ORDER-2020-119 : An Order Amending Article VII, Section 198-20 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Melrose, “Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging”

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▶ 11:03 Jeff McNaught: packaging I will open the floor for any any comment by any counselors or any

▶ 11:10 Speaker 3: motions anyone would would like to make please madam president is waiting in queue

▶ 11:15 Jen Grigoraitis: sorry president Grigoraitis Thank You chairman McNaught and myself and councillor Sunilla are the makers of this order and as was just so eloquently stated in public comment this is a collaborative effort on by zero waste Melrose former counselors worker who was the original maker of this order in the previous council the Chamber of Commerce and the city of Melrose which the Board of Health holds enforcement authority in this order to delay implementation in light of COVID-19. And I won't belabor what was already said, but obviously our restaurants, particularly our small businesses, are doing a level of takeout that is completely unprecedented and will likely continue for some time. So collectively, those parties felt that we could delay our sustainable efforts a little bit in order to allow small businesses to continue to use the containers that they have on hand, not be worried about supply chain issues, and also to ensure that we have sufficient time for training. The initial community event targeting small businesses about this order was scheduled for the week that everything shut down back in March. So we really have to kind of go back to square one. So the intent is to have larger businesses, which have over 8,000 square feet of space to go into effect on January 1st, and then smaller businesses to go into effect on july 1st um so that is the intent of this order thank you president

▶ 12:43 Jeff McNaught: Grigoraitis um does anyone else wish to speak i didn't see anyone else in queue

▶ 12:55 Speaker 3: sorry

▶ 12:59 Jen Grigoraitis: i hear a motion to recommend for passage from councilor Tramontozzi seconded by counselor can i just um we do there's a typo in the order that i was hoping we could amend it says eight comma zero zero square feet and it should be eight comma three zeros um so i was if we can possibly i just wanted to get that corrected um if we if it's possible to withdraw the motion to recommend

▶ 13:24 John N. Tramontozzi: yes absolutely uh motion to recommend was withdrawn so you can make that good thank you

▶ 13:32 Jen Grigoraitis: So, can I make a motion to amend for it to read 8,000 square feet on January 1st, 2021?

▶ 13:45 Speaker 2: Should I call the roll?

▶ 13:47 Speaker 1: Yes, Madam Clerk. Thank you.

▶ 13:49 Speaker 2: Vice Chair Tramontozzi? Yes. Councilor Sanella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. President Grigoraitis? Yes. Chair McNaught? Yes. Five yes. Okay.

▶ 14:11 John N. Tramontozzi: now motion to recommend for passage as amended second we have a motion to recommend for passage

▶ 14:16 Jeff McNaught: as amended by council Tramontozzi seconded by councillor sanella madam clerk will you

▶ 14:24 Speaker 2: please call the roll vice chair Tramontozzi yes councilor sanella yes councillor eccles councilor Migliorelli yes president Grigoraitis yes chair mcnaught yes five yes passes okay and

▶ 14:41 Speaker 2: i just had a question were there any was there any correspondence that anyone wished to add to

▶ 14:44 Jeff McNaught: the record this evening that we received i'm not recommending anything it's more of a question for

▶ 14:54 Speaker 3: the committee we did receive something from um mike's worko that has been added to the record

▶ 15:01 Jeff McNaught: already previous all right that's right thank you Adam Clark okay the next order