Local Licensing Authority Minutes 2005 04 25

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Local Licensing Authority Minutes April 25, 2005 Page 2 of 4 585 W. Dillon Road B. Renewal Application - Flatirons Discount Liquors - Retail Liquor Store License - 550 S. McCaslin Blvd. C. Renewal Application - Double Happy Restaurant - Beer and Wine License - 740 Main St. D. Renewal Application - Pasta Antica Roma, Inc. d/b/a Pane E Vino - Hotel and Restaurant License - 321 S. McCaslin Blvd. Unit A Paige called for any changes to the consent agenda. Wilson moved the consent agenda be approved. Lipton seconded. Roll Call Vote: Paige - yes, Mulvahill- yes, Koertje - yes, Lipton - yes and Wilson - yes. Authority Business A. Show Cause Hearing - LSL, LLC d/b/a The Melting Pot Restaurant - Hotel and Restaurant License - 732 Main St. Authority member Lipton recused herself from this hearing. Attorney Light explained she is listed as a witness on this report and thus chose to not participate in this hearing. Chairperson Paige opened the show cause hearing on The Melting Pot Restaurant. Stefan Fredricksmeyer, special prosecutor for the Licensing Authority introduced himself. Todd Lightner, general manager for The Melting Pot and Kyle Reed, general partner for The Melting Pot Restaurants, introduced themselves to the Authority. A Stipulation and Agreement was presented to the Authority for their consideration. Attorney Fredricksmeyer stated Mr. Lightner had been very cooperative in the negotiations and The Melting Pot has not had any other violations. Fredricksmeyer asked the Authority accept the Stipulation and Agreement and then consider a letter requesting a fine in lieu of suspension submitted by The Melting Pot. A question was asked by Authority member Koertje about the steps being taken to avoid the serving of minors in the future. The representatives from the Melting Pot explained the training and precautions put into place in the restaurant and stated this incident was taken very seriously by all the management and employees. Mulvahill moved the Authority amend the Stipulation and Agreement to include in paragraph 3 that the one-day suspension be served on the 1 st day of May 2005 and then moved the Stipulation and Agreement be approved by the Authority as an appropriate resolution to the show cause order. Wilson seconded. Roll Call Vote: Paige - yes, Mulvahill - yes, Koertje -yes, Wilson - yes and Rommelfanger - yes.