society;
Whereas, the City will receive significant benefits from this project by the increase in
the local tax base, the creation of about 150 new jobs, a rehabilitated historic attraction
for visitors, the community's use of needed facilities, and the rehabilitation of one of the
most significant historical sites in the Upper Midwest;
Whereas, the TC~ has obtained architects, engineers, marketing specialists, and
historians for the purpose of rehabilitating and preserving the structures, and the
development of the project;
Whereas, the TCI has brought their plans before the Council for the City of Stillwater
in public meetings, and has received the City's full support for the project;
Whereas, a liquor license is critical to the financial success of the project, and is a
contingency for agreements between TCI, the City of Stillwater, and Maple Island rnc,
the current owner of the property;
Whereas, the City of Stillwater does not have a liquor license available for the TCI
hotel development complex;
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Whereas, the closing date for the project financial agreements require completion by
late February, 1996;
Whereas, the TCf cannot move forward on the project untif they have the assurance
that they will be granted a liquor license for the hotet project;
Whereas, the provision of such a liquor license will enable the devefoprnent of the
project to move ahead on schedukl, and avoid substantial costs to the City that would
be incurred by a special etection;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
That the City of StilfWater requests the M"rnnesota State legislature. in accordance
with State law, provide the City with the authority to grant an addilionaf liquor license
for the proposed hotel complex to be located at the site of the old territorial prison in
Stiffwater .
Therefore, that the Clerk of the City of StilfWater sl'lalf be, and is hereby directed, to
transmit three copies of this resolution to M"tnnesota Governor Arne Carlson, Senator
Gary laidig, and Representative Mark Hofsten at the State Capitol in St. Pauf,
Minnesota, for dibt. Wbn to the appropriate officials in the tegisfatUfe and State
-f' Government,
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Adopted by the Councif of fhe City this 7th day of November, 1995,
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Morfi J. Weld . City Clerk
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