Licensing Board

CITY OF LACONIA Minutes Meeting of November 5, 2014 Approved Meeting of December 3, 2014 LICENSING BOARD & SPECIAL EVENTS REVIEW COMMITTEE Present: Licensing: M. Canfield, LPD; Absent: J. Rogato, K. Erickson M. Canfield opened the meeting in the absence of J. Rogato. Tom O’Brien, of New Hampshire Lakes Association, appeared to thank the committee and the city for approving their proposal. They made the Guinness Book of World Records and are in competition with Tasmania now. He has a certificate that they want to have presented at the City Council meeting on Monday, November 10, 2014. He said the event was a great success, and it also has the educational goal of teaching people about invasive species. He said that the entire city was very helpful but Parks & Recreation, and Director Kevin Dunleavy in particular, were of great assistance. He said they are probably not going to do this in 2015. The Licensing portion of the meeting was closed due to the lack of a quorum. The items below will be continued until the next hearing: Licensing Review: Loudspeaker: Erin Conley at Rotary Park: Wedding- October 18, 2014 Loudspeaker: Friends of Football: Train Horn at Football Games- October 10 & 31, 2014 Calendar Raffle: Laconia Youth Football & Cheer Association: Prizes: Gift Certificates from local businesses (Month of September) Itinerant: BB’s Scoops Ice Cream: Prescott Farms 5th Annual Harvest Festival, September 13, 2014 Taxi Driver’s Permit: Dave’s Taxi: Laurence Hoey Use of Street or Highway: Parade: Pleasant Street School @1:30 10/31/2014 Licensing Regular: Raffle: Opechee Garden Club December 7, 2014: Prizes: Gift baskets Use of Street or Highway: National MS Society: May 9, 2015 10AM-2PM Route 1: Opechee Park/N. Main St/Main/Wow Trail/Elm St/Main/Veterans Square/Pleasant/New Salem/Main Route 2: Opechee Park/N. Main St/Main/Wow Trail/Elm St/N. Main/Veterans Square/Gale/Holman/Shore/Downing St/Holman/Blueberry/N. Main Licensing New Business: Licensing Old Business: Licensing Minutes: Approval of minutes for October 1, 2014: Deferred until December 3, 2014 Licensing Adjournment: M. Canfield closed the meeting. 1 Present: Special Events: S. Saunders, Planning; B. Swan, DPW; H. Young, Licensing; M. Canfield, LPD; S. McCusker, Code; K. Dunleavy, Parks; Absent: C. Roffo, LFD SERC New Business: Renewal: Application # 2014-0125 Opechee Park, MS Walk Walk: May 9, 2015; Loudspeaker S. Saunders asked if the park house will be opened for rest room use and was told yes. They are all set for trash as well. M. Canfield said he has no issues; they hold this event every year. Public: No one from the public spoke for or against the proposal. K. Dunleavy said that the parking at Opechee can be tricky and asked M. Canfield if there had been any issues that he was aware of. M. Canfield said no. Motion: M. Canfield moved to approve application # 2014-0125 for the MS Walk at Opechee Park on May 9, 2015. They must go to Licensing for the loudspeaker permit. K. Dunleavy seconded, and all voted in favor. SERC Other Business: S. Saunders said that the folks holding the Christmas Parade on November 29 did not submit an application. She said they were not willing to submit so she hopes to talk to them and get the needed information in order to approve this administratively. She asked if there are any major issues with the parade. They submitted the traffic order to N. Brown for City Council approval. She asked if restrooms are needed and K. Dunleavy said no. He said people usually line up about ½ an hour before parade time. M. Canfield said they usually leave right after the parade and tree lighting. Discussion was held by the committee members on the application process. M. Canfield said he feels this needs to be done. The committee is here for a reason. We get all of the departments together at once to address any issues. K. Dunleavy said that city staff changes and then people are not familiar with the process and it is good for them to be aware of. While there are no issues with the application the members all agreed that an application does need to be filed. S McCusker suggested we let them know we will work with them on this incomplete application for this year but that this needs to be done in future. S. Saunders said that one thing we have to determine is who is in charge of this event – Main Street or the City? J. Moriarity said this is a City event so no application should be required. All agreed to have S. Saunders work with them on getting the needed information. SERC Minutes: Approval of minutes for October 1, 2014. The motion was made by M. Canfield and seconded by S. McCusker with all voting in favor. SERC Adjournment: M. Canfield moved to adjourn the Special Events portion of the meeting with the second by S. McCusker. All voted in favor and the meeting adjourned at 12:15 pm. 2 USH-Use of Street/Highway IV-Itinerant Vendor RAF – Raffle OLS – Outdoor Loudspeaker ENT – Entertainment 3