 Pursuant to Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021 and extended again by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023, this meeting will be conducted by a remote means. Members of the public who wish to access the meeting may do so in the following manner. By emailing Steve McCarthy at McCarthy S at Emma dot gov. That's mccarthys at Emma dot gov. No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time via technological means. In the event we are unable to do so for reasons of economic hardship and despite best efforts, we will post on the Amherst website and audio or video recording transcript or other comprehensive record of proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting. And if that done, we'll call the meeting to order at 5 34pm and take a roll call of attendance. Doug. Here. Gaston. Here. And I'm here. So we are three here in two absent, but we do have a quorum so we can proceed with the meeting. Okay, so first up is a special short term liquor license applications SST dash 23 dash 69 Jenland Fontaine top of the campus ink all alcohol. December 31st, 7pm to 1230 M UPS campus center complex. Is somebody here about that? Oh, yes, there is. Mr. Tris pit. Hello. Bill. Hi everybody. Hi, welcome again. Thank you. So this is for an event on the 31st. Yeah, the enterprises put together a New Year's Eve package or New Year's Eve party. So the timing isn't the best but actually the attendance hasn't been all that great either but they're going forward with it so it's going to be union ballroom. 7 to 1230 or derv's cash bar and champagne toast at midnight. So. Okay, great. Sounds fun. All right. Doug or guest on are there any questions or comments about this application. I think there was a little nap that was sent along. No questions for me. No questions. Okay. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I was, I was thinking that. I had a different in time in mind, but I just was checking the application system 30. That's perfectly fine. I don't have any other questions either. I know these guys. I'm going to type shit. So we're good. Yeah. Okay. Fantastic. Thanks. So, is there a motion to approve SST dash 23 dash 69. So moved. Thank you. Is there a second. Second guest on. Can I second second. Okay. All right. Thank you. If there are no further questions, we'll take a vote. Doug. Hi. Gaston. Hi. And I vote I that is three to zero with two absent the short term licenses approved. Thank you so much for coming in. And I hope the event goes really well. Thank you. Have a happy new year. You too. Happy new year. Thank you. Bye bye. Bye. Okay. So licenses section B. So what we're first going to do is renew and these are further down, but we're going to move them up to be the liquor license renewal for Savannah's LLC and Amherst Burger Company LLC. So, Steve, all the paperwork is in. Perform. For the renewals. Yes, they did submit a. A, a, a dendem to. To add some financial information. So I will add everybody here. So I'll make the motion to renew those two licenses. Okay. So that before we do the transfer. So I'll move to, to approve those two renewals. Okay. Thanks, Doug. And the second. Should I just second it? Yes, you can have my second motion. All right. Thank you, Gaston. If there are no further questions, we'll take a vote. Doug. Hi. Gaston. Hi. And I vote I that is three to zero with two absent those two licenses have been renewed. And now we are going to move to open the hearing for the liquor license transfer. So is there a motion to open the hearing? The moved. Thank you. And a second. Thank you, Gaston. Take a vote. Doug. Hi. Gaston. Hi. And I vote I there's three to zero with two absent the license hearing for the liquor license transfer is now approved for both of the licenses. Okay, so we're doing two. And I guess we'll start with. Okay. So who would like to introduce this talk about it. Mr. Roberts. Gabriel, do you want to take it? I think you're muted. Sorry. Sorry about that. Paul and Peter are tried and true professionals and UMass alums that are coming in and looking at, you'll see both Savannah's and Amherstburg. Hi. So who would like to introduce this talk about it. Mr. Roberts. Gabriel, do you want to take it? I think you're muted. Sorry. Sorry about that. Only four years on zoom. You think we'd get it by now. Hi. So, I'm going to start with you. So, I'm going to introduce you to our three. Um, and you mass alums that are coming in and looking at, you'll see both Savannah's and Amherstburg company licenses. And these businesses have on varying levels of length and time, um, proven to be a little bit difficult to run financially and bringing in the caliber of talent that Peter and Paul to our community in our town and restaurant scene is going to be a huge deal. So, we have a lot of different types of people that are going to, uh, have some lists inside and, um, are hoping to get open by the end of January. Wait. It sounds fantastic. Yeah. Um, okay. Uh, Doug or guest on. Are there any questions about the transfer? All, and Steve, all the documentation has been in and everyone's signed off on it. Is that right? Cause you sent the largest part today. It has been sent off to the police chief. We are still waiting sign off from him. Okay. the applications are complete otherwise they submitted to some financial addendums today that I had a couple questions about what the cost was so they supplemented that and that was sent along to you so okay I guess my question would would just be what significant changes that would be evident to patrons are anticipated in in either both locations I can take that one just if you don't if you want Paul Amherstberger company is getting a burgundy repaint and some new televisions put in and the what was being used as a service bar is being we're putting stools in front of it so it will be a full bar and otherwise I think Paul's bringing in some new seating but otherwise the table layout and arrangement is going to remain the same and Savannah's is being given a little bit more of a warmer feel with a barnboard on the interior some light fixture changes and a couple of more TVs and that's really the extent it's it's really just facelift I think electrical permits have been pulled but no build permit because there's nothing being built okay excellent thank you very much for the update you're welcome yes so so in general sort of hours of operation general you know approach to operations are going to be pretty similar in a lot of ways same kind of target demographic can you talk a little bit about your how you choose or how you go about scanning IDs or checking IDs with your process at actually both places just sort of what you're what you're thinking on how you're going to handle that because that's obviously a concern for us in college down sure we require all our servers and all our staff bartender servers anybody that's going to be serving a drink has to be tip certified that's required by where we have all our restaurants now by all the towns so we so we do that we will have scanners and as well depending on the nights obviously depending on what the business entails of who the clientele are right now we're you know it's not going to be a date night place we're trying to like everybody said trying to make it a lot warmer friendly or family friendly bringing in different clientele may be younger than what they have we're really not sure you know talking to the form employees to see what you know what was selling and who was a clientele and it'll you know determine what we're new for if we need door people or door security or anything like that which we use would you suggest that that both places are more focused on sort of dinner sort of the food aspect and and the the sort of our aspect is is complimentary to that but not the primary focus yeah we we definitely try to go you know 5050 food debuts with with everything we do we really focus on food we have a great corporate chef that was actually out there yesterday you know just looking at equipment to kind of work his menu around Amherst burger company we're going to be changing it over to it's going to be just called uptown tap and tap and grill but we're really going to still focus on you know smash burgers and make it really a different menu but just kind of you know quirky but we're still going to have good food quesadillas other things like that that is going to just drive more business for lunches more than more than dinner probably great thank you great um any other questions just to clarify so will the hours be remaining the same they're going to start with just dinner um only until they're running um and then when they bring in the second chef uh will they'll be putting in some more serve safe applications so i mean the certificates pursue but they're going to start with dinner six nights a week at both and steve i think the common vic has some pretty broad hours that's what i'd expect them to you know just to have i think at least for the 40 university drive the old savannah's uh they're looking about 11 a.m to midnight tuesday wednesday sunday and then 11 to 1 a.m thursday to saturday so i think what you have already is expansive and i think to allow them flexibility so that there's not a foot fault when they're trying to get up and running you leave it at the broader hours yeah like savannah's like like tom said is you know was only open i don't know five days and was only open for dinner we really want to you know obviously grow and expand and get open seven days a week for lunch and dinner and even have a brunch on sundays maybe even saturday is depending on how well it goes so that would be for both of them um 11 a.m to midnight sunday through wednesday and 11 a.m to 1 a.m thursday through saturday in time yeah they're going to start with a lighter schedule until they get all the staff up and trained and certified but if steve if that's the licensed stowers i think that's fine paul is that okay do you want it i mean do you want it earlier do you want like 10 a.m no i no i just i mean we'll have to look at for a brunch i mean we would open at 10 but i guess that's just saturday and sunday everything else i mean we're looking even at you know thinking no lunch there depending on the crowd 11 30 at both places depending on you know foot traffic and whatever traffic's going by it's kind of mostly maybe 10 a.m maybe we do 10 a.m just just to keep it made to keep the flexibility i think so yeah okay just so because you do not have a like a time frame for when you would go to brunch i mean we might as well just approve it from 10 a.m now yeah 10 a.m would be the earliest we ever go from yeah all right so i'm good all right any other questions comments before we close the hearing nope okay is there a motion to close the hearing so moved thank you dug is there a second second that motion thank you guest on we'll take a vote dug well we have to actually have a motion oh right no we did motion sorry i guess i'm sorry i a naval eye that is three to zero with two absent the hearing is now closed okay is there any discussion among the board members about this or can we just move right into a motion to transfer both the licenses pending i don't have anything further and i'm happy to see the the business is getting new life so so quickly so i have nothing further okay great so i'll make the motion approve the two licenses pending the the final details of the adjustment of hours and the police chief sign off etc all right great thank you dug is there a second second thank you guest on we'll take a vote dug hi guest on hi and i vote i that is three to zero with two absent sorry the licenses are transferred thank you very much thank you for taking it all thank you thanks for coming in i wanted to thank you all the sip and shop and makers market was a huge success if you didn't make it please come next year just gets better every year thank you have a great year happy new year as well thank you guys sorry all right oh excuse me for a sec sorry about that getting over a head cold okay no problems going around for sure all okay so new common victor's license applications um coffee keloch r e coffee keloch llc doing business as futura coffee roasters 73 coals road yes so is anybody here for that i don't believe so um this is a new coffee shop opening up in um north amherst and um no b y o b or anything just standard uh you know type of coffee shop okay uh dunk so i i presume did you get any information on sort of you know besides coffee which i'm assuming you're going to serve given the name but but um you know are they offering other like pastries or other foods i assume to some extent but maybe just coffee i'm i'm just sort of curious we know anything steve i believe they are um going to be doing some some light food sandwiches bagels toast salad that type of thing okay thank you thanks um if there are no other questions um and then steve you sent along that the info right yep that was in the packet that was all in the packet oh i did have one question yes it shows the hours from 7 a.m to 4 a.m oh yeah which struck me it's a little odd was it 7 a.m to 4 p.m perhaps sorry are you waiting for me no no that's just a question for steve regarding the hours of operation on the on the new cv license it's seven it's at 7 a.m to 4 uh a m which chart means out i'm thinking maybe it's 7 a.m to 4 p.m or do you know i believe yeah that's probably what it but they intended looking at the food license it's they say 7 a.m to 5 p.m so oh okay i'm guessing that was just some kind of typo there i am just picking up my family thank you so do we um do we just approve it with a till five when are they closing five or four yeah that would probably be the um the safe just to accord with the food license if there's a typo that maybe that may have uh i don't know what what they're actually working with but it can't hurt to give them the more expansive hours okay so we'll just approve it from 7 a.m to 5 p.m and since they're not here i will make the motion to approve the cv for for let me get the name right tell a coffee llc doing business as future coffee roasters okay thank you dug is there a second second thank you guest on um if there are no questions we'll take a vote dug i guest on i and i vote i that is three to zero with two absent the common victor's license is approved cv-134 okay and moving on to oh and here we go annual liquor license renewal applications everything from and we'd already did emmer's burger so emmer's oyster bar and they want a renewal and did they say when they were going to open steve did they indicate that um they did not indicate it i let me let me double check i know they said they were delayed due to um some uh issues with um getting uh and say they let me put it right in their words uh emmer's oyster bar is nearing construction completion our delays in construction related to supply chain issues as well as labor shortages so they did not indicate when they expected to be open but um i could certainly say there's been progress walking by okay all right so yes dug i just um and steve you may or may not know the answer is do you know if they've had any difficulties scheduling um inspections uh that's one thing because if they've had their construction schedule delayed that often shifts when they can do inspections and then that makes it harder to get them scheduled do you know if they've had struggles around that as well um i don't believe so we generally um inspections um i work with the in inspections and generally um inspection availability is pretty quick so um i wouldn't expect that's been a significant factor in their delays that's good to know and i'm glad to hear because you know we don't want us to be in the way of people trying to trying to open their business we obviously want to make sure our inspections happen and things are in good order but yeah we um we generally um are able to move things along pretty quickly with inspections and certain couple times a year where it does get a little bit busy but even then i wouldn't expect you to ever be further than a week out okay and again this is a how long have they held this license without being open is this the will this be the second renewal so essentially kind of a year yeah and are we at quota on that particular are we at quote on the we are not no for this uh this type okay so this doesn't prevent someone else from getting a license it's i just want to confirm that so yeah that's correct there's no um this this license type is not a quota we have more than five available i think eight but certainly more than five available so wouldn't um it wouldn't be be causing anybody any delays and or out of any unavailability licenses okay okay are there any other licenses in the list that have questions that we want to ask about yes i would also point out the spoke live is also not open they got their license in august i believe and all right i know they are shooting to be open by february first yeah that one's i mean they're i they're also i presume doing some remodeling work is that correct in research the entire this is the um the new spoke building and yeah they were doing significant remodeling i think that building was three different units before and they are combining into one and yeah it's going from a significant remodeling in that building so the laundry mat the dry i think was it laundromat dry cleaners and then um charlie's old town tavern or something was where the three and they're merging all of those correct yeah yeah i know there was some fire some fire protection they had to do as well and yeah i mean for me i'll just i'll say generally that that you know given that they applied in august and they're still working through construction stuff i'm much less worried about that one relative you know relative to some other cases we just talked about so all right so uh steve is there any outstanding paperwork or anything pending police chief approval on this list that we need to include in the motion i do not believe so i think we had one that had a outstanding issue and i believe that has been um addressed today um i still think it would probably be prudent just uh for all of these to say um you know subject to meeting all requirements just in case there's something i missed but i believe for all of these they um they are ready to go okay great if there are any other questions yes dug i was just going to make the motion excellent great so i'm going to approve the annual liquor license applications with the exception of the the two that have been completed already which is amherstberger company and savannah's pending any outstanding requirements necessary to complete the application or the or the renewal great thank you that motion thank you and if there are any questions if no no questions and we'll take about dug i guest on i and i vote i that is three to zero with two absent those liquor licenses are renewed for 2024 okay um next up are where are we common victualers license renewal applications so again we'll do these as a group and this is just about everybody in town um so are there any questions about these steve anything outstanding i mean these are just common i believe these should um should all be set i think this is the vast majority i i um i know that i think um these are all yeah i think there was a couple common vic that might still be floating out there waiting for things like common vicks i believe i only put on ones that were ready to go but as always it can't hurt to add that caveat in the motion but they are all um nothing nothing nothing outstanding about any of them i would say okay great thank you um so dug so i'll move to renew the common vicular licenses as listed on the agenda pending any outstanding requirements to be satisfied thank you dug is there a second second that motion thank you guest on if there are no questions we'll take about dug i guest on okay thank you and i vote i that is three to zero with two absent the common vicks are approved um let's see okay so now we have the two common victuers license with by ob renewal applications miss sygon and momo to betton restaurant um and i don't need questions about these those are just standard right steve everything's in order with these two i don't i don't but i think those are just continuing as is okay great is there a motion to approve the two common victor licenses with by ob so moved thank you dug um is there a second second thank you yes don um i'll take a vote dug i guest on i and i vote i three to zero with two absent those two licenses are renewed okay next up is uh live entertainment license renewal applications and can i offer suggestion yes so unless steve has a complication with any of the remaining licenses oh yeah motion to do like all of them in one fell swoop can we do that steve certainly i would maybe um pull aside the rooster's roman cantina as they are asking for um some different hours um okay everything else should be business everything else i will uh i'll make that motion so okay i move to uh approve renewal applications for live entertainment as listed on the agenda second hand sales as listed on the agenda and auto dealers licenses as listed on the agenda pending any outstanding requirements thank you dug um is there a second second thank you yeah thanks um okay we'll take a vote dug i guest on i and i vote i that is three to zero two absent all of those have been approved um okay and then the last one is rooster's roman cantina lunch cart food truck license renewal application so they want to change their hours on this team um yeah by me they um they were kind of on a uh the tentative we were kind of experimenting with the late night hours last year and um they are trying to renew with um the hours of wednesday through sunday 8 30 p.m. through 3 a.m. wednesday to sunday 8 30 to 3 a.m. what were they before were they open till 2 i believe the the special hours they had been given were till 2 but i could be wrong i don't i think it was 2 yeah yeah they're normal hours from last year um i think was till last year the other normal hours were 2 to 8 just a yes a quick question um if i could steve opening the 3 a.m. is there any um uh zoning or um yeah any zoning limitations for say brick and mortar that don't that would prevent them from being open that late or that early i guess is when we um i just want to overly advantage or disadvantage but at the same time i mean i'm not posting being open to 3 a.m. and um you know some of these are close to some neighborhoods so i want to be a little conscientious of that but it's also we don't want to overly advantage them necessarily relative to brick and mortar businesses so i just want to kind of think through that a little bit but i also just want to know whether or not if you know if i had a brick and mortar place and i wanted to be open till 3 a.m. to serve you know scrambled eggs could i do it i believe there is um if if if it is just food um you would be able to be open that late um alcohol no but um if it's just food i don't believe there's any um you i think you would have to get approval for that but there wouldn't be i don't believe it would be prohibited okay and and just a follow-up on that in the places that we have designated as food truck locations do any of them have zoning that would would um prevent a business from being open that late from the standpoint of this so if you know if you had a brick and mortar business and you're you know in the middle of a residential neighborhood you know cba or the planning board might limit you being able to stay open that late because you're in the middle of residential neighborhood and the general zoning doesn't fit so you have to get like a special permit or something like that we don't have any of our i wouldn't think this to be true given where our locations are but but you're not aware of any of those types of general zoning limitations on any of our currently approved um food truck locations right well the um i believe the only spot they are really using and outside of our special special programs is the kendrick park location and um i don't know what the zoning is specifically exactly there i mean across the street is the is the bg um we would i that that section maybe bl or um or uh maybe rg kind of exactly where where that spot is i can actually i'm trying to pull up but the key thing there is that the spots are a full i mean the street fully buffers them from anything that's it's across and there's nothing in kendrick park so you know that's an example where even if the zoning across the street was different it's across the street so that i think creates a sufficient buffer so and i don't know of any other places that we've pre-approved that would be you know problematic i just want to pose a question in case you knew of anything i don't have any issue with this hours change i just wanted to kind of check on those couple of things yeah the um the other spots um the uh so i'm just trying to make sure i'm so the uh yeah the bull all the um so the spot next to the common is within the bg um i mean actually all three of them are actually kind of right on the boundary of bg and rg um and rg um i know there are a couple restaurants in that zone too but it's the bg would be much more easy for for um for businesses anyway um i don't i don't want to speak to uh to certainly without reviewing the zoning bylaw but um they're certainly adjacent at the very least directly adjacent to the bg or where you would be able to do that yeah no it's kind of what i thought as well so just just checking um would you like a motion let's do it all right uh i move the entire years i just you know i know we we might be changing some things with um the late night service i mean i just want to make sure the board is approving us for the the entire year yeah i was going to suggest that um and i think the thing we can we can do is that if we decide to change our regulations it constrains it then obviously those would super impose and we'd want to do it in a way that's thoughtful but i would suggest we go ahead um let's all move to approve the uh the get the license title correctly the lunch cart food truck license renewal for rooster's roman cantina with the hours of you said that was wednesday through sunday is that correct wednesday three p.m. that's correct yep um pending any outstanding um uh requirements thanks doug is there a second yes second thank you so much gaston um okay if there's no questions we'll take a vote doug hi uh gaston hi and i vote i that is three deserves two absent that license is renewed with the new hours okay we got through them um next up is discussion topics and we have just upcoming meetings and agenda and as far as i know we're meeting on the 18th of january at 5 30 in person in the town hall room is that correct steve almost certainly i'll have to confirm and make sure we can reserve it but okay almost certainly yep and and there's but it's we agreed to do in person on the 18th of january at 5 30 so um somewhere um okay and is there anything we'll just go through our discussion topics did anyone have anything particular i think we have the adult use marijuana regulations to talk about and um the attorney should be backed by then with the answer correct steve so i i didn't actually add any other discussion items besides upcoming meetings and i you're talking about what we want to put on the sorry yeah what we want to put on the agenda in january yeah just um perfect yeah so um if i may just yes i um happened to forward something to steve i'm not sure if he even saw this afternoon um there's a bulletin from the division of local services um it relates to host community agreements and everyone uh establishments and how you know the changes of law you know will will impact those and when they take effect and that sort of thing so i think it's just good for us to know that um you know in in in some respects just so we're aware of in case it has any impact on our continuing work relative to licensing but um just an fyi it came today um but i'm hoping that steve just kind of tucks that in our packet for reviewing review it's a q and a kind of documents two three pages i skimmed it um it's more for the town manager to you know as he has host community agreements expire and renew how they have to change and the impact of of what uh kinds of for what the term is is a certain kind of fee um not they're not damaged but there was that is a community impact fee is that yeah i think it's community impact fees so anyway i think if you're saying that a long dog i meant to bring that up in uh topics not reasonably anticipated but you beat me to it but no i haven't had a chance to review that in detail either but thanks for saying that along i wasn't aware of that so that'll certainly be useful yeah i'm on the on the email list for the department of local you know local services so anyway it's just a informational thing as we put that on the agenda because i think we're going to continue to button that up and and um it's just good for us to be aware of how that is changing and we'll play out over the next couple years all right thanks uh folks if if there's nothing super pressing i'd uh i'd i guess move to adjourn if it's uh copathetic okay um let's just see we can do that if we can we did just meet upcoming meetings topics not reasonably anticipated and that is done right is there any other topics anybody else nope okay all right and is there a motion to adjourn i think he needs a motion i'll make the second all right we'll take a vote dug hi guest on hi and i vote i three to zero is too absent we're adjourned at six o nine p.m all right everybody see you on the 18th happy new year thank you so much happy new year thank you all very good bye bye