LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council will hold a special meeting next week to discuss the 2013-14 budget and the granting of a liquor license to the relocated Buckhorn Club.
The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
As part of the meeting the council will conduct an initial workshop on its 2013-14 budget.
Also up for discussion is consideration of making a determination regarding public convenience or necessity being served with respect to Type-48 on sale general public premises liquor license. Logan Weiper, owner of the Buckhorn Club, has applied to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for the license.
A report to the council from Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen explains that Weiper closed the business temporarily order to relocate it from 357 N. Main St. to 150 N. Main St.
Since closing the original location, Rasmussen said Weiper was required to surrender his ABC liquor sales license pending a new ABC application and review process in order to have it transferred to the new address.
“The Lakeport Police Department worked with Mr. Weiper at his previous location and found that he had a great desire to enhance the business and run it in a safe and orderly manner,” Rasmussen wrote in his report.
“We do not believe that alcohol sales at the new location will create any increased crime,” he continued. “The new location is on the same street and only two blocks away from the previous location. The building owner at the previous location has communicated to city staff that they do not currently plan to re-open the previous location as a liquor sales establishment, but rather convert it to another type of business use.”
Based on a discussion with Weiper, and a review of his business plan and all of the facts surrounding the business, Rasmussen is recommending the council make the determination in favor of the license being issued to Weiper.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss an anticipated case of litigation.
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