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Um, good evening. Welcome to the Board
of License Commissioners September 3rd,

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2026 5:30 p.m. meeting
virtual only. Um, pursuant to chapter 2

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of the Acts of 2025, this meeting will
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the proceedings in real time via
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we'll do a roll call of attendance. Um,
George?

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» Here.
>> And Kurt?

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» Here.
>> And I am here. Uh, we are missing Helly

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and Amanda, but we do have a quorum, so
we can proceed with the meeting.

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After the call to order, the next order
of business is public comment. This is

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public comment unrelated to anything on
the agenda. If you have such comment,

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um, please raise your hand by pressing
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your screen.

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Is there anyone here for public comment?
Do you see anyone, Steve? No.

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» Seeing nobody.
>> Okay.

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Nobody. Okay, in that case, we can move
on to agenda item three, licenses.

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Um, A, special short-term liquor license
applications, SST-25-26-55,

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John Page, Amherst Bid Wine and Malt, to
9:00 in Realign Park on North Pleasant

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Street. Is John here?
He must be.

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» John is not able to attend today, but we
do have, um, Bruce Mac Amis who will be

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the manager of the event, who is,
uh, able to speak.

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» Great.
>> Hi, well, welcome, Bruce.

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» Hi.
>> Hey, Bruce.

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» Hi, everybody.
>> Um,

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so this is a new thing for the block
party?

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» Yeah, it I guess it is. The truth is I'm
a little under brief today. I thought

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that John was going to be here.
But I you know, I'm certainly prepared

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to to speak to what we've done um
you know, many times you know, a number

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of times in the past and that we would
you know, plan to

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to to repeat if
if we were to get the permit for this

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event.
>> Okay.

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Um
So um

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What I have a question.
I guess um

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about the about the heading and Steve
maybe you can also answer this. So it

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says primary location 122 North Pleasant
Street. And then owner Roman Catholic

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Bishop of Springfield.
>> So that um

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» Does the the the church own that Does
the diocese own that

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that part?
>> No, so that's actually been that's

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actually been corrected. That was an
that's from an earlier revision. But

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that that is um
it's now 220 North Pleasant Street.

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And in both of those cases it's just a
reflection that

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our system doesn't really encompass the
public way very well.

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» Oh, okay. Got you.
>> it'll be in the public way in front of

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220 North Pleasant Street.
>> 220 North Okay, great. And so the annual

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block party and so you're going to fence
off this part of realignment park.

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And
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There's a description. There's a little
beer and wine garden.

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So is this going to be sort of like the
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that they have off the common
occasionally?

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» Uh
Um I I guess I'm not if if that's to me

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this is Bruce here. Um
I'm not I'm not familiar with that with

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the event you're referring to. But But
as you say would have a fenced-off area

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um as as shown on the map, you know,
that and we're

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we're checking IDs upon entry and and
have wristbands wristbands for people

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who with
with with positive ID. And then

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you know, our staff is all TIPS
certified

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um
you know, and so it's it's

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» [clears throat]
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amount of experience with at this point.
>> Right. And so just because it's um

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like a different event from the stuff
that happens on the common

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um
so the perimeter of this thing and there

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going to be like it says 7 to 10,000
people maybe wandering up and down the

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street that and it says that you are
going to practice perimeter control. How

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are you going to do that?
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so I guess
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I guess that the um
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is that we have to have
you know, we will need I didn't realize

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the perimeter frankly was was quite as
large as it's depicted on this map here.

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As I said, I'm sort of a a last minute
drafty here to

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to represent and I thought that John was
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think we we clearly need volunteers you
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be
given the size of this area, we'll need

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some some extra bodies to to keep an eye
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you know, on the perimeter and make sure
that we are are maintaining control. I

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mean as I said though, we do have a a
backup in the sense that everybody who

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you know, that we will be using
wristbands for people to obtain

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obtain alcohol.
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» According to what's written here, it
says that there will be fencing.

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It will be clearly marked with fencing
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» Okay.
>> Then the management according to the

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management plan.
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» Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no, for sure. There's
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Yeah, there will be there will be a
fence, you know, a sort of a fenced

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area.
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Um great.
Uh any other questions

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from
the board?

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» So it looks like
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way at the end of the
sort of this outdoor celebration.

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» Mhm.
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right? So where that white truck
used I guess that's last year's picture

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or the year before. I guess all that
will be that will be gone.

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I'm assuming.
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» Yeah.
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» Yeah, I I mean I I I think that that
that truck just happens to be you know,

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to be there in that picture from last
year. But yeah, it's clearly at the you

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know, at that far end of of North
Pleasant Street. Um

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you know, sort of opposite um
opposite oh gosh. Um

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» [laughter]
>> I was just thinking about the the

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restaurant across
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» Protocol, exactly. Yeah, thank you. I
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mental block there for a second. But uh
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» Okay.
>> So it's it's like it's by the cow

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statue. Yes?

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That statue that Yeah.
>> That's the alignment park there.

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» Okay.
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» The little
little piece of the park, not the not

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the whole Kendrick Park.
>> Correct.

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» Right.
>> Is this part of the park?

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» Is this part of Kendrick Park?
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keep scrolling down, just a little There
we go.

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» Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay.
>> go.

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» Yeah, it's at the end there, and there's
a street that runs in between the two of

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them.
>> Got it. Got it. Okay.

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» And it's at the other end of the street
from where the stage is, right?

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» Right.
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» Right, right, right. Okay.
>> At the other end. Okay.

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» So, the reason that I'm asking is
because that would be the direction that

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the college kids come from.
Um I presume, right? If they're coming

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from UMass.
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and I'm not really sure how many college
kids actually participate in this, but

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Yeah, I think
you know, the the

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the uh
the guard lines the guidelines that you

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have in place, you know, with the
fencing and the wristbands and stuff

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would be
uh particularly important

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um I would think in that position where
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» Mhm.
>> Well, the fact that there'll be uh

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police officers in the vicinity, too,
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» would be good a disincentive for any
underage person.

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» Yeah.
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Yeah, I'm cool.
>> Yeah, but I you know, I'd be happy As I

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said, our staff is is TIPS certified and
and experienced at this sort of thing. I

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do think that, you know, as I said, um
the perimeter is maybe a little bit um a

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little bit larger than, you know, than I
had anticipated, in which case

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you know, I think we could um probably
work with the bid to uh

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uh
you know, help

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identify some potential volunteers or
some way of having a few extra bodies to

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um make sure that we're monitoring that
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You know, like when we have when we did
the wine festival uh this year, our our

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Italian wine festival, you know, that
was under a tent, and it was a a

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relatively um
it was a relatively tight perimeter that

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we could um you know that there weren't
many access points uh

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in there without with the flaps on the
tent down. So, it was easy to keep an

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eye on it.
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» So, you know, I'm I'm willing you know,
I'm I totally understand that um

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that this has a little bit um
this is a little bit tougher to control,

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but I'm I'm willing to you know, we're
certainly willing to work with the bid

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to identify um
you know, as I said some ways to get

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extra bodies on site that would be able
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» Okay. Fantastic.
Great. Any other questions?

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Um Steve, is there anything else
outstanding on this one or any

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particular way we should word the
motion?

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» I believe we are still waiting for
um payment on this. Let me just

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double-check if that's come in since I
last checked. No, that has been paid.

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So, that is we have everything we need.
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» Great.
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Um so, there's nothing outstanding um
that you'll talk to the bid about a few

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extra people to monitor the perimeter.
Um in that case, is there a motion to

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approve What is this SST
-26-55?

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Oh, was that George?
>> So moved.

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» So, okay. Thank you, George, for the
motion and the second, Kurt?

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» Sure.
>> Thank you. And if there's no further

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discussion, we'll take a vote. Uh
George?

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» I.
>> Kurt?

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» Yes, I.
>> And I vote I. That is three to zero with

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two absent and the license has been
approved. Thanks so much, Bruce, for

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coming in.
>> Okay. Thanks very much, everybody. Have

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a good evening.
>> Have a good day.

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» All right. Thanks, everybody.
>> Okay. So, now we go on to the food truck

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hours.
Um Chilango's Tacos.

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» Yeah, actually there's more than just
an ask for hours. there's also an ask

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about locations.
>> Yeah, there were two things on that

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letter. Yes.
Here from the taco place or no?

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» I don't know if anybody is here for
that. Okay, we do have somebody.

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» Okay.
>> And yes, Kurt, yeah, there are some

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other requests besides the hours. There
is a procedure that um custom location

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request needs to go through that has not
been completed yet. So,

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um that would be outside of um the scope
of this approval, but the hours location

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could be considered.
>> So, the hours, what do they currently

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have? 1:00? Oh, hi. Is that
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» Hi, how are you? Um
>> Good, how are you?

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» so much so for coming. And um so you
what do you currently have on your

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license? Are you 1:00 in the morning or
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no, we're just uh 10:00 to 8:00 p.m.
>> Oh, okay.

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» Yeah.
>> Yeah, okay, but Steve, we have been

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having them open as
late as Is it 3:00 you wanted?

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» Yes, 3:00 a.m.
>> Is that We have We've been doing that

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with the other food trucks, Steve?
>> Um I I will review quickly and see. I

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know that there was some There have been
one for 3:00 at at one point.

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» Right.
>> been definitely some for 2:00 in recent

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times.
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Yeah, if 2:00 is the max, that's fine,
too. Just a little later, just when the

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college students are back.
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» We understand.
>> Yeah, no, I totally get it. What time I

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thought that it was 2:00.
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what I'm thinking, but
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» I should double-check on that.
>> I don't believe there's any official

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limit on what the board could give. It's
just um

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just a question of what the board wants
to.

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» Okay.
>> Yeah, all all all our regs say is that

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if it's outside of 8:00 to 8:00 that it
It special approval on a per location

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basis.
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Yeah, so we Yeah, we were just asking if
it could be that a little bit later and

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then if we could be where the halal cart
is, but once he leaves if we can move

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over there. Like in front of St.
Bridget's Parish.

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» Oh, okay.
So Okay, so you want to go I thought it

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were moving in front of the
Um and that that spot is already

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approved, right?
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» Yeah, but there there is a catch though,
Marian.

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Um
I I don't know how to pronounce your

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first name. I apologize.
>> My first name?

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» Yeah.
>> Sitlalli.

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» Sitlalli. I just I just want to
mispronounce.

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» It's okay.
>> Now so Sitlalli here is asking

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about being in the parking space
not on the sidewalk in front of St.

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Bridget's. Am I correct about that,
Sitlalli?

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» No, I'm asking about being on the
sidewalk.

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» Oh, okay.
>> Okay, cuz in the letter the first

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location so for the extended hours you
want to be on the sidewalk in front of

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St. Bridget's.
>> Yeah, the other one is the one that

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Steve said that needed a longer
approval.

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» Right. That's the one I'm going to still
say. All right, okay.

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» Yeah.
>> That's a different process as far as

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Yeah. So but as far as being and that's
where that halal guy goes.

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» Yeah, we would just move over there once
he leaves cuz we don't want to

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» Yeah, I think that's fine. I mean as far
as I Yeah, that's fine

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cuz it's already an approved site and I
think the later hours are also fine.

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>> So where are you again before the halal

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cart moves?
>> Um right now we're on

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North Pleasant I think it is like south
of Spring Street right where the town

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common is.
>> Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay.

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Yeah, over there.
>> Yeah, that's where we park right now.

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» Right, but late at night you'd want to
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» Okay.
>> closer to

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» Yeah, more Yeah, to the bars and stuff.
>> Yeah.

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» And what time does the halal cart close
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» He usually when we've driven by, he's
out of there by like 5:00, 5:30.

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» Mhm.
>> Oh, 5:30 in the evening.

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» Yeah.
>> Oh, okay.

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» He's He's
>> Cuz I know there's one that hangs out

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There's one that hangs out at the common
uh on some evenings and he's

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he's usually there like when I come out
of

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you know, when I come out of um
you know, listening to jazz at the Drake

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you know, he's doing business at, you
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Uh
>> I believe I I believe the one um you're

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referring to by the Unitarian Church, he
I think he usually leaves about 7:00.

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» Okay.
>> And and and you're And not you, George.

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Not Not you, George. The one the
advocate was referring to. Yeah, you're

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right about the other one.
>> Okay.

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» Yeah. Yeah.
>> Okay, so So, the location is fine.

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Um Mary and I think from our our regs,
if it's outside of 8:00 to 8:00

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per location, we're supposed to approve
it. So, that sounds like we ought to do

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a quick vote. Yes?
>> Right. We need to do a vote on that.

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» I would um I would recommend three
motions. Um the first would be to Right

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now, the board last approved this
application as an on-street vehicle. I

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would recommend a motion to just
reclassify it as an on-street and

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on-sidewalk vehicle. And then um the
board could take motions to extend the

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hours in um either that Unitarian Church
spot um or the um common spot or both.

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» Okay.
All right. So, the first motion is to

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designate this as an both an on-street
and on-sidewalk lunch cart. Is there a

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motion to do that?
>> it.

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» Thank you, Kurt. Is there a second?
>> Second.

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» And we'll take a vote. Uh Kurt?
>> Yes.

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» George?
>> Yes.

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» I vote yes. That is three to zero with
one absent. You now have the designation

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to be both on sidewalk and on street.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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» Yeah, you're welcome. Um the next one
was to um

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Oh my gosh, what was the second one?
>> Hours.

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» The hours.
To extend the

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» Yeah.
>> extend the hours for both locations. I

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thought we had three motions, Steve.
>> He was thinking one motion each for each

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location, I think.
>> Oh, okay.

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» You could do that, too. You could do it
as one motion.

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» We could We could do both.
>> Okay. So, we can we do Is there a motion

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to extend the hours? And what are those
hours going to be? Is it three Is

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everyone okay with 3:00 as asked? Or
would you prefer 2:00, which I think is

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what we the others have Some of the
others have.

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Um
>> You know, it

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doesn't matter to me. I'm not sure they
would do much business after 2:00 a.m.,

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but
you know, I don't hang out downtown at

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that late at night, so I don't know.
>> Yeah.

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So, Kurt, any ideas?
>> Um what time do our bars close?

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» 1:00.
>> 1:00. That's right.

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» Yeah.
>> Yeah, I I Yeah, I I I kind of was with

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George that that even if we approve
three, there's probably not going to be

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that many people at 2:30.
>> But

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give them a time to break it to break it
down, right?

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» Yeah. Yeah, so I I
I I don't think probably

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» Who knows? It doesn't Either way.
>> All right.

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Well, how about we just go with three?
>> Okay.

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» Um so, we can approve the location in
front of the Unitarian Church and um

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North Pleasant Street at Spring Street.
Is that where your other location is?

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» Yeah.
>> All right.

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Is there a motion to approve both of
those locations for this lunch cart

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until 3:00 a.m.?
>> So moved.

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» Thank you, George. And a second, thank
you, Kurt. We'll take a vote. Uh Kurt?

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» Yes.
>> George?

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» Yes.
>> And I vote yes. That is three to zero

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with one absent. And you've been
approved for those two locations with

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the extended hours and to do on-sidewalk
business. And then you have to

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go through them
make an official application to extend

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into that loc- that new location in
front of Dulceria. And that's you can

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talk to Steve about the process for
that.

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» Okay, thank you guys so much.
>> You're welcome. Thanks so much for

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coming in.
>> Thank you. Bye. Have a good night.

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» Have a good fall. Bye-bye.

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» Okay. So
Great. Well, that's good.

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Um next up discussing topics, hearing
procedures.

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And uh I think we covered the hearing
procedures and um adopted

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different language for them. Correct,
Steve? Do we need to vote on these right

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now or
>> That's correct. No motions necessary. Um

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I will provide the the final edited
draft at our next meeting.

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» Right, fantastic. Thank you. Um upcoming
meetings and agendas.

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So today is the third
and we are on

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So I could possibly zoom another zoom
meeting on the 17th

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as per our schedule.
Um is there anything coming up

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like any big licenses coming up, Steve?
>> Not to my knowledge, no.

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» Okay.
>> Um so our our next meeting's in person?

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» Well, originally it was this was
supposed to be in person and then the

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next one was already scheduled for zoom.
So everyone has it on their schedule for

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zoom. Yes, Kurt.
>> Just an observation. The 17th happens to

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be when the block party with 7 to 10,000
people's happening. So I'd either

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suggest we do Zoom or we switch it to a
different night.

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» Okay.
It was originally Zoom, so why don't we

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keep it Zoom?
And then

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next our October meeting which is what
the first

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will be in person.
>> Okay.

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» Is that okay or did you want to move it
to another night?

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» Kind of was planning going to the block
party, but I guess I can still do that.

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We'll probably have a fairly short
>> the right.

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Hopefully the agenda won't be too big.
We can just bolt out of here afterwards.

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» Yeah. Okay.
We'll keep it short and sweet, I

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promise.
>> And then October 1st, that's going to be

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in person.
>> In person.

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» I got to put that down. I don't have
that on my schedule.

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» And then the 15th would be the next Zoom
one as per our regular schedule now.

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» When's the next one after the 1st?
>> The 15th.

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» Uh the 15th.
>> Okay.

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I got lots of stuff going on in the
fall.

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Just making sure I'm not having schedule
problems.

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» I won't I won't be here for the 15th.
I'll be flying out of town.

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» Will you be here on the 22nd?

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» Yes.
>> Okay, well because we have the luxury of

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one to five Thursdays.
>> Yeah, so I would I would be here. I I

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return on the 19th, so I would
definitely be here the 22nd.

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» Okay.
Kurt, are you here on the 22nd?

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» Wait a second. Oh, yeah, the 22nd is a
Thursday. No, I will not be here on the

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22nd.
>> Okay.

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» At least for the time being, Mary, and
I'm spending our opposite Thursdays with

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the ZBA, so I will likely not be
available on the 22nd, although I don't

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think there's anything Pardon me,
scheduled for that third Thursday or

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that fifth Thursday on the 29th.
>> 29th. Okay. Well, let's make it we'll

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meet on the the Zoom meeting on the 1st
unless there's nothing going on, in

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which case we'll either move it or not
have it. And then we'll have

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um
a Zoom meeting on the 29th.

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» Okay.
>> So, that gives us a lot of time for

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people to
And then we start moving into renewal

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season.
>> So, just to clarify, so Zoom on 9/17

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in person or Zoom on October 1st?
>> In person.

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» Okay. And Zoom on the not the 15th, but
maybe the 30th or 29th?

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» 29th.
>> Okay.

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» Yeah.

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Okay.
>> All right. So, the first is a town hall.

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» Yes.

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» Great.

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» Okay. And
um

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So, that solves that for upcoming
meetings.

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Um all right, approval of minutes.
Has everyone had a chance to Everyone

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want to take a minute to look at the
minutes?

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» Yeah, can somebody post them?
Steve?

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Oh, good. Okay, great.
>> Oh, there they are. All right.

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Call to order, presence of a quorum.

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Oh, what happened?

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» Is it still visible?
>> Yeah, I can see it.

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» Yeah.

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» What's the name of this new place again?
>> Um

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Little Patronis.
>> Okay.

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Neapolitan pizza and Italian-American
classics, okay.

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What happened to the Public House?

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» Um
>> They closed out too much fanfare.

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» Yeah, that's yeah.
Okay.

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» Yeah, there was an issue with them.

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Very experienced
ownership group. Yeah.

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Definitely.
Okay.

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Little Patronis, John Page.

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» Capturing who moved and and so forth,
which is good.

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» All right, it looks good to me.
>> Okay, I wasn't there, so I'll take your

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word for it.
>> Kurt, not a funny

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All right. Is there a motion to approve
the um

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Thank you, Kurt, and a second.
Thank you, George. Um all in favor.

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George.
>> Yes.

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» I.
>> Yes.

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» Yes. And I vote yes, that is three to
zero with two absent, and the minutes

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are approved. Thank you so much, Steve,
for sending those.

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Um all right, where are we at? Topics
not anticipated by the chair 48 hours in

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advance of this meeting.
I don't have any topics. Does anyone

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else have any topics? Steve?
>> I did I did learn that um Garcia's has

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closed permanently.
>> Yeah, I heard that also. That was Was

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that in the paper or something?
>> Yeah, it was in the Daily Hampshire

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Gazette today.
>> Oh, really? Okay.

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Oh, that's no good. Okay.
>> Yeah.

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» That's too bad. They were a good
restaurant.

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» Yeah, I wonder what happened.
>> I don't know. Restaurant business is

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tough.
>> It really is tough. Yeah. Especially,

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you know, when the students leave town,
I don't they may not be able to generate

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enough of a margin during the summer to
keep open, you know.

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» Yeah. Yeah, it's hard. Especially with
um

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Yeah. Something that's not
>> There

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used to be quite a bit of competition
for that that type of food.

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» Yeah, for Mexican food, yes. Especially
with the food trucks, right? I mean

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» There's food trucks, there's
restaurants, there's there's restaurants

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in South Amherst, in North Amherst.
>> Yeah.

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» Yeah.
But, we're speculating, so, you know.

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» Yeah, who knows?
>> Well, that's too bad. I hope they get a

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new tenant. And um I'm sure we'll hear
about that, too.

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» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

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Okay.
>> Oh, by the way, the um

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R&P Liquors is now open.
>> Oh, good. Okay.

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» Just opened the other day.
>> Great.

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» I haven't been in yet, but I'm going to
check it out tomorrow, I think.

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I'll let you know.
>> Yeah, report back.

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» I'll report back.
>> Excellent. Thank you.

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Um okay, if there are no other topics,
is there a motion to adjourn?

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» Sure. I'll I'll motion to adjourn.
>> Thank you, Kurt. And a second?

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» Second.
>> Thanks, George. Uh we'll take a vote. Uh

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Kurt?
>> Yes.

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» Uh George?
>> I.

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» And I vote yes. That is three to zero
with two absent, and we're adjourned at

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5:58 p.m.
Thanks.

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» All right. Thanks, everybody.
>> See you Friday.

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» Thanks, everybody. Thanks, Steve. We'll
see you at the next one.

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» See you on the 17th.
>> Thank you all very much.

434
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» All right. Thank you, Steve. We'll see
you right for the block party. Have a

435
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good long weekend.
>> See you guys.

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» Goodbye.