with liberty and justice for all Thank you Welcome to the Lawrence Licensing Board meeting Could we please go through roll call thank you Commissioner Good evening everyone Thank you for coming to Lawrence Licensing Board meeting on
April 23rd at 5:30 p.m Presenting at the meeting are Commissioner Leer present Commissioner Morales here Lieutenant Frizz for the fire department present
And Lieutenant Captain Cerillo No lieutenant anymore Present Welcome back Thank you Good Do we have approval from last last meeting approval of minutes
Okay I'll make a motion we approve for the last two meetings I'll second the motion Commissioner Le made a motion to approve the minutes for March 19 and April 9th Second by
Commissioner Le Commissioner Moral how do you vote yes Commissioner Le how do you vote yes Yeah Motion pass Thank you He may Yeah Oh I'm sorry It's okay
Uh we don't have tabled matters for this evening Uh for new business we have Mamasita's restaurant who's applying to add a pool table in the second floor Hello Hello How are you today very good thank you
How you doing good Better It's good to see you Same here Um I saw the floor plan I don't have any questions Uh Commissioner Leard not I'm acquainted with these people They've been here last week They gave us trouble last week too
So last week but I recommend that we approve it after if there's no objections to anybody else Thank you Captain Cerillo No I'm I'm familiar with the ownership Uh they do a good job Uh no questions Thank you Lieutenant Frizz
No questions at this time Uh we did do a walkthrough of the building and we wish you the best of luck Okay Thank you Thank you I'd like to make a motion to approve this um this addition of it's two tables So we're adding two tables Mhm Go ahead
I'll make a motion to approve Second Commissioner Morales made a motion to approve a two pool table at Mamasittita's lounge 206 Lauren Street Second by Commissioner Leair Commissioner Morales how do you vote yes Commissioner Le how do you vote yes
Motion pass Congratulations Thank you and good luck Thank you The next item on the agenda we have MT Motorsports Inc if they're available Please Sure Thank you Good evening
ladies and gentlemen Uh Captain Lieutenant sorry about my informal attire I didn't realize I was going to be stepping up here Oh it's okay Welcome Thank you Um he said my my partner here is hard of hearing So I apologize for my informal attire Yeah it's okay Thank you Thank you
Um okay One second Okay Commissioner Leair I'm going to pass this over to you Who are you again george Nelson um Crystal's partner at Basis Okay Partner
Yes ma'am Yes sir Yours partner is MT Motorsports No sir Basis Basis Motor Sports No Basis Holistics Mnt Motorsports sold us the Suburban Okay
Okay I've got a report here and um I'm going to put on the record that a Crystal Dorbo a vehicle for $11,000 for the car needed $4,200 for repairs and also the
um car was never paid for at the auction and cost another $7,950 for over $23,000 Okay We're looking over the looking over the paperwork that was sent to me
right he just got his license two weeks three weeks maybe ago Last week Last month So he sold a car and bought a car without a license up at the auction Okay
He did not even have insurance at that time because his policy is on the 25th of January when it came in The car was sold before the 25th So um he violated every rule you can think of So um
uh I don't know what the legal options are of the police matter is I know New Hampshire's investigating it right uh New Hampshire and Mass State Police Mass State Police are the ones that notified us that it was going to be verified by New Hampshire State Police and subsequently towed
Okay So are they bringing charges against him or anything uh as far as I'm aware they're pending charges Okay So then why is he here today with us why are you I don't know ma'am Huh we we requested him to come in in case he came
in so he can't deny it Okay So anything captain i don't have anything at this time Free us No questions this time So what I'm going to do is we're going to revoke his license that he'll never get a
license in the city again Yes sir Um you can notify his insurance company because he might have had a policy that overlaps Do you know what I mean uh I think it's Western Insurance This is I think that's the bond company That's the bond company Yeah We we've been I've been in contact
with them uh yesterday and Crystal's filing a claim with uh that bond on that bond as well Okay So there's nothing else we can do We just wanted someone here to in case he did show up Okay All right And we're going to revoke his license So I'm going to make a motion we
revoke his license for with what fourth witness Okay Antonio you have anything the only thing that I have the report that I got from Crystal okay saying that
he went to the auto option he bought a car uh sold to her and then that he bounced the check and never came back to repay the that car So she registered the car in Massachusetts and she was stopped
I think it was in Maine Uh the vehicle is registered in New Hampshire Yeah And then they accused her to be driving a stolen car Yes So she had to pay that and pay the balance that he he left at the auto auction So and he used the old
license to buy the car It was expired already the one that he used Okay It was it wasn't the new one And did this person get a notice of this meeting today yes Okay And and I left several message to them Okay Yeah Okay Also
before before we go I want to let you know officer Kanto went over the 439 um South Union Street a number of times sent me pictures that nothing was marked over there or anything else so I don't think he's there again Just Okay So I'll
second your motion then Commissioner Le made a motion to revoke MTO Sport Inc Der license second by Commissioner Morales Commissioner Le how do you vote yes Commissioner Morales do you vote yes
Oh I'm sorry again It's okay Motion pass Thank you for coming I'm sorry That's the best we can do You know it's up to the police to handle it now Mhm Fantastic State police State police Yes sir Yep All right Thank you Captain
Lieutenant Thank you Thank you ma'am The next item we have St Joseph's Church Hello Steve Good evening commissioners How are you good How are you today good So Stephen Capori 37 Jefferson Street in Lawrence representing St Joseph's Church
and we're having our annual um food festival Maharajan on May 31st and June 1st which is a Saturday and Sunday That's great So applying for a two-day liquor license I got this It's like deja
vu Every year we do this Pardon me It's like deja vu every year we do this Yeah It's like Groundhog Day I feel like I'm just here from a month ago Um I don't have any questions for this Commissioner Larry No questions Uh again familiar with the
organization They always do a good job So no questions Thank you Lieutenant Fus We have no questions at this time Okay C Nice to see you again Um same here So anytime I see you here one other place but we won't talk about the other place
but uh let's put it this way You do a good job over there but I hoping they send someone else other than you all the time No I I anything related to do with city hall they always send me I guess you never leave it No I'll make a motion
we approve this I'll second it Commissioner Le made a motion to approve today's two days all alcohol license for 241 Lawrence Street St Joseph Church Second by Commissioner Morales Commissioner how do you vote yes
Commissioner Morales how do you vote yes Motion passed to zero Congratulations and good luck Thank you Anton Thank you Good to see you Good to see you It's good seeing you Congratulations Thank you The next item we have Sani Spana is um
here Yes Hello Hi How are you good You good good Um so we have your application for Saman Spana Um we have the liability insurance The only other question is
that I know is that it hasn't gone through city council Has this gone through the park it was it the festival is approved Okay 14 last last Tuesday Okay Thank you Commissioner Leard my question is got a
couple of questions I'm very familiar with Hispanic week Um where you having it well in the park In the common park I mean the compound park Has it been approved yet yes it that was approved Okay What wasn't approved was the
machines I mean the carnival The what it was tabled the carnival yesterday but at the festival it is approved Okay Okay The other thing is your license has been changed that you want the the uh license
over low and general street No So right now the way the license is from the liability insurance it says 200 Common Street Yeah So you're having for the mall license for the two-day license
you're doing it on Common Street You're doing it across the street Well it's for both See When they filing the application they use the address of the city hall Okay To file the application Okay So but the
today's alcohol license is going to be on the 155 H Street across across the street from the park Okay Yeah At the parking lot the senior I can I can tell the insurance to add that if you guys need it Yes And then I'll send it to We should have the exact location of where
we need the uh license at Like the insurance should have that noted on there Mhm Okay Not a problem Okay Cuz they do insure both the f the carnival and I mean the festival and the beer Okay Thank you
Why do I had plans at LOL and General Street general Yeah But We are approving the liquor license for that's last year I think though for across the street from the senior center This area is for the carnival
Well we can't approve the carnival I'm just approving the liquor license No no no That's old That's last year's Yeah Somebody uploaded it That was Marenni Okay Yeah Sorry about that All right So we're disregarding canal in general It's
going to be at 155 Averil Street is what okay I just that that was the problem because I saw 155 but it was low in general where you're going to have the alcohol It says so Okay Okay
Can we just make on citizen serve can we edit this so that it doesn't have Okay good Um Lieutenant uh Captain Serillo Nope I'm familiar with the organization I've worked with them in the past As long as it's correct at 155 Havil Street I have
no further questions Thank you Lieutenant Frizz No questions Uh the fire department is familiar with the event We a big supporter of Sana Espana so we wish you best of luck Thank you Thank you I don't have any further
questions Thank you Commissioner Leard I make a motion that we approve it for law in general Make a motion we approve it for 155 I'll second the motion Commissioner I made a motion to approve
today's beer for San Espana 155 He Street Second by Commissioner Morales Commissioner how do you vote yes Commissioner Morales how do you vote yes Motion pass Thank you Thank you Thank you Have a great day You too Bye Bye
Okay The next item we have Elmeor De Chimi who's applying for a common license Anton No Okay So I'll just make a motion to table this for the next meeting
Second Commissioner Morales made a motion to table Elmehold Chim Second by Commissioner Leer Commissioner Morales how do you vote commissioner Leer how do you vote yes Motion pass It's going to
be table for May 7 Thank you Thank you We have a for a one day wine and malt license Um
no I have Salvator Oh I'm sorry Oh it's okay I wasn't loud enough You're fine What do you want me to wake you up it's fine Uh my name is Sam Amber and I'm here representing the Lawrence Boys
and Girls Club and Simply Elegant Catering for an event on April 26th Okay Thank you Um Commissioner Leair do you have questions no I hope you have a good some good boxes this year So do I sir
I'm not going there for the food I'll tell you that Well thank you Um Captain Serillo Uh nope I met with the organizers uh last week Uh everything's up to par so no questions Thank you Lieutenant Frizz
No questions Okay Thank you Commissioner Leair Make a motion approve this one I'll second the motion Commissioner Le made a motion to approve one day alcohol license for
uh the Boys and Girl Club for a fine night on Saturday April 26 Second by Commissioner Morales Commissioner Le how do you vote yes Yes Commissioner Morales how do you vote yes Motion pass again Thank you Thank you Thank you very much
I appreciate it Have fun You can pick up the license uh tomorrow I can pick it up tomorrow Yes Thank you sir Thank you The next item we have Aqua
Lounge Alene Just a point of information I don't have anything in my packet for for that It's okay No I need the report to read Okay Um do we have the report i have it on my email Yes Okay
But it's not in the pack Alhennis I'm sorry Let us Alexi Alexi Sorry How are you good How you doing good It's good to see you You too It's good to see everybody here today It's nice Okay
Antonio piece of paper that we need tonight We don't have no need Somebody told me that we were using too much I tell you that
So not not this packet The packet before I remember from our last meeting but I don't have it in my email Oh actually we did we tabled this from last meeting Yes we did No Mhm Thank you And we'll just Okay Thank
you And then that way cuz then we'll have to have them come back It's a whole thing Can you please gracias Antonio Thank you Alexis Thank you Sorry to both parties about this Okay Um so we'll table this
until the end of the meeting Um the next item we have is Daddy Auto Sales Okay How you doing hi How are you good Good Um you're changing ownership Mhm Okay
Commissioner Leer do you have questions lieutenant Cerillo again sir You captain sorry Uh sir you're familiar with the rules regulations all that How many spots you have all that kind of stuff right yes I am Okay sir I have no questions Thank
you Um Lieutenant Frizz No questions at this time but if you need anything from the fire department reach out Thanks Okay this is a wholesale No retail Retail Okay Now is this the one after
the one used to be Manzy Dodge and go over the tracks right there it's the third one There's three there You have you have with Manancy Dodge You have the one X-ray which is a little break building office and then the third one Okay And you can allow 50 cars there
Right Correct Okay Okay There's one this man How much is there a small one there right In the middle That's a 75 car lot Okay Okay
I I know what he's thinking He's thinking I'm looking right Yeah Have you been in this business before 29 years The same place yeah No In in in Lawrence Okay Well there's new rules and regulations for uh secondhand
class one class 2 class 3 dealers Yes So I would advise you if we approve it that you get a copy of that off of Antonio Sure tomorrow the next day to familiar with me now but I know Tony can give me a copy Okay All you're doing is taking over the business then right
correct And you don't have cars on your lot yes Okay good You don't want to say anything about the cleanliness of the space it's not bad over there Okay I'm just you know you've been doing this for a while Sometimes he has issues with this
So let me let me tell you something When I went around hit all the dealers in South Lawrence right there was only one dealer that was really bad And I got to say the dealers at South Lawrence were pretty clean up over there Come to North
Lawrence a different story Yeah I don't have any further comments or questions Thank you And I wish you all the best Thank you Commissioner Leard Go ahead I'll make a motion we approve it I'll second the motion Antonio Akamos we just finished
um making a motion to approve this change of ownership for Okay Commissioner Le made a motion You did Commissioner Le made a motion to approve Jerry Aler new retail dealer
license at 31 Mar Street Second by Commissioner Morales Commissioner how do you vote yes Commissioner Morales how do you vote yes Motion pass Um we want to make sure also to see you tomorrow next day Okay The new ones
Thank you Thank you Gracias Okay So we'll do the auto extension and then we'll come back to Aqua and then we'll close Cool Okay So we have a patio
extension and I think we only have two parties No Oh okay Okay Okay Jesse's place Okay Mhm We don't need all the restaurant
owners present to approve this Okay Does anybody that's here have questions about the extension no Okay Um Commissioner Leard as long as everything stays the same as
last year I would say I'm okay with it Okay Baka has something different right yeah We're not going to we're not going to do the patio street Just going to do the sidewalk this year Yeah We're not going to use a parking space Okay I got it And
you all know to work directly with the city to get all that stuff Okay good The only one that is new is uh cafeteria Cafeteria See parking She's here She's the only one And you don't have any questions about that process or I do not
Um what do you have to pay for parking this year they don't have to paying to finish But if they paid last year they don't have to pay this year right
no They pay only for Captain No questions No questions Um so we'll move this process along if throughout the process there's any
issues or you guys need something speed like quicker or for any administrative issues you guys have us as a resource Um as long as we are doing everything we can to get this stuff set up for you guys as soon as possible Like that's what we're here for So go ahead Alexa I
have a question Yeah You still have to wait for the fire department to inspect before we start using Yes please process Yeah same process as we've been doing since 2020 Going to use a parking space Um he's
from the VGO See the cantina no we're not not going to use it Okay just cuz it's on a corner Yeah and Jesse's place you guys don't use parking spaces either So I actually have a question because we were part of the parklet program last year where the city
did a build out for us and it took up two parking And it's still there like we never moved it So the buildout is taken up two parking space Mhm If it was city approved then there shouldn't be an issue with it Yeah Okay
The fire department have no problems Okay Same as last year We pay some more Okay Um I'll make a motion to approve the patio extension for all of the businesses and applicants listed on
here I'll second it Moral made a motion to approve the patio extension for the applicants present here and two of them that are already in the system but we don't have it here
Commissioner Le are you second the motion yes Second by Commissioner Leer Commissioner Moral how do you vote yes Commissioner Le how do you vote yes Motion pass Thank you Great Thank you Thank you Thank you all Thank you Um
okay The last item we have Aqua Lounge Thank you all Um so I'm going to pass it to Captain Serlo to share the police report and then we'll take it from there Okay I'm not going to read from the actual police work uh report due to the
fact that the nature of the crime was a sexual assault but I will summarize the facts of the case from uh Detective Enriquez report incident number 250059 Uh on Saturday January 4th
2025 Detective Enriquez of the Lawrence Police Department was assigned to conduct a follow-up investigation in regards to an sexual assault that occurred in the past Detective Enrizz was met with the female victim at the hospital and was given the following
facts The 20-year-old female victim stated to Detective Enriquez that she went to Aqua Lounge on Friday January 3rd at approximately 11 p.m located at 151 Essex Street The 20-year-old female victim stated that she entered the club
at 11:30 along with three other 20-year-old females After entering Aqua Lounge the 20-year-old female victim ordered and drank two shots of Don Julio and one mixed drink containing Don Julio
and Red Bull The 20-year-old female victim stated that after consuming the drinks she felt weird and not right She told Detective Enriquez that this was out of the ordinary for her because she consumes alcohol on a regular basis and
that she has a high tolerance to alcohol beverages The 20-year-old victim uh believes that somebody had placed something in her drink inside the club Uh Detective Enriquez asked the 20-year-old victim how uh did she get
into Aqua Lounge and purchase alcohol when she is underage The 20-year-old uh female stated that her and all her friends are frequent patrons of Aqua Lounge It should be noted that the victim stated that all of her friends on
the night in question were underage Uh the matter is still under investigation in regards to the allegations by uh Detective Enriquez And that's a summarization of the report Okay Thank you Captain
Ser Um Commissioner Leard I want to hear the gentleman's story first They check Okay Okay So that's where we standing right now So I know that they went and we spent three hours in the camera She was
not she was not in the club Okay And is is this correct that this is an active investigation as we speak like this is active Yeah It's it's an active investigation I'm not going to speak to anything that's on the video but I have spoken to Detective Enriquez
Uh he's never stated that she wasn't in the club So I don't know where that information is coming from and I don't want to speak to what is on the video Okay At this time because again like I said it's still an active investigation Okay Thank you Commissioner Leer go ahead CH you
have the name of the victim right do I have the name of the victim the 20-year-old girl right yes I don't want I just want to know you do have it Yeah we we I have I have her name You have the re actual report It's been it's been uh redacted from there but I have we
have her name We're having problems with club servant miners In fact we had one I don't know the name of it What's the one we revoked his license capore revoked his license because he
had not one time not twice not three four different times he could caught with miners inside their club Yeah I understand I So I don't want that to be a ongoing thing with you or anything else So what
we're going to do from now on I'm going to give you tell you what we're going to do The next time you come in front of us you're not only going to get a suspension you're going to get your hours cut It's called roll back where you will close every night 11:30 for maybe a month two months three months
That's the way it's going to be We have to stop these miners from coming in because the police department and then at that one club we were talking about had a stabbing girl beaten up ABC went in there and found 12 kids under under 12
people under age drinking in there and promoting uh happy hours So if you ever if you're promoting happy hours that's got to stop That means you can't give free drinks at before 11:30 or you can't lower the price before 11:30 The price
has to be the same all week long Mhm If you're going to change the price again say beer at $3 it has to be for the whole week From the time you open till the time you close I don't want to see you back here again So I'm just going to give you a
warning this time but the next time you know it's coming your way okay and there's a special chapter in rules in the rules and regulations says miners If he would have got all four names and put all four names down there he would have had four violations because each minor is a
violation So this I'm going to recommend that we just give you a written warning Okay and we've been really intentional and I know you guys are aware of this We have been very intentional about keeping track um because we don't want it to get out of
hand because we don't want to be in a situation like we were with the lounge that we revoked the license for like it was really it was really out of hand Um and we just don't want to be in that situation with folks in the community Um and also people enjoy your space so we
want to be able to keep it that way for you all for the community Lawrence um and so we expect that to be the case Okay Before you leave though are we all set with him with the with the valet parking too now I haven't got any further uh reports that they continue to
do it You understand you can't have that valet parking right yeah Yeah we we already spoke about that Okay I'll make a motion we give him verbal uh a written warning I'll second that motion Commissioner Le made a motion to give to
Aqua Lounge A reading warning saying second by Commissioner Morales Commissioner Le do you vote yes Commissioner Morales how do you vote yes You got a reading I'm going to send it over to you tomorrow Okay Thank you both I'll see you Thank you
Okay The next meeting will take place on May 7th at 5:30 We can all be here May 7th Sure Okay Great I'll make a motion to adjourn this meeting Second
Commissioner Morales made a motion to adjourn the meeting Second by Commissioner Leer Commissioner Morales how do you vote yes Commission Leer how do you vote yes Meeting adjourned Thank you very much for coming Thank you