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Taniguchi: Good luck. <br /> <br />Gonzalez: If we can move to New Business? <br /> <br />Taniguchi: Okay, Item No. VIII, New Business, Waikoloa Venture, LLC, <br />dba Island Gourmet Markets, ratification of Application for Alteration Permit, to its <br />mezzanine for additional storage (will not hold liquor). <br /> <br />1. Waikoloa Venture, LLC, dba Island Gourmet Markets, ratification of <br />Application for Alteration Permit to its mezzanine for additional storage <br />(will not hold liquor), approved by Administrative Officer Brandon Gonzalez <br />on May 23, 2018, to its Retail General liquor license, located at the <br />Queens’ Marketplace, 69-201 Waikoloa Beach Drive, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i. <br /> <br />Taniguchi: Can we have a motion? <br /> <br />Greenwell: Before we have a motion, here we go again. Why are we getting involved <br />in the building if it doesn’t hold liquor? <br /> <br />Taniguchi: Good question, but it’s a question for Mr. Gonzalez. <br /> <br />Greenwell: I know I’ve asked this question before and I got some explanations, but if <br />we start getting involved in ratification for modification of the building, it’s out of our <br />scope. <br /> <br />Gonzalez: The short answer is our rules require them to apply for an alteration permit <br />when they change their building and the footprint of the building. It’s a holdover and <br />carry over of the checks overlapping of governmental agencies approvals. Because <br />some of the changes may not relate to alcohol sales or storage or our alcohol laws in <br />particular, it is a safeguard to notify other departments that might need to know about <br />changes to structures or alterations to structures, like the Building Department. So, it’s <br />a carryover of that as well. <br /> <br />In this case, they were just erring on the side of caution because they’re not creating <br />much storage space. Who knows? In the future they might come in for an increase to <br />store liquor there. <br /> <br />Taniguchi: They might want to store liquor in there. <br /> <br />Gonzalez: So, it’s good for us to know, too. When our investigators go to a premises <br />and they notice there’s walls removed or there’s walls put up, that kind of change in <br />space from the floor plans we have on file, it throws them for a loop sometimes. So <br />this is also good because it keeps our floor plans as up to date as possible. <br /> <br />Masuda: It allows the investigators to know where to look. Right now they’re not <br />planning for liquor storage. But who knows, right? <br /> <br />Taniguchi: Yes, good question. <br />July 5, 2018 – LIQUOR COMMISSION MINUTES 23 <br /> <br /> <br />