Liquor Commission — Naperville, IL
Date: 2020-07-09

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Liquor Commission

Thursday, July 9, 2020 3:00 PM On Zoom - Open agenda to see phone &
 webinar options


 CITY OF NAPERVILLE PUBLIC MEETINGS UPDATE:
 On Friday, June 12, 2020, an amendment to the Open Meetings Act was signed into law.
 This new law replaces the gubernatorial executive order concerning the Open Meetings
 Act and allows public bodies to temporarily conduct meetings remotely during a state of
 emergency, subject to certain requirements, including a determination by the head of the
 public body that an in-person meeting is not practical or prudent.

 On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, Mayor Chirico issued an executive order determining that
 in-person meetings of the City Council and the City’s boards and commissions are not
 currently practical or prudent due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Accordingly, the Liquor
 Commission meeting scheduled for July 9, 2020 will be conducted remotely. The means
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A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. NEW BUSINESS:
 20-767 Consider Mall of India’s request for a Class C license

 20-768 Consider adjusting BASSET training requirements


F. REPORTS:
 20-769 Approve the regular Liquor Commission meeting minutes of June 4, 2020


 1. Restaurant Association Report - Jeffries

 2. BASSET- Employee Training Statistics - Riggs

 3. Tobacco Enforcement Review - Riggs

 4. Liquor Report - Riggs

 5. Liquor Concept Committee Update - Barfuss



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G. EXECUTIVE SESSION:

H. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
 will be made to allow for meeting participation.




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City of Naperville

 400 S. Eagle Street
 Naperville, IL 60540




 Meeting Minutes - Final

 Thursday, July 9, 2020

 3:00 PM



On Zoom - Open agenda to see phone & webinar options



 Liquor Commission
Liquor Commission Meeting Minutes - Final July 9, 2020




A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Mayor Chirico called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM

B. ROLL CALL:
 Present 8- Marc Blackman, Mayor Steve Chirico, Paul O'Toole, Mitch Stauffer, Scott Wehrli,
 Kimberly White, Anthony Signorella, and Karyn Charvat
 Absent 3- Pam Davis, Charles Maher, and Joe Vozar




 Staff Present: Miranda Barfuss, Assistant to City Council; Jennifer Lutzke,
 Senior Assistant City Attorney; Rachel Pruneda, Administrative Assistant; Dan
 Riggs, Police Detective

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 None

D. OLD BUSINESS:

 None

E. NEW BUSINESS:

 Consider Mall of India’s request for a Class C license
 Attachments: Mall of India Attachment Liquor Commission 070920

 Ajay Sunkara and Vinoz Chanamolu, representing Mall of India, reviewed their
 request for a Class C license. The food court in the Mall of India will have 8
 multi-cuisine restaurants, a coffee shop and a juice shop. None of the
 restaurants in the food court will serve alcohol. Mall of India proposes to have a
 full-service bar in a 400-square foot suite adjacent to the food court and to allow
 liquor consumption to extend into the food court. Lutzke stated that there is a
 Class C license available and the Liquor Commission can approve it without
 action from the City Council.

 Mayor Chirico asked for hours of the bar area and food court. Sunkara
 confirmed that the bar would not be open outside of food court hours and food
 will always be served while the bar is operating. The bar will not be advertised
 separately from the mall.

 The Commission discussed seating in the bar area and monitoring of the food
 court area to ensure that patrons do not take alcohol out of the area or pass
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 drinks to underage individuals. Sunkara and Chanamolu stated that there is a
 small amount of seating in the bar area. The food court will have signage, mall
 security staff and security cameras to monitor for underage drinking and
 prevent customers from taking alcoholic drinks out of the food court area. They
 are willing to have their mall security staff BASSET trained and use wristbands
 to visually identify those who are over 21. Mayor Chirico clarified that those
 measures would be mall policy and cannot be mandated by the City. Lutzke
 agreed that the City cannot put specific limitations on a specific license for a
 specific entity.

 Mayor Chirico stated that this is a unique situation, but the environment seems
 safe and he is comfortable with issuing a Class C license. He went on to say
 that enforcement and compliance checks can help identify and respond to
 issues if they arise. The Commission discussed concerns about issuing the
 Class C license, including its enabling of package sales and possible
 prohibitions regarding those under 21 entering the facility after a certain hour.
 Mall of India confirmed that they are not interested in doing package sales. The
 grocery store on site at the Mall of India will not sell alcohol either.

 The Commission discussed Class A, Class B, Class M and Class U licenses
 as possible alternatives to the Class C. The license premise and requirements
 of the license premises were discussed for each.

 Lutzke asked if the petitioners would consider moving liquor service into the
 food court to enable the licensed premise to be the food court, rather than the
 adjacent suite. Sunkara stated that the Mall of India is not interested in opening
 a restaurant themselves, but rather renting the restaurant space to tenants.
 They also want to keep the bar area separate to maintain a family-friendly
 atmosphere.

 The Commission discussed the child care facility on site at the Mall of India and
 Lutzke confirmed that the distance from the proposed liquor license premise to
 the child care facility entrance is adequate to allow a liquor license to be issued.
 This has been confirmed by TED.

 The Commission did not act. Mayor Chirico asked staff to determine whether
 an existing license class can be applied or if a modification of an existing
 license class is required. Mayor Chirico clarified that the Mall of India will not
 have to return to the Liquor Commission if an existing class of license can be
 issued. If a modification to the license rules is needed, however, it will be on the
 agenda for the next Liquor Commission meeting and then would need to go to
 City Council. Commissioners stated that they are supportive of the Mall of India
 liquor concept, but need to determine which license class would be most
 appropriate for the unique request.

 Consider adjusting BASSET training requirements

 Lutzke stated that Illinois state law requires employees to complete BASSET
 training within 120 days of their date of hire. The City of Naperville requires the
 employee to sign up for BASSET training within 30 days of hire and take the

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 class within 60 days of hire. No in-person BASSET classes have been held
 since February and the online class has been used instead.

 Riggs stated that he has 95 individuals completing the online training right now
 and described the online training format. He went on to say that the only delay
 he is experiencing is with the state issuing BASSET cards once employees are
 trained. Employees are able to print a temporary card, however, so he does not
 have any issues continuing to provide BASSET training in this manner.

 Lutzke confirmed that no modification to liquor rules or an executive order is
 needed to enable first time BASSET participants to take the online course rather
 than an in-person course. Mayor Chirico asked if the online training is specific
 to Naperville or if other communities could also utilize the training. Riggs
 confirmed that though there is specific information for Naperville included in the
 training, the BASSET certification is valid in any municipality.

 Mayor Chirico would like to offer the online class to other communities via the
 DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference. Christine Jeffries will email
 members of Dine Naperville to inform them that the online training is available
 for their employees and new hires.


F. REPORTS:

 Approve the regular Liquor Commission meeting minutes of June 4, 2020
 Attachments: DRAFT Liquor Commission Minutes 060420

 Commissioner Stauffer motioned to approve the Liquor Commission meeting
 minutes of June 4, 2020, seconded by White. The motion was approved and
 carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 7- Blackman, O'Toole, Stauffer, Wehrli, White, Signorella, and Charvat

 Excused: 1- Mayor Chirico

 Absent: 3- Davis, Maher, and Vozar

 1. Restaurant Association Report - Jeffries

 Jeffries reported that the Mayor’s Office and Dine Naperville have been
 informative and helpful to restaurants during the pandemic by issuing executive
 orders and sharing information on loan and grant programs. She thanked the
 Mayor for advocating on behalf of our restaurants and issuing the Executive
 Orders allowing package sales, cocktails to-go and temporary outdoor seating.
 Jeffries shared that the Dine Naperville website was redesigned to highlight
 to-go and curbside dining, then switched to outdoor dining, and is now
 promoting indoor dining as well. Next year’s Naperville Dining Guide is also
 underway.

 Edward Hospital has produced signs promoting requirements for face

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 coverings and the restaurants are using these signs to promote a unified
 message. Jeffries emphasized that supporting our restaurants is of primary
 importance and encouraged the Commission to promote the
 #MasksinNaperville initiative on social media.

 Jeffries reported on the effort to close downtown streets (e.g. Jackson between
 Washington and Main Street) to car traffic for certain portions of the weekend.
 This would promote a festival atmosphere for outdoor dining, however, some
 retailers have not wanted to close the streets and other issues continue to be
 explored. Weekly meetings on this topic are occurring with TED and the
 Downtown Naperville Alliance.

 Commissioner Stauffer inquired on the outcome of the Liquor Commission's
 recommendation to City Council to waive certain liquor and tobacco fees for the
 year. Lutzke confirmed that the item is on the upcoming 07/21/20 City Council
 agenda.


 2. BASSET- Employee Training Statistics - Riggs

 Riggs stated that he has nothing further to report on BASSET.

 3. Tobacco Enforcement Review - Riggs

 Riggs reported that he has submitted paperwork for the next upcoming year's
 tobacco compliance checks. For the most recent cycle, the state did not want
 to run compliance checks due to the COVID pandemic, but Riggs reported that
 he worked with the state to do educational compliance checks instead.
 Eighteen-year-old teens were used for the compliance checks and if the
 business did not ask for ID, the scenario was interrupted to provide education to
 the business that IDs should be routinely requested to ascertain a customer's
 age since masks make visual identification more difficult.

 Lutzke reported on two tobacco violations which are still pending and stated that
 they would be adjudicated by the next Liquor Commission meeting.


 4. Liquor Report - Riggs

 Riggs reported that in May 2020 there were 4 DUIs compared to 20 DUIs in May
 2019. In June 2020 there were 5 DUIs compared to 27 in June 2019.

 5. Liquor Concept Committee Update - Barfuss

 Barfuss reported that there are no new liquor concepts.

G. EXECUTIVE SESSION:

H. ADJOURNMENT:
 Commissioner White made a motion to adjourn the Liquor Commission Meeting


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 of July 9, 2020 at 4:32 PM, seconded by Commissioner O'Toole. The motion was
 approved and carried by the following vote:

 Aye: 7- Blackman, O'Toole, Stauffer, Wehrli, White, Signorella, and Charvat

 Excused: 1- Mayor Chirico

 Absent: 3- Davis, Maher, and Vozar




 /S/ Miranda Barfuss
 Miranda Barfuss
 Assistant to City Council




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