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staff are very cautious about serving, and you have very strict rules, and there is no stacking, and
<br />it’s one drink per person. And this is very standard for an outdoor event. And I would like to think
<br />also that we are capable of running that with the -. I wouldn’t get a license, if I wasn’t presenting a
<br />proper plan to the Liquor Commission, and the Liquor Commission would have a great say over
<br />that. And we already did go and talk to the Liquor Commission administrator, and their feeling is
<br />very much that you actually prevent a lot of tailgating by providing a well-managed bar. And, now,
<br />I intend to prevent tailgating anyway; but there is, to some extent, there is an inevitable amount of
<br />bring-your-own, if there is no bar there. So that is actually the Commission’s feeling as they have
<br />encouraged us to look into running a properly managed bar and to prevent tailgating that way. So
<br />that’s why I would like to keep it open.
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<br />GIFFIN: Planning Director.
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<br />LEITHEAD TODD: I was going to say like I’m not, you know, I don’t drink a lot or very often.
<br />But I remember events at the Waikīkī Shell, and particularly I used to love the Starlight Symphony
<br />series that they had. I think my favorite memory is Ella Fitzgerald, and being up on the lawn and,
<br />because it was Ella, we had a bottle of white wine, and we had grapes and cheese, and we had a
<br />little blanket that we set up. And I think everybody that was up on the lawn was trying to outdo
<br />each other in terms of what kind of food they brought in. They’ve changed the rules since then.
<br />But it was a fairly sedate crowd, it was an older crowd, it was Ella Fitzgerald, you know; it wasn’t
<br />rowdy guys, because you were there for the music and you needed to be quiet in order to really
<br />appreciate it. And I’ve been to other events that were similar to that – Del Courtney Band and the
<br />stuff. And it really depends on who your audience is, what type of music you are presenting, and
<br />how well you control, and the security. I haven’t gone to -. But I’ve heard stories of rowdier, you
<br />know, events, and it really boils down to the security, but a lot of it is what the audience is. I’ve
<br />also been to things at Neal Blaisdell where they had a bar, you know, where they brought in
<br />Broadway productions. And, of course, it also is a fact of how much you charge per glass that
<br />inhibits the amount of imbibing that occurs among the public; if you have a little bit higher price on
<br />it, it reduces the amount of alcohol and also increases the profit factor. But, you know, this is up to
<br />the Commission, but I think the intent is to have some flexibility. And I think the first year it’s a
<br />good idea not to have alcohol, because you want to break from the image of the old Waiki‘i Music
<br />Festival, and also it’s kind of like a dry run in terms of security, whether paka lōlō is an issue; but
<br />it’s setting a tone. And then after that, depending on what you are doing, I can imagine that you
<br />may want -. And obviously, because it’s your liability, you are going to have to have some servers
<br />who know what they are doing and can limit sales, because if anything happens, you are the guy
<br />that’s going to get sued.
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<br />GIFFIN: Commissioners? Commissioner Bowman.
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<br />BOWMAN: I just have a comment. I used to be a server and I think you can be personally liable as
<br />a server, if someone, at least that’s, way back when I was serving. But the – what was I going to
<br />say – I think the, all the evidence or whatever you’ve put out with alcohol, you know, as far as
<br />people are going to try to, you know, sneak things in – I know what my comment was – that it
<br />would be a great time for a DUI roadblock up there, which I assume, you know, could be part, I
<br />mean, you can’t do it. But I know during prom night and things I’ve always asked, you know, why
<br />don’t put a DUI roadblock when there are those kinds of activities. So I’m hoping that that would
<br />be one deterrent, because that is -. I drive that road all the time, and it is, you know, really a bad
<br />road, so -. Just a comment.
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