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1 1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 2 CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 5 PUBLIC MEETING NO. 12-02-15 6 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 9 Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10 Atlantic City Commission Offices 11 Joseph P. Lordi Public Meeting Room - First Floor 12 Tennessee Avenue and Boardwalk 13 Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401 14 10:35 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. 15 16 17 Certified Court Reporter: Darlene Sillitoe 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 GUY J. RENZI & ASSOCIATES 20 GOLDEN CREST CORPORATE CENTER 21 2277 STATE HIGHWAY # 33, SUITE 410 22 TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08690 23 (609) 989-9199 - (800) 368-7652 24 www.renziassociates.com 25 2 1 B E F O R E : 2 CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION: LINDA M. KASSEKERT, CHAIR 3 SHARON ANNE HARRINGTON, VICE CHAIR EDWARD J. FANELLE, COMMISSIONER 4 5 PRESENT FOR THE CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION: DARYL W. NANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 6 DANIEL J. HENEGHAN, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER 7 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL: DIANNA W. FAUNTLEROY, GENERAL COUNSEL/EXECUTIVE 8 SECRETARY MARY WOZNIAK, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL 9 SANDRA DeLIA, LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST DAVID LUBIN, PROGRAM SPECIALIST 10 DIVISION OF GAMING ENFORCEMENT: 11 DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL BRIAN C. BISCIEGLIA, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 12 TRACY E. RICHARDSON, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES C. FOGARTY, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 1 A P P E A R A N C E S : 2 ITEM NO. 2a DARYL W. NANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST c,d,e JAMES C. FOGARTY, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 3 STERNS & WEINROTH, PC PAUL M. O'GARA, ESQ. 4 FOR: TILMAN J. FERTITTA, RICHARD H. LIEM, THOMAS M. POHLMAN, STEVEN L. SCHEINTHAL 5 ITEM NO. 2f DARYL W. NANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 6 TRACY E. RICHARDSON, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 7 KAREN M. WOSNACK, ESQ. FOR: GREGORY SHERBON 8 ITEM NO. 3 DARYL W. NANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 9 JAMES C. FOGARTY, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL MARY HELEN MEDINA, ESQ. 10 FOR: REVEL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 11 ITEM NO. 5 DARYL W. NANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TRACY E. RICHARDSON, DEPUTY ATTORNEY 12 GENERAL KAREN M. WOSNACK, ESQ. 13 FOR: RIH ACQUISITION NJ, LLC 14 ITEM NO. 7 SANDRA DeLIA, LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST TRACY E. RICHARDSON, DEPUTY ATTORNEY 15 GENERAL STERNS & WEINROTH, PC 16 DENNIS DALY, ESQ. FOR: CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 17 ITEM NO. 8 SANDRA DeLIA, LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 18 TRACY E. RICHARDSON, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 19 STERNS & WEINROTH, PC DENNIS DALY, ESQ. 20 WILLIAM MURTHA, ESQ. FOR: TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT, 21 INCORPORATED 22 ITEM NO. 9 SANDRA DeLIA, LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST JAMES C. FOGARTY, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 23 STERNS & WEINROTH, PC PAUL M. O'GARA, ESQ. 24 FOR: GOLDEN NUGGET ATLANTIC CITY, LLC 25 4 1 Continued 2 ITEM NO. 10 SANDRA DeLIA, LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 JAMES C. FOGARTY, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL STERNS & WEINROTH, PC 4 PAUL M. O'GARA, ESQ. FOR: GOLDEN NUGGET ATLANTIC CITY, LLC 5 ITEM NO. 11 SANDRA DeLIA, LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 6 JAMES C. FOGARTY, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL STERNS & WEINROTH, PC 7 PAUL M. O'GARA, ESQ. FOR: LANDRY'S, INC. 8 ITEM NO. 15 SANDRA DeLIA, LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 9 TRACY E. RICHARDSON, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 10 STERNS & WEINROTH, PC DENNIS DALY, ESQ. 11 WILLIAM MURTHA, ESQ. FOR: TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT, 12 INCORPORATED 13 ITEM NO. 16 SANDRA DeLIA, LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST TRACY E. RICHARDSON, DEPUTY ATTORNEY 14 GENERAL STERNS & WEINROTH, PC 15 DENNIS DALY, ESQ. FOR: CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 5 1 AGENDA PUBLIC MEETING NO. 12-02-15 2 FEBRUARY 15, 2012, 10:35 a.m. ITEM PAGE VOTE 3 1 Ratification of the minutes of the 11 11 January 18, 2012, public meeting 4 2 Applications for casino key employee licenses and/or for qualifications: 5 I Initial casino key employee license applications: 6 a) Michael J. Kerley 11 12 II Resubmitted casino key employees 12 13 7 license applications: a) Diane J. Alexander 8 b) Rachel K. Bogatin c) Dora A. Brooks 9 d) Deborah J. Brown e) Antonette Cafone 10 f) Deborah Collins g) Bothaina Z. Deighan 11 h) Donna M. Farruggio i) Judy Fisher 12 j) Michael J. Flemming k) Rita M. Gallagher 13 l) Jordan J. Gimbel m) Nadine Graca 14 n) Carlito Guzman o) Dennis M. Hardiman 15 p) Regina N. Jabier-McHugh q) Nancy G. Jones 16 r) Charles E. Laird s) Liana M. Lalli 17 t) Carolyn M. Lomonaco u) Edward J. Meserole 18 v) Daniel M. Morelli w) Nancy Nolan 19 x) Sung H. Park y) Angelo J. Patitucci, Jr. 20 z) Ronald A. Perone aa) Diane R. Petrone 21 bb) John A. Ranere, Jr. cc) Randy J. Restle 22 dd) Kathleen M. Roberts ee) Christopher J. Shea 23 ff) Jules Vorndran III Applications for casino key employee 24 licenses and for qualifications: a) Tilman J. Fertitta 15 16 25 b) Christopher J. Ford 16 18 6 1 CONTINUED AGENDA PUBLIC MEETING NO. 12-02-15 2 FEBRUARY 15, 2012, 10:35 a.m. ITEM PAGE VOTE 3 III c) Richard H. Liem 18 20 d) Thomas M. Pohlman 20 21 4 e) Steven L. Scheinthal 22 23 f) Gregory Sherbon 23 24 5 3 Petitions of Revel Entertainment, Inc. 25 28 (d/b/a Revel Casino) for the issuance of 6 temporary casino key employee licenses to the following individuals pursuant to NJSA 7 5:12-89(e) (PRNs 0231201, 0251201, 0371201, 0371202, 0371203): 8 a) Guy Abbat (0231201) b) Joshua A. Carley (0231201) 9 c) Anthony V. DiSalvatore (0231201) d) John C. Filippe (0231201) 10 e) James M. Knights (0231201) f) Babu Kuttala (0231201) 11 g) William J. Perry (0231201) h) Joseph F. Sweeney (0231201) 12 i) William A. Tripet, II (0231201) j) Delora J. LoDuca (0251201) 13 k) Richard Lutrell (0251201) l) Manuela S. Zingarelli (0251201) 14 m) Brian Kernan (0371201) n) Joseph A. Zulli (0371201) 15 o) Wilmer M. Yingling (0371201) p) Shane L. Siragusa (0371201) 16 4 Petition of Marina District Development 28 29 Company, LLC, (d/b/a Borgata Hotel 17 Casino and Spa) for the issuance of a temporary casino key employee license to 18 Sebastiana B. Arroyo pursuant to NJSA 5:12-89(e) (PRN 0331201) 19 5 Petition or RIH Acquisition NJ, LLC 29 30 (d/b/a Atlantic Club Casino Hotel) for 20 the issuance of a temporary casino key employee license to Holly A. Campano 21 pursuant to NJSA 5:12-89(e) and to permit her pursuant to NJAC 13:9 c-2.6 to assume 22 the duties and exercise the powers of Vice President of Marketing without having 23 been found qualified (PRN 0381203) 6 Stipulation of settlement in the 31 33 24 Application of Panzie S. Fantauzzi (a/k/a Panzie Shazann and Panzie Hayes) for a 25 casino key employee license (DK 11-0011-CK) 7 1 CONTINUED AGENDA PUBLIC MEETING NO. 12-02-15 2 FEBRUARY 15, 2012, 10:35 a.m. ITEM PAGE VOTE 3 7 Petition of Caesars Entertainment 33 36 Corporation requesting permission for Mark 4 A. Clayton to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the member of the 5 Compliance Committee of Caesars Entertainment Corporation pending plenary qualification 6 (PRN 0111203) 8 Petition of Tropicana Entertainment, 38 42 7 Incorporated, and Tropicana Atlantic City Corp requesting permission for Patricia W. 8 Becker to perform the duties and exercise the powers of Chair of the Compliance 9 Committee of Tropicana Entertainment Incorporated pending plenary qualification 10 (PRN 0271204) 9 Consideration of the qualification of 42 45 11 Kenneth W. Brimmer to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors and Audit 12 Committee of Golden Nugget Atlantic City, LLC 10 Consideration of the qualification of 45 47 13 Michael Chadwick to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of Golden Nugget 14 Atlantic City, LLC 11 Consideration of the qualifications of 47 49 15 Lori Kittle to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Landry's, 16 Inc., (f/k/a Landry's Restaurants, Inc.) 12 Petition of Thomas S. Moore requesting 49 51 17 a waiver of post employment restrictions pursuant to NJSA 5:12-60b(2) (PE-05) 18 (PRN 0381201) 13 Petition of Anthony Lisi requesting a 51 52 19 waiver of post employment restrictions pursuant to NJSA 5:12-60b(2) (PE-06) 20 (PRN 0381202) 14 Application of Golden Nugget Atlantic 53 90 21 City, LLC, for plenary casino licensure Richard H. Liem, sworn 61 22 15 Petition of Tropicana Entertainment 40 42 Incorporated and Tropicana Atlantic City 23 Corp., requesting permission for Donald P. Perkins to perform the duties and exercise 24 the powers of Director of Corporate Compliance for Tropicana Entertainment Incorporated 25 pending plenary qualification (PRN 0371201) 8 1 CONTINUED AGENDA PUBLIC MEETING NO. 12-02-15 2 FEBRUARY 15, 2012, 10:35 a.m. ITEM PAGE VOTE 3 16 Petition of Caesars Entertainment 36 38 Corporation requesting permission for 4 Ronald A. Terry to perform the duties and exercise the powers of Chairman of the 5 Corporate Compliance Committee for Caesars Entertainment Corporation pending plenary 6 qualification (PRN 0381203) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 9 1 E X H I B I T S : 2 NO. 2 DESCRIPTION ID EVD 3 4 EL-1 Grant 1 license X 5 EL-2 Grant 32 licenses X 6 EL-3 Grant 16 Licenses X 7 8 NO. 14 9 10 C-1 Draft Resolution X (Portion Sealed) 11 D-1 Report, 1-27-12, Re: Golden Nugget 12 Atlantic City, LLC, by James C.