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Home My WebLink About05-20-2014 pc cooperKrernke, Kate 1m: Mejia, Anthony ,nt: Monday, May 19, 2014 8:27 AM MAY 19 2014 To: Kremke, Kate Subject: FW: Appeal of Proposed Wine Bar @ 800 Palm Street Attachments: 05_18_14 ... abcform.pdf, 051814 ... offsalelicenses.docx Agenda Correspondence — Public Comment for 5/20 Anthony J. Mejia I City Clerk )q a Palm Street Sari t ors Obispo, CA 19 -1401 tel ! 80, fib ,7102 AGENDA CORRESPONDENCE Date -'Item# L From: allancoope@gmail.com [mailto:allancoope(�Dgmail.com] On Behalf Of Allan Cooper Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 1:47 PM Subject: Appeal of Proposed Wine Bar @ 800 Palm Street Well, I'm back "in the fray" again, hopefully helping out the Mission Orchard Neighborhood Association. A wine bar is proposed to be located at the edge of our neighborhood. A number of us are appealing this project to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. I've stated the reasons for my protest below. If you, too, wish to register your concern and agree with me on these points, feel free to copy and paste my letter onto your form ,e first attachment) and mail it to ABC 3220 S. Higuera St. Suite 233, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 prior to ,-,/lay 28, 2014. Thanks! - Allan 1 am protesting a proposal to locate an alcohol outlet (Vine Intervention LLC) at 800 Palm Street in the historical Ah Louis Store. The law says ABC may deny any retail license located within 600 feet of a school. This proposed alcohol outlet will be located within 145 feet of the Mission School Annex at 772 Palm St. — a school annex comprised of 12 -13 year old students - and 480 feet from the Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School at 682 Palm Street. I am also protesting granting an alcohol outlet license to any new proprietor located within Downtown San Luis Obispo. A new alcohol outlet, the 64 °i license Downtown, compounds the state of over - concentration and thwarts the City's recent progress in controlling the Downtown alcohol environment. The ABC is charged with the responsibility under State statute (B &P 23958.4) to deny an application if the issuance of that license would add to an undue concentration of licenses, But most importantly, the City of San Luis Obispo has already exceeded the maximum number of off -sale beer and wine licenses by rive. With regards to ABC Act Article 23817.5 23817.5. "Off -sale beer and wine license ratio ". (a) (1) "The number of premises for which an off -sale beer and wine license is issued shall be limited to one for each 2,500, or fraction thereof, inhabitants of the city or county in which the premises are situated. No additional off - sale beer and wine license, other than a renewal or transfer or as permitted by Section 23821, shall be issued in any city or county where the number of premises which all off -sale beer and wine licenses are issued is more than one for each 2,500, or fraction thereof, inhabitants of the city or county ". That would be 19.6 licenses for the City of San Luis Obispo assuming a population of 49,000. In Census Tract l 1 1.01 alone (Downtown SLO) there are I I off -sale beer and wine licenses. Last I counted there are 14 additional off -sale beer and wine licenses 1 within the City and outside the Downtown Core resulting in a total of 25 licenses (including 9 wine bars) and 5 over ABC's maximum (see the attachment below). Finally, a 2011 Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates public opinion poll found that 60% of San Luis Obispo residents consider "alcohol- related crimes and problems "very serious" or "somewhat serious ". In 2012, a utility bill survey found that 59% of the 2,200 San Luis Obispo respondents sought fewer bars in Downtown SLO. So there are serious, on -going concerns locally about the need to regulate on -site and off -site alcohol outlet density in our Downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. Off -Sale Beer and Wine Licenses in the City of San Luis Obispo (Italics: Located in Downtown San Luis Obispo) (Bold: Wine Bar) 1. Central Coast Wines 712 Higuera St. 2. BevMo! 1502 Froom Ranch Way 3. Crossroads Liquor & Deli 3211 Broad St. 4. Cork `n' Bottle Liquor Store & Deli 774 Foothill Blvd. 5. Campus Bottle Shoppe 290 California Blvd. 6 Sandy's Deli - Liquor 586 Higuera 7. Madonna Inn Classic Gourmet and Wine Shop 100 Madonna Road 8. Sidewalk Market 1401 Osos St. 9. Manuel's Liquors 2145 Broad St. 10. Cost Plus World Market 325 Madonna Rd. 11. Central Coast Brewing 1422 Monterey St. 12. Sands Liquor Deli 1930 Monterey St. #A 13. Quick Stop 2600 Broad St. 14. Padre Liquor 3250 S. Higuera St. Ste. D 15. Monterey Street Wines 1255 Monterey St. 16. Cornerstone Market & Deli 1212 Higuera St. 17. Luis Wine Bar 1201 Higuera St. 18. Crushed Grape Wine & Gifts 319 Madonna Rd. 19. Trader Joe's 3977 Higuera St. 20. Granada Hotel and Bistro 1126 Morro St. 21. Meze Wine Bar & Bistro 1880 Santa Barbara Ave. 22. Art Bar 1130 Morro St. 23. Wine Shed 3590 Broad St. 24. The Cellar 1060 Osos St. 25. Doc's Cellar 855 Capitolio Way Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control State of Califomia PROTEST AGAINST ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE APPLICATION • Refer to Form ABC -510, Information Regarding ABC License Application and Protests (Rev. April 2010), before completing and submitting your protest. The ABC -510 is located at www.abc.ca.gov and in each district office. • Please print legibly or type. Incomplete and /or illegible information will cause the protest to be rejected. e You will be notified by letter whether or not your your protest is accepted. • If the Department recommends licensure, you will be afforded the opportunity to request a hearing on your protest. • If a hearing is scheduled as to whether or not a license should be granted, you or your authorized representative will need to attend the hearing to testify and /or present evidence to support your protest, or your protest will be deemed abandoned. • All protests submitted to the ABC are public records and are open to inspection pursuant to the California Public Records Act (CPRA). (Gov. Code sec. 6254 et seq. ) • A copy of all valid and verified protests (ABC- 510 -A) and Protestant's /Complainant's Declaration (ABC -128) will be provided to the applicant as part of the licensing process. I hereby protest the issuance of a license under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to: For premises at: (Name(s) of Applicant(s)) (Exact address of proposed premises) on the grounds that: Check here if additional sheets attached , declare under penalty of perjury: PRINT (Name of Protestant) (1) That I am the Protestant herein; (2) That I have read the above protest and know the contents thereof; and (3) That the same is true of my own knowledge except as to those matters which are therein stated on information and belief, and as to those matters I believe to be true. PROTESTANTS SIGNATURE $'1 NN'ED AT (Oty and Stele) .... -- name S nurnw... unit: or ABC -510 -A (Rev. April 2010) NUMBER (Optional & non - public)