##VIDEO ID:rS4yOoWv5FE## e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e I'll second commission moral made a motion to approve the agenda for dece December 19 second by commissioner Mor commissioner Leia commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes commissioner Leia how do you vote yes agenda approv thank you great we do not have old businesses meeting this meeting I have on my agenda that we have a a tabled matter okay okay okay mhh okay so we'll go in order we'll have this item come back come up first so for this table mattered we have autop Plaza Inc um are they here this evening okay okay so record see ESS okay we have a copy yeah um Mike Mike do you commissioner Le do you have any questions for Marcelo yeah I don't know how to start this one um back in the summer someone else came and applied for a license at that location and give me a and attorney Brian caran represented those people he he informed us that you were evicted from that property after that we tabled this matter for about maybe three times before we brought it back up how say tabl okay um at that time Antonio Lopez gave me a letter to deliver to you and and also a couple other letters those other ones were not for you for other people okay okay so I went over to Chandler Street couldn't find you there I went to a garage in on Broadway looking for you I called telephone numbers and addresses I went to at that time we decided this board that the um abandon was you abandoned your license and we issued a new license to a new client that took over that area that's it um yeah so he was saying he was saying that in the in the letter that he sent to us he explains that he was was he was out for a few weeks and that he wasn't available to respond to the the request that we had I just want to know if did you get evicted from that property okay that he he had a disagreement with the landlord and the landlord told you to get out that it was in process but that it wasn't final also there was supposed to be a court order that told you to leave the property on those grounds when you when you when the court took your Le uh the property away from you and the land would de your Le you have no property you have no location to sell cars so he's asking but he can get another another location with his license that's his question I'm not sure if there's another location the problem is that there is no location the problem is that we don't have a retail license available in the City of Lawrence it might be one in one or two three months because another person lost his license and we're trying to reach him and we couldn't find him so but right now we don't have license available um the other thing um is also that he needs to have a location that's um that's zoned for that type of you know that's that type of a business and um right now there's there's no location zone for that I'm sorry but okay I'm sorry that you we you lost a license because you got kicked out of the thing by your landlord okay but there's no licenses available at this moment if you want to put your name down the list hopefully a new place comes up we'll be glad to take your name and first time someone comes in if there's a license we'll call okay so he's saying that he's I'm sorry sorry he's saying that he's not asking for a new license that he's asking for his license but we revoked his license that license has been revoked and given to somebody else okay yeah see do you have them there copies of uh notification yeah can you yeah I see it and I and I okay does that mean that I was calling to this number that's the only way you can see if I was trying to reach him he never answered the phone okay so he's questioning him his the communication excuse me ex one second Us address us and we talk to you an CL going okay let's pause for a second um Lieutenant sillo do you have any comments concerns no no thank you director Ru yes uh as far as I'm concerned he abandoned the license he didn't um you you know he didn't uh try to proceed to get the license so Antonio I know Antonio called him cuz he he told me he got letters so in my opinion um you know he lost the license and whoever has it now they you know they it's you know it's up to them you know they have the license now he lost he's going to have to wait for another license in my opinion okay commissioner Le I just want to let you tell you I went to that place four or five times and finally I left a letter there with the new owners in case you showed up I went to another place where your brother was supposed to be working or something like that so all I can tell you right now is that the license is gone you can apply for a new license when a new location comes up okay um in okay he sayy okay okay so he wants to he doesn't want this um this to end here that he wants to come back to our next meeting to present a better case but the issue is that we don't have a license for this location you can come back here tomorrow the next week the week after I'm trying to tell you there's no licenses available so we cannot give you a license vosa El Lando in so he's saying here see yeah yeah I make a motion we deny the license request we I second that motion commission Le made a motion to deny your request today second by commissioner Morales commissioner how do you vote Yes commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes request deny okay okay okay okay okay okay gracias yes I'm sorry to continue I'm sorry everybody I just spoke in Spanish I just my brain is tired so I can't do both all the time sorry um the next item on the agenda for new business we have St Anthony marinite Church who's applying for one day all alcohol license we have two good evening good evening um Edgar are you Edgar s Anthony oh okay s okay sorry EXC me we're going to handle them both real quick right so we don't have to call you up a second time thank you yes so could you tell us um your name and the reason for the two licenses that you guys are applying for you have an event on February 8th and March 1st right MH my name was from St Anthony Maron Church in Lawrence that's our annual uh event we'll do every year we apply for uh one day uh liquor we have one in February 8th and one in March 1st mhm um I have the times here 600 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. okay okay commissioner L do you have any questions no he's been here a couple of times before us and each time he's been approved um been going on for years so we'll just leave it the way it isk thank you lieutenant cillo no questions they run a good event good luck with your event sir thank you so much thank you director Riz uh no questions good luck okay thank you I don't have additional questions commissioner Le I make a motion we approved both licenses one for the February 8th and the other one for March 1st I'll second the motion commissioner Le I made a motion to approve one day alcohol license for St Anthony's church for 70 uh 70 Laing stre for 8 in March 1 second by commissioner Morales commissioner how do you vote Yes commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes motion passed congratulations you can pass by to the office to pick up the license on thank you Friday Friday just in case all right no problem all right I will stop by Friday all right thank you you're welcome bye thank you good night okay okay Natalia is not here okay so the next item on the agenda we're going to table it for our next meeting okay um commissioner lar what do you think make a motion to table it until they're ready is that okay director okay okay I'll um I'll make a motion to table this matter until um they're ready to return to the licensing board second it please second commiss Morales made a motion to table Natalia restaurant second by commissioner leer commission Morales how do you vote Yes commission how do you vote Yes business table for a future meeting thank you okay thank you the next item on the agenda we have C Latino who's applying to change of manager at from 56 60 Common Street um Central Latino Inc okay um my name is Dan tarlo I represent the uh petitioner El Centro okay um John tari who is the actual proposed manager uh just texted me he is on his way here if the if the Board needs to hear from him I would just ask to be recalled as soon as he gets here if not I could make the presentation explain why we're changing the manager okay commissioner Le we're waitting to wait for him to come thank you okay so I'll make a motion to table this matter towards the end of the meeting second or move it you know what I mean yeah yeah I'll yeah okay okay the next item on the agenda we have Flo Lounge Bar and Grill who's applying to make alterations to the premises hello good evening commissioner City officials attorney Brian caran uh for the applicant uh flow Lounge Bar and Grill LLC with me tonight is Johan Gomez the manager of the licensed establishment uh this is a very straightforward change uh alteration of premises application um M Gomez is seeking to uh basically do some reconfiguration to improve uh the efficiency of the of the lounge uh make it a little bit more um uh you know safe and um manageable so it's uh take as you see from the floor plans Shifting the bar from the where currently sits at the front of the establishment to the rear and um and that's basically it it's it's the same uh same layout uh same uh um uh footprint but uh just a little bit of a reconfiguration of the uh uh of the bar thank you commissioner Le it looks okay the plan but there a rear exit on that place uh yeah yeah front front and rear um access uh commissioner all right they don't have to go through the kitchen to get to the rear exit right the answer is no they don't um Lieutenant sillo so Johan do you you still have a kitchen there or no oh yes we have kitchen but the bar is not after the kitchen it's before the kitchen I still have the kitchen no it's the same like the bar used to be right in the front it's going to be right in the at the end if you see the plant's uh director uh it looks like the a hallway that goes straight out straight out to the back door so yeah yeah Lieutenant C you see it I do okay any comments concerns questions no that's not the way it used to be so that's a change then right correct okay yeah so what you see here is the planned redesign yes when is this supposed to be completed by well uh if we get approval tonight then we'll start the work so that if and when the abcc de decides to uh come up and take a look at it they'll see the finished product but if if we get approval tonight it'll start the work how long do you think it'll take no I have no problem with it but I'm just worried say we we've been improving things and um nothing gets done like a el store that's been approved for two years ago hasn't been nothing's been done on it yet so um I know he's supposed to start after h block season ends but I just want to see things we do we approve something I want to see things on it Miss Miss Gomez was ready to start the work uh prior but we we recommended we wait until we at least come tonight um so with your blessing uh work of price start tomorrow awesome I have no questions I don't have any questions I'll make a motion to approve this matter Mike can you second it Mike Oh I thought we went through sorry officer I mean no questions Lieutenant cillo is that the the thing is you guys it's it's I have a daughter I'm tired okay she's one and a half no questions thank you thank you I'll make a motion we accept this plan I'll second the motion commissioner made a motion to approve the alteration of premier at 336 Comm Street second by commissioner Morales commissioner Le how do you vote Yes commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes motion pass you can start tomorrow thank you thank you send it over good thank you okay the next item on the agenda we have DTE Out Auto Sales who's applying for retail license uh item number six could you please state your name hi could you please state your name for the record um and tell us a little bit about this application sure my name is Wolf edart thank you um okay commissioner Le yeah I'm familiar with the area and all your paperwork up to now yep the lease yes I mean the lease is not done yet okay because uh Brian dep is supposed to give me a new list he's working on it he told me he going to be ready for this week okay um Comm go ahead commissioner L go ahead no just the main thing is the lease you can't proove it until lease um Lieutenant cillo no questions you know again I confirm with uh the commissioner we have to wait for that director Ruiz no questions okay how soon before you get the lease what's up how soon before you get the lease you supposed to be ready before Friday okay five no before Friday Friday appr pending yeah I guess we could that you don't have the lease by Friday right you come back two weeks from now and then we'll have to go through it again but if you have the lease we'll make a motion that we approve it but you have to bring the lease down Friday before 1:00 okay perfect okay and if it's not there then we have to do this again in the next meeting okay for me okay I'll make a motion we approve it upon the U rece release before Friday at 1:00 I'll second the motion commissioner Le made a motion to approve dual a Sals at 348 Broadway pending on the Le second by commissioner Morales commissioner Leia how do you vote Yes commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes motion pass pending of the leas just remember one thing Friday they leave early so you better get down here early Friday thank you so much you're welcome thank you the next item we have Kang Inc is applying for a common Vic license okay I just asked him if this is a new business that he has he says yes um commissioner L do you have questions yeah I'm familiar with this business um used to be across the street for the cedarest and I knew the owners prior owners but did you um I'm not sure if it's been approved by the fire department yet or inspected or anything like that okay uh the fire department hasn't gone yet um Lieutenant cillo no questions okay director Ruiz um you still have a kitchen in the back there okay um do you have all did you apply for the new uh food permits the see okay all right thank you um is there a way for us to confirm that uh the fire department can make sure that they do the inspection okay he's waiting for one other inspector okay to set up the appointment to to do the inspection for them okay he's waiting okay um commissioner Le I'm going to make a motion we accept it approve it but you don't get the license until you been final inspections are done okay okay okay okay okay graas um I'll make the motion to approve this common Vic license um contingent on their inspections passing second commission Morales made a motion to approve a common license for 200 to for Broadway for go to bank Inc pending on the inspection second by commissioner Le commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes commissioner Le how do you vote Yes motion pass okay okay and I'm going to make a make a motion that we hold number nine M till the end with number 12 okay you want to move them out of order or no I want to hear them both together 9 and 12 but it's going to be a long one so I'd rather get the other okay so move 9 and 12 together together so let's make a motion to move item number nine and number 12 towards the end of the meeting and 12 M and move it at the end okay so then we're looking uh can you second the motion Mike yes second commission moral made a motion to move item number nine and do it together with number 12 second by commissioner Le commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes commission you vote Yes okay energy Lounge together with um the Wendy bar and restaurant at the end as a number 12 item because there is two issues on those business excuse me the next item we have Deli Moore who's applying for one day wine m one day wine and malt license I think we've done this before this business yeah bu gracias I am um Rosa and I'm asking for one day um wine and malt license uh to have a Val a Valentine's Day party with um the customers and clients in the area commissioner l no we familiar you've been here a number of times we already again um what's this one for now it Valen it's Valentine's Day at Fe that Saturday no further questions Lillo no questions no questions thank you um i' like to make a motion to approve this one day wine and malt license second commission Morales made a motion to approve one day alcohol license for one day wine and M wine and beer yes at 420 comry for an event on February 15 second by commissioner Le commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes commissioner Le how do you vote Yes motion pass to Z congratulations you can pick you can pick up the license on Friday not tomorrow okay councelor um councelor Mr Tashi here yet okay that's fine yeah yep okay so we have um Motorsports who's applying for a class 2 license wholesale to wholesale Samar Flores hello hi hello um yes can you got me yes we can great um can you st your name for the record and can you tell us about your business Sam Floris and we buy and sell cars from the auction y thank you commissioner Le you're here to renew your license but we have a problem with your license okay okay on um 1021 or 24 you sld a car to a woman yeah not a wholesal you familiar with it um I familiar with it in the back of the room yep okay according to Mass General laws you're responsible to have that car fixed or repaired okay or if you're not going to do that you're supposed to give it back of money by under the Lemon Law okay and if you don't do that we we apply to the you have to speak into the mic we will apply call the Attorney General's office which gets involved and T you with penalties and um in interest fines okay so I have a problem she said the car has been here okay she talked to your wife to have it fixed she brought it to a guy to have it fixed okay and according to this thing it's going to cost over $4,000 to have this car fixed let me let me finish it and then a friend of hers called you and you said you're not going to do anything about the car is that your answers you're going to go with can I speak um um commissioner Mike on that day I was trying to help her right and um I did send her to a mechanic she was playing both parts she will go to another mechanic the other mechanic will mess up the car and go to my mechanic my mechanic did everything to that car she even asked for gas so saying that she wants to fix certain things on her car while she's going back and forth everything got done I got receipts and there's cameras so I can get it for you that's I communicated with her and I told her go over there meaning I'll fix the car for her but now she's asking for me to fix the whole car and and and it been over 30 days you the law of 30 days and I gave her a bit of sale of that she had a boyfriend that when I sold the car he stated which I got pictures and I I have my form stated that he will take care of the car if I give him the car as is let's let's go let's say two things okay Master General law says there is no such thing as is okay you don't sell a car as is okay second thing once she reported to you when she couldn't get an inspection sticker it becomes a lemon law comes under the Lemon Law so you either have to settle with her of course buy the car back and give her the money for the car and also her uh sales tax yeah or you have the car fixed which is fine which was totally fine with that I I communicated with her I called her a couple weeks ago and I tell her listen this is what it is I I'll help you I called her to fix it but she put another guy there telling me a bunch of things that he was never but moving on forward I would have that fixed whatever she needs and I can only tell you what I heard right and I was there when she made a complaint to and I need an interpreter and they got a guy over there from another dealership over there and looked at it and he told me exactly what she says and I have a letter written up by them she's in the back room willing to testify today okay now you have to decide if you want to keep your license you ain't supposed to sell a car to anybody except the dealer let me finish you accept the dealer you violated that okay so if you want us to renew the license you better fix this problem first that's first and foremost I'll fix it today I mean I'm being you know but I will take care of it cuz the whole point of is customers moving on forward helping the next and just making it right I'm now Sarah yeah Sarah Sarah I'm Sam no Samar okay she doesn't speak English okay good evening B noes go ahead Mike Sarah Molina right okay you're familiar with this letter right see okay he's willing to have your car fixed or pay you the money back are you acceptable to that that she says yes that if he will take care of it definitely all right I'm going to give you to the next meeting to take the care of this if I found out you didn't do it don't even come back for another license cuz I'm going I'm going to tell you what's going to happen if we return this down it's going to be a a revoke your license and you won't get a license in Massachusetts anywhere all right because your name will be turned into the trooper that comes in here and we'll tell him and he'll make sure that you're not allowed to sign any cars okay okay one second apologize it's um Lieutenant cillo no questions director Ruiz no questions commissioner Le I make a motion we table this until the next meeting so we will table this matter until the next meeting okay contingent that you guys will take care of this matter yeah I'll take okay I I will come over and talk to you during the week okay I'll come over to the business to talk to you go to the bus to speak to you guys okay okay I got you yeah thank you yeah thank you commissioner commissioner Le made a motion to table empty motors for February 19 meeting second by commissioner Morales commissioner Le how do you vote Yes commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes I will see you on February 19 okay thank you you're welcome thank you okay okay okay the next item on the agenda we have oh wait a minute um Mr Tashi Is Here Yeah so let's come up please go ahead thank you um thank you for recalling in apologies for uh Mr tar being late but he's here now um this is an application to appoint John tari as the manager of the applicant um Mr T's familiar with the establishment he's worked there for quite some time um he understands how to run it he understands the rules understands the expectations that the city has for safety and to making sure that he serves the public uh in a proper manner if the uh the board has any questions from Mr T he stands ready to answer them okay commissioner Le yes I'm familiar with the Tashi family and I'm sorry about your loss thank you I appreciate it um I just want to if we approve this I just want to make sure you're there 50% of the time it's open that's the rules of the City of Lawrence I'm there every single time it's open okay and if the police walk in there they want to check anything you have to let them check right yes you have to go by the the camera systems and everything has to be up to date long as you go by those rules and you behave yourself there'll be no problem understood director Lieutenant serlo uh no questions I'm familiar with the establishment and Mr Tashi so be all set thank you no no questions okay thank you commissioner Le I'll make a motion we approve it I'll second the motion commission I made a motion to approve a transfer change of manager for Central Nightclub at 56 Comm Street second by commissioner Morales commissioner Le how do you vote Yes commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes motion pass thank you thank you very much thank you Council thank you okay the next item on the agenda number nine and energy Lounge did we want them to both come up together well we have one yeah okay good evening good evening Commissioners once again attorney Brian caran for the uh the applicant um in this case uh what we have at least one of the matters before you is a uh application for a change of manager and DBA um so I represent energy Lounge Incorporated uh the l e uh you all know Gracia Guerrero uh the current manager and and owner of energy Lounge Incorporated uh Miss Guerrero has been an operation since 2022 um this has been a incredibly difficult um Saga for her uh there have been uh issues from day one with the landlord as this board I think is well aware as other the city officials uh you'll probably be hearing from from Mr Morgan tonight on some of those issues so I'll I'll defer and address them at a later date um but needless to say uh Miss Guerrero um has a full-time job working for the government and when she's finished with that job she manages energy Lounge she pays all the bills she pays the taxes um she makes sure that the place is properly run it's just too much to deal with uh secondly as you know uh last December uh not this past but the previous December there was an unfortunate incident at energy Lounge uh where a uh Patron was shot uh this board uh took uh some some punitive action and uh essentially rolled back the hours of the Lounge for several weeks during that period of time uh Miss Guerrero um sat down to rethink how best to move this place forward and I think what she basically decided was uh that the lounge uh concept the nightclub concept was just not something she wanted to deal with MH so she has brought in um Mr Garcia who we have see tonight Lis Garcia is the prospective new manager uh Mr Garcia is an experienced restaurant tour he has owned an operated uh two different restaurants in New Hampshire uh with his wife who's here tonight Carmen and his family uh they are prepared uh to to bring a new uh Focus to the to the establishment to change from the energy Lounge concept to uh mui shingon a Mexican restaurant and uh I think this is really a win-win for everybody um because we're going to hopefully eliminate some of the issues that this board has had to deal with over the last couple of years Miss Guerrero is going to get some well deserved and needed uh relief with the management of the place and we've got somebody here Mr Garcia who who knows what he's doing is ready to hit the ground running with uh a nice uh restaurant concept and um so that's basically it um uh obviously this is a case that is taken on a life of its own I assume the board might have some questions but uh that is what we're looking for tonight uh in a n nutshell thank you commissioner Le yes a couple things a couple weeks ago I was called down there along with the inspectional services the police department the fire department everything else um questions were brought up about changing the name before before we approved it we found out the club was renovated without the approval of the licensing board right wasn't major but these things have to be addressed so for future references anytime you do any more uh renovation that club we have to notify before you do it you cannot change the name until we approve the name um the club is clean very well clean and it's really sharp looking but any renovation has to do with the club has to be done with the permit and with the approval insal service the fire of har Etc I want to make that perfectly clear Lieutenant serlo uh what are the proposed hours of operation for the restaurant uh same hours as currently uh situated Lieutenant so um the lounge is open until last call every night um and the restaurant will remain uh with those hours so 1:00 and with the exception of the Friday and the Saturday uh with the two uh in terms of opening time they do serve lunch now they plan to try to uh really uh go after a lunch crowd um on Sundays uh going do brunch at all or it's just lunch lunch lunch and dinner so um so yeah it's basically no change to the existing hours on the license okay and Mr Garcia is aware that 11 at 11:00 all miners need to be off premises when he transfers over to uh the nightclub aspect per city ordinance I'm glad that you mentioned it Lieutenant uh but I've provided my clients with uh uh copies of the rules and regulations I'll make sure that those are are studied and um that there won't be any issues with uh uh with with that okay and if he needs any guidance or any education on that the police department as as well as ISD and the fire department and the licensing board would be very happy to bring him up to speed on any uh issues to avoid any issues okay no further questions thank you director Ruiz um I just want to mention that um the last few weeks inspectional service has been involved in some incidents over there um you know spec specifically you know some electrical issues um some Plumbing issues I guess my building inspector Peter and the plumbing inspector went over there I'm hoping that that was um taken care of um uh it's been going it's been an ongoing problem um so uh I know Mass Electric the electrical needs to be repaired because Mass Electric wants to shut the electric to the building and right now we're trying to work with that yeah uh director Ruiz um I'll just bring you up to speed on that um so last Friday um the landlord uh went into the premises with an electrician and removed the electrical panel servicing the restaurant without any advanced notice on a Friday afternoon knowing that there's no one around in the city after 12:00 and no way to get someone to come in and en Force so uh basically uh the place has been without power now since Friday um I spoke with uh City electrical inspector muraka on Monday I've spoken with representatives of the fire department um I was told that the landlord was not going to make any repairs to the elect Electrical uh system so I asked should my client make the repairs and it was agreed by all parties that that'd be the thing to do so so my clients went ahead and hired an electrician and um uh to go in pull the permits worked with Mr muraka the fire department make sure that the panel was brought up to code so that they could be uh have the power turned back on from National Grid and get back in business hopefully before the weekend every time I turn around there's some new Wrinkle In the case and and the landlord runs down to City Hall and is using repres you know using City officials to try to enforce uh you know what she thinks is uh is owed to her I will say this to you I have copies for the board I can bring them up to you and give you copies there are at least two pending cases uh in the courts right now concerning this business relationship uh one concerns the lease which is uh here in lence District Court the other concerns the acquisition and sale of the business which is in the essic superior court right next door to us these issues are going to be resolved at some point by the court which is where they should be resolved not here in City Hall where frankly there are no judges here in City Hall and so miss Mahia running in here and asking the Building Commissioner and the licensing board and City officials and the police to do to do her landlord work is just really inappro and all all I can ask is that um my clients be given the opportunity to try to make this a better establishment and hopefully in another Forum which is the the court system we'll deal with all these other issues that have been raised about who's responsible for the electricity and who's responsible for the plumbing and all the the concealed uh Plumbing work that was done without any in you know code I think you know director that that that work was done years before my client took because we had that issue when we were trying to open uh The Establishment um back in 2022 and I was dealing then with uh the plumbing inspector Mr Hurley the um the the C the the plumbing in the basement which was supposed to be cast iron was was plastic and it was painted black to make it look like cast iron and and Miss Mahia refused the landlord refused to do the work so Miss Guerrero did the work paid for it she paid for everything I mean that was that was the only reason they were able to open up because otherwise uh the city was not going to allow the occupancy permit so it's been one thing after another um but you know I I'm actually amazed that she's been able to put up with what she's put up with but she really needs this management transfer to go through so we can get somebody in there who knows how to run a restaurant so so um yeah just for the record U miss m has come into City Hall a number of times and every single time I've told her that it's in need we know we're not an agent of anybody I've explained to her that she needs to go to resolve it in housing court or Superior Court or whatever court she wishes to go to um and that's what my my that's my advice every single time that if she's come in front of me commissioner Le the pipe's been fixed right yeah that's crazy the pipe was fixed back in 2022 I'm just say the the other day last week to there are there are still there are still some code issues but these are issues that I Believe Miss Mahia has been ordered to correct uh she's the landlord she owns the building uh the plumbing that's in the basement service is not only the lounge but Services the apartments upstairs so she's responsible for that stuff if she gets to the point where she does refuses to do the work and it becomes an issue where the city might shut the building down Miss Guerrero will do what she's done multiple times over the last three years which is she'll get the work done and then look look to miss Mahia for a credit it's really unbelievable that a tenant would have to do that but that's what we're dealing with the last time I was there I was told there's a restraining order against her there is all right then she's not allowed in that office that building you know as long as she's there she's not allowed in that building by law two was there today well she can actually she lives there she go into the she can go into the apartment she can't interfere with the uh but she doesn't have to get through the business to get to the apartment she just have an apartment there but she actually doesn't live there she she doesn't live there I know that she doesn't live there she has an apartment there and she's saying that she lives there but she actually doesn't she if she comes into the the um the area with bar is and everything just call the Poli police have her arrested she had to Warrant him she was arraigned uh playing a game she was arraigned last week um commissioner and uh I was in court uh I think two days ago and uh the matter is being handled it's now been assigned to the district attorney uh she violated the order there's a pre-trial conference scheduled for sometime in March and uh you know she's facing possible criminal time uh criminal uh uh penalty and uh and maybe some jail time for the continued action so we're doing our best to just try to put this to rest so the city doesn't have to deal with this vs but uh it's it's it's been a you know let me put it this way when I was called in a couple weeks ago after we left there she came to City Hall and stayed here for 45 minutes arguing with us telling us we did everything illegal etc etc etc and would not take any advice from us or anything else I told her I'm going to tell you the same thing I told her it has to be settled in court agreed okay go ahead Gracia I want to say something and thank you for the opportunity commissioner um so this is a situation that you all know about it um and she has been coming to the City Hall make pointing to us that we have been since uh doing things illegally however since they day one that I came here I said that I didn't have the experience because that was my first time trying to um work hard for my dreams for my goals and so I want to do my best and I said I'm available to learn from the process and anytime that I have an issue I all the time have the the time to ask how to do things how to correct things and she's the one who has been lying to the city since the day one when she as uh my attorney said um she had been saying that we built like a bathroom in the basement and we have Pro pictures that uh they chose the date and the previous inspector back in 2022 saw that bathroom downstairs and they work and he said that was B illegally so we have that proof now she can with uh that matter to the city hall in 2025 so she's just trying to make my life miserable and just let's move get this we have the other part coming up in a minute let's get this real quick we're going to vote on him being the manager we can go through this all day long because we're going to hear the other part in a second so as far as I'm concerned I'm going to make a motion to we approve him as the manager and change of the uh name of the business and I'll make that in a motion okay I'll second the motion commissioner Le made a motion to approve to change a corporate name change manager and change the dbaa name from energy Lounge to Ming gong Mexican restaurant at 459 Broadway second by commissioner Morales commissioner Le how do you vote Yes commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes motion pass thank you I don't think you're going too far councilor thank you good luck yeah CH the next yeah hello can you please say your name for theor my name is attorney Tom Morgan and I represent the building owner okay frankly attorney corgan's description of this Friday event is grossly misrepresented let me tell you why you should know that the lease is in the name of Miss Guerrero not the corporation the documents that have been submitted to this board that represent that the lease was properly assigned have never been signed by my client never approved by my client since the commencement of this lease there has been at least three building permits pulled that have never been completed never inspected never approved by this board and consistent with the lease requirements never approved by my client a typical commercial lease and the one that exists for this premises requires landlord approval including submission of what one would propose to do for improvements approval of the contractor and proof that the contractor is licensed and Ure it none of that has ever been complied with having said that things really began to heat up when uh there was a a fire alarm on January 6th the fire department couldn't enter the building they couldn't enter the building uh through where the alarm went off because something that I have complained to attorney Corgan for and he has entirely ignored me which is the keyy to the door to get in the basement from the rear entrance has a metal um jail type door behind it well they gave us a key they changed the locks they gave us another key but if you put the key in the door it won't open the fire department had the same problem and that was just the beginning when they when they did the inspection we discovered that the person who represents himself as the manager uh nef Tali uh aoya that has the restraining order is apparently living in the basement He was ordered to remove the mattress but my client can't verify that in the meantime let's stop right there you know I don't want to get involved between landlord and tenants and Etc okay we're here wa minute you're on the agenda for a promisory note that was sent to the ABC am I right let's go back uh 6 months eight months ago you were here with Mr Frank Ben K am I right it was probably a year and a half ago I my mind is been 6 months a year ago and we ran to the same problem with the lease then and Frank and there we told you to come back in two weeks Frank didn't come back and you didn't come back am I right that's true all right now now let me finish let me finish I'm speaking now when I looked over the all the records that she submitted to us I mean there was a lot of them yes the prary note dated and and signed by um by both parties was on 922 2021 the amendment was 6 months later 324 2022 neither party signed it at all purchase and sales agreement dated 3:22 32422 was not signed all documents were never signed by either party after that the only original document was that one on the dated on 92221 so furthermore the promisory note uh the original prisy note came into this board on 11:21 2021 it was approved by the licens of board at that time on 9822 I was not not part of that board Anna was on that board with Katie um Kae Katie and Hector Santiago they approved that license since that time I've been accused by Wendy that I have not I have did everything illegally and not giving her the license they came in to renew the license they had these documents of all the documents that were signed the only one I could see legit was 92221 which was filed with alarm licensing board and have been approved by uh ABC and us okay Wendy has no complaints with us you have a problem like attorney cargan says it's got to go into court you can do what you want get into court and settle it that way Mr carrigan's clients and your client can live peacefully do not bring it back in front of this board and tell Wendy she seems like a nice person but she just doesn't understand that we did nothing wrong I'm not accus I'm not making accusations against the board but I do want to correct what has been presented regarding these uh current code issues that doesn't come to us that goes inspectional Services we don't do know how to do codes we make sure the clubs get licensed and issue the license and it's been approved by us any problem with inspectional service they will notify us us anything with the police department they will notify us anything with the fire department they will notify us and this board will take action then uh I just want to say that um every time Wendy has come to inspectional services and reported that somebody's been working with it we've sent a building inspector or the Building Commissioner over there and he's taken care of it so I'm not sure what I haven't been I haven't been there in a long time so I don't know what's going on today she came in again saying that something about the electrical the plumbing the the building stuff and I sent Peter over there The Building Commissioner and I also sent the plumbing inspector I haven't spoken to them yet so I don't know what happened um but every time she's come to City Hall and filed a complaint my job is just to make sure that it's legitimate and that's what I've done and I want to repeat two weeks ago or 3 weeks ago I was out there again and I was with the fire department I was with the police department and I with ins spectal Services I found some violations and they supposed to correct them we gave them to today to correct those violations that is our job here to get involved between you and Mr cargan and Wendy and his clients is a no no we don't get involved in in um private suits like this you have to hand the the thing that is most upsetting to me is there's been an accusation that my client caused the power to be shut off simply not true simply not true what happened was the fire department determined that the electrical panels had been altered without permits National Grid came and inspected Friday National Grid turned off the power and I have the message that uh National Grid left if you Mr commissioner would like to see it but what it says simply put is that the panel has been altered for the commercial tenant without the benefit of a permit and I might add without my client's knowledge or permission until it overloaded the socket and created a fire danger my client had nothing to do with that she didn't request that the power be terminated National Grid did it for the safety of the building I don't know if you're hearing me Mr I'm just saying that comes to insectual service inspectional service notifies us if there's something wrong like that day they called me to go down to the club they did their job right this has to do with both clients yours and Mr the car against clients not getting along and you're trying to get us involved in a civil suit and we're not going to get involved in it and the best thing I can tell you to stop you from coming in here and stop Mr cargan coming here for the same issue is settle it in court well there are Court actions pending as attorney corrian mentioned but I certainly don't want this board to think that my client took some sort of what what she had she may not fully understand the system but what she wants is that alterations need to be permitted and approved you know that whole uh story about the PVC plumbing in the in the basement well that happened however attorney corrian uh told me that uh it was somehow my client's fault she had a permit that and a that a plumber pulled and for one reason or another city hall couldn't find the permit I got a copy of it by the way she relied on the plumber so those mistakes are certainly not something she participated in she is a legitimately a a victim uh here and not the perpetrator she didn't alter the panel she didn't tax the electrical service she didn't tax or uh tap in to the residential tenants panel and steal power she didn't um authorize the lounge to plug refrigerator units into the common panel and steal her power her um common air lighting bill goes from $18 a month to 267 M and she's Locked Out Of The B one second one second excuse me for a minute I don't want to be rude okay we have to but I have to tell you again this does not belong in front of us right now okay you had your the story you related to us we listen to your story we understand what's going on it's a court matter right we're not taking sides in this we're not blaming Wendy we're not blaming either client okay we're just telling you it belongs in court it's in court and let the court settle it all right I'm not blaming her all I want to say is she comes in here and makes a complaint we hear the complaint spal service hears the complaint the fire department everybody hears the complaint and they go out and check it to make sure but she's a restraining order she should stay away from there I understand she owns the building but she should stay away and maybe to get along peacefully and settle this matter okay's not looking for anything more we have this meeting soon because we have another meeting in like eight minutes so one second Lieutenant serlo I mean yes no no questions thank you uh director Ruiz I just want to make sure that the electrical part of it um is a problem um I know I spoke in speaking with Wendy today she said that she talked to nutrition they're waiting for some parts to come in because they can't find them to to get the problem um fixed if if um The Electric Company shuts the power off she's going to be responsible for putting all those famili up in hotels so just to you know you know because they want to shut the building down um for for some reason Mass Electric wants to shut the power to the building I don't know why I'm I'm not an electrician I don't anything about electricity but just to let you know that if for some reason they shut the building down she's responsible to put all those tenants up in a hotel I understand she's been advised to that and all I can tell you is that there were a lot of electrical alterations made that my client was not aware of and the problem wasn't created by her okay thank you thank you Council thank you go ahead Mike i' like to go ahead i' like to make a motion to adjourn this meeting um first what's the next meeting 19th February 19th is the next meeting the other thing is you got you got to get us a date for the Ralph to come down or anything like that no okay okay commissioner Morales made a motion to a the meeting second by commissioner commission Morales do you vote Yes commissioner Le you vote Yes meeting a thank you very much all for coming and have a good night e e e e e e e e e e e e for