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2. APPLICATION NO.: <br />APPLICANT: <br />(10: 15 AM) TRADE NAME: <br />PLACE OF BUSINESS: <br />TM K: <br />LICENSE APPLIED FOR: <br />24-17 <br />Bikini Bottoms LLC <br />Bikini Bottoms Coffee <br />75-5719 Ali`i Drive, Ste. Al 01, Kailua-Kona, <br />Hawaii <br />7-5-007-016 <br />Original Restaurant General liquor license, <br />Category B 1 <br />Representing applicant: Jonathan Wright, and Eli Waldon, Co -owners. <br />Okabe: I'd like you to state your name and the relationship to the business? <br />Wright: My name is Jonathan Wright, this is my wife Eli Waldon, and we had this <br />coffee shop since 2022. <br />Okabe: Have you received the report? <br />Wright: Yes. <br />Okabe: Do you have any changes to the report? <br />Wright: No. <br />Okabe: Okay, none. Any public testimony on this item? <br />There was no public testimony. <br />Okabe: Hearing none. Commissioners, do you have any discussion or questions? <br />Ventura: I'll ask since we had some giggles, what's behind the name? <br />Wright: We were first thinking about opening this shop in Pahoa when we were there <br />before when we first came to the island, we started working on a coffee shop and the <br />lava came, but before that we were going to open up there and everybody in Pahoa <br />reminded us of characters in Sponge Bob so, from Bikini Bottoms. <br />Okabe: Commissioners, do I have a motion to approve or deny Application No. 24-17? <br />If approved, public hearing will be held on April 3rd, 2025, in Kona. <br />Nishimoto: Commissioner Nishimoto, move to approve Application No. 24-17. <br />If approved, public hearing to be held on April 3rd, 2025, in Kona. <br />Greenwell: Greenwell, second. <br />MINUTES -LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2025 - KONA PAGE 13 OF 39 <br />