City Council - License Committee

City of Chicopee City Council License Committee DRAFT Members Stanley Walczak, Chair Fred Krampits, Vice Chair George Balakier Frank Laflamme Derek Dobosz MINUTES June 28, 2021 The following are the minutes of a public hearing held Monday, June 28, 2021 at 6:30 PM held in the Auditorium, 3rd floor, City Hall, 17 Springfield Street, Chicopee, MA 01013 and via Zoom. Members Present Walczak, Krampits, Balakier, Laflamme, Dobosz Also Present Attorney Daniel Garvey, Carl Dietz (Building Commissioner), Lt. Gelinas (Fire Department) The meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM In compliance with the Open Meeting Law the Chairman asked if anyone in the audience was recording the meeting. Hearing none the meeting continued. ITEM #1 Class II License application for KLM Auto Repair, Inc., located at 874 Front Street. Applicant - Maria Y. Christy, 21 Lachine Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Applicant was not present. Motion made by Councilor Laflamme and second by Councilor Walczak to postpone to the end of the meeting. Motion passed. ITEM #2 Auto Repair License application for KLM Auto Repairs, Inc., located at 874 Front Street. Applicant - Maria Y. Christy, 21 Lachine Street, Chicopee, MA 01020. Applicant was not present. Motion made by Councilor Laflamme and second by Councilor Walczak to postpone to the end of the meeting. Motion passed. ITEM #3 Junk Dealers License application for ECOATM, LLC located at 1956 Memorial Drive. Applicant - ECOATM, LLC, Hunter Bjorkman, 10121 Barnes Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92121. 1 Karen Wang from ecoATM was present via zoom. She stated that the company would like to place a kiosk inside the Dollar General on Memorial Drive. Similar to the one they currently have at the Wal-Mart. It is a recycling kiosk. A person can recycle their used or broken device and be paid for it. Reports read from the following departments: Building Department – 1956 Memorial Drive is within the Business A zoning district. Retail trade is a permitted use within the district. The Building Department has not concerns with the addition of the proposed use at this location. Engineering Department – The Engineering Department has no comments if the license application is for the building interior. Planning Department – Property is zoned Business A, Planning has concerns about the lack of information regarding what the requested license pertains to and Planning requires additional information on this proposal before being able to provide a recommendation. Councilor Laflamme asked if the applicant has a written agreement with Dollar General. Karen Wang replied that ecoATM does have a written agreement. She will be emailing that agreement to the City Council. Motion made by Councilor Laflamme and second by Councilor Walczak to approve pending receiving the written agreement. Committee vote 5 – 0 favorable. Motion made by Councilor Laflamme and second by Councilor Walczak to place items #1 and #2 back on the table. Motion passed. Applicant was still not present at the meeting. Motion made by Councilor Laflamme and second by Councilor Walczak to continue both items to the July 26, 2021 License Committee meeting. Committee vote 5- 0 favorable. ITEM #4 Minutes – May 24, 2021 Motion made by Councilor Dobosz and second by Councilor Walczak to approve the minutes. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 6:43 PM. 2