Page 4 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, May 24, 2019 Site plan visit on Tuesday Selectmen zero in on Hamilton Street auto dealership By Mark E. Vogler • • • 8 Norwood St. Everett (617) 387-9810 www.eight10barandgrille.com Kitchen Hours: Mon-Thurs: 12-10pm Fri-Sat: 12-11pm Sunday: 1pm-10pm Lunch Menu! Enjoy our Famous $10 Served Mon. thru Fri. ‘til 3:30 PM Choose from 16 Items! Grilled Rib Eye Steak! Only $22.00 includes Two Sides Every Friday FRESH HADDOCK DINNER Prepared Your Way! Includes two sides Facebook.com/ advocate.news.ma Now Featuring our BREAKFAST PIZZA & OMELET MENU Saturday & Sunday Only Served until 3:30 PM ATM on site ad selectmen voted Wednesday night on Zalam Daaboul’s request for a Class II auto dealer’s license, he would have lost. A majority of selectmen said they would have voted it down after getting negative feedback from the Police Department and neighbors about the lot at 74 Hamilton St. that Daaboul is considering buying from an owner who has been the subject of numerous complaints. But on a slim 3-2 vote, selectmen voted to schedule a site visit for 6 p.m. next Tuesday (May 28). And they want neighbors and anyone else who has an interest in the property to visit the site and ask questions of the owner and his attorney. “We still don’t need four dealerships on Hamilton Street,” Board of Selectmen Chair Debra Panetta said of the proposal offered by Board of Selectmen Vice Chair Jeffrey Cicolini. H “I don’t think the site visit is going to change my mind,” Panetta added. She and Selectman Scott Brazis voted against the Tuesday night site visit. Cicolini and Selectmen Mark Mitchell and Jennifer D’Eon voted for the visit, which gives Daaboul a last chance to win selectmen over. Daaboul says he’s willing to buy the property from 94 Hamilton St. LLC and Selliah Anapayan if his license is approved. He and his Everett attorney – Alfred Paul Farese, Jr. – are willing to make concessions and allow selectmen to set conditions so he can acquire the license. Cicolini lobbied for selectmen to look at the alternatives – get a new owner for the property or revert to the former owner, who is grandfathered and appears to be a worse scenario if town officials have to deal with him. “We have a chance to have some teeth and put some restrictions on this property,” Cicolini told his colleagues. If the sale doesn’t go through, neighbors could be looking at the potential for 23 cars on the property under the current owner, Cicolini added. Most of the neighbors who testified at Wednesday night’s hearing opposed the license and have been critical of Daaboul’s running of Saugus Auto Repair, Inc. since he began his business there last July 18. “I don’t want to see Hamilton Street turn into an auto mile,” former Town Meeting Member Rick Smith said. “It’s a residential neighborhood,” he said. “From July 2018 to three weeks ago, the place looked like a salvage yard,” Brazis said, suggesting that the condition of property has only improved recently. But some other residents who testified said Daaboul has made some improvements in the property and should be given a chance. Farese said he and his client are willing to work with the town to strike a compromise that would satisfy both sides. SKATING CENTER www.Roller-World.com | 781-231-1111 Located adjacent to Honey Baked Ham in Saugus Plaza, South Bound Route 1 MBTA Bus Route 429 FREE WI-FI - 2 WIDE SCREEN TV’S FULLY AIR CONDITIONED Fall-Winter Skating Schedule ATTENTION! Sunday Monday Tuesday 12-8 p.m. $7.50 Private Parties 7:30-10:30 p.m. $8.50 Adult Night Friday Saturday Wednesday & Thursday 3-11 p.m. $7.50 Private Parties Admission after 6 p.m. $8.50 12-11 p.m. $7.50 Admission after 6 p.m. $8.50 Inline Skate Rentals $3 - additional Roller skate rentals included in all prices. Birthday & Private Parties Available School & PTO GROUPS Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas Bellagio Hotel Jet Blue Air 5 days / 4 nights Your school PTO can for your group. Call for details. BIRTHDAY PARTIES $11.50/Person, min. of 10 kids. Price includes Adm. + Roller Skates. Cake, soda, paper goods, 20 tokens for birthday person plus 100 Redemption Tickets and a gift from Roller World. in one of our private BP Rooms.
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