Good morning, Sandra,
Please confirm successful receipt of this letter.
For neighbors who wish to attend this hearing, it is advertised at https://www.cabq.gov/council/documents/notice-of-public-liquor-hearing-june-7-2019.pdf
Kind regards,
Gary Eyster
President, Nob Hill Neighborhood Association
(505)991-1388
Steven M. Chavez, Esq., Liquor Hearing Officer, City of Albuquerque
By email to: Sandra M. Chavez, Coordinator smchavez@cabq.gov
Dear Mr. Chavez,
Our community suffers tremendously from poor management practices at this site. Members of our community have observed liquor sales to intoxicated individuals. Individuals congregate near the store, presumably because they expect that they will be served. After purchasing alcohol, individuals often walk to adjacent residential areas and church grounds, consume it, and spend the next several hours intoxicated there.
The APD call summary from 1/1/2018 to 5/9/2019 for the address, which is attached, comprises 51 pages averaging 12 calls per page or roughly 37 calls per month. This creates an unbalanced demand on law enforcement resources and poses a threat to the safety of residents, business people, and customers and impedes redevelopment of the area. This license holder’s business is clearly a nuisance.
On May 13, 2019 our board of directors voted 8-0 in opposition to this request. We expect that the new and old entities are connected by ownership and management practices will continue to injure the community. We hope that the transfer is not perfunctory and we wish for our arguments to be entered into the permanent record.
Respectfully yours,
Gary Eyster, President
Nob Hill Neighborhood Association