Remarks by Judith Murphy
347 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 14
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“Oh, okay. I was going to go just right to the hours of operation, but we'll get there.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I would like to see a number, whatever that might be. Because otherwise you could just have wall-to-wall people standing around drinking.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“OK, but 70, I mean, you were making up that number, I assume.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“You want to remove any, just as long as they have an ABC license and not worry about whether it's 41 now and 47 in the future? That's what I'm saying. You all agree?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“What Katrina is suggesting, yes. Shame on you. What Katrina is suggesting is removing, is just saying an ABC license without defining whether it's a 41 or a 47. Okay, understood. Yep. I personally like defining 41, and if and when the business decides it wants a 47, they can come back and ask.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I think it, well, alcohol is a whole lot stronger when you take it out of a bourbon bottle than it is out of a wine bottle. And I think that that's probably the whole thing.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“The applicant would like to remove the monthly limitation and staff is recommending maintaining it. Do you have?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Again, this is one where I think we really have to be conscious of the neighbor's needs. And it does open it up to the applicant to go to the director. and define what kind of event they're planning and to be advised.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I'm sorry. I made a mistake once. I let this happen, and then the whole room wanted to also come up and talk all over again. So I'm going to say no, and I'm sorry.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Staff is recommending that we maintain the current condition of approval relating to hours, which is including the Monday and Tuesday being closed. It also includes having it open from four until nine. My opinion on that is the four, I think that they could be open before four because it sounds like a lot of people are coming for coffee and a donut, a little conversation or lunch. So I think we need to play with these numbers a little bit or days of opening. 7 a.m. is, I'm not a morning person, but 7 a.m. is, if I lived next door, I'd have a lot of problems with those delivery trucks at six…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“But I don't like the idea of going to 7 to 10. I think there's a middle ground that could be found.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“If we continue this and it comes back to us, is that an opportunity to correct that?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I am trying to put myself into the shoes of the neighbors, which is typically how I do approach these applications. And since the business typically closes at 8, I was told, I think that Maintaining the closing at 9 is fine. And I would not want to extend that to 10. But I would want to push the 4 PM down maybe to 10 AM. think we need hours I think we need as you said earlier to put caps on things so that the business knows exactly what is and is not acceptable yes so how do we you know because how do we come to those those hours I think you know I think to Katrina's points she's looking at…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“But I'm also open to the Monday, Tuesday opening. I mean, I don't know that that, I don't see a really good reason to have it closed down on those two days. So the business can expand in terms of the number of days. and some of the hours earlier in the morning, in my opinion. So.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“But they're inside. Yeah, yeah. I mean, they're not serving on the patio. Right. So that's where the noise level is going to begin to affect the neighborhood.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“But they don't open until 10 quite often.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I mean, people working in the kitchen, 7 o'clock is fine. Just do not go out on the patio and make noise. This is a really unique property and a really unique problem. And all of these are hard questions. I hope that we're giving you enough to revise and revamp and perhaps have a conversation with Rihanna about what's important to her in terms of these decisions.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“What difference is it going to make if somebody has a glass of wine versus a cup of coffee?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, no, but I think Bill was worried about the alcoholic content.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Earlier you said they need caps. We need a business that knows the parameters. And yes, I think that business and the neighborhood should sit down and perhaps staff can mediate some of that and come back to us with a cap that everybody can live with, caps that everybody can live with.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Yes, I would really like to know what Rihanna's priorities are. I would like to know what the, not now. And the same from the neighbors. So if we can have that discussion, that will help staff revise this proposal and bring it back to us in a format that everybody agrees with.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay. Rihanna, could you talk to us about, I mean, you've heard us all struggle with the hours, and can you tell us what is most important to you?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, we have some issues around the later hours. Can you talk to us about that?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“But you're willing to... Work with the neighbors. Work with your neighbors on that one. Correct. Well, I just think that your needs and the neighbors' needs are more important than the numbers that we assign up here. And so I would really like you all to have a conversation and bring those numbers to staff and let them work it into a new proposal for us.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Can we cut that out and act on that this evening? Or is it better to do the whole thing?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026