2024-08-01 Liquor Commission Minutes Kona

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Nishimoto: Extension has been approved. The motion was carried unanimously. b. Black Rock Pizza #2 Kona, LLC, dba Black Rock Pizza - Kona, RE: Application No. 22-09, approval of request to extend the time (10:28 AM) issuance of the liquor license for good cause shown for an additional six months, from August 2, 2024, to and including February 2, 2025) by email received July 18, 2024, of its Restaurant General liquor license, Category A, located at 75-5813 Alii Drive, #H, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii . Passage requires finding of good cause pursuant to Rule 4-2(M) of the Rules and Regulations of the Liquor Commission of the County of Hawaii. If the Commission finds good cause, state what that good cause is when making the motion. Nishimoto: May I have a motion to approve with good cause? Greenwell: Excuse me, Chair. Gerald, have they had an extension before in the past? Takase: I think they had because this is an additional six months. Greenwell: Well, I kind of find it hard to find a good cause for things out of our hands. Takase: Well, they still need to comply with County requirements, I mean yeah, there's been some delays that they could have been moving, but I'll say they probably wouldn't have been moving anyway even if they had pressed it, because all of the commercial entities are kind of stuck in the same boat. I think Building Department is primarily focused on residential, we've been getting a fair amount of complaints from the commercial side of it, we just get ignored at this point. So, you know he's explaining, yeah he wasn't pushing it but I doubt it if it would have made any difference, he would have still been in the same boat. So, I know what you're saying, he wasn't pursuing it, but I don't think it would have made much difference even if he was devoting all his time and effort to it. And, we've had some trouble down at Coconut Grove because they instituted a paid parking, and they really didn't think this out, how the patrons and the businesses were going to adjust to it, so we've seen a dramatic drop in business at Coconut Grove as well. Nishimoto: So, they may be looking for a different location? Takase: Yeah, I think now they're kind of figuring out how to do it. It's a weird system, they don't have a parking attendant, you just got to go and put your phone in. So, if you're going to get validation or something, they haven't figured that out, so it's keeping people from staying there. MINUTES - LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING - THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024 - KONA PAGE 19 OF 33