[0:02] Um, good evening. Welcome to the Board
of License Commissioners September 3rd,
[0:06] 2026 5:30 p.m. meeting
virtual only. Um, pursuant to chapter 2
[0:12] of the Acts of 2025, this meeting will
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technological means. With that done,
[0:32] we'll do a roll call of attendance. Um,
George?
[0:36] » Here.
>> And Kurt?
[0:39] » Here.
>> And I am here. Uh, we are missing Helly
[0:43] and Amanda, but we do have a quorum, so
we can proceed with the meeting.
[0:47] After the call to order, the next order
of business is public comment. This is
[0:52] public comment unrelated to anything on
the agenda. If you have such comment,
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[1:02] your screen.
[1:05] Is there anyone here for public comment?
Do you see anyone, Steve? No.
[1:11] » Seeing nobody.
>> Okay.
[1:12] Nobody. Okay, in that case, we can move
on to agenda item three, licenses.
[1:17] Um, A, special short-term liquor license
applications, SST-25-26-55,
[1:27] John Page, Amherst Bid Wine and Malt, to
9:00 in Realign Park on North Pleasant
[1:32] Street. Is John here?
He must be.
[1:37] » John is not able to attend today, but we
do have, um, Bruce Mac Amis who will be
[1:41] the manager of the event, who is,
uh, able to speak.
[1:46] » Great.
>> Hi, well, welcome, Bruce.
[1:50] » Hi.
>> Hey, Bruce.
[1:51] » Hi, everybody.
>> Um,
[1:54] so this is a new thing for the block
party?
[1:57] » Yeah, it I guess it is. The truth is I'm
a little under brief today. I thought
[2:02] that John was going to be here.
But I you know, I'm certainly prepared
[2:07] to to speak to what we've done um
you know, many times you know, a number
[2:12] of times in the past and that we would
you know, plan to
[2:17] to to repeat if
if we were to get the permit for this
[2:22] event.
>> Okay.
[2:25] Um
So um
[2:30] What I have a question.
I guess um
[2:33] about the about the heading and Steve
maybe you can also answer this. So it
[2:37] says primary location 122 North Pleasant
Street. And then owner Roman Catholic
[2:42] Bishop of Springfield.
>> So that um
[2:47] » Does the the the church own that Does
the diocese own that
[2:52] that part?
>> No, so that's actually been that's
[2:56] actually been corrected. That was an
that's from an earlier revision. But
[2:59] that that is um
it's now 220 North Pleasant Street.
[3:05] And in both of those cases it's just a
reflection that
[3:08] our system doesn't really encompass the
public way very well.
[3:12] » Oh, okay. Got you.
>> it'll be in the public way in front of
[3:16] 220 North Pleasant Street.
>> 220 North Okay, great. And so the annual
[3:20] block party and so you're going to fence
off this part of realignment park.
[3:25] And
um
[3:28] There's a description. There's a little
beer and wine garden.
[3:31] So is this going to be sort of like the
one
[3:34] that they have off the common
occasionally?
[3:39] » Uh
Um I I guess I'm not if if that's to me
[3:44] this is Bruce here. Um
I'm not I'm not familiar with that with
[3:49] the event you're referring to. But But
as you say would have a fenced-off area
[3:56] um as as shown on the map, you know,
that and we're
[4:00] we're checking IDs upon entry and and
have wristbands wristbands for people
[4:06] who with
with with positive ID. And then
[4:11] you know, our staff is all TIPS
certified
[4:15] um
you know, and so it's it's
[4:19] » [clears throat]
>> it's a sort of thing that we have a fair
[4:20] amount of experience with at this point.
>> Right. And so just because it's um
[4:26] like a different event from the stuff
that happens on the common
[4:29] um
so the perimeter of this thing and there
[4:32] going to be like it says 7 to 10,000
people maybe wandering up and down the
[4:36] street that and it says that you are
going to practice perimeter control. How
[4:40] are you going to do that?
>> Um that
[4:44] so I guess
um
[4:48] I guess that the um
um I mean I think that the short answer
[4:53] is that we have to have
you know, we will need I didn't realize
[4:56] the perimeter frankly was was quite as
large as it's depicted on this map here.
[5:02] As I said, I'm sort of a a last minute
drafty here to
[5:06] to represent and I thought that John was
going to be present. So anyhow, I mean I
[5:11] think we we clearly need volunteers you
know, to um
[5:16] be
given the size of this area, we'll need
[5:19] some some extra bodies to to keep an eye
on the
[5:23] you know, on the perimeter and make sure
that we are are maintaining control. I
[5:26] mean as I said though, we do have a a
backup in the sense that everybody who
[5:33] you know, that we will be using
wristbands for people to obtain
[5:38] obtain alcohol.
>> Okay.
[5:40] » According to what's written here, it
says that there will be fencing.
[5:46] It will be clearly marked with fencing
and signage.
[5:50] » Okay.
>> Then the management according to the
[5:52] management plan.
>> Okay.
[5:54] » Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no, for sure. There's
there's
[5:58] Yeah, there will be there will be a
fence, you know, a sort of a fenced
[6:02] area.
>> Okay. All right.
[6:05] Um great.
Uh any other questions
[6:09] from
the board?
[6:15] » So it looks like
this thing is at the
[6:18] way at the end of the
sort of this outdoor celebration.
[6:26] » Mhm.
>> Uh is that right? Am I getting that
[6:28] right? So where that white truck
used I guess that's last year's picture
[6:33] or the year before. I guess all that
will be that will be gone.
[6:38] I'm assuming.
Um
[6:45] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[6:47] » Yeah, I I mean I I I think that that
that truck just happens to be you know,
[6:52] to be there in that picture from last
year. But yeah, it's clearly at the you
[6:55] know, at that far end of of North
Pleasant Street. Um
[6:59] you know, sort of opposite um
opposite oh gosh. Um
[7:05] » [laughter]
>> I was just thinking about the the
[7:06] restaurant across
>> I thought it was protocol.
[7:09] » Protocol, exactly. Yeah, thank you. I
had a
[7:11] mental block there for a second. But uh
Yeah.
[7:15] » Okay.
>> So it's it's like it's by the cow
[7:18] statue. Yes?
[7:22] That statue that Yeah.
>> That's the alignment park there.
[7:26] » Okay.
>> Okay.
[7:28] » The little
little piece of the park, not the not
[7:31] the whole Kendrick Park.
>> Correct.
[7:34] » Right.
>> Is this part of the park?
[7:36] » Is this part of Kendrick Park?
>> No, it's it's it's like across If you
[7:41] keep scrolling down, just a little There
we go.
[7:43] » Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay.
>> go.
[7:45] » Yeah, it's at the end there, and there's
a street that runs in between the two of
[7:48] them.
>> Got it. Got it. Okay.
[7:50] » And it's at the other end of the street
from where the stage is, right?
[7:53] » Right.
>> Right.
[7:55] » Right, right, right. Okay.
>> At the other end. Okay.
[7:57] » So, the reason that I'm asking is
because that would be the direction that
[8:01] the college kids come from.
Um I presume, right? If they're coming
[8:07] from UMass.
Um
[8:09] and I'm not really sure how many college
kids actually participate in this, but
[8:16] Yeah, I think
you know, the the
[8:20] the uh
the guard lines the guidelines that you
[8:24] have in place, you know, with the
fencing and the wristbands and stuff
[8:28] would be
uh particularly important
[8:32] um I would think in that position where
it's located.
[8:35] » Mhm.
>> Well, the fact that there'll be uh
[8:40] police officers in the vicinity, too,
>> Yeah.
[8:43] » would be good a disincentive for any
underage person.
[8:47] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[8:49] Yeah, I'm cool.
>> Yeah, but I you know, I'd be happy As I
[8:52] said, our staff is is TIPS certified and
and experienced at this sort of thing. I
[8:56] do think that, you know, as I said, um
the perimeter is maybe a little bit um a
[9:02] little bit larger than, you know, than I
had anticipated, in which case
[9:07] you know, I think we could um probably
work with the bid to uh
[9:11] uh
you know, help
[9:13] identify some potential volunteers or
some way of having a few extra bodies to
[9:19] um make sure that we're monitoring that
perimeter.
[9:23] You know, like when we have when we did
the wine festival uh this year, our our
[9:28] Italian wine festival, you know, that
was under a tent, and it was a a
[9:33] relatively um
it was a relatively tight perimeter that
[9:36] we could um you know that there weren't
many access points uh
[9:41] in there without with the flaps on the
tent down. So, it was easy to keep an
[9:45] eye on it.
>> Yeah.
[9:47] » So, you know, I'm I'm willing you know,
I'm I totally understand that um
[9:52] that this has a little bit um
this is a little bit tougher to control,
[9:56] but I'm I'm willing to you know, we're
certainly willing to work with the bid
[10:01] to identify um
you know, as I said some ways to get
[10:05] extra bodies on site that would be able
to help us keep an eye on the perimeter.
[10:10] » Okay. Fantastic.
Great. Any other questions?
[10:14] Um Steve, is there anything else
outstanding on this one or any
[10:18] particular way we should word the
motion?
[10:22] » I believe we are still waiting for
um payment on this. Let me just
[10:28] double-check if that's come in since I
last checked. No, that has been paid.
[10:32] So, that is we have everything we need.
>> Okay.
[10:35] » Great.
>> Great.
[10:37] Um so, there's nothing outstanding um
that you'll talk to the bid about a few
[10:43] extra people to monitor the perimeter.
Um in that case, is there a motion to
[10:47] approve What is this SST
-26-55?
[10:52] Oh, was that George?
>> So moved.
[10:54] » So, okay. Thank you, George, for the
motion and the second, Kurt?
[10:59] » Sure.
>> Thank you. And if there's no further
[11:01] discussion, we'll take a vote. Uh
George?
[11:04] » I.
>> Kurt?
[11:06] » Yes, I.
>> And I vote I. That is three to zero with
[11:09] two absent and the license has been
approved. Thanks so much, Bruce, for
[11:13] coming in.
>> Okay. Thanks very much, everybody. Have
[11:15] a good evening.
>> Have a good day.
[11:17] » All right. Thanks, everybody.
>> Okay. So, now we go on to the food truck
[11:22] hours.
Um Chilango's Tacos.
[11:28] » Yeah, actually there's more than just
an ask for hours. there's also an ask
[11:33] about locations.
>> Yeah, there were two things on that
[11:36] letter. Yes.
Here from the taco place or no?
[11:40] » I don't know if anybody is here for
that. Okay, we do have somebody.
[11:45] » Okay.
>> And yes, Kurt, yeah, there are some
[11:47] other requests besides the hours. There
is a procedure that um custom location
[11:53] request needs to go through that has not
been completed yet. So,
[11:58] um that would be outside of um the scope
of this approval, but the hours location
[12:03] could be considered.
>> So, the hours, what do they currently
[12:06] have? 1:00? Oh, hi. Is that
>> Hi.
[12:09] » Hi, how are you? Um
>> Good, how are you?
[12:12] » so much so for coming. And um so you
what do you currently have on your
[12:16] license? Are you 1:00 in the morning or
>> Uh
[12:19] no, we're just uh 10:00 to 8:00 p.m.
>> Oh, okay.
[12:25] » Yeah.
>> Yeah, okay, but Steve, we have been
[12:29] having them open as
late as Is it 3:00 you wanted?
[12:34] » Yes, 3:00 a.m.
>> Is that We have We've been doing that
[12:37] with the other food trucks, Steve?
>> Um I I will review quickly and see. I
[12:44] know that there was some There have been
one for 3:00 at at one point.
[12:48] » Right.
>> been definitely some for 2:00 in recent
[12:51] times.
>> Right.
[12:53] Yeah, if 2:00 is the max, that's fine,
too. Just a little later, just when the
[12:57] college students are back.
>> Right.
[13:00] » We understand.
>> Yeah, no, I totally get it. What time I
[13:04] thought that it was 2:00.
>> That's
[13:08] what I'm thinking, but
>> Yeah.
[13:10] » I should double-check on that.
>> I don't believe there's any official
[13:14] limit on what the board could give. It's
just um
[13:18] just a question of what the board wants
to.
[13:20] » Okay.
>> Yeah, all all all our regs say is that
[13:22] if it's outside of 8:00 to 8:00 that it
It special approval on a per location
[13:28] basis.
>> Okay.
[13:32] Yeah, so we Yeah, we were just asking if
it could be that a little bit later and
[13:36] then if we could be where the halal cart
is, but once he leaves if we can move
[13:41] over there. Like in front of St.
Bridget's Parish.
[13:45] » Oh, okay.
So Okay, so you want to go I thought it
[13:48] were moving in front of the
Um and that that spot is already
[13:53] approved, right?
>> Yeah.
[13:55] » Yeah, but there there is a catch though,
Marian.
[13:58] Um
I I don't know how to pronounce your
[14:02] first name. I apologize.
>> My first name?
[14:06] » Yeah.
>> Sitlalli.
[14:08] » Sitlalli. I just I just want to
mispronounce.
[14:10] » It's okay.
>> Now so Sitlalli here is asking
[14:16] about being in the parking space
not on the sidewalk in front of St.
[14:22] Bridget's. Am I correct about that,
Sitlalli?
[14:24] » No, I'm asking about being on the
sidewalk.
[14:27] » Oh, okay.
>> Okay, cuz in the letter the first
[14:30] location so for the extended hours you
want to be on the sidewalk in front of
[14:33] St. Bridget's.
>> Yeah, the other one is the one that
[14:36] Steve said that needed a longer
approval.
[14:39] » Right. That's the one I'm going to still
say. All right, okay.
[14:42] » Yeah.
>> That's a different process as far as
[14:45] Yeah. So but as far as being and that's
where that halal guy goes.
[14:49] » Yeah, we would just move over there once
he leaves cuz we don't want to
[14:53] » Yeah, I think that's fine. I mean as far
as I Yeah, that's fine
[14:57] cuz it's already an approved site and I
think the later hours are also fine.
[15:03] Um
>> So where are you again before the halal
[15:06] cart moves?
>> Um right now we're on
[15:11] North Pleasant I think it is like south
of Spring Street right where the town
[15:14] common is.
>> Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay.
[15:19] Yeah, over there.
>> Yeah, that's where we park right now.
[15:22] » Right, but late at night you'd want to
be
[15:24] » Okay.
>> closer to
[15:25] » Yeah, more Yeah, to the bars and stuff.
>> Yeah.
[15:29] » And what time does the halal cart close
down?
[15:32] » He usually when we've driven by, he's
out of there by like 5:00, 5:30.
[15:37] » Mhm.
>> Oh, 5:30 in the evening.
[15:40] » Yeah.
>> Oh, okay.
[15:42] » He's He's
>> Cuz I know there's one that hangs out
[15:45] There's one that hangs out at the common
uh on some evenings and he's
[15:51] he's usually there like when I come out
of
[15:55] you know, when I come out of um
you know, listening to jazz at the Drake
[16:01] you know, he's doing business at, you
know, 9:00, 9:30 at night.
[16:06] Uh
>> I believe I I believe the one um you're
[16:09] referring to by the Unitarian Church, he
I think he usually leaves about 7:00.
[16:14] » Okay.
>> And and and you're And not you, George.
[16:15] Not Not you, George. The one the
advocate was referring to. Yeah, you're
[16:18] right about the other one.
>> Okay.
[16:20] » Yeah. Yeah.
>> Okay, so So, the location is fine.
[16:26] Um Mary and I think from our our regs,
if it's outside of 8:00 to 8:00
[16:32] per location, we're supposed to approve
it. So, that sounds like we ought to do
[16:36] a quick vote. Yes?
>> Right. We need to do a vote on that.
[16:40] » I would um I would recommend three
motions. Um the first would be to Right
[16:47] now, the board last approved this
application as an on-street vehicle. I
[16:51] would recommend a motion to just
reclassify it as an on-street and
[16:55] on-sidewalk vehicle. And then um the
board could take motions to extend the
[17:00] hours in um either that Unitarian Church
spot um or the um common spot or both.
[17:08] » Okay.
All right. So, the first motion is to
[17:11] designate this as an both an on-street
and on-sidewalk lunch cart. Is there a
[17:16] motion to do that?
>> it.
[17:19] » Thank you, Kurt. Is there a second?
>> Second.
[17:22] » And we'll take a vote. Uh Kurt?
>> Yes.
[17:25] » George?
>> Yes.
[17:27] » I vote yes. That is three to zero with
one absent. You now have the designation
[17:31] to be both on sidewalk and on street.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[17:35] » Yeah, you're welcome. Um the next one
was to um
[17:39] Oh my gosh, what was the second one?
>> Hours.
[17:42] » The hours.
To extend the
[17:44] » Yeah.
>> extend the hours for both locations. I
[17:47] thought we had three motions, Steve.
>> He was thinking one motion each for each
[17:51] location, I think.
>> Oh, okay.
[17:53] » You could do that, too. You could do it
as one motion.
[17:54] » We could We could do both.
>> Okay. So, we can we do Is there a motion
[17:58] to extend the hours? And what are those
hours going to be? Is it three Is
[18:01] everyone okay with 3:00 as asked? Or
would you prefer 2:00, which I think is
[18:05] what we the others have Some of the
others have.
[18:08] Um
>> You know, it
[18:12] doesn't matter to me. I'm not sure they
would do much business after 2:00 a.m.,
[18:15] but
you know, I don't hang out downtown at
[18:18] that late at night, so I don't know.
>> Yeah.
[18:22] So, Kurt, any ideas?
>> Um what time do our bars close?
[18:28] » 1:00.
>> 1:00. That's right.
[18:30] » Yeah.
>> Yeah, I I Yeah, I I I kind of was with
[18:35] George that that even if we approve
three, there's probably not going to be
[18:38] that many people at 2:30.
>> But
[18:41] give them a time to break it to break it
down, right?
[18:44] » Yeah. Yeah, so I I
I I don't think probably
[18:48] » Who knows? It doesn't Either way.
>> All right.
[18:52] Well, how about we just go with three?
>> Okay.
[18:54] » Um so, we can approve the location in
front of the Unitarian Church and um
[19:01] North Pleasant Street at Spring Street.
Is that where your other location is?
[19:04] » Yeah.
>> All right.
[19:06] Is there a motion to approve both of
those locations for this lunch cart
[19:10] until 3:00 a.m.?
>> So moved.
[19:13] » Thank you, George. And a second, thank
you, Kurt. We'll take a vote. Uh Kurt?
[19:18] » Yes.
>> George?
[19:19] » Yes.
>> And I vote yes. That is three to zero
[19:22] with one absent. And you've been
approved for those two locations with
[19:25] the extended hours and to do on-sidewalk
business. And then you have to
[19:33] go through them
make an official application to extend
[19:39] into that loc- that new location in
front of Dulceria. And that's you can
[19:43] talk to Steve about the process for
that.
[19:45] » Okay, thank you guys so much.
>> You're welcome. Thanks so much for
[19:48] coming in.
>> Thank you. Bye. Have a good night.
[19:51] » Have a good fall. Bye-bye.
[19:55] » Okay. So
Great. Well, that's good.
[20:00] Um next up discussing topics, hearing
procedures.
[20:05] And uh I think we covered the hearing
procedures and um adopted
[20:12] different language for them. Correct,
Steve? Do we need to vote on these right
[20:15] now or
>> That's correct. No motions necessary. Um
[20:18] I will provide the the final edited
draft at our next meeting.
[20:22] » Right, fantastic. Thank you. Um upcoming
meetings and agendas.
[20:27] So today is the third
and we are on
[20:32] So I could possibly zoom another zoom
meeting on the 17th
[20:37] as per our schedule.
Um is there anything coming up
[20:41] like any big licenses coming up, Steve?
>> Not to my knowledge, no.
[20:45] » Okay.
>> Um so our our next meeting's in person?
[20:50] » Well, originally it was this was
supposed to be in person and then the
[20:53] next one was already scheduled for zoom.
So everyone has it on their schedule for
[20:58] zoom. Yes, Kurt.
>> Just an observation. The 17th happens to
[21:02] be when the block party with 7 to 10,000
people's happening. So I'd either
[21:06] suggest we do Zoom or we switch it to a
different night.
[21:11] » Okay.
It was originally Zoom, so why don't we
[21:14] keep it Zoom?
And then
[21:16] next our October meeting which is what
the first
[21:20] will be in person.
>> Okay.
[21:23] » Is that okay or did you want to move it
to another night?
[21:28] » Kind of was planning going to the block
party, but I guess I can still do that.
[21:32] We'll probably have a fairly short
>> the right.
[21:35] Hopefully the agenda won't be too big.
We can just bolt out of here afterwards.
[21:39] » Yeah. Okay.
We'll keep it short and sweet, I
[21:42] promise.
>> And then October 1st, that's going to be
[21:46] in person.
>> In person.
[21:48] » I got to put that down. I don't have
that on my schedule.
[21:52] » And then the 15th would be the next Zoom
one as per our regular schedule now.
[21:57] » When's the next one after the 1st?
>> The 15th.
[22:00] » Uh the 15th.
>> Okay.
[22:04] I got lots of stuff going on in the
fall.
[22:06] Just making sure I'm not having schedule
problems.
[22:08] » I won't I won't be here for the 15th.
I'll be flying out of town.
[22:13] » Will you be here on the 22nd?
[22:16] » Yes.
>> Okay, well because we have the luxury of
[22:20] one to five Thursdays.
>> Yeah, so I would I would be here. I I
[22:25] return on the 19th, so I would
definitely be here the 22nd.
[22:29] » Okay.
Kurt, are you here on the 22nd?
[22:33] » Wait a second. Oh, yeah, the 22nd is a
Thursday. No, I will not be here on the
[22:38] 22nd.
>> Okay.
[22:40] » At least for the time being, Mary, and
I'm spending our opposite Thursdays with
[22:44] the ZBA, so I will likely not be
available on the 22nd, although I don't
[22:49] think there's anything Pardon me,
scheduled for that third Thursday or
[22:52] that fifth Thursday on the 29th.
>> 29th. Okay. Well, let's make it we'll
[22:56] meet on the the Zoom meeting on the 1st
unless there's nothing going on, in
[23:01] which case we'll either move it or not
have it. And then we'll have
[23:06] um
a Zoom meeting on the 29th.
[23:10] » Okay.
>> So, that gives us a lot of time for
[23:13] people to
And then we start moving into renewal
[23:17] season.
>> So, just to clarify, so Zoom on 9/17
[23:22] in person or Zoom on October 1st?
>> In person.
[23:25] » Okay. And Zoom on the not the 15th, but
maybe the 30th or 29th?
[23:31] » 29th.
>> Okay.
[23:33] » Yeah.
[23:36] Okay.
>> All right. So, the first is a town hall.
[23:42] » Yes.
[23:46] » Great.
[23:49] » Okay. And
um
[23:53] So, that solves that for upcoming
meetings.
[23:56] Um all right, approval of minutes.
Has everyone had a chance to Everyone
[24:02] want to take a minute to look at the
minutes?
[24:06] » Yeah, can somebody post them?
Steve?
[24:10] Oh, good. Okay, great.
>> Oh, there they are. All right.
[24:18] Call to order, presence of a quorum.
[24:23] Oh, what happened?
[24:29] » Is it still visible?
>> Yeah, I can see it.
[24:31] » Yeah.
[25:00] » What's the name of this new place again?
>> Um
[25:05] Little Patronis.
>> Okay.
[25:09] Neapolitan pizza and Italian-American
classics, okay.
[25:14] What happened to the Public House?
[25:18] » Um
>> They closed out too much fanfare.
[25:22] » Yeah, that's yeah.
Okay.
[25:26] » Yeah, there was an issue with them.
[25:33] Very experienced
ownership group. Yeah.
[25:39] Definitely.
Okay.
[25:43] Little Patronis, John Page.
[25:50] » Capturing who moved and and so forth,
which is good.
[25:56] » All right, it looks good to me.
>> Okay, I wasn't there, so I'll take your
[25:59] word for it.
>> Kurt, not a funny
[26:02] All right. Is there a motion to approve
the um
[26:07] Thank you, Kurt, and a second.
Thank you, George. Um all in favor.
[26:13] George.
>> Yes.
[26:14] » I.
>> Yes.
[26:17] » Yes. And I vote yes, that is three to
zero with two absent, and the minutes
[26:21] are approved. Thank you so much, Steve,
for sending those.
[26:27] Um all right, where are we at? Topics
not anticipated by the chair 48 hours in
[26:31] advance of this meeting.
I don't have any topics. Does anyone
[26:35] else have any topics? Steve?
>> I did I did learn that um Garcia's has
[26:42] closed permanently.
>> Yeah, I heard that also. That was Was
[26:47] that in the paper or something?
>> Yeah, it was in the Daily Hampshire
[26:49] Gazette today.
>> Oh, really? Okay.
[26:52] Oh, that's no good. Okay.
>> Yeah.
[26:55] » That's too bad. They were a good
restaurant.
[26:59] » Yeah, I wonder what happened.
>> I don't know. Restaurant business is
[27:03] tough.
>> It really is tough. Yeah. Especially,
[27:06] you know, when the students leave town,
I don't they may not be able to generate
[27:09] enough of a margin during the summer to
keep open, you know.
[27:12] » Yeah. Yeah, it's hard. Especially with
um
[27:17] Yeah. Something that's not
>> There
[27:20] used to be quite a bit of competition
for that that type of food.
[27:24] » Yeah, for Mexican food, yes. Especially
with the food trucks, right? I mean
[27:28] » There's food trucks, there's
restaurants, there's there's restaurants
[27:31] in South Amherst, in North Amherst.
>> Yeah.
[27:36] » Yeah.
But, we're speculating, so, you know.
[27:39] » Yeah, who knows?
>> Well, that's too bad. I hope they get a
[27:42] new tenant. And um I'm sure we'll hear
about that, too.
[27:46] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[27:49] Okay.
>> Oh, by the way, the um
[27:53] R&P Liquors is now open.
>> Oh, good. Okay.
[27:57] » Just opened the other day.
>> Great.
[28:01] » I haven't been in yet, but I'm going to
check it out tomorrow, I think.
[28:04] I'll let you know.
>> Yeah, report back.
[28:07] » I'll report back.
>> Excellent. Thank you.
[28:10] Um okay, if there are no other topics,
is there a motion to adjourn?
[28:16] » Sure. I'll I'll motion to adjourn.
>> Thank you, Kurt. And a second?
[28:21] » Second.
>> Thanks, George. Uh we'll take a vote. Uh
[28:24] Kurt?
>> Yes.
[28:27] » Uh George?
>> I.
[28:28] » And I vote yes. That is three to zero
with two absent, and we're adjourned at
[28:32] 5:58 p.m.
Thanks.
[28:35] » All right. Thanks, everybody.
>> See you Friday.
[28:37] » Thanks, everybody. Thanks, Steve. We'll
see you at the next one.
[28:40] » See you on the 17th.
>> Thank you all very much.
[28:43] » All right. Thank you, Steve. We'll see
you right for the block party. Have a
[28:46] good long weekend.
>> See you guys.
[28:48] » Goodbye.