HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/22/2004MINUTES FOR
LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MEETING
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
7500 West 29th Avenue, Municipal Building
July 22, 2004
The Liquor Authority Meeting of July 22, 2004 was called to order by Chairman
Milks at 9 00 a m Liquor Authority Members present: Robert Alldredge, Frank
Sanzalone, Kent Davis, John Miks, Anthony Davia, Judith DiCroce, Lloyd
Donnelly, and Brenda Locricchio Also present: City Clerk, Pam Anderson,
Deputy City Clerk, Christa Jones, City Attorney, Jerry Dahl, staff; interested
citizens
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF July 8. 2
Motion by Mr Davis for the approval of the Minutes of July 8, 2004, seconded by
Mr Davia, carried 8-0
Item 1 Application for Change of Trade Name for Queen of Vietnamese
Martyrs Parish, 4655 Harlan Street, Wheat Ridge
Deputy City Clerk, Christa Jones, stated that this name change was for the
purpose of having the same name on all their paperwork
Vi Pham, Business Manager for the parish, was present and answered
questions
Motion by Mrs Locriccio to approve the Change of Trade Name from "Nguyen
Ban Ngoc Vietnamese Catholic Community" to "Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs
Parish", seconded by Mr Alldredge, carried 8-0
Item 2 Discussion and decision on policies, procedures and forms for
tastings for Retail Liquor Stores
City Attorney, Jerry Dahl, stated that City Council had adopted Ordinance 1327,
which permits Alcohol Beverage Tastings as outlined in C R S 12-47-301 (10) as
amended by the State Legislature
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The Authority is charged with setting an appropriate fee, deciding on a form, and
decision as to who will approve the permit. Several samples of proposed forms
were submitted One prepared by the City Attorney, one prepared by the City of
Broomfield and one prepared by the City Clerk's Office
Jim Shpall, one of the two principals of Applejack Liquors, Inc , explained to the
Authority that he had not been in favor of this law, but now that it was in effect, he
wants Wheat Ridge businesses to be competitive with businesses in other
jurisdictions He asked that no further restrictions be placed on this other than
what the State law and City Ordinance require He promised that there would be
training for all the servers, as required, and that they would be extremely
conscientious and have policies and procedures in place prior to conducting the
tastings
Motion by Mr Davis to adopt a form similar to Broomfield's, seconded by Mr
Sanzalone, failed 7-1 with Mr Davis voting yes
Motion by Mrs Locriccio to adopt the proposed Wheat Ridge form That the fee
be $100 00 yearly That changes be reported to the Clerk's Office and Police
Department at least 24 hours in advance and that there be no additional charge
for the changes That Column 4 regarding servers be deleted, seconded by Mr
Alldredge, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting no
Motion by Mr Alldredge that the applications be reviewed and signed by the
Liquor Authority Chair and the City Clerk, that the Chair and Clerk have the
discretion to bring an application to the Liquor Authority if they have any
concerns or there has been a violation, seconded by Mrs DiCroce, carried 8-0
Meeting adjourned at 10 28 a m
Christa Jones, Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY ON AUGUST ri 2004 BY A VOTE
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John ks, Liquor Authority Chair