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City of Boston Licensing Board Informational Hearing 7-20-23
A
And
we
ask
that
everybody
entering
from
the
waiting
room,
please
do
remain
on
mute.
No
public
testimony
will
be
accepted
this
afternoon,
as
this
is
an
informational
hearing
for
the
board.
We'll
give
it
just
another
moment
to
make
sure
that
folks
have
cleared
the
waiting
room
and
have
connected
to
audio
so
that
they
can
hear
us.
A
Good
afternoon,
this
is
a
hearing
before
the
licensing
board
for
the
city
of
Boston.
Today
is
Thursday
July
20th
2023..
Today's
hearing
is
being
held
pursuant
to
Temporary
amendments
to
the
open
meeting
law.
That
is
what
allows
us
to
meet.
Virtually
today's
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
will
be
posted
to
the
city
of
Boston's
website.
C
A
A
A
The
item
on
this
afternoon's
agenda
is
Monica's
Trattoria
on
Prince
Inc,
doing
business
as
Monica's
Trattoria
located
at
67
Prince
Street.
This
is
an
informational
hearing
to
review
the
character
and
fitness
of
the
licensee
and
manager
of
record
pursuant
to
match
general
laws.
Chapter
138,
section
12
and
section
26.,
who
is
present
on
behalf
of
the
licensee.
B
B
C
B
The
qualifications
for
manager
of
record
before
this
board
are
citizenship
residency
in
Massachusetts
experience
in
the
food
and
beverage
industry,
in
familiarity
with
the
rules
and
regulations
on
board
the
abcc
and
the
laws
of
the
Commonwealth
relative
to
the
sale
and
service
of
alcohol.
While
these
are
the
Baseline
requirements,
section
26
also
requires
that
a
manager
of
record
be
with
respect
to
his
character
satisfactory
to
the
licensing
authorities
based
on
the
events
that
have
occurred
over
the
past
week
and
which
are
public
knowledge.
B
B
Okay
and
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
our
rules
and
regulations,
Section
1.15
state
that
a
cause
for
revocation
suspension
and
modification
of
a
license.
One
of
those
elements
is
a
failure
to
to
appear
before
the
board
failure
of
the
licensee
or
the
manager
to
appear
and
testify
under
oath
to
any
inquiry
or
hearing
held
by
the
board,
with
respect
to
any
application
or
matter
before
the
board
pertain
to
the
conduct
or
bearing
upon
the
character
and
fitness
of
such
person
to
hold
to
continue
to
hold
a
license.
B
A
C
C
C
The
background
for
this
restaurant
is
that
it's
been
operated
by
the
Mendoza
family
for
more
than
20
years.
You
will
not
find
any
disciplinary
actions
in
your
files.
With
regard
to
the
operations,
restaurant
had
been
a
family
business
that
Mr
Patrick
Mendoza,
took
over
individually
within
the
last
few
years
of
his
absence.
C
B
D
C
A
B
B
B
C
C
B
B
C
C
That
plan
would
be
to
have
other
members
of
the
family
take
over
the
ownership
and
management
of
the
restaurant
as
we
go
along
it's
early
in
this
process,
if
you're
aware,
so
that
also
has
been
a
subject
of
my
meeting,
both
with
Mrs
Mendoza
with
two
other
members
of
the
family
and
as
I'm
saying
with
the
existing
staff,
so
that
we
can
make
plans
to
go
forward
with
this.
Regardless
of
what
happens
for
the
next
couple
of
weeks,.
B
E
C
I'm
fake
left
in
charge,
so
let
me
try
to
clarify
The
Language
by
you,
yeah,
if
you,
if
you
were
talking
about
what
the
restaurants
have
the
assistant
managers,
various
degrees
of
managers,
meaning
as
I
refer
to
an
operations
manager,
some
people
that
they
manages
evening,
Management
Center.
All
of
those
are
at
the
instruction
of
the
general
manager
of
the
restaurant.
That.
E
E
D
A
B
Yeah
attorney
for
Willow
I
would
like
some
more
concrete
details
about
what
the
business
plan
is.
I
would
like
in
writing
tomorrow,
by
the
end
of
the
day,
what
Miss
McQueen's
qualifications
are
to
serve
as
management
record,
but
I
would
also
like
to
know
from
you
when
we
could
expect
to
have
the
application
for
Amanda
McQueen
before
us.
B
B
C
C
C
B
So
tomorrow
we'll
have
in
writing
what
Ms
McQueen's
qualifications
are
as
manager
of
record,
but
it
is
still
to
be
determined
when
we'll
be
able
to
get
a
complete
application
for
her
to
become
approved
as
manager
of
record
and
also
I'm.
Assuming
I
would
like
to
ask
you
are
depending
on
transferring
Mr
Mendoza's
interest
in
this
license.
C
B
Week,
that's
where
that's!
What
gives
me
pause?
He's
evading
the
law,
he's
not
cooperating
with
police
he's
unavailable
to
the
board
and
he's
putting
at
risk
the
operations
of
his
business,
upon
which
his
family
and
these
25
employees
rely
on.
So
I
urge
you
to
get
us
that
information
as
quickly
as
possible.
B
We
we
do
have
precedence
on
transfers
of
management
records
and
improving
such
but
it's
unprecedented
that,
when
called
upon
a
manager
of
record
is
unavailable
for
a
week,
anticipating
the
law
and
is
accused
of
some
serious
crime.
So
I
don't
see
a
parallel
to
any
other
transfer
application
that
we've
had
before
us.
In
the
four
years,
almost
four
years
I've
been
chair
of
the
board,
so
I
don't
see
a
lot
of
similarities.
There.
C
C
It
should
not
be
penalized
at
this
point
in
time
by
putting
people
out
of
work
by
having
the
family
go
without
income
and
not
allow
us
at
least
to
keep
the
restaurant
open
on
the
reliable
group
of
family
members.
As
I
say.
Two
other
brothers
are
approved
by
the
sport
as
managers
and
willing
to
assist
in
the
business.
We
have
a
person
who
has
six
years
of
experience,
managing
they
can
assist
with
the
business
that
has
little
to
do
with
the
allegations
that
attending
regarding
Mr
Mendoza.
B
A
Thank
you
attorney
Furlow.
Any
final
remarks
to
the
board.
I
have
nothing
else.
Thank
you.
The
board
will
look
forward
to
receiving
information
on
the
proposed
manager
of
record
and
any
proposed
changes
to
the
license
at
the
end
of
the
day
tomorrow,
the
record
will
remain
open
until
then
that
will
adjourn
this
hearing
for
now.
Thank
you
all.