All right, we're going to call each other board meeting to order March 5th at 90.

Oh, welcome to everybody that's here.

Welcome.

Thank you for coming in on the SCP.

I'm asking all of me with indeed.

Right for the right of meeting.

And uh we are under the sunshine also because the first time we thought our processes.

Number two, electronic devices, all your cell phones, iPads, Android flip phones must be turned off or muted so there's no disruption to this meeting.

Please, ma'am, please.

Uh lastly, if you are wishing to address the board, you must do so from the podium with Sergeant Cowan is.

Uh when you come, I'm asking if you will state your name, uh speak clearly, uh, so that we can make sure that we get everything on record.

Uh we will now have the approvals for a minute from February 19th, 2026, if there's approval for minutes.

All right, it has been approved of by Brook, I mean, yeah, by Betsy, and second by Brooke, that the approval of a minutes for February 19, 2026 be in effect.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any nays?

The eyes have it.

All right.

Uh, we will now have the swearing in witnesses, all individuals who will testify.

Uh, would you please stand?

Uh and we will get you sworn in swear or earn the testimony you give today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing's the truth.

I do.

All right, we thank Adam for swearing you in.

Uh next on the agenda, we will call Councilperson Jenny Burris from District Six, and she would do a proclamation to honor the late board member, Mr.

Ron Smith.

Thank you, and welcome.

Thank you, board.

Um, I appreciate the the time to do so.

I um I've known known Ron Smith probably since 2008 when he joined the board and was saddened to hear that he passed away unexpectedly because he served well, and I would like to present with to you all from Mayor Kelly a proclamation of recognition to Mr.

Smith.

Whereas the City of Chattanooga is strengthened by citizens who generously dedicate their time, experience, and leadership in public service for the benefit of others, and whereas Ron Smith faithfully served the citizens of Chattanooga for 17 years as a member of the Chattanooga Beer Board, carrying out his responsibilities with integrity, professionalism, and an unwavering commitment to fairness and accountability.

And whereas throughout his tenure, he worked diligently to ensure the local businesses operated responsibly while thoughtfully balancing economic vitality, neighborhood safety, and the overall quality of life for residents.

And whereas Ron Smith's service reflected the highest ideals of civic engagement and exemplified the spirit of collaboration, stewardship, and quiet leadership that supports effective local government.

And whereas his dedication of time and expertise made a lasting and meeting meaningful impact on this governing body and on the continued responsible growth of our community.

And whereas the City of Chattanooga now pauses to remember and honor Ron Smith life following his passing with gratitude for his years of service and with appreciation for the legacy he leaves behind.

Now therefore, I Tim Kelly, mayor of the City of Chattanooga, do hereby recognize and honor the life, service, and memory of Ron Smith, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Chattanooga to be affixed this fifth day of March 2026.

Thank you all as well for your service.

A lot of people think that it doesn't go that not much goes into what you all do every day, and I understand that it does.

So we appreciate you, at least from the city council, and I know from the office of the mayor that we appreciate you all being here and making the tough decisions that you all have to make every time you get together.

And of course, Mr.

Smith for the years of service.

So thank you all very much.

I hope you have a good meeting.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

We thank Councilperson Jenny Birds from District 6 honoring uh faithful dedicated member Ron Smith.

He will be missed.

All right.

All right, we'll start out with uh TE 114, which is a smart music project.

Um Robert Davis is the coordinator.

Uh that was approved.

Uh number two, lemongrass tie uh beer 1359 was approved.

Uh on to the temporary um beer permits.

The creative discovery museum is hosting an amused 2026 secret garden sorry.

TE 113 was approved.

Another smart music project shop the market at the Choo Choo.

TE 115 was approved.

Uh same location, smart music project, uh, different date.

The Twilight Jewelry, TE 116 was approved.

Uh moving on to the app one application that was passed from the last meeting, um, which is the Food Truck Festivals of America LLC, TE 112 is actually on hold by legal.

I don't know if some is anyone here from the food truck.

She just said that with the representative.

Gotcha.

All right, good morning, sir.

Good morning.

How are you guys guys doing?

We're doing good.

Could you please state your name for the record?

And as you speak, can you speak clearly and slowly for the reporter?

Hi, everybody.

My name is Anthony Pepe.

I'm the owner of Food Truck Festivals of America.

We're an event marketing company that we do food truck festivals all across the country based out of Massachusetts.

Um, we do one at Coolidge Park every year.

This is our fourth year.

Um, it's grown to be a pretty pretty good event where this year we're doing a two-day event.

Usually we just do Saturday, we're doing Saturday and Sunday.

Um, I believe our our our ruling is is is held up for for um we had a letter of good standing put in to the uh online portal.

It was only valid for 60 days from when we put that in yesterday.

I went to Boston and got an updated letter and put that in the portal last night.

Um I I believe we should be all set.

We're we're up to date with um Department of Revenue as well.

So I'm not sure what is holding it up.

So he's referring to the uh their LLC standing with the Tennessee Secretary of State.

I'm sorry, did you?

So just for the record, can you just think your name is?

Uh Harold DeBrison, uh assistant city attorney for the city of Chattanooga, and it is currently on hold for legal approval because the LLC status needs to be brought to active with the Tennessee Secretary of State, but he did uh inform me.

We were out in the hall talking that he's submitted that paperwork and he's going to send that to me, so it should hopefully be cleared up in the next few days.

Okay.

So if we can just put a motion and just send this back to regulatory, yes.

Yes.

Um once the paperwork is done.

Um the regulatory can approve it.

So we still make that motion to send it back or leave it like it is.

You can leave it as is.

Okay.

All right.

So it is stated that once you send your paperwork to legal, then they'll sign off and then it will buy it would pass.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

And thank you for what you do for the city.

Thank you.

All right.

All right.

So we are moving now to new beer applications.

Uh Bertha, we're at beer 1386.

May.

Okay.

All right, the beer 1386.

Um, I'm not even gonna try that.

But they're doing business as Cabistro.

Um, and that was approved.

Okay.

Um beer 1387, the WNY Sports Bar is looks like it's on hold by zoning.

Is there anyone here from there?

Uh owner Willie Cox.

Zach Wiley, City of Chattanooga zoning.

There we go.

Thank you.

Say that one more time for the rest of the my name is Zachary Wiley.

I'm with the City of Chattanooga zoning division.

So the property at 2716 Dockson used to be zoned, a C2 zone, and that allowed for his type of business, eating and drinking establishments is the actual use type.

So when the new zoning uh was put into place across the city, that particular property is now zoned industrial heavy.

Heavy industrial does not allow for eating and drinking establishments permitted by right.

However, it does allow it permitted by special exception.

So he must apply to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a special exception permit, which he did get a zoning verification letter, and we put that information on there.

I just believe he's having his his family member help.

She I stepped out of the appeals meeting yesterday to try to help her begin her application for that, but she will have or he will have to appear at the next meeting.

Uh we Board of Zoning Appeals, the Boza is in one month.

We had it yesterday, so it'll be another month.

So he's essentially on hold until he can get that permit to operate his business whatsoever.

And then once he gets that permit, then I can move forward pardon me.

I can move forward with the zoning approval.

And yeah, the other steps can move forward for his his uh regular beer permit, his permanent beer permit.

All right, thank you.

So that that's his status.

So I sent him uh down to our office for a form that he's gonna need the property owner to sign for that application.

And uh I guess my uh my understanding is once he gets that taken care of, if he gets that uh then regulatory can approve.

I'm not sure.

So that's the information I gave him.

So for the sake of the record, he is he's clear that he should not be selling any beer uh in this establishment.

2716 Dotson Avenue.

He's not open.

Okay, no, that's what I was gonna say.

Uh is my understanding he's not open yet.

Okay, perfect.

All right.

All right.

I should also mention that um something came back in his background check that I think the bear board should consider when his application does come up.

So seeing as how he's not here, I'm not gonna mention exactly what it is, but I just wanted to let y'all know that that is something that y'all have to consider as well.

All right.

Uh so we are moving this until we move this out two weeks out.

Because he has to go to Boza.

Uh-huh.

Um, I would suggest that we move it out to um the second meeting in April.

Right, the second meeting in April, because then he'll have the outcome of the BOSA meeting.

All right.

And let's look at that date.

April 16th.

That's April 16th.

If we can get a motion to move this to April the 16th agenda.

I'll make a motion to this to April the 16th.

All right.

It's been motioned by Betsy, second by Brooke that we move beer 1387 WN W Sports Bar to the agenda on April the 16th.

Uh let's go for any questions.

All in favor, Brooke.

Veronica.

Reggie.

Yeah.

Bessie.

Yes.

Zach.

And the chair votes, yes.

All right.

This has been moved to April 16th agenda.

All right.

Next, we have beer 1391.

That one is approved by regulatory as well.

It's a it looks like maybe Mr.

Patel Brothers.

7701 Lee Highway.

Kiosh incorporated.

Was approved.

All right.

All right.

Uh that has been approved.

Next on our agenda, we have previous beer violations, and this is the reported recommendation of our hearing officer, Miss Rachel Hodges heard on February 19th.

And we're dealing with uh Dollar General.

And her recommendation was I saw it earlier.

I should highlighted it.

One moment.

Hearing officer Rachel Hodges recommended a continuous to March 19th.

Uh what does this board say?

Any questions?

If we accept the recommendation from hearing officer Rachel Hodges, I'll take a motion.

I'm going to accept the recommendation from Rafael Hodges to continue us to March 19th, 2026.

All right.

We have a motion by Zach, second by Veronica, that we are moving uh Dollar General to the March 19th agenda.

All in favor, Brooke?

Yes.

Veronica?

Yes.

Discussion on the motion.

Oh, discussion on the motion.

Right.

Okay.

All right, Brooke.

Yes.

Veronica.

Yes.

Reggie.

Yes.

Betsy.

Yes.

Zach.

Yes.

And chair votes, yes.

All right.

All right.

We're moving now to previous beer violations that was heard.

Report and recommended by hearing officer Rachel Hodges.

We have number two.

Uh, we're dealing with Cabana's nightclub and event center.

Uh and hearing officer Rachel Hodges stated that hearing from the results of the meeting rejection of the application, this violation is mute.

Uh, we will now open the floor for this board for uh discussions.

Or do we want to accept the recommendation?

Well, no, there's an I don't think there is a recommendation.

Yeah, there's no recommendation.

So what does this board say we want to do with cabanas?

And what's let's have a discussion.

Well, I believe that number two deals specifically with the fact that the violation didn't matter because we declined their application for a new beer application.

So I don't think there's any recommendation or any need to discuss because we declined.

Yeah, we just move on.

Yeah.

All right.

So null and void.

Is that what I'm hearing?

Let's legal.

Hold on second.

This is according to the findings of the hearing officer.

The recommendation is that based on the totality of the circumstances, the bear board uh impose a 1,000 civil penalty for cabanas.

Really?

Where is I don't see that documented?

So it's in the actual report that was sent to y'all.

I'll read it into the record.

Um, therefore, based on the foregoing, the hearing officer finds that the permittee failed to report fights occurring on the premises immediately to the Chattanooga police department in contravention of section 5-51B, and that sanctions are appropriate against a cabanas.

Due to cabana's present lack of a valid beer permit, the only sanctions available are civil monetary fines slash penalties, but the recommendation would include a suspension of the beer permit if there were a valid beer permit to suspend.

It is therefore recommended based upon the totality of the circumstances that the beer board impose a thousand dollar civil penalty.

Report and recommendations respectfully submitted this 27th day of February 2026.

And for the record, that was my mistake.

Yeah, okay.

All right.

Zach.

And I remember the recommendation being different that she couldn't do anything.

She couldn't do it.

That's why I didn't it didn't jump out to me on the agenda that was any different from that.

I remember her saying that the difficulty about them not having a um a ballot permit, but I also remember her making that recommendation at the end.

I do too.

Because it was the same recommendation for all of them.

Yeah.

No.

Okay.

I think they they ended up walking out with like a four thousand dollar total penalty.

Yeah.

All right.

So do we want to accept uh hearing officer Rachel Hodges?

Thousand dollar fine for number two.

Yeah.

And a thousand dollars is the maximum fine.

Yes.

And I'll make a motion to affirm a thousand dollar penalty.

Second.

All right.

It's been uh motioned by Betsy and second by Brooke and Veronica that we accept uh the thousand dollar uh fine that's adhered to Cabana's nightclub and events center.

Um the discussion on the motion.

Any discussion on the motion?

All right, all in favor, Brooke?

Uh yes, Veronica?

Yes, Reggie, yes, Betsy, yes, Zach, yes, and the chair votes yes.

It has been fixed.

All right.

Next we have Mexiville Mexican Restaurant, LLC doing business, Mexiville, North Shore 103 Cherokee, and the hearing officer Rachel Hodges recommended a fine of a thousand dollars.

Uh is there a motion or on the floor to accept?

I'll make a motion to affirm.

I'll second the motion to affirm.

All right.

It's been motioned by Betsy, second by Zach that we uh keep uh hearing officer Rachel Hodges' recommendation of a thousand dollar fine.

Any is there a discussion on the motion?

All right, Zach.

Yes, Betsy, yes, Reggie, yes, Veronica, yes, Brooke, yes, and the chair votes yes.

Uh Mexiville will keep that recommendation of a thousand dollar fine.

Next, we have Mexiville Mexican Restaurant 809 Market Street.

Uh the hearing officer Rachel Hodges recommended a fine of a thousand dollars.

Is there a motion to accept or to discuss uh Rachel Hodges' recommendation?

I'll make a motion to affirm a thousand dollar fine.

Second that motion.

All right, it's been motioned by Betsy, second by Zach that we keep the recommendation of a thousand dollar fine for Mexiville, Mexican restaurant 809 Market Street.

Is there discussion on the motion?

All right.

All in favor, Brooke?

Yes, Veronica?

Yes, Reggie?

Yes, Betsy, yes, Zach.

And the chair votes yes.

So the fire, the thousand dollar fine has been assigned to Mexico Mexiville, Mexican Restaurant 809 Markets Street.

Uh next violation that we have is Chi Chi's Char Chicken doing business as Chi Chi's 811 Market Street.

The recommendation from a hearing officer Rachel Hodges was a thousand dollars.

Is there a motion on the floor to accept uh her recommendation?

I'll make a motion to affirm a thousand dollar fine.

I'll second that motion.

It's been motioned by Betsy, second by Zach that we keep the thousand dollar fine for Chi Chi Chart uh Chicken L C doing business as Chi Cheese.

Is there discussion on the motion?

All right, let's put a vote to it.

Brooke?

Yes.

Veronica?

Yes.

Reggie?

Yes.

Betsy?

Yes.

Zach.

And the chair votes, yes.

Chi Chi's chart, Chicken L L C doing business as Chi Cheese 811 Market Street has been a fine of a thousand dollars.

All right.

Next on the agenda is the discussion.

Uh this is a report and recommendation of hearing officer Janika Everhardt heard on January 15th, 2026 for a 30-day suspension and a thousand dollar fine to be paid in seven days for uh major paper entertainment LLC doing business as a dream, 2308 Glass Street.

Uh yes, Miss Springs just letting you know that fine has been paid.

And next uh we're open for public comments.

Yes, ma'am.

Um the others, the previous violation price need to be paid in seven days, okay.

All right.

Uh Bertha uh question was do we need to go on record that all the fines that were implemented that they need to be paid in seven days?

Let's do it need to go on record legal, or is that already in their paperwork?

That's on the order that we'll draft that it's due within seven days.

So once it's drafted and I send it to you for signature, it should be on there.

All right.

All right, so it is on record, it will be in the order that uh all of those uh fine will be paid in seven days.

All right.

Public comment, yes, ma'am.

Bertha.

And will that order go out certified?

Yes.

All right, y'all fix that.

Y'all will talk about that.

It's done.

All right.

All right.

So certified mail going out tomorrow.

And there is a question on the floor by Zach.

Can you state your name for the record?

I can.

Again, Zach Wiley, City of Chinooker zoning division.

Uh circling back to the uh beer beer permit for 2716 Dodson Avenue, Willie Cox.

The next Bozo meeting is Wednesday, April the 1st.

So he's had to wait a long time.

He's gonna have to wait another 30 days.

If he gets that special exception permit on Wednesday, I would love to see him be able to come before you on Thursday, the next day.

Instead of having to wait an additional two weeks, after he's already had to wait all this time up on the front end.

So I just wanted to bring that up and let the board consider instead of passing it to the second meeting in April, maybe just passing it to the first meeting.

Thank you.

Are we allowed to do this?

Do that you can do it.

Or do we have to like revisit make a motion to revisit?

You can do a motion to reconsider uh your previous decision.

Um item, I guess.

1387, item seven nephews under section seven number two.

I make a motion to reconsider three months our illegal scheduling of beer permit number 13 87.

I second.

All right, it's been and I guess you have to put it in the motion.

I'm sorry, that's the put in the motion of the date that we are well.

I think that's sufficient enough to reconsider the the scheduling for that.

So all right.

It's been motioned by Zach, second by Brooke that we uh do a motion to reconsider for beer 1387 W and Y Sports Bar.

Is there a discussion on the motion?

All in favor, Zach?

Yes, Betsy, yes, Reggie.

Yes, Veronica.

It's just changed right.

Uh Brooke.

Yes.

And the chair votes yes.

Right.

Now it's back open.

Right.

You can make a motion to set it for April 2nd.

I make a motion to schedule beer permit 1387 to be heard on April 2nd.

Do we need to stipulate if it's approved at zoning?

Do we need to put in some sort of a it can be on the or it can still be on the agenda?

Um and then at that time, if they haven't gotten their special exceptions permit, you can come and update us and then you know if they need more time and pass it.

Okay.

So we don't want to just send it to regulatory if that if that all takes place then, so that would be quicker, it seems like if he's got his paperwork in order and well the reason why I I mentioned something on the background, so it's gonna have to come to the beer board to consider anyway.

Okay, okay, okay.

You make the motion.

I did all right.

There's a motion on the floor.

All right, Zach made a motion that we uh take beer 1387 W and Y Sports Board to April 2nd's meeting.

It's been second by Brooke.

Is there a discussion to the motion?

All right, let's put a vote to it, Brooke.

Yes, Veronica.

Yes, Reggie?

Yes, Betsy, yes, Zach, yes, and the chair votes yes.

Uh the meeting uh W W and Y Sports Bar Beer 137 has been moved to the April 2nd agenda.

All right, thank you, sir.

Cause that chaos right there.

All right, public comments.

I will not be in attendance on the um April 16th meeting, just so y'all know.

All right.

Let the record state that Brooke will not be here on April 16th.

Should be in the uh mediation we didn't ask well then public comments, yes, ma'am.

I have a question of follow-up from the last meeting.

Um Mr.

Mung.

State your name for the record.

Betsy Hartman, beer board member.

Uh Mr.

Mungan with crust pizza.

We gave him the special exception to renew his license, even though it passed the grace period.

I was curious if he's applied or made the renewal.

I don't know.

Um Treasury handles that.

I can check with Roberto to see if that's happened yet.

Okay.

I just want to make sure that everything was okay.

All right.

Public comments.

Anyone here?

Anything else?

Nothing else.

Yes, ma'am, Miss Bertha.

I'm sorry.

That one has been issued.

It has been issued.

All right.

Last call for public comments.

Board comments.

We will make uh can I get a motion to adjourn this meeting at 9 34?

Motion to adjourn.

All right, it has been motioned.

All in favor.

Okay.

All right, all right.

It's been clear this meeting is adjourned.

9 35.