Local Licensing Authority Minutes 2011 04 25

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Local Licensing Authority Minutes April 25, 2011 Page 3 of 5 • No objections were entered to the boundaries of the neighborhood being the city limits of the City of Louisville. Gunning moved the entire application as contained in the Authority packets be made a part of the record of this hearing. Carlson seconded. All in favor. Shannon McLaughlin, 2636 W. 34th Avenue, Denver, CO 80211 and Todd Stevenson, 3548 Decatur Street, Denver, CO 80211 members of the LLC introduced themselves to the Authority. The Secretary administered the oath to both applicants. Mr. Stevenson stated the market has been at 924 Main since November 6. All the food is organic and traceable and they try to have a close tie with their vendors. They hope to carry the same concept in the liquor store. They plan on selling 30-40 wines and 25- 30 craft beers along with spirits limited to Colorado products. The applicants reached out to their customer base face-to-face and online with a survey allowing them to support or object to the liquor store. They had 319 persons who responded with only a few who said they would not sign anything and one or two who did not drink so had no opinion but none who objected to the store. The surveys were entered into the record as Exhibit 1. Authority members thanked the applicant for the survey. • Mr. Stevenson showed the Authority a large diagram depicting the store and explained there was a separate entrance available for hours later than the grocery store and separation from the store by a door or rope. There were questions about the separate points of sale and Stevenson clarified there were definitely going to be two points of sale for the grocery store and the liquor store. Chairperson Gunning asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak in favor of the application. Susan Hohnstein, 727 Pine, Scott Urban, 724 Meade St., Sarah Lynch, 541 Adams Avenue and Deborah Weis, 1017 Front all in Louisville, CO spoke in favor of the store and the concept. Chairperson Gunning asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak in opposition to the application. Hearing no opposition, Gunning closed the public hearing. Carlson moved the Local Licensing Authority of the City of Louisville find the applicant is of good moral character, the inhabitants of the neighborhood desire the license be granted, the license will meet the reasonable requirements of the neighborhood, all City and State law requirements have been met and, based on these findings, the Local • Licensing Authority approve issuance of a Retail Liquor Store license for In Season, LLC d/b/a In Season Local Market. Wilson seconded. Roll Call Vote: Lipton — yes, Wilson — yes, Rommelfanger— yes, Gunning — yes and Carlson — yes. New license approved.