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Nahale-a: Thank you. I could use some direction. <br />Gonzalez: The office has been in contact with the attorney and the applicant. They will be <br />attending the public hearing that will be set, if it's approved. They indicated that there were no <br />changes to the report. The business is described as the dispenser/restaurant side of the Kona <br />Brew located in West Hawaii. What they are doing in this matter is basically changing the <br />entity name from Kona Brewing Company, or KBC to Kona Brewery LLC. All the officers <br />remain the same but it's a corporate change in the name so we treat it as a transfer. That's <br />the gist of what they're asking for in this application. <br />Nahale-a: Thank you. Before your question, Vice Chair, I'II ask for public testimony and then <br />we can discuss it. Any public testimony on this application? Commissioners? <br />There was no public testimony. <br />Greenwell: Brandon, is that going to be a public hearing or preliminary hearing? <br />Gonzalez: This is the preliminary hearing, Mr. Greenwell, so it would be a public hearing in <br />March. <br />Greenwell: Public hearing in March? <br />Gonzalez: Yes. <br />Salave`a: Madam Chair, I have a question for Brandon. So the sale or the transfer is just <br />housekeeping so to speak for the corporation side? <br />Gonzalez: Correct. There is no cash money being changed. What they have changed is the <br />name of the entity, so it is like a housekeeping matter on their end. <br />Salave`a: Thank you. <br />Arakaki: I have a question. So are there two entities, then? One is the restaurant side and <br />one is the brewery side? <br />Gonzalez: Very good question. No, because as you can see in the next matter on the <br />agenda, the updated entity name is going to be asking to consolidate the restaurant side and <br />the manufacturer side to one type of license. This option wasn't available to them back when <br />they first got their liquor licenses from the County. <br />Masuda: The reason why it wasn't available wasn't because they didn't qualify. They just <br />didn't have Class 18, a Small (Craft Producer Pub) Brewery, until two years ago. <br />Salave`a: To follow up, in the restructuring of the corporation they are doing the name change <br />as well as updating of the liquor license that is most applicable for them to operate under? <br />Gonzalez: Correct. <br />FEBRUARY 7, 2019 - LIQUOR COMMISSION MINUTES 14 <br />