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e e a times good evening ladies and gentlemen this is a meeting of the Chelsea licensing commission today is Thursday February 13th I am here with my fellow Commissioners anyo Lopez Mike mcateer
Alexandria Christmas Emily chernak myself Martin MC Alpine as well as our licensing clerk Naomi libron and B from our licensing department and then we have Sergeant Chung uh representing the Chelsea Police Department uh fairly
quick agenda this evening couple housekeeping notes before we do get started uh when you are coming to speak before us this evening please make sure you do step up to that microphone state your name and reason for coming before us clearly so that way not only we can
hear it but any members of the community that are watching this live or recording can also hear you um and if I could also ask uh all of my fellow Commissioners to make sure your microphones are turned on as well and with that we can get things
going uh first on the agenda uh we're looking for an adoption of the minutes of the January 9th 2025 Chelsea licensing commission can I please have a motion to approve those minutes motion and a second second thank you all in favor I I
perfect moving right along the next item on the agenda is a public hearing to consider a change in hours from Sunday through Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 900 p.m. to Sunday through Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on the amusement and
entertainment license application for uh Jolan LLC DBA Harbor House Collective at 80 Eastern a Chelsea Mass good evening uh my name is Richard Sue I'm one of the co-founders and chief compliance officer at jellan LLC DPA
Harbor House Collective located at 80 Eastern Avenue here in Chelsea um I'm here today because we did successfully have our operating hours extended thankfully to the decision here of the licensing board um that being said we are here to just correct and update our
arts and entertainment license corresponding to the Bluetooth speaker that's on our sales floor um currently that one is limited to the old hours of 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. we just want to extend it to the two hours to match our operating
hours um I did have one question on your application yes and so on your application it does note uh dis jockey as well uh but it is not noting off the use of amplification
and typically DJs are using amplification got because you're having some sort of a sound system with them I think that may have been a hold over from the last license um we've had a DJ at Harbor House Collective one time in like 2022
and we haven't had one since so um that really isn't necessary part of the application if if needed to strike it we can okay questions from my fellow Commissioners unrelated how's the clothing clothing merchandise going you still got it clothing merchandise is it
working um what do you mean like merchandise for the brand just clothing you sell I seen there was a lot of clothing last inspection do you sell clothing at your store oh um we have small accessories me like hats and stuff hats sweatshirts I see there was a lot of it wasn't small it was a lot of stuff
we don't currently have any shirts or anything right now we may have done a small run in the past we did a collaboration with a local brand um so it may have been just a very small run but not currently at the moment how have the later hour has been going for you um they have been hit or
miss they've definitely needed some education um to the public but as our regulars have found out it to definitely even out some of the traffic for us um and we do have a pretty healthy amount of people coming between 9 and 11 so thank you very much for that we really
do appreciate that nice other questions from my fellow Commissioners NOP no no no uh Sergeant Chung uh hello Richard glad to see you again um always a pleasure working with
you and talking to you um with that said I hope we can really come to a resolution here with I think it's the same topic at hand that I addressed last time all right the last time was a little bit more specific to duress alarms which you said you're going to
let your staff know to use the phone over you know unless for emergencies um as a reminder I mentioned to you that the last time we met beginning of January 2024 until now there's been 20
22 false burglar alarms all right the year just started and you already have four so and we're not even through February yet and they've always been false alarms I'll rattle off the ones from this year January
19th was a burglar alarm January 29th burglar alarm and both of these were around like the 10 20 10 15 hours at night January 30th
the day after at 1:20 in the morning burglar alarm and then most recently as of 3 days ago February 10th also around 10:30 Burglar Alarm all of them were accidental defective or defective um no
one on scene all door secured so this generates a 21d right but we haven't been able to encounter anybody to issue one um we can mail them but I knew we were going to meet today so I
wanted to know what's going on we've spent about the last year or so diagnosing this we have spent a lot of time with our security company every single alarm has stemmed from a single motion detector that seems to be
malfunctioning defective we've replaced it we've rewired it uh do have all the work orders to show you that as well um most recently about five days ago I asked our security company to disregard any alarm stemming from this one defective uh detector um we're still engaging with our security company
they're still coming to replace it for a second or third time um but for now there should be absolutely zero alarms related to at least this one detector we don't want to receive the alarm calls to come in and then skip them and it'd be a
real one either you know we want to make sure we're doing our due diligence but if it's just kind of like because there's a leaf on the floor or something that's floating around like that's a waste of resources for the PD you know um we will respond to everything and
anything obviously that's our job but there since there's a track history here we're just kind of hoping to work together on this absolutely I mean we thought we had actually figured it out and I had personally brought like a like a GI like a gift of cookies just to show you that we had actually fig fixed it
but oh we saw we appreciate it we enjoyed it I'm I'm so no I really appreciate that too I'm glad but um I I do really do feel bad that it's continuing on but we did it's listed as like the work area or storage area for the the motion it's the motion detector
for our cubicle area there's actually several alarms and motion detectors along the way to that area so we do feel confident that we're still extremely secure having deactivated that single you know malfunctioning sensor all right um I have your contact in here so we
will be in touch yes okay and I'm going to monitor the situation and then we just need to put our heads together for something yes absolutely thank you thank you is there anyone from the public that would like to speak on this
matter seeing no one other questions comments from M I have a question yesel uh can you please explain me and maybe for the people watching uh amusement and entertainment what does that mean you you got speakers there you
got music you yes we have a small portable Bluetooth speaker um that's playing from one of our phones just to provide some ambient music on the sales floor okay uh so all all of the licenses um that allow the lenes to play music so
even just a radio playing in The Establishment um a television that's going going to play sports or anything like that um all of that requires the amusement and entertainment license so sometimes they're not actually putting on any sort of a show or anything it's
just very a lot of the time it's just the background music so you're not listening to silence when you walk into places but it requires that license with that name okay and it's it's quite enough that you can't hear it even off the sales floor in other parts of our building um let alone the street or
anything like that other questions before we vote can I get a motion to approve the change in hours for from Sunday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 P p.m. to Sunday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 11: p.m.
on the amusement and entertainment license application for Jolo con LLC DBA Harbor House Collective I'll make that a motion and a second a second all in favor I thank you very much take care good
luck next on our agenda this evening we have a public hearing to consider a new amusement and entertainment license application for Los Amigos Diner and restaurant corporation DBA Los Amigos Diner at 92 Washington Avenue in Chelsea
Mass hi my name is Elmer sandal I just bring my son to get some translation he says I not speak very well English but I try tell him Spanish you're going to try to get in English there is also a translator here this evening if you'd
like to use the translator too whichever you prefer okay this better I think so what do I have to indicate um so if we could start with just telling us um I believe just from looking over this that um you're going to be taking over one of
the existing uh restaurants in town it's a restaurant current um So based upon the address um is are you taking over Victoria's Diner yes it's going to be changed to Los Amigos wonderful um and uh you're
coming before us for an entertainment um license Li and you were looking for several several different categories are listed here can you share with us what type of
entertainment you plan on doing at Los am mikos so presently I want to change the hours from 8: a.m. to 3 p.m. okay I'd like to go ahead and serve until 11: p.m. so that I can serve different foods
and then with the music and the karaoke I would like to apply for that license because I would like to apply for a liquor license in the future and so that as people come in to enjoy their food they can also enjoy food I mean music and a different
ambiance gotcha okay so on the application I'm seeing that you're looking for uh the hours to be 8: a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday and
8:00 a to 11:00 p.m. on Sunday is yes and so I I see the karaoke radio television and uh [Music]
DJ there's discrepancy here there's discrepancy in the two spots yeah so just to clarify radio karaoke TV and music correct um so it says DJ and amplification in the
topj yeah but that yes okay uh just one quick thing to point out when the applications are filled out so up in the top section all of those items are all listed but down
in the next section where you have to mark each item um the use of amplification say says no even though right up at the top it says you want amplification and uh DJ says no even
though up in the top it says DJ online yeah so it was my first time filling it out and I did it online and so I went back and I I believe I corrected it is what the implication is okay um so that is actually a yes and a
yes in those requests um the one question I would have because I've been into the restaurant as is with um the current setup as Victoria's Diner and it's seems like a fairly small space to add in a DJ
um or and have entertainment like that so 38 people is the max but 38 people includes that's what I mean it's small yeah yeah and it's in a residential Zone because there's not a lot of tables yeah so my question would just be where would you be planning on putting
that um new like regular uh radio television that all makes sense um but I worry that your your space may be a bit small to do things that involve DJs um and ampli amplification you also have a
lot of neighbors right near you for restaurant so my my idea is just around during the morning hours perhaps like serving breakfast um you know those kinds of foods and then in the afternoon later in
the evening just creating an Ambiance where it's more like a restaurant um where people like Latinos within the community can come in and gather um and it wouldn't be something like a disco or anything like that but just kind of creating this Ambiance where people can
like come and just it's implication being like relax um within the atmosphere of a restaurant as opposed to like a breakfast spot or like a diner M uh thoughts or questions from my fellow
Commissioners to be honest I think that your establishment is too small to have a karaoke um or a DJ I think you should just limit yourself to have that Ambiance that you do want um for your customers those are my thoughts
yeah I will also say that there's a residential area there there a lot of people who go to school go to work and uh to have a DJ and a karaoke I think be too close to the people who live around I I think you can set the mood
that you're looking for with the radio uh and provide a nice atmosphere without adding in the additional speakers karaoke or the DJ which is going to take up space which is taking away seats that
you can have of paying customers I don't have a much I mean I think that the thing that we've had a lot of restaurants come here is because they have a DJ but the neighbors have all complained so they come before us as a disciplinary action so I think you
should test the noise because there have been bars where people open the door come in and out and the neighbors are complaining because it's like loud and so I think for you to try to test the noise whether it's you can hear it from
the outside of the restaurant so I don't care I mean to me I don't karaoke DJ whatever but what matters to me is that the noise stays inside the restaurant um because that's been an issue and you don't want to come back here because the neighborhood has complained and that now
you're coming back in a disciplinary capacity because or you know because it's been a problem so I think I would just make sure you're testing the noise from out like literally stand outside the restaurant so you can make sure that it's not
bothering people at 11: at night you know but if you want to have a DJ on a karaoke machine like I don't care like that's his own that's your own decision around tables and you know but to me it's more like is it going to bother the residential neighborhood it's a good
point I think my concern is that with karaoke and DJs invites more people that he may go over um his occupany limit so that's why I mentioned just think about that to to Omit that from your application and just try the amb the
ambience that you do want for your customers just focus on that that's my thoughts could do whatever uh Mike did you have any thoughts no I I just concur with any
three wor about the noise in The Neighbors uh Sergeant Chung uh comments from the police department so this place previous owners back in 2020 had their liquor license
removed um so I'm glad liquor is not involved um when they were functioning as victoras we didn't have many call logs or issues there um so as a new business I would just give him some word
of advice and it's going to be pretty much echoing what our um board members have stated which is being in a residential area so um if it's something you're Desiring to
do a lot of businesses have insulated their location their building to make sure that it's soundproofed it's not something that can't be done but there's need to be preventative measures to not affect your
neighbors as a now a new business especially now that you're going to be opening till 11: if approved um whereas the residents are already used to a diner that was closing at
3: for the past few years three four years so that that's really all we have for that thank you so with the little experience that I do have I know that there's a limit of
peoples um so for now I would say like the mention is of the rule of 30 um and he's done this before he had Los Amigos for two years and he believes that when he had this business for the two years he really stuck to the rules and the laws and the requirements and he
believes that as long as you go ahead and you follow the rules and you follow the laws um that are established that it can be done right um even though you know there the implication being that there's these concerns that if it's done the right way that it can be
successful okay and just to mention on the prior translation uh he did also mention that he had no complaints when when he was uh with Los Amigos for the two years that he had been running it um and he's saying that there's a difference within the buildings um that at the prior building um there were
apartment buildings around and where he is right now it's at a corner um and it sounds like there's a parking lot nearby so there isn't um the implication being is a high volume of of residents around there there are a a lot of residents in
that area um I I live just a few blocks up so I know the area very well um you have all residents across the street you have residents on the opposite side of the corner of above the little shop on the corner I think
there's residents to the left the street way uh so there there are a lot of neighbors right in that area I personally I would suggest uh looking at approving the
license without the DJ and and karaoke to start get the business going see how things are going and and see if it makes sense to add in the future um
particularly if um you stated when you first came up that your long-term goal is to come back before us to request a liquor license so if that is the next goal um potentially when you're coming
back at that time or we see how the liquor license goes and then we add it down the road rather than trying to do too much at once and not having you be successful because our goal is for you
to be able to run a successful restaurant in the community thoughts from my fellow commissioners I mean how strongly do you feel about the DJ and karaoke I mean is this something that's a priority to you right now it's something that you need to think about we're just making the
suggestions you could revise the application and then do what uh our share person has suggested or you feel strongly about it but just know that you know hopefully you will not come in before us because of a noise complaint or over
oy foree so I'm going to summarize um it sounds like kind of based on the suggestions it makes sense um to go ahead and just test it out uh and then when I come before you again to apply for the liquor
license um then maybe go ahead and apply at that time for the DJ and for the karaoke license and see how it goes because he could request a change to his license at a later dat correct so it would be an application to
request the additional items um so uh if we did that and and we looked at approving it without those items tonight because we can do that as is yeah uh and and just state that it's pending these items and not those items
then in the future you would have to file a new application to revise the categories um you'd be you'd be submitting a new application to add
categories to your amusement and entertainment license y yeah I know karaoke is whatever Naomi brought up a good point we could say yes to the karaoke and not to the DJ for the time being yeah I that's fine we have a
karaoke machine in my apartment you know what I mean it's not like I don't know what what kind of karaoke machine but I'm sure it's not to the gentleman we gave him our uh suggestions and well to us it's up to us it's up to us for what we I agree I
think we karaoke No DJ yeah karaoke is fine I just had a question for the owner yes is this the same Los Amigos that was on Broadway that burnt down a couple years ago in 2023
it continues to be Los Amigos this is a new inversion that I'm making like a new investment but are you the are the owner for the one on 339 Broadway okay now is this going to be your only business for now yes but I okay so I'm also considering
making Los Amigos at 339 Broadway but for now the only business I have is Los Amigos Diner okay so um just to make sure that we have this clear um so Los Amigos that was on Broadway that
had a fire was your establishment obviously currently closed um assuming waiting for insurance to go through and finalize things over there is that correct yes okay and so what your goal
is is to get the insurance money and reopen the original Los Amigos and then have this as a second location Los Amigos Diner yes okay with that information
Sergeant Chung have we ever had any concerns at the other at the original Los Amigos on Broadway um I can't relay that at the moment they burnt down two years ago so the call logs since then have stopped um
I would have to look into that and get back to you but to does unless officer mclin has any knowledge to that not nothing um life changing that I can think about um I just saw their name and remembered it being a former business in the city and then it just
kind of connected the dots but that's it was the same thing when I saw the name I'm like that kind of sounds familiar I but I I didn't want to I didn't want to presume yes so yes I didn't want to presume cuz folks duplicate names all the time but of course that's why I wanted to confirm but that's something I
can do after and today Los Amigos Restaurant did they have a liquor license yes yes they did okay have they have they have one gotcha okay okay and the reason why I didn't keep Victoria's Diner is because there's
a Victoria's Diner in Boston and they wanted to Su me for the name that I was using so that's when I decided I'm going to go ahead and use Los Amigos Diner makes sense
um so I think just skip the DJ hours seem fine everybody's good with the hours yeah it's a different conversation yeah you have a problem yeah without alcohol it's a different yeah I'm kind of like whatever karaoke without alcohol like
sure okay so uh oh was there anyone from the public that would like to speak on this matter seeing no one um so am I correct that
we're all in agreement of approving it minus the DJ okay so can I get a motion to approve a a new hours and new category
um amusement and entertainment license to include radio TV and karaoke for Los Amigos Diner and restaurant DBA Los Amigos Diner at 92 Washington
app I make a motion to approve uh the change the hours and the karoke in TV and and um and radio radio leave the D Joy
behind and a second I'll second all in favor I I I so um we approved it for the radio the TV and the karaoke No DJ no amplification at this
time and so if all goes well and I apply for the liquor license uh I would be able to then go ahead and and continue with applying for the implication being the other piece you you can you can always come
back before us and apply for a change to this amusement and entertainment license to ask for a DJ whether or not the board decides to Grant it would be up in the air okay okay thank you thank you thank
you very much good luck good luck good luck to you and next on the agenda we have a public hearing to consider a new amusement and entertainment license application for Starbucks Corporation DBA Starbucks
coffee at 1100 Rivier Beach Parkway in Chelsea Mass hello I'm Dan Brennon was seeking approval for just background music in the coffee shop interior
only wonderful uh thank you for coming before us we've been watching the construction yeah I think everybody's been watching that construction yeah do I give all these things to you guys yes perfect thank you um I do see in
your application that you are still in process of receiving a bunch of your permits and licenses correct um the the big one I see is occupancy permit standing he's on the Finish Line he's in the 5 yard line he's
right there you know maybe this week or next yeah can we get Starbucks open please we're trying it's got to be the work got to be done before I can inspect it but it's right there so you you expect things to happen pretty quick yeah um
and looked like we're also still waiting on the common Vic and the food permit my son does all the permitting I'm standing in for him tonight I've been out of commissioner for a little while I used to do it but
I'm sure he's applying for if he doesn't have common eviction I'm sure he's working on it now uh I mean obviously looking for background music in any sort of an establishment um to me is a no-brainer yeah um it's no karaoke it it is no
karaoke maybe that's what Starbucks maybe Starbucks needs some caros aristas can't sing um questions or comments from my fellow Commissioners it um before I pass it over to the police department is there a projected
opening you see me know more about than I he was trying to get the prise by today he's that close you're getting we're getting a per today so want by today when opening so probably 12 weeks I didn't get a notice of a grand opening like a grand opening party I don't know
I guess I'm not invited this time it's right by my kid dayare so drive by everyday being license it open yet it's very close takes about 8 to 12 weeks start in construction wonderful uh Sergeant Chung good evening welcome to the city
um two question uh just one question actually on your amusement license you're listed as 5:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. 7 days a week and then on your common vual license it's listed as 5:00 a.m. to 11:
p.m. PM it's 5: to 11: okay just wanted to clarify that what time are the doors closed you know what time are the doors Clos it's it's it's 11 for the drive-thru right what about what about people well Starbucks what what they do is they go for 5 to 11: and then they
assess it so if they're not busy it could be a store that closes at 9 so they always try to get the maximum hours in case they're busy but my guess is they'll probably be closed like around they'd like to have 5 to 11 on the common
vict but the drive-thru stays open the whole time the drive-thru would be open yeah the drive-thru is going to be open for what hours 11 it's all 5 to 11: all 5 to 11: yeah okay all right thank you other questions comments from the
police department no do you have anything offer mofin is there anyone from the public that would like to speak on this matter seeing very few people I am going to assume that is a no uh can
I uh have a motion to approve the new amusement and entertainment license application for Starbucks Corporation DBA Starbucks Coffee motion and a second second all in favor I thank you thank
you very much good luck to you Mike get on that all right I know thank you you want me to put my my tool belt on and stop yes we all want more coffee they going to 11 our our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 20th
2025 meeting adjourned thank you thank you e