Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Please recall Councilor Davis's email below. It appears that he was fully aware that "permission of nearby churches" was important to the language in this ordinance for the NHNA board members. That is the impression that I got at every board meeting I attended in which the topic was discussed, and most likely the reason why it was not rejected from the beginning.

I have no idea why the "required permission clause" was not included in the current draft of the ordinance that the attorney's proposed to the NHNA and it appears that the NHNA board members had every reason to believe that it was. It is concerning that intelligent people on the board did not actually read the ordinance or were not able to understand it, before they posted misinformation on our social media.

That being said, I was opposed to the ordinance from the beginning with or without the permission clause and I remain so, for the following reasons (based on the many discussions I have now heard on both sides of the issue) : 1) I do not believe the law should be changed at the request of a single business group in a single industry; and 2) I honestly do not believe the NHNA board has the business expertise to make this decision, because without thorough research into the unique economic factors that make up the Nob Hill business mix, we have no way of knowing if passing this ordinance will benefit our commercial district or the community as a whole.  Nob Hill Main Street is working to get that expertise as we speak, and I think we should wait until they get some results before we change our laws based on nothing but the speculations of people who feel they have a stake in the outcome. 

Cheers!

Susan Michie, Ph.D
Nob Hill Resident and Property Owner
Professor of Strategic Business Management (Ret.)
Past Chair of the Nob Hill Main Street Economic Development Committee
Past President of the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association
Regular Patron of the Nob Hill Entertainment District



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From: "Davis, Pat via Neighbors_nobhill-nm" <neighbors_nobhill-nm@mailman.swcp.com>
To: ronhalbgewachs <ronhalbgewachs@peoplepc.com>; NobHill BOD <theboard@nobhill-nm.com>; NobHill Neighbors <neighbors@nobhill-nm.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Neighbors] Nob Hill Neighborhood Association Board Meeting Agenda

Ron, Thanks for including me in these notes. 
 
I appreciate you including me on the agenda, but I want to be clear that I am not supporting this change or taking a position on this at this time.
 
Earlier this year, a restaurant ownership group asked me to sponsor a change to the Nob Hill - Highland Sector plan that would permit liquor license applicants to apply for licenses if they could obtain permission of nearby churches (currently, there is a blanket prohibition on licenses near religious institutions).
 
Instead of sponsoring that change outright, I had our staff create draft language.  I agreed to sponsor the change only if the neighborhood associations impacted by the change endorsed the change.

It is my understanding that the restaurant group has been working with the neighborhood association to address their concerns and the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association Board is scheduled to take up this matter at tonight’s meeting.
 
Please let me know how it goes so we can consider whether to file the change or whether the association opposes it.

Thanks, Pat
 
From: ronhalbgewachs <ronhalbgewachs@peoplepc.com>
Reply-To: ronhalbgewachs <ronhalbgewachs@peoplepc.com>
Date: Monday, September 12, 2016 at 12:16 AM
To: NobHill BOD <theboard@nobhill-nm.com>, NobHill Neighbors <neighbors@nobhill-nm.com>
Cc: Ron Halbgewachs <ronhalbgewachs@peoplepc.com>, Patrick Davis <patdavis@cabq.gov>, "Foran, Sean M." <seanforan@cabq.gov>, Morris Chavez <mo@saucedochavez.com>
Subject: Nob Hill Neighborhood Association Board Meeting Agenda
 
Please see the attached agenda for the next meeting of the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association Board of Directors meeting at Monte Vista Christian Church, 3501 Campus Blvd NE.
 
Ron Halbgewachs
President, Nob Hill Neighborhood Association
 

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