13.     REPORT, Committee on Appointments & Briefings, recommending to the City Council APPROVAL on behalf of Rene A. Depina Dos Reis, 813 Belleville Avenue, New Bedford, MA 02745 and Liberio DeMelo, 70 Sharp Street, Dartmouth, MA 02747, d/b/a B & R TRANSPORTATION, INC., 303 Coggeshall Street, New Bedford, MA 02740, for the Application for the RENEWAL OF A PRIVATE LIVERY LICENSE, under the provisions of Massachusetts general Laws, Chapter 159A, Section 1, and amendments thereto, and M.G.L. Chapter 270, Section 22 (Smoke Free Workplace Law) and all other laws applicable to such operation to carry passengers for hire over the streets of New Bedford. (Current License expired July 21, 2017)

13a.     COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council, to City Council, on behalf of Rene A. Depina Dos Reis, 813 Belleville Avenue, New Bedford, MA  02745 and Liberio DeMelo, 70 Sharp Street, Dartmouth, MA  02747, d/b/a B & R TRANSPORTATION, INC., 303 Coggeshall Street, New Bedford, MA 02740, hereby submits a copy of the Application requesting a RENEWAL OF A PRIVATE LIVERY LICENSE, under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 159A, Section 1, and amendments thereto, and M.G.L. Chapter 270, Section 22 (Smoke Free Workplace Law) and all other laws applicable to such operation to carry passengers for hire over the streets of New Bedford. Current License expires July 21, 2017. (Referred to the Committee on Appointments and Briefings – July 20, 2017.)