{"id":111,"date":"2012-09-30T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/?p=111"},"modified":"2012-09-30T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T13:12:00","slug":"lowell-downtown-neighborhood-association-meeting-092412","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ldna01852.org\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"Lowell Downtown Neighborhood Association Meeting 09\/24\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Discuss rules and regulations w\/r\/t\u00a0 music and alcohol at galleries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Start Time: 7:05<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Board Present: Kathleen Marcin, Corey Sciuto, Greg Page, Stephen Greene<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Presenting: Captain Kevin Sullivan, LPD (Also Present: Captain Jack Webb, and Lt Tommy Siopes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Aggravated assaults \u2013 11 in the past four weeks \u201cover threshold\u201d After 1 AM and before 3 (1:45-2:30 majority).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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3 Officers and supervisor on Fridays and Saturdays + reserve officers from Community Response Team 11PM-3AM. 4 officers on Overtime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Gang issues are up citywide, straining resources<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Five car breaks. Four downtown this weekend (high). Two in Canal Place III.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Liquor Guided by state laws Ch 138<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Every police officer in the state must act as agent for Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Amplified music requires a special permit (max 30 permits per year).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Stacie Hargis: Is that each time?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sullivan: Each time. Same with liquor. Maximum of 30 liquor permits per year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Captain Jack Webb:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Delivery of an alcoholic beverage outside of a residence is prima facie evidence of sale. Even giving a beer to a friend is illegal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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There are private club licenses, restaurant licenses, beer and wine only for package stores and restaurants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Mike Daley: Do bars have a full year sound license and how?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Webb: Full-time Liquor licenses come with a year-round amplified music license. You cannot get an all-encompassing license for just music. This is not the same as an entertainment license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Retail spaces being used for other purposes require an accessory use permit from the building department (occupancy restrictions, etc). Galleries are included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Dimitrios Booras: Galleries are not adequately covered by these types of licenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Webb: True. They should get an accessory use permit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sullivan: The prima facie evidence statue limits the officers from using discretion. It requires us to break these up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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You should draft up a request to the license commission about grey areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kathleen M: Agreed. License commission is reviewing license rules and regulations\u00a0right now. Good timing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Ayer Lofts was serving alcohol this weekend, I was worried they were going to get busted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Walter Wright: $75 for wine and beer, $150 for full alcohol, one day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Webb: The ABCC doesn\u2019t want you drinking outside of your house or a licensed establishment, and a gallery will not get one of those full, limited-number (states determine how many each municipality receives) licenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Mauricio Cordero: What covers caterers?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Webb: There is a new license to cover this. It is on the part of the caterer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sullivan: Whistler House has used this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sullivan: There are liability issues as well. If somebody drives drunk from your event, you can be responsible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kathleen: Does a gallery need an insurance rider for events?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sullivan: Don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kathleen: Is there a requirement from the license commission about insurance?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Webb: Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Investigate.<\/p>\n

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Walter: Is there a cost for the sound permit?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sullivan: Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Mike Daley: How about outdoor music?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Webb: Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Stacie: COOL put together a festival handbook \u2013 should cover the sound permits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Webb: Get the accessory use and sound permit and alert the LPD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Stacie to get handbook to Kathleen. Find cost of sound permit.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Handbook<\/a><\/div>\n
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License Commission page<\/a>\u00a0– forms on left.<\/div>\n
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Corey: Permits expire @ 10 PM during the week and 12 PM on Weekends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Mike: These prices are prohibitive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Lt Siopes: When we get called in about a complaint, we have to act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kathleen: (To gallery owners): Meet with COOL, City of Lowell, Building Dept (Kendra resigning), Lowell Fire Department, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Corey to help organize follow-up meeting.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Mauricio: There is a meeting of museum directors @ 10 AM tomorrow (September 25th), we will push to the top of the agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Stephen Greene: Re assaults, are there cameras? Where did they happen?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Webb: Yes, but the cameras tend to miss the action. We can\u2019t say which bars are responsible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sullivan: We are usually making arrests in these cases. The number of incidents look like they\u2019re rising, but that has a lot to do with increased enforcement. (e.g. public urination).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kathleen: These galleries are helping with the problem as well by offering alternate entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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(End presentation)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Corey to set up email list?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kathleen: Remember to sign up to vote! Last day to register is Oct 17th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Steven: The license commission law changes [last time through] were Draconian, which is why they didn\u2019t go through. We have a few problem places and we know who they are. Maybe with a new licensing commission, we\u2019ll have action. We should work on this and the gallery license stuff as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kathleen: (To gallery owners) Talk to Andy [Brew\u2019d Awakenings] about the Busk Stop rules; the galleries should get something similar for music. It was very well written.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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