 started pursuant to chapter 20 of the acts of 2021 this meeting will be conducted by remote means members of the public who wish to wish to access the meeting may do so in the following manner by emailing at Steve McCarthy at McCarthy s at Amherst m a dot gov that's m c c a r t h y s at Amherst m a dot gov no in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time via technological means in the event that we are unable to do so for reasons of economic hardship and despite best efforts we will post on the town website and audio or video recording transcript or other comprehensive record of proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting and with that done or call us to order at 6 o 3 p.m. we'll take a roll call of attendance guest on here Kelly here Dylan here and I am here so we're four present and one absent and the next thing on the agenda is public comment is there anyone here for public comment general public comment unrelated to any of the hearings if you have anything like that raise your hand by clicking the little hand button and I see no one here for public comment so let's go right into the license licenses up for approval and one of these requires a hearing Steve is that correct that's the transfer that's correct yeah cousins from provisions so does that have a time scheduled on it and you said that also has we might be need to continue that hearing open it and continue it is that correct that was scheduled for six o'clock and yes the application is not yet complete there's just a couple things outstanding we're still waiting for so the board wouldn't be able to prove that today okay so do we want to open the hearing and then continue in it and then hear testimony next time is that fine with everybody or we also have are the is the applicant here as a guest I don't know I don't I see a Nicole in the audience I'm not sure if that's somebody who's related to this application if you are Nicole please just raise your hand and does yes looks like she is and Steve I mean my my thought is simply that if if there is somebody here to take advantage and introduce the application do we need to open the hearing to do that yes yes we would okay so I suppose we can do that Dylan go ahead make the motion to open the hearing okay we also have just before we do do that and Gabriel Gould is here the Drake is opening tonight so Steve can and she has a short term that she wants to get can we switch those Steve or is that not possible I'm I believe we could switch the order yeah can we do that very quickly didn't get a chance to look at yeah go ahead Steve I believe we could yeah okay alright so why don't we just do that and get Gabrielle on her way so Steve can you introduce this or can Gabrielle introduce for short term hello hello hi hi so as you know the town of Amherst is doing a townwide cleanup this Saturday April 30th and the bid is you know we didn't get to do our block party this year and we've had to cancel some other things so we decided to do a big event on the 30th from 1 to 5 p.m. on the South Common as we did our summer music series and we'll be coming before you again for those Friday nights in July and August we have white lion brewery which is a brewery out of Springfield that will have his dandy lion truck his dandy lion truck is licensed and will do white lion brewery beer artifact cider which is a local cider and black birch vineyards wines so same exact thing we did over the summer except one venue one tent instead of three we will be there the entire day we will do the bracelets the same way that we did over the summer I I'm I remain tip certified so I can check IDs 1 to 5 this is a very big family event we'll have live music we'll have magicians doing magic shows some other fun stuff and I have full insurance for the event which I think I already said to Steve Steve if I have not I will send it to you tomorrow and I think other than that I've covered all my bases okay great thanks Gabrielle does anyone have any questions or comments for Gabrielle about this event hearing none I'll take a motion to pass SST to approve SST what is the number on this 22-15 for the Amherst is there a motion don't move thank you Dylan is there a second I'll second thank you Halle any for the discussion hearing none we'll take a vote Gaston hi Dylan hi hi and I vote aye that is four to zero with one absent the short term license is approved thank you Gabrielle good luck thank you good luck tonight it's already full so we're doing great all right thanks guys so all right so that's so back to the transfer application do we want to was there a motion on the table to open the hearing was that you Dylan oh yeah I'll make the motion okay here is there a second I'll second right thanks Halle let's take a vote Gaston hi Halle hi Dylan hi and I vote aye the hearing to approve the transfer application of transfer license is open so we would like to talk about this do you are you gonna do introduction or so Nicole indicated she would be able to she was involved in this Nicole I don't know if you're able to hear us or able to talk no no can you hear me no I'm looking for the license board where we abut the property on 163s Coles row one well no I'm sorry it's for the provision for 113 Coles road that's what I'm just listening for the meeting for oh you're here to listen for the meeting you're not yeah here to give testimony okay yeah so is anyone here to give testimony I guess not we have any other attendees no mr. Corkin is here for the that's the common thick down and Mr. Mr. Corkin I don't know if you're you're here to speak in this application to I'll just allow you to talk in case you're not able to raise your hand and you can just let us know if this is I know you have a business right in the area I really don't have any comments I was just curious about what was happening all right thank you all right thank you and so Nicole is not here to talk about the license you're just a resident so I suppose I will just introduce this then if none of the applicants are here I did try to communicate to them that yeah I've been in communications with them there's a few things missing from their application among other things there's just some paperwork they'd need a lease for their lease or a deed for their current location and the purchase and sale agreement we're missing so we wouldn't be able to approve this license today I tried to communicate with the applicants to let them know that they would need to attend and still open the hearing but I suppose the board could just continue it to the next date and hopefully they would have a complete application at that time I don't know the boards welcome to take testimony now if they would like to typically the applicant would speak first but okay so what does there a problem with taking testimony or no I don't I guess we could just do over there here we've taken the time to attend so all right let's do that so Nicole and Mr. Corcoran would you like to give testimony on this transfer of license cousins to provisions I really don't have any comments other than I was just curious about what was going on oh okay all right and Nicole did you have a comment or any testimony to give no I am exactly the same as the other attendee and we owned the property at 163 Sunderland Road and I'm just trying to find out what's going on that's all okay all right well I guess we're just the hearing is going to be continued until our next meeting if as long as the applicant and has their everything sorted out so Commissioner should we just continue the hearing until next time when is the next yeah Steve I wonder for the benefit of these attendees could you just tell them what the application is for yeah thank you guest on so the application is for provisions which is an existing liquor store there at 113 Coles Road they have reached an agreement with a cousin's market which is going out of business to purchase their alcohol license so the difference would be well currently provisions only has a beer and wine license they would if this if this deal is approved they would get an all alcohol license they'd be able to sell liquors as well as beer and wine does that answer your questions or help yeah I was just curious about what was happening I really don't know anything about it okay all right well that's what's going on and we will be continuing the hearing until when is our next meeting until that is the 10th of May and so is there a motion can you continue the hearing all right thank you Dylan is there a second second thank you Hallie any further discussion hearing none we'll take a vote guest on hi Hallie hi Dylan hi and I vote aye that is four to zero one half cent this hearing is continued until I think the next one is May 10th is that right can we verify the dates I'm maybe I put them wrong in my calendar but I just wonder if we could review which are we in the doing first and third or second and fourth I think we move to the second and fourth okay so it's the 10th and the 24th okay Memorial Day is what so that doesn't put us in jeopardy okay so the hearing is continued until May 10th at five o'clock or six o'clock six o'clock at six o'clock all right well thank you very much mr. Corcoran and Nicole for stopping in and you can look forward to the remainder of the hearing on the 10th of May all right next thank you on to the next item it is the common victor's license down on West Street yes so this is for a business called West Street coffee and tea LLC I don't believe they've actually opened yet they've been under construction and building out for a couple years now but they did but they did yeah he did submit an application to renew his common Vic so I think he just wasn't um wasn't aware of that being not open all right does anyone have any questions about the common Vic hearing none would there a motion to approve the common victor's license or West West Street coffee and tea LLC is that Dylan thank you Dylan is there a second okay thanks Hallie any further discussion there is none we'll take a vote Gaston hi Hallie hi Dylan hi I vote aye what is here with one absent the common victor's license is approved okay well that moves us into discussion item so I guess meeting time is the one that has come up again so we've narrowed down we nailed down our meeting time to the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 6 p.m. is that correct or is that everyone remembers okay all right is that good Steve that works for me okay fantastic so that's meeting time adult use marijuana Doug is not here so we'll put that move that forward lunch cart regulations I don't have a new draft I did find out that the and I have their minutes here the council did approve at their last meeting the to grant the board of licenses for the license commissioners authority over the public way when it comes to short-term lunch carts as long as we report to the town manager so all our dreams have come true and that respect and I was thinking Gabrielle was here but if I could run a draft of our lunch cart regulations not that we're in the business of you know drumming up business but just so she could take a look at it and cast so see that we're friendly we're a lunch cart and business friendly in her view would be a nice thing to do so hopefully I will get that done before and that's meeting what's up next guidelines oh guidelines regulations for length of the license decisions um Steve have you heard anything I did send those off to the attorney so I should hopefully he's discussing those with him later this week okay all right great and license fee comparison chart nothing to report in process okay super um okay so that's our discussion items topics not recently anticipated 48 hours prior to the meeting so Steve sent around an email exchange with Mandy Joe Hanneke and they're working on rental regulation by laws in the town council and Gaston has been in touch with Mandy and can you take it from here yes so understanding that this wasn't noticed on the the agenda I just want to say a couple things one is that I think we should forward to the board and put this on the agenda next time we should forward to the board the email that has the attachments Steve and if you don't have those I can send them or or Marion can send them to you yeah you could please I don't think I do okay okay great because there there were four attachments and I'll just say that they are undertaking a kind of a massive revision it's it's very detailed and whereas Hallie and I working with the town inspection we're being I would say kind of surgical in the in the changes pretty focused and limited this is a much more comprehensive overview introducing kind of new policy ideas and I think the invitation is for the license commission to consider where we think we should be involved in any of the licensing relating to rentals and I think it's a very good question and because I think the answer could be not at all or we might find that there's some spaces but I guess what I would suggest is that at the next meeting after the the board is received these attachments I can present what I see as the kind of major policy issues and what I would suggest are the areas where we might consider getting involved and to talk about that okay that sounds great anybody have any questions or guest on no okay so we'll get those attachments forwarded to you we'll put it on the agenda for next time and I will email Mandy tonight and let her know that this is in process so everything should be good with that are there any other topics not reasonably anticipated the one I'm gonna ask every time we're on soon any updates any any words I have not heard anything I did see an article in the newspaper I'm calling for the state to extend remote meeting laws permanently but I have not heard anything on the local level outside of that alright anything else thanks Dylan anybody yep okay review of minutes did we didn't have minutes this time I had them pretty much done but the formatting was all screwed up so I figured wait until they were in finishable form yeah that sounds good okay so nothing else we have our meeting time next meeting is May 10th at 6 p.m. and that's it so I will entertain a motion to adjourn moved thank you Dylan is there a second second thanks Hallie I guess soon there's no further discussion so we'll take a vote guest on hi Dylan hi Hallie hi and I vote I we were adjourned at 6 21 p.m. that was fast okay thanks everybody and thank you see you next time thanks all right I will just say before you guys take off we do have a we have three full liquor license application scheduled for the next meeting including this one so expected to be a long one okay all right the oyster one of them yes it's the oyster bar protocol and and this one here so all right very sounds good here's to drinking an Amherst all right bye bye