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Ah Sam: The old Luke's in Hawi town. <br /> Greenwell: Oh, Luke's! <br /> Ah Sam: I know, the community is like come on, bring us back our hang out again. So, <br /> we're trying. <br /> Takaba: Do we have a second? Any further discussion? <br /> Taniguchi: Second, is that renovated already? <br /> Mr. Taniguchi moved that the Liquor Commission approve the <br /> request by Kohala Village Hub Pub & Shop, dba Hub Pub to extend <br /> the time issuance of its original Class 18, Small Craft Producer Pub <br /> liquor license, for an additional six-months to August 4, 2017; <br /> seconded by Ms. Nahale-a. <br /> Ah Sam: All we've done is paint and floor. We had to redo the floor because of a big <br /> flood in 2014. <br /> Taniguchi: Is that koa in the bar side? <br /> Ah Sam: Yeah, we've kept all that original structure. We haven't touched anything <br /> structurally because it has such good bones. The owner really believes in rehabilitating <br /> these old buildings rather than building new. They invested a lot of money. <br /> Takase: When did they close? <br /> Ah Sam: The previous business closed 2010, 2011, something like that. Then we <br /> picked it up in 2014. <br /> Dorrance: During the interim, we had the zip line. <br /> Ah Sam: The liquor license wasn't available for us to purchase when we purchased the <br /> property, it had lapsed too far at that point. Otherwise, like with the Blue Dragon the <br /> owner had purchased the liquor license with that. We didn't have that opportunity here. <br /> We also weren't anticipating coming up against this knowing that the historical usage of <br /> that building. When Clint did the walk through with us, he didn't think it would be a <br /> problem because we have more egresses than anybody knows what to do with. I think <br /> there's six doors that lead out of the bar area. It's practically outdoor dining. It was <br /> something that came up when we again had to start looking and start working with Chris <br /> in the Building Department. They've kind of been tossing it back and forth with Fire. <br /> Fire says no, it's Building holding it up. We've even had to bring in an outside <br /> consultant to work directly with them to get to the bottom of this situation. It's costing us <br /> a lot of money. <br /> Gonzalez: Domino is a Building Inspector. Kelly Wilson is a Plans Reviewer. <br /> Ah Sam: Yes. <br /> FEBRUARY2, 2017-LIQUOR COMMISSION MINUTES <br /> 24 <br />