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Hearing officer approves Hotel & Restaurant liquor license for The Roost in Grand Junction
Summary
The authority granted a new Hotel & Restaurant liquor license to The Roost after reviewing the applicant's neighborhood survey, which reported majority support; the City Clerk will prepare findings and city departments were asked to provide background checks and reports.
Hearing Officer Jill Cenamo approved a new Hotel & Restaurant liquor license for The Roost, Inc., located at 225 North 5th Street in downtown Grand Junction, during the April 1 meeting of the Grand Junction Liquor Licensing Authority.
Member Stacey Baldock appeared on behalf of the applicant to answer questions about how the neighborhood needs-and-desires survey was conducted. Deputy City Clerk Misty Williams read the survey results into the record; the City Clerk's memo shows business responses were 19 in favor and 0 opposed, residential responses were 66 in favor and 0 opposed, nine signatures were disqualified for incompleteness, and 56 addresses were attempted without success. No counter-petitions or remonstrances had been filed as of the hearing.
Cenamo said she verified the application materials with Williams and, after noting the survey results and the absence of opposition, "found the needs of the neighborhood are not being met and found no legal reason to deny the license." The Roost's Hotel & Restaurant license application was approved; the City Clerk's Office will prepare a resolution of findings for Cenamo to sign. The memo also notes that the Grand Junction Police Department will check applicants for local criminal-history information and that reports were requested from Mesa County Public Health, the Grand Junction Fire Department, and the City Sales Tax Department as part of the routine review.
The memo attached to the application lists the local count of similar licenses within the survey area and outlines the neighborhood boundary used for the survey. The record indicates the typical administrative follow-up (background checks and departmental reports) will proceed before final ministerial processing.
