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Protection & License Committee — 2019-03-14

Protection and License Committee Meeting

This meeting starts at 25:31 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Manisha Bewtra present · Nonvoting; Robert A. Boisselle present · Voting; Scott M. Forbes absent · Nonvoting; Jennifer L. Lemmerman present · President/Ex Officio Member; Kate Lipper-Garabedian present · Voting; Shawn M. MacMaster absent · Chair; Monica C. Medeiros present · Nonvoting; Peter D. Mortimer present · Vice Chair; John N. Tramontozzi present · Voting; Francis X. Wright Jr. absent · Nonvoting; Michael P. Zwirko absent · Nonvoting

Agenda

  1. Call to Order (25:28)
  2. Public Participation (27:25)
  3. Motions
  4. Orders
  5. ORDER-2019-60 : Application of Mohamed Nidali Oubella d/b/a Boston Limousine Ride for a livery license (28:48)
  6. Adjournment (32:46)

Minutes

CITY OF MELROSE PROTECTION AND LICENSE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● MARCH 14, 2019 Aldermanic Chamber, Melrose City Hall Committee Meeting 7:30 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 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 Shawn M. MacMaster Chair Absent Peter D. Mortimer Vice Chair Present Robert A. Boisselle Voting Present John N. Tramontozzi Voting Present Kate Lipper-Garabedian Voting Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman President/Ex Officio Member Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Nonvoting Absent Monica C. Medeiros Nonvoting Present Scott M. Forbes Nonvoting Absent Michael P. Zwirko Nonvoting Absent Manisha Bewtra Nonvoting Present

ORDER-2019-60 License Application of Mohamed Nidali Oubella d/b/a Boston Limousine Ride for a livery license Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 3/14/2019 8:26 PM

Transcript

▶ 25:27 Peter D. Mortimer: favor good evening ladies and gentlemen this is the committee on protection and license for March 14th Thursday March 14th 2019 the hour is 742 the chairman of this committee alderman Shawn Shawn McMaster had a at a previously scheduled neighborhood meeting where he's meeting with the neighbors from Ward 5 presently. I'm the vice chair, so I'll be filling in for Alderman Shawn McMaster at his neighborhood meeting. Members of the committee present are Alderman Vision, Alderman Tramontozzi, Alderman Lippa Garabedian. Non-voting members present are Alderman Medeiros, Alderman Bewtra. to order before us tonight this meeting is being public comment let me second okay we have the motion i'll just uh before i call for the vote on that i'm going to uh mention that this meeting is

▶ 27:57 Peter D. Mortimer: being recorded by mmtv uh and is available for future viewing on that website and the city of melrose website then we had a meeting a motion to open the floor for public comment made by alderman Tramontozzi and seconded by alderman Letter garabedian all in favor please say aye aye any opposed hearing none the floor is now open for public comment motion to close public comment we have one person in the gallery do you wish to make a comment on this order before tonight he's the applicant very good thank you so a motion has been made to close public comment by alderman lippi garabedian and second by alderman Tramontozzi all in favor please say aye aye public comment is now closed we have one order before us tonight it is order two zero one

▶ 28:52 Peter D. Mortimer: nine dash six oh it is the application of muhammad nadali ubella doing business as boston limousine ride for a livery license is there a motion to suspend please so moved second alderman Tramontozzi has made a motion to suspend the rules duly seconded by alderman boyce all in favor aye any opposed hearing none we are under suspension so would you please come forward and sit at that table right there in front of you thank you you're welcome so would you like to tell us a little bit about why you're applying for this livery license please thank you for your time my name is I'm Muhammad Nidalee we live in here for like seven eight years I'm here like to get library license for my business like limousine

▶ 29:55 John N. Tramontozzi: and very good are there any questions or comments first from members of the committee Alderman Tramontozzi ozi yes good evening thank you for coming in so how many vehicles do you have well so far I have only one and I'm purchasing like two extra like in summertime and do you receive calls yeah my calls or like emails yes yeah and um where do you where do you operate uh it's like airport i'm based in maros but like it's like all massachusetts like like any part of massachusetts i mean so very good how how long have you been driving this in limousine it's like 10 years now oh good for you well welcome thank you thank you very much thank you thank you alderman Tramontozzi any further comments or questions from any other alderman alderman maderos please thank you thank

▶ 30:50 Monica C. Medeiros: Thank you. I'm not a voting member of this committee, but I just was wondering, is the limousine, is it lettered at all? Is there any kind of lettering on it? Is it just a, is it a limousine in particular, the vehicle? So I didn't get your question. Do you have writing on the side of the vehicle, or is it just a vehicle with no, you know, is the name of your company, for instance, on the vehicle? No, we don't have that, but probably in the future I can have that, just limousine with livery license. no that's I think generally there are some requirements if you do have the lettering that you might need to have it garage so it's probably you know yeah that's that's probably better but thank you just curious Thank You Alderman

▶ 31:39 Peter D. Mortimer: Medeiros motion to recommend second we have a motion to recommend by Alderman Felipe Garabedian, duly seconded by Alderman Boycelle. And in queue for discussion, question, or comment, we have President Lemmerman, please. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just, sir, thanks for being here. This is a televised meeting, so in case anybody's watching and is in need of a ride, do you want to take this opportunity to give your phone number and email address where people can book? Sure, yeah, absolutely. I mean, as I say, our company name is Boston Limousine Ride. We're based in Meros, and we operate like the whole of Massachusetts. like you can reach us at six one seven six eight two six two three seven or through the emails

▶ 32:18 Peter D. Mortimer: boston limo ride at gmail.com great thank you thank you thank you sir alderman any further alderman wishing to be heard seeing none on the motion made by alderman lippi garabedian and seconded by alderman boy cell to recommend this order for passage to the full board at our next full board meeting all in favor please say aye aye aye any opposed hearing none this order will be recommended for passage to the full board at our next full board meeting you need not come again you're all set thank you very much thank you very much sir to adjourn we have a motion to adjourn from Alderman Boycelle who seconded that please seconded by Alderman Lippert Garabedian all in favor of the motion to adjourn please say aye any opposed hearing none committee

▶ 33:04 Peter D. Mortimer: on protection and license usually chaired by Alderman McMaster who's got a neighborhood The meeting is hereby adjourned. Thank you.

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