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Welcome to the Lawrence Licensing Board meeting. Today is July 15, 2026. Please go through roll call. >> Thank you and I welcome everyone to licensing board meeting on July 15, 5:30

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p.m. This meeting is going to be in person at the conference room and remotely to be assumed. >> So meeting start pressing are Commissioner Morales >> here. Commissioner here

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>> and the officials lieutenant here >> and Lieutenant Free also we have the officer >> Sergeant Ryan Goth. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Meeting start.

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>> I'll make a motion to accept the minutes. >> I'll second the motion. Commissioner Le made a motion to approve the minutes for June 24. Second by Commissioner Morales. Commissioner, have you vote? Yes. Commission Morales are motion

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approved. Thank you. >> We don't have any table of matters. Uh for new business, we have restaurant and diner who's applying for a transfer of the change managers. Good evening. Good evening,

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commissioners, Mr. Lopez, and officers. Uh, my name is Brian Caran. My office is from Mass. Uh, I represent Kabalo Diner, a restaurant diner LLC. Um, this is a uh an application for change of manager um

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to to Raphael Guzman. Uh just by way of some background um I did the original uh I did the original license uh work for um Mr. Kabalo back in 2022. Uh that was Louis Kabalo and his sister

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I believe was the uh the original manager and um Mr. Guzman uh purchased basically the business. He purchased Kabalo Restaurant Diner LLC. I did not work on that transaction, but he purchased that

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restaurant from Mr. Kavalo, I think about 2 or 3 years ago, and has tried a few times, and Mr. Lopez could probably tell more than than I could. He's tried a few times to update the his license.

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And the reason why I think he keeps he has struck out a few times is that Mr. Kabalo left a lot of outstanding taxes that Mr. Guzman had to clean up. He basically had to pay a lot of Mr.

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Kabalo's taxes. So, he finally did that. He uh got a certificate of good with good standing. And so, he then asked me to help him with the application. So he just it's still the same business, same property, 297 South Broadway,

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no change to the overall uh license in terms of uh the types of uh alcohol being served, but it's just a change of manager application at this point. So I I was hoping to have Mr. Guzman here. He must be uh tied up at work. He he's

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going to join me tonight. But um I I think it's a simple it's a pretty straightforward application. If you'd like to hear from Mr. Guzman personally, you can have them come in for the next meeting. >> Yes. Um he's the same owner. Like I

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said, he's been here before. The problem I have over there is a lot of music. Okay. few weeks ago or something like that. Last week he's been cited for that. Uh he's been warned. So every time the police go over there now, it's a $300

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fine. >> It's in the new rules and regulations. You're going to get a copy of tonight. >> Okay. And uh he's got to stop because of people complaining. I mean, inspectional service gets 11 12 calls a day. I asked

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to place things to be quiet since we had the last meeting with them because he found out you figure out. So I just want to make sure that gets done. >> Okay. >> Um >> so the patio was the people out on the patio. Is that the problem? >> Yeah. Well, they put the music out and

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they they don't understand. Commissioner Morales went by one day around 10:00 in the afternoon on a Sunday. It was blurry >> and people were not in the in the patio. It was the inside of this actually. So, you can tell, you know, you know, I

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hate to keep bringing him in here for that, but it's a $300 fine. And if you don't pay the fines, he will get his license renewed. >> Okay. At the end of the year. >> Yeah. I mean, that's four quid. You have the ability to

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introduce this license to >> I also do. I also have some things I'm going to do tonight. >> Yeah. >> And has to do with the entertainment. >> Okay. And it keeps up. I'm going to revoke his uh entertainment license. That means no music, no TV, no radio, no

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nothing. Okay. So, you explain that to him. It's going to stop one way or the other. So, I have no other questions. So, >> no questions. >> I have no questions. Sergeant, >> I'll make a motion we accept the uh

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approve the change of manager. >> I'll second the motion. >> Remember, he has to be 50% of the time to move the regulations. >> Before you leave, I'll give you a copy of the rules because you're going to want to copy. >> Yeah. >> All right. We uh new new provisions.

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>> Yeah. >> New provisions. >> Yeah. Means the rules. Um um Commissioner made a motion to grant it the transfer or license for the 270 296 South Royal restaurant and dining.

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Second by Commissioner Morales. Commissioner, how are you? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Morales, how do you vote? Yes. Motion pass. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. We're going to be working on it to send to the ABCC this week. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Very good. >> There's only one thing that we need to

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fix in the application. Okay. >> For >> Okay. >> Is it the same thing that has a local license? >> Oh, I got the wrong license number. >> Yeah. ABC license. I'll fix that tomorrow. Yeah. All right. Thank you. >> Who's next on the list?

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>> Um Wendy. >> Oh, let me >> He's representing Wendy, too. That's why you >> Hello. Good evening once again, commissioners and uh officers who uh Brian Car for the

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opportunity. Uh Luzon LLC. Wendy Luzon is the principal. Uh Wendy also was supposed to be here, but she's coming in from Boston, so I think she's probably I don't want to lose the opportunity to present her case tonight. Um well I

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would think at this point uh idea that we table it but bring her in after the meeting. >> Yeah. Let me um you have you have more might matters on for tonight. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Let me let me step out. I'll see if she's going to be coming. If not then

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uh I'll come back and we'll just ask >> I'll make a motion for the motion. Can I >> can I for a moment ahead >> the they advertise to be in this meeting also the bal went out for this meeting so we table it's going to be

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another u table to the end of you the end of the meeting whenever she comes in >> okay that's fine I just want to let you know that that can happen okay next week pay all that money >> yeah well if we have to do it we have to

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do Okay. So, I make a motion table. >> Commissioner made a motion to move to the end of the agenda. >> Okay. Thank you. Second by Commission. >> Yes.

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Everybody has their report, right? Yeah. Show. Good afternoon. Please identify yourselves, please. >> I'm sure you're German. >> You know why you're brought in here today, right?

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>> We're going to hear about speak. Okay. And then we're ask questions. Okay. >> So, I'm going to read a report. It's It was on June 13, 2026. The report number is 2600 3865.

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On June 13th, I officer Pñena was employed by cruise at 433 at 5 a.m. I was dispatched to 416 Park Street. TMS club for an after hours party. Upon arrival with Sergeant Guthrie and officer were able to get offers from

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inside the establishment. Due to the furniture door gated and locked, the fire department was requested to our location. Shortly after the side door side door was slightly opened by dark skin male identified as Daniel Alante correct

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which was the owner's son as I opened the door the music volume had increased the strobe lights were turned on and I observed about 60 people standing and holding white phone cups I obser DJ booth I was controlling music

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heavy smoke was lingering excuse me heavy smoke was labored as a couple hookas were on separate tables along with bottles of liquor. The music was turned off. Everyone was told to exit. Fire department arrived on

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scene and Mr. What's your he was placed under arrest cuz he had a war. >> Um but the grease were down. 60 people inside. We have pictures that we can pass around.

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Um, the fire department was called, the building inspector was called, and they probably did their own reports, but at the end of the day, they were operating after the authorized 2 a.m. hours. This was 5:00 a.m. We were dispatched there

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for loud music. There was still 60 people inside, which is 3 hours beyond the time that they were supposed to close. >> What day was this? >> This was on June 13th. >> What day? 2:13. >> It was a Saturday, I believe. >> So, it's 4 hours ago.

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>> It was a Friday. Sorry. I think it was a Friday night. >> Sure. >> Yes, it was a Friday. >> It was a Friday night. Okay. >> So, they had alcohol service in their possession and consumption. You can see that in the pictures. Um, there was hookah smoking within the establishment.

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You can also see that in the pictures. The officer in his report stated that there was smoke when they opened the doors. uh loud music was playing at 5:00 a.m. That's how we were called to go to that address. Obviously, there was public safety concerns associated with the premises being secure. Being secure,

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the crates were locked and features were still inside. Uh they failed to comply with condition regulations governed by the alcohol establishment by the license establishment. The report of conduct demonstrates a substantial disregard for the regulations governing license establishments within the city of

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Lawrence and raises significant concerns regarding public safety compliance and management oversight. Given the nature and seriousness of these violations, I respect fully recommend the license board consider disciplinary action including suspension of the established

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certificate license and any additional deemed appropriate by the board to ensure future compliance. got to you were there. >> That was really pretty much everything that's in the report. Um I I can't say he was

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cooperative. Um the bartender, not so much, but um he was he was cooperative. Um and she did show up on scene called later on. You have anything to say? Um, similar to that, our reports uh go along with their

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report. Um, again, the inspection, but the followup communication with them has been well on our part. Um, no or anything like that. So, >> yeah, I this is the first time I'm seeing pictures right away just

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noticing. I mean, like the are huge deal for us. Like, our city went through a whole process. We've been on the board for the last I think 10 years probably or six, whatever. regardless, it wouldn't spin a whole thing. So, that's, you know, um and then I don't know if

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you were aware, but we did we were intentional about extending hours during um the stock. Exactly. And so, we're doing it obviously to support businesses, but our entire premise for doing this in the first

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place is to make sure that businesses stay open, but that you also abide by the rules that we have put in place. Um so those are all of concern to us of course especially that you all are open 3 hours additionally um

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so I look at this as a severe violation okay meaning that you had the front door locked the gate locked okay so people couldn't come out the front door right 3 hours into the night really

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And that's a violation. That's a 300 fine, but that's that's a minor part of it. You were serving liquor, which is a complete violation of the ABC rules and the laws licensing board. You were supposed to be out at 1:30 to bl everybody out of that club.

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You were still in there. Not only was still in there, also supposed to clean all the bottles off the table before we even leave. There wasn't supposed to be any customers in that club. You're not supposed to have people who be smoking by smoking. You had a DJ playing music.

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You just do everything. Every rule we have in our law school. You've been treating every rule and thing that you every rule is in the law department. You violate every one of them. Not only did you do that, but you lock the door. If there

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hadn't been a fire in the black room, the rear entrance was blocked. How would they get out? That would be like a Rhode Island fire where everybody dies in there. You didn't care for one s one minute about the safety of those people in that club.

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You understand what I'm saying? So the punishment is going to be what do you have to say now? >> Okay. So before he talks um of course I've been there I wasn't aware I had gone early to open the club. I did my

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few hours and I left because I am going through cancer and so my son um came back from Germany and he's helping me out with the club. So I was not aware from that. You guys know when you guys gave me a call I was far in my mind because I was

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sleeping because of this and I explained to you guys and I know my son I mentioned to you my situation. I went there right away. Um I know that all these things are very severe and it is against everything in the rules but also my track record. My track record is good. I have an excellent track record.

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I go by the law. I abide everything. I'm very strict. He knows this. I don't play games. I as as much as I take care of myself, I take care of my patrons. You guys are not going to have a problem um seeing any something like this repetitive because it's never happened.

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This is the first time you're going to teen had any kind of incident like that because I'm very careful. You guys haven't had any incident about a fight or anything. I I make sure I have my securities. I make sure um hey 2:00 is

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closing 1:30 I'm already telling sending him when he's now here cuz he's here now but everybody else or when I'm there 1:30 I'm already putting the lights. I do things really before but if you guys go back to my record you guys are not going to find any incidents

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because I am very particular and careful about my life and everybody's life. I have a good track record. I've worked very hard and I understand that we have to assume responsibilities and take accountability. But this is not something that you have

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ever seen before from my nightclub. And I have a lot of years with this nightclub having that problem. Even when my uncle owned it and I was running it as a manager, we never ever break the rules. I am very very adamant about that

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and he knows how upset I am about this because he is here to help me. I understand he's young. We make mistakes. I told him these mistakes doesn't cost him costes me. What I'm building, what I own, what I've worked hard for, what he knows. This this is

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what I'm living off of because right now my situation is very hard with this cancer. This is this is my bread. This is my bread. So I don't I I can't afford to lose my credit. >> You have anything to say? >> Uh yeah. Um for me, I wanted to

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responsibility cuz it was my mistake, my impulsive mistake. Um what had happened that night, uh clearly was something that I didn't think of consequences. Um and obviously after we get in trouble, we think of

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consequences. But this is also something like my mom said is never going to go further than what happened. Um, also I know what's on the reports. Everything on that report I don't believe is put on correctly. Um, there was definitely not

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a DJ playing. Um, I know it's there. I know what it is. Definitely that's not what happened. Um, the bottles laying around. >> Yeah. >> Where's the live music coming from? >> We have iPad. Okay. So it was just the stereo on with

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the iPads on it. It's not a DJ uh commencing the music or a DJ like coming from hours that were paying to um perform or whatever the case was. Um there was definitely a lot of music. Uh I didn't take accountability for that. I

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go there um I obviously didn't know what to license for that but at the end of the day I handed the sle responsibility for that. If I may, and just to rebut one of his things he said about a DJ, even though even if the officer

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associated somebody behind with an iPad, that is still a DJ if you're playing loud music being controlled by the speakers that are currently in your establishment. That is still somebody who's playing the music in a nightclub. So that will be considered a DJ. Doesn't have to be somebody spinning records

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with a microphone or headphones regardless the fact that they playing an iPad that is still a DJ playing music. That was the reason why we got called here in the first place. >> You know, when I look at what happened there, the first one, section 84 of our

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law is failed to comply with the terms of license. Okay? You didn't agree with the terms, right? Somehow you had hookah smoking in there. And what were they doing there? Right. They had to be on the premises. They're not allowed on the premises. So, how did they get there?

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>> People from outside. You should know better. They weren't supposed to be there in the first place. Okay. Serving alcohol after I had hours. Okay. Seen the pictures with the booze on the table with the cooler open and the beers in there. Okay. And person behind the bar. Okay. That's a

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violation. Smoking prohibited. Hookah smoking and regular smoking. That's the health thing and that's a violation. That's age 16. obstructed egress as an uh access by locking that front door. Right? You were

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in there to make sure that we couldn't get in. That's why the door was locked. So the police department couldn't get in. That's a major violation. Okay. Entertainment noises, music, DJ, whatever you call it, that's that's a

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violation, right? So when I look at the punishments and everything like that, they're going to be kind of high and they're serious. Okay. I'm going to recommend the verbal warning for section A4. That

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means not complying with the order. A14, which is the serving alcohol, is going to be a 7-day suspension. A 16

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smoking prohibited is a 20-day suspension. We're going to roll back your hours to 11:30 at night. You cannot open after 11:30 at night until I was going to do the September 30th, but since you came in here and

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apologized to August 30th, all right, that means every night 11:30 you have to be closed. The uh B1 allow music. I was going to give you a 3 days on that, but I'm just going to give give you a $300 fine on that because that's what the thing

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requires. And Eve one should just be the um E1 entertainment noise. That'll be a $300 fine, too. So, you're looking at a 20-day suspension

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closing every night to 11:30. and I'm going to take your um suspend your entertainment license. That means no radio, no TV, no music, no dancing, nothing. No TV, no cure pool table,

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nothing for the 20 days you're open after that. So the uh August. >> So how many days are we closed? >> You're going to be closed for a total of 20 days. And there's >> you can appeal you can go you can go

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back to the superior court or ABCC other excuse me first the >> so we need to be able to agree on these these are recommendations >> um so I'll just let's go through and then we'll go through whether or not

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>> so what I'm trying to say you can appeal everything we say but you can't appeal the roll back. So no matter what we do, that 11:30 rules to go effect. You cannot appeal that. Only time you can appeal to the ABC if we did it before 11:00. >> Does there have to be a a roll back?

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>> Yes. >> Huh? >> Propagation has to be rolled back. >> I'm telling you, I wouldn't let you do this. You have to learn the lesson. This, let me put this, I don't know how long he's been back in Germany, but this isn't a thing to happen just one night.

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I I believe that we we would have caught it earlier. It's my honest honest opinion. I think it happened more than once. He just got caught. That's like when you break into a cow at one house, next day you break another. Keep breaking it and eventually you get caught. Get one

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caught one time and get away with it nine different times. So I believe this happened more than once. I understand what you're saying, but again, I don't believe so because that was the first time he has gotten home late. He always comes home on time.

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I'm always checking. And that was the first night I actually took my pain medication cuz I was that bad that I slept. But I'm always on like I am on them about timing and checking. I know what time the school was closed, what time he has to get home. He has to bring me the money. So I know this have to be

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his first time because he brings me the money and I'm actually up putting in tips cuz they don't know how to put it. He doesn't know how to put in system cuz he just came back. And I understand, like I said, everything that you're doing, but my guy, I can't I wouldn't be able to

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even afford to have I wouldn't be able to stay afloat. >> We understand. Um what we do want to reiterate is obviously the severity of these um infringements.

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Uh we are aware that you have not had any prior issues at all. I know I've been I've been on this court for a couple years and I know that we have not had issues with their establishment. Um we what I would recommend is the verbal

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warning um with the fines that go along with our with the with the bylaws which is the B1 $300 fine, the E13 $300 fine. Um, and I would do a roll back of your hours for

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7 days. I do not agree with the 20day suspension or an additional suspension to your hours. Um, this is the first time we're having this issue with your establishment and that those are my recommendations. What is the deadline roll back now or

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>> roll back for a week or Sunday? >> For one week or Sunday 11:30 and no suspension. >> I can't go along with that. >> Okay. So, we need to get to

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a compromised place. Cuz if we were to if if we we also need to be aware that these establishments rely on us to make sure that they're also keeping their their business and the last establishments

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that we suspended for 20 days or more completely shut down and this is the first time that they are before us. >> I understand that but you have to understand the safety of those 60 people in that club when they lock that door. >> Correct. If the fire would have happened, you and me would be sitting

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there in front of the TV. Why did it happen? >> Why these people would have died? >> You had no consideration for those people. >> The people didn't come out the side door, the back door, the police wouldn't have got in there.

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>> Sergeant and Lieutenant, when you all arrived on the scene, were they compliant with you all? >> He um he was complying. the um you know the the patrons weren't very compliant. I had to stand in the middle of the of

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the floor and tell everybody >> okay >> um once I did that they started but the the one person that wasn't complying was you >> she wasn't complying from the getgo. She was trying to lie that they weren't serving alcohol. Um and she we just gave

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us a hard time the whole time. um you might want to talk to her about that. >> Um but other than that um he was pretty good. >> Um he he got caught and he knew it. >> Thank you. And then the capacity for the space do we know at Lieutenant

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Lieutenant? >> Uh no, >> but it wasn't at capacity. You are high. >> Capacity capacity is 99. >> And you have 60 patrons in the space approximately. >> Okay. So, they were not anywhere close to capacity that evening either. I I

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don't want to I agree with I know that we have rules and regulations and I do agree with the severity of what happened that evening, but I can't ignore the fact that this is the first time they have been before us in the last years that I've been on this board and we have had in situations where there have been

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more dire circumstances and people walk off with a warning. Right now, since we updated our rules and regulations, we are aware that there are fines. Like you guys will get fined if the fire department showed up and there were hookas. We understand that. But luckily

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that night there weren't any shootings. The officers on the scene, the sergeant, you guys opened the door and I want to also I know this was a mistake, but I cannot sign off on shutting down an establishment for 20 plus days. The last

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time we did this to two places they shut down or had to change managers. >> You remember we had that same problem once before was another club. It was one time he came in another time and we had a special meeting had to revoke his license. Right. >> And that's that's 20 2022

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doing street one. >> Be cool. >> But this is the first time that they're before us. >> I understand that. But you know you have to look at the severity. you know, if you got caught in a a fight or shooting or anything, they took upon themselves

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to put 60 people's lives into danger, right? And it just can't be that day. I will go, what you recommend? >> Um, the verbal and the 7day um roll back hours. >> I I I'll tell you what, I will go 10 days.

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>> Okay. >> 11:30 until 14 days after. I'm going to be honest with you guys. I am barely holding on now. The competition is fierce. I got sick. I didn't have people helping

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me. It's my business is struggling. You know, these these guys are putting their lives on and I understand and I've always abided by everything. >> And these firemen just had to work over a weekend with a fire thing with you or enables you, right? And and look at the

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chance these people are taking every night. They go into a club. God knows if they have any guns on them for one thing with people in there cuz it's been known people bring guns in certain clubs. And if a fire happened there, I didn't recommend 20 or 30 people dying in there.

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>> I and I completely understand everything you're saying. But also also again, my track record has to speak. The track record means nothing to me right now because you put these people's license on the line. >> Correct. But Commissioner Leair,

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respectfully, it should. We have I have never seen this business before us ever. This is the first time I'm also meeting you both. We are We also need to be able to recognize businesses that are also willing to not open not only open the

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door, but also admit when they made a mistake. said, "Leutenant, what do you think should happen?" Be honest. >> So, what I think is going to should happen here is there needs to be some form of consequence cuz when there is no

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consequences, nothing's going to change. Uh, do I believe this was the first time that you did this? No. The first time you got caught? Um, again, obviously it's up to the commission to decide the the penalties, but I'm in agreeance that

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there needs to be some form of penalty because everyone is going to watch this and basically say we could do whatever we want in the city of Lawrence. >> Any business, any club can do whatever they want and this commission is not going to do anything about it. So, if that is the case, why is the police

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department here? Why is the fire department here? >> Correct. >> When they're putting everybody in danger, >> correct? But we have respectfully and this has respectfully we have had situations where there have been shootings outside of establishments. We

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have have situations where they have been shootings inside and because they have been the first time or because they have been in good standing, we have given them verbal warnings and I cannot on good conscience allow this

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establishment to be the first example where we decide that that that we're not going to abide by the verbals that we've done before and give them their their fines. This is this is what we have done before and and I know for a fact >> we have we have done that before but

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when it comes to shooting inside the club we have suspended him and revoked the auto what was that new one on street the guy the son had a gun in remember they had a shooting on street um was always in trouble on street

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>> and we we I understand that that was that one night he had a gun there okay and then the shooting happened but we we broke their license for a week or two and we put their roll back their hours until 11:30. We did the same thing with the clubs. They violated the law with um

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on Marramax Street. The two clubs are serving after hours. You can't be taking this thing lightly. This is a serious offense. This is one of the most serious offenses we've had since I've been on this board. And I'm not going to go along with no 3-day suspension. And I'm not going to go along. We're rolling

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back the hours per week. >> Okay. So, we'll do so 14 days roll back hours. No suspension. >> Oh, no. I be a suspension. Okay. I'm not going to put these license off

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line every time they go to a club like this, a drug club alone or any club that has a violation. It's as bad as them going to that basketball game on Friday nights putting their lives going to move kids out of that pot. The same damn thing. I I completely

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understand everything you're saying and I um respect, you know, whatever suspensions and stuff you guys want to do. I just say the timing the time of it, I'm going to lose I'm going to lose my business. >> Let me put it and and my employees who I

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pay who live off of what I work and I understand he made a mistake and he needs to be accountable and liable for that. But I feel like also you guys want to set an make an example out of me of a person who has been doing her job and

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keeping making sure >> not making not make an example of you to make an example of your business. All it needs is one club to see that we didn't do anything to you and they're all going to do it. We had another club at 4:00 in the morning and we suspended him for 2

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days. Okay, for having people in the club at 3:00 in the morning when he should have been out of there. Okay. So, um that's verbal 4day suspension. >> Nope. >> How many day suspension? >> I want at least seven or 10 days

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suspension and 2 weeks with the hours. >> 7 days suspension and a week with the roll back hours. We're already fine. We're finding them as well. >> Are you okay with that? Yep.

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>> 7 days. 7 hour 7 days roll back and $600 fine. >> Fine has to be paid full with before you open up. >> The six the fine >> 600 >> and some special starts today.

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>> Uh what day is today? Wednesday. >> Wednesday. Tomorrow we'll start. >> How many days do you agree? >> Seven days. Seven days. >> Seven days. February warning. 7 days. $600 fine. >> 7 days suspension. >> Okay.

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>> 7 days. Roll back after that to 11:30. >> 7 days roll back hours. So then after the suspension when we open and we have the roll back >> to understand your motion

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>> motion is 7-day suspension. >> 7-day suspension. >> 7 days roll back. >> 7-day roll back. >> $600 fine for the entertainment and allowed music. >> Okay. So the roll back tower is after the suspension or at the same time? after the suspension.

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>> After the suspension. So, starting tomorrow or today? >> Starting tomorrow. >> Tomorrow. >> Let's see. >> Tomorrow is the 16 through the next Wednesday.

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>> Next Wednesday. >> The 22nd. >> I will buy you 7:16. >> You're the manager. So he's not on the list when it matters, right? >> No, not yet. 7:16 to 7:20. And then

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starting on the 23rd, 7:23rd through the 30th, right? >> Yeah. >> For the first roll back hours. >> Okay. Commissioner Leer made a motion to

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give um TNS 7-day suspension, $600 fine, and then 7-day roll back hour, roll back hour to until July 30th, second by Commissioner Morales. Commission, how do you go?

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>> Yes. Commission Morales, how do you go? >> Yes. On >> before you open up, you have to connect. Okay. We come up to him and we're bring check and I had to send the letter to Yeah. Okay.

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>> The room on the 30 and the suspension on the 22nd. Okay. >> Thank you very much. Next is um baby service.

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Baby Al service. Yes. Please tell us your name on the visa for the application. >> Thank you, Sergeant. Is this a new license for you all? >> No. No. This is

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So, they're applying for um you just explain the process. They are applying for a new license um in former existing business. >> Yes, sir. >> Mhm. >> Of a former existing business. >> I have a question. >> Mhm. >> You have a license there now, right?

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>> No, they used it's been returned to me. And then he withdraw the business certificate too. It's part of the package. You take a look. You know that is a month.

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>> I just asked him about the rent that is actually 14,000 a month. >> You're going to pay a month. Okay. He said only for some time. >> Okay. For what? >> Only for some time. He said thank you. You're only going to have 25 cars.

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Commissioner, do you have any other questions? >> Yeah, I want to make sure seeing the work you did over there. It looks good. I'm making it look good. >> You have good good for that. But you have to keep the amount of cars there.

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Okay. I know you have doing body work in there. You have two rooms you can do body work, right? I don't want to see no parts out where the cars are. No engines, no oil, no tires. All right. Everything stays in the body shop or get

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rid of it. Nothing goes with a kaza. Like some of the you're on South Lawrence right now, but you go to North Lawrence, some of these places look like a piglet. And if you do do that, you'll be summoned back here and probably fine.

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Okay. So, I wish you the best of luck. That's >> Thank you, Lieutenant. >> No questions. >> Nothing equivalent. That's Lieutenant. >> Um, >> I'll make a motion we approve it.

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>> I'll second the motion. >> Commissioner, I made a motion to approve a new dealer license class 2 dealer license at 1415 Marus Street. Second by Commissioner Morales. Commission, how do you vote?

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>> Yes. >> Commissioner Morales, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Grante, congratulations and good luck. >> Thank you. Okay. All right. Thank you very much. Okay. Next one is

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restaurant. This is the formal location for Capua. Okay. It's only a common license that they are >> request. How are you? Good. Thank you. >> State your name and your name. >> Yep. Melissa N. I'm here for restaurant

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on 20th Street Union Street. a claim for common day. Okay. >> I just want to make a couple things. I see you do some work over there, right? >> Uh you don't have to have a liquor license. >> No license. >> And you're going to have music, it says,

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right? >> It's going to be a TV like soccer games and stuff. >> All right. I just want to make sure because what happens? It gets too loud over there. Building there playing and every time the police come out over there, it's going to be $300.

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So you you better be aware of that and there's no dancing or anything like that. Okay. And I hope you the best of luck cuz the club that was there before they closed down. >> Yeah. So we currently operate at a 647 Broadway now. So it's for us it's going to be like something bigger. So but nothing. It's the same hours. Sunday's

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closed family restaurant. No alcohol. >> Okay. 647 >> Broadway. Yep. >> Next to >> Kenny. Oh, >> yeah. That's us. Yeah. We're just going to move there. Um, we going to close down 647 and move to

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>> Yes. I saw on the paper it said South Union. I don't know if it matters. It was >> No, we changed it. >> Okay, perfect. Okay. >> I caught that mistake and I had to change it. >> Yeah, I was like, "Oh, is that >> so?" Okay, perfect. Okay. >> So, I wish you the best of luck.

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>> No questions. >> No questions. Thank you so much. >> I'd like to I'll make a motion to approve it. >> I'll second the motion. >> Commissioner made another motion to approve a common license at 2022

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Union Street. Second by Commission Morales. Commission, are you vote? >> Yes. >> Morales, are you? >> Yes. >> Motion pass. Congratulations and good luck. >> Thank you so much. >> Have a great day. You too. >> You have to

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to wait for the next uh inspection. >> Yes. So I spoke to >> as soon as as soon they gave you the they give you the okay, you can come by to pick up. >> Yeah. So I spoke to the food inspector and I spoke to um Phil for the 110 inspection. So then

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>> I'm doing the answer system. All right. Thank you guys. Have a great day. >> Thank you. >> How are you? Right. >> Yes. >> Hello. >> Hi. How are you? >> Can you clarify yourself please? >> Yeah. My name is Vique.

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of it. >> Um, tell us a little bit about your restaurant. Is it new? >> Yeah, it's a new one. So, we I've been thinking about that that that project for like 10 years now. I'm trying to put it like as a reality right now. Then I

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think fortunately it's going to be low as the first one. And so yeah, we we we we think it's it's it's a very it's very important, you know, you know, like project for the community like offering people's house and helping food in China

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trying to offer something that didn't, you know, um we're trying to initiate something new in this community like offering green salads. We're going to be the first artist in Lawrence and we were very excited to offer what we have as venue as recipes and everything like

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that. >> Awesome. >> Question to you. Is this a house? >> It's not my house. >> It's a commercial building. >> It's a commercial building. >> Why does it look like a house? >> It looks like a house on the first floor. >> The first floor.

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>> Okay. No problem. I can't see the first floor. >> Okay. Lieutenant questions. You going to be cooking though? >> Yes, we're going to we're going to be cooking my proteins. We have shrimp, we

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have, you know, steak, we have chicken, chicken. >> Uh yeah, I'll swim right in. Okay. >> We're not going to do grease. We're not going to do gas. We're going to do >> Okay. Probably just come by and check it. you

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may come home. >> Thank you so much. >> Just to make sure you're safe, everybody else is safe. >> I appreciate it. >> I'd like to make the motion to approve this. >> Second. Commissioner Morales, made a motion to approve a common vehicle

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license 132 Soviet Union. Second by Commissioner Le. Commissioner Morales, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Le, how do you vote? Yes. Motion pass. That's salot asent is granted your common license. Congratulations and good luck. >> Thank you so much.

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>> You can pass through through the week to pick up the license and the food. Yes. >> Everything that you need from I was talking to, you know, to Kala. She said she might come to you. >> She said at 10.

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>> Yeah, she's going to be there. I'll be there. All right. All right. Thank you so much. And then welcome to visit us. >> Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Last item is uh VA auto sales. It's

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going to be a wholesale to wholesale license. Okay. That's the end of the thing. >> They are waiting. >> Okay. >> This is a new license. >> Yeah. >> Okay. No one.

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>> This is one of the last ones that we have for class two. No, >> this is not class two. Is a wholesale to ourselves? >> Oh, wholesale? >> Office of space only. >> Now, this is going to be with Dairy Queen, right? >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> You're not going to have any cars there? >> No. You're just going to have an office

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there, right? >> You cannot sell to him or anybody else. has to be dealing. >> I have no questions. >> No questions. >> No questions. >> I'd like to make a motion to approve this license.

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>> Commissioner, I made a motion to approve a wholesale license. Uh 191 >> 190 union by Commissioner Commission, you vote. >> Yes, you

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definitely 190, right? >> Yeah. 190. Yes. 190. >> Congratulations. Thank you. Let's see what the future brings. >> Yeah, >> that's what he said. Yeah. >> Being on this always makes you want to

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open up. Being on this board always makes me want to open up a business. And then I'm like, I see the finances. I'm like, never mind. Never mind. >> Okay. >> It's nothing, you know. say you

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>> see okay I can't >> don't miss Louis song tonight >> if we can't get a hold of her she's >> it's okay >> yeah so we can come back if that's what you want come back later in the month >> what do you think you

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>> Well we've had other people come in here wanted to move with ft right >> and we about two or We turned them all down. Wendy was the one before. Okay. And we turned her

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down. And we went to the ABC. We're still waiting for the decision. But when we went to the ABC, right? It was more or less told us we had to change our rules and regulations. So now

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our rules is 1,000 ft. Okay. I understand the zoning board approved it, but we're not the zoning board. >> Yeah, >> we have to be fair. Everybody else will be turned down and do the same thing. We're still fighting one in the ABC. So,

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as of right now, I'll give you the new rules and regulations. >> You're going to have two >> if it is highlighted in yellow >> on the front page. >> Yeah. except the last one was uh the S that that is not changed but all the ones

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that are highlighting up there are changes to it and there is a rule in there now that says thousand feet we just I just want to present the case get the decision if it's not favorable then I'm going to repeal it >> I understand that so so

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>> you can bring it in in a couple weeks if you want or make a decision or you do what you want to know >> let's just do it right Okay, it's you got the application in front of you. I don't want to waste my breath. I mean, I will say to you that,

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you know, in the past, you mentioned to me other establishments that you denied. I think there was one on Broadway >> right across the street from one of the most the busiest liquor stores in the city. And that convenience store is notorious. The lieutenant would probably

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back me on that. I remember when I was working in the city attorney's office. I know, but that's a different story. That guy never should have gotten a beer and wine license. That convenience store was a terrible operation. >> Talking about the guy that >> Sam Sam, >> I know, but what I'm saying to you is

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that was the one used an example. He said, "Well, we denied this guy." But this is different. This is This is Wendy who had her >> test and never opened up. >> Wendy >> never opened up her ice cream. >> He was open. Wendy was open for >> she was

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>> she was open for about three three years uh through co >> and then uh she lost her lease with uh Nigeline because he was doing the renovations and she couldn't deal with the renovations and so she's been trying to get a uh she's been trying to move

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this thing now for like 2 years. We got denied on two at the zoning board. Um, not because of thousand feet, but because neighbors came in and complained on this one. There's no one complaining about it. No one complains that this they're going to be barren

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wine at this um convenience store. She's got a nice kitchen. The city has made her upgrade her kitchen. and Wendy wants to go in and with her they're going to do like sandwiches, uh, juices, smoothies, and you can get beer and wine up to 9:00, limited hours

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of operation. I I respectfully ask the board to think about this one, but if you're going to deny it, I I fine with that. I know you got rules. Just deny >> it. We didn't make this rule just because we wanted to make this rule. We

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were more or less told at that hearing because the attorney there it goes to all all the legal establishment. We said no it only went for our premises and that's why we changed it to our premises

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and you know if you can't go say yes here yes here I mean no no and then go yes to be fair about it. I don't know how you're ever going to get any other establishment approved that's not within a thousand feet of another establishment

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in the city of Lawrence. This place is so congested. >> That's only on off premise liquor. >> Okay. >> Off premises beer and wine and package package store. >> All right. Well, I I don't want to I don't want to have to republish the notice and send more

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letters if it's just going to be denied. I would just like to get the denial and then we'll get an appeal. So I make a motion we deny it. All right. >> Second the motion. >> Second motion to deny

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new location for Lung LLC at 76 uh Bennington Street. Second by Commissioner Morales. Commissioner, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Morales, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Motion pass. So you have five days. Do you do you do a written decision? Do you guys do written decisions on these?

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>> You want me to? I have a written decision. >> Well, I'm just wondering when the five days starts, do you? Because I got to have some sort of business thing. >> Yeah. Okay. Five days at the beginning. I'll have it here by uh let's see ABC.

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I'll get money for you. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. All right. I can speak to you after too. >> No, no. I I >> Okay, fine. You want me to wait? >> Yeah, if you play anyway. So,

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>> yeah. Okay. All right. Very good. No, thank you. >> Thank you. >> What's the last meeting? >> July 29th. Does that work? >> Yeah.

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>> A general meeting. It works for me. But >> okay, >> I need a motion to enjoy the meeting. >> I I'll make a motion to join the meeting. >> I'll second that. Commission made a motion to finish this meeting. Second by Commissioner. Mora, do you vote? Yes.

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Commissioner, how do you vote? meeting at John.