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From YouTube: Committee on Government Operations on June 22, 2017
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Docket #0393- Petition for a Special Law re: An Act authorizing additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on premises
A
To
discuss
docket
0,
3,
9
3
a
petition
for
a
special
law.
It's
an
act
authorizing
additional
licenses
for
the
sale
of
all
alcoholic
beverages
could
be
drunk
on
premises
in
Boston.
This
whole
new
petition
was
sponsored
by
my
colleague
city
council,
Jana
Presley
referred
to
the
committee
back
on
March,
the
8th
of
2017.
In
the
initially
filed
document.
The
ordinance
proposes
up
to
adding
up
to
152
new
non-transferable
liquor
licenses
within
a
city
of
Boston.
A
We
will
hear
from
representatives
from
the
administration
in
the
BPD
a
with
respect
to
some
form
of
maybe
an
amendment
on
that
front.
The
proposal
would
grant
105
alcohol
licenses
7
neighborhoods
to
a
chest-
the
East
Boston
high
pack
to
make
a
plain,
Matapan,
Mission
Hill
in
Roxbury,
with
each
neighborhood
receiving
five
licenses
over
the
next
three
years.
A
It
would
also
create
15
licenses
for
Main
Street
districts,
30
citywide
licenses
over
the
next
three
years,
along
with
licenses
specifically
for
the
law
nandi,
which
is
part
of
the
BCC,
the
bus's
Convention
Center,
as
well
as
the
Boston
Center
for
the
acts.
The
non-transferable
licenses
cannot
be
resold
in
the
open
market
and
must
revert
back
to
the
city
in
the
designated
neighborhood
which
they
are
allocated
for
if
a
restaurant
or
establishment
goes
out
of
business.
A
So
now,
at
this
time
recognizing
my
colleagues
are
here:
lead
sponsor
counselor,
IANA
presley
joined
by
my
colleague,
city
compost,
alum
Athena,
run
by
my
colleague
at
last
college.
The
counselor
nice
toast
ivy
good
goodbye,
my
colleague
City
Council,
at
Tito
Jackson,
and
will
allow
council
Presley
for
opening
comments.
We're
also
joined
here
by
Carolyn
Crockett,
director
of
economic
development
policy,
research
for
the
mayor's
office
of
economic
development,
as
well
as
going
really
director
of
design
review
from
the
BPD
a
and
we'll
get
right
into
their
testimony
immediately
after
Atlanta
Presley.
All.
C
And
apologies
for
being
tardy
I
was
in
the
ladies
lounge,
the
killer
a
little
bit
longer
and
it
took
me
to
so.
Thank
you
very
patient
I
want
to
thank
chairman
clarity
for
his
cooperation
and
flexibility,
flexibility
in
getting
today's
hearing
scheduled
23
years
working
in
government
and
eight
years
as
an
elected
official.
It
seems
all
too
often,
despite
our
best
efforts,
the
people
we
have
the
honor
of
representing,
don't
always
see
visually
or
feel
tangibly
our
efforts.
C
Today's
proposed
petition
will
build
upon
that
success
and
put
us
one
step
closer
to
creating
more
jobs,
closing
the
wealth
gap
it
rich
through
the
quality
of
life
for
residents,
as
well
as
making
neighborhoods
a
destination
location
with
the
addition
of
more
neighborhood
restaurants.
Every
neighborhood
deserves
to
have
walkable
amenities
places
to
gather,
convene
to
build
community
places
nearby,
to
be
employed
by
local,
to
be
employed
by
local
establishments,
to
support
to
create
and
concentrate
well,
especially
those
neighborhoods,
historically
disenfranchised
and
marginalized.
C
When
it
comes
to
liquor
licenses
and
small
business
ownership,
I
do
believe
today's
Home
Rule
petition
gets
us
closer
to
equitably
realizing
these
goals.
I
want
to
thank
mayor
Walsh
for
his
partnership,
unlike
liquor,
license
reform
from
the
beginning
of
his
administration.
First
in
helping
lobby
for
the
2014
legislation
that
created
75
new
licenses
and
then
drafting
this
home
rule
in
petition
in
partnership
with
me
that
we
are
considering
today.
C
I
also
want
to
thank
the
state
legislature,
specifically
our
original
House
and
Senate
sponsors,
representative
Holmes
and
Senator
4e,
for
their
willingness
to
keep
the
conversation
and
the
work
going
to
develop
policies
which
will
impact
and
better
support
our
neighborhoods
and
finally,
I
want
to
thank
the
business
community
and
residents
of
this
city
who
represented
every
side
of
this
issue.
During
our
extensive
negotiations
and
debates,
your
input
has
been
invaluable
and
only
made
our
previous
legislation.
This
current
proposal
stronger.
C
It
gives
me
great
pride
as
I
travel
throughout
our
city
to
see
new
restaurants
opened
in
Dorchester
Roxbury,
East,
Boston
Charlestown
to
our
2014
Home
Rule
and
existing
restaurants.
More
successful
because
of
it.
One
minority-owned
restaurant
in
Hyde,
Park
rink
on
Kara
Beano,
has
been
able
to
change
their
business
model
and
make
it
a
family,
a
family-friendly
restaurant.
Instead
of
a
nightclub
or
lounge,
it's
taken
a
great
burden
off
of
their
staff,
and
he
has
seen
his
bottom
line
improved
by
30
to
40
percent.
C
The
positive
impact
of
these
new
licenses
is
evident
in
these
neighborhoods,
and
the
demand
for
more
is
clear.
We
made
great
strides
yet
there's
more
work
to
do.
I
am
encouraged
and
proud
of
our
progress,
but
not
yet
satisfied.
As
I've
said
before,
we
cannot
undo
100
years
of
hurt
in
just
three
years.
Disparities
and
walkable
sit
down.
Amenities
remain
a
reality
for
our
city
and
let
us
not
forget
why
we
are
here.
A
hundred
years
ago,
the
Brahmins
of
the
State
House
discriminated
against
the
Irish
who
were
building
political
power
in
Boston.
C
The
system
they
build,
has
perpetuated
disparities
by
creating
an
arbitrary
secondary
market
for
liquor
licenses,
and
the
scarcity
of
these
licenses
has
created
in
value
inflated
values
that
pose
another,
but
not
the
only
barrier
to
new
restaurants
getting
in
the
game.
It
was
not
good
public
policy,
then,
and
it
is
not
good
public
policy.
Now,
however,
I
recognize
that
we
must
be
deliberate
and
intentional
about
how
we
undo
this
broken
system.
Many
restaurateur
is
played
by
the
rules
that
were
established
long
before
I
was
elected
to
office.
C
I
believe
this
piece
of
legislation
strikes
the
balance
of
considering
existing
license
holders
interests,
as
well
as
those
in
the
city
looking
to
open
new
restaurants.
In
turn,
expanding
access
to
these
critical
social
and
economic
anchors,
a
quick
breakdown
of
the
154,
nine
transferable
licenses,
10
or
city
wide,
seven,
all
alcohol
licenses,
and
three
malt
and
wine
licenses
a
year
with
no
more
than
three.
You
are
able
to
go
to
neighborhoods
of
Back
Bay,
Beacon
Hill
and
the
North
End
each
at
30
total
five
licenses.
C
Three
all
alq
and
two
Moulton
wine
a
year
for
each
neighborhood
specified
in
Chapter
287
of
the
acts
of
2014
Dorchester
East
Boston
high
park
to
make
a
plain,
Mattapan,
Mission,
Hill
and
Roxbury.
That's
15
per
neighborhood,
a
hundred
and
five
in
total
five
licenses
a
year
for
our
main
streets,
15
in
total,
three
all-out
and
tumult
and
wine.
C
So
that's
also
one
all
out
for
Boston
public
market,
one
all
out
for
the
bowl
and
building
one
all
out
for
a
lawn
on
D
at
the
Boston
Convention
and
Exhibition
Center
in
South
Boston
and
one
all
out
license
for
the
Boston
Center
for
the
Arts
in
the
South
End.
With
this
legislation,
based
on
what
we
learned
from
the
implementation
of
the
last,
we
want
the
bulk
of
new
licenses
created
to
be
neighbourhood,
specific
15
over
three
years
for
each
of
the
seven
neighborhoods
we
named
in
the
original
legislation.
C
It's
important
to
note
that
we
are
sending
up
in
a
minimal
document
to
the
State
House.
This
is
a
proposal.
It
made
it
easier
for
us
to
get
things
going,
starting
with
the
original
blueprint
of
these
neighborhoods
that
were
cited
in
the
2014
Home
Rule
Roxbury
Mattapan,
Dorchester,
High,
Park,
Jamaica,
Plain
mission,
Hill
and
East
Boston.
But
this
the
option
for
this
to
be
amenable.
C
C
This
legislation
with
neighbourhood
specific
concentrated
licenses
corrects
an
unintended
consequence
of
the
2014
legislation
which
allowed
a
restaurant
or
in
any
other
seven
neighborhoods,
to
apply
for
a
license
that
meant
that
they
were
ultimately
were
still
pitting
neighborhood
against
neighborhood
and
because
we
know
there
are
barriers
outside
of
the
price
of
a
liquor
license
to
an
open,
a
restaurant.
We
want
to
space
them
out
over
three
years.
If
no
one
applies
for
a
license
in
the
first
year
of
this
legislation,
they're
bankroll
to
the
next
year
and
then
to
the
next
year
and
so
on.
C
This
allows
for
each
neighborhood
to
grow
with
their
own
speed.
Mattapan
will
have
15
licenses
to
issue
at
the
end
of
the
three
years,
no
matter
what
we
want
to
build
in
flexibility
as
well.
This
whole
rule
creates
ten
licenses
year,
non-transferable
that
can't
go
anywhere
in
the
city,
but
we
have
taken
to
heart
the
legitimate
concerns
of
residents
and
elected
officials
that
worry
about
the
quality
of
life
in
neighborhoods
oversaturated
with
liquor
licenses
each
year,
no
more
than
three
licenses
can
go
to
the
neighborhoods
of
Back
Bay,
Beacon
Hill
or
the
North
End.
C
Further
in
an
intentional
effort
to
protect
these
neighborhood
licenses
for
sit-down
restaurants,
we
are
introducing
a
new
type
of
license
called
an
umbrella
license,
which
would
only
apply
to
large
scale
developments.
The
developer
would
be
required
to
apply
to
the
licensing
board
for
the
privilege
of
this
license
and
there
would
be
a
fee
of
$15,000
if
issued,
then
each
individual
operator
would
have
to
apply
individual
operators
under
an
umbrella.
C
License
would
not
impact
the
city's
quota
for
licenses
and
it
eliminates
the
possibility
and
the
threat
of
developments
like
the
South
Bay
shopping
center,
taking
up
licenses
from
Dorchester
neighborhood,
restricted,
license,
pool
I'm
very
excited
at
the
prospect
of
taking
another
step
towards
equity
in
the
licensing
process,
and
look
forward
to
my
colleagues,
stakeholders
and
residents
input.
As
we
make
this
the
best
home
rule,
it
can
possibly
be
I.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
out
today
and
the
chair
for
his
indulgence.
Thank.
E
D
Wine,
Lee
and
I've
been
in
that
restaurant
and
I
have
seen
people
leave
because
they
don't
have
alcohol
far
beyond
one
and
a
set
and
I
have
seen
many
owners
going
back
and
forth
to
the
licensing
board,
but
I
get
a
beer
and
wine
light.
I
wish
that
we
could
add
something
that
a
Home
Rule
position
where
the
city
of
Boston
goes
rules
a
being
on
one
I.
D
Just
don't
understand
why
we
have
to
always
go
back
into
the
state,
particularly
for
beer
and
wine
doesn't
make
sense
to
me,
particularly
when
we're
trying
to
encourage
small
businesses
open
up
restaurant
and
if
they
don't
have
a
beer
wine.
They
they're
not
gonna
sleep
I,
and
you
know
it
as
much
as
far
as
they
know
that
what
is
the
restaurant,
they
need
the
beer
and
wine
they
follow
up
all
to
make
money
to
keep
their
restaurant.
So
there's
a
something
else,
I'd
like
to
add.
D
If
we
put,
if
we're
doing
a
memory
list,
I
would
like
to
see
a
licen
goes
through
the
Rose
Kennedy
Greenway.
As
you
know,
now
they
have
to
stop
some
reasons
to
raise
money,
give
the
Green
Wave
right.
So
that's
something
I
like
to
add
so,
hopefully,
we'll
have
a
working
session,
but
again
I
want
to
commend
the
maker
and
I
wish
that
we
don't
have
to
go
back
into
the
state
every
time.
Reading
all
right.
It's
not
there.
Thank.
F
But
do
wonder
if
we
can
provide
any
data
around
potential
loss
of
value
of
those
licenses
that
were
bought
and
on
the
open
market.
In
many
cases,
mortgage
I
also
am
concerned
about
ways
that
we
can
prevent
or
discourage
the
sale
of
one
license
in
order
to
get
that
it
has
a
higher
value
for
one
of
these
lower
value
ones
that
are
non-transferable
and
understand
that
that
is
happening
to
some
extent
in
this
industry.
So
carry
us
about
about
that.
F
A
You
what'd,
you
think,
and
just
a
point.
A
A
They
raise
the
issue
around
Rosslyn
deal,
there's
also
discussions
around
the
amendment
to
the
size
of
the
qualifying
project
and
then
there's
some
discussion
that
initially
was
152
and
then
this
and
talk
about
53
and
the
change
in
the
structure
was
because
of
the
neighborhood
in
the
citywide
based
structure
of
the
licenses.
So
hopefully
that
all
of
that
will
be
discussed
as
part
of
this
hearing
today.
So
without
further
adieu.
Well
in
and
whatever
preference,
you
should
guess,
Carolyn,
probably
proprietary,
opening
comments,
Thank
You.
G
Chairman
clarity,
also
in
greetings
to
the
council.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity
to
to
support
to
bring
our
views
in
support
of
this
important
legislation.
I'm
joined
here
by
my
colleague,
Jonathan
Greeley,
who
is
the
director
of
development
review
at
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency.
G
We
will
offer
some
testimony
here
and
then,
at
the
end
of
our
testimony,
Jonathan
will
read
in
a
few
of
our
proposed
changes
to
the
legislation.
That's
before
you
also
want
to
just
again
say
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
and
to
eyes,
councilor
Pressley
for
tremendous
vision,
commitment
and
legislative
leadership
and
advocacy
for
this.
This
important
legislative
conversation
that
just
has
to
be
discussed
has
to
be
resolved
has
to
be
pushed
forward.
G
We
very
much
appreciate
your
your
vision
and
pushing
forward
this
important
competition,
but
also
the
set
of
issues
that
are
before
us.
I
come
to
you
wearing
two
hats,
one
as
the
director
of
economic
policy
in
research
and
also
as
the
director
of
the
Office
of
small
business
development,
so
I
know
firsthand
and
will
speak
to
the
benefit
of
of
this
Home
Rule
petition
for
local
businesses.
So
this
is
what
we're
talking
about
we're
talking
about
local
impact,
we're
talking
about
economic
opportunity,
wealth
building
opportunities
for
several
Boston
neighborhoods,
where
such
opportunities
are
needed
most.
G
G
We
know
that
successful
restaurants
contribute
to
neighborhood
vibrancy
economic
inclusion
and
equity
by
creating
a
clear
path
for
neighborhood
entrepreneurs
to
own
and
operate
businesses
in
areas
that
need
greater
commercial
activity.
At
the
end
of
the
day.
This
conversation
absolutely
about
equity
is
absolutely
by
economic
development.
It
is
about
growth
and
prosperity
and
making
sure
that
there's
a
way
that
that
is
extended
across
the
our
city.
We
know
that
of
the
city's
forty
thousand
small
businesses.
G
These
businesses
are
collectively
generating
fifteen
billion
dollars
in
revenue
of
that
entire
Cola
Coalition
in
cohort
micro
restaurants
in
retail
right
now
comprise
nine
percent
of
the
small
businesses
in
the
city.
It's
generated
about
four
percent
of
revenue
and
six
percent
of
jobs
is
a
very
important
source
of
economic
activity
in
Boston
neighborhood,
but
that
is
primed
for
growth.
So
not
only
are
we
talking
about
economic
development,
economic
opportunity
and
equity,
we're
also
talking
about
job
creation
and
Neighborhood
Stabilization
opportunities,
especially
among
historically
underserved
neighborhoods,
without
established
consumption
patterns.
We
need
to
create
opportunities
here.
G
This
new
legislation
will
provide
exactly
that
last
year.
As
many
of
you
know,
mayor
Walsh
released
the
city's
first
citywide
business
plan
and
we
learned
much
about
Boston's,
small
business
ecosystem
and
what
the
needs
are
for
businesses
that
are
established
as
well
as
new
businesses
that
could
could
contribute
to
economic
pipeline.
G
We
need
to
listen
to
the
businesses
to
be
responsive,
to
make
sure
that
as
policymakers,
that
we're
putting
in
place
all
of
the
regulations
and
the
supports
that
businesses
need
to
grow,
the
businesses
told
us
that
they
need
more
improved
connections
to
other
business
service
organizations.
They
need
support
for
businesses
that
are
owned
by
immigrants,
women
and
people
of
color.
They
need
better
awareness
and
navigation
of
small
business
resources.
I
mentioned
all
of
this,
because
there's
work
for
the
city
to
do
to
make
sure
that
businesses
are
able
to
grow
and
thrive.
G
This
legislation
speaks
to
that.
We
also
have
quite
a
lot
of
work
to
do
to
make
sure
that
our
businesses
can
be
successful
and
grow
from
day
one
forward.
We
are
working
to
address
these
priorities
right
now.
On
Tuesday
of
this
week,
mayor
Walsh
launched
a
small
business
center
in
Mattapan,
with
a
focus
goal
of
bringing
additional
business
assistant,
resource
assistance,
resources
and
organizations
to
the
neighborhood.
We
are
hopeful
that
this
intensive
focus
and
on-the-ground
effort
we'll
help
us
identify
and
develop
a
successful
liquor
license
applicant
from
Matapan.
G
We
know
that
liquor
licenses
translate
into
wealth
building
opportunities
for
small
business
owners,
increase
employment
for
area
residents,
an
important
catalyst
for
neighborhood
stablization,
successful
sit-down
restaurants,
restaurants,
bring
vitality
to
neighborhood
commercial
districts
by
bringing
customer
traffic
and
drawing
other
businesses
and
restaurants
that
want
to
capitalize
on
established,
as
well
as
emerging
consumption
patterns.
The
importance
of
these
neighborhoods
licenses
is
that
they
will
stay
in
the
neighborhood
that
they
are
non-transferable.
There
are
increased
opportunities
that
we
will
bring
to
entrepreneurs
in
Dorchester,
East,
Boston,
Hyde
Park,
to
make
a
plain
Matapan,
Mission,
Hill
and
Roxbury.
G
We
also
recognize
the
important
work
in
our
contribution
of
our
twenty
main
streets
districts.
The
main
streets
provide
main
streets,
provide
clear
evidence
for
how
restaurants,
and
particularly
restaurants
with
liquor
licenses,
drive
economic
development
and
make
good
on
strong
public
investment
therein.
In
April
of
this
year,
the
National
Main
Street
Center
profiled
Boston's
Main
Street
program
as
delivering
substantial
financial
impact
based
on
a
national
scan.
The
National
Main
Street
body
revealed
that
for
every
one
dollar
invested
in
a
Main,
Street
District,
the
city
sees
three
dollars
return.
G
This
is
sound
financial
policy,
sound
financial
investment,
sound
commitment
to
what
it
means
to
bring
equity
again
across
the
city.
Additionally,
new
legislation
presented
here
removes
an
administrative
barrier
for
regular
and
ongoing
providers
of
evening
entertainment,
including
law,
nandi,
Boston
Center
for
the
art
and
the
bold
bowling
building
important
commercial
anchors
in
our
city
that
need
to
be
freed
from
the
burden
of
multiple
and
daily
and
sometimes
weekly
liquor
license
requests
when
they
have
demonstrated
a
clear
ability
to
perform
as
responsible
and
responsive
vendors
again
want
to
make
clear
that
this
is
about
equity.
G
This
is
about
opportunity.
This
is
about
making
sure
that
neighborhoods
across
the
sea
have
the
have
what
is
needed
for
them
to
thrive,
to
grow,
that
we
are
clear
and
our
commitment
to
developing
retail,
to
developing
restaurant
spaces
to
developing
places
or
families
to
come
together
to
enjoy
for
including
for
creating
places
that
create
jobs
and
opportunity
in
neighborhoods
that
need
it
very
much
right
now.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
share
this
testimony.
I
look
forward
to
receiving
your
questions.
I
now
turn
to
my
colleague,
Ben
Greeley,
good.
H
Afternoon,
chairman
Flaherty
councilor,
Pressley
and
fellow
council
members,
my
name
is
Johnathan
Grilli
and
I'm,
the
director
of
development
review
at
the
Boston
Planning
development
agency.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
here
this
afternoon.
As
you
are
well
aware,
Boston
is
thriving.
In
the
past
three
and
a
half
years
alone,
the
BP
DA
has
approved
more
than
17
billion
in
new
real
estate
development
included
more
than
200
million
dollars
in
annual
new
tax
revenue.
H
But
as
we
continue
to
construct
new
places
for
Bostonians
to
live
and
work,
it
is
crucial
that
we
able
to
pair
those
buildings
of
the
types
of
dynamic
ground
floor
uses
that
make
for
thriving
local
communities.
The
whole
romo
petition
before
you
recognize
the
crucial
economic
development
role
that
the
hospitality
industry
plays
in
Boston
by
continuing
to
push
for
liquor,
license
reform
that
works
disparate
opportunities
throughout
our
city.
As
part
of
this
balance,
we
are
introducing
the
concept
of
an
umbrella
license
for
large
mixed-use
projects
in
a
small
change
the
language
has
originally
filed.
H
We
would
propose
that
only
projects
totaling
more
than
700
thousand
square
feet
and
contain
a
minimum
of
175,000
square
feet
of
commercial
space
would
qualify.
Eligibility
for
the
umbrella
license
would
only
pertain
to
qualifying
projects.
They
meet
the
previously
defined
square-footage
thresholds
based
on
project
approval
by
the
Boston
Planning
development
agency
board
of
directors
once
granted.
Establishments
within
a
qualifying
project
would
be
eligible
to
apply
for
a
restricted
project-based
license.
It
is
not
subject.
H
The
city
of
Boston
municipal
quota
owners
of
an
umbrella
license
would
then
be
required
to
pay
the
city
of
Boston
a
fee
$150,000
within
30
days
of
award
in
are
subject
to
approval
by
the
Boston's
licensing
board
and
the
Massachusetts
alcoholic
beverages,
Control
Commission,
all
as
ma
be
CC.
It
is
important
to
emphasize
for
that
with
regard
to
any
individual
individual
establishment
granted
a
restricted
project-based
license
under
the
umbrella
license.
The
standard
permitting
process
would
not
change.
H
All
proposed
establishments
will
continue
to
be
subject
to
approval
by
the
Boston
licensing
board,
as
well
as
the
MA
BCC
and
remain
subject
to
all
relevant
City
regulations.
An
excellent
example
of
this
license
is
already
in
existence
at
Logan
Airport.
The
result
of
regulatory
reform
pushed
by
this
council
in
2010
is
also
important
to
note
that
there
are
only
a
handful
of
developing
products
that
would
qualify
under
these
proposed
permanent
parameters,
including
the
previously
referenced
South
Bay
expansion,
as
well
as
a
project
such
as
a
New
Balances
Boston
landing.
H
I
would
like
to
highlight
three
key
benefits
to
the
umbrella
license.
First,
it
will
help
to
reduce
competition
between
landlords
and
potential
neighbor
hunted,
restaurants
in
large,
well
financed
development
products
in
an
environment
where
market
based
liquor
licenses
can
be
valued
in
excess
of
$400,000.
H
Second
umbrella
lessens
holders
will
be
incentivized
to
work
with
local
operators
who
no
longer
have
the
barrier
of
pursuing
a
market-based
license,
putting
them
on
equal
footing
for
tenancy
with
larger
restaurant
groups
and
third
and
increasingly
challenging
and
financially
increasingly
challenging
financial
feasibility
environment.
The
umbrella
license
will
offer
increased
predictive
predictability
for
large
development
projects.
So,
as
Kallen
mentioned
in
Auvergne
remarks,
we
have
a
few
changes
we'd
like
to
enter
into
the
record
first
for
clarity
in
Section
1.
Regarding
the
number
of
licenses,
the
classification
is
a
qualifying
project
and
the
fee
for
umbrella
license.
H
To
that
end,
I
would
respectfully
request
a
committee
consider
the
following
proposed
language
changes.
First,
we
ask
that
you
add
the
Bruce
C
bowling
building
the
list
of
locations
to
receive
one
all
alcohol
license.
Second,
in
section
1,
which
outlines
the
type
of
new
citywide
licenses,
the
original
proposal
included:
seven
all
alcohol
and
three
x
scences,
but
after
further
discussion
regarding
demand,
we
propose
to
adjust
it
to
500
alcohol
and
5
multiplied.
H
Third,
in
the
definition
of
qualifying
project,
we
propose
shifting
the
phrase
under
common
ownership,
with
a
total
combined
and
gross
floor
area
of
at
least
500,000
square
feet
under
common
or
affiliated
ownership,
with
a
total
of
combined
with
a
total
combined
gross
floor
area
of
at
least
700,000
square
feet
in
including
at
least
175,000
square
feet
of
commercial
space.
Fourth,
we
ask
that
you
include
the
phrase
and
which
are
not
subject
to
the
City
of
Boston
municipal
quota
at
the
end
of
the
restricted
project-based
licenses
and
umbrella
restricted
project-based
licenses
paragraphs.
H
Fifth,
we
ask
that
you
add
the
phrase
the
owner
of
a
qualifying
project
shall
paid
to
the
city
of
Boston's
a
licensing
fee
of
autumn
$50,000
for
the
Umbrella
license
to
be
paid
within
30
days
after
the
award
a
license
to
the
end
of
section
1.
Finally,
we
ask
that
you
insert
section
213
to
Vega
suit.
Sorry,
finally,
we
asked
it
within
sections
2
13.
We
make
a
series
of
minor
technical
changes
to
specify
how
the
caps
on
the
new
specified
categories
of
licenses
will
increase
over
the
next
three
years.
H
The
number
53
in
section
1
refers
to
the
first
year
in
the
second
year.
That
number
will
increase
to
103
and
in
the
third
year
it
will
then
change
the
hundred
fifty
three
in
accordance
with
Mass
General
law.
These
changes
have
been
reviewed
and
approved
by
corporation
council.
In
conclusion,
I'd
like
to
thank
councilor
Pressley
for
our
work
on
this
important
economic
development
issue
and
to
chairman
Flaherty
for
hosting
this
important
session.
Thank
you.
H
A
Good,
thank
you.
Both
the
director
and
director
before
your
introductory
comments.
I
just
want
to
stop
with
a
couple
of
things:
councillor
asabi
George
sort
of
touched
on
the
the
devaluing
portion
of
the
licenses,
and
so
we
don't
want
our
existing
licenses
to
become
the
new
taxi,
medallions
taxi
medallions,
quite
frankly,
I'm
worth
anything.
These
days
argue
because
of
uber
and
lyft
and
everything
else,
and
so
right.
A
So
there's
real
value
in
that
and
a
lot
of
the
existing
owners
have
built
equity
in
that
yeah
and
they
also
build
great
lending
and
Bank
relationships
as
well,
because
they
lend
on
that
they're
allowed
to
fix
up
their
place.
They're
allowed
to
you
know
potentially
maybe
even
buy
another
establishment.
Some
instance
is
able
to
educate
their
children
and
fix
up
their
own
home.
So
you
and
your
comments
just
a
few
minutes
ago,
John
you
had
mentioned
that.
There's
you
put
a
value
on
the
umbrella
license
of
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
The
hood.
A
You
value
the
other
non-transferable
licenses,
I,
think
I
think
we
should
value
them
and
part
of
the
problem
we
have
is
when
someone
wants
to
come
to
Boston
and
start
a
new
business
or
bring
a
new
opportunity
or
a
new
type
of
cuisine,
there's
a
high
barrier
to
entry,
because
you
have
to
pay
three
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
a
liquor
license
right
and
for
most
folks
that's
cost
prohibitive.
It's
a
game
changer
and
most
likely
it
sort
of
precludes
them
from
bringing
their
concept,
bringing
their
idea
or
expanding
their
existing
business.
Me.
A
However,
when
you
give
something
away
for
free,
when
the
guy
across
the
street
is
paid
three
or
$50,000
per
inherently,
this
is
going
to
be
a
problem
there,
and
so,
if
we
value
those
licenses,
but
we
don't
require
a
down
payment,
but
we
allow
them
to
pay
overtime.
We
give
them
a
five-year.
Note
a
10-year
note
at
twenty.
We
could
even
give
them
a
30-year
note
and
at
the
conclusion
of
that
note,
because
they've
paid
and
they've
build
equity,
it
then
can
go
from
a
non
transferable
to
a
transferable
I.
A
Think,
as
a
matter
of
basic
fairness,
I
think
that
we
need
to
consider
consider
doing
that
if
we're
just
going
to
hand
out
licenses,
but
we're
not
going
to
charge
them
for
it
and
we're
not
going
to
get
any
of
any
of
the
funds
back
from
that
I
think
it's
going
to
create
a
situation.
We're
going
to
devalue
the
equity
in
the
existing
license.
A
Today,
we're
going
to
see
a
taxi
medallion
situation
and
a
lot
of
our
small
local
banks
have
a
lot
of
money
invested
and
have
lent
to
the
local
establishments
and
we're
going
to
see
them
either.
A
not
lending
on
those
or
be
folks
will
stop
paying
on
those
and
they'll.
Just
let
those
fizzle
away
and
they'll
just
get
in
line
to
get
a
non-transferable
freebie.
If
you
will
so
I,
just
write,
I
think
there's
an
inherent
danger
in
sort
of
the
freebie
concept.
A
I,
like
the
idea
of
you,
know
reducing
the
barrier
to
entry
I
like
the
idea
of
not
having
to
plump
down
a
big
lump
sum
I
like
the
idea
of
maybe
some
pay
over
time
and
have
those
individuals
in
those
companies
build
some
equity
put
some
skin
in
the
game.
It's
better
for
the
business
quite
frankly,
and
they're
also
be
able
to
borrow
on
that
as
well.
They
want
to
get
a
new
kitchen
or
they
want
to
expand.
A
B
A
Lot
of
them
are
taking
it
on
the
chin
on
them
on
the
taxi
medallion
thing
in
and
they're
going
to
probably
at
some
point
come
to
us
to
try
to
find
some
type
of
really.
So
that's
number
one
yeah.
The
other
piece
on
this
is
that
we
cannot
lose
sight
of
fact
that
that
licenses
in
general
they're
governed
by
an
S
Court
of
Appeals
case,
it's
the
Ballard
decision,
so
I
reviewed
the
document
and
I.
Don't
know
whether
or
not
and
I'll
just
put
my
legal
head
on
I.
A
Don't
know
if
it
was
reviewed
by
an
attorney
but
there's
lots
of
shells,
and
they
should
be
converted
to
may
because
the
court
decision
that
governs
who
gets
a
license
and
who
doesn't
get
a
license.
The
balar
and
factors
based
on
a
mask
Court
of
Appeals
decision.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
no
one
gets
sued
for
getting
a
license
or
we
don't
get
sued
because
someone
doesn't
get
a
license.
G
A
The
citizens
in
the
equity
piece
around
our
city,
but
I,
don't
want
to
file
with
a
mass
Court
of
Appeals
decision
and
then
also
with
respect
to
the
bowling
building.
So
with
the
city
be
the
licensee,
because
the
way
it
works
is
that
anyone
that
has
a
license
has
to
be
fully
vetted
by
the
by
the
ABC
C
and
you
have
to
have
an
existing
entity
in
the
same.
What's
a
law
Nandi
I'm
assuming
that
would
be
the
convention
center
authority
would
be
the
licensee
yeah.
A
The
Rose
Kennedy
Greenway
is
suggested
by
my
colleague
that
would
have
to
be
I.
Guess
the
Rose,
Kennedy,
Greenway
and
service
II
would
have
to
be
the
so
in
the
instance
of
the
bowling
bill.
Are
we
the
City
of
Austin?
Are
we
going
to
be
the
licensee
on
that
one?
And
so
we
would
need
to
find
out,
because
with
that
comes
the
liability
piece
of
it.
A
Or
can
we
transfer
that,
for
we
talking
about
putting
the
bowling
building
into
some
say
like
an
LLC
or
something
so
again,
just
little
intricacies
and
putting
the
legal
hat
on
there's
a
sort
of
how
this
would
sort
of
roll
out,
but
but
clearly
recognize
again,
the
high
barrier
to
entry
in
folks
being
able
to
compete
and
to
get
started,
and
we
wanted
to
clearly
want
to
have
equity
won't
have
a
diversity
of
different
businesses.
A
But
we
don't
want
to
take
an
entire
industry
and
literally
tip
it
upside
down
on
its
head,
like
we
are
seeing
with
with
the
taxi
industry
in
the
medallions
and
there's
a
lot
of
value
and
equity
built
into
those
licenses
and
just
thinking
if
we
could
put
our
heads
thinking
caps
on
and
if
we
could
value
those
licenses
like
we
did
with
the
umbrella
license.
So
we
were
quick
to
value
the
umbrella
licenses
and
they
get
skin
in
the
game
within
a
short
period
of
time.
A
They
have
to
pay
that
license
and
I'm,
not
even
asking
for
that.
I'm
looking
for
a
20-year
30-year
term
yeah,
but
at
least
let
folk
build
some
equity
in
these.
What
we're
considering
non-transferable
licenses
so
that
they
don't
completely
annihilate
the
transferable
license
networks
I,
just
we
need
some.
We
need
some
economic
now
put
our
economic
hats
on
and
see
what
that
will
mean
if
we're
going
to
dump
153
licenses
into
the
open
market.
A
Quite
frankly,
I
want
us
to
be
really
sensitive
and
concerned
about
those
issues
as
well,
so
that's
sort
of
my
two
cents
on
it
at
this
point.
Obviously,
this
folks
I
know
that
here
the
people
that
I
hear
that
are
willing
to
wishing
to
offer
public
testimony
may
do
so
by
signing
up
on
the
sheet
over
there
in
the
corner
and
your
circle.
Yes,
I
know
we
do
have
a
sheet
there.
We
get
to
public
testimony,
but
I
know
that
some
folks
have
come
in.
Since
the
hearing
has
started.
Yeah.
G
B
E
A
Us
overtime,
as
well
as
the
mass
Court
of
Appeals
decision
in
particularly
the
Balor
in
factors,
a
Balor
and
factors
are
what
governs
as
to
whether
or
not
an
individual
gets
a
license.
We
cannot
by
law
because
it's
not
we
consider
to
be
arbitrary
and
capricious,
and
we
were
sued
in
there's
a
mass
active
mass
Court
of
Appeals
decision
that
governs
that.
A
G
No
Chairman
Flair.
We
thank
you
so
much
for
those
concerns
these.
These
are
issues
that
have
been
discussed
during
the
research
and
vetting
process
for
the
petitioners
before
you.
Certainly,
the
concerns
that
you
raised
on
the
legality
and
the
legal
issues
are
real,
would
love
to
be
able
to
come
back
to
you
with
a
follow-up
from
the
corporation
counsel.
It
has
been
vetted
and
discussed
there
and
beforehand
so
to
let
you
know
that
this
has
been
passed
around
and
discussed,
and
looked
at
very
carefully
is
particularly
relevant
to
the
issue
that
you
raised.
G
The
second
point
that
you
raised
on
valuation
of
the
license
is
also
a
critical
issue
for
us,
as
we
were
thinking
through
what
this
means.
The
reality
is
that
the
current
liquor
license
market.
It
is
not
working
for
some
people.
We
know
that
for
for
parts
of
the
downtown
core
again,
where
there
are
established
consumption
patterns
and
a
high
demand
for
liquor
licenses
that
are
transferable
and
on
the
market,
that
demand
is
strong
and
will
continue.
We
want
to
protect
that
market.
G
At
the
same
time,
we're
trying
to
create
opportunities
for
folks,
for
whom,
as
you
mentioned,
that
that
valuation
point
is
a
barrier
so
by
making
sure
that
the
licenses
are
non-transferable
by
making
sure
that
there's
a
real,
clear
geography
about
where
those
licenses
will
sit
is
crucial.
It's
a
crucial
way
that
what
is
before
you
is
again
that
there
is
a
strong
market
demand
for
these
other
licenses.
But
again
we
are
trying
to
to
interrupt
a
cycle
that
is
broken.
G
That
is
not
serving
everyone
in
the
city,
and
this
is
a
sound
way
to
proceed
with
that
again.
I
do
not
say
that
to
minimize
your
concern,
because
it
has
been
shared
with
me
as
well,
and
so
just
to
point
out
that
the
way
that
the
language
the
length
and
the
legislation
here
has
been
crafted
has
been
in
recognition
of
that
concern
in
that
issue.
G
A
G
A
So
they're
building
equity
and
that
sort
of
non-transferable
we're
obviously
getting
some
value
as
a
city.
At
the
same
time
they
get
some
skin
in
the
game
and
they
and
at
the
same
time
they
also
don't
have
to
come
out
of
pocket
350
grand
for
a
license
right
out
of
the
gate.
But
again
we
go
to
your
point.
Is
cost
prohibitive,
but
there's
got
to
be.
Some
is
going
to
be
a
little
balance.
There
there's
got
to
be
a
little
bit
of
a
shared.
B
B
A
Long
term
establishments,
great
city
partners,
great
establishments
in
Boston,
great
owners
fairly,
the
very
generous
and
philanthropic
and
community
orientated,
so
we
wanna
make
sure
that
we're
respecting
their
sweat
equity
over
the
years
and
some
instances
multi-generational
owners.
So
I
just
want
to
be
sensitive
to
that
as
we
sort
of
every
forward
on
this
opportunity
and.
E
A
Also
share
my
colleagues
concerns
that
you
know
we
continue
to
have
to
go
hat
and
hand
up
to
the
state.
It's
the
city
and
these
that
I'll
break
it
down
Awards
in
precincts.
You
know
22
woods
doing
55
precincts,
but
yeah.
We
have
to
go
up
there
and
ask
them
permission
right
to
to
get
a
license
for
beer
wine
or
for
all
70
CBC,
so
I
think
I
share
that
frustration.
I,
don't
think
that
that
should
be
the
case
with
it.
It's
kind
of
like
an
figured
bedroom.
E
A
Sort
of
a
longer
conversation,
this
is
sort
of
I
get
the
understand.
This
is
a
shorter
route
to
try
to
get
bring
some
relief
to
an
area
and
so
to
allow
opportunities
in
parts
of
the
city
where
they
could
use
a
shot
neon.
They
could
use
an
infusion
of
some
new
businesses
people
quite
frankly,
neighborhoods
could
use
a
a
good
job,
a
first
job,
a
second
job,
part-time,
drawing
all
right
so
all
good
stuff,
but
just
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
sensitive
to
the
to.
B
A
G
An
economic
development
perspective
to
destabilize
the
industry,
and
it's
not
the
intent
here.
The
intent
here
is
to
strengthen
the
overall
restaurant
ecosystem
in
the
city
and
to
make
sure
places
parts
of
the
city
that
don't
have
that
strength.
Don't
have
that
that
base
of
investment
get
it
now
just.
A
An
until
and
if
you
speak
to
folks
in
the
industry
themselves,
like
they'll
say
they
actually
have
a
hard
time
holding
onto
their
employees.
So
as
we
have
a
sort
of
a
plethora
of
new
businesses,
and
this
will
add
to
that,
if
we
say
put
in
150
free
licenses
on
around
a
fifty
three
new
establishments,
then
you
see
a
lot
of
leapfrogging
in
the
industry
and
I
think
that
if
you
hear
from
the
owners
some
of
them
may
testify
today,
but
they
have
a
hard
time
sort
of
holding
on
to
their
employees.
A
E
C
I,
don't
have
any
questions,
the
I
mean
I,
I,
guess
I'll
just
make
a
couple
of
statements
that
mr.
chairman,
in
to
my
good
friend
and
council
mattina,
who
raised
the
issue
of
a
full
control
that
was
the
basis
of
our
original
Home
Rule
petition
in
2014.
But
you
know
we.
After
extensive
negotiations,
we
got
what
we
got.
C
You
know
have
done
a
closed
auditing
of
the
impact
over
the
last
three
years.
I
do
believe
what
we've
worked
on
together
and
are
proposing
today
will
allow
us
to
build
upon
that
success,
but
also
to
course-correct
some
unintended
consequences.
One
of
the
neighborhoods
that
have
been
named
throughout
our
original
lobbying
for
the
2014
petition
was
Matt
and
and
of
course
we
did
not
see
one
applicant
out
of
Matapan,
and
that
is
certainly
in
neighborhood,
which
Main
streets
is
currently
being
treated
as
a
drive-through
and
not
a
destination.
C
C
Concentration
in
the
city,
so
those
the
residents
of
Mehta
fan
deserve
to
have
walkable
amenities,
and
what
we
realize
is
that,
and
we
need
time
to
build
a
pipeline
and
to
address
other
issues
like
disparities
in
lending
and
so
I
think
this
bankrolling
issue
will
allow
us
to
address
some
of
these.
These
larger
issues
that
we
cannot
address
in
the
first
three
years
of
our
original
horrible
petition.
C
I
would
also
just
like
to
add
that
we
do
have
a
restaurant
industry
working
group,
and
so
we
have
been
working
with
people
that
are
in
the
industry
that
do
have
skin
in
the
game
who
share
our
commitment
to
equity,
but
also
I
want
to
make
sure
that
their
existing
asset
is
not
devalued,
and
that
is
why
they
like
that.
These
licenses
are
being
on-boarded
in
a
metered
fashion
and
not
all
at
one
time
to
address
your
concerns.
Councillor
Flaherty
relative
to
a
market
being
flooded,
I,
look
forward
to
hearing
from
the
industry.
C
It
has
been
my
experience
that
the
restaurants
are
not
cannibalizing
one.
Another
Dorchester
alone
in
the
last
three
years
has
seen
the
addition
of
19
new
restaurants,
lucy's
landmark
and
Adams
Morgan,
and
it
is
only
served
to
further
incentivize
foot
traffic
into
these
neighborhoods
and
people
will
go
to
each
establishment
for
a
different
reason:
the
challenges
around
workforce
and
how
it
is
rolling
and
at
times
destabilized.
C
We
continue
to
work
with
the
industry
about
how
we
can
support
them
and
building
that
pipeline
with
students
from
Madison,
Park,
High,
School
and
buffering
up
our
culinary
arts
program
and
so
I.
Think
again,
this
debate
and
conversation
begs
larger
questions
and
we
can
seem
to
engage
people
from
all
vantage
points,
not
just
people
who
are
endorsing
this,
as
is,
but
because
we
know
that
it
will
be
strengthened
and
improved
with
a
dissenting
opinion
so
that
we
are
supporting
and
serving
both
masters.
A
I
A
I
You
we
do
recognize
the
need
for
additional
licenses
in
the
city
of
Boston,
especially
in
those
areas
that
currently
are
underrepresented
and
lacking.
In
section
12
location,
restaurants
play
a
vital
role
in
economic
development
and
we
don't
need
to
head
very
far
in
either
direction
to
see
the
impact
that
multiple
well-run
establishments
can
have
on
the
revitalization
of
a
neighborhood
within
the
city.
I
Now
being
said,
the
request
is
for
a
significant
amount
of
licenses
over
a
short
period
of
time,
specifically
152
new
licenses,
on
top
of
the
already
existing
home
rule,
to
add
12
licenses
to
the
South
Bay
development.
This
many
licenses
in
such
a
short
window
would
take
the
labor
shortage
that
is
impacting
our
industry
all
the
way
to
DEFCON
1
in
my
35
plus
years
in
this
industry,
staffing
is
at
an
all-time
crisis
level
price.
It's
not
critical,
not
even
not
only
in
the
city
of
Boston,
but
throughout
Massachusetts.
I
Getting
good
workers
to
safely
serve
alcohol,
which
is
the
goal
of
every
single
restaurateur
and
a
regularly
proper
food
procedure.
Procedures
gets
more
more
difficult
every
single
day.
In
addition
to
the
staffing
crisis,
the
reality
is,
we
don't
have
the
population
growth
to
serve
this
many
new
restaurants,
Boston's
highest
ever
recorded
population,
was
in
1930
with
780
1188
residents
were
5
below
that
level.
Right
now,
and
in
fact,
the
recent
Boston
Globe
headline
espoused
that
saying
great
approximate
population
growth
is
Kulik.
There
are
quite
literally
thousands
of
more
restaurant
seats.
I
19:30,
adding
more
seats
is
just
going
to
displace
existing
customer.
However,
the
biggest
concern
that
we
hear
from
our
Boston
operators
that
we
represent
of
the
30
unrestricted
all
alcohol
license.
Once
these
licenses
are
granted
to
the
city,
they
will
essentially
be
handed
out
for
free,
and
this
is
going
to
create
an
unlevel
playing
field
for
the
existing
operators,
who
have
already
poured
their
blood,
sweat
and
tears,
not
to
mention
a
significant
amount
of
money
to
get
their
establishments
open.
Consider
for
a
minute
the
impact
that
a
free
citywide
license
would
have
on
the
competition.
I
The
new
restaurant
would
have
three
hundred
three
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
spend
on
marketing
the
city
created
Delta
would
seriously
impact
the
cost
of
a
burger
in
each
establishment.
The
more
serious
economic
impact
is
the
loans
that
have
been
granted
with
the
purchase
license
as
a
pluggable
asset.
Most
of
the
much
of
the
Commonwealth
restaurant
growth
comes
from
existing
operators
who
had
a
second
third
or
fourth
location
in
order
to
expand
they've
used
the
value
of
those
licenses
to
get
a
loan
for
a
second
business.
I
If
the
value
of
that
license
were
to
go
away,
the
banks
would
force
these
operators
to
replace
that
asset,
forcing
many
of
them
to
mortgage
their
homes
or
find
money
elsewhere.
This
is
a
very
risky
proposition
in
an
industry
that
has
a
very
high
failure
rate.
5%
bottom
line
is
a
really
really
successful.
Restaurant.
I
Much
of
the
push
to
these
new
licenses
are
from
developers
who
are
looking
to
replace
retail
square
footage,
which
is
headed
to
the
Internet
restaurants
can't
be
in,
and
edit
out
of
business
developers
do
not
care
about
the
success
of
our
industry,
nor
the
low
staffing
levels
that
we're
currently
dealing
with.
If
a
developer
is
spending
fifty
a
hundred
million
dollars
or
more
on
a
project,
they
certainly
have
the
capital
available
to
go
purchase
a
license
on
the
open
market.
I
We
do
not
need
to
look
further
than
Cambridge
for
two
examples
about
the
impacts:
zero
value
licenses
have
on
longtime
operators.
A
recent
watson
magazine
article
highlighted
two
longtime
cambridge
institution
institutions,
tt-there's
and
river-god,
were
forced
out
of
business.
One
was
forced
out
the
rising
rents
in
the
other
two
case
of
poor
health.
Their
licenses
are
worthless
and
they
have
no
money
for
retirement
or
to
fund
their
healthcare
needs.
I
The
situation
is
so
dire
that
these
operators
for
these
operate,
that
a
city
councilor
has
filed
legislation
and
I
quote:
to
provide
relief
in
fair
compensation
to
devalued
license
holders
license
holders
who
simply
did
is
directed
and
invested
substantially
and
something
they
believe
would
yield
a
return,
or
at
least
their
money
back.
It's
our
hope
that
we
can
continue
to
work
on
this
situation
and
come
to
a
reasonable
solution,
as
well
as
a
mistake
in
the
success
of
the
restaurant
industry
and
the
thousands
of
employees
who
work
with
it.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
I
A
vacuum
pulling
people
in
a
kitchen,
it
is
going
to
you
know.
If
you
go
down
to
the
areas
in
Connecticut,
literally
there's
desolation
around
those
casinos
down
there.
It
is
going
to
suck
the
industry
in
because
those
are
Union
wages,
plus
gratuities
etcetera,
etcetera.
So
it
is
going
to
be
a
major
major
hurdle
to
overcome
for
operators
in
the
south.
The.
I
E
C
Well,
yes,
first
I
just
wanted
to
say
you
know,
thank
you
for
the
role
that
you
play
in
our
economy
and
in
our
communities
and
I
wanted
to
just
pick
up
on
your
commentary
around
workforce,
and
this
is
not
a
working
session.
But
I
do
want
to
take
advantage
of
your
pro
bono
counsel,
while
you're
sitting
here
and
might
also
follow
up
online,
because
I've
heard
varying
degrees
of
reasoning
for
why
there
are
the
challenges
that
we're
facing
and
keeping
the
workforce
stabilized.
C
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
hearing
from
you
correctly
and
picking
up
on
cancer
clarity's
commentary.
Do
you
believe
that
that
is
due
to
a
population
that
isn't
growing
and
then
the
opportunity
to
restaurant
hop?
If
you
will,
would
those
be
the
two
biggest
reasons
or
what
else
might
you
point
to
it?.
I
You
know
respectfully
I,
don't
know
that
it
is
much
about
people
popping
around
as
there's
just
no
people
to
be
at
I
mean
literally
restaurants
can
go
weeks
months
without
receiving
one
application
at
4%,
unemployment,
we're
past
full
employment
and
there's
just
not
enough.
Applicants
cream
to
jut
or
any
resident
I
mean
literally.
We
have
15350
rush
on
to
Massachusetts
how
many
but
15350,
unless
you're
Bob's
pizzeria-
and
it's
me
my
wife
and
my
two
kids
that
are
running
it.
I
Maybe
one
local
worker,
there's
not
one
place,
that's
fully
staffed
I
can
honestly
tell
you
and-
and
we
have
restaurant
owners
right
now-
that
literally
a
working
seven
days
a
week,
filling
in
shifts
that
they
shouldn't
be
filling
in
for
right
now,
just
trying
to
keep
their
doors
open
and
keep
the
guests
you
know
somewhat
flee.
This
is
a
crisis
that
we
have
not
seen
in
my
in
anybody's
life.
Time
and
again,
I've
been
in
the
business
for
35
years.
It's
the
worst
we've
ever
seen.
Do.
C
But
know
that
it's
been,
we
also
have
struggled
with
what
is
the
best
way
with
which
to
let
people
know
a
job
is
available
and
have
had
to
evolve.
You
know
over
time
that
maybe
there
was
a
neighborhood
paper
that
we
used
to
put
an
ad
in
and
we
would
be
solicited.
We
received
many
applicants
and
now
nothing
are
the
feeders
that
used
to
go
into
the
industry.
Have
those
been
compromised
where
they're
you
know,
schools
previously
or
I'm,
just
trying
to
give.
I
C
I
Again
specifically-
and
this
is
the
one
of
the
points
I'm
trying
to
make
specifically
in
our
industry-
with
with
the
tremendous
growth
in
the
food
and
beverage
industry
over
the
last
number
of
years-
we
just
have
so
many
more
establishments
already.
That
would
just
you
know
with
the
short
supply,
we're
now
thinning
it
further
and
further,
and
it's
not
sustainable
and
that's
why,
when
we
talk
about
all
these
new
licenses,
if
they
were
to
happen
overnight
or
in
the
short
period
of
time
like
this,
it
would
have
a
major
impact.
I
This
is
this
is
like
we've
never
seen
it
before.
It's
just
not
enough
workers
to
go
around
and
and
we
keep
thinning
out
because
we're
opening
more
establishment.
The
other
thing
is:
restaurant
furs
are
facing
a
very
unique
time
right
now,
a
very
dangerous
time.
Quite
honestly,
brick-and-mortar
restaurants
are
less
and
less
of
our
industry,
and
actually
we
don't
even
call
sales.
The
Restaurant
Association
more
we
talk
about
food
and
beverage
operates
because
today's
consumer
doesn't
look
at
it
like
they
did
five
or
ten
years
ago.
I
Convenience
is
everything
you
can
go
into
Walgreens
now
and
grab
sushi
to
go
at
the
front
counter.
I
would
tell
you
something's
wrong
with
America
when
we
get
sushi
to
go
at
the
front
counter
Walgreens
in
the
restaurant
industry.
That
concerns
me,
and
so
all
these
different
points
of
contact
again
are
drawing
less
people
into
restaurants.
It's
thinning
out
a
workforce
that
just
not
there
in
creating
this
problem.
I
hope
that
it
pain
to
them.
No.
C
Absolutely
and
again,
I
don't
want
to
be
M
too
indulgent
here,
because
this
is
not
a
working
session,
but
I
just
wanted
to
find
out
are
your
challenges
with
the
what
what
is
being
proposed
in
totality
or
just
specific
tenants?
Is
it
about
just
in
an
increase
in
the
market?
Is
it
about
the
umbrella
licenses?
You
know
what
might
you
because
you
do
share
our
desire
to
see
an
equitable
distribution
of
walkable
amenities
and
recognize
that
so
many
of
our
neighborhoods
do
not
have
these,
so
how?
What?
I
You
know
that.
Could
you
know
in
neighborhoods
that
work
that
need?
Restaurants,
I,
think
that's
smart,
you
know
and
it
because
we
can
find
ways
to
do
that.
I
think
we
need
to
be
judicious
in
the
amount
of
establishment
and
the
amount
of
licenses.
We
look
at
because
again,
there's
just
so
many
different
points
of
entry
right
now
and
but
the
biggest
concern
again
is
those
the
30
licenses.
You
know
to
me
that
that
is
a
to
the
right
of
this
whole
discussion.
I.
I
Those
things-
and
you
know
it-
the
uber
and
airbnb
analogies
are
fair
one.
You
know
when
you
get
into
liquor
licensing
those
are
fairly
limited.
Linear
problems,
they're
complicated
but
they're,
fairly
linear
when
you
get
into
all
alcohol
and
I've,
been
talking
with
the
governor's
desk
for
I,
mean
the
treasurer's
task
force
on
this
statewide.
I
It's
like
an
octopus
I
mean
there's
so
many
different
arms,
and
so
many
different.
If
you
do
this,
then
this
within
alcohol
licensing
and
to
your
point,
laws
that
will
put
on
the
books
hundreds
of
years
ago.
We
have
to
be
very,
very
thoughtful
and
and
and
really
not
overextend
ourselves,
as
we
try
to
unravel
with
been
here
for
decades
and
Dec
and
liquor.
Licensing
specifically
I
just
think
has
so
many
different
arms.
It
becomes
extremely
competent,
I,
don't
know
if
that
answers
you
don't.
B
I
Well
part:
what
I
was
talking
about
specifically
on
more
licenses
is
the
fact
that
there's
not
enough
fleas
and
the
restaurants
right
now,
and
you
know
we
just
again
with
as
we
continue
to
grow
in
to
open
more
establishments,
we're
thinning
the
herd
of
customers
at
other
restaurants,
everybody's
busy,
Friday
and
Saturday
night
yeah,
the
Tuesday
lunch
Wednesday
dinner.
You
can
roll
a
bowling
ball
for
some
rest,
a
lot
of
rec
time
as
though
we've
just
got
to
be
very
careful
about
how
we
do
this.
So
that's
why
you're
concerned
about
more
licenses
in.
H
The
city
is
added
approximately
60,000
people
since
2010
we're
at
a
twenty
five
year
plus
high
in
terms
of
population
per
imagine,
Boston.
The
city's
first
planning
exercise
in
the
citywide
plan.
In
fifty
years,
the
population
projection
in
just
two
years
for
2030
has
gone
from
700,000
people
to
seven
hundred
twenty
five
thousand
people,
and
the
estimation
is
that
by
2050
was
eight
hundred
thousand
people.
So
there
is
a
trend,
a
growth
trend
on
a
steady
line
upwards
since
nineteen,
eighty
in
terms
of
overall
population
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
I.
A
A
Drive
but
good
stuff,
so
why
do
we
want
to
stay
with
this
I
know?
We
have
some
folks
that
have
signed
up
for
public
testimony
Phil
crowing,
Austin,
O'connor,
Matt
Patton,
rusty
Mariano.
If
you
want
to
just
a
queue
up
here
and
actually
know
what
queue
up
over
here
at
the
anyone
wishing
to
offer
public
testimony,
they
do
so
here
at
this
podium.
Just
can
make
your
way
around
as
a
place
there.
A
So
just
ask
the
DIA
trying
to
be
as
brief
as
possible
your
comments
and
not
repetitive,
if
you
heard
something
already
but
and
just
queue
up
behind
one
another.
So
anyone
at
this
time
wishing
to
offer
public
testimony
may
do
so
now
of
the
public.
Testimony
portion
and
I
just
suggest
that
you
line
up
over
here
and
and
just
ask
same
plies
if
you
could
just
introduce
your
name
and
affiliation
for
the
record,
and
then
you
have
the
floor
to
give
your
thoughts
on
this
legislation.
Phil.
A
E
Afternoon,
thank
you
for
take
on
celerity
and
this
community
for
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
testify.
Today
we
are
here
to
voice
our
support
for
docket
number,
zero.
Three,
nine
three
sponsored
by
councilor
Pressley.
This
petition
will
allow
for
an
alcohol
license
for
the
law
nandi,
which
we
own
and
operate.
Currently,
our
F&P
operator
has
its
own
alcohol
license
for
the
law.
Nandi
MTC
a
standard
practice
is
to
own
our
venues,
liquor
license
and
have
our
F
and
B
operator
manage
them,
and
this
petition
will
allow
us
to
do
so
on
the
lawn.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Phil
and
Phil
raised
an
issue
for
Carolyn
and
Ronon.
If,
if
you
can
have
a
team
back
line
sort
of
the
umbrella
concept,
because
I
think
there
may
be
a
little
misconception
as
to
how
they
work
and
how
they
don't
work,
so
the
one
that
we
have
I
think
the
one
that
I'm
pointing
to
is
the
airport
one.
A
However,
national
law,
section
138,
prohibits
technically
prohibits
umbrella
licenses
because
they
view
that,
as
it's
you're,
leasing
out
a
license
and
so
I
think
we
may
need
to
take
a
look
at
some
of
the
technical
language
around
matter,
because
138
requires
every
every
entity,
every
licensee
to
be
fully
vetted.
So
you
envision
a
license,
an
umbrella
license
of
having
sort
of
one
licensee
and
then
it
Springs
out
and
the
number
of
different
entities
can
sort
of
pop
up
on
that.
A
So
I
I
think
we
may
need
to
take
a
look
at
how
we've
worded
umbrella
licenses
in
this
document
and
how
it
buttresses
with
capital,
138
master
and
laws,
because
I
think
they
currently
preclude
them
in
the
theory
is
that
you
cannot
lease
a
license
that
the
licensee
has
to
be
the
boulder
and
fully
vetted
in
I.
Just
want
to
make
sure
so.
I
hear
em
loud
and
clear
from
the
MCCA
standpoint
makes
sense.
They
have
an
umbrella
license,
and
then
you
know
the
Convention
Center
Hotel,
the
Convention
Center
the
ballroom,
the
lawn
on
D.
A
They
sort
of
all
operate
under
sort
of
that
one
license,
but
II
individual
licensee
has
to
be
identified
under
the
current
structure
master
in
law's
138,
so
so
on.
The
team
back.
We
may
want
to
just
take
a
take
a
peek
of
that
layer
that
that's
airtight,
similar
to
its
and
Councilwoman
Tina's
district,
the
airport,
the
way
that
that
works,
some
of
them
I,
guess
I'm,
an
anomaly
in
the
way
it's
factored
in
is
that
they
have
multiple
licenses
over
the
airport,
but
it
doesn't
go
towards
the
count.
A
The
overall
count
so
having
something
that
doesn't
go
to
the
overall
count
clearly
is
I.
Think
what
were
what
we're
aiming
for,
but
the
way
that
138
currently
reads.
It
actually
precludes
these
from
happening,
so
we
just
need
to
get
them
with
the
legal
department.
So
if
we
can
maybe
in
a
working
session,
have
the
law
department
come
down
and
let's
flush
that
out
a
little
bit
so
yeah.
H
H
I
would
just
clarify
the
no
way,
I
think
that's
a
great
point,
we're
happily
to
bring
Corporation
Counsel
to
the
working
session.
I
would
just
say
the
intent
is
to
have
the
lessening
board
vet
the
umbrella,
as
well
as
all
individual
establishments
under
that
umbrella.
So
there's
two
layers
of
evaluation:
okay,
great.
J
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
counselors,
Boston
O'connor
from
the
bride
group
I'm
here
to
share
my
perspective
on
the
idea
of
introducing
at
least
the
30
citywide
licenses
and
how
that
may
affect
me,
but
other
other
restaurant
tours
just
to
kind
of
shed
light
in
a
different
way
and
I'm
perfectly
I
understand,
certainly
the
difference
being
a
license
of
transferrable
or
not,
and
yes
over
time.
That
makes
a
difference,
but
the
impact,
the
competitiveness
on
a
restaurant
that
has
paid
for
a
license
and
right
next
door.
Another
licensee
gets
a
free
license
is
very,
very
detrimental.
J
The
Bob's
points
earlier
about
you
know
one
restaurant
spending,
three
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
restaurant
opened
up
next
door.
That
is
not
is
a
competitive
advantage.
That's
in
cents
created
by
the
city
of
government,
I
mean
competitive
advantages.
All
restaurant
tools
live
with
that.
You
know
you're
going
to
put
out
a
better
product,
you're
going
to
put
better
you
know,
are
you
going
to
invest
the
kind
of
money
that's
going
to
create
it?
J
Certainly
there
are
needs
in
neighborhoods
and
I'm,
not
denying
that
whatsoever,
but
I'd
love
to
see
legislation,
crafted
that
allowed
those
areas
to
succeed
and
the
areas
that
are
in
need
of
licenses.
If
those
are
the
downtown
licenses,
what
have
you
don't
set
this
legislation
up
to
give
a
competitive
advantage
to
your
neighbor?
That's
my
main
concern
and
you
know
if,
if,
as
you
use
bad
pen
and
prior
comments,
if
this
leads
to
licenses
there
may
be
that
license.
J
Maybe
there
you
have
a
couple
licenses
and
maybe
maybe
the
system
allows
for
someone
who
has
a
license
and
all
alcoholic
in
Mattapan
to
sell
it
to
someone
downtown.
If
we
need
licenses,
we
need
licenses
the
developments.
Wonderful,
it's
great,
but
this
give
30
licenses
out
and
create
that
unfair
advantage
is
what
concerns
me
the
most
to
make
it
into
business.
You
have
literally,
we
only
have
a
few
months
a
year
to
make
it
and
you're
you're
going
to
lose
money.
J
A
K
K
To
Mariano
from
Good
Cheer
enterprises
I
don't
really
want
to
be
redundant
to
a
repetitive
of
what
my
colleague
Bob
lots
of
spoke
about.
National
Connor
I
agree
with
them
wholeheartedly
it's
on
not
that
there
shouldn't
be
more
licenses
created
in
certain
areas.
We
believe
as
a
whole
and
I
speak
with
2025
other
restaurant
tours
almost
on
a
daily
basis,
but
at
least
a
weekly
basis
just
to
get
their
pulse
on
how
their
businesses
are
doing
everything
else,
and
we
all
feel
those
those
neighborhoods
and
Main
Street
neighborhoods.
K
Yes,
it
could
be
an
added
number
of
licenses
in
those
neighborhoods.
We
should
maybe
curtail
and
figure
out
what
those
neighborhoods
can
financially
sustain,
and
you
know
how
many
should
go
into
those
particular
neighborhoods,
but
as
far
as
I'm
more
concerned,
with
my
location,
downtown
and
every
day,
I
see
the
skyscrapers
and
visual
skyscrapers
around
us
that
get
let
out
and
people
just
walking
by
the
storefronts
walking
by
the
storefront
walking
by
the
storefront.
K
Go
on
to
the
train
station
and
I
speak
with
my
neighbors
on
Stanhope
Street
I
speak
with
the
customers
that
do
come
in
and
say
hey.
Why
aren't
you
coming
in
more
often
after
work?
Well,
I,
don't
really
need
to
I'd
rather
get
home,
get
to
my
house
because
there's
more
options
in
the
neighborhood
now
so
fair
enough,
so
I
talked
to
the
other
owners.
You
feeling
the
same
thing
and
it's
not
for
lack
of
effort,
we're
all
doing
the
same
things.
K
We've
always
done
from
an
advertising
standpoint,
a
marketing
standpoint
and
the
new
business
development
standpoint,
and
it's
certainly
not
for
lack
of
ethic.
It's
just
the
fact
that
there
are
a
lot
more
options
out
there
right
now,
and
so
it's
really
really
hard
to
stay
competitive
downtown
before
you
know
it.
You
know
you're
going
to
see
a
lot
of
boarded
up
places
downtown
it's
a
lot
hotter,
Frost
sustained
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
rent
than
it
is
in
some
places
outside
the
city
where
it
happens
to
be
cheaper.
K
When
we're
only
doing
business
two
nights
a
week,
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
survive
like
that
it
just
it
just
won't
happen.
You
know
we
have
to
do
in
a
sense
on
money
to
do
twenty
five
hundred
hours
of
breakeven
we're
doing
four
hundred
dollars
in
sales,
because
people
want
to
get
out
of
the
city
to
go
home
because
it's
easier,
it's
more
convenient
to
go
across
the
street
into
that
point.
The
labor
shortage
in
I've
been
in
the
business
in
this
city
for
25
years.
K
K
So
instead
of
people
want
to
spend
nine
hours
on
their
feet,
serving
a
table
making
$11
an
hour,
they
can
go.
Do
something
else
where
it's
not
as
taxing
on
the
body
or
$11
an
hour.
Culinary
schools
are
closing
down
that
hurts
the
industry,
we're
paying
ubers
and
taxis
for
our
kitchen
staff
to
get
home.
K
There's
a
lot
of
them
lives
over
there,
where
the
casinos
going
going
to
go,
but
in
order
to
keep
them
in
order
to
get
them
to
come
work
for
us,
we
have
to
give
them
added
money
on
top
of
a
higher
rate
than
we've
ever
paid
before.
In
the
industry
we
pay
them
for
them
to
get
home
just
so
we
don't
lose
them.
It
was
very,
very
difficult
from
a
staffing
perspective
right
now,
especially
downtown
neighborhoods.
K
It
is
a
little
bit
easier
because
people
can
walk
to
work
and
then
take
a
walk
on,
so
it
is
easier
in
the
neighborhoods.
You
know
that
that's
our
main
concern
and
speak
with
some
of
the
colleagues
today
as
well.
You
know,
as
far
as
license
for
the
development
and
umbrellas
we
we
recently
went
into
a
big
13
story,
high-rise
development,
and
but
that
was
a
license
that
we
paid
$350,000
for
and
when
we
first
got
going.
You
know,
15
years
ago,
I
mortgaged
my
house,
my
father
mortgage
ourselves.
Our
parents
mortgaged
their
houses.
K
They
give
us
the
money
to
be
able
to
afford
a
license
to
open
up.
There's
a
lot
of
risk
there,
so
not
that
people
that
get
a
license
to
operate
free
from
the
city
and
take
anymore.
You
know
to
take
any
less
heart
into
what
they
do
in
their
operation,
but
there's
not
that
much
risk
there.
For
them.
There
is
so
much
risk
when
we
did.
K
On
that
point,
with
some
of
these
developers
that
you
know
I'm,
not
a
developer,
so
I'm
not
sure
exactly
how
deep
their
pockets
may
run,
but
I
find
how
to
believe
when
the
building
a
14-story
high-rise
that
they
can't
really
afford.
300
our
license
all
right.
Maybe
they
can't
why
can't
we
establish
some
sort
of
a
benchmark
as
the
council
flag,
II
was
saying
where
they
pay
the
city
over
X
amount
of
years,
where
it's
three
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
now
that
developer
paid
the
city
three
thousand
dollars.
K
Maybe
we
use
that
to
fight
the
opioid
crisis,
as
one
of
my
colleagues
suggested
get
creative,
but
still
have
them
put
value
into
that
license.
So
they
feel
you
know
just
on
the
same
playing
field
as
everyone
else,
but
they're
also
doing
good
with
the
money
that
they're
paying
for
that
particular
life,
because
you
know
to
give
developers
and
say
that
people
aren't
coming
into
the
city
and
big
developers
don't
want
to
develop
in
the
city
because
they
can't
get
a
license.
K
K
A
C
So
well,
thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
anecdotally.
You
know
so
I,
look
at
a
neighborhood
like
Roxbury
that
didn't
have
a
new
restaurant
for
20
years
and
through
this
legislation
has
seen
seven
come
on
board.
I.
Think
anecdotally.
Most
folks
would
assume
that
in
the
downtown
neighborhoods,
given
the
amount
of
development
is
happening,
market
rate
housing,
people
with
purchasing
power,
the
rest,
the
downtown
restaurants,
would
be
doing
well,
so
I'm,
just
curious,
I
wanted
to
ask
and
so
I.
C
Thank
you
so
much
for
you
know
giving
us
that
whole
sort
of
360
picture
about
what
you're
experiencing
and
I
don't
know.
If
we've
done
in
the
Office
of
Economic
Development
any
sort
of
mapping
to
better
understand
you
know
sort
of
where
how
many
restaurants
do
we
have
any
sense
of
how
many
restaurants
exist
in
the
downtown
I'm
just
trying.
C
You
know
we
felt
we
had
proven
that
in
fact
the
can
and
that
there
was
even
more
of
a
demand
and
that
we
weren't
seeing
restaurants
open
right
next
to
one
another,
because
there
still
is
a
neighborhood
process
and
in
order
to
get
a
license,
you
have
to
prove
public
a
you
know
that
there
is
already
some
level
of
your
food
desert
or
disparity
that
you
don't
have
something,
but
have
we
done
any
mapping.
Do
we
have
a
we.
G
Makes
me
think
about
that,
particularly
in
relation
to
the
bowling
building.
That's
been
proposed
there
and
also
trying
to
get
a
clearer
sense
from
even
deadly
Square
main
streets
about
what
that
kind
of
the
catchment
area
for
restaurants.
But
that's
looking
like
for
us,
so
I'd
love
to
come
back
to
you
with
some
data
there,
because
I
think
sort
of
the
knock-on
effects
or
the
multiplier
effects
of
having
more
restaurants.
In
a
particular
geography,
yeah.
G
Point
about
clarifying
what
that
means
in
terms
of
constituent
engagement
and
conversations
where,
but
we
don't
have
the
clustering
side-by-side,
because
there
is
a
process
for
abutters
and
for
residents
to
express
their
concern
about
even
density
verses
related
to
restaurants,
but
the
concern
over
alters
the
economic
impact
and
what
that
means
for
competition.
It's
a
great
question:
okay,.
K
It
quickly,
we've
always
been
from
the
from
the
thought
process.
Well,
yet
people
breed
people,
so
you
know
the
more
place
is
going
to
into
enabling
better
for
the
neighborhood.
It
makes
it
more
attractive.
Property
value
is
going
to
go
up
a
dead
that
absolutely
does
help,
but
there
comes
a
point
when
saturation
does
come
into
play
and
you
know
what
is
too
many
in,
and
you
know
when
is
there
people
don't
bring
people
anymore,
because
there
are
so
many
more
options?
Hey
that
does
just
a
fear.
K
You
know
I
do
believe
there
are
definitely
a
hundred
percent
neighborhoods
that
still
need
this
type
of
development
and
still
call
for
that
type
of
increase
in
development.
But
there
are
a
lot
of
that.
Getting
a
bit
saturated
where,
when
I'm
in
both
some
of
them
think
it
is
going
to
get
even
more
more
difficult
to
survive,
and
people
think
that
all
restaurant
tours
are
our
oil
millionaires
and
wealthy
and
crazy
rich.
But
nobody
ever
sees
the
actual
numbers.
You
know
some
of
our
places.
We
don't
take
money.
K
Someplace,
we
haven't
taken
money
out
of
we've
been
open
a
year.
We
don't
take
any
money
out
of
any
place
until
we
can
make
sure
it
survives.
Thank
we
were
in
that
position
now,
but
our
first
place
we
weren't
able
to
do
that.
But
not
you
know
restaurant
to
it
towards,
especially
now
as
we
just
go
up
and
you
paying
more
and
more
for
help,
you
know
me,
would
money
just
isn't
float
doesn't
flow
into
our
pockets,
it's
all
a
trickle-down
effect
and
it's
very
very
hard
and
we
need
to
put
food
on
our
family.
K
G
K
So
when
we're
dealing
with
these
circumstances,
it's
only
making
it
that
much
more
difficult,
I'm
all
the
Bowl
growth
I'm
all
about
diversity
and
helping
neighborhoods
107.
You
can
ask
a
lot
of
people
I'm,
just
fearful
of
what
the
majority
or
the
mid.
The
amount
of
license
is
150
X
amount
in
the
city
where
ever
can
affect
those
damage
and.
C
I
appreciate
him:
I
was
Bob.
What
I
was
asking
you
earlier
about
was
had
the
feeders
been
compromised
into
your
industry
and
that's
what
I
was
talking
about
with
the
culinary
arts,
school
and
so
I
do
think
on
the
workforce
side
and
building
that
pipeline.
That
is
something
for
us
to
figure
out
how
we
address
as
a
city
and
as
I
was
saying
whether
it's
buffering
up
programs
that
are
at
our
Volk
school,
like
Madison,
Park
or
Boston
deign
evening
as
a
culinary
arts
school
spin
way.
You
know
these.
C
These
kids
need
opportunities
that
we
need
to
strengthen
those
pipelines.
So
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out
how
to
address
that,
so
that
the
your
what
you're,
offering
in
terms
of
the
industry
being
spin
it
out
and
how
that's
impacting
workforce
you
know,
is
very
legitimate,
but
I
think
there's
another
issue
here,
that
we
can
right
size
to
build
that
pipeline,
and
you
know
one
of
the
reasons
I'm
so
passionate
about
this
industry
is
because
it
has
been
the
path
of
least
resistance
for
people
who
experience
great
barriers
to
employment
people
with
quarries.
C
K
Yes,
we
do
reach
out,
to
you,
know
Johnson
Wales
and
Boston
College,
High,
School
and
in
area
schools
to
just-
and
we
haven't
done
that
before,
but
now
we're
kind
of
forced
to
look
at
other
means
to
get
more
help.
Then
we
do
look
out
those
schools
and
reach
out
to
schools
and
we
do
get
some
help
from
those
schools.
I
think
there
I
think
we
should
come
up
with
some
sort
of
plan
of
action
to
vet
that
and
make
it
even
more
high.
K
Because
you
know
there
I
was
to
going
work
at
tomorrow
hours
and
labor
laws
and
everything
else,
but
there
was
a
time
where
we
used
to
not
even
look
at
application.
If
there
wasn't
two
years
experience
on
there
in
a
particular
role
now
we
just
try
to
find
the
right
personality,
the
right
person
and
we'll
train
them.
But
again,
let's
get
hot
around
a
few
times.
C
I
I
Going
forward
into
that
point,
our
members
have
invested
in
those
people
and
just
last
that
week
ago,
Monday
we
awarded
$100,000
in
scholarships
to
kids
to
go
to
school,
who
otherwise
might
not
be
able
to
in
culinary
arts
and
hospitality
program.
So
we're
doing
all
we
can.
We
work
very
aggressively
with
NiCad,
not.
C
L
Ilyusha
name
is
Doug
bacon
such
a
hand,
I'll
be
happy
to
sign
in
after
this,
and
my
business
is
called
red
paint,
hospitality,
group
and
I
own
and
operate
six
liquor
license
businesses
all
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Five
are
in
Austin
and
Brighton
I
started
out
27
years
ago
and
invested
my
life
savings
and
my
family's
savings
in
opening
my
first
business.
L
A
big
part
of
that
expense
was
the
liquor
license
and
it
was
a
huge
risk,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I
knew
and
other
people
in
my
business
know
is
if
something
goes
wrong
or
the
building
burns
down
or
I
lose
my
lease
I'll
always
be
able
to
resell.
My
liquor
license
and
I'm
very
very
concerned
about
the
issuance
of
unrestricted,
full
liquor
licenses
that
can
be
used.
Citywide
I,
don't
have
an
objection.
The
liquor
license
is
targeted
at
underdeveloped
area
and
I.
L
Don't
don't
think
hardly
anyone
will
and
I
want
to
see
more
development
in
underdeveloped
areas,
but
those
unrestricted
licenses
are
a
major
concern.
If
there's
a
downturn
in
the
economy
or
a
recession,
I
could
see
three
years
from
now
when
all
these
licenses
are
issued
and
if
we
have
a
recession,
the
value
of
liquor
licenses
could
drop
to
zero.
That's
a
major
concern.
L
Another
concern
I
have
the
umbrella
licenses.
I
have
for
businesses
that
are
less
than
a
mile
from
the
New
Balance
project
in
Allston,
Brighton
I
didn't
was
not
aware
that
that
real
estate
development
would
follow
fie
under
this
proposal
for
an
umbrella
liquor
license
it.
If
I'm
hearing
correctly,
that
means
it
could
possibly
have
five
new
full
liquor
licenses
and
five
beer
and
wine
licenses.
L
It's
mystifying
to
me
that
this
could
be
allowed
at
just
while
I'm
sitting
here.
A
google
search
reveals
that
that
project
the
route
the
developer
is
investing
over
500
million
dollars
in
that
project
and
just
like
restaurant
owners,
real
estate
developers
make
investments
to
attract
tenants
and
people
to
their
businesses
that
project
they
invested
twenty
million
dollars
to
build
a
brand
new
MBTA
MBTA.
L
Excuse
me
MBTA
station
20
million
dollars
and
I.
Think
it's
a
great
investment
and
I
think
it's
a
great
amenity
and
it
will
help
them
lease
their
property
for
resident
hotels,
office
users.
So
how
is
it
that
they
should
get
ten
liquor
licenses
at
no
charge
when
I'm
doing
business?
A
mile
away
and
I've
invested
my
life
savings?
It's
one!
It's
bad
enough
and
I'm.
Ok
with
the
competition
I,
never
feared
competition
as
long
as
it's
on
a
level
playing
field,
but
that
this
represents
a
three
hundred
thousand
dollar
per
license
gift
times.
L
L
M
Hello,
my
name
is
Matthew
Paden
I'm,
an
owner
of
urban
axis,
which
is,
we
opened,
America's,
first
indoor,
competitive
axe,
rowing
venue
in
Philadelphia
a
little
over
a
year
ago
and
we're
actually
now
expanding
into
more
markets
and
we're
opening
3
more
locations
in
Austin,
Baltimore
and
Cincinnati,
and
we
looked
at
Boston
for
a
very
long
time,
but
found
that
the
license
is
prohibitively
expensive
so
and
we've
prioritized
other
cities.
So,
having
heard
about
these
changes,
I
think
they
would
be
perfectly
for
our
type
of
business
for
our
entry.
M
You
know
we
go
for
beer
and
wine
licenses.
Only
we
don't
compete
with
restaurants
or
bars.
In
fact,
we
very
complementary
and
we're
a
destination
event:
people
Booker
and
our
axe,
throwing
session
as
a
group
and
once
they're
done,
they
typically
want
to
go
to
a
bar
or
go
to
a
restaurant
and
we
hire
a
mix
of
full-time
part-time
employees.
We've
got
about
35
employees
in
Philadelphia
and
we
actively
participate
in
local
communities
that
we
that
we
go
in
to
see
I
just
wanted
to
say,
I
support
this
and
thank
you
very
much.
Matt.
M
So
we
run
it
two
and
a
half
hour
structured
event,
so
you
for
a
birthday
party
or
bachelor
party
bachelorette
party.
We
see
a
lot
of
different
people
come
in
all
different
ages
and
we
run
you
through
training
and
safety.
We
run
a
very
high
touch
staffing
models
of.
Obviously,
safety
is
important
for
us.
Therefore,
every
two
throws,
but
one
staff,
member
supervising
and
they'll
teach
them
how
to
throw.
We
do
a
round-robin
tournament
and
followed
by
a
seated
bracket
and
then
the
champion.
At
the
end,
we.
C
M
A
A
B
N
A
couple
of
things
to
think
about.
I
want
to
give
you
an
example:
that's
in
your
home
district
council
fire
at
amo,
you're,
obviously
at
large,
but
a
hotel
project
that
we
worked
on
across
from
one
on
DD
Laughton
element:
hotels,
that
developer
a
very
successful
and
well
capitalized
developer
here
in
Boston,
had
to
buy
an
all
alcohol
license
with
a
loss
of
beer
and
wine
license
for
the
element.
That's
two
licenses.
N
They
had
to
purchase
on
the
open
market
and
we've
ground
for
retail
space,
so
we're
trying
to
activate
to
create
the
connection
on
D
Street
between
South
Boston
Proper
and
the
waterfront
there's
up
to
three
more
restaurant
spaces
on
the
ground
floor.
That's
one
project
under
the
thresholds
the
bpas
proposing
and
the
threshold
that's
contained
in
the
amendment
or
the
language
as
I
understand
it
500,000
square
feet
where
there
would
be
potentially
five
licenses
that
would
have
had
to
been
purchased
on
the
open
market.
N
This
doesn't
one
thing
to
consider
as
you're
looking
through
this,
the
idea
of
mixed-use
in
some
of
those
definitions
and
I'm,
not
in
any
way
criticizing
the
authority
or
the
agency
or
anyone
involved
in
the
drafting
or
language.
These
thresholds
of
500
700
thousand
square
feet.
The
definition
of
150
thousand
square
feet
of
commercial
space
I
think
you
need
to
look
at
that.
Mixed-Use
projects
have
a
lot
of
different
definitions
and
retail
versus
restaurants
from
the
uses
contained
in
PDAs.
N
In
particular,
this
project
would
not
qualify
for
an
under
umbrella
license,
and
perhaps
it
would
be
a
good
one
that
could
have
also
flexibility
related.
As
an
example
there
that,
if
the
hotel
could
have
used
the
one
all
alcohol
license
for
both
hotels,
again,
that's
one
more
beer
and
wine
that
would
have
been
would
not
have
been
purchased.
Similarly,
if
there
could
have
been
a
management
contract
associated
with
one
of
the
restaurants
same
thing
again,
one
more
license
back
to
the
public.
N
So
thinking
about
that
another
thing
as
a
practical
matter
when
we're
negotiating
leases
and
some
of
the
other,
you
know,
there's
licensing
council
in
the
room.
We
we
have
a
challenge
sometimes
because
both
the
ABC
C
and
as
I
I,
think
a
put
matter
of
policy.
Certainly
here
on
the
licensing
board,
the
city
requires
at
least
a
drafted
lease,
if
not
a
certainly
a
signed
letter
of
intent
or
ll
LOI
before
you
can
even
start
the
process,
one
of
the
biggest
problems
that
we
have
as
brokers
and
on
behalf
of
tenants.
N
We
do
a
lot
of
restaurant
work
and
landlord.
Is
you
often
getting
a
free
license
or
getting
a
license
below
market?
If
you
will
is
often
what
separates
you
getting
a
deal
done
or
not
getting
a
deal
done.
So
if
you
have
to
have
a
signed
lease
or
an
eagerly
signed,
fully
negotiated
lease
before
you
go
into
the
licensing
board,
what
I
can
tell
you
right
now
is
many
tenants.
N
You
know,
I
think
tenants
that
are
deserving
of
one
of
these
licenses
won't
be
able
to
be
in
the
queue.
So
what
you
find
and
I'm
sure
you've
heard
this
in
the
previous
cycle
was
like
licensees
existing
licensees
in
some
cases.
Looking
for
that
upgraded
license
or
in
some
cases
looking
for
a
new,
including,
very,
very
well
capitalized
national
restaurant
chains
who
got
some
of
the
free.
If
you
will
free
licenses,
they
were
ready
because
they're,
the
right
counsel-
and
we
advise
people
to
use
people
who've
done
it
before
here
in
Boston.
N
But
what
you're
missing
is
you
don't
have
at
least
done
so
a
lot
of
these
tenants
that
are
smaller
or
not
a
sophisticated
frankly
won't
be
ready
to
be
in
the
queue.
So
just
that's
a
question
for
you
guys
to
maybe
you
know,
consult
otherwise.
It's
boring
to
a
BCC,
because
it's
a
timing,
question
and
then
the
last
and
I
actually
thoroughly
support
the
idea
of
these
umbrella
licenses.
Just
to
come
back
to
another
thought
is
what
happens
with
the
licenses
that
are
on
site.
N
There
are
if
whether
it's
five
hundred
thousand
or
three
hundred
fifty
thousand
or
seven
hundred
thousand
square
feet
of
a
development
project,
there
are
many
licenses
have
been
paid
or,
in
some
cases,
restricted
license
on
site
in
the
seaport,
potentially
New
Balance
nor
station
at
the
garden
site,
all
of
which
we
work
in
and
all
of
which
we
want
to
succeed
when
we
are
certain
most
of
them
will
when
those
licenses,
if
they
come
back
to
the
city,
where
will
they
be
classified?
Will
they
be
classified
as
restricted
unrestricted
or
for
that
neighborhood
seaport?
N
B
N
A
Very
good,
thank
you.
Anyone
wishing
to
add
any
additional
public
testimony
may
do
so
now,
before
we
close
out
the
public
testimony
portion,
seeing
and
hearing
no
desire
to
add
to
that.
Just
a
couple,
quick
things
on
the
all
alcohol.
You
all
have
gob
eyes,
they're
obligated
to
fully
stock
the
all
alcohol
and
so
not
quite
sure,
of
sort
of
a
mom
and
pop
type
of
operations
going
to
be
able
to
compete
in
the.
B
A
It
is
very
expensive,
endeavor
to
fully
stock
and
all
alcohol
bar
and
they're
obligated
to
that
under
the
all
alcohol
license.
So
that's
just
another
sort
of
food
for
thought
and
also,
if
you
have
someone
that
has
a
transferable
license,
business
City,
going
to
consider
allowing
them
to
sort
of
I
guess
sell
that
trade
that
in,
if
you
will
and
it
ain't
on
to
transfer
boys
so
that
they're
on
equal
footing
would
say
someone
is
getting
a
freebie
if
we're
not
going
to
value
them
and
have
folks
pay
for
them
over
time.
A
C
B
C
C
That's
why
we
put
a
cap
on
the
license
being
proposed
to
go
into
those
neighborhoods,
but
I'd
be
specifically
interested
in
in
downtown,
but
also
I
just
wanted
to
underscore
that
this
is
not
only
about
every
neighborhood
having
an
equitable
opportunity
to
build
community
and
to
build
wealth,
which
is
what
I
believe
is
the
role
that
neighborhoods
play
in
community
and
in
our
neighborhood
restaurants
play
in
community
and
in
our
economy.
But
it's
also
about
our
wealth
gap,
because
it's
about
ownership
and
so
because
we
don't
have
the
data.
C
I
can
tell
you
about
Cambridge
out
of
350
licenses.
Only
two
of
them
are
owned
by
people
of
color,
and
so
you
can't
have
stark
contrast
like
that,
and
you
know
without
being
making
it
a
point
to
be
prescriptive
and
intentional
about
addressing
that
to
ensure
that,
from
an
ownership
standpoint
in
terms
of
asset
inequity
that
we're
addressing
that
and
right
now,
we
can't
really
make
that
case.
C
That
speaks
to
not
only
we're
speaking
to
the
disparity
in
walkable
amenities
in
neighborhoods,
but
in
terms
of
ownership,
so
moving
forward
I
would
just
like
for
us
to
track.
You
know
not
only
how
many
applicants
how
many
applicants
and
then
who's
awarded,
but
what
neighborhood
are
they
from
you
know
and
what
is
their
their
race
or
ethnicity
moving.
A
A
You
councillor
and
just
one
of
the
footnote
on
the
umbrella
licensure
Sepideh
reminded
me
just
again:
the
takeaway
is
sort
of
based
on
national
laws.
Chapter
138,
it's
I,
guess
it's
kind
of
a
legal
fiction
that
is
such
a
thing
as
an
umbrella
license.
So
I
really
want
to
be
ironclad
about
that
as
it
leaves
here
and
goes
up
to
Beacon
Hill
take
another
look
at
sort
of
how
it
works
at
massport,
not
quite
sure
we're
actually
going
to
be
able
to
even
term
it
umbrella.
A
But
we
got
to
figure
that
out
because
the
way
that
138
doesn't
recognize
umbrella
licenses,
they
treat
them
as
you're
leasing
out
a
license
which
technically
is
illegal.
You
need
the
Commission
of
the
licensing
gordy
and
the
ABC
see
to
do
that
too.
So
I
know,
we've
talked
about.
We've
mentioned
the
word
umbrella
several
times.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that's
going
to
be
appropriate
sort
of
term
moving
forward
to
pass
legal
muster
based
on
mastering
law,
strap
138.
So
another
food
for
thought.
A
So,
director,
crockett
and
director
really
appreciate
your
time
and
attention
Bob.
We
shared
you
added
value
for
those
that
took
time
out
of
their
schedule
to
be
here
and
also
those
that
took
time
to
offer
public
testimony
was
very
helpful
to
us,
both
councilor
Pressley
and
I,
as
well
as
our
colleagues
who
were
here
as
well.
So
with
respect
to
the
docket,
does
0
3
9
3,
my
expectation
is
probably
a
team
back
in
a
working
session
clearly
needs
a
law
department
to
maybe
vet
through.
A
Some
of
these
issues
really
would
love
an
opportunity
to
speak
to
the
chairwoman
of
the
licensing
board.
Clearly
there
this
is
sort
of
their
valley
work.
If
you
will
so
we'd
love
to
hear
from
cheer
woman
pole
Jeanie
at
some
point,
maybe
that's
through
the
working
session
and
or
if
we
have
to
convene
another
session.
But
it's
one
thing
for
us
to
sort
of
put
these
things
in
play,
but
as
the
chairwoman
cheese
she
oversees
all
this,
we
really
got
to
get
permit.
I.
A
Think
on
this
as
well
so,
and
she
also
happens
to
be
an
attorney
accomplished
and
his
practice
in
this
area.
So
I
wanted
to
sort
of
pick
her
brain
around
sort
of
the
umbrella
piece
of
it.
The
138th
and
of
all
the
stuff
comes
together.
So
look
forward
to
working
with
my
colleague
is
the
lead,
sponsor
and
working
with
the
administration
moving
forward.
So
thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
attention
with
respect
to
docket
0
3
9
3,
the
committee
Opera
Committee
on
government
is
address.
Thank
you.
Thank.