2026-03-05 Liquor Commission Minutes Hilo

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Commissioner Greenwell moved to ratify issuance of Temporary License No. T-REST-G-1063, effective January 14, 2026; Seconded by Commissioner Ventura. Yadao: Any discussion of the motion? There was no discussion by Commissioners. Yadao: Hearing none, all those in favor say "Aye." The Commissioners voted "Aye." Yadao: Opposed "Nay." There was no opposition by Commissioners. The motion was carried unanimously. 2. APPLICATION NO.: APPLICANT: (10:05 AM) TRADE NAME: PLACE OF BUSINESS: TMK: LICENSE APPLIED FOR: 25-12 Hilton Grand Vacations Management, LLC Ocean Tower Bistro and Bar 69-425 Waikoloa Beach Drive, Waikoloa, Hawaii 6-9-007:039 Original Restaurant General liquor license, Category B2 Representing applicant: Robert Ueoka, Esq., Authorized Agent, and Fred Lau, General Manager Ueoka: Good morning, Chair, members of the Commission, Director Waltjen, Robert Ueoka on behalf of Hilton Grand Vacations, dba (doing business as) Ocean Tower Bistro and Bar. Present to my right, Mr. Freddy Lau, he's the General Manager of Hilton Grand Vacations. We have no changes to the investigators report, we did want to put on the record that we did get a storage space approved, 150 square feet, we will be withdrawing that. We have sufficient space to store alcohol within the existing bistro and bar area, we have double locks on it to secure it, it'll be secured. The place is kind of open to the public, the layout but we'll make sure the alcohol is stored and secured. I think Fred even mentioned there's double locks whether that's necessary or not, but they will be secured, not accessible to the public at all. So we plan to submit that probably after today's hearing to withdraw the previously approved, guess it was a reduction of premises from the hotel liquor license to allow us to have the storage space, again we will not be using the storage space for this establishment. We're located in the Hilton Waikoloa Village in the Ocean Tower, it's the most northern part of the property, kind of three connecting circles on the top. So, we're located on the bottom kind of where the tram stops, we're on that ground floor kind of over the water, over the pond. So, we're looking forward to getting this open and we've been wanting to use this space for a MINUTES - LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING - THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026 - HILO PAGE 6 OF 24