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1 1 CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 2 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 3 : REGULAR MEETING : TRANSCRIPT OF 4 : --------------------: PROCEEDINGS 5 6 EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER 2200 John F. Kennedy Blvd. 7 Union City, New Jersey 8 Tuesday, October 3, 2023 9 Commencing at 7:04 p.m. 10 11 M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: 12 LUCIO P. FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER WENDY A. GRULLON, COMMISSIONER 13 MARYURY A. MARTINETTI, COMMISSIONER CELIN J. VALDIVIA, COMMISSIONER 14 BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR 15 M E M B E R S A B S E N T: 16 17 A L S O P R E S E N T: 18 SCARINCI HOLLENBECK 19 BY: ANGELO AUTERI, ESQ. Corporation Counsel 20 RAMON GONZALEZ, ESQ. 21 Attorney for the Union City Alcohol Beverage Control Commission 22 HILDA ROSARIO, City Clerk 23 24 SUSAN BISCHOFF, CCR, RPR 449 Columbia Blvd., Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 25 201-933-8220 SBischoffccr@yahoo.com  2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S: 2 ANNA NORIS, ESQ. Attorney for El Conuco Restaurant, Inc. 3 4 ANNA NORIS, ESQ. Attorney for Don Luis Restaurant Corp. 5 6 MATTHEW WOLFBERG, ESQ. Attorney for JAI Rancchod, LLC 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  3 1 I N D E X 2 PAGE 3 CALL TO ORDER 4 SALUTE TO FLAG 4 4 ROLL CALL 4 5 CONSENT AGENDA 5 6 REGULAR AGENDA 15/16 7 CITIZENS ADDRESS THE BOARD 17 8 LIQUOR LICENSE PUBLIC HEARINGS 19 9 El Conuco Restaurant, Inc. 20 Don Luis Restaurant Corp. 23 10 JAI Rancchod, LLC 26 11 ADJOURNMENT 28 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  4 1 MS. ROSARIO: Can we please stand for 2 the Pledge of Allegiance. 3 (Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance was 4 recited.) 5 MS. ROSARIO: This is a regular public 6 meeting the Union City Board of Commissioners 7 being held on Tuesday, October 3rd at 7:00 p.m., 8 at the Early Childhood Center at 2200 Kennedy 9 Boulevard in Union City. 10 This meeting has been called in 11 accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act. 12 Adequate notice of this meeting has been forwarded 13 to The Jersey Journal, The Record, and has posted 14 on the bulletin board in the City Hall and has 15 been available to the public in the office of the 16 Municipal Clerk. 17 18 ROLL CALL: 19 20 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Fernandez. 21 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Here. 22 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 23 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Here. 24 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 25 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here.  5 1 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 2 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Here. 3 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 4 MAYOR STACK: Here. 5 6 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 7 action on the following items in total: 8 CONSENT AGENDA: 9 ( 1) Resolution Approving the Payment of Claims. 10 ( 2) Resolution Approving the Payment of 11 Concurring Claims. 12 ( 3) Resolution Approving the Escrow Refunds. 13 ( 4) Resolution Approving the City Payroll From 14 August 26, 2023, to September 8,2023. 15 ( 4) Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 16 From August 26, 2023, to September 8, 2023. 17 ( 6) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of Premium 18 Monies Collected At the Tax Sale. 19 ( 7) Resolution Cancelling Taxes on Property 20 Deemed Exempt For 100 Percent Disabled Veteran. 21 ( 8) Resolution Authorizing the Adjustment of 22 Taxes For the First Half of 2024. 23 ( 9) Resolution Authorizing Refund of Redemption 24 Monies to Outside Lienholders. 25 (10) Resolution Cancelling Overbills on Fourth  6 1 Quarter Taxes. 2 (11) Resolution Authorizing the Adjustment of 3 Taxes For the Second Half of 2024. 4 (12) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of Tax 5 Appeals Issued By the Hudson County Board of 6 Taxation. 7 (13) Resolution Authorizing Crediting the Tax 8 Appeal Decisions By the Hudson County Board of 9 Taxation. 10 (14) Resolution Amending the Housing Trust Fund 11 Spending Plan. 12 (15) Resolution Authorizing Contract For City of 13 Union City 2023 Tree Trimming Program. 14 (16) Resolution Authorizing Contract For 2023 15 Sidewalk Opening Permit Restoration Program For 16 the City of Union City. 17 (17) Resolution Awarding Contract For Personnel 18 Consultant Services For the City of Union City For 19 2023. 20 (18) Resolution Awarding Contracts For on-Call 21 Architectural Services For the City of Union City 22 For 2023. 23 (19) Resolution Amending Chapter 8 Entitled 24 "Disciplinary Code" of the Union City Police 25 Department Rules and Regulations.  7 1 (20) Resolution Designating 17th Street Between 2 Summit Avenue and Central Avenue to "Sergio 3 Antonio Dato Way" 4 (21) Resolution Approving the Redevelopment 5 Agreement Between the City of Union City and 6 Yuanheng AAA, LLC. 7 (22) Resolution to Support the Creation of a 8 Protected Multi-Use Micro-Mobility Bicycle Lane on 9 14th Street Viaduct and on Manhattan Avenue. 10 (23) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 DCA Spotted 11 Lantern Fly Treatment. 12 (24) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 National 13 Opioid Settlement Funds. 14 (25) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 Capital 15 Improvement Fund. 16 (26) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 DCA Local 17 Recreation Improvements. 18 (27) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 Fiscal Year 19 23 Congressional Grant Central Avenue 20 Improvements. 21 (28) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 Hudson 22 County Open Space - 4100 Palisade Avenue 23 Acquisition. 24 (29) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 Hudson 25 County Open Space - Washington Park Soccer Field.  8 1 (30) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 Fiscal Year 2 23 to USDOJ Cops Technology and Equipment Program. 3 (31) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 2022 Edward 4 Byrne Memorial JAG Program. 5 (32) Resolution Approving Chapter 159 Fiscal Year 6 23 Bullet Proof Vest Program. 7 (33) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 8 the City of Union City Approving the 2023-2024 9 Renewal of Liquor License Number 0910-33-075-010 10 Issued to El Chapin Corp. T/a El Cuscatleco Bar & 11 Restaurant) 12 (34) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 13 the City of Union City Approving the 2023-2024 14 Renewal of Liquor License Number 0910-44-132-009 15 Issued to Ganesh Swami, Inc. T/a Union Discount 16 Liquors. 17 (35) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 18 the City of Union City Approving the 2023-2024 19 Renewal of Liquor License Number 0910-33-001-012, 20 Issued to Four Amigos Restaurant, LLC, T/a Mi 21 Bandera Restaurant.) 22 23 MS. ROSARIO: There are 35 items on the 24 consent agenda. 25 One, Resolution Approving the Payment of  9 1 Claims. 2 Two, Resolution Approving the Payment of 3 Concurring Claims. 4 Three, Resolution Approving the Escrow 5 Refunds. 6 Four, Resolution Approving the City 7 Payroll From August 26, 2023, to September 8,2023. 8 Five, Resolution Approving the Library 9 Payroll From August 26, 2023, to September 8, 10 2023. 11 Six, Resolution Authorizing the Refund 12 of Premium Monies Collected At the Tax Sale. 13 Seven, Resolution Cancelling Taxes on 14 Property Deemed Exempt For 100 Percent Disabled 15 Veteran. 16 Eight, Resolution Authorizing the 17 Adjustment of Taxes For the First Half of 2024. 18 Nine, Resolution Authorizing Refund of 19 Redemption Monies to Outside Lienholders. 20 Ten, Resolution Cancelling Overbills on 21 Fourth Quarter Taxes. 22 Eleven, Resolution Authorizing the 23 Adjustment of Taxes For the Second Half of 2024. 24 Twelve, Resolution Authorizing the 25 Refund of Tax Appeals Issued By the Hudson County  10 1 Board of Taxation. 2 Thirteen, Resolution Authorizing 3 Crediting the Tax Appeal Decisions By the Hudson 4 County Board of Taxation. 5 Fourteen, Resolution Amending the 6 Housing Trust Fund Spending Plan. 7 Fifteen, Resolution Authorizing Contract 8 For City of Union City 2023 Tree Trimming Program. 9 Sixteen, Resolution Authorizing Contract 10 For 2023 Sidewalk Opening Permit Restoration 11 Program For the City of Union City. 12 Seventeen, Resolution Awarding Contract 13 For Personnel Consultant Services For the City of 14 Union City For 2023. 15 Eighteen, Resolution Awarding Contracts 16 For on-Call Architectural Services For the City of 17 Union City For 2023. 18 Nineteen, Resolution Amending Chapter 8 19 Entitled "Disciplinary Code" of the Union City 20 Police Department Rules and Regulations. 21 Twenty, Resolution Designating 17th 22 Street Between Summit Avenue and Central Avenue to 23 "Sergio Antonio Dato Way" 24 Twenty-One, Resolution Approving the 25 Redevelopment Agreement Between the City of Union  11 1 City and Yuanheng AAA, LLC. 2 Twenty-Two, Resolution to Support the 3 Creation of a Protected Multi-Use Micro-Mobility 4 Bicycle Lane on 14th Street Viaduct and on 5 Manhattan Avenue. 6 Twenty-Three, Resolution Approving 7 Chapter 159 DCA Spotted Lantern Fly Treatment. 8 Twenty-Four, Resolution Approving 9 Chapter 159 National Opioid Settlement Funds. 10 Twenty-Five, Resolution Approving 11 Chapter 159 Capital Improvement Fund. 12 Twenty-Six, Resolution Approving Chapter 13 159 DCA Local Recreation Improvements. 14 Twenty-Seven, Resolution Approving 15 Chapter 159 Fiscal Year 23 Congressional Grant 16 Central Avenue Improvements. 17 Twenty-Eight, Resolution Approving 18 Chapter 159 Hudson County Open Space - 4100 19 Palisade Avenue Acquisition. 20 Twenty-Nine, Resolution Approving 21 Chapter 159 Hudson County Open Space - Washington 22 Park Soccer Field. 23 Thirty, Resolution Approving Chapter 159 24 Fiscal Year 23 to USDOJ Cops Technology and 25 Equipment Program.  12 1 Thirty-One, Resolution Approving Chapter 2 159 2022 Edward Byrne Memorial JAG Program. 3 Thirty-Two, Resolution Approving Chapter 4 159 Fiscal Year 23 Bullet Proof Vest Program. 5 Thirty-Three, Resolution of the Board of 6 Commissioners of the City of Union City Approving 7 the 2023-2024 Renewal of Liquor License Number 8 0910-33-075-010 Issued to El Chapin Corp. T/a El 9 Cuscatleco Bar & Restaurant). 10 Thirty-Four, Resolution of the Board of 11 Commissioners of the City of Union City Approving 12 the 2023-2024 Renewal of Liquor License Number 13 0910-44-132-009 Issued to Ganesh Swami, Inc. T/a 14 Union Discount Liquors. 15 Thirty-Five, Resolution of the Board of 16 Commissioners of the City of Union City Approving 17 the 2023-2024 Renewal of Liquor License Number 18 0910-33-001-012, Issued to Four Amigos Restaurant, 19 LLC, T/a Mi Bandera Restaurant. 20 Mayor abstains from payments to Chasan, 21 Lamparello and Mallon. 22 Mayor, would you like to take public 23 comment on the agenda? 24 MAYOR STACK: Sure. Thank you, Hilda. 25 Just before we do, on number 22, the protected  13 1 multi-use micro-mobility bicycle lane, that's 2 supporting a bicycle lane on the 14th Street 3 viaduct, just to make it safer for bicycles to go 4 up and down the viaduct and ultimately on 5 Manhattan Avenue that runs into Union City and 6 Jersey City. 7 The capital improvement fund, we have 8 various monies going to different municipal 9 improvements in the community, along with the 10 recreation improvements. And on the congressional 11 grant, Central Avenue, that was originally for 12 Central Avenue from 21st to 35th, instead we 13 switched it from 14 -- I'm sorry from 4th to 18th 14 on Central for repaving because we did that -- 15 believe it not, it's almost 23 years ago we paved 16 Central Avenue. We'll be repaving Central Avenue 17 from 4th to 18th next year in the fall. That will 18 be a nice project. And spot sidewalk work because 19 we did the sidewalks, they're in good shape. 20 4100 Palisade, that's additional open 21 space grant we got for the soccer field and the 22 passive park on 41st. And then Washington Park, 23 this is some open space money for the Washington 24 Park replacement soccer field. 25 I know also there's been a DOJ grant, a  14 1 technology grant that the chief had worked on to 2 get that done. There's a lot of good funding in 3 here that benefits the public and also members of 4 the police department. 5 Having said that, anyone wishing to 6 comment at this time, please step forward, state 7 your name and address for the record. On any 8 matter on the consent agenda that Hilda just read 9 into the record. Seeing none, I make a motion to 10 motion to close. 11 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 12 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Mayor Stack, 13 second by Commissioner Fernandez. 14 Commissioner Fernandez. 15 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 16 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 17 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 18 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 19 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 20 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 21 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 22 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 23 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 24 MS. ROSARIO: May I have a motion to 25 approve all items on the consent agenda?  15 1 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 2 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Mayor Stack. 3 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 4 MS. ROSARIO: Second by Commissioner 5 Fernandez. 6 Commissioner Fernandez. 7 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 8 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 9 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 10 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 11 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 12 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 13 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 14 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 15 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 16 17 (Whereupon the Board discussed and took 18 action on the following item: 19 REGULAR AGENDA: 20 1. Resolution for payment to the Grace 21 Theater Workshop, Inc.) 22 23 MS. ROSARIO: There are two items on the 24 regular agenda. 25 One resolution for payment to the Grace  16 1 Theater Workshop, Incorporated. Commissioner 2 Fernandez will recuse. 3 MAYOR STACK: I'll move it. 4 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 5 MS. ROSARIO: Motion made by Mayor 6 Stack, second by Commissioner Martinetti. 7 Commissioner Grullon. 8 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 9 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 11 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 12 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 13 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 14 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 15 16 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 17 action on the following item: 18 REGULAR AGENDA: 19 2. Resolution for payment to the HCIA.) 20 21 MS. ROSARIO: The second item on the 22 regular agenda is resolution for payment to the 23 Hudson County Improvement Authority. Commissioner 24 Martinetti will recuse. 25 MAYOR STACK: Motion.  17 1 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Mayor Stack. 2 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 3 MS. ROSARIO: Second by Commissioner 4 Fernandez. 5 Commissioner Fernandez. 6 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 7 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 8 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 9 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 11 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 12 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 13 14 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 15 16 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor, at this time, would 17 you like to take public comment on any of the -- 18 MAYOR STACK: Sure. Anyone wishing to 19 comment on any matter concerning municipal 20 government in the City of Union City, please step 21 forward, state your name and address. Seeing 22 none. 23 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Mayor Stack. 24 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 25 MS. ROSARIO: Second by Commissioner  18 1 Martinetti. 2 Commissioner Fernandez. 3 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Before I do, I 4 just want to say I had some communications 5 recently by people that lived in Union City a very 6 long time ago, who visited recently. They could 7 not believe how beautiful it is, how bright it is. 8 I cannot believe how positive the comments were. 9 And I needed you and the Commissioners to know 10 that people appreciate the work that you're doing 11 in particular. Thank you. 12 MAYOR STACK: Thank you, Lucio, thank 13 you very much. 14 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 15 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 16 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 17 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 18 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 19 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 20 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 21 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 22 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 23 MS. ROSARIO: At this time, we have our 24 liquor license hearings. Mr. Gonzalez. 25 * * * *  19 1 LIQUOR LICENSE HEARINGS: 2 1. El Conuco Restaurant, Inc. 3 T/a El Conuco Restaurant 4 715-717 Summit Avenue 5 0910-33-063-008 6 (Anna Noris, Esq.) 7 8 2. Don Luis Restaurant Corp. 9 T/a La Churreria 10 3300 Bergenline Avenue 11 0910-33-114-006 12 13 3. JAI Rancchod, LLC 14 T/a Good Time Liquors 15 1314 New York Avenue 16 0910-44-045-008 17 (Matthew Wolfberg, Esq.) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  20 1 1. El Conuco Restaurant, Inc. 2 T/a El Conuco Restaurant 3 715-717 Summit Avenue 4 0910-33-063-008 5 (Anna Noris, Esq.) 6 7 MR. GONZALEZ: Yes, thank you. For the 8 record, Ramon Gonzalez, G-O-N-Z-A-L-E-Z, on behalf 9 of the Union City ABC board. 10 Mayor, Commissioners, good evening. 11 Before we start, I just wanted to take a point 12 that I'd like to bring to the attention. We have 13 done a lot to make sure that all licensee and 14 holders have been up-to-date. And that was made 15 very simple for me because of the help that I've 16 received from Sergeant Zeron. She's run a 17 tremendous department and we have been very much 18 up-to-date on everything. So I just wanted to 19 take a moment and thank her. 20 MAYOR STACK: Thank you. 21 MR. GONZALEZ: Also, Lieutenant Dunlay 22 is here. He's been stellar in following up and I 23 really think that it's necessary that they get 24 recognized by me because they've made my job -- 25 and I think we're so far up-to-date, it's  21 1 phenomenal. 2 MAYOR STACK: Thank you, Sergeant. 3 Thank you, Lieutenant. 4 MR. GONZALEZ: Today, we have three 5 matters. The first is El Conuco Restaurant, they 6 are represented by Ms. Noris, who's present. 7 MS. NORIS: Good evening, Anna Noris. 8 MR. GONZALEZ: This is a situation where 9 we had an issue with cameras, they were operating, 10 they were recording 50 days. It was just a simple 11 error. It was corrected right away. With the 12 help of Lieutenant Dunlay, he's gone back. It is 13 fixed. I think it's only appropriate since he has 14 no violations, my recommendation would be that he 15 only be given a warning on the situation since, he 16 corrected it as quickly as possible. 17 MAYOR STACK: Absolutely, I agree. 18 MS. NORIS: Thank you very much. He's 19 always willing to work as quickly as possible for 20 the City and do what he has to do to maintain his 21 license. 22 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Can he enter 23 his appearance? 24 MR. JAVES: Gilberto Javes. 25 MAYOR STACK: And your role at the  22 1 establishment? 2 MR. JAVES: Owner. 3 MAYOR STACK: I'll make a motion to 4 follow the recommendation of Mr. Gonzalez. 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 6 MS. ROSARIO: Motion made by Mayor 7 Stack, second by Commissioner Fernandez. 8 Commissioner Fernandez. 9 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 10 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 11 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 12 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 13 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 14 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 15 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 16 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti 17 recuses. 18 * * * * 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  23 1 2. Don Luis Restaurant Corp. 2 T/a La Churreria 3 3300 Bergenline Avenue 4 0910-33-114-006 5 6 MR. GONZALEZ: The second matter is Don 7 Luis Restaurant. The owner is present with the 8 daughter and I would request that they come up. 9 Although they were represented at one time, 10 they're no longer being represented by their 11 attorney. 12 This matter was on on the last 13 Commissioners' meeting. It was basically a paper 14 violation and there was a problem with the twelve 15 page application that was not present. She hasn't 16 been able to find it because the dad passed away. 17 She hired an attorney to do the estate, it's been 18 two years, she's very frustrated. She's come to 19 us directly. We explained to her what she needs 20 to do. 21 What she has done from the last time 22 that we were here was prepare all the books in an 23 orderly fashion. And Lieutenant Dunlay has done 24 an inspection today to confirm that everything is 25 operating properly, meaning the cameras and all  24 1 the paperwork. And actually it was pretty 2 exemplary; is that correct? 3 LIEUTENANT DUNLAY: Yes, sir, that's 4 correct. 5 MR. GONZALEZ: So the only thing missing 6 is the state's application. We contacted the 7 state to see if they have a copy, we do not have a 8 copy. What I've suggested to her is if we can 9 maybe put this off for 30 days, she can fill out a 10 new application, so we have it. It's only a paper 11 violation, so I would respectfully request that 12 maybe if we just hold it off for 30 days. 13 MAYOR STACK: Absolutely. 14 MR. GONZALEZ: I think it would be 15 appropriate. 16 MAYOR STACK: No issue whatsoever. 17 Do you just want to state your name for 18 the record, that you're here as the owner? 19 MS. MOREIRA: Anna Moreira and Gloria 20 Moreira. 21 MAYOR STACK: We'll do that. I'll make 22 a motion following Mr. Gonzalez's recommendation, 23 no problem. 24 MS. ROSARIO: Motion made by Mayor 25 Stack.  25 1 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 2 MS. ROSARIO: Second by Commissioner 3 Fernandez. 4 Commissioner Fernandez. 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 6 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 7 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 8 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 9 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 10 RIGHT1: Commissioner Martinetti. 11 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 12 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 13 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 14 MS. ROSARIO: Thank you. 15 * * * * 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  26 1 3. JAI Rancchod, LLC 2 T/a Good Time Liquors 3 1314 New York Avenue 4 0910-44-045-008 5 (Matthew Wolfberg, Esq.) 6 7 MR. GONZALEZ: The last matter we have 8 is JAI Rancchod, LLC, trading as Good Times 9 Liquors. They're represented by Mr. Wolfberg 10 who's present. This is actually an application, 11 change of corporate structure. The owners were 12 husband and wife. The only matter that we're 13 doing today is in the corporate structure, the 14 wife is being removed. So it's not new owners or 15 anybody that's involved in it, we're just 16 eliminating her interest and it's going to go into 17 her husband's interest as 100 percent versus 50. 18 MAYOR STACK: Okay. 19 MR. WOLFBERG: Her husband owned 20 60 percent initially and the wife owned 21 40 percent. She's transferring her 40 percent to 22 her husband, who will now own 100 percent. This 23 is a family business. 24 MAYOR STACK: Great, thank you very 25 much. I'll make a motion to approve.  27 1 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 2 MS. ROSARIO: Motion made by Mayor 3 Stack, second by Commissioner Martinetti. 4 Commissioner Fernandez. 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 6 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 7 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 8 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 9 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 10 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 11 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 12 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 13 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 14 MR. GONZALEZ: Thank you. 15 * * * * 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  28 1 ADJOURNMENT: 2 3 MS. ROSARIO: There's no other items, 4 may I have a motion to adjourn? 5 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 6 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 7 MS. ROSARIO: Motion made by Mayor 8 Stack, second by Commissioner Martinetti. All in 9 favor? 10 11 (All Board Members indicate in the 12 affirmative.) 13 14 (Whereupon the meeting was adjourned at 15 7:20 p.m.) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  29 1 Brian P. Stack 2 Lucio P. Fernandez 3 Maryury A. Martinetti 4 Celin J. Valdivia 5 Wendy A. Grullon 6 Board of Commissioners 7 8 9 Attest: 10 Angelo Auteri, Esq., 11 Corporation Counsel 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  30 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 3 4 5 6 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a 7 true and accurate transcript of the testimony and 8 proceedings as taken stenographically by me at the 9 time, place, and on the date hereinbefore set 10 forth. 11 12 13 14 SUSAN BISCHOFF, CCR, RPR LICENSE NO. 30XI00233700 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25