ORDER-2020-23 : Application of DOVALES ENTERPRISE D/B/A CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE for a Class II Motor License

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▶ 1:50 Shawn M. MacMaster: one item on our order this evening it is order number 2020-23 application of dovale enterprise doing business as certified automotive for a class 2 motor license alderman lipa garabedian has made a motion to suspend the rules it has been seconded by vice chair Mortimer all in favor any opposed mr duvalli would you please uh step forward and i'd also note for the record that

▶ 2:25 Shawn M. MacMaster: alderman Medeiros has joined us good evening sir good evening would you like to make an opening statement or proceed directly to questions and before you do so if you could just state your

▶ 2:32 Speaker 2: name for the record my name is jamie deval and i currently own a repair shop on lebanon street for automotive service and repairs i'm looking to branch out and open a class 2 dealer's license on on Upham Street, right over here. And I've been a Melrose resident for 17 years. Have family here. I want to stay in Melrose. I want to branch out my business here. So that's pretty much it.

▶ 3:04 Shawn M. MacMaster: Are there any questions from the members of the committee?

▶ 3:08 Speaker 3: Alderman Tramontozzi.

▶ 3:09 John N. Tramontozzi: Yes, what type of property is the one on Upham Street you intend to expand to what's there now well my business now on lebanon street i know the one on

▶ 3:23 Speaker 2: up um upham street yes it's a uh a garage over here no i i just it's just for purposes of the

▶ 3:27 John N. Tramontozzi: record and for the public so it's not like you're changing uh the um the use of the property no it

▶ 3:35 Speaker 2: it was currently a uh a used car repair shop okay great thank you we're not changing anything right

▶ 3:46 Speaker 3: exactly thank you any other questions from uh committee alderman boycelle good evening um

▶ 3:50 Robert A. Boisselle: are you abandoning the property on lebanon street or are you just expanding onto upham street

▶ 3:58 Speaker 2: well it all depends on what happens because i i would like to keep both but depending on how business goes, I'm not really 100% sure, to be honest with you.

▶ 4:10 Robert A. Boisselle: Okay. In your license, you say buy and sell vehicles. On the Lebanon Street, you have quite a few vehicles on display. How are you going to-

▶ 4:22 Speaker 2: I don't have vehicles on display on Lebanon Street. I don't buy or sell vehicles on Lebanon Street.

▶ 4:28 Robert A. Boisselle: You will be buying and selling on this license? I will, yes. yes okay so this is a new venture then yes okay so how many vehicles do you intend to

▶ 4:42 Speaker 2: have displayed on on site it'll probably be like four or five it'll be inside is that going to be

▶ 4:46 Robert A. Boisselle: up front on up street in the windows or is that going to be it might be in the in the shop maybe

▶ 4:55 Robert A. Boisselle: one or two in front of the windows so you're taking the whole building not just the mechanics

▶ 5:02 Robert A. Boisselle: in the back well i don't understand that well in in the beginning on upham street there's just a window display and then there's a garage going into the work area in the back i'm going to be taking the whole thing you're taking the whole thing okay good thank you thank you very much

▶ 5:19 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: thank you are there any other questions all the men look at your beating sure thanks for being here tonight i live close to your business on lebanon street um do you want to just tell the folks who are watching in home or might watch later when you anticipate opening your new

▶ 5:34 Speaker 2: business and what hours you'll have there we're anticipate opening on october 1st and yeah i was going to be eight in the morning till five till monday to friday and eight to five on saturday

▶ 5:48 Peter D. Mortimer: we're going to close sunday great best of luck thank you motion i'll recommend for passage mr

▶ 5:52 Speaker 3: chairman alderman zorco thank you mr chairman i'm a non-voting member of this committee but i just

▶ 5:56 Michael P. Zwirko: wanted to say thank you for expanding your business in melrose and trying to keep your

▶ 6:04 Shawn M. MacMaster: business in melrose so we appreciate that thank you thank you mr deval i see that um in addition to the class 2 motor vehicle license that you're seeking you're also seeking an automotive automotive repair license which requires a special permit through the zoning board of appeals are you aware of that and that that is a separate and distinct process that you have to pursue yeah i understand

▶ 6:23 Shawn M. MacMaster: that okay and i would just also note for the record we do have the applicant's uh license uh in our possession as well as sign offs from the building inspector the police department the fire department we have the surety of bond uh transmittal corey form and proof of insurance

▶ 6:45 Shawn M. MacMaster: motion to recommend for passage mr chairman second there is a motion made by vice chairman warner to recommend for passage it is seconded by alderman trim and tozy on discussion all in favor any opposed thank you mr deval what this means is that this matter has been recommended for passage to go before the full board of aldermen so at that next meeting this agenda item will be on there if you have any questions before then you could speak to our committee clerk on this foot all right well done thank you sir thank you thank you thank you thank