Uh the meeting will come to order. Uh before we begin, we'd like to begin with a pledge of allegiance led by Lieutenant Mey. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much. Uh the following matters will come before uh the license commission today. This is our regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting has been previously filed
with the city clerk. The first item on the agenda is the uh approval of minutes. I should say before we get into the agenda that there are only two commissioners today. So if there is a dispute and it's a one one, you're going
to have to come back at the next meeting where we have three commissioners and a tiebreaker. So just so we're clear on that before we begin. Uh the first item, as I said, would be the approval of minutes of the July 16th, 2025 meeting.
I move to approve. I will second that. That application and and minutes are approved. The next item on the agenda are applications submitted for consideration. Item number one, New England Friends of
Bosnia Herzuggavina at the Susan B. Anthony Middle School. XL Der D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Civic, I'm sorry if I mispronounced your name, is the event manager. This is an application for a one-day license for malt, wine, common vixular, and
entertainment. This license will be exercised on the grounds of the Susan B. Anthony School on Sunday, September 21st from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a rain date of Sunday, September 28th. The
event is a festival promoting the culture the culture of Bosn Bosnia and Herzgoina. The expected attendance is 100. Is there someone here from the New England Friends of Bosnia and Herzuggovenia? if you'd step up to the
podium, please, and give us your name and address for the record. Just press the button so that the red light goes on. Thank you. Thank you. I'm Excel Devish. I live at 11 Woodbury Road in Bill Rick.
Very good. Very good. If you could just tell us what you'd like to do with this license. This will be our 10th annual festival. We've done it seven times in Cambridge and three times at Susan Banthony in River. As you already stated, it is a cultural festival meant to promote the
Bosnian culture while also offering activities for kids and other amenities to help entertain the public. Um, being that it is our 10th festival, we've already procured the food permits. We've procured a licensed bartender. We have
the plan that has been ongoing since we started the festival for the bar. Um, and we also have already contacted the fire department, River Parks and Wreck as well. Thank you very much. Um, do you have any uh questions,
Commissioner Osena? What are your plans to um contain the service of the alcohol? Because I'm not seeing it on the map. On the map that I provided? Yeah. I'm looking for the bar area. It'll be in
the parking lot. Yes. Yeah. So, that is number three on the map. I included our alcohol containment plans. It's always a blocked off section with two volunteers manning the exterior and two volunteers helping with the alcohol. All IDs are checked
upon entry. Um, and you're not able to get in without showing an ID and proof of being 21 or older. To whom did you provide that plan to? I provided it in the package that I I gave. I also have it here. If you'd like a paper copy, I would.
Yeah, it's the same one. It's been very successful. Oh, this Oh, this is it. This last page. Okay, I got it. I got it. Um All right. See, is it
Okay. So, um, have you been involved with this uh, festival for the past three years as well? Yeah, I'm the former president and I'm also the volunteer event coordinator. And, uh, you're going to be running it pretty much the same way you've run the
last three. Yes. Thank you. I have no other questions. We'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any proponents? Is there anybody that would like to speak on behalf of the issuing of this license? I don't see or hear anybody. We'll close
that section. Is there anybody opposed? I don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Would you like to make a motion or discuss this further? No further discussion necessary. I'd move to approve the application as written. Very good. I would also second that your
application is approved. The application for a one-day license for malt wine, common vixular and entertainment for the New England friends of Bosnia and Herzgovenia are approved. This license will be exercised on the grounds of the Susan B.
Anthony school on Sunday, September 21st, 2025 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a rain date of Sunday, September 28th, 2025. And the event is a festival promoting the culture of Bosnia and Herzgoia.
Thank you very much and good luck with your event. Thank you so much. Take care, guys. Item number two, Dots Army Grisswald Park. Renee Griffin is the event manager. This is also an application for a one-day malt, wine, common, vigular,
and entertainment license. This license would be exercised at Griswald Park on Saturday, September 6th, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a rain date of Sunday, September 7th. The event is a cornhole tournament
to raise funds for the Jimmy Fund. The expected attendance is 40 to 60. Um, your name and address for the record, please. And if you could turn on the microphone. It's Renee Griffin, 69 Lancaster in River. Thank you very much. Can you tell us
briefly what you'd like to do with this license? Sure. Well, as you stated, this is a fundraising event where all proceeds go to the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund. It is our eighth cornhole tournament, fifth of which were held at Griswald Field uh
without incident and certainly very successful. The tournament itself is held in the parking lot on the back side of the lot and the vendors, we have two. We have Bentwater Brewering. Uh they've also been with us for this will be their
fifth year. They hold the liquor license. We rope the area around the tent. Uh sometimes they have a tent, sometimes they bring a tap truck. We don't know until they come, but we rope the area and we put proper signage up. Bentwater
is responsible for checking IDs where applicable. Uh the food truck, we're having uh Bono Epatit, which they've been using. They've done quite a few events here in River and they'll be arriving as well with their truck and they'll be right
next to Bentwater. So, it's a well-contained um area and a well-contained um event. Have you received Have you received confirmation from Bent yet? Because it says your application says you're in discussions with them as if they haven't confirmed Bentwater. Yeah.
Oh, no. I absolutely have approval from them. Okay. As a matter of fact, I sent through their license to Maggie uh two days ago. Okay, perfect. Okay, thank you. Welcome.
Do you have any other questions? No. Very good. We'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any proponents? Anybody else that would like to speak on behalf of the um cornhole tournament at Griswall Park? Don't see or hear anybody. We'll close
that section. Are there any opponents? Anybody opposed to cornhole? Don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Would you like to discuss this further or I'll make a motion? I'd move to approve the application. Very good. I will second that. the application for a one-day maltwine
convvicular and entertainment license to be exercised at Griswald Park on Saturday, September 6th, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 400 p.m. with a rain date of Sunday, September 7th, 2025 for a cornhole tournament is approved. Thank
you very much and good luck with your event. Thank you. Item number three, the Mlullen Highway Development Corporation, 10 Suffach Downs Boulevard. Rachel Otterly is the event manager. This is an application
for a one-day malt wine license. The application to be exercised at se 10 Suffach Downs Boulevard on Sunday, September 28th, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is a fall festival with
expected attendance of 200. Your name and address for the record, please. My name is Madison McKenna. Address is one Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Very good. And can you explain what you'd like to do with this particular license? Of course. So, we're looking to host a fall festival on site at Suffet Downs.
It'll be at our new parcel, which we call the yard, which is 10 Suff Downs Boulevard. So, we're hosting this event in partnership with Boston Women's Market. So, we will have 20 or so vendors on site, all womenowned local businesses. Um, we'll have two food trucks, music, kids crafts, and we're
also looking to have our new retail tenant, Twisted Vape Brewing, on site to serve their beer. They will be serving out of a container that's on the parcel that's surrounded by um planters that are connected by chain link. So there's a well- definfined area with one opening. Um and Twisted Vaporing will be
responsible for checking IDs upon serving. Thank you very much. This first year, correct? Yes. How many volunteers you plan to have on hand? It's pretty big space. Yep. So Boston Women's Market, they're
kind of taking the lead there. U myself and one of my other colleagues will be on site for the event. Um but they will for the most part be running point on that. But we've had a handful of events on this property today. Okay. Okay. Yeah, fair enough. That's all I have. And the al the alcohol is going to be
dispensed. How how do you plan on doing that? Um, Twisted Fate Brewing, who is our on-site retail tenant, they will be in charge of dispensing that. It's We have a container on site. They'll be serving out of the container. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you. Do you have any other questions?
I don't. We'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any proponents? Is there anybody that would like to speak on behalf of the issuing of this license? Don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Is there anybody opposed? Anybody opposed to the issuing of the
license? Don't see or hear anybody. Would you like to make a motion or would you like to discuss this further? I'd move to approve the application. I will second that. the application for
a one-day malt wine license to be exercised at 10 Suffach Downs Boulevard on Sunday, September 28th, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 400 p.m. is approved. Thank you very much and good luck with your event.
Thank you. Good luck. The next item on the agenda is item number four. Joseph Leon Mola Post 4524 of the VFW USA Inc. 61 Luchia Avenue.
Matthew Cunningham is the event manager. This is an application for a one-day all alcohol common vixular and entertainment license. The application will be ex the license would be exercised
at the parking lot of 61 Luchia Avenue on Saturday, September 13th, 2025 from 1:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event is a concert to benefit Fisher House Boston. The expected attendance is 150. Your
name and address for the record, please, sir. My name is uh Matt Cunningham. I reside at uh 28 Baldwin Avenue in Everett. Thank you very much. Can Can you explain to me explain to us what the um what you'd like to do with this license? Well, the uh intent is to um have a
fundraiser for Fisher House and their mission is to um house families of wounded severely wounded veterans as they receive their treatment at the VA in Boston. And at the same time, we're trying to attract more veterans to our post so we can do more in the communities.
Well, thank you very much. Do you have any uh questions for this gentleman? I actually don't. It's a very good event. What um what type of music are you planning to have? Uh two local rock band and Okay. So I see from the diagram that
it's going to be h how is it going to be set up basically? Um, we're going to put because to be honest, this diagram is a little Yeah, it is a little strange. Yeah. So, um, I'd already reached out to Reier
Police and the idea is to put up cones at the intersection of uh, Washington A and, uh, Italia A, excuse me, Washington A and Luchia A. And then as you get to the main parking lot of the VFW, there'll be other barriers there. So that way the people
that reside in that area can still get in and out without being impeded. And on the opposite side, it'll be blocked off at um Italia and Luchia. That way, the the traffic will be directed down Italia back out to Washington A.
Okay. So, you're basically going to close off the Luchia A Washington A entrance, right? Yes. And so, it'll be just like the footprint of the actual VFW post and just that.
Okay. All right. Hi there. Uh the issue is uh blocking streets of course is always emergency vehicles or residents. Yeah. Uh I know that you uh said you're going to have it blocked at Luchia and Malden and well and allow the vehicles to go down and take a right back up onto Washington. That's fine. But what about
the other side from Washington and Luchia? What do you have plans for there? Washington and Luchia. That's just going to Washington will just stay open. Okay. So that side will stay open. All the residents can get there. Yeah, Washington A won't be affected at all. It's just a matter of keeping cars from coming through down Luchia A
through the um past the post. Okay. So, what I'm saying is if they're coming down Washington, they take a right onto Luchia. Well, they won't be they'll be coned off right there. So, you want to have that area coned off. It makes sense. Of course. Um now, the residents of course emergency vehicles. I mean, what do you plan on doing for that? If we have any
emergencies, obviously we'll uh reach out to fire or police, let them know what the situation is, open up the road. I mean, I guess I think you're going to have somebody man that spot like police officer or something like that. That would be the best case scenario. You know what I mean? Um I mean, that's really my only
concern. Okay. So, you understand what he's asking? Absolutely. All right. No. Thank you. Um, all right. So, we'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any proponents? Is there anybody
that would like to speak on behalf of the issuing of the license to Joseph Leon Mahopost? I don't see or hear anybody close that section. Is there anybody opposed? Anybody opposed to the issuing of the one day license? Don't see or hear
anybody. We'll close that section. Would you like to discuss this further or do you want to make a motion? I move to approve the application as written. Very good. I will second that the application for a one-day all alcohol common victula and entertainment license
for Joseph Leon Mola Post 4524 VFW US Inc. to be exercised at the parking lot of 61 Luchia Avenue on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 100 p.m. to 1000 p.m. is approved.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Good luck with the event. Thank you. Item number five, Arapa La Mosula, Inc. 190 Revia Beach Parkway.
Horge Garces is the manager. This is an application for stationary mobile food vendor license. The application would be exercised in the parking lot at 190 Rever Beach Parkway. The requested hours
of operation are Monday through Friday 12:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The power source will be via electric outlet. Your name and address for the record, please.
Uh, thank you very much, sir. I just want to Can you explain briefly what you'd like to do with this license? food truck. They started uh 2023 August 2019 with
the food truck in here. back in that day 2023 with the food truck in the Richmond area because of the traffic. So he was one of the affected ones. [Music] [Music] So now he wants to have the opportunity
to come back to Rivier and offer the full service to the community, not causing any trouble to the to to the neighbors. So back in that day when he used to do the sales, he had a great experience with sales. So he wants to have that
again. [Music] So he he has a good customers that the customers is asking him to come back to Riviera. Some of these customers they stopped by by 7:30 8:00 p.m. So that's why he extended to 11 p.m.
Okay. Well, we would like to have him be successful as well. I um there is no diagram with this application. So, I have a photograph here. Can you tell me where the food truck is going to be? Yes.
And how you plan on laying it out? Do you need a Do you need a pen to write it in? Thank you. Yeah, customer. Okay. So, no table. Thank you.
All right. Yeah. So, The truck will be here, right? And what's And the customers will be here. Yeah. I mean, yeah, that'll work.
Yeah, because then, you know, a lot of times cars will just kind of go right through there. All right. Well, thank you very much. It looks It looks manageable. It looks doable. Um, do you have any other questions that
you'd like to uh present? No, I don't. I I had the same question about where the truck was going to be. That was my only concern. Okay. Well, we'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any propon uh proponents? Anybody else that would like to speak on behalf of the issuing of
this food truck license? I don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Is there anybody opposed? Seeing no one, we'll close that section. Would you like to make a motion or discuss this further?
No. I move to approve his application. I wish you the best of luck. Very good. I'll second that. The application for Arapa Mazoka is approved. The application for a stationary mobile
food vendor license to be exercised in the parking lot of 190 Beach Parkway. Monday through Friday 12 pm to 11 pm is approved. So no weekend hours, no Saturday, no Sunday.
No, this is from Friday. No, see, it's the whole week. Oh, it's the whole week. So, it's Monday to Saturday. I mean, Monday to Sunday. [Music]
So, Monday to Sunday from 12 to 11. The email that he sent to our office uh shows that he's requesting Monday to Friday, noon to 11. This is the email he sent on uh July 14th. He would like to do Saturday and Sunday
as well. possible. [Music] Okay. Yeah, we're good. All right. We will we'll make that adjustment. So, the um the food truck license
will be Monday through Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Okay. All right. And you're going to be your power source is going to be not a generator, but it's going to be
correct. Plugged into the building. Okay. All right. Well, um good luck. Your your license is approved. Thank you. Item number six,
Reier Chicken LLC, DBA Popeyes, 304 Squire Road. Howard Himoitz is the manager. This is an application for a common vixular license. Rever chicken to be exercised at 304
Squire Road. Requested seating is 12. The requested hours of operation are Sunday through Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Your name and address for the record, please, sir. Howard Howard Heimwood, 17 Kenwood
Drive, Newton, New Hampshire. Very good. Can you explain what we like to do? Yeah, we're a quick service restaurant, Popeye's. It's been obviously in progress for a long time. We're finally wrapping everything up and trying to move ahead. So, if I've been to one
Popeye's, I'm going to see what I see in your place. Uh, hopefully you've only been to the good ones, but yes. Okay. Uh, very good. Do you uh have any questions for the What what other locations you operate? I'm the director of operations for all
of New England. So, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Parts of Connecticut are mine and one in Maine. So operationally, I mean things are going to be pretty consistent across the board, right? Pretty much pretty much at this point. You know, each area has different
management teams, but yeah, pretty much. All right. Looking forward to a while to open the place. Yeah. A lot of construction delays, national grid issues on our end, but we're we think we should be wrapped up by the end of next week. So, when do you think you'll be opening?
Right after Labor Day. Very good. He's going to be first in line. You're gonna have to find some people. All right. Well, you'll be second, right? Probably. Probably. Okay. I uh we'll close this part of the
hearing. Thank you very much. Are there any proponents? Anybody that would like to speak on behalf of Riviera Chicken DBA Popeyes? Don't see or hear anybody? We'll close that section. Are there anybody opposed? Is anybody opposed to the issuing of
this license? We don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Would you like to discuss this further or make a motion? I'd move to uh approve the application as written. Very good. the application for a common victual's license for Rever chicken LLC,
DBA Popeye's to be exercised at 304 Squire Road with requested seating of 12 and requested hours of Sunday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 10 to 11:00 p.m. That license is approved. Thank you very much, sir.
Thank you. Item number seven, Najukaz LLC, 195 American Legion Highway. Natalyia Katano Gomez is the manager. This is an application for a class 2 motor vehicle
dealer license. The application will be exercised at 195 American Legion Highway. The requested numbers of number of cars for sale is 20. The requested hours of operation are Monday through
Friday 9:00 am to 6 pm. Saturday through Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Your name and address for the record, please. Councelor the mic. Good. Thank you.
Yeah. My name is uh Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. I have an I am an attorney in the city of Ravier at 300 Broadway sweet 4. This afternoon I represent Naju Ka LLC. It's a corporation. The manager of the
corporation is Natalia Gomez. She has been the manager since its opening. A little history is is that I had represented these people getting a special permit from the River City Council back in June 9th 2025. So that's that first step is done. We're now
asking this honorable board for a license. So specifically um we're looking for a license for used cars at 190 195 American Legion Highway. Um we have hours of operation will be uh
Monday through Friday um 9 to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday 9 to 4:00 p.m. We also have a description of the premises u it has an office that is uh Ben Ki's service building. Mr. Ki is the owner of
the property. He is here for any questions as to the owner. The building is a concrete exterior with a membrane roof covered with three units and three uh trail baths and finishes. So at this point we would ask you uh we we believe
we filed all all the bonds and and pri to the to your clerk. Uh we respectfully ask that this honorable body allow the license. Thank you. Thank you very much counselor. Uh do you have any questions for uh
I do. Can you speak to your client's um experience you know with uh this industry andor handling with this type of class? Sure. Of license that she is seeking. I'll let her speak for a sec. Absolutely. How long have you been in the business? Hello. How are you?
Um uh my experience is six years. Uh but uh before I were for La Hoya. Mhm. And then I worked for two years for the same planes and Millennium Motors. In what position? Uh assistant. Assistant.
Yeah. Okay. And have you ever managed a license of of this type before? Yeah. No, it's my first time. Uh you know what? Um uh can you explain to him? I'm sorry. I have a little nervous. Can you explain something to him about the
before the Millennium Moros? Yeah, I'm sure. I have a license before and he left you know. Yeah, we're aware of the license on the properties person that owned the license but they let it lapse and they which opened up the opportunity and she was connected to that company or
the the person who let the l the license lapse. Was she a part of that company or worked there? Sorry. The name of the company that lapsed the last Amelia Motors. Were you did you work there too? Okay. Yeah, I wor with him. Yeah. And is your client familiar with the rules and
regulations associated with the maintaining and holding a class 2 license? Yes. Any questions? There any more questions? That's all I have. Okay. Thank you very much. Uh we don't have
any more questions. We'll close this part of the hearing. Are there any proponents? Anybody that would like to speak on behalf of the issuing of this license? your name and address for the record, please, sir. Oh, it's on. Okay. Uh, Vin Ki. I managed Patriot Depot where Millennium will be
or the new name of the company will be. Uh, I just want to tell you there's been a car sales place for over 35 years there. Unfortunately, had the person who was managing it, not her, but the other person did not pay the permit and that's
why we are in the situation that we are. But aside from that, it was flowing along and these people have been very good. They've been very They cleaned up the whole place. It has never looked better. So, I'm very happy that they're coming in. Do you know if their prior management is still going to be involved with the new company?
Definitely not. They they've actually moved on to a different business. I see. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay. Any other proponents? Don't see or hear anybody. We'll close
that section. Any opponents? Anybody opposed? I don't see or hear anybody. We'll close that section. Do you have uh any concerns? No. I I'd move to approve the application um for Naju Motors.
Very good. Um I will second that. the application for Naju Cars LLC for a class 2 motor vehicle dealer license to be exercised at 195 American Legion Highway is approved. The
requested number of cars for sale will be 20. The requested hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thank you very much. Good luck. Good luck.
Mr. Chairman, that concludes the applications for consideration. The next items on the agenda are hearings. The first hearing will be Agueta and Pina Sha Corp, DBA Carnival Latino
Restaurant, 7B Ever Street. Julia Dewarte Alone is the manager. This is an ad hearing into violating closing procedure, over service, and service past 2 am. This is a continuation from
our June meeting. Yes. Your name and address, please. Very good. Before we uh we hear from you, would like to hear from the officer who is present and who has filed a report. So officer, if you could come up
and tell us briefly what the nature of this complaint is and what uh what you think. Good afternoon, it's officer Mclofflin. Um yeah, that night it was kind of out of control at best. A patron
walked out. He was completely soaked in his own urine. At that point, we had to go tell him to leave after multiple times he was trying to get back in. I watched one person being carried out by his friends and try jumping into the driver's seat of his vehicle, which I
had to run over to and pull him out before he even started driving. Like right there, uh, one patron who came out completely intoxicated, tried getting to his car. When I stopped him, he became extremely hostile.
Uh, I let him vent for 30 minutes about how I'm not a real man. But after that, I kept telling him, "Where's your Uber?" He goes, "Showing up." He never ordered one. He was too intoxicated to even figure that out. But there was multiple
times. I went in there at 150. There was still people drinks. I told the managers and the owner that it was time was ticking down. It's 1:50. I waited in there until 2:00. People were still inside drinking. They had the buckets
full of drinks and stuff like that. They were still going and were not leaving when the servers were asking them. I had to interject and start yelling that the bar was closed and people inside the bar patrons were telling me that they can wait a few more minutes. So, I had to go to each
one individually and tell them that that's not an option. They need to leave. Did you note that you said the servers were also asking them to wrap it up? Yes. Yes. At 2:00 after I've already started yelling, the bar is closed. I see. So, what was the Were there security
from the house security? Were they present? Yes. And what were they doing? They were tied up with the one patron who got aggressive towards me later. He was also being aggressive inside the restaurant. Now, were you on detail that evening?
I was. Yes. From 11 to 2, 11:00 to 3. And when you arrive, do you do you go inside or do you stay outside? I go inside, check the area, and I try to I stay mostly outside, but I go in between in and out just to maintain the
what's going on around the area. And were you able to see people on the inside? Did they appear to be routinely being overs served from what you could see? Everyone's sitting down drinking, so I can't really say to that effect. I can't
say see them wobbling around walking and stuff like that. Um, I can't say anything to that effect. Were you the officer that wrote the report? I am. Right. Do you you you realize um well, I'm sure you recall, right, in your
report you noted uh observation of of patrons being overs served. I think that's that was the words you used in the report as they were cuz they had they were leaving in simple terms legless, right? They multiple I I saw multiple people being carried carried out by their
friends because they could not walk. They were so intoxicated, right? But um I guess my question officer is um in your background training experience um how do you determine if someone is
act is being overs served? Um, at a restaurant like Carnival, most of the most of them order by the bucket. So, they will order a bucket of ice with multiple drinks in it. So, they're not being served one by one. I see what you're saying. So, they could be one drink or two
drinks from being over served, but now they have a bucket of nine. A bucket. Right. How long have you been have you worked the detail at at Carnival? Um, numerous times. Uh at that point of there it would be a year a year and a half of working in detail there off and on.
Off and on. And um have you worked there in the last 60 days? I have not. Have not. Okay. Um to your knowledge uh obviously in preparation of coming here today, did you uh have you reviewed any logs about any calls to Carnival in the past 60 days? I have.
Okay. What have you seen? I've seen the only two logs where that there was a large fight outside where there was some incident with a car with alcohol inside of it. Are you sure that wasn't Lupitas? No, this was a this was at Carnival.
There was a seven five to seven person. That was before our hearing, right? Okay. This was about a week after my incident. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, yeah, it was about some person like the person involved claimed didn't want anything to do with it. didn't want any medical. Okay.
And a a car was towed. Okay. Can't really say if that was that because of Carnival, but it was right in front of Carnival. Okay. But that that was within the last 60 days from June and uh July or was that before May? That was in May, wasn't it?
May it was seven uh I can tell you it was seven days from my incident. Right. The week after my incident and my incident was on May 10th, right? Okay. Okay. So, okay. All right. Well, I'll I'll defer to our lieutenant for update on
the logs, but that's all you have. I mean, obviously I I think I I certainly certainly can speak for the commission. I appreciate the patience that you have. Obviously, dealing with patrons on, you know, that are leaving these establishments and um I think it's a testament to the great work your your department is doing and instilling in
the offices to have patience to deal with the community with care and and um and and exhibit that level of uh restraint. Yes. when someone is berating you for 30 minutes. Yeah. And uh you know and not taking it further than than it needs to go and being able to deescalate a situation. So
I commend you for that. Thank you very much. Absolutely. Uh officer, do you think the Excuse me. Do you think bucket service contributes to the over service of patrons because you're not able to monitor who's
drinking what? I do because it's if you're not going one by one, you don't know when that person hits their tipping point and then continues on forward. Thank you. From what you've seen is do most people
have bucket service or how do they Most people who are sitting at tables get a bucket? So if they're at a table, I mostly see them with a bucket of ice and the drinks inside. Thank you. Thank you, officer. Did you want to ask lieutenants a question?
I was hoping to ask officer Mali a question about uh what have you seen anything over the last 60 days over there? I'm looking at the logs right here. I got a couple of things from uh well, they were all actually from July. Uh the 5th there was a uh some kind of looks like it's a domestic. It doesn't say if
it was inside uh but it was definitely in front. And I do see something about a person with alcohol inside the vehicle in front there. Like an uninsured motor vehicle with alcohol inside. So that's right in front of it as well. Chances are I probably came out of there. But nothing else major like the other
officer had since then. All right. Thank you, officer. In your opinion, officer, do you think the the staff and management was um helpful enough in clearing this situation or
were they respectful? Were they adhering to the the license um provisions from what you could see? Not so much that night, but moving forward, they've been more better. They
were never they were never rude or impolite or anything. It was just a lack of action. Okay. Thank you very much. We appreciate your time. Thank you. If you could come up to the uh podium, please, folks.
So, you've heard what the officer had to say. Um what have you done since our last meeting, and what do you plan on doing going forward? Um, so what we did, we we've been doing what
you guys told us to do, like um turning on the lights at one. Uh, we stopped serving alcohol, like I said last time at 1:30, no more alcohol, no matter who is it. Um, about the buckets, we serve buckets, six beers per bucket, tables of
um, most of the time for four customers. But if we need to stop serving that, it's like fine for us. About the alcohol outside, I don't know. Some the customer they came, they go out, like I said, I don't know if they go to the cart and
they keep drinking. So, it's kind of hard to to know how why they get drunk, you know. And also, um after that for the um over serving, I have my bartenders. It's like a lot. They have to measure the the
mixed drink sometime when they busy they just grab the bottles and they need to measure it so they can't overboard, you know, like the m the cocktails or things like that. Now we have are your bartender tip certified and they Yes.
So they understand what an intoxicated person looks like and how they generally comport themselves. I'm I'm also we are also thinking to give them classes so they know it's not like sometime when it's hard to deal with
employees. So I when I tell them they don't sometime they don't want to follow it. So with planning to bring um I don't know how to call this like a person who can teach them so they can see it's something serious. Mhm. And I'm asking for all the I have most
of them they have the tips. I'm like printing it out so I can bring it so you guys can see it. And I I tell them like the the ones that don't have it, they need to they need to have it as soon as as possible. If they don't do it, they can't work for us. Uh question. Uh how how often do you
have a police detail there now? Uh one day every Saturday. Every Saturday. Yeah. But most of the time they're outside. I have to be doing everything. Like I'm controlling everything, checking the customers, the bar, the kitchen, and even the securityities. I
have to tell them like if they there and we paying, they're supposed to checking, you know, like if somebody wants to make a trouble or something, we have to run to call them. It's not supposed to be like that because we paying most of the time the officers they're outside. Let me ask a question. This question is
more for missron. How often are you there, ma'am? Every time. She's there all the time? Uh, no, only me. You're talking about the Julia Deate. Julia comes once in a while. Okay. I'm I'm who uh take cares everything because the, you know, everything's
under her name and I believe she's listed as the on-site manager. I'm wondering how how much um involvement she has with the operations. She's involved, but I'm more most of the time there. We also were uh planning to
switch that like make a change, right? um me and my cousin which is Ariel. But I think we're going to wait a few more months so I can become I'm Yeah, because I think I think it's important to make sure your paperwork's always right with the city and whoever
is listed as the on-site manager and who's ultimately responsible to and to answer since last year. It's important to make sure you update your paperwork with the city at the door. So I I the police officer, they don't even see if it's at the door. So I I the police
officer, they don't even see if it's if someone is drunk and they're not supposed to let it in, you know, because they doing their job. Mhm. And I have to be uh I have to be checking them and Okay. And that's why I changed a security
company to the she was supposed to come the manager for for the security company, but she couldn't make it. Okay. Lieutenant, do you have any uh things that you'd like to discuss? Yes, please. I was about to ask you about the security. Now, you have an actual professional company that does
your inside security? Yes, it's uh LDG protected service. It's a licensed company. Everyone's certified, trained, right? They certify. They How many do they have on site typically on a weekend night? Two people. Yeah. But used to have um two Friday,
Saturdays, uh Thursday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We used to have two, but now it's very dead. Like really dead sometime. Like this Sunday we only serve like I would say like 20 customers. That's nothing. So what what are their responsibilities? You have them at the door checking.
One at the door checking IDs uh after 10. All right. And uh one in the restrooms because it's two restrooms but sometime if the restroom is occupier they start start to knock the door or you some Spanish people are inside the club itself.
Yes. Okay. And I'm walking around my uh cousin, my partner, he's also walking around. All right. It's it's it's some some customers like that that day this guy um that made the issue with him. He didn't want to give
us the beer. He came on Saturday is a good friend of mine. I don't know why why he act like that. We don't serve him. I wasn't there. I was uh chopping. So I I check him in the cameras. that they give give him the check if he orders something and he needs to go out.
So he he left. Does your security uh patrol the parking lot as well? Uh not really. It's a big parking lot. They Yeah. Yeah. I'm just saying typically I mean I can't say typically, but a lot of clubs when parking lots people show up there like you said they're already
drinking. You don't know where they bring the booze from. I mean if you have security looking in the parking lot that might help alleviate some of that. You know who's getting out of their cars possibly already intoxicated. you can deny the entrance to the club. Okay, it'll help. You know, if there's an officer there, they can make sure he doesn't get back
into his car and drive off if he's drinking. So, it's good to have somebody patrolling the lot, especially a police officer. Okay. If you have security inside, that's great. But a cop should probably be at the door and looking at the lot cuz that's where the public safety issue is is outside. I have a question. Can I tell the
officers what the the job they needs to do or Well, I'm just trying to explain to you right now. As a police officer, typically it's the public safety issue. It's a private business. We're not going to get in there and check IDs. We're not going to be doing that type of stuff. I mean, that's really for your own in-house proprietary security to do and for yourself since you guys are the
owners and managers. We're more interested in the public safety threat. Make sure no one gets drunk, gets in the car, make sure no one's outside fighting, stuff like that. So, as far as the officers, I mean, yes, he'll come in and check, but your inside security should be doing that primarily, and the officer should
really be in the lot making sure no one's driving off drunk. Mhm. You know what I mean? Okay. And I got a question about bucket service. I I've never even heard of that. Do you give a bucket full of beers to a table? Is that what it is? No, it's a buck it's a promotion. Every bars does that. Like most of the Spanish
bars, it's like a uh they do like five beers for $25. So it's a bucket of beers. It's not to one person, right? No, no, no. It has to be three or four people. It's they just they just want to see the beers in because if there's one person at a table, they can see how they get over
serve. We can serve six six beers to one person. It's if it's three or four, we give them the bucket. It has the beers inside the eyes. So they get one and and again that's some of them they get more than one bucket because they come and they stay like and that's again like your prop priority security should be watching that because
if you're dropping a bucket off one guy should be could be grabbing three or four of those beers. Okay. And also what we did after this all these uh things going on we stopped serving buckets after 12. No more buckets. Yeah. So, we serve buckets from the last call is at 1:30, right?
Last call is at 1:45, but we stop serving at 1:30. No more, not even shots, al water or or non-alcoholic. We we serve them, but no alcohol. At 110, I turn on the lights because if I turn it at 1:30, people people don't want to
leave. It's hard. It's it's so hard to to bring them out because that's the the time they they start having fun, you know, like. And I know you have a smaller crowds now, so you're not going to employ more security. You're not going to really need more than two people if you got 20, 25 people in the
place. But I would instruct them, the people inside that you have working to keep a close eye on the people that are being served. Don't worry so much about the lot. The officer himself has to have eyes on the lot. So if you you can't I mean he can come in and check and stuff like that, but his primary duty should really be at the
lot itself with the other guy should be on the inside. Okay. And we have a lot I know this is not a time but we would like to to get remove the detail like I said um they come only once a um a week but it's like it costing us a lot of money like right
now. Sure it is a lot of money. We have it like for about two years or one year and a half already. It's been very hard time right now. The business is very slow. If we if it gets busy and we need it again, I
guess we can detail. Yeah, we we we we would like to remove it. I know I don't know if it's the time to set it, but it certainly can be addressed now. I mean, I um
just to kind of recap to how we've gotten here, you know, um you know, you you realize you're here because an officer who was there on duty observed patrons being overs served, letting uh the business at one point was letting people in past 1:40. Just going through
my notes. Um they noted people drinking past 2 a.m. and music playing past 1:30 when the when the music should have been cut off by 1:30. Um and officer is it Mclofflin, right? He obviously testified today um as to his observations and what he's been
dealing with um when he he's been on duty. Um and just to go back to 2023 um the commission obviously restricted your hours and entertainment um at some point, but then we ease those requirements because we saw compliance
and then we obviously imposed the detail. So that was in 2023 and you haven't had any issues up until May of 2025. So we saw a a significant period of time of compliance which maybe could be attributable to the fact that
there's a revered police officer there. I think at one point was Friday and Saturday they were reduced it to just Saturdays. But if I could recall correctly and uh the chairman could correct me if I'm wrong. I think there was some issues with possible gangs showing up there. At least that was the reports we were receiving from RIA PD.
Um, but over the last 60 days, I do note that there's only been one um I think attributable call uh to the business and um it seems like uh for the most part, you know, you guys have done what you needed to do and turned things around.
So, I certainly would not be opposed to um moving to amend the detail on a Saturday. Um and and you know, putting this on file uh for observations should anything arise in the future. Um that's just my position. Um I can certainly
understand the economic uh issues that you have regarding but I do think that if you if you're asking to reduce the detail uh from that one day as uh officer Mali appointed pointed out you need to maybe have more than two security guards on Saturday.
I was going to say that I was going to say what's your plan for that then? Tell us what your plan is if we get ready. If if we if it gets a little bit busier in this um coming weeks, we can add another security only I guess only
Friday and Saturday Saturdays because that's that's our only busiest days and it's not that busy like like I said we open at 11 and nobody I do so many things especially now because R&B move it's it looks more bad in the morning.
So it's very it's very and we're doing great because we have customer people loves carnival and we can add another security if we think it's needed instead of that officer because that's going to be like half
payment of Yeah. Well, I mean, I understand the financial burden that the detail puts on the business, but there is a public safety aspect that I think needs to be addressed. Lieutenant, what's your
feeling on the reduction of the uh making the detail mandatory as long as maybe they increase the security? Well, the the issue with that is that security is they're civilians. They can only do so much anyways and they only really provide very little deterrent. I
understand when they're inside they can actually do more activity. Like I said, they can check IDs. They can check it. I get that. I just think that the lot and I understand you have, you know, you know, you don't have as many customers as you have to, but you said yourself that's a big lot.
Um I'm sorry. Is that me? I'm just I I would just be hesitant to say that it's a good idea. And again, nobody wants to shake you down. I get that. It just I mean you're talking a major rotary right there. It's just so much
vehicle and pedestrian traffic in that area. I would be very hesitant to say that you shouldn't have it anymore, especially just out in the parking lot itself. Thank you very much. I mean, I I would tend to agree with uh with the lieutenant that,
you know, maybe we should continue the detail for a period of time, you know, at least Well, we've we've had the detail in place for two years, right? Yes. Um the the the imposition of the detail
was because at that time there was in my opinion largecale issues taking place at Connor. I think uh because of the type of people that they were attracting um which was the primary reason why we imposed the um the
detail. there was there was reports of gang violence and fights and incidents. I think that um we should consider or credit the fact that over the past two years since 2023 um there hasn't really been any issues
with this business. Um and again I could I say it could be because there's a detail officer out front. Yes, that would be my point. But but the but but the the you know and I we've had we've had similar I guess discussions regarding the police detail, fire
detail, etc. You know, it's not when imposed it's a temporary measure. It's not a permanent measure. Um and uh I'm looking at the fact that um you know over the last 60 days, you
know, um in response to this most recent report that happened in May, um this business has done everything that they needed to do and they they I remember noting in June that they said that uh they were going to try to come back and ask for the details to be reduced. So um
again, I'm only one voice. I would be in favor of uh reducing the detail or excuse me eliminating it alto together. Um but I also can appreciate um river uh uh PD's um position here as
well as the chairman's position. So um but that's just that's my I would be in favor of reducing it, but you would need a majority of this commission for that to happen. So I'm only one voice. What would you propose in lie of the
detail? What would you do to uh increase your security? I can add one more security and uh I'm going to be more like uh strict. I don't know how to say it like
tell them that they need to be more active and yeah. Okay. Try to focus in their job in the parking lot. in the parking lot. They need to go. Like this Sunday, I came and I saw three can of um Heineken.
We don't sell uh we don't sell cans. I pick it up. I drop it cuz I know if I if a person come, they will take a picture and they will say like, "Oh, it coming off from that part because that's the only part that is here." Okay. I think I think we understand that once
someone gets in their car. I mean, they can bring whatever and it's really you can't control that. I mean, we understand that and I think everybody understands that, but I also think, you know, if we're not going to have a detail officer, you need to be very
observant about people in coming out of your place intoxicating, getting in cars. Um, okay. So, I mean, that's that's really the issue. um I think for the detail is that they prevent a lot of those folks from
getting in their car and driving away. And so, you know, that's something that you as a private citizen don't have really the power to stop anybody. Yeah. Where the police officer can, you know, make an arrest if if the person
continues to get in their car and and drive away. So, I mean, there is the aspect of, you know, public safety outside of that parking lot that once that person leaves that parking lot, you know, they're out there. And
I think having the police officer in the parking lot eliminates some of that. Now, if you are going to have an additional security person and you are going to be more more observant about overs serving people, then you know
maybe that would be just as good. I mean, I don't know. What are your feelings on that? I agree. We could we want to try it for a period of time? Yeah, I think I think we should we should do like a maybe a for a period of 90 days and see how it is. I I
personally would like to do it in such a way where if uh you know if if nothing if there's no incident between this 90-day period without the detail then we just you know we just take it off the agenda and they just proceed as normal
but if obviously something happens we can call you in before then. So that that's what I would I would pose instead of Do you want to make a motion to that effect? Yeah. So, I would certainly move um to um amend the condition imposed on uh
Carnival Latino uh restaurant uh removing the uh officer detail from the Saturdays that was imposed um and for a period of 90 days and um provided that there's been no
issues um within that period of time um then uh we'll we'll we'll take it off the agenda uh for that at that 90-day period. So that that would be my motion. So you want to remove the the detail for
90 days and re-examine it at the conclusion and see if it needs to be reimposed or let go at that time. At that time I I could I could second that. All right. Perfect.
So that that motion is going to Thank you. So you don't have to have the detail but you do have to put on another security person and if there are issues call I call if somebody after all this
if something happening I I call the police right away because and if something does happen we make we'll call you in. No problem. And we'll impose the detail immediately. All right. Just so you're aware of that. and and also to any other
any other potential penalty or uh sanction that can come from anything that may happen over the 90 days. It's not just simply imposing the detail. It could be rolling back your hours or No problem. So, I just want to make sure it's on the record as well. Okay. Okay. So, for the music, we can start
turning off the music at 1:30. Okay. Yes. 1:30. Okay. And I'll be more strict with my employees. Like I say, it's I don't know if I'm a good or a bad boss, but I'm going to have to be a bad one. I guess well with them. You're going to have to be, you know, a
strict boss. All right. And so we want you to be successful, but by the same token, there is, you know, the public that has to be considered here. I totally understand that. And also I will be working on switching the license, but like I say, I just we just
need like four more months so I can have the majority so I can because I'm going to be more present here. Okay. Yeah. All right. Sounds good. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Of course you can. Certainly.
Uh, item number nine, Lupita River LLC, DBA, Lupita Restaurant, 111 Shirley Avenue. Arasmo Gua is the manager. This is a hearing into
disruptions of the public safety and order, service of intoxicated patrons, violation of license closing rules, violations of on premise license law, and this is continued from the May
meeting. Your name and address for the record, please, sir. Arasmo, 111 Chirley Avenue. Um, we had a hearing here in in May. Yes, we did.
And um, what have you done since then to try and we added the extra security to like we promised and uh, we've been working with the detail department very closely. We have a detail every Fridays and
Saturdays since you guys actually allow us to go back to um to um, close a little late. We have now removed none of these none of the execution sorry none of the detailers we've been booked every Fridays and every Saturday ever since then and then when we have a DJ that is
pretty famous like we agree on we do add the additional detail on a Sunday but I but you had an incident on August 18th and I I know there wasn't a detail officer there when the day did that happen. Yeah. Yeah. No, there was no detail officer
that day. Why is that? Uh because uh that was actually one of the first time that we used the DG on a Sunday. So we didn't know we was going to bring that big crowd in. What was the do you recall what the order was?
I guess somebody called in about um a disturbance if I don't remember and the officer who came in was right right across the street. That's fine. I just want to check with with Maggie just to confirm what because
I I don't know if it was a call as needed or was it a requirement to have one on All right. My question is Okay, perfect. So, it was as needed. Um, so you said this was the first Sunday where you had an event on a Sunday. Uh, that day that that incident
happened. Yes. like we brought him in the first time on a Sunday. The DJs had usually you don't have DJs on a Sunday. We do, but that guy actually he's a pretty pretty normal boy. So then what who made the decision not to bring in a detail officer? Was that your call or That was not my call. We didn't we
should use a detail on that day on a Sunday. And after that we uh after I show up here with you guys, we agree on uh basically we're going to have a busy night on a Sunday, we call in. Uh, I understand Sergeant Conan is not working right now due to an emergency leave. So,
I've been dealing with uh Michel and uh we I talked to Michelle and I told her because he tried to call me every other week and I was like, "No, just book me permanently like every Fridays and Saturdays. We need one." And officer Mclofflin, were you there that
day on did you respond to that incident? Okay. Can you speak to the incident? He has done a couple details with us, too. Yeah, I'm looking at the reports and I did get these a few days ago and I and I actually talked to one of the officers. Uh had a couple of arrests right in front of the building. It says
not only were they confiscating plastic solo cops from people walking out of the Peters, you had 20 or 30 people right in front of the place. Uh plastic solo cups. We don't use um that was um the foam the phone cups you like normal white phone cups.
It's just plastic solo clear plastic solo cups. Yeah. really don't know about it that to be honest. It was Do you own Las Vegas too or No, no, I have not. Uh we own the the property. Yeah, these uh they specifically say
right in front of Lepita's the uh m that's the most major disturbance, but I have a list of I mean every weekend night we got the whole shift down there to me because it's it's like a perfect triangle right there. You have those three clubs all right next to each other. when people get out, you have
dozens of people in the middle of the street that just don't want to leave. But but in any of the responses from VIPD, is there any way we can um I would hate to put, you know, place it at the feet of this business owner. Is there a way we can can we identify that the
problem is coming from Lupita or is it just like you said, it's kind of a a morass of clubs just kind of, you know, two arrests say from Lepas that were right in front of Lepas. That's the most recent thing. That's just a couple of days ago. Um, and again, a lot of the
the log itself will be like disturbances. It'll have that address. It doesn't mean it's actually in the address, but it's people in front of the address. So, I mean, it's they coming out of there. Are they coming out down the street? I mean, it's, you know, it's safe to say that they're probably coming out of Lepas if they're in front of Lepas.
I mean, obviously, you know, you're aware of the the ongoing issues at your establishment. I mean, you know, I'd give you the floor to speak to you know what efforts you're making to to curtail this this problem or to kind of I think address what happened a couple
days ago that was like the only had issue that we had since the last time uh we spoke here. Is that true officer? Since uh if I'm not mistaken, this August 18th or 19th incident, was that the only the only major incident? But like I
said, the entire shift, I mean, I get the calls from them all the time. Those are the only two arrests, but I have actual reports written, and they're only going to write a report when there's something significant. Usually, they just put a log entry, but I have actual reports written that the shift is down there clearing this place up because there's dozens of people in the street
that just don't want to leave. And again, it's not just your club, but your name, your club is mentioned in all of these reports. So, these people are standing in front of your club, uh, for the most part. And I'm sure if I ran Vegases, it's probably the same thing, too. Uh, but that's the only two major
things. Those are two arrests, like I said, right in front of there. Doesn't say they were actually in the club, but it says they were in front of a club. And no injuries or anything like that, officer? No. No, just two arrests. But it does say 20 to Some of these say 25, 30 people.
It's it's difficult because you have Las Vegas and you have Lupas and you know they are virtually right next door to each other. Um so putting it on one
uh is is kind of difficult. Um, so I mean I don't not sure what um what do you serve your drinks in uh after 11:00 everything is uh not not
nothing that can you know everything has to be like refurbished we throw everything away you know so for safety pieces and everything we're leaving with cups were they leaving from Lupita's what it says yeah it just says says that one
of the officers was there. They were clear plastic solo cups. So, what of a description? Is that what you use? Clear plastic solo cups. We use clear plastic, but we don't use the phone. The the cups that we found personally, my security guys picked them out. They were white phone cups. Foam cups. Yeah. Which we don't know if they brought it like the car
plastic foam. No, that what his security was picking up was foam like white foam cups, not right. Right. This says he he did say that they this this type of that's what you this type of material. We don't we do not use this type of material.
Well, the officer say clear plastic. So, you do serve clear plastic. Could I ask you u I'm sorry, let me just uh what about in what about security inside? Besides the police, do you have anybody inside working? We have three people inside every
an actual security company. They just friends No, they're actually uh the securityities. What's the name of the company? No, no, like we hire our own security people. So you just hire people that you know. You don't hire an actual company? No. The fact that we didn't hire the companies because we don't know who they send and everything. And these people
have been working for me since day one. And Right. I I get that. But when it comes to security, that's a little different. Now, if you hired a company, now you're talking about people that are trained, certified, they've gone to courses and this and that. So, they're probably the most up on things as far as I some of them work exclusively in bars,
too. I understand. Yes. And you and you thought it right. But I thought the same way you did that I thought the same people that they were going to send me some people like that. But company that we started working with they they was just throwing a t-shirt on on somebody and just sending it to our way.
Sometimes they didn't even know what was going on. We used to tell them okay so here's the four major exes the back exit parking lot exit two front exit. And like I said the people that we have had they actually Fernando was here with me last time we were here my head security. He's he's been there since day one. and
he takes care of that place like it was his own. Like he even gets mad when things like that happen like he says that it happens outside which is hard for us to control it too cuz that incident that happened didn't happening in front of the business. It happened right next to the police station where it is and um I was there that night
also. And um I just I was downstairs in my office. Like I said, everybody was clearing out. And once I saw like all the cops arrived, they arrived right in front of the um uh the uh little police station that we have right next door. And that's when I I came outside and double check with the cops and they were like, "Oh, no. So isn't this happen?"
And I was like, "Oh, okay. I apologize from the beginning. We didn't really So I mean, so I think that the challenge for us now is the fact that you know, you were put on this 90day period. believe and yeah it happened in May right and obviously we have
another issue within the 90-day period right yeah unfortunately so just like looking at that on its face it's almost like you know you know that's the essence of why we do these 90-day periods because if there's an issue we have the ability to not only look at the re most recent issue of
August 18th but also look back at the incident that took place or the the various reports of the incidents that took place back in May um where you had some fights and disturbances. But I my only hesitation with this one is the fact that as as as noted by the River
Police that um you know we can't entirely pinpoint a lot of these issues directly at your business and I don't think that would be fair to put it at your feet because you have Las Vegas next door that also probably is letting out a lot of patrons. Um, so just to kind of move this in a in a
direction the office is there's four bars there and everything you know as the leisas kept the people come down there's a big parking lot now that everybody uses so they come so I'm assuming people coming down the Vegas crowd my crowd the other the bars it's just it's a lot of
so I I so this is what I'm thinking and I'm not sure um how the chairman feels about this but um I'm thinking that it would be appropriate to extend the 90day uh probationary period. I think that's the most appropriate thing. Um, I'm hesitant to propose rolling back any of his hours
or or you know, messing with the entertainment license only because although, you know, it was a pretty serious incident uh that took place on August 18th, but the the report that that came from the police uh you know,
essentially cannot entirely attribute it to Leidas in my opinion um because they do note uh you know, disturbances outside of Lupita and Las Vegas restaurant. So, um that's kind of my position on it. I
think that extending the probationary period um and just kind of holding you to that standard, you know, you you know, as I told you before when we when you've come before us, you know, you can't the onus is always going to fall on you. the responsibility is always
going to fall on you and and um it's your job when you have in a business like you have and obviously it's doing well and you're getting people there which is great, right? Um you have an obligation to make sure that people leave there safely and that your staff is doing everything they can to ensure
that the folks that are exiting your business is also um doing so in such a way that it's not causing a disturbance to the general public outside your business. Um, and I I I would never be on the side of, hey, it they're out of
my business, it's out of my control. No, you're you you have a business that's great. Um, but you also have the obligation to make sure that people are leaving or uh orderly uh when exiting your business, but I don't think it would be fair to impose um additional uh
um conditions on your license um based off of this report. Um, so I would move um if we're ready to do that um certainly to um extend the probationary period for 90 days and and have lupus
back uh before us to review um if uh what if anything has happened since then and some changes and and honestly um the imposition of the detail on Sundays. If you plan to have a DJ, um, it's your obligation to call and
make sure that you have a detail officer there. Period. Whether it's a big DJ, a small DJ, if you have a DJ, if you're just playing regular jukebox music, you know, just kind of you're open. I understand that you don't have an event. But if you have a DJ, that means you're attracting, you're putting flyers out, you want people to come in there to
support that DJ. You need to have a detail officer. Um, I'm not sure if you'll get the same level of grace from the commission in 90 days if you choose not to have a detail officer on a Sunday and something like this takes place. Um, you know, so I just want it noted on the
record, but I I want to note that you you know, from the first time I met you to now, it's obviously night and day. And when you first met me, I had some personal issues going on, man. You know, I heard I had a lot of stuff going on in the beginning. But I also understand that you're a great father, you know, and and you obviously have a really good business.
your family owns the property. You guys are doing great things in the city and it's just this this having the stain on your business is just not, you know, it's not the greatest thing, right? Because you your family does obviously great business here in the city. So, um that's what I would move.
Uh and Maggie, thank you for the uh backpack permit and uh we're doing we're doing the backpack giveaway uh this Sunday uh August 23rd at the Costa Park. So, I mean, if you guys are looking here, this is a great way to promote it. You guys are more than welcome to pick up a backpack, you know, at Coastal Park.
And that's through your business. That's through my business. We're not getting no help. We're not doing this through a foundation type of How many backpacks? You have uh we are averaging to give away this year over 500 backpacks. Wow. 500? Yeah. With everything included, you know, the whole donations is all funded through.
It's all funed through me. Wow, man. That's that's that's dope, you know. And u So we do like a little backpack uh kill. It has everything. and he has pencils, notebooks, utilities, erasers, whatever you need. Necessities. Yeah. Wow, that's awesome, man. I commend you for that. So, second time doing it this year. And
um hopefully to continue. My plan with that in the future is um we we'll plan it. I want to close my what where our building begins and where like the Barcelo cafe is. And like that, I want to set up something very special for the kids.
Yeah. Yeah. Like we don't really have like that. We want to set up something very special for the kids where you get a free haircut, you get a backpack, but you get things like that. I already talked to the bar, but they all import it. We just want to plan it out and give the kids something good before they go back to school. See, man, and and and doing great things like that, you don't want it to be
overshadowed by the night life, right? So, it it trust me, I don't want to be in that night life for too long. I'm a father, man. You know, I want to spend time with my kids. The more time I spend with my kids, the more beautiful it is. All right. If if I could make one suggestion would be to broom the people from in front of your place when it
closes. Oh, we can we are definitely working on that. Our first move to get everybody out of the out inside the building. Our second priority is to get clear the whole building out. Yeah. I mean that would that would benefit you greatly because then if something happens, it's not happening in
front of your place, you know, you just move people along and move them move them out of the area. Thank you. We will do that. Okay. Um well so the motion that um Commissioner Osena uh proposed was to
continue this for 90 days and we'll see where we are at that point. Sounds good to me. I would second that and so that's what we'll do. We'll see you back here in 3 months and we'll see what we look like. Awesome. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you. Appreciate it.
That concludes the hearings. The next items on the uh agenda are communications notification from the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. Thank you. Good luck.
Uh of a return of no action for the application of Tulum Takaria, Inc. A notification from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission of a return of no action for the application for American Legion Post number 61, an
advisory from the ABCCC of a new law allowing on premise wine and malt beverage license holders to trade in their license for an all alcoholic beverage license under
Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 38 section 12D. And that concludes the uh agenda for today. I would make a motion that we adjourn until September 17th,
2025. And I would second that motion. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you very much. Thank you.