The following guidelines and event procedures have been implemented for the purpose of promoting a well organized, fun, safe, and sane public event at the Mateel Community Center. Please support us in our quest to ensure the community’s guests in our hall, at your event, have a quality good time and a safe time.

Requirements:

1. You must be a nonprofit conducting fundraising in order to make a request to serve beer and/or wine on the premises.
2. Your volunteers who will be serving at the event, each one, must attend our semi-annual meeting to receive information and instructions related to serving alcoholic beverages on site and how to deal with any security issues which may arise related to the serving of the beverages. Each volunteer completing the one hour training session will then be approved to serve alcohol at all/any of your nonprofit events for the period of two years. The MCC staff will maintain a database of approved volunteers completing training.
3. You must supply security staff for your event. All security staffing is subject to approval by the MCC Hall Operations Manager, Glenn Gradin, prior to submitting a formal request to the Board to serve alcohol at your event.
4. Your event must submit a certificate of insurance covering the specific event with specific coverage for alcohol liability with the Mateel Community Center named as additional insured.
5. Your organization will be asked to sign the MCC form acknowledging your agreement to uphold and enforce ABC (State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control) guidelines and standards.
6. Once steps 1-3 have been fulfilled, you may submit a formal request in writing to the MCC Board to serve alcohol at your event. The Board makes the final decision based on criteria which include your organization’s previous history with events of the same nature, the type of guests expected to attend, and the security crew working the event. The Board meets on the third Tuesday of every month. The Hall Manager will inform you promptly thereafter of the Board’s decision.