1998-01-12 Workshop and Regular Meeting of City Council

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~'~v.^t~s"'a+ara. a/era(. / ~y Cyr o~~ ~ ~®~~~ -~~~...~.~.~ li'J~l'=i~Ji'r 1 := J~~~= i~1Jil~1i'JJJi~J J= ~?i~l.S.it ~ J, 1 JJ To: Robert T. Herrera, City Manager ,~ :~ ~ ,/r From: Stephen L. Barr, Parks and Recreation Director ~, ' RE: ~ STATUS OF ALCOH L PERMIT FOR SYLVAN BEACH PAVILION As requested in our meeting on December 10`h, Marlene Rigby contacted the City of Pasadena Convention Center to get information on how they handle their alcohol permitting. They use a company called Hudson~License Service to obtain temporary permits for their site. They have a permanent beer and wine license in the name of the City for their primary location, and obtain temporary permits for other on-premises locations (they "have several rooms in which alcohol can be served throughout the. center): This morning, Marlene and•I met with Ms. Judy Hudson of~Hudson License Service, and Mr. Steve Boyer, Regional Supervisor~of the TABC Compliance Office; at Sylvan Beach Pavilion. We surveyed our facility and explained our particular usage as far as rentals/special events. The issue of separate rooms for permitting will not work at Sylvan Beach because alcohol sold in one location cannot be taken: into` another location. At Pasadena (or George Brown Convention Center in Houston), this is not a problem because the facility is large enough to separate and isolate large rooms. In our case, if the foyer and the ballroom were separate addresses, Jesse could serve drinks in the foyer, but people would not be allowed to take the drinks into the ballroom (or vicE; versa). We discussed ~tr~e three options available to us as mentioned in the letter of December 8~'. One altemative is to,purchase a permanent beer and wine permit in the City's name which would put us into the alcohol serving business, but would not solve our mixed drink problem. Our other alternative is to .purchase`s mixed drink license which would put an end to BYOB activities, including beer and wine being: given away at wedding receptions and quinceneras. After reviewing~i~ur particular usage and taking into consideration all the factors pertaining to alcohol consumption,. both; Ms. Hudson and Mr. Boyer have recommended that the City allow Jesse Garcia to;~pbtain a permanent beer and wine permit for the Pavilion as our best alternative. As discussed. ir;pur earlier meeting, this will preclude;the possibility of serving mixed drinks in the future at any event at' the pavilion.. If we proceed ;with this recommendation, as discussed in the December 8~'' letter, our future leasing policies'would have to reflect this major change at the Pavilion. I recommend that we go ahead and notifjr Jesse to pursue a permanent beer and wine permit at the Pavilion, and that we notify all of our~past lessees that have served mixed drinks of their options for future events under the new guidelines. ~ We ,must put the wheels iri motion. shortly in order to get the permitting