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Minutes of Meeting
Open Session
Approved as circulated on 06/25/15
Board /Committee:
LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION
Meeting Date
June 4, 2015
Location
Mo`ikeha Building, Meeting Room #3
Start of Meeting: 4:00 p.m. End of Meeting: 4:10 p.m.
Present
Chair Paul Endo; Vice Chair Josephine Sokei; Members: Shirley Akita, Jean Iida, Gerald Matsunaga, Dane Oda
Also: Liquor Control Staff: Director Gerald Rapozo, Secretary Cherisse Zaima; Deputy County Attorney Nicholas Courson
Excused
Pauline Ventura
Absent
SUBJECT
DISCUSSION
ACTION
Call To Order
Chair Endo called the meeting to order at 4:00
p.m. with 6 members present, constituting a
quorum.
Roll Call
Director Rapozo called roll, noting 6 members were present.
Approval of the
Ms. Akita moved to approve the agenda. Ms.
Agenda
Iida seconded the motion. Motion carried 6:0.
Public Hearing
(a) SAFEWAY #2894: Application No. 2015 -62 was filed on March 16,
2015 by Safeway Inc. dba Safeway #2894 for a Retail Dealer General
license located in the new Hokulei Village Shopping Center Phase 1 at
4454 Nuhou Street, Lihu`e, Kauai, Hawaii. The Commission accepted
Application No. 2015 -62 for publication and public hearing on April 2,
2015 and ordered to print notices of public hearing in The Garden Island
newspaper on Wednesdays, April 15 & 22, 2015 scheduling the public
hearing on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter in
Meeting Room #3 of the Lihu`e Civic Center, Moikeha Building, 4444
Rice Street, Lihu`e, Kauai, Hawaii.
Mr. Neal Gota was present on behalf of the applicant, along with Lisa
Merritt, Manager for the Safeway Kapa`a store.
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Commissioner Matsunaga asked to clarify whether the store would be open
24- hours, 7 days a week to which Mr. Gota replied yes. Ms. Merritt noted
the Safeway in Kapa`a currently opens 24 hours as well.
The planned opening date for the new Safeway store is August 21, 2015.
Ms. Iida moved to approve Application No.
2015 -62. Mr. Oda seconded the motion.
Motion carried 6:0.
(b) LONGS DRUGS #10474: Application No. 2015 -68 was filed on March
30, 2015 by Longs Drug Stores California, LLC dba Longs Drugs
#10474 for a Retail Dealer General license located in the Shops at
Kukui`ula at 2829 Ala Kalanikaumaka, Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii. The
Commission accepted Application No. 2015 -68 for publication and
public hearing on April 2, 2015 and ordered to print notices of public
hearing in The Garden Island newspaper on Wednesdays, April 15 &
221 2015 scheduling the public hearing on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at
4:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter in Meeting Room #3 of the Li-hu`e Civic
Center, Moikeha Building, 4444 Rice Street, Li -hu`e, Kauai, Hawaii.
Mr. Newton Chu was present on behalf of the applicant, along with Mike
Segno, Manager.
Commissioner Akita asked about the square footage of the new store to
which Mr. Chu explained the Po`ipu store will be roughly half the size of
the Kapa`a store, noting their normal building footprint is around 22,000
square feet.
Chair Endo asked whether Longs was actually a CVS store to which Mr.
Chu explained that CVS is the parent company that purchased Long's in
2008, but they still retain the Long's name. The planned opening date for
Ms. Iida moved to approve Application No.
the new Longs store is sometime in October.
2015 -68. Mr. Oda seconded the motion.
Motion carried 6:01
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Minutes of the
Meeting
Minutes of the Meeting of f May 21, 2015
Ms. Akita moved to approve the minutes. Mr.
Matsunaga seconded the motion. Motion carried
6:0.
1.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT:
(a) INVESTIGATORS' REPORTS
(b) INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS:
(1) From Avid Marketing Group
(2) From Sweepstakes Consulting
(3) From Delicato Family Vineyards
(4) Disturbance Report from Sheraton Kauai Resort
(c) OUTGOING COMMUNICATIONS:
(1) To Avid Marketing Group
(2) To Delicato Family Vineyards
(3) Findings of Fact to Po`ipu Bay Clubhouse
(d) EMPLOYEES IN LICENSED PREMISES:
Managers and Assistant Managers — See Attachment.
(e) ACTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR:
(1) BIG SAVE ELEELE
(2) JOSSELIN'S TAPAS BAR & GRILL
(3) SMITH'S TROPICAL PARADISE
(4) ROTARY CLUB OF KAPAa
(5) KILOHANA
Mr. Oda moved to receive Items I (a) through
(f) INFORMATIONAL MATTERS
(f). Ms. Iida seconded the motion. Motion
carried 6:0.
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3.
CHANGE IN CORPORATE OFFICERS:
(a) FOODLAND SUPERMARKET, LTD.: Removal of Abel Thomas
Porter as Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer.
(b) FOOD PANTRY, LTD.: Removal of Abel Thomas Porter as Vice
Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer.
(c) ALOHA PETROLEUM LTD.: Resignation of Mary Elizabeth Sullivan
as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and election of Clare
Ms. lida moved to approve the changes in
Patricia McGrory as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
corporate officers. Ms. Sokei seconded the
motion. Motion carried 6:0.
Adjournment
Chair Endo adjourned the meeting at 4:11 p.m.
Submitted by:
Cherisse Zaima, Private Secretary
(x) Approved as is.
( ) Approved with amendments
See minutes of
Reviewed and Approved by:
meeting.
Paul Endo, Chair