Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing and grant an Entertainment Permit with conditions on the application of Ramon Orozco, dba Barbie’s Bar, 1008 East Artesia Blvd., for Entertainment Without Dancing. (District 9)
Lucian Karis. Thank you. We'll be going on to hearing number three. Report firm financial management recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing and grant an entertainment permit with conditions on the application of Ramona Orozco doing business as Barbie's Bar, located at 1008 East Artesia Boulevard for Entertainment Without Dancing District nine and oath is required. If we can do the oath, please. Everyone is going to speak on this. Please raise your right hand. You and each of you do solemnly state that the testimony you may give in the cause now and pending before this body shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God. Thank you. We can have a staff report, please. Mayor, members of the city council providing the report today will be Brett Jaquez, business services officer for Finance Management. Good evening, honorable mayor and members of the city council. Tonight you have before you an application for entertainment without dancing for Ramon Orozco doing business as Barbie's Bar located at 1008 East or TiSA Boulevard. Operating as a bar tavern lounge in Council District nine. All of the necessary departments have reviewed the application, have provided their recommended conditions as contained in the hearing packet. I, as well as Police Department, stand ready to answer any questions Council may have, and that would conclude staff's report. Thank you. Anything else on the staff report side? Not at this point. Okay. Any public comment on the hearing? Please come forward. Hi. My name is Mon about a bear and I am a homeowner. I'm representing myself as resident board member in the community, as American Youth Soccer Association Organization, board member, Little League Board member, program manager, as a home visitation program for Healthy Families America and a member for Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect in the City of Long Beach. So I have a couple of concerns in regards to Barbie's Spa. I've been a resident for 13 years. I am the second home in the area and I don't know for what reason. Things have changed in regards to having loud music. We've had noise control issues, parking. They have about 8 to 9 parking spots. They're able to manage to squeeze in anywhere from 20 to 22 cars in that area. We can no longer play catch outside with our kids. I brought my family. We are in baseball and soccer. Like I mentioned before, as well as softball. And we have a big charter bus that parks right on our street. And so along with taking having that big view, wonderful view, as you guys can imagine, we also have trumpets. I love Mexican music. I am a mexican myself. But when you are dealing with a large band like they've been bringing in as the beginning, I would say about this year, the bar has always been there. We're not opposed to that. I didn't even know it existed for many years. There must be a new owner. I don't know what it is, but now the interest is in the back. We have various women coming in and out being dropped off. So that's kind of a concern for me. I cannot come home and get out of my car without sleazy comments. I do not need to be talked to inappropriate. I do not need to come out in the morning and find all these bottles in the front of my house. I don't I want to come home and be able to park in my parking lot without asking people to move. Now they have a taco truck and they are bringing in taco trucks. So we have people ordering, thinking it's drive thru and that it's okay to come and park and block the residents driveways as you can. As you might already know. Been aware a lot of people are scared. Residents are scared to speak up ever since our election. So you won't have residents speaking up at this moment. I wish this hearing would have been before our election, but it's not. And so, therefore, we are speaking with the residents. They're not going to be speaking up. But I can tell you that here I brought my family to represent that we are role models in the community and that I hope that as much as we live Long Beach, that language allows us to. Thank you very much. And the next speaker. Please, please come forward. Oh, yeah. Please just come to the mike. Hi. I'm a mayor and city council manager. I'm one of those condos, owner of Bobby's bar and 449 of the occupancy that I have, I have probably one security guard as the police department advised me to do so. I also do neighborhood watch in the neighborhood. I have provided the building with lighting and in the street of of California, which it did not have any lighting. It was very, very dark. I have provided that also. I'll provide. I have. Lighting in the sidewalk for a bit for a safer. Safer neighborhood. We check everybody's IDs as they go in and out. If I was provided with the entertainment permit, I could bring more business to the uptown side of Long Beach. I also do walks neighborhood walks around the neighborhood on Lois and California and Artesia. The neighborhood has been safe. And. Well, that's all I have to say about that. Thank you. Any other speakers? Please come forward. Evening. My name's Vivienne Span. Homeowner in the north district. Not too far from this location. I wasn't aware of this. The gentleman says he does. Patrols and neighborhood watch. But there was a. Shooting at that location maybe three months ago where someone, I believe was killed. There's a church in next door to that facility, as well as another church on the corner. And it's only a couple of blocks from Jordan High School. And like the lady said. You would pass. By. I think it's. A nonstop party. They are parked on the sides of the street, which is a residential street. You're only getting, you know. That little view. And there is development coming to the north district. And I don't think this is the development that we need. Thank you. Thank you. Casey, no other comments. Well, sir, I think you did there the your public commentary. Mr. Attorney, can the owner speak one more time? Is this under the hearing? Under the hearing? Yes. If there is a rebuttal to anything or should come forward. I have an I have an example of the neighborhood watch. One of the churches left its doors unlocked. I was doing my patrol work. I have pictures of it. They left their door locked. Other equipment was inside of the church when I opened it. I went in. Light up the place when my flashlight took video recordings of others stuff still in place. I locked up the church for them. I put a chain and I text the owner of the of the church. That is that his church is safe. Now, there was no break in. That's all I have to say about. I never watched. Thank you. Okay, we're gonna take this back to the city council so much that it's over to Vice Mayor Richardson. Thank you, Mayor Garcia. And thank you to the speakers who came down. This is pretty easy for me. I. I think there's. Mr. Roscoe, thank you so much for your interest in doing business in North Long Beach. But there's sort of a new pep in its step. And the standard of operation in the past is no longer the standard of operation today. And the bars on Artesia Boulevard, it's been a significant area of focus for our city in cleaning up those bars and making sure that the nuisance activities that have plagued residents for a long time, that we've abated those and gotten rid of those. So I don't think this application is quite ready today. So I'm not going to I'm not going to reject it or approve it. I'm going to make a motion to the council to continue it for two months and try to give you an opportunity to. You've never come in to meet with my office. The neighborhood association hadn't heard about this. Let you do a little bit of due diligence and try to build some neighborhood support, because if we vote on this today, it will not be approved. So my motion is to continue for two months. Thanks. There's a motion and a second to continue the item. I see no other council questions or comments. Members, please go ahead and cast your votes. Motion carries. Thank you. We're going to be moving on to the regular agenda. Now, one councilmember has to leave a little bit early tonight. There's been a request to move one of the items up. So we'll be carrying item number 13 and then going into public comment.