[Neighbors] Request for Liquor License Transfer, The Library Moveable Feast, NE Corner Richmond Dr. and Central Ave.

Sun Sep 15 14:04:57 MDT 2024

There should be someway to have a contract with all these businesses in our
neighborhoods. If they break the contract, they get closed down
immediately. Then we can just let everybody have a chance iandcwon’t have
to go through all these arguments. I’m partial to having a business and not
a vacant building.

Diego Lopez

On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 at 12:47 PM, Marcus Albonico via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Kyla Stoker is a paid liquor license broker who is very skilled at getting
> liquor licenses approved. I assume she is working with someone else who is
> the “I” that wrote this particular application.
>
> M
>
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 1:23 AM Karen Mendenhall via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
> neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> I find this application very confusing.  It’s not clear who “Kyla and I
>> are” or who is vouching for the owners and operators as “very good
>> people”.  What kinds of events will be offered during the weekends? Nothing
>> in the application gives me enough information to support it.  The attached
>> call summary for the parent downtown Library Bar & Grill is very
>> disconcerting.  As the application stands now, I oppose.
>>
>> Karen S Mendenhall
>> 505.280.2097
>> abqkaren at gmail.com
>>
>> “People have the power to wrestle the earth from fools.”  Patti Smith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 14, 2024, at 1:03 PM, Gary Eyster via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
>> neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>>
>> Nob Hill Friends and Neighbors*,*
>>
>> *The CABQ Liquor Hearing Officer has notified your association of an
>> application *for transfer of location of inter-local dispenser liquor
>> license to 3101 and 3108 Central Ave. NE and 102 Richmond Dr NE
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/102+Richmond+Dr+NE?entry=gmail&source=g>.
>> The Hearing Officer will hear the request via zoom on September 27, 2024
>> (see Notice). Written comments will be accepted by donna at cabq.gov until
>> 72 hours before the hearing. Public comment is normally received at the
>> hearing.
>>
>> When your association learns of an application we contact the applicant
>> to clarify the application. We pass this to our email list to gather
>> neighborhood input. If neighbors express questions or concerns we seek
>> further information. Here is the information we received from Mark Rhodes
>> who will represent the applicant along with Kyla Stoker. *We invite you
>> to reply to all if you have a position** on this request.* You may reply
>> to sender if you prefer.
>>
>> -Operators of the business: The owners are all locals whom Kyla and I
>> have represented in different capacities for more than a decade. They are
>> good people and good operators. The owners names are Mark Garcia, Joe
>> Chavez, Nicolas Torres and Micheal Conforti. Their day to day operator will
>> be Christina Castinelli, also a local.
>>
>> -Contact information, Agents: Mark Rhodes, 505-980-4640; Kyla Stoker,
>> 505-980-5614
>>
>> -Current and recent operations of any operator with alcohol service and
>> period of operation: The operation requested here (Library Moveable Feast)
>> originated out of requests the afore noted operators received for off-site
>> catering events that include alcohol while operating the Library Bar &
>> Grill downtown (312 Central Ave. SW
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/312+Central+Ave.+SW?entry=gmail&source=g>).
>> Library Moveable Feast was formed to meet those requests and a new liquor
>> license was purchased to meet those requests. Since it’s inception, the new
>> business has operated out of rented space. Now they wish to create a new
>> home base to expand their operations. Period of operation at existing
>> location: Agent did not provide
>>
>> -Food menu: While there is a kitchen in the premises and the potential is
>> there to prepare their own food, historically the applicant has sourced
>> their food from local venders and farmers, whenever possible. Menu for
>> these items : Agent did not provide
>>
>> -Hours of operation: While the applicant’s business will be open during
>> normal business hours, historically there have been few events for the
>> applicant during the weekdays. Primary event days are Friday and Saturday;
>> Planned weekday hours and hours on Friday and Saturday: Agent did not
>> provide
>>
>> ·Measures the applicant plans relative to security: The security measures
>> have historically depended on when the event is held and the number of
>> people attending the event. For example, a daytime hours event would have
>> no less than one security guard per 100 customers plus, of course, the
>> security cameras while a night hours event would at least double the number
>> of security guards plus the afore mentioned security cameras.
>>
>> Additional information provided by Mr. Rhodes: The applicant is not the
>> Library Bar & Grill which is a downtown nightclub. The applicant is an
>> entity named the Library Moveable Feast, LLC which is a separate entity
>> from the Library Bar & Grill albeit with the same ownership. As the name
>> implies , this entity provides a moveable feast or catering services. If
>> other catering services wish to serve alcohol and do not have a liquor
>> license, they must “picnic” a liquor license from a licensee who as part of
>> the “picnic” process, must provide the liquor and service staff. As a
>> result, the food caterer loses compete control of the event as control is
>> split between the food caterer and the picnic license owner. When the
>> Library Moveable Feast was formed, it consolidated all control with the
>> Library Moveable Feast.
>> Furthermore, the applicant is planning on investing money into renovating
>> the space as it makes little sense to provide a nice venue for events if
>> their event center looks like a dump as it currently does. It is the
>> applicants hope that their Nob Hill neighbors will utilize the space for
>> their own events such as corporate events; anniversaries and similar
>> celebrations.
>> Finally, if the owners can not book private events on Friday and Saturday
>> nights, they have considered opening the event center on those nights only
>> as an upscale lounge.
>>
>> *Attached is a call summary* from APD for the 312 Central SW address.
>> APD attached these remarks: Attached are the calls for service,
>> year-to-date.  Anything with a letter 'S' following the 10-code (such as
>> 31S) or that says 'onsite' is officer initiated.  Most of the 'fight in
>> progress' calls occurred on the sidewalk or in the street in front of the
>> Library and may or may not have been associated with the establishment. It
>> was simply the nearest address.
>>
>> At 6:30 pm on Sept. 16 NHNA’s board of directors will informally evaluate
>> input received from the community.  Neighbor input is crucial. When
>> input is neutral or positive we generally don’t develop an association
>> position.  If input suggests strong concerns or directors have strong
>> concerns we will hold a special board meeting to explore an association
>> position. If that happens the special board meeting will be the following
>> evening, Sept. 17 at 6:30 pm by zoom. We will notify the email list if this
>> special meeting is set up and provide a zoom invitation.
>>
>> At such a meeting the board generally considers the expected impact on
>> community safety and quality of life and factors including but not limited
>> to calls for police service at applicant's operations and security plans.
>>
>> Hours of service and services offered are not generally part of the
>> hearing officer’s consideration, but may affect the association’s position.
>> Locations near Residential Zone Districts (IDO 14-16-2-3) are
>> problematic, particularly if affected neighbors oppose.
>>
>> We will notify the email list, the liquor hearing officer, and the
>> applicant of the association’s action coming out of such a special meeting.
>>
>> All members of the community are welcome to provide written comments to
>> the hearing officer or speak at the CABQ hearing in a personal capacity.
>>
>> #VivaNobHill
>> *Gary Eyster*
>> *President, Nob Hill Neighborhood Association*
>> *(505)991-1388*
>> *meyster1 at me.com <meyster1 at me.com>*
>>
>>
>> *<image001.jpg>*
>>
>>
>>
>> <The Library Moveable Feast, Notice of Public Liquor Hearing September
>> 27, 2024.docx><CADs this year to date at 312 Central Ave SW Albuquerque
>> NM 87102 USA
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/312+Central+Ave+SW+Albuquerque+NM+87102+USA?entry=gmail&source=g>
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