ORDER-2015-112 : Application of Abderrazak Elhaissouni d/b/a Town Ride Car Service for a Livery Service License (1 vehicle) at 25 Ledge Street, Melrose, MA

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▶ 11:41 Speaker 1: I'll be back to hear my goals.

▶ 11:42 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Mr. Chairman, I'm sorry I didn't get in before the clerk, but I was going to request that we take number 9, order number 2015-112 out of order because we have the applicant here with us this evening and he waited a considerable time last time and was

▶ 12:02 Speaker 1: unable to be heard Alderman McAteer-Margolis requests that we take up order 215-112 second the motion to suspend the regular order of business

▶ 12:11 Speaker 1: Mr. president motion is seconded by Alderman Mortimer is there any discussion relative to the motion all those in favor of the motion indicate by saying aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? And the applicant is here with us. The chair would love a motion to suspend the rules. Second. Alderman Forbes moves to suspend the rules. Motion is seconded by Alderman Byrd. All those in favor of suspension of the rules to allow the applicant to address us relative to this order, indicate by saying aye. Aye. Okay, motion passes. The rules are suspended. Good evening, sir. Good evening, sir. Would you like to tell us a little

▶ 12:45 Speaker 7: about your application for a livery license yeah i i am abduzzaka so i i had applied i work for one of or two of the major ride sharing companies here and through them i do get a lot of calls from the city of maros the residents of maros especially i have a lot of businessmen who travel a lot for for business i do drop them off at the airport and they do request me if i could come back at a certain time and is to pick them up so i did ask i just talked to the mass sport department and they told me that you have to get a permit from the city where you live it's one of the requirements so that's why i have this application around here and you you're going to be using your

▶ 13:29 Speaker 1: address in melrose as your place of business that's right sir okay any questions for the

▶ 13:40 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: THE GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. I APOLOGIZE AS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE FOR NOT MAKING YOU AWARE THAT WE HAD STARTED.

▶ 13:48 Speaker 7: I WAS PART OF THAT. A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING.

▶ 13:51 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: DO YOU CURRENTLY RUN ANY KIND OF LIVERY SERVICE? I DO NOT. THIS IS A NEW VENTURE FOR YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU LIVE IN MELROSE AND WILL GARAGE THIS

▶ 14:06 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: vehicle in melrose i do have yeah great it appears as though your application was all in order so um i would be in support and make a motion to recommend to pass this thank you second the

▶ 14:18 Speaker 1: motion for passage okay there's a motion for uh for passage which has been made by alderman mcintyre margolis seconded by alderman mortimer on discussion alderman um thank you mr sherman

▶ 14:27 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: thank you for for coming down so you said that you currently work for ride sharing services that's right do you mean um like uber type of uber or lyft yep great and so with this you would operate your own service your own you would be outside of those that's right in the city that's right

▶ 14:47 Speaker 7: for things like airport rides exactly yeah okay there is no way that you can pick up someone from the airport without having a livery license right with your city okay requirements and one of them

▶ 15:00 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: is to have a delivery license and would you um also go other places if people were requesting

▶ 15:07 Speaker 7: it wouldn't be airport exclusive no anywhere from doctor's appointment to ride to the supermarket

▶ 15:11 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: perfect great okay thank you very much thank you thank you thank you baldman wright thank you mr

▶ 15:16 Francis X. Wright Jr.: president thank you for being here this evening um could you just confirm what i'm supposing which is there'll be no signage at your house there'll be no vehicle related activities at your house such as repairs meeting people anything like that absolutely not it's all over the phone

▶ 15:41 Speaker 7: so it's all over the phone yeah i'm planning to have a website too okay and if you need to do

▶ 15:43 Francis X. Wright Jr.: anything with the vehicle that'll take place at the garage someplace off that's correct sir

▶ 15:52 Speaker 1: great thank you thank you mr president anyone else okay this the application is complete i think this is the first application that i've seen under our new ordinance that we've recently passed relative to uh these types of operations if there's no further discussion all those in favor of passage of the order please indicate by saying aye aye anyone opposed i thank you all for your

▶ 16:11 Speaker 7: time thank you so much thank you sir thank you thank you very much thank you order 2015-100

▶ 16:19 Speaker 5: transfer of nineteen thousand six hundred ninety four dollars forty five cents from account number