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[ Agenda for the Meeting of Brentwood Beer Board Monday, April 27, 2026 - 6:45 pm Brentwood City Hall]
TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BRENTWOOD BEER BOARD FOR APRIL 27TH, 2026.I NOTE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE OTHER THAN VICE MAYOR RAY LITTLE.
UM, SO FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE MAYOR.
UH, COMMISSIONER PIPPIN BY THE SECOND.
ALL OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, UNANIMOUS.
UH, NOW WE MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED DURING THIS DESIGNATED TIME ON THE AGENDA.
UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR AND A PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL STATE HIS NAME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE SIGN IN SHEET? UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ANYWAY? UM, WE'LL CALL ON Y'ALL IF YOU'RE HERE WITH CRUSH YARDS, I IMAGINE? YES.
SO, UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
WE HAVE A REQUEST OF CY BRENTWOOD, LLC FOR AN ON-PREMISES BEER PERMIT FOR CRUSH YARD THREE 30 FRANKLIN ROAD, SUITE ONE 50 A.
UM, WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO, WELL, ACTUALLY, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT BEFORE THEY COME UP OR NO, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THAT'S NOT ALREADY IN YOUR APPLICATION AND YOU'VE COVERED IT REALLY.
SO COME ON UP AND TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
I, YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, AND AFFILIATION.
UM, I'M THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING CY BRENTWOOD, LLC.
WE'RE ALSO REPRESENTED BY MATT NORMAN, WHO IS A DIRECTOR, UM, WITH CREST YARD AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE HERE, UM, FOR MAYOR.
DO WE HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR THAT? UH, WE DO.
UM, FRANKLIN ROAD, SUITE ONE 50 A.
DID YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME WAS THOMPSON? TURNER.
DID I HEAR THOMPSON? IS THAT YOU?
IT JUST, I GOT PEANUT BUTTER JELLY IN MY EARS.
SO IF YOU WOULD JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OPERATION OKAY.
AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, FOLLOWING THE, THE ABSOLUTELY THE, THE LAW AS FAR AS THIS PERMIT GOES.
SO, UM, CRUSH YARD, UM, IT IS A CONCEPT THAT HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN OTHER STATES.
THIS IS THE FIRST LOCATION, UM, IT TENNESSEE.
UM, IT IS OPERATING, UM, AS A FULL RESTAURANT AND BAR.
IT ALSO HAS SOME AMENITIES INCLUDING PICKLEBALL, COURTS, UM, AND AN ARCADE, WHICH IS PRIMARILY, UM, JUST GOLF SIMULATORS.
UM, SO THE, UM, OPERATIONALLY, UM, THEY OF COURSE HAVE BEEN OPERATING OTHER STATES, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE HAVE THE, UM, THE GM THAT'S COMING FROM ONE OF THE LOCATIONS AND ALSO THE, UM, ASSISTANT GM, WHICH IS COMING FROM ANOTHER ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT'S COMING IN TO OPERATE AND START THIS LOCATION.
UM, THEY HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, MANNERS IN WHICH THEY CONTROL, UM, THE, UM, CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE, IN THE PREVENTION AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE LAWS, WHICH INCLUDE, UM, OF COURSE TRAINING THROUGH, UM, THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE TENNESSEE A, B, C, UM, WHICH, UM, UH, REQUIRE THE BARTENDERS AND THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, UM, PRESENTS A VALID PHOTO IDENTIFICATION, MAKING SURE THAT IT, UM, THAT IT IS UP TO DATE.
THEY ALSO MATCH ANY SORT OF CREDIT CARDS WITH, UM, DRIVER'S LICENSE IDENTIFICATION NAMES.
UM, THEY DO HAVE A SELF POOR STATION, UM, WHICH REQUIRES THEM TO PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION THAT HAS A, UM, WRISTBAND THAT STAYS, THAT HAS A SNAP, UM, ON THE BACK OF IT.
THEY CAN'T, UM, EASILY SLIP ON SLIP OFF.
UM, WHICH HAS, WHICH IS TIED TO THEIR CREDIT CARD AGAIN, WHICH IS TIED TO THEIR, UM, THEIR NAME THAT'S PRESENTED IN THEIR PHOTO ID.
AND IT HAS A, UM, OUNCE LIMIT TO WHERE THEY, IT CAN ONLY USE IT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OUNCES, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS 64 OUNCES.
UM, THEY HAVE TWO BARTEND, UM, TWO, UM, SERVERS FOR, UM, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
UM, AND SO ALL IN TOTAL THEY HAVE, UM, SIX STAFF MEMBERS, UM, THAT ARE OF COURSE TRAINED IN MAKING SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT ORDERS A DRINK, THEY HAVE TO PRE, UM, PRESENT THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
UM, THE LOCATION THAT I TOLD YOU WHERE THEY GET THERE, WHERE THEY HAVE THE SELF POUR IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BAR AREA.
SO OF COURSE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY MONITORING, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT, UM, THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT THEY'RE, UM, NOT SERVING THAT OFF, YOU KNOW, TO ANYBODY ELSE OR ANYTHING.
THE QUESTION IS HOW TO KEEP SOMEONE WHO IS OF AGE YES.
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UNDERAGE BUDDIES.AGAIN, THE, UM, THE WRISTBAND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE IF YOU WERE GONNA WALK OFF FROM A TABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT MATTER IF THEY'RE GONNA PASS IT OFF.
SO THE SERVERS, EVERYBODY IS TRAINED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON THAT HAS THE WRISTBAND, UM, THAT THEY'RE, IF THEY HAVE ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGNATED CUPS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, ARE THE SAME PERSON THAT IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DRINKING FROM THAT STATION.
I, I WAS JUST IN KNOXVILLE A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO MM-HMM
AND I, THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME SETUP AND I'M NOT TRYING, BUT OH YEAH.
IT WAS VERY, WELL THEY HAD SOMEBODY THERE MONITORING MM-HMM
BECAUSE I'VE HAD TWO GRANDKIDS WITH ME AND THEY, THEY COULDN'T GET CLOSE TO THE OH NO.
AND IT, IT LIMITED IT AND IT, IT DID TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MUCH YOU HAD DRANK.
SO I'M JUST, I'M NOT A PROPONENT THEM, I'M JUST TELLING YOU I SAW IT, I'VE SEEN THIS.
SO IT HELPS YOU, YOU'VE SEEN IT IN PERSON.
AND IT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO TRY A LITTLE BIT OF A BEER TO SEE IF THEY LIKED IT OR NOT.
AND IT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT.
DID YOU SAY THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT CUP THAN THERE'S A DESIGNATED CUP FOR THE SELF POUR? YES.
SO THEY, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
SO IT'S VERY CLEAR ON WHO, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOMEBODY'S ORDERING FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THAT REGARD.
UM, AND IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ARGUABLY IT'S, IT'S TELLING SOMEBODY EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEY'VE DRANKEN, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE, IT, IT ACTUALLY ENABLES THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO, YOU KNOW, CUT OFF TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THE PATRONS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, UM, OVERINDULGING OR ANYTHING, IF YOU WILL.
I HAVE A QUESTION SIMPLY BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ABSOLUTELY TO ONE OF THESE PLACES.
YOU'VE SAID IT WAS, UM, A FULL SCALE RESTAURANT WITH AMENITY OF PICKLEBALL.
I SORT OF THOUGHT PICKLEBALL WAS YOUR MAIN ATTRACTION
WELL IT IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION AND YOU KNOW, THAT YOU SAY THAT THERE'S EVEN HOURS WHERE THE RESTAURANT, UM, IS NOT, IS NOT OPERATING.
AND I HAVE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK, IS THAT WHEN THE POOR THING WOULD COME IN HANDY OR, OR IS THAT OPERATING IF PEOPLE JUST WANT TO GO PLAY PICKLEBALL? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, SOME PLACES THAT YOU GO TO, I'VE HEARD LIKE THE GOLF PLACES AND THE BOWLING, YOU SORT OF HAVE TO EAT TO DO THE OTHER STUFF.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO EAT HERE, YOU CAN GO AND PLAY.
AND I HAVE, IF Y'ALL WANNA SEE A, A DIAGRAM OF THE LAYOUT, IF THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HELPFUL.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
SEE, HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, TO ANSWER, TO ANSWER, UM, YOUR QUESTION.
SO I'LL TRY TO WALK THROUGH IT.
UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S ACTUALLY HOURS THAT, THAT THEY ARE OPEN JUST FOR PICKLEBALL BEFORE THEIR BAR OR RESTAURANT, ANY OF THAT'S EVEN OPEN.
SO YOU'LL SEE BY THAT DIAGRAM YOU'LL SEE SOME COURTS THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND PLAY.
UM, PLAY PICKLEBALL, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, STARTING AT WHAT, 6:00 AM 6:00 AM UM, SO THAT'S NOT WHEN THE BAR OR RESTAURANT'S OPEN TO YOUR, TO YOUR, UM, PARTICULAR QUESTION OF THE SELF-SERVING, SELF-SERVING STATION.
NONE OF THAT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL THE ACTION RESTAURANT BAR.
UM, AND THAT STAFF, WELL, PEOPLE THAT GO EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE PLANNING ON HAVING ANY, I MEAN EVEN A BEVERAGE OF ANY TYPE THAT EARLY THEN NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THE, THE BAR, THE RESTAURANT BAR AREA, THEY'RE NOT, IT'S NOT OPEN AT THAT TIME.
YOU GO TO CHICK-FIL-A IF YOU WANT ANYTHING AFTERWARDS,
IT'S MORE, MORE IT'S ACTIVITY BASED AT THAT POINT.
WILL THERE BE A DESIGNATED TIME WHERE IT'S LIKE 21 AND OLDER? LIKE DO YOU CLOSE IT OFF AT, AT NINE OR 10 OR, I DON'T THINK, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS WE'RE ASKING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE SELF-SERVE IS THE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE, THE LIQUOR LAWS AND THE, THE UNDERAGE DRINKING IS, IS ENFORCED AROUND HERE.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES GET THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT COMING TO THE BEER BOARD TO GET YOUR PERMIT IS A HAPPY EXPERIENCE, BUT COMING BACK TO THE BEER BOARD IS NOT ALWAYS A HAPPY EXPERIENCE.
UM, SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS A ONE OFF AND THAT WE DON'T GET TO VISIT HERE ABOUT VIOLATIONS JUST BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THE BUSINESS WITH YOUR MODEL, THAT CAN PUT A, IT COULD BE, UM, A SITUATION THAT'S NOT GREAT FOR THE CASH FLOW.
AND WE WANNA SEE IT'LL BE SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S MUCH EASIER TO PREVENT A PROBLEM THAN TO FIX A PROBLEM.
SO, SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF MEASURES IN PLACE, SUCH AS MAKING SURE THERE'S, UM, A DATE DISPLAYED FOR ALL THE BARTENDERS OR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE, THE DRINKING AGE TO BE SURE THEY'RE PROPERLY TRAINED AND TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, SERIOUS FROM THE BOSSES AROUND AND WINK WINK, NOT NOT, YES.
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JUST BECAUSE THAT CAN GET US BACK HERE AND HAVING A LOT TOUGHER CONVERSATION.AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, THIS TEAM DOES TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND WITH THAT REGARD, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE, UM, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A STICKER THAT THEY WILL UPDATE, YOU KNOW, REGULARLY.
SO THE BARTENDERS ARE AWARE, UM, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT LICENSE, JUST A QUICK REFERENCE.
IT JUST MAKES IT EASY FOR THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS I STATED, I'M VERY CONFIDENT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS GROUP REALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, A GREAT MODEL AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE PULLING IN THE TEAM AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE GM AND THE ASSISTANT GM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT AN EXISTING CRUSH YARD LOCATION AND THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING WITH THE SAME SELF POOR, AND THEY TAKE THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE REGULATIONS, EVERYTHING VERY SERIOUSLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE AN OPERATING MODEL THAT'S IN THEIR INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T COME BACK HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO THEY RE REMAIN SUCCESSFUL AND, UM, AND CONTRIBUTING, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY'VE EVEN HAD, I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD SOME VISITS EVEN FROM THE PARTY OF, YOU KNOW, SOME LOCAL, THE MAYOR AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE REALLY WANTING TO BE INVOLVED, UM, IN THE CITY OF BRENT.
WANNA TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
KNOW IT WAS A, A GOOD FUNCTION THE OTHER NIGHT.
SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER PIVOT, MS. TURNER, WILL YOU, WILL YOU BE, UM, USING THE WE ID EVERYONE PROTOCOL? AND IF SO, WILL THERE BE SIGNAGE? UM, ANYBODY THAT WILL, OR IF YOU LOOK LIKE YEAH, SO EVEN IF, IF ANYBODY THAT ORDERS ANYTHING, THEY WILL BE, THEY'LL BE ASKED FOR A LICENSE.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SIMPLY BASED ON WHAT THEY MIGHT THINK ANYBODY WOULD LOOK LIKE.
IF THEY, IF THEY ARE ORDERING A BEVERAGE, THEY WILL BE, UM, IDENTIFIED.
I THINK PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY'S DONE THAT.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
AND JUST, UH, SO MUCH PREPARATION FOR THIS CONTINGENCY.
APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE, AND WELCOME TO BRENTWOOD GLEN AHEAD.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS IN FRONT OF YOUR BOARD TONIGHT? NOPE.