2018-11-01 Liquor Commission Minutes

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Greenwell: But according to this, they have to have a lease in place for a year before we can issue a license? Takase: What we require is either ownership or a lease. We treat a lease, one year or more, as a permanent lease. She could proceed with just a lease, but in this case, she's doing both. She has a lease but she is in the process of also acquiring the fee under the lease. Greenwell: But her lease is currently month-to-month? Rocco: The easiest way for the current owner and when I met with Ashley at Bishop, 100 percent of the lease is going to the purchase of the property right now. They have six more years left on the leasehold that we are going to be taking over. It's going to take some time to transition that over and renegotiate, so the best way that everybody could (inaudible) was to do the lease in that form since we are purchasing the property at the same time. Greenwell: You said there are six years left on the lease? Rocco: On the current lease, but we are able to take it over. Yes. Taniguchi: Any other questions? Lopez: In looking at the protest and your hours. You're only open Wednesday through Sunday to 9:00 P.M.? Rocco: Correct. Lopez: So would this individual potentially be impacted three nights per week? Rocco: Yes. Lopez: Have you talked to them? Or do you know this (person)? Rocco: This is the first that I've seen of this. Lopez: Thank you. Taniguchi: Mr. Onizuka? Onizuka: I have a question on a point that was brought up on this protest which is about parking. Where is your parking? Rocco: We have our own parking lot that we built specifically for that building. There is adequate parking. There's basically one property that is close to the pizzeria and I'm suspecting this might be the property at hand with this letter of protest. But the property incline goes straight up to the property which no one could easily go up there to park or NOVEMBER 1, 2018 - LIQUOR COMMISSION MINUTES 5