Protection & License Committee — 2016-11-17
Attendance
Robert A. Boisselle ; Donald L. Conn Jr. ; Scott M. Forbes ; Gail Infurna ; Jennifer L. Lemmerman ; Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis ; Monica C. Medeiros ; Peter D. Mortimer ; John N. Tramontozzi ; Michael P. Zwirko
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Public Participation
- Orders
- ORDER-2017-46 : Application of Kibreab Hailemariam d/b/a Abe Family Taxi for a Hackney Carriage License (1 Cab) at Essex Street Stand
- ORDER-2017-47 : Application for a Common Victualler License, Paul Cunningham, 40 Wyoming Inc. d/b/a Cloud Nine at 40 West Wyoming Ave, Melrose, MA
- Adjournment
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE PROTECTION AND LICENSE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● NOVEMBER 17, 2016 Aldermanic Chamber Committee Meeting 7:35 PM The public should take notice that the Melrose Board of Aldermen may, on certain occasions, have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the Board of Aldermen consisting of both voting and non-voting members. Members attending this duly posted meeting are participating and deliberating only in conjunction with the business of the standing committee. Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis Chairman Present Monica C. Medeiros Vice Chairman Present Gail M. Infurna Ward 5 Alderman Present Robert A. Boisselle Ward 4 Alderman Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Donald L. Conn Jr. President/Ex-officio Member Present Scott M. Forbes Nonvoting Member Present Peter D. Mortimer Nonvoting Member Present John N. Tramontozzi Nonvoting Member Present Michael P. Zwirko Nonvoting Member Present
ORDER-2017-46 License - Hackney License Application of Kibreab Hailemariam d/b/a Abe Family Taxi for a Hackney Carriage License (1 Cab) at Essex Street Stand Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen
ORDER-2017-47 License - Common Victualler Application for a Common Victualler License, Paul Cunningham, 40 Wyoming Inc. d/b/a Cloud Nine at 40 West Wyoming Ave, Melrose, MA Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 11/22/2016 3:04 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Good evening, the time being 7.35. The Protection and License Committee of the Board of Aldermen will convene. I'm Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis, chairperson of the committee. With us this evening from the committee is Vice Chairman Monica Medeiros, Alderman Gail Inferna, Alderman Robert Boisselle, and Alderman Jennifer Lemmerman. Again, in accordance with the Massachusetts General Laws, this committee meeting is being taped and recorded and will be broadcast at a future date on MMTV, also available through the city and the MMTV website. Before we begin to hear our two orders tonight, do we have a motion to open the floor? Second. Alderman Inferno moves, seconded by Alderman Boisselle. All in favor?
▶ 0:49 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Aye. I opposed. That order carries, and we will now hear from anyone in the public who would like to speak on either of these orders tonight. Seeing none, motion to close public participation. Second. Alderman Inferno moves to close, seconded by Alderman Wiesel, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Public participation for this committee is now closed. The two orders that we have before us this evening, the first is order 2017-46. It's an application of Mr. Kareeb Hallamarian doing business as Abe Family Taxi for a Hackney carriage license, one cab at the Essex Street stand. Sir, would you like to come forward this evening and join us? Motion to suspend the rules. So moved. Second. Second. Alderman Medeiros move, seconded by Alderman Inferna.
▶ 1:42 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: And please join us. Halimarian has with him this evening his niece who will assist him with any language difficulties so thank you for joining us tonight you are applying for license for one cab in the city and you appear to have all of your documents in order and signed would you like to tell us a little bit about yourself and your business he currently doesn't have but I wasn't the right kiddo with the taxi before but kiddos Gandhi apply to the city to permission to drive a taxi again okay is there anyone on the committee who has any questions for the applicant motion to recommend Alderman Brazil moves to recommend seconded by Alderman Inferno any discussion all of my Madeira's yes and I just wanted to point
▶ 3:08 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: out that leave all the paperwork is in order and this is just for one cab to be to work off of the Essex Street stand correct any further discussion all in favor aye opposed so that order will be recommended to the full board for Monday night and should pass and you will then get your license down at the clerk's office good luck to you in your business thank you for joining us I neglected to mention the other Member of the committee who are here this evening who are not from the full board we have Ward 1 alderman Tramontozzi alderman Forbes Alderman Mortimer, Alderman Zwirko and President Kahn. The second order that we have this evening is 2017-47 it's an application for a common victual license for Paul Cunningham 40 Wyoming Avenue doing business as cloud
▶ 4:17 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: 9 at 40 West Wyoming Avenue Melrose. We're under suspension of the rules so mr. Cunningham would you like to come forward thank you for joining us you are opening a new business in a much-beloved old spot yes ma'am so would you like to tell us a little bit about what your intentions are we would like to carry on the tradition of the old heavenly licks with a new twist to it we're gonna still be selling ice cream we've we've I'd like to thank the Alderman for seeing me tonight. I'd like to thank all the all the different boards that I've been working with. This is a new venture for me. The town clerk, the building department, the health department, all the inspectors have been very gracious in
▶ 5:03 helping me maneuver through all the all the things that I needed to do to get to the point where we expect to be the number one ice cream purveyor here in Melrose because I think we're going to be the only one. We are featuring Richardson's ice cream. We're expecting to bring in Winfrey's chocolates. I have sampled some of these products, as you can see, but please don't be afraid to come down as we do have low-calorie frozen yogurt. I believe there's going to be a sugar-free offering. There's all sorts of Italian ices and protein shakes for the protein-minded, and I'm looking forward to having Melroseans and, well, Wakefieldians, and I don't know how to say Stoneham people, But those people are welcome to come over here, too.
▶ 5:49 Gail Infurna: But I want to thank you very, very much for seeing me tonight. Great. Alderman Inferno, Ward 5, Alderman Inferno. Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Welcome to Melrose. I am the ward alderman for that area. And let me tell you, it is the most frequent question I've been asked all summer long. What's happening down there? When's it going to open? So we're delighted to have ice cream back in Ward 5. and nice to have a little bit of a twist with it you do have big shoes to fill just with the heavenly licks but and I hope that you know you can get active within the community and you know be helping with the Lincoln School I know that they have done some things with the previous owners so it's it's great join
▶ 6:33 in you know be part of the community and we wish you the best of luck thank you very much we're very very friendly to families we try to make it as inclusive and it's open to bring in handicapped and bring in people that can fit into the store. It's wide open if you've seen the floor plan, which is on record. It's bright, it's airy. We're looking for little leaguers and brownies and Cub Scouts and lots of families to come on in. I noticed that you have seating for just 10. We do. Is that, you know, cause it looks like it could hold a little bit more, but are you, you know? Well, I think the information that I've been given by the town is that I'd have to put in a handicapped bathroom. And due to the structure of the building
▶ 7:17 that's over 100 years old, currently it's not conducive due to the way everything was laid out. There were more seats in the previous ice cream store. And I don't know if that was a grandfathered thing or how it works, but my understanding is I have 12, but two are for employees and the other 10 are for customers. But that that we would love that we'd love to have more seats and if we as this goes long Hopefully all them and we'll be able to work that together Look forward to working with you Thank you very very much Mr. Cunningham just to mention does have all of his approvals in order as well as his Insurance I see all the Madeiros has a question about the flavors. Thank you. Yes how much chocolate can i get you can get all that you want we've got we laid in extra and
▶ 8:12 some marshmallow for some sundaes um have can you speak a little bit about your personal experience and if you've worked in restaurants or anything like that in the past i i have i've um well i started out as a diver one one who dives for dishes it as a kid at a at a tennis club over Newton and worked the restaurant inside the country club and did that. My career since then has been in the entertainment field. I also own a microelectronics business that is different than this, but I date a woman who happens to own a fine, a wonderful nine seat restaurant in Stoneham. It's called Victor's Italian Restaurant on Lincoln Avenue and it's number one on Yelp it's a women-owned when women operated and she lets me die for dishes
▶ 9:04 occasionally there but I thought I'd try my own hand at this and and who doesn't like I mean I love ice cream so I figured you know honey I'm gonna show I'll show you that I can do a little thing you have people eat over at your place for dinner and send them over to Melrose so we can get some money for the town here and get some ice cream enough I appreciate that I could say I've known Mr. Cunningham for some time and we're very happy to have him coming to Melrose and opening this business and I wish you lots and lots and lots of luck. I look forward to seeing you down there Monica. Thank you, I look forward to it. Motion to recommend. Anyone else with any questions? Alderman Boisselle, motions to
▶ 9:44 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: recommend, seconded by Alderman Inferno. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? That will be recommended to the full board for Monday evening which should be approved after which point you can be in touch with the city clerk to get your license thank you Mary thank you and thank you very much thank you very much thank you I look forward to seeing all of you good luck that concludes some our agenda this evening to adjourn second Alderman Inferno moves to adjourn seconded by Alderman Boisselle all in favor aye opposed we are adjourned stay tuned for finance good evening ladies and gentlemen it's 745 on November 17 2016 this is the committee on appropriations it is a committee of the whole every member of the Board of Aldermen is a member of this committee I am the