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Hello everyone, the revised proposal received from the proposed operators at Crossbar Beer Garden is below. In addition, you can view the revised designs HERE.

We discussed this proposal with the General Membership at the Tuesday, Nov 19th meeting. FHNA’s Liquor Advisory Committee is charged with making recommendations to the FHNA Board on issues related to liquor license establishments. Their recommendations on the proposal can be viewed HERE.

Although we recognize that previous discussions have not resulted in an ideal outcome for the parties involved, we appreciate the willingness of the Federal Hill Neighborhood Association (FHNA) to review our following unsolicited proposal in it’s reconsideration of our request. With your favorable review, we would appreciate the opportunity to receive a FHNA/Federal Hill Partners II, LLC (CrossBar) MOU draft, as prepared by FHNA. Capacity MOU listed capacity of 185. License structure Federal Hill Partners II (CrossBar) agrees to comply with two (2) of three (3) of the conditions of a B license, specifically, adhering to a 50/50 food to alcohol sales ratio and executing the reporting requirements prescribed in Article 2B, as well as forgoing any privilege for carry out sales. These conditions should be memorialized in an MOU such that if the license were to be transferred by either location or different owner, that these restrictions would remain, unless the license was removed at least 1 adjacent election ward/precinct from the Cross Street area. We hope you will consider not restricting the 3rd condition of a B license, the privilege to sell growlers. Hours of operation

“Beer Garden” portion of the facility to close at 11 PM, Sunday through Thursday and 12 AM, Friday through Saturday.

Parking A responsible pro forma valet plan, conforming to new Valet Regulations, will be provided as an Addendum to the MOU and enacted upon with PABC deployment of Valet Regulations. Live Entertainment To conform to FHNA acceptable criteria, per the attached. Any future live entertainment at CrossBar will comply with all noise ordinance requirements. It is our understanding that the above items are of particular concern to the community. In addition, we would also like to offer the following as items for inclusion in an MOU with FHNA; The management of CrossBar agrees to meet with leadership of FHNA, at a minimum on an annual basis, to review operations and standing.

Security staffing shall be provided Thursday through Saturday evenings and during all major events.

Vehicle loading, unloading and delivery shall be in accordance with parking and related access ordinances. Revised architectural elevations are attached here and have taken into consideration the following community concerns; Exterior building heights and articulation of exterior vertical differentiation at 16 East Cross Street, re-consideration of interior canopy line for sound mitigation purposes, expansion of interior tree placement, door/gate swing and, design capacity conforming to the stated MOU capacity. Upon our review, we believe that the proposed design is in compliance with the South Baltimore Business Area, Urban Renewal Plan and, conformity to the FHNA Live Entertainment Acceptable Criteria, both attached for reference. In addition, I believe we are in agreement on the following; Exterior tables will not be relocated during normal operations but may be moved for private events.

FHNA concedes rear setback requirement with operator agreement for use of garbage/grease storage facility by CrossBar, 8×10, Pub Dog, Stalking Horse, Spoons, Ryleigh’s and No Way Jose.

FHNA concedes parking requirements with operator agreement to maintain valet operation in compliance with PABC Valet Regulations.

FHNA concedes outdoor seating requirement with operator agreement having addressed issues with wall height and roof slope.