[ Agenda for the Meeting of Brentwood Beer Board Monday, October 23, 2023 - 6:45 pm Brentwood City Hall]
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UM, WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE BRENTWOOD BEER BOARD, UH, FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 23RD.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR OCTOBER 9TH, 2023 MEETING.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVED MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN ABSTAINS.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE, UH, COMMENTS FROM, UH, FROM CITIZENS.
UH, ARE THERE ANY, UH, CITIZENS THAT WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? VERY GOOD.
WE'LL CLOSE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS OF, UH, NEW BUSINESS.
UH, FIRST ITEM IS A REQUEST FROM SERATO LAKESIDE, LLC FOR AN ON-PREMISE BEER PERMIT FOR SERATO STEAKHOUSE TWO 14 WARD CIRCLE, SUITE 300 AND 400, A NEW BUSINESS.
WILL THE APPLICANT PLEASE COME FORWARD AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF, UH, BY NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
MY NAME IS, UH, JOSE SERATO, UM, OWNER OF THE, UH, UH, LSE LAKESIDE.
SERRAS LAKESIDE, UM, ALSO CURRENTLY, UM, SERRAS IN FRANKLIN AS WELL.
SO WE ARE, UM, PRETTY EXCITED TO, TO BE PART OF THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY HERE.
UH, THE TEAM, MYSELF, MY WIFE, ALL OUR EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, HAVE MADE POSSIBLE WHAT IT WAS AN IDEA TWO YEARS AGO, UH, NOW TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL RECOGNIZED, UH, STAYING HOUSE, UH, FROM THE AMAZING COMMUNITY OF FRANKLIN AND NEIGHBORING CITIES, YOU KNOW, LIKE THO STATION, SPRING HILL, AND INCLUDING, UH, BRENTWOOD.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED, YOU KNOW, TO TO, TO EXPAND THIS EARLY.
UH, BUT I THINK DUE TO THE SUCCESS AND ALSO TO THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FRANKLIN LOCATION, WE ARE, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE ABOUT EXPANDING, ESPECIALLY HERE IN B BRENTWOOD.
UM, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A, UH, I GOT OUTTA ORDER A LITTLE BIT.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
UM, QUESTIONS, UH, TO, UM, UH, THE, THE OPERATOR, UH, REGARDING, UM, SALE.
JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU, SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY OPEN A STEAKHOUSE, VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS.
WHAT ABOUT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT YOUR EXISTING STEAKHOUSE? DO YOU HAVE MANY PEOPLE TRY TO COME IN AND BUY, YOU KNOW, UNDERAGE PEOPLE COME IN, OR, YOU KNOW, UM, CAN YOU GIMME A HOLD ON THAT? NOT REALLY.
UM, WE ARE KID FRIENDLY, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT WE, WE DO NOT SEE THAT MANY YOUNG KIDS UNLESS THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY, UH, PARENTS AND FAMILY, YOU KNOW? SO WE'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED ON THAT ASPECT AND, AND, UH, UM, DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN GET RELAXED.
SO FOR US, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND, UM, WITH OUR EYES OPEN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, BREAKING THE LAW.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A GOOD POLICY IN PLACE THAT I, UM, I MET WAS MENTIONED THAT I SENT IT TO, TO HOLLY, SO THEY SHOULD HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE, WE DEMAND, UM, SERVER PERMITS.
UH, AND ALSO DURING THE ORIENTATION, WE GO THROUGH LINE BY LINE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SERVER UNDERSTANDS, UH, THE, THE SERIOUS, UH, SERIOUSNESS OF, OF, OF SERVING ALCOHOL.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO ALSO IS WE NEVER ENCOURAGE TO, UH, PUSH SALES ON ALCOHOL.
WE, WE BELIEVE IN 1.5 OUNCES, STANDARD THINGS.
WE GO BY THE STANDARD, UH, PORTIONS OF ALCOHOL.
AND RATHER THAN OFFERING, UH, OR PROMOTING DOUBLES, WE ENCOURAGE OUR SERVERS TO OUTSELL THE QUALITY OF THE ALCOHOL RATHER THAN WHEN, SO WE DON'T WANNA MAKE ANYBODY INTOXICATED, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE THERE FOR, YOU KNOW? SO, UH, UH, THAT'S OUR POLICY.
THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT I SENT, IT'S ABOUT TWO PAGES PLUS OF STEPS THAT WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING,
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UH, UH, IDENTIFYING PEOPLE THAT IT'S, UH, YOUNGER THAN 50.WE REQUIRE TO SAY, OKAY, PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, AND WE SEE THE, THE ID, UH, WE ASK TO PULL THE ID ALSO TO, TO FEEL IT, TOUCH IT.
UH, AND IF IT'S ANY DOUBT, OUR MANAGERS ARE INSTRUCTED ALSO TO GO THERE AND VALIDATE IT.
SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T RUSH INTO MAKE A DECISION THAT PERHAPS I CAN LEAD INTO, UH, BREAKING THE LAW.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOUR BUSINESS HOURS? SO WE ARE OPEN, UH, DURING THE WEEK, UH, 11 TO NINE FRIDAYS AND SATURDAY WE CLOSE AT 10.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S EARLY IN THE EVENING.
I HAVEN'T ASKED THIS A WHILE LATELY.
DO YOU DO HAVE CURBSIDE PICKUP WE DO TO, UH, TAKE OUT, UH, YES.
BUT THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND GET IT? YES, MA'AM.
AND THEN YOU WOULD CHECK THE I SANDWICH? YES, MA'AM.
DON'T, BUT WE DON'T DO TO GO ALCOHOL.
I, I EVEN ON, I DO THAT ON PURPOSE.
JUST, IT'S NOT WORTH THE, IT'S NOT WORTH IT, IN MY OPINION.
IT'S BETTER JUST TO SERVE ON PREMISE, SO YOU HAVE, AGAIN, MORE CONTROL OF THAT.
WILL ANY OF YOUR WHITE STAFF FROM YOUR OTHER LOCATION COME TO THIS ONE? OR WILL YOU START WITH ALL NEW WHITE STAFF? CURRENTLY I'M TRAINING A KEY EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING A, UM, UH, LEAD BARTENDER THAT HAS BEEN WITH US FOR ALL THIS TIME, AND HE'S BEEN PROMOTED TO A LEAD BARTENDER.
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ALREADY WORKING WITH HIM TO ELEVATE HIS KNOWLEDGE, UH, AND INCLUDING, UH, BEING OUR MANAGE MEETINGS AND, AND, AND ONE-ON-ONES WITH ME.
UH, SO BY THE TIME WE OPEN BRENTWOOD, HE'S GONNA HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR POLICY IS, AND THE IDEA IS FOR HIM TO HELP US TO ELEVATE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE, THE OTHER BARTENDERS THAT PERHAPS THEY HAVEN'T JOINED THE TEAM YET.
WHEN DID YOU OPEN? WHEN DO, WHEN I GONNA OPEN? WHEN HAVE YOU OPENED TO THE PUBLIC YET? NO, MA'AM.
WE, WE STILL, UH, IN THE STAGES OF BUILDING THE PLACE OUT.
I BELIEVE THE, THE MALAYSIAN STARTS NOT THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, SO NEXT WEEK.
SO WE ARE THINKING THAT THIS PLACE NOT GONNA BE READY UNTIL, UH, AROUND JANUARY, FOUR, FOUR WEEK OF JANUARY.
UM, YOU ALL READY FOR THE, UH, QUESTION? UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, THE REQUEST OF, UH, SERATO STEAKHOUSE.
UH, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, HERE'S, UH, HERE'S YOUR PERMIT.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, REQUEST OF A MAPCO EXPRESS, UH, INC.
FOR AN OFFSITE, UH, BEER PERMIT FOR MAPCO 34 0 9, 1 58 FRANKLIN ROAD, CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP IN EXISTING BUSINESS.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE.
UM, SO YEAH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I'M A REGION DIRECTOR, UH, RIGHT NOW WITH MAPCO.
UH, WE'LL BE JOINING MAJORS LLC, UH, AFTER NOVEMBER THE FIRST.
UH, SO WHAT WE HAVE IS, UM, WE'VE DIVESTED A HUNDRED STORES TO CIRCLE K, UH, AND MAJORS ARE KEEPING 200 STORES WITH MAPCO BRAND.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE WORLD CLASS TRAINING.
UM, NO TEAM MEMBER CAN JOIN OUR TEAM AND RUN A REGISTER UNTIL THEY GO THROUGH THE, UH, UH, RESPONSIBLE BEER VENDOR, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, OUR POS PROMPTS WILL STAY THE SAME.
NOTHING CHANGES AS FAR AS STRUCTURE IN THE STORE.
SO IF SOMEONE BUYS BEER, THEY HAVE TO KEY IN THE DATE OR SCAN THE, UH, SCAN THE LICENSE.
SO STRUCTURALLY NOTHING WILL CHANGE FROM THE NAME, UH, FROM THE TRAINING.
UH, WE WILL STILL HAVE STRUCTURED CHECKPOINTS, UH, EACH YEAR, UH, WHERE EVERY TEAM MEMBER, INCLUDING MANAGEMENT INSIDE THE STORE IN THE BUILDING, IT GOES THROUGH THE, UH, RESPONSIBLE BEER VENDOR TRAINING PROGRAM, AGAIN, ON THE, UH, ON THE COMPUTER.
SO, UM, WE REALLY ANTICIPATE NO CHANGES, UH, IN OPERATIONS AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.
UH, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE BRAND.
WE'RE JUST VERY SIMPLY CHANGING OWNERS.
THE, UH, THEY, WE'VE ALWAYS VIEWED THE RISK, UH, IN A, UH, CARRY OUT STORE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IN A RESTAURANT FOR SURE.
LAST THING WE WANTED IS FOR A TEENAGER, UH, TO GET AHOLD OF A, A SUITCASE OF BEER.
UM, SO YEAH, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INCIDENT.
I'VE BEEN, UH, WITH THE ORGANIZATION A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND, UH, 30 YEARS IN RETAIL PRIOR TO THAT GROCERY STORES.
SO IT'S, UH, GREAT TRAINING, GOOD PEOPLE, AND, UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INCIDENT, DON'T FORESEE ONE IN THE FUTURE.
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THE, UH, FOR THE QUESTION.UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE QUEST REQUEST BY MAPCO EXPRESS FOR AN OFFSITE, UH, BEER PERMIT.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THE BEER BOARD THIS MORNING OR THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL RECONVENE IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES.