2026-09-23 - Liquor Hearing

00:00Okay.

00:04All right. Hello everybody. My name is

00:06Renee Barela Guchetis and I am the

00:08hearing officer this afternoon.

00:10It is 4:00 p.m. and we'll go ahead and

00:12start the public hearings. We have a

00:14couple of applications for

00:15consideration.

00:17Uh let's um Mr. Vehil, would you present

00:20the first item on the agenda, please?

00:23>> Yes, the first item on the agenda is

00:25request from El Fado LLC for a transfer

00:28of ownership and location for an inter-

00:31inter-local dispenser type liquor

00:33license number DIS-

00:35001248

00:37with on-premises consumption only and

00:39patio services located at El Fado, 808

00:43Canyon Road, Santa Fe.

00:46>> Thank you very much. And who do we have

00:48on have on behalf of the applicant this

00:50afternoon?

00:51>> Good afternoon, Ms. Barela Guchetis. My

00:53name is Karl Sommer. I'm an attorney

00:56here in Santa Fe with Sommer Karnes and

00:58Associates.

01:00>> Okay, thank you.

01:01Um Mr. Sommer, because you are an

01:03attorney, there's no need to swear you

01:05in. You're under a different obligation

01:06to tell the truth. Um I wanted to let

01:09you know that I have reviewed the

01:10application. I don't have any specific

01:12questions on it at this time. Is there

01:14anything that you would like to add to

01:16it?

01:17>> We have nothing to add to the

01:19application at all. Thank you.

01:22>> Okay, thank you.

01:23Mr. Vehil, did we get any written

01:25comment from anybody regarding this

01:27application or do we have anybody in the

01:28waiting room that would like to address

01:30this application?

01:32>> No written public

01:34No written public comment has received

01:35been received and there is nobody in the

01:37waiting room to

01:39to comment on this item.

01:41>> Okay, thank you.

01:43Uh Mr. Sommer, I'll let you know that I

01:45will prepare a written hearing officer

01:47report reflecting that I reviewed the

01:49application. There will be a couple of

01:53a conditions placed on the application

01:55as it moves forward. The first condition

01:57is that the applicant will be required

01:59to obtain all necessary permits and

02:01licenses and comply with all fire,

02:03building, and land use codes.

02:06The second requirement or condition will

02:09be that the applicant will be required

02:11to comply with all City of Santa Fe

02:13ordinances. Do you have any objection to

02:16compliance with those two items?

02:17>> None. No objection at all.

02:19>> Okay. Very good. I will reflect that in

02:22the hearing officer's report. It will be

02:24uh forwarded to the governing body for

02:26consideration at their next available

02:27meeting.

02:28>> Thank you very much. I understand that

02:30Sorry about that. I understand that the

02:33hearing will be just for the record

02:36before the City Council on the 30th and

02:38that it will be posted

02:41this Friday as part of their agenda. Is

02:43that correct, Mr. Vigil?

02:45>> That's correct.

02:46>> All right. Thank you.

02:49>> Okay. Thank you very much for being

02:51here, Mr. Summer. You're welcome to stay

02:53on for the next item.

02:55>> I I'm I'm going to excuse myself and

02:58thank you all. Thank you very much,

02:59Javier. I mean, Xavier. And I'll talk to

03:02you later.

03:03>> Thank you, Carl.

03:05>> Thank you, Mr. Summer.

03:07Um Mr. Vigil, do we have another item on

03:09the agenda?

03:11>> Yes. The next item

03:12[snorts and clears throat] on the agenda

03:13is a request from Crescent Hotels and

03:15Resorts LLC DBA La Posada de Santa Fe

03:20for the following.

03:21Pursuant to subsection 60-68-10

03:24NMSA 1978, consideration of a waiver of

03:28the 300-ft location restriction to allow

03:30the sale of alcohol at La Posada de

03:32Santa Fe,

03:33330 East Palace Avenue, which is within

03:36300 ft of Episcopal Church of the Holy

03:39Faith, 311 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe.

03:44If the waiver of the 300 the 300-ft

03:47location restriction is granted,

03:49consideration of a request for a

03:50transfer of ownership of dispenser

03:52liquor license number DIS-00658

03:56with on-premises consumption only and

03:58patio services to be located at La Fonda

04:01de Santa Fe 330 East Palace Avenue.

04:06>> Thank you, Mr. Vehill. And who do we

04:07have on behalf of the applicant this

04:09afternoon?

04:13Oh.

04:14You're on mute still.

04:17>> Uh I am Brian Fairchild, the food and

04:20beverage director at La Fonda de Santa

04:21Fe.

04:23>> Thank you.

04:24>> And then I am Haley Loving on behalf of

04:27the consulting firm.

04:28>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you both for

04:30being here this afternoon.

04:32Uh

04:32so this application who will be speaking

04:35on behalf of the application? Will it be

04:36you, Ms. Loving?

04:38>> Yes.

04:39>> Okay. I'm going to ask for Mr. Vehill to

04:41swear you in.

04:42>> Sure.

04:45>> Raise your right hand and state your

04:46name and address for the record.

04:48>> Haley Loving, 141 North Stack Street,

04:51Palmer, Texas 75152.

04:55>> Do you solemnly declare and affirm that

04:56the testimony you have in reference to

04:58this item shall be the truth and nothing

05:00but the truth and do this under the

05:01penalties of perjury?

05:03>> I do.

05:04>> The applicant has been sworn in.

05:06>> Thank you.

05:07Uh Ms. Loving, I had did have the

05:09opportunity to review the application. I

05:11don't have any specific questions at

05:13this time.

05:14Uh I'll ask you if you have anything to

05:16add to it.

05:17>> I do not.

05:18>> Okay.

05:19Um I'll note that the uh application

05:22does reflect that this location is

05:23within 300 ft of a church. I'm going to

05:26ask Mr. Vehill, do you did we receive

05:28any written comment or anybody waiting

05:31in the waiting room to address the the

05:33issue with regard to the waiver?

05:36>> Um no written comment was received and

05:38there's nobody in the waiting room at

05:40this time.

05:41>> Okay. Thank you.

05:43Uh the secondary part to the application

05:44is the transfer of ownership and I

05:47reviewed that section of the application

05:48as well. Mr. Vigil, did we have anybody

05:50to address that section of the

05:52application?

05:53>> Uh, no written public comment has been

05:55received for that part of the

05:56application, and there is no one in the

05:58waiting room.

05:59>> Okay.

06:00Okay, thank you. Um, Ms. Loving, I'll

06:02just let you know that I will be

06:04preparing a written hearing officer's

06:06report for consideration by the

06:08governing body. There will be two

06:09conditions placed on this application.

06:12>> Okay.

06:12>> The first The first one is that the

06:13applicant will will be required to

06:16obtain all necessary permits and

06:17licenses and comply with all fire,

06:20building, and land use codes.

06:22The second requirement or will be that

06:25the

06:26applicant will be required to comply

06:28with all City of Santa Fe ordinances. Is

06:31there any objection to compliance with

06:32those two requirements?

06:34>> No, ma'am.

06:35>> Okay. Uh, the written hearing officer

06:37report will reflect that.

06:39And the report will be The application

06:42with the report will be forwarded to the

06:43governing body for consideration at

06:45their next available meeting.

06:47And if you have any questions on that,

06:48Mr. Vigil can address them.

06:50>> Okay. Thank you.

06:52>> Okay.

06:53Um, all right. If we have nothing

06:55further on that application,

06:57um, Mr. Vigil, do we have anything else

06:59for consideration this afternoon?

07:01>> There are no additional items for

07:03consideration on this agenda.

07:05>> Okay, thank you very much. Uh, I want to

07:07thank everybody for being here this

07:09afternoon.

07:10And Mr. Vigil, thank you so much for

07:11setting it up.

07:13Uh, we'll be in uh I was going to say

07:15we'll be in recess, but we'll close the

07:16public hearing at 4:07 p.m. And we'll

07:19adjourn the meeting. Again, thank you,

07:20everybody.

07:21>> Thank