Thank you. Welcome to the Lawrence Licensing Board meeting. Today is December 3rd and it's 5:30. Could we please go through roll call? >> Yes. Thank you everyone for coming today to Lawrence Licensing Board and present
are at the meeting. Commissioner SL here, Commissioner Morales here >> and the official Par Ruiz ISD director, Lieutenant Williams Olivier here, >> Lawrence Police Department, and Lieutenant
Free Lawrence Fire Department. >> Meeting start. >> Great. We don't have any old business principles matters. We do have one. Um we have Elite Drive P who's applying for
a wholesale to wholesale license and office space only at 375 Common Street. Um and I have FA. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Um I >> I have all the paperwork.
I don't have any questions right now. Commissioner, >> I just want to And this is the license. >> Yes. >> I have no questions. >> No questions.
>> No questions. >> Mr. Okay. >> Do you know you can't have any cars on the water or anything like that? >> Yes, I'm aware. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> And you're going to be running it? >> I am. >> Okay. >> Is he going to be in charge?
>> He's my father. He had guys everything. >> You guys doing everything? Okay. Make sure there's no cars there >> and you don't sell to people to wholesale. The wholesale. We have found people that u decided to get you
licensed and they sell to some customers that lose your license. Okay. >> And it's a good building so it's not a bad building. So >> do you have any questions for us or Oh no. >> I'll make a motion to we approve it.
>> I'll second the motion. Commissioner Leer made a motion to approve the wholesale tour license offices space only at 375 Common Street. Second by Commissioner Morales. Commissioner, have you commission?
>> Yes. Congratulations. >> Thank you. Thank you. Okay. for I think it's St. Anony's out there for a new business. >> Is there a name? >> I think so. I see a gentleman with a
beard. >> If you know >> there no >> I think he just he just walked up. We literally just called you guys. >> Sorry. >> No, you're fine.
>> So, you guys are applying for um a one day all alcohol license >> for December 12th, the 13th, the 14th. >> Correct. >> 400 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 3 p.m. to 9:00
p.m. 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. Okay. Um, Commissioner, do you have questions at the moment? >> What is the function for? >> It's a Christmas tree lighting for the church. >> Okay. >> I hope you the best of luck. Just remember, you have to pay your bills
just to Okay, >> Lieutenant Olivier, >> I'm aware you guys are hiring a detail for Sunday's event. >> So, good morning. >> Okay, great. Thank you, Lieutenant. >> No questions. Good morning. >> Thank you. Thank you, Director Hu.
>> No questions. Thank you. >> Great. I don't have any questions. Um, I would like to make a motion to approve this. >> Second moral made a motion to approve one day alcohol license and ser
for event December 12, 13, and 14. Second by Commissioner Commission Moral, do you vote? >> Yes. >> Commissioner, do you vote? Yes. Motion pass. Congratulations tomorrow. >> Yeah,
>> tomorrow. Thank you. >> See you guys. >> Thank you. [clears throat] >> Thank you. >> Who's next? >> Hello. Took you a lot out there.
>> I know you guys. >> Yes, we're recording. It is uh recording. So we have Elmo mini market. Okay. And you're transferring your license from Mini Market at 251 Ferry Street to Emo.
Is that right? >> That's correct. >> Okay. >> That's correct. Good evening, commissioners. >> Good evening. >> Nice to see everybody. Uh, Attorney Car from 1.2 Chestnut Street, Andover. This is uh Pani Loose Garcia, uh, the new uh,
proprietor manager. Um uh her company is uh uh purchased the um the assets of the grocery store. Uh has entered into a lease with the with the landlord and uh is uh paying uh paying for the business
over time and uh has been running it now for a few months and is asking for the the board's approval for the transfer. >> Thank you, Commissioner. All the paperwork's done properly. >> See? Okay.
>> You took care of the tal. >> I have the ABC package ready. I didn't put together for you. No problem. Thank you for that. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> I have no further questions. Good luck to you. >> Lieutenant, >> I have no questions. Good luck, Lieutenant.
>> I have no questions. >> Dr. No questions. >> Great. >> I'll make a motion we approve this. >> I'll second the motion. Lieutenant Mayor made a motion to approve the transfer.
>> Commissioner [laughter] Commission made a motion to approve a transfer of liqu from my family mini market to El Primo Mini Marquez. Second by Commissioner Morales. Commissioner, how do you vote?
Yes. Commission Morales. >> Yes. >> It was easy. Motion pass. If you make me ten it with the back pay. >> Okay. The next item we have colonial sports bars in the same. Oh, great. Thank you. >> Yes. >> Awesome. Thank you.
>> Yeah. There is a situation that he he's going to explain what happened right now. Okay. >> Because we had a colonial launch uh license to renew by the 30th. It wasn't signed. So, is going to explain the original one. >> Okay. Okay. >> Yeah.
>> Thank you again, commissioners, uh, Attorney Car once again um in this case for the Colonial Sports Bar Incorporated. This is my client uh Perez, the new proprietor. Um, Mr. um
Perez and his wife uh purchased the Colonial Real Estate uh earlier this year. Um unfortunately uh when they bought the property um the attorney that was handling it wasn't me didn't obtain all the necessary
documentation from the seller which which should have been part of the closing. Uh as you know in on a transfer uh we need to submit certificates of good standing and certificates of compliance uh issued by the state
department of revenue and uh division of unemployment assistance. In this case, those documents weren't obtained. So when Mr. um res came to see me, uh about a month later, we started the process and tried to track the
seller down. But by this point, the seller had received his money and couldn't really be be found. And as it turned out, we finally did track the seller down. >> And uh it turned out there was a valid reason for his uh um
you know, reluctance to participate. He's basically dying of cancer. >> Yes. >> So, I don't know if it was uh Ishidor, was it you or Elbin who went to see Jason? Did you see >> Jason? >> Yeah. So, um M Mr. Pres's uh partner uh went out, tracked him down at his house
and we're doing it and so he just basically explained that he's he wasn't going to participate, wasn't going to help. So >> yeah, >> we couldn't do a transfer. Um we wanted to try to transfer this license uh earlier in this year. >> So instead, what you have before you is an application for a new license.
>> Um which unfortunately I think ordinarily means that unless somehow there's a mechanism to allow the existing license to be renewed, >> it's the place is going to have to close down on J, you know, January 1st. But >> okay,
>> you know, um we put it to the board. We're we're prepared for the worst case scenario that you know there might be a lapse in time and maybe a shutdown, but we really like it because they if I don't know if you had a chance to see the place, but um I know that
Commissioner Leer is familiar with the old Colonial Lounge >> and the place was a real dump. Um Mr. Ruiz probably is familiar with it as well >> and uh you should see what they've done. The work is unbelievable. They basically
restored the building to a lot of its old uh historical, >> you know, glory. They've completely uh you know, cleaned the place up. Uh you know, beautified the place. Um so it's it's a nice establishment
and um so that's basically it. Otherwise, I think everything is in order for a new application. We would just love to be able to figure out a way to allow them to remain in operation under the existing license until you know hopefully we can get an approval uh
for the new under the new corporation. >> Okay. Thank you. Um I do have a question. This might be for director sir. >> Um so technically we can't transfer the license because the gentleman in
question who's the previous owner is not participating because he has cancer and he's not doing well. Um so in this case, are you in fact applying for a new license or are you trying to see if we can keep the current license
um running up until renewal in January? >> Well, yes. I mean, we just want to figure out some way to get the license into >> the new corporation >> without having to shut the place down and wait.
>> Um, unfortunately, you know, the timing just wasn't >> good for us. And we couldn't apply for a new license until >> this point when now the renewal period has ended. >> Yes. >> And the existing license holder didn't come in and sign. So now we're in that
period of time finally where we can actually submit this application. Um it's just a tough situation, you know, and you know, we understand the board may be uh handcuffed on this one, but if there is some sort of a mechanism >> for allowing the the place to remain in
operation under the old license until approved under the new one, you would you would like to do it. >> Okay. >> What I could do, I could make a call to the director of the ABCC. I know him very well. >> Yeah. have to explain the circumstances >> and see what what what they what what they suggest.
>> Yeah. >> Um >> so that's basically my >> Yeah, I think so. >> Yeah. Thank you, Commissioner. >> I got a couple questions. He owns the building, right? >> He and his wife. Yes. >> Why does it say the premises are being leased?
>> Well, there's a corporation that's going to be the license holder. >> So, there's a there's a lease in place from um Mr. Perez and his wife to the uh Colonial Sports Bar Incorporated. [clears throat] >> Any other questions?
>> Yeah, now he's going to be opening up. He's going to have entertainment and everything, right? >> Uh yeah, music. Uh there's a pool table in the back. Um you know, televisions. I don't know
about live music. Any any live musical? Yeah, >> karaoke. >> Oh, karaoke. [snorts] >> Drive you crazy. Some people think they sing good, you know. >> I do. >> What? >> I do.
>> All right. Yeah. I have no further question after that one. >> I have no questions. >> No questions. >> Um, anything else? >> Uh, no. I I'll um I'll make the call
tomorrow um and see how the how could we help them out. >> Okay. >> Let me say let me ask you this. The club is bought purchase, right? And originally the guy was going to give him from my understanding was going to give him the license. They were going to transfer it, right?
>> Yeah. The the seller uh paid for the renewal last year and then uh they they they did the closing in February and then uh unfortunately they just didn't get all the paperwork from the guy. It wasn't much just a certificate of good standing from the Department of Revenue, certificate of compliance from uh
Division of Unemployment Assistance. But by the time we got involved and started working with with uh Mr. Perez the seller was was not helping us at all. So >> So he's running the place right now. >> He's running the place. Yeah. >> Technically, he has a license, right?
>> Yeah. I mean like like I I know the you know the old colon, you know, lounge like um like attorney said, place was really not in good good shape. Um I did go by there. The place looks really really nice now. Um there's no that I
haven't heard any complaints from over there, you know, last year. So, um I I think he's good to go, you know, on my end. I just have to make it, you know, the call. >> I I don't see a problem. He bought the
>> He owns the building. Yeah. >> He bought the building. >> He bought the business and everything off the guy. >> They just didn't sign some paperwork before the guy came down with stage four. Okay. So, I would assume that he could still operate to the end of the month. I'm assuming that. I'm not sure.
I have to find that out. Okay. >> And I'm sorry. It's a new license. I I have no problem. >> He won't even bring the bring the paperwork, but he won't sign it. >> It's not signed. >> It's the uh the certificates.
>> Oh, the certificate >> that he's got to get from So, we don't know if it maybe he stopped paying his taxes. We don't know what he did. Oh. Oh, okay. >> Maybe he, you know, he I I believe Colonial was shut down for a few years, was it? >> Yeah, it was. Yeah, >> if I'm not mistaken. So, he may have let uh some of that lapse, maybe he didn't
have like uh unemployment. So, it's possible that even if he were cooperative, he was never going to be able to produce the stuff. But, it turns out he he's not he's not in this shape. So, >> he's not going to do anything for us.
>> I'll make a motion we approve the application for a new license. I'll second the motion. >> Commissioner Leair made a motion to approve and license it at 283 Broadway Colonia Sport Inc. DVA Baron Sport.
Second by Commissioner Morales. Commissioner, have you vote? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Morales, have you vote? >> Yes. >> Motion pass. >> I'm going to send the application to the ABC as soon as possible. >> Okay. >> And we'll call we'll make sure that um >> I'll make a call tomorrow.
>> So the question will be if You might have to shut down on December 30, you know, after December 31st until we hear. >> Yeah. >> At midnight. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> All right. Thanks very much. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> These reports we have for the All right. >> Yeah. We'll put them on the agenda for the 17th. Okay. >> Okay. >> You want them for the 17th?
>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> And Okay. >> And mention something related to 297 Broadway Elario and you asked for the inspector to go
there and inspect the situation. I know what you're talking >> I believe they went to zoning >> and they were all set now. I think >> what happened was I I went over there one day. I saw working over there by the TD Bank, right? I went in there and talked to the guy. He had a permit. They
said they were building a patio outside. He thought I was going to give him time. No, I just wanted to make sure he >> was complaining about originally they they took some of the parking in the back. >> Uh we we did we did issue a stop work order. Um, he did go to zoning, I
believe, and I think he did get approval. >> Okay. >> And he just he just finished it off. So, I think he's all set to go. >> And there was a couple other concerns about the strip of land on the side, but that's the gas company's working over there. They're going to relocate all of that. So, he's all set to go.
>> Okay. >> And now we have the license to go over >> to approve. We have 104 license >> and I passed to Mike
the form five identity renew because somebody else is going to apply for them. So can I read it for them please? Thank you. >> So we got a Portuguese American club to
Saratoga Street. They didn't come to sign or pay the the bill. How many times did you call? >> I went there personally. >> Yeah, I did. >> This is the um I went to like 50 something bars and everything >> and this second year in a row that I
went to them >> and I got a report of writing. They have the gambling machines. >> So that I'm going to put that on for the >> next 17. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> And they do this every year. every year they
>> they're one of the last ones that come in all the time and every year we have to make a special announcement to approve it or something like this >> and you know as far as I'm concerned this is kind of a joke with us >> and I do not want to approve it for next meeting or anything
>> they're going to have to apply as soon >> they're going to be shut down [clears throat] I mean I mean I'm sorry um I I recommend that they should be shut down >> as of as of January 31st >> December 31st December 31st >> they are closed.
>> Okay. >> And you send a notice to the police department. >> I have >> and then we'll make sure that any time they're open and we bring them in. >> Okay. So the next one is Elier in 275 SS street. It was sold to Elio and Elio
already has a new application and send it over to the VCC. So this one is not going to be longer anymore. We have J Enterprise. JM Enterprise. This is um
Castillo. Castillo. >> That's what we just said, right? >> Yeah. Castillo food on Lawren Street. He came and paid, but he didn't sign the form. I went to the restroom >> and he went to the other side and left the >> the the
Yeah, you see. >> Yeah. So, I mean, you just have to sign it. That would get him just to sign it. >> Yeah, >> cuz he paid, right? And he was [snorts] >> Yeah. >> And two 254 Sports Studio 168 Broadway, they didn't sign the renewal form.
>> Turn their license already. >> Yeah, exactly. They they already surrendered the license. So, it's going to be a new license there starting this year. And Fernandez brother was sold to LLC and Har already has a new license.
So that's the reason why I have to submit this for no renewal. >> Okay. >> Okay. The rest we have the I have this you have these four two more the yellow one already they did three or
four inspection and uh the the white one they still working on it. >> So we have until the 17. So, I recommend that um that um the people that haven't the establishments that haven't um done their three or four inspection, we hold the license until they get their full
inspection. >> Yeah. How will that how will that affect us as far as selling them all at one time? >> No, we have to send this after the 17th to the ABC. >> Oh, after the 17th? >> Yeah, they have time. >> Yeah, we have time. We have time to do >> because already they pay already. Yeah.
So we can make we can make an effort to approve them all >> but don't hold them back until the >> pre told me that many times that we have to hold the license until we got all the documents >> and all the inspections done. >> Right. So I'll make a motion we approve
all these licenses for renewal um with except the ones in white and red until they officially been three or four done. >> Okay. And also we collect already 213,000 right now in one month for those
renewal license and permit. Okay. >> And just for before I second that um the businesses that do that are not highlighted the 304 inspections though they are pending. We're just waiting to go or they haven't
>> they they supposed to go today. >> Okay. two or a few of them because they are very very busy or ask you the three or four is usually the fire department and they can do them together. >> Yeah. >> And so I know they um you know they they
always make us wait. >> Like I said the one I'm worried about is the red one. >> Yeah. >> There's two hazes. So I just want to make sure if there's a fault in there, let us know so we can stop it. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um I'll second the motion. Commission, I made a motion to approve
the renewal for 2026 of the legal license. Second by Commissioner Morales. Commissioner. >> Yes. Commission Morales, are you? >> Yes. >> Okay. Motion pass. I'm going to be working to send it over to ABC after the
17 like that. we can have uh how do you call the the we can get something quick from them >> that they can keep open for for next month. >> Okay. >> These reports like I told you we're going to schedule for the next meeting.
I we all have a copy of them. So I wouldn't you know just save them for for next time. So here waste paper. >> I have to send a new letter to them with different date. >> Yeah. We have to give it 14 days >> to show to >> I'll send the other one over by email.
Okay. >> Okay. All right. >> Okay. >> If I may, >> just on one of those letters, the one for FL lounge. >> Mhm. >> It says underage drinking. That's not what we're >> That's not the one. We have a new one. >> You have a new one? Yes. Okay. >> Okay.
>> Okay. Making sure. >> Yeah. I have one on the H is for >> Yes. and floor lounge is uh this one. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I fix it. Thank you.
>> Okay. Our next meeting is on December 17th at 5:30. Um I like to make a motion to adjourn this meeting. >> Second. >> Commission Moral made a motion to adjourn the meeting second by Commissioner Le. Thank you very much all for coming.
You're here. >> Thank you.