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added that cities would never think about doing afterhours because afterhours are perceived as people coming in and doing drugs. He stated that in Las Vegas, they close at 2:00 a.m. but people stay there until 4:00 a.m. He noted that they have had no incidences there, and they are used by the Metro Police there as the example of how to own and operate a night club in that logistic. Commissioner Posson asked Mr. DeBlasi how Coconuts adds to the quality of life in Pleasanton. Mr. DeBlasi replied that he does not think it will, and that would be promising a lot. He stated that what it would do is provide a lot of jobs. He added that they are going to be fair and respectful entrepreneurs who will make sure that the people who work for them are treated well and the community is treated well. Commissioner Olson asked what the total number of staff is. Mr. DeBlasi replied that they do what is called casting, which means that they run ads. He indicated that normally, in Contra Costa, 200 or 300 people show up for casting: they start off with 130 to 150 employees, out of which they normally keep a nucleus of about 80, and with people coming and going around, that would be about 110 to 120 staff at any given time, both part-time and full -time. He noted that it takes a lot of staffing to do it right. Commissioner Olson inquired if staff is a finite permanent number or if it varies during an evening where they go through the different phases. Mr. DeBlasi replied that it varies. He explained that, for example, they are open for lunch and are not really going to close; then they have staff come in around 4:00 p.m. who work until 8:00 p.m. or 9:00 p.m., at which time another shift comes in. He indicated that it can vary depending on the day and the shift: there could be as many as 40 employees on a packed Saturday lunch; then at night, there are bartenders, bar backs, security, food servers, and people taking the money at the door. He indicated that they always have quite a bit of people; they never want to work shifts for too long just because of the high interaction with customers, and people can get grumpy. Mr. DeBlasi stated the difference between a nightclub and a restaurant is that in a nightclub, the doors open and the place gets full; but a restaurant has to be built. He added that the restaurant is the more important of the two because that is what is kept for the next ten years. He explained that a nightclub has to get a base of people, and if the name of the nightclub has to be changed, the doors have to be closed and then start all over again; the demographic does not change. He continued that on the other hand, for a restaurant, food gives you a base to work off of, and if the restaurant is doing well, profit comes in, hopefully by month 14, because it is very, very labor intensive. He indicated that on Tuesday nights, they have to have four hostesses, four bartenders, five food servers, people in the kitchen. He noted that only 30 people could show up; but if 200 people do show up, they need to be ready. He stated that it is a very PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 27, 2013 Page 12 of 22