Speaker 5: Item number 15 Report from Police Recommendation to receive and file the application of Supermax for an ABC license. 4709 through 4711 East Second Street, District three.
Speaker 4: I'm going to turn this over to Councilwoman Price.
Speaker 6: Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to. I'm going to have a few comments, but I'd like to make a motion to approve this item. Thank you. And I would ask that the conditions we've just filed presented some brand new conditions that were just updated about an hour ago. And council members should have a copy of that. So these are the new conditions that we would be proposing for this particular item. And I'd like to note that at the request of several constituents that I spoke with, I've added number 16 with the hope and recommendation that ABC will consider this condition as one of the conditions that will remain on this license should the license be issued, and it said upon sale or transfer of the license, the conditions included herein will be subject to review and possible modification of operating hours and specific conditions of alcohol sales. Having said that, I want to thank the Long Beach Police Department for their report. It's my understanding that they're recommending recommending approval of this of this item and recommend recommending that Supermax be granted their Type 47 license. I want to note at the outset that Supermax is a long standing, positive, contributing business partner to the city of Long Beach and specifically to the third District. I want to thank the owners, operators and managers of the business for being responsible corporate citizens and for taking care of our community and specifically the residents and visitors of the shore. I want them to know that we have had a major outpouring of support from people who frequent the restaurant, who appreciate the efforts made by the ownership and management of Supermax to be involved in the community and to contribute in a positive way. And I also want them to know, as they know from operating in the shore, that there are a lot of concerns in the shore, obviously, about making sure that the shore does not become the type of district where we have too many bars or too many people that are not respecting the incredible balance that we try to maintain there between residents and businesses. So it is very important and I know Supermax understands this, that they adhere to that to the strictest standards in terms of their privilege to be able to sell liquor at that location and that that be a responsible commitment that they undertake. And I know that they will take that commitment seriously and they will pay specific attention to two potential concerns, like overpowering or encouraging irresponsible behavior. So having said that, I have no doubt that Supermax is going to be completely responsible with the license that they receive. They've been in the shower since 1990. They have three locations with type 47 licenses, 14 locations total. The restaurant was established in 1974 and by all accounts is a thriving restaurant that whose primary focus is serving food. They have had minimal de minimis, as what we call it in the legal world, calls for service from the Long Beach Police Department. And we understand that the police department is recommending approval and support of this application based on their investigation, even including their remeasurement today or I think yesterday showing that there were four residents within 100 feet. With all of that, it'll be my recommendation to approve this item and request that ABC impose the conditions that we believe are reasonable based on this business and their placement in the short.
Speaker 4: Great. Thank you. There's a motion in a second by Councilmember Richardson. Did you want to comment? Councilman Richardson? Nope. Okay. We'll go to public comment. Any public comment on the item? Saying Yes, please come forward.
Speaker 3: Two extra time seemed hardly necessary. My name is William Holtz, was born in Long Beach. No disrespect to community hospital, but I was born at Broadway and Cherry at the Hermon Jones Clinic. I moved to Belmont Shore when I entered grad school at Cal State Long Beach in 1968, and have lived in the shore ever since, except for two years when when my wife and I purchased a home up by Eldorado Park. We loved the area. We moved back to the shore because of all the amenities. And also I loved the weather there. I was in my current home when Super Max first opened on Second Street Live and they've always been a good neighbor and acted responsibly. And I've used them to cater many parties for family and friends, and they've always been a good place to go to for affordable meals with guests. One minor drawback for the restaurant is that they couldn't serve real tequila margaritas. And I don't believe that changing their license would allow hard liquor, would have any substantive change in sobriety of their patrons. It's not an action to convert Second Street into Bourbon Street. It's more to recognize that the Shore remain healthy and thriving. Its restaurants play a critical role. Super Max is simply a family oriented Mexican restaurant. Proving this application would not change that. I don't understand the vehemence of some of the opposition to the application. Prohibition ended in 1933. We're still fighting it today. I think the application should be supported because it'll make the good restaurant a better restaurant, and that will only benefit Belmont Shore in Long Beach. Sorry to waste your time because it looks like it's going to pass. Thank you very much.
Speaker 4: Never a week is never a waste of time.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Mayor Garcia, for all you do for Long Beach. And thank you, Susan Rice, for all you do for the shore. Thank you.
Speaker 4: Thank you. Next speaker. I just ate at your lovely restaurant two nights ago.
Speaker 7: I know I missed you. I was at a wedding and dancing. Oh, hi, Lisa Ramla. I'm a long time Long Beach resident. I'm on the Belmont Shore Business Association, and I am a resident of the Shore. I am 100% for letting Super Max have the new license, and my restaurant, La Strada, is located directly across the street . In fact, when people say, Where are you located? I always say, We're right across the street from super max. I've heard that I read in the article from some of the naysayers in the Greenwich Gazette that they thought that if this action was granted and they got this license, that other restaurant owners would now want to go get that license. And me being directly across the street, I have zero interest in getting a liquor license like theirs. I get understand. Because they want to serve margaritas. So I, I hope it goes forward. I the naysayers also, I, you know. Anyway.
Speaker 8: Go forward.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Lisa. And next time you're going have to bring some of your lasagna, please, because. Okay, great. I see no other public comment and no other council. We have a motion on the floor by Councilwoman Price with conditions as submitted. Please cast your votes.
Speaker 5: Motion carries seven zero.
Speaker 4: Great. Thank you. And and thank you. I look forward to some good food there, but I think that's the place that got me through my college weekends. Let me move on back to the regular agenda. So I think now we're going on to where do we go here? Give me 1/2. Okay. So we're going to have our hearing continue that I'm hearing, but we need to have public comment. So let's do the let's do the hearing first and they're gonna go to public comment.
Recommendation to receive and file the application of Super Mex Restaurants, Incorporated, dba Super Mex, for an original application of an Alcoholic Beverage Control License, at 4709-4711 East 2nd Street.  (District 3)