The Fall River Licensing Board convened on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 5 p.m. Chairman Tim McCoy opened the meeting, which included a public comment period where no citizens signed in to speak. The board approved two one-day beer and wine permits for Bristol Community College (BCC) events: one for the BCC Awards on April 20, 2023, and another for the Culinary Arts Recognition Dinner on April 28, 2023, both from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Additionally, a one-time extension of hours was granted to the Belmont Club at 34 Franklin Street, allowing them to open at noon on Friday, March 17, 2023 (St. Patrick's Day), and remain open until 2 a.m. on Saturday, March 18, 2023. The board also approved an alteration of premises for the Fall River Country Club at 4232 North Main Street, permitting an outdoor patio and lawn area for alcohol service, which will now be forwarded to the state for final approval. Old business included tabling a citation for retiring board member Miss Esposito due to her absence. The board voted to forward an Open Meeting Law complaint filed by Mr. Patrick Higgins to the Law Department. Furthermore, the board conducted a revote for clarification on three items related to Roddy Krishna Corporation DBA Sun and Shine Convenience at 1447 North Main Street, approving the transfer of license, pledge of collateral to Rockland Trust, and pledge of inventory. Finally, the minutes from January 3, 2023, and January 24, 2023, were approved and signed, and the meeting was adjourned.
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okay I'd like to bring this meeting to order this is the um Tuesday March 14th 5 p.m uh meeting of the Fall River licensing board uh my name is Tim McCoy chairman I'd like to read the open meeting law publicly pursuant to the open meeting law any person may make audio a video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any media attendance attendees are therefore advised that such
0:27recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and I deemed acknowledged and permissible the city Charter section 9-18 mandates that all multiple member bodies developed and adopt rules or policies for public common we have adopted such a policy which ensure provides for Citizens input on licensing board specific matters at the beginning
0:52of the meeting there is a sign up sheet that is located in the back of the room excuse me so item 1A we have public citizens import seeing that no one is signed in we'll move on to item number two on the agenda I think we should recognize that we have special guest Magnolia in the uh in the audience so the one day pyramid of two-way is for uh BCC uh looks like we
1:20have two requests seven seven Ellsbury street we have Mr Baxter Smith here representing BCC and the first request is for April 20th yes 2023 and it is for the BCC Awards it is a request for a one-day permit a beer and wine license uh the chair would entertain a motion oh I apologize it looks like the hours are 5 30 to 8 30 p.m for the benefit of the public and my colleague
1:56I will make a motion to approve the one day permit for BCC on April 20th 2023.
2:03motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye motion passes and the second one day pyramid is for Friday April 28 2023 it is for the culinary arts recognition dinner it is a one day hermit for beer and wine and Kerry I apologize I don't see the hours for the April 28th one you believe that's the same I believe also 5 30 to 8 30 p.m thank you Mr Smith no problem no problem
2:39Chad would entertain a motion I'll make a motion to approve the one day permit for a BCC on April 28th 2023. motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye the motion passes good luck on both events thank you bye Magnolia thanks for coming thank you uh item number three in the agenda a one-time extension of hours Belmont Club 34 Franklin Street Priscilla Poria is missporia here if the port would be
3:10inclined because it's time sensitive is could you possibly if you were inclined to vote on it uh without her being present okay so I'll read the request uh we have a letter dated 3-9 23 to the licensing Blood please allow me to change my hours of operation for the Belmont Club Inc from four to midnight until four to midnight until our 2 A.M closing on Friday March 17 2023 thank you for consideration
3:44so is this saying that typically four to midnight no I think she wants to be open at noon and close at 2 A.M okay from four to noon okay so our request for a one-time extension of hours normally on Fridays we have 4 P.M uh to 2 A.M and they and the Belmont Club is uh according to this letter from Miss Poria is looking to open at noon on Friday St Patrick's Day
4:11and remain open till 2 A.M technically early Saturday morning so the chair would entertain a motion I will make a motion to approve the one-time extension of hours for the Belmont club for March 17th motion made by Miss cadero seconded by the chair and again it is from noon on Friday till 2 A.M Saturday morning all in favor I motion passes item number four alteration of premises for the Fall River Country Club
4:454232 North Main Street attorney Levinson representing the club foreign councilor good evening Mr chairman members of the board for the record Mike Levinson of bransky Levinson LLC offices in Seekonk Massachusetts I'm the legal representative of Fall River Country Club um it's pretty uh simple it's pretty straightforward what we're looking to accomplish here as you can see from the paperwork we've submitted um during
5:13covid the country club started using an outdoor sitting area in a patio outdoor lawn area for service which was Allowed by the state um now you know now the pen epidemic coming to an end they want us now to get it properly permitted so that's what we're here for today um the outdoor lawn and Patio area there's a picture that was submitted to show the area it's about 150 feet by 150 feet
5:38it's a rather large area in the back of the property includes a fire pit area a tented stamped concrete you know for that like outdoor weddings and ceremonies they'll have entertainment out there they have a grass area there's also a patio area right outside where the dining room is I don't know if anyone's ever been there before I've seen the area it's actually very nice and we're just looking to have
5:59permission to have the now properly licensed to serve alcohol out there okay so um since we have a a premises already uh in business and serving alcohol I don't believe this needs a we discussed earlier but I don't believe this needs a second inspection or visit on the part of the board and whatnot so uh if my colleague is inclined to the chair would entertain a motion I'll make a motion to approve the
6:36alteration of premises for the Fall River Country Club okay motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye motion passes attorney Levinson Good Luck Good Luck just to clarify this has to go up to the states thank you for recognizing yeah thank you thank you okay item number five uh is old business new business uh part of old business um five one is a citation to a retiring
7:06Board member Miss Esposito Miss Esposito could not make it tonight uh due to the weather with her family so we will hold that until uh our next meeting uh item five two uh vote to forward open meeting law complaint to the Law Department filed by Mr Patrick Higgins 225-23 I'm going to read the uh gist of the complaint folder of a licensing board violating open meeting Laura's filed there was a posted meeting
7:36on 223-23 to deliberate and consider the transfer of beer and wine license pledge of inventory pledge of collateral for Sun and Sun convenience 1147 North Main Street the attorney who prefered repeated appeared before the board referred to the name of the business as Sunshine convenience they also deliberate and granted a pledge of the license to Rockland Trust referral first off the agenda item is fatally defective
8:00that the name of the business was incorrect and does not exist also the pledge of License to Rockland Trust was not listed on the agenda so if I could please get a motion to forward the complaint to the Law Department Corporation Council please I'll make a motion to forward to the Law Department motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye motion passes so item number five three uh and it
8:37reads we're looking for a revote for clarification of uh rather Krishna Corporation DBA sun and shine convenience 1447 North Main Street and we will have three different motions transfer relations pledge of collateral pledge of inventory I'll make a motion to approve the transfer of license for Roddy Krishna Corporation motion made by Miss kadiro seconded by myself all in favor aye motion passes
9:14I'll make a motion to approve the pledge of collateral to Rockland Trust um motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor I motion passes and I'll make a motion to approve the pledge of inventory to Rowdy Krishna Corporation uh motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor motion passes and if I could request on item number five four under new business uh we I
9:45need a motion to approve and sign the January 3rd 2023 minutes I'll make a motion to approve the January 3rd 2023 minutes motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor aye motion passes and item five five approvement sign January 24th 2023 minutes I'll make a motion to approve the January 24th 2023 minutes motion made by Miss kadiro seconded by myself all in favor aye I'm going to ask that Fred TV's uh
10:18FRG TV please stay with us so we could sign uh on camera during the meeting both sets of minutes
10:42and noting that both sets of minutes have been signed the chair would entertain a motion to adjourn I'll make a motion to adjourn motion made by Miss cadero seconded by myself all in favor motion is adjourned thank you everybody thank you Kevin