MARQUETTE — A public hearing regarding a new liquor license application for Superior Culture, a local business that produces kombucha, will be held at the Marquette City Commission meeting tonight.

The city has received a local approval notice from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission for a new liquor license for Superior Culture, located along 717 N. Third St. in Marquette, according to tonight’s meeting notes. Alex Rowland, owner of Superior Culture, is applying for a license for a micro brewery, a small wine maker and winery tasting room.

Steve Wahlstrom, who owns the Third Street building, previously stated at a Marquette Planning Commission meeting that Rowland wanted to apply for the license because making kombucha uses a similar fermenting process as making wine.

“As my neighbor and as a tenant, he’s been stellar,” Wahlstrom said during public comment at the Planning Commission’s Jan. 9 meeting. “(Rowland) has a good head on his shoulders and I think he’s going to do a good job there.”

While several planning commissioners previously expressed concern over parking, Wahlstrom said all deliveries, loading and unloading, will be handled through the large driveway and not on the street.

The Marquette Planning and City Commissions will hold a joint work session at the Commission Chambers at 4:30 p.m. The Planning Commission is expected to give an annual update of planning activities, according to the meeting’s notes.

The City Commission will follow the work session by holding its regular meeting at 6 p.m.

Aside from the public hearing at tonight’s meeting, there will also be two presentations: one by Bill Brazier, who will talk about the Marquette Area Sister Cities Partnership trip to Higashiomi, and the other, Planning Commission Vice-Chair Taylor Klipp.

Other items on tonight’s agenda include:

• Request to approve acting as the fiscal intermediary for Keweenaw Bay Indian community funding for the U.P. Children’s Museum. Recently the UPCM asked the city to serve as the fiscal pass-through agent for funding from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. They plan to ask the Tribe for $10,000 for Museum programs.

Proceeds from the Tribe’s 2 percent gaming revenue would be used to fund the request; gaming regulations require that a local municipality serve as the fiscal agent for such awards.

This payment is not allocated to the city of Marquette government, but is a contribution to the UPCM.

• Approve the request to act as the fiscal intermediary for Sault Ste. Marie Tribe funding of $5,500 for UPCM programs.

• Approve a resolution for a Coastal Zone Management Grant application for the Coastal Water Trail Improvements.

The city of Marquette is requesting to implement two water rail demonstration access sites at Clark Lambros’ Beach Park and the recently acquired Marquette Harbor Lighthouse Station property adjacent to McCarty’s Cove Beach Park.