{"utterances":[{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2022-07-13","video_id":395,"video_title":"Melrose Zoning Board Of Appeals July 13 2022","meeting_id":4090,"start_sec":2478.22,"end_sec":2572.02,"similarity":0.845,"text":"Great. Thank you very much. My name is Peter maurama. I am an attorney at law in good standing I happen for 22 years. I'm still at my license, but I'm pretty much retired 65 years of all age. I was a city councilor in Melrose for 20 years. In the war that I represented Ward 6 is to Harvey operated. A filling station and a Mechanical Services a car repair shop. I've always known to be a good character. Very honest businessman, very forthright. And of course in my capacity as a city councilor. I interacted with the residents of not just Ward 6 but people from all over Melrose and I heard nothing but good things about Mr. Hobbies honesty his dedication to doing good work at a fair price and I would just say that. His characters very good. and I think that you can trust what he tells you if he says he wants to go ahead and build it for these reasons. I think he is an honest guy with a lot of integrity and I just wanted to put that before the board tonight to your consideration to add that into your deliberations this evening.","url":"https://vimeo.com/730120978#t=2478s","page_url":"/video/395"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":2283.55,"end_sec":2290.39,"similarity":0.821,"text":"Council Member thank you madam chair we received a letter from the mayor","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=2283s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":2291.18,"end_sec":2294.23,"similarity":0.756,"text":"warning us falls that could occur I've spoken to city solicitors from 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it in committee and why I made that motion so I asked for all of your","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=2338s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":3625.08,"end_sec":3627.7,"similarity":0.733,"text":"justice for all motion to open the floor for public comment mr president second council mortimer has","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=3625s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":3799.08,"end_sec":3802.4,"similarity":0.684,"text":"in the future thank you thank you motion to close public comment yeah I'm kind of","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=3799s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 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time","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5709s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5731.41,"end_sec":5741.64,"similarity":0.846,"text":"to step aside and pass the torch to abled followers and i have every confidence talking to and listening to the new city council coming on board and i know mayor brodo is going","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5731s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5748.33,"end_sec":5758.27,"similarity":0.863,"text":"to do a great job he's going to be a wonderful mayor and we're going to keep melrose going melrose has been a great place for my family my kids had great experiences growing up here","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5748s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5758.96,"end_sec":5772.21,"similarity":0.894,"text":"my daughter is a junior at melrose high school she went to the winthrop She went to the middle school and she's at Melrose High School now getting a fantastic education. Couldn't be happier. It's a great place. My wife lived in","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5758s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5775.01,"end_sec":5786.83,"similarity":0.869,"text":"Baltimore and she got a job at Mass General so she needed to move to the Boston area and she was wondering where to live and she was looking around","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5775s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5791.51,"end_sec":5800.98,"similarity":0.875,"text":"Malden and one day she just decided to take a ride north up Main Street and it just so happened to be the day that the Victorian Fair was taking place.","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5791s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5801.85,"end_sec":5815.56,"similarity":0.888,"text":"And she fell in love with the place, too. She just looked at it and said, these people are wonderful. This is fantastic. And in as much as no local ladies would marry me,","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5801s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5816.25,"end_sec":5820.78,"similarity":0.836,"text":"I met her and began to court her.","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5816s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5821.51,"end_sec":5831.45,"similarity":0.869,"text":"And we wanted to live in Melrose. we have ever since and it's just it's just been tremendous this is a great","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5821s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5833.12,"end_sec":5860.16,"similarity":0.894,"text":"city I couldn't think of a better place to live maybe later a couple of months in the winter in Florida but other than that and and it's it has been you know the word honor and privilege has been used a few times tonight but it truly is and I'm very grateful to the people of Melrose to the workers of Melrose to all the constituents to the hundreds of volunteers on boards and commissions we","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5833s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-16","video_id":875,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 16 2019","meeting_id":2915,"start_sec":5861.33,"end_sec":5875.67,"similarity":0.832,"text":"have here and I just ask you humbly please keep Melrose on the right track keep making it and let it continue to be the fantastic city it is today thank you","url":"https://vimeo.com/380064431#t=5861s","page_url":"/video/875"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-02","video_id":878,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 2nd 2019","meeting_id":2893,"start_sec":475.87,"end_sec":479.5,"similarity":0.824,"text":"Motion to open the floor for public comment, Mr. President.","url":"https://vimeo.com/377122585#t=475s","page_url":"/video/878"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-12-02","video_id":878,"video_title":"Melrose City Council December 2nd 2019","meeting_id":2893,"start_sec":496.56,"end_sec":499.19,"similarity":0.77,"text":"Motion to close public comment, Mr. President.","url":"https://vimeo.com/377122585#t=496s","page_url":"/video/878"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":132.18,"end_sec":141.93,"similarity":0.846,"text":"Seeing as how the necessary paperwork and the letters have come down from the administration, I make a motion to recommend this order for passage. Second.","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=132s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":489.18,"end_sec":491.43,"similarity":0.663,"text":"Second the motion to amend.","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=489s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":516.26,"end_sec":538.98,"similarity":0.936,"text":"Councilman Mortimer is up next. Thank you very much. I have made the main motion on this and there's been subsidiary motion since then which is appropriate to amend the order to include the record and to open the floor for public to suspend the rules to hear from the people and the reason I made the main motion to recommend","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=516s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":540.35,"end_sec":662.98,"similarity":0.94,"text":"this for passage is, as Mr. Stinson said, if there's an event and you need to throw things in the trunk, you don't have to throw it in your own car and cause cross contamination. If your family should use that car, you know if it's something that you then have to clean the trunk. If you put your turnout gear in the trunk and you can fix it, and I don't know what your personal vehicle is, But if it's an open van, a minivan or something, then you definitely don't want those contaminants floating around the passenger compartment. Further, I think it's a good idea for an emergency management response personnel to have a vehicle. The particulars of whether it stays here or whether it goes home with you will be up to your boss, the mayor, whether he wants you to take it home. My opinion is you should take it home, but as I said last time, never ever use it for anything except an on-call emergency response or to come back and forth directly. Back and forth to and from work. But I think overall it's a good idea for the emergency management response to have it. As again mentioned last time, please excuse the repetition. I think it just would have been a good symbol at the Brazil Street fiasco just to have that car there and we could not keep a, due to limited vehicular availability, we could not keep a police car or a fire truck there for the entire time, but it would have been good to have a city vehicle on site. And for many other reasons, God forbid, any future emergencies we may have, floods. We get every ten years or so, we get serious floods. If there's any gas leaks or anything, it's good to have it. So that's why I made the motion to recommend this order for passage, and I hope it does. Thank you very much.","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=540s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":1373.15,"end_sec":1378.78,"similarity":0.717,"text":"happen we would just dispose of it thank you we'll get it done all right point of order yes i think it's a half hour after the full border so i think we have till 8 15. so we're going to take a vote","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=1373s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":1463.11,"end_sec":1474.73,"similarity":0.741,"text":"We can push back the public hearing a half hour, too. Yeah, it's not public hearing. We can push that back, too. public hearing as long as that's within a half hour of eight o'clock you could push that back too","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=1463s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":1483.05,"end_sec":1486.65,"similarity":0.601,"text":"i know now that's another problem not my computer the city's computer","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=1483s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":1580.66,"end_sec":1585.29,"similarity":0.799,"text":"Mr. President, I make a motion to open the floor for public comment. Second.","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=1580s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":1622.5,"end_sec":1626.88,"similarity":0.832,"text":"public comment is closed mr president i make a motion to open the public hearing scheduled for","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=1622s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":1690.04,"end_sec":1694.67,"similarity":0.852,"text":"Mr. President, may we also hear from our city engineer on this matter as well?","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=1690s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":1704.64,"end_sec":1707.89,"similarity":0.787,"text":"Can we do that? I think it's superfluous in a public hearing, but I'll make the motion.","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=1704s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":1782.86,"end_sec":1786.48,"similarity":0.774,"text":"guy wire to the tree you're you're all set with it you think it called the","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=1782s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":2094.27,"end_sec":2096.39,"similarity":0.637,"text":"passes motion to conclude the public hearing mr. president public hearing","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=2094s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":2160.35,"end_sec":2163.39,"similarity":0.663,"text":"15. that's because it's supposed to start at 7 45. we want to get mr stinson and mr albert out of here","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=2160s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":3486.95,"end_sec":3489.45,"similarity":0.726,"text":"Second the motion to remove the order from committee, Mr. President.","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=3486s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":3601.14,"end_sec":3603.64,"similarity":0.674,"text":"second the motion to remove the order from committee mr. president Letter","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=3601s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":3658.64,"end_sec":3660.89,"similarity":0.691,"text":"Second the motion to remove the order from committee,","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=3658s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":3681.14,"end_sec":3682.39,"similarity":0.691,"text":"Second the motion for passage.","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=3681s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":4178.98,"end_sec":4186.73,"similarity":0.794,"text":"Five years, and Councilor Boycelle was chair for six years, weren't you? Yeah. Six years, and I was on for five years when he was the chair.","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=4178s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":4206.23,"end_sec":4226.99,"similarity":0.886,"text":"council monomer please thank you very much and uh i greatly appreciate the green belt that we have around melrose and the woods it's uh one of the many factors that makes melrose the very special place that it is appreciate your service resident of ward six so we really appreciate coming on board and we really appreciate chairman Mary stewardship for the committee and for the open","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=4206s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":4227.64,"end_sec":4247.52,"similarity":0.84,"text":"green spaces of melrose thank you for uh looking out for those areas they're very very important for the reasons you mentioned a little serenity when you come home from a crazy day of work and just the fresh air that it provides it's uh it's very very very excellent thank you so much to both of you thank you mr president good council madero's please thank you thank you very","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=4227s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-18","video_id":882,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 18th 2019","meeting_id":2874,"start_sec":4568.94,"end_sec":4607.44,"similarity":0.928,"text":"before I put forth a motion to adjourn I would like to extend our hearty congratulations to the Melrose High School football team who won the league championship and the regional championship and on December 7th they will be playing in the Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium and I know there's a large crowd of Melrose residents who were going there to cheer them on I hope as many people as possible can make the trip to buoy them up hot hearty congratulations the Melrose high school football team again they're going to the Super Bowl at Gillette wonderful wonderful news from Melrose well said","url":"https://vimeo.com/374128117#t=4568s","page_url":"/video/882"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":49.71,"end_sec":52.34,"similarity":0.786,"text":"Motion to open the floor for public comment. Second.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=49s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":188.53,"end_sec":191.16,"similarity":0.744,"text":"good evening anyone else motion to close public comment madam chair second a motion to close","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=188s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":236.14,"end_sec":250.51,"similarity":0.867,"text":"tonight chief thank you madam chair before we begin um i just received a text from council wright and he would like me to announce um that he is missing this evening's meeting because he just","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=236s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":254.01,"end_sec":256.76,"similarity":0.658,"text":"him well great so he just asked me to do that thank you counselor mortimer thank you thank you","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=254s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1419.24,"end_sec":1423.37,"similarity":0.798,"text":"Thank you very much, Chairman Libby Garabedian.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1419s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1425.87,"end_sec":1431.72,"similarity":0.845,"text":"Over the years, there's a lot of changes that have occurred.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1425s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1433.03,"end_sec":1442.04,"similarity":0.853,"text":"Some I've been in favor of, some I've been against, because I think we have to look at prudence, practicality, and we have to be very protective of the quality of life here in Melrose.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1433s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1443.05,"end_sec":1459.21,"similarity":0.869,"text":"25 years ago, 30 years ago, they didn't even have drinks in restaurants. Then we went to the beer and wine, select food stores, and now it looks like it's time for this, and I don't think it's a bad idea.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1443s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1459.86,"end_sec":1487.82,"similarity":0.909,"text":"I also spoke with Mayor Broda, and he said it would be possible for us to limit it. I wanted to do it to see, I won't do it right away, but I was wondering if we could do it in the form of an amendment to this language we have before us in the agenda packet. The agenda packet, for some reason, I'm not sure if it's a typo, or if we're missing a section by design.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1459s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1489.35,"end_sec":1492.99,"similarity":0.802,"text":"But we go right from section one, there's no section two, and then we go directly to section three.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1489s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1502.03,"end_sec":1507.33,"similarity":0.79,"text":"All right, so that's a typo on that in section two.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1502s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1508.08,"end_sec":1519.33,"similarity":0.884,"text":"So, what I would propose at some point is if we had section 1A which would say that","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1508s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1520.72,"end_sec":1529.52,"similarity":0.857,"text":"no bottle of alcohol for alcoholic beverages of with 25% alcohol or greater.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1520s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1531.72,"end_sec":1538.68,"similarity":0.861,"text":"No bottle shall be allowed to be less than 12 ounces.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1531s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1539.4,"end_sec":1546.79,"similarity":0.817,"text":"And what that would prohibit would be the half pints and the nips. And if somebody wants to take it down, maybe we can have the half pints.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1539s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1547.62,"end_sec":1553.43,"similarity":0.83,"text":"But the problem, the half pints they sell are actually now, because they're milliliters, they're actually 7.6 ounces.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1547s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1554.14,"end_sec":1589.77,"similarity":0.901,"text":"And what the problem with it is, is that kids drink the nips and they carry the nips on their person. It's happening at the high school right now. I know a bunch of the high school kids and it does go on. If you have to get a pint, which is now with the milliliters, it's 16.9 ounces, it's a little bigger, a little bulkier, a little more obvious. It doesn't mean the kids aren't going to find ways to do it, but it can be done. But with the nips, it makes it really easy for them to hide it.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1554s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1591.64,"end_sec":1610.46,"similarity":0.864,"text":"You can hide it in any small pocket. You can hide it in the cuff of your pants, in your hat, whatever. And there's all kinds of things that can happen. Another problem with the nips, and maybe the half pints too, is you get a lot of homeless alcoholics who like to get the nips.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1591s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1611.05,"end_sec":1645.97,"similarity":0.892,"text":"If you go to other cities that allow the sale of hard liquor, which, I mean, let's face it, the plan is both these establishments are going to get it. I mean, of course it still has to go to the elected commission, but let's be frank here, at the end of the day, they're going to get it. And I'm in favor of it, there's some changes we just have to move along with. And I think this will be okay, we can still protect the quality of life, we can be prudent about this. But I would like to see, even beyond letting the Liquor Commission promulgate","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1611s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1647.05,"end_sec":1681.1,"similarity":0.876,"text":"regulations that would ban nips and possibly half pints, I would like to see us put it right in the language of this special act. Because if you go to other cities, you go to the parks and some back alleys in some adjacent cities and towns north of us, south of us, you see nip bottles everywhere. Up and down, up and down. So for people who are addicted to alcohol and their drug of choice,","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1647s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1681.76,"end_sec":1733.13,"similarity":0.894,"text":"because alcohol is a drug, their drug of choice is alcohol, you see those nip bottles everywhere. And it's not good for the city. It attracts a bad element, it causes people then after they've had a few nips to possibly commit crimes. And as mentioned before, it's easy for the kids to bring nips into school. And even now that we don't have them in the city, there's a little bit of that going on at our public schools now. Sad to report, although the schools are doing a great job overall as every possible record reflects. So I'll hold off on making that a motion to make it section 1A, but I think it would be a good idea for the quality of life and the protection of our citizens here in Melrose, that we would definitely eliminate the NIPS and maybe the half pints as well. Thank you very much, Madam Chair.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1681s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1781.13,"end_sec":1809.26,"similarity":0.902,"text":"Yeah, quarts are fine, fifths are fine, that's a big bottle, that's not going to be stashed. And the homeless alcoholics unfortunately can't afford those. But the reason I said 12 ounces, if it's greater than 25% alcohol, Sometimes you might get an eight ounce bottle of Mogan David 2020, or you get a 12 ounce can of beer. And I'm not against people buying a 12 ounce can of beer.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1781s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":1810.65,"end_sec":1868.32,"similarity":0.902,"text":"But what worries me is when it's less than 12 ounces and it's distilled liquor, something that's 40%, 50%, which translates to 80 proof and 100 proof. Proof you just, to get the percentage, you just cut it in half. So, sometimes I think the strongest wine that's around is Mogan David 2020, MD 2020, known as Mad Dog 2020, MD. And, but if we, I don't want to stop people from buying a small gift bottle of wine or one can of beer. But it's the distilled spirits in small quantities that I think pose the most detriment to our youth and quality of life of having homeless alcoholics trying to stem money begging for money and then trying to go into one of these two stores downtown and I grab a couple of nips so they can get they'll get themselves right for the day Thank","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=1810s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":3694.97,"end_sec":3705.52,"similarity":0.877,"text":"thank you very much chairman little garabedian i've appreciated this conversation immensely a lot of well thought out comments and perspectives um i like the idea that we do want","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=3694s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":3706.12,"end_sec":3732.42,"similarity":0.912,"text":"to increase the business as president forbes just mentioned if a grown-up wants to come downtown and buy a fifth which is 28.5 ounces or a quart which is 32 ounces of rum and or a half gallon of rum and go home and have a pina colada party that's fine i'd rather have them come to melrose than go elsewhere to another community um but the people who come to buy nips","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=3706s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":3736.83,"end_sec":3743.89,"similarity":0.833,"text":"are less they're not really good customers and it's not really a thriving business and","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=3736s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":3744.53,"end_sec":3798.05,"similarity":0.879,"text":"Maybe the type of business that the stores that are in existence want. So, I'm in favor of it overall. I appreciate the comments of President Ford, but I think it is time we evolve. There are problems, and we're not going to stop just by stopping the nymphs. We're not going to stop alcoholics or kids from drinking, but it is a step in the right direction. It'll do a little bit, at least, and if we can do a little bit, that's good. I'm really interested in that rule that people can't go to the Paki twice in Wakefield. That's crazy. Yeah, that's people putting on disguises and going back in like they do at the casinos. Yeah, that's really an interesting wrinkle. First time I heard of that. But in the meantime, I think what we can do to stimulate business in Melrose, which would","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=3744s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":3798.89,"end_sec":3835.62,"similarity":0.925,"text":"be a good idea but to also have a little patina of protection for our quality of life and for our children to be a little protective of Melrose is to have this amendment and I will make this amendment that would be section two of this ordinance and the amendment that I am proposing I am moving to add this as an amendment, reads as follows. Any alcoholic beverages with an alcohol concentration of greater than 25% may not be sold in containers with a capacity of less than 12 ounces.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=3798s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":3843.83,"end_sec":3849.68,"similarity":0.79,"text":"The proposed amendment that I'm moving is any alcoholic beverages with an alcohol concentration","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=3843s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":3850.31,"end_sec":3864.82,"similarity":0.874,"text":"of greater than 25 percent may not be sold in containers with a capacity of less than 12 ounces.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=3850s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":3881.43,"end_sec":3885.18,"similarity":0.663,"text":"that yeah that's that's my motion and i i sort of discussed the discussion and then we'll have","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=3881s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4090.61,"end_sec":4095.36,"similarity":0.758,"text":"are just the comments that I wanted to make through the chair if I make 750","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4090s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4098.36,"end_sec":4101.86,"similarity":0.771,"text":"did I just get a point of information quickly how many ounces is that I don't","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4098s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4102.61,"end_sec":4106.86,"similarity":0.728,"text":"of roughly I'll do okay thank you that thank you sorry sorry for the","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4102s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4530.35,"end_sec":4537.45,"similarity":0.828,"text":"you've spoken twice thank you very much i've received information on that 75 milliliters and","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4530s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4538.24,"end_sec":4556.87,"similarity":0.912,"text":"and I've received mentions of 25 ounces or 26 ounces. I have no problem with people, 750 milliliters. My amendment is less than 12 ounces. So if somebody wants to buy 25 or 26 ounces and go home and make a rum punch or a vodka punch, I have no problem with that.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4538s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4561.84,"end_sec":4584.59,"similarity":0.895,"text":"My amendment means you can't buy less than 12 ounces if it's 40%. Wine, and for these percentages, wine is 12 or 15%. I have no problem with somebody even buying a small bottle of wine, even if it's a 12 ounce gift bottle. You see sometimes those little tiny bottles in a gift basket. I have no problem with that if people want to buy a little bottle of wine.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4561s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4585.54,"end_sec":4630.69,"similarity":0.896,"text":"The less than 12 ounce, a half pint's about this size with the little tapered top. That's what I'm against, and the nips that are this big. 750 milliliters fine, people should be, they can even buy, usually the pints, which would be allowed under my amendment, are 16.9 ounces. And even those, those are kind of small, but when you talk about alcohol, when you talk about greater than 25%, you're talking about vodka, whiskey, rum. And those are the items that I think should not be sold in less than 12 ounces. That means you can't buy a two ounce nip. You can't buy the seven ounce half pint. It's only a seven ounce half pint.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4585s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4631.34,"end_sec":4667.51,"similarity":0.891,"text":"I have no problem with the, even the pint is okay. But if you want to go up, I don't want to restrict the business owners that much. If they want to sell a pint, somebody wants to buy a bag of Doritos to make it incidental with food, and buy a pint of rum, then that's the way it works. We're not going to try to cut them off that much, I'm hoping, but if that's what it takes to get this amendment passed for now, and then we can hold it in committee, I'd be fine with that, but for now, I'd like to get a little work done and just give a little","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4631s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4671.52,"end_sec":4725.95,"similarity":0.868,"text":"indicator of where the board, of where the council stands, that we would like to do it, if that's what it takes to change it, but I think a pint is okay. I mean, it's not great, but it's small enough to put in a golf bag, which actually I had one of my buddies who plays at the hood all the time say, I can't buy nips, how am I going to golf? And that's a real quote, so the nip's got to go. So I think less than 12 ounces, no nips, no half pints is fine, and then we can discuss the rest of it later. But right now, what we have before us is this amendment to be included in the statutory language of the city of Melrose. That you can't buy hard stuff, basically, without getting it too complicated and finding reports from this and that. We all know what hard stuff is, we all know what wine is, we all know what beer is.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4671s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4726.8,"end_sec":4738.43,"similarity":0.789,"text":"Just can't get hard stuff in half pints and nips. That's what this amendment says. No hard stuff in nips and half pints. Okay. So I hope everybody votes yes.","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4726s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":4894.85,"end_sec":4904.35,"similarity":0.815,"text":"Yes, yes, so it mean hot stuff can't be sold It's if it's over 25% you're in the realm of hot stuff. You're under 25%","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=4894s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-14","video_id":884,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 14th 2019","meeting_id":2862,"start_sec":5024.06,"end_sec":5055.56,"similarity":0.829,"text":"would not want to change my second to 40% thank you once you get into yeah some of the other hard stuffs like B&B brandy and Benedictine or something might be through but then they're 70 proof you basically you're the line for cutting off hard stuff from wine is 25% and that's that's the difference it's I don't mind a small bottle of wine in a gift basket but I don't want to see half pints going out the door on nips it's basically hot stuff or not hot stuff and","url":"https://vimeo.com/373299487#t=5024s","page_url":"/video/884"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-07","video_id":886,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 7 2019","meeting_id":2850,"start_sec":710.36,"end_sec":716.72,"similarity":0.711,"text":"very much for listening motion to close public comment mr chair i will draw the motion","url":"https://vimeo.com/371917793#t=710s","page_url":"/video/886"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-07","video_id":886,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 7 2019","meeting_id":2850,"start_sec":1783.76,"end_sec":1786.29,"similarity":0.723,"text":"Mr. Chairman, before we proceed, I'd like to make a point of order.","url":"https://vimeo.com/371917793#t=1783s","page_url":"/video/886"},{"person":"mortimer-peter-d","date":"2019-11-07","video_id":886,"video_title":"Melrose City Council November 7 2019","meeting_id":2850,"start_sec":1786.91,"end_sec":1811.8,"similarity":0.91,"text":"Yes. I'm not sure we can proceed forward with this order. I think it's a good idea. What I see in the paperwork is that it's sponsored by the emergency manager, Mr. Albert. Yes. There are 12 people in this city who can put forth an order. The 11 city councilors and the mayor. Here.","url":"https://vimeo.com/371917793#t=1786s","page_url":"/video/886"}],"next_cursor":"u|2019-11-07|886|1786.91"}