stand Nation God indivisible liy and justice for all thank you today is Wednesday February 19th welcome to the Lawrence licensing board could we please go through roll call thank you good evening
everyone he is presing at the meeting commiss y commissioner Morales here director paru captain delini and Lieutenant Zulu there he
present okay meeting start great thank you I'd like to make a motion um to approve the minutes of February 5th 2025 I'll
second commiss Morales made a motion to approve the minute for for February 5th second by commissioner Le commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes commissioner Le how do you vote Yes minutes approved thank you very much thank you the next item on the
agenda we have St Patrick's Parish who applying for a one day all alcohol license hello hi um could you please state your name for the record and the reason for the application my name is Annie Santos the reason for the
application we are celebrating St Patrick's Day great commissioner Le they've been here a number of times before us I have no questions for them thank you lieutenant Sero uh no questions we're familiar with the
organization great thank you Captain Delaney good evening yes we're familiar with the event no questions thank you director Ruiz no questions great thank you I don't have questions either I'd like to make a motion to approve this
one day all alcohol license second commiss Morales made a motion to approve one day alcohol license for S patri parish and 118 Ro second by commissioner commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes commission Le how do you
vote Yes motion pass congratulation Annie and good luck thank you thank you our next item we have um Delicias Latinas who's applying for a common Vic license at 518 Lowel
Street she's out of the country okay we can table this out item commissionary do you have any objections to that uh no I make a motion we table them I'll second the motion commission I made a motion to table Delicias Latina second by
commissioner Morales commissioner how do you vote Yes Comm and Morales how do you vote Yes business is table for March 5th at 5:30 p.m. perfect thank you thank you the next item we have to coina
restaurant Andi who's applying for a common Vic license umed thank you okay Ed yes yeah okay uh could you tell me a little bit about your business
okay okay I am opening up a business um it's Dominican food um to serve the community commissioner or do you have questions no we spoke to you before when you came in for your common Vic license right yeah he says this is my second
time that I've been here and the business has not been open for some time I have no question thank you um Lieutenant C no questions captain delini no questions thank you sir director Ruiz no questions
thank ID like to make a motion to approve this common big license second commissioner Morales made a motion to approve a commo license for two Cina restaurant 109 115 sou bro second by commissioner Le commissioner
Morales how do you vote Yes commissioner Le how do you vote Yes motion pass congratulations thank you okay the next item on the agenda we have El Cesar Cafe who's applying to change of manager and ownership at 11 Newberry
Street she called me sick today we can table this one too okay commissioner L do you have any objections to that no I make a motion we table okay I'll second the motion commission Le made a motion to table c c
Cafe I 11 in Newber Street second by commissioner Morales Commission how do you vote Yes commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes motion pass business is table for March 5th thank you thank
you our next item on the agenda we have Morales Motors who is applying for retail dealer license class two hello I'm Christian Morales this is my dad Christoval which translates to
Christopher Morales and we're applying for a retail license set of property that my dad just purchased uh 294 L Street in Lawrence right on the corner of Winter Street 292 is what I meant to say thank you um commissioner Le do you have any
questions um this is the one you're buying this now right purchased already thank you purchased already so you're just taking over the license and Etc right we'd like to okay now I saw pictures online um it's got to be cleaned up a little bit so you don't know
motor parts are hang around no transmissions and that if that's if you take care of that I think I don't think we'll have a problem clean absolutely it was an absolute mess and it's looking much better nowadays and we plan to make it a reputable business it's been inspected by the fire department and the
police department yes sir thank you yep um Lieutenant Sur do you have any questions comments again just a reminder that lot was a mess uh there was multip vehicles on it you have the license says you have 15 vehicles to
be stored on that property so again you need to maintain that 15 amount understood Captain Delaney thank you good evening yes the fire department St by the the lot looks a lot better if you need any assistance from the fire department reach out we'll be uh happy
to help you thank you thank you direct Ruiz no questions okay great I wish you guys the best of luck I'd like to make a motion to approve this license I'll second commissioner Morales made a motion to approve a retail license class
two uh 292 low Street second by commissioner Le commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes commissioner how do you vote Yes motion pass to Z congratulation Christoval and good luck
by okay I got you okay the next item on the agenda we have a table okay we do we have a tabled matter from Mt Motorsports who's applying for wholesale to wholesale
license hello an it's good see seeing you guys again um from the last time we had this meeting we had some issues we needed to take care of so I was wondering if you
guys taken care of okay um that's I leave it as that okay I got the a receipt that got taken care of I provided commissioner Mike about it already
okay commissioner Le yeah I just want to say earlier in the week I got a call from Antonio saying that the car was fixed and he wanted to get his license so I spoke to the girl and she said he did have it did something to the car and
she brought it to her mechanic and the mechanic says no it didn't pass so we told him no we will get a license so he made arrangements today to pick up the car again and he said he fixed it but the girl I just got the phone with her again uh the mechanic too and she
said I haven't even had a chance to drive it really yet I don't know if the light's going to go out or everything else he says it's completely fixed but I'm trying to say say to him that under our rules and regulations which I would add it to
them please I highlighted things in yellow for you okay use car warranty the disclosure and apply warranty also gave you a copy of rules chapter 90 section 7 n okay those
are the laws you have to pass not just what you did if the car doesn't if the front end is not fixed according to her mechanic and I just found out according to her you she never got inspection sticker she said when she got the car you put the STI she did not put the
inspection stick on I'm talking I just what I was told today just a little while ago sorry sorry what I was told a little while ago that she didn't never applied for the inspection sticker she went down there and you had the inspection sticker
on the car she did not do it okay can I can I can I get a chance so commissioner Mike if you put a sticker If you put a sticker right listen We're Not Kids let's be adults let's be honest right the sticker says and it has her plate number on it the plate that she's
driving now has a plate on it I got the sticker I got you want to provide that I don't put a sticker just to put a sticker If it passed inspection from last year to this year it passed expection when I gave her the car now every time that happens a car to her car so she get a from if she crashes her car
I got to fix her car too every time listen Mike it it's not fair that there's a third party coming to my my future that I'm trying to get better at in this situation her car passed expe that did that she bought this vehicle
okay it says her plate number right there say you want me to provide that it says her plate number that she's current driving so you don't just add that Mike okay let's be more realistic I'm being realistic you're not listening to I'm listening but you're saying that I put a
sticker and she put a sticker wait a minute I'm just telling you wait minute don't put words in my mouth all right I didn't say you put the sticker she I said she did told me okay don't put words in my mouth that's what I just said said that she said that she told you I put a sticker clearly says her
plate number from 1025 of next year she needs another sticker of this year so her plate number is right there you want to see I got I took pictures of it that's her plate number correct look at that sticker same number listen I'm going to catch
22 and I'm taking responsibility of fixing her vehicle 5 months later as well listen let me talk okay I'm going to catch 22 all right Catch 22 is there's two sides to every story okay
side first this third party there's a third party I saw the C of the dealer FYI so it's a third party so Belmont Auto auto center sold that c to her I sold the C to him so there a third
party okay so I'm responsible taking the car and fixing the vehicle for her five months later after she purchased this vehicle after it pass inspection come on Mike this is this is this is this a receipt that I fixed the vehicle you got the receipt right so what else are you
want me to do that I take I have I've been taking full responsibility of fixing her vehicle until the day today let go back let's go back let you said you were she was called you and called you before months ago you never returned the call and I understand why now okay yes okay I'm not going to bring that up
okay and and ever since I've been taken care of and I'm taking care of that too because I I got a whatever go ahead now I know nothing about Belmore all right I didn't this is the first time I'm hearing about belm excuse me I just need you to let
him speak first thank you and then when he's done speaking you can go sorry Mike I never heard about Belmore motives until just now okay now I don't know what's going on here but I'm going to tell you right now I don't like what's going on here because
she said she bought the car from you not from bmore Motors okay it's as simple as that and you said you sold the car to her basically when did I say that and and Mike I just want to move forward get this done the correct way which I'm
trying to do as you spoke she got the vehicle wait for the call but it's not fair that the small little business that we trying to get better at is stopping for something so not I'm not going to minimize it but something that it could be fixed at time
okay and it's not fair you know I mean we're just trying to grow and we're trying to get better at it that's the only thing I just need the chance to get better and do it the right way which I haven't had a problem with that I'm just trying to do the right thing the right the right way that's what I want to do
Mike now you're telling me Belmore M so this car to right what did I just say they did they sell the car to her yes then why is she dealing with you cuz she had a a boyfriend the boyfriend came
to me she had a boyfriend she came to me he came to me bought the car with him that's what happened I never knew about this situation about the car situation I did not know she had a boyfriend came the boyfriend came up to me Hey listen I got a girlfriend that
she needs a vehicle that she works at this place after that I don't know that I didn't know that and I dealt with him not with her I never dealt with her maybe she broke up with her listen I got I got pictures of her signing the paper with
him there I got pictur that too if you never dealt with her then why are you talking to her in the phone room cuz obviously she knows who I am she knows who I am cuz I go to the restaurant she knows who I am okay this is this one
second this is over okay I have no questions yeah thank you Captain delay me I have no questions no questions okay so Mike I just want want to move
forward and and help the girl out that's what I want to do I've been doing that I did it I've been communicating withon here I said hey call Mike listen to see if it worked out no okay let's try this maybe it was a tur the whole thing came back got it done I'm not running from it
I'm taking responsibility for it that's all I want to do two weeks ago when you were here you took knowledge that you going to fix the car because you sold the car to her and today you're coming to me and tell Belmore sold the car Mike I I don't I don't I don't I don't
understand your angle here because you I don't so the problem is here I the problem issue here is that we were under the Imp impression that you sold the car directly to her and that means that you're directly inv violation of your license by selling to an individual
person and not a third party today you're telling us that you that the car was actually sold to a third party another I can't sell a car directly got it from so in our last meeting you should have told us I did not sell this car directly to her I sold it to a third
party to Belmont Motors who then did the deal with her our issue is is that we cannot approve a license when we have a responsible party who holds a license that is selling to individuals when they should only be dealing with wholesale
dealers that's something like I said something that I'm new that I want to get better at I did not know that that's I were explaining that I didn't know I was just want to get better at this small business like I said I'm new to this okay I do electrician and and I I'm I'm just trying to get better at it if I made a mistake I want to learn from that
mistake and move forward to get better that's what I want to do Mike okay we got it when you got your license here the first time last year we told you you only sell the wholesale we told you we also told you you had to keep the place over on South
un Street and then you closed that up but we overlooked that okay we over gave you a chance right and I'm just telling you you knew at it but you knew you couldn't sell that card to that girl now I don't know if it would through belm or not I'm going to find out
okay sou roadway he said caring I understand that but we don't know cuz last week he said he sold the car he said he would do if it's on record I never said anything I never said anything if it's on record I never said anything Mike Mike is this this is going
back and forth I just want to move forward I want to take care of the the young girl and I want to move forward if you need an update it'll be an update of the situation where you said that he'll checking up on her tomorrow and we take it from there it's not we're not gaining anything here by going back and forth is
the solution we have to figure it out I have to figure it out I just want to figure that out and if you need an update give me to Friday yeah I mean whatever she needs to know that that she needs to figure out I guess she needs to bring it to her mechanic correct until he figures it out so just to clarify
your memory so when we were here and I just I really need to stand by my colleagu on this of course because I just I want to make the record clear when we were here it was stated on the record that you would agree to fix the
young woman's car because you sold the car directly to them and we have this on record and this is why we have this issue today that's why I have the receipt that I chose to I have I I I fixed the vehicle but I guess the young girl wants to take it to her mechanic tomor that she have
time driving it that's the whole thing about I have the receipt right here that it been fixed I got the receipt got her turbo and her labor I got the labor I did everything she needs time to get her cars checked out that's all it is to it
okay go ahead commissioner Le I don't think that we're understanding each other so to clarify you cannot sell you cannot sell to individuals I don't okay but I okay you cannot sell to individuals and I can't give you a
license to approve you for a license until this that matter is settled I can't hear you say that M I cannot approve you to get a new license for you until this matter is settled one way or the other if I have to find out myself to go down to Belmore and everything else I'm going to find out because I
don't like being pushed around the B are you okay of course point of clarification go ahead thank you lieutenant for a little I mean this could be simply fixed fixed which okay sorry hold on hold on this could be
simply fixed by providing a copy of the receip from you selling to Belmore where is the receipt I don't at this moment I don't have it I mean like I said I could get it okay so again like the
commissioner is saying if you can provide a receipt that would show that you sold directly to another ER okay which wouldn't be a violation of your license yeah okay but we don't have that receipt is that what you're telling us
yes I don't um and that would make that's a problem I understand but like I said I didn't know that that type of conversation was going to come and like I said LT I'm just new at this I'm just trying to get better at it I made a
mistake clearly I'm just trying to get better okay I'm new at this like I said I I I'm nutrition I trying to grow trying to make it out you know in this in in the enlarment in my community and trying to help everybody out like that's all I just want to do I just want to
just help that's all I want to do like I do both things just trying to provide for my kids and my family that's only thing I want to do I'm saying and and I made a mistake by doing those certain things that our commissioner mic just addressed and I just want to learn from it and I want to be better at it that's all and I take full responsibility for
it and I'm trying to take responsibility to fixing that young lady's car I'm not trying to run from it just trying to do my best I can to to to handle everything I can and all I wants and if I could get a chance to be better and and andove the
this Hall that I could be better and show that I will prove that thank you how much did you pay for the C four I think it was 4,000 $4,000 and you expect you know what I'm trying to say if I buy a c for
$4,000 I expect to be running okay not a sensor coming on not the turbo being broken or the front axles being out of whack okay and if I sold your wife a car or a girlfriend a car like that you'd be mad right I I understand like I said I
she the car passed inspection at the moment that she bought the vehicle Mike I after that she had been having the car for five months Anything could happen in a vehicle from there to then I am listen I'm taking responsibility my like we're not it's not I understand I would get
upset I want to move forward you missing what I'm trying to say she's telling me a story different from yours all right and there's two sides so it's like we're judges right now right and you want us to just forget everything tonight is the first time you said anything about
Belmore Motors the first time all right she called and made a complaint and written complaint and she said you called you and called you called you not let not that um she spoke to your wife the first time I think she said right and you were not available to talk to
her at that time okay when she when she called me I told him he was not available that if she wanted to get the car fixed to fix the car pay for it and when he comes back save me all the receip and we could handle
that and I also heard the mechanic called you and you said there's no way I'm fixing the now that's what the mechanic told me hey I was the one that send her there I was the one that send her to the mechanic to get it done uhuh okay I'm talking about
her mechanic do what she was going to do he looked at it and has to be fixed and he had a conversation with you I talked to him and I called him and I told him yeah I'll fix it I told him that I have the messages I told him that that I'll fix it commissioner Mike I just I'm just
trying to like I told you in the beginning I'm taking full responsibility for my action I made a mistake I'm trying to get better at it if if I was to get the chance and prove you guys that it will be better and it will get done it will be
this do we know if the car is currently passing inspection it did pass inspection I have the pictures the picture that has it's packed inspection the day that she bought the car she she bought she registered it and she went to the motor vehicle and she packed inspection
okay read the rules and regulations I get it which one you it says implied warranty on it right it says imply warranty read it you can't get around that okay I understand that Mike listen to me stop interrupting okay read the
rules and regulations okay okay read chapter 7 uh and uh chapter 97 end and everything right chapter S read them not here you don't you read them when you get home it's going to be good learning for you and when you if we
do Grant you a license come up to the city hall and get a copy of all the rules and regulations for a used car dealer a new car dealer motor vehicle dealer license okay and you read them all and study them all you're supposed to give certain paperwork to her okay
now I don't know if Belmore sold the car I don't know if you sold the car the way you're talking tonight right until I find out I'm not approving this license that's my part so she can make the nomination to accept it but I'm not going to vote for it but you see but that's that's something over something
that right that we fixing the car we taking responsibility you don't want to prove the license of us moving forward on a small business to provide and and help the community you want to stop over a third party you see what I'm saying you taking a a decision over a third party a bystander you see what I'm
saying that's not okay commissioner Mike so clearly to clarify our role our role as Commissioners is to make sure that we are also helping patrons in the community understand that they have the responsibility to also keep our
residents safe we had a young woman who came and clearly stated an issue you were in clear violation of your license as a wholesale provider right who cannot sell to an individual okay it's news to
us at this meeting that you sold it to a third party as far as I'm concerned I do not a receip of directly to Belmont and then car being directly to this young woman right so the issue is when you think about it
a little bit deeper because we're both residents of the city my colleague here used to be a cop as well so safety is something that is always at the Forefront of his mind and if he does not agree that he cannot approve your license today even if I wanted to Grant
you the license because we are two member board I cannot do that this even no no no I understand so what I need you to understand from this conversation is that the matter needs to be resolved with this young lady of course and it needs to pass inspection whether or not
this happened through Belmont or not this needs to pass inspection I'm and we will table this matter until it comes back because if he doesn't agree with it there's no way this evening that will be able to pass it no of course so so the so the okay so let's say her I I fixed a
car she does she has to get another sticker to for I mean prove I bring another sticker If I could provide that did it pass inspection again how the way I'm just saying she's going to have the car inspected and fixed right okay yeah and
after he after he comes back let me put this way you fixed the car on Monday supposedly right yeah she brought it back and as soon as she got home the light went back on the car okay she doesn't know if that light's going to come back on the car today cuz she just got back the car late today okay so
that's what she's looking at okay now as far as the the axle she has to get inspection s that car if the axles are gone on that car or the ball joints whever it is it should be taken care of it shouldn't be vibrating down down the road like that shaking down the road
that's a safety hazard right all right these are the things you have to sit down and work out with her okay and I don't care if you're like her mechanic or don't like her mechanic or she doesn't like your mechanic or if VI Versa it has to be solved right all right and when those things are solved
you come back here and we'll take care of you okay so I'm going to make a motion to table this matter for our next meeting March 5th okay okay can I ask a question yes please in the Lemon Law right if the carus had over 136,000 miles does that
still apply the law the law says when you sell a car you cannot sell a car as is okay the only time you can sell a car as is if it's for parts only now you didn't you or Belmore did not sell this car as is all right because it's over the certain value I think it's anything
over $700 is not an A's car okay no that's is either or is it a 700 or more or 125 or less has to be I I don't know the exact don't L after that is no warranty
liit warrant I don't know what the exact mileage is okay I have to research that part but I know it's anything over $700 it cannot be sold as is okay don't open your mouth I'm
not so all I'm trying to say when you sell a car if it's for 2,000 or a th it is not as is I understand the as is but like I Googled it if the car is over 125,000 Mi and it says no the
massachusett on use car lemon law does not apply to a car that has more than 125,000 miles on it yes but I want to say something regardless see I I know you're asking for clarification just so
I we on the same page regardless of that answer you are still in violation of your license because we do not not have proof that you guys sold the car directly to a third party and not directly to the young lady which is what
was told to us and is on record from our last meeting so and can I ask a question go ahead can we invite uh ju um to the next meeting the owner of Vermon Mar I so no I don't agree with
that I think that regardless I want to resolve this issue it um can I okay so for the next meeting we want to table this for the next meeting we need this to be resolved if it is not resolved I I don't see a place where
this license could be accepted or approved now let me let me say something now David That's Mike Martin Martin Sam so what is it Mike that you wanted to tell
me I don't think Belmore is going to lie because he doesn't want to lose his license okay you might be friends with him but he ain't going to lie otherwise he's going to lose his license okay so I will talk to him myself okay we probably do tomorrow morning okay I'll call him
tonight I don't know yet okay and I'm going to speak to her again and I'm going to speak speak to her mechanic again I'm going to have all three of them there right and we're going to find out about the inspection sticker and everything okay okay and then you can tell me all you want is going to be these people against your word all I'm
trying to say solve this problem one way or the other solve it I will and if you want your license solve it I will sorry Mike apprec apologize so I'll make a motion to table this matter for March 5th all right thank you Mar take I'm sorry apologize
Mike you're good I'll second that commission moral made a motion to table empty motor second by commissioner Le commissioner Morales how do you vote commissioner Morales how do you
commissioner Le how do you vote Yes motion pass table for March 5th thank you very much the next item on the agenda we have Latin power so who doesn't seem to be here this kid
came in this young man we keep calling people kids I'm sorry this man came in yesterday yeah to apply for one day alcohol license for an event that he has on February
18 and he came in today to apply okay so I gave the opportunity to be in the meeting and am me the agenda so he's not here okay and we don't have meeting before the 28th so yeah
okay when's our next meeting our next meeting is on March 5th so and he's planning an event for the 28th um okay did he understand that he needed to be present for the
meeting okay okay okay um um on February 28th so that's next Friday yeah we can't I can't approve it without
him here no so um we can't table it either no okay um I am not approving this I'll make a motion not to approve this
icense second commiss made a motion to dis approve this license second by commissioner Le commission Morales yes commissioner Le yes okay okay our next Mee meeting will
March 5th at 5:30 p.m. I would like to make a motion to adjourn this meeting second commiss Morales join the meeting second by commissioner Le commissioner Morales how do you vote Yes commissioner how do you vote yes that was easy thank you meeting
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