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From YouTube: Committee on Government Operations on March 19, 2019
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Docket #0315 - An ordinance establishing equitable regulation of the cannabis industry in the City of Boston
A
A
Ready,
my
name
is
City
Councilor
Lodge,
Michael
Flaherty,
chair
of
the
government,
Operations
Committee,
and
we
are
here
today
to
discuss
docket
zero
three
one,
five,
it's
an
ordinance
establishing
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
Boston.
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
my
colleague
to
my
left
city
council,
Kim
Janie
referred
to
the
Committee
on
government
operations
back
on
February.
The
6th.
This
proposed
ordinance
seeks
to
ensure
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry.
A
The
ordinance
seeks
to
create
Boston
cannabis
board
and
the
Boston
equity
program,
and
in
doing
so
the
proposal
looks
to
establish
the
qualifying
criteria
for
equity
applicants.
The
proposed
ordinance
additionally
outlines
application
requirements
for
all
cannabis
establishment
applicants,
the
criteria
for
licensing
fees
and
enforcement
powers,
among
other
things,
as
chair
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
that
this
hearing
is
not
an
opportunity
to
discuss
the
legalization
of
marijuana
cannabis.
That
debate
has
already
happened
and
the
results
were
at
the
ballot
box
on
November,
the
8th
2016.
A
The
purpose
of
this
hearing
is
to
specifically
discuss
docket
0
3
1
5.
Today,
we'll
have
three
panels
and
I
anticipate
a
lot
of
people
looking
to
submit
public
testimony
and,
as
chair,
it's
my
responsibility
to
ensure
this
hearing
runs
as
close
to
one
time
as
possible
because
of
hearings
that
are
scheduled
a
little
later
on
today.
So
I'll
have
to
be
kind
of
keeping
an
eye
on
the
clock
and
enforcing
time
limits.
If
possible.
A
I'd
also
like
to
note
that
this
hearing
is
being
streamlined
on
Boston
City,
Council
TV
online,
it's
also
being
recorded
and
will
be
broadcast
at
a
later
date
on
Comcast
channel
8,
RCN
channel
82
and
Verizon
1964
before
I
turn
it
over
to
the
lead.
Sponsor
I
would
just
like
to
read
into
the
record
a
letter
from
our
colleague
and
city
council
president
Andrea
Campbell,
dear
colleagues,
regrettably
I'm
unable
to
attend
today's
hearing
on
docket
0,
3,
1,
5,
I,
think
I
think
councillor
Janey
for
her
work.
A
Creating
this
important
ordinance
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
her
in
my
colleagues
on
next
steps
to
ensure
equity
in
this
industry
and
we'll
be
brewing.
All
of
the
written
submitted
materials
and
we'll
review
the
tapes
and
public
testimony
sincerely
aundrea
Campbell,
president
of
the
Boston
City
Council
I,
also
want
to
recognize
a
couple
former
colleagues
that
are
in
the
audience.
I
know
that
I
saw
a
council
of
Tito.
Jackson
is
here.
A
Where
did
Tito
Jackson
go
Tito's
over
here
I
know
a
colleague
in
government
former
state
senator
from
East
Boston
Anthony
Petrocelli
is
here:
I
saw
Anthony
as
well
in
a
former
colleague
who
also
be
leading
the
first
panel
as
city
California,
City
Council,
Michael
Ross.
So
we're
also
joined
here
by
in
order
of
their
arrival.
Counselor
ed
Flynn,
councillor,
Josh,
take'm
counsel,
Frank
Baker,
councilor,
mark
co-moh,
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
lead,
sponsor
City
Council
at
Kim
Janey.
B
Mr.
chair
and
thank
everyone
for
coming
this
morning,
I
especially
want
to
thank
our
panelists
and
all
of
the
activists,
entrepreneurs
and
residents
who
have
been
involved
in
this
conversation
from
the
very
beginning.
Your
input
has
been
very
useful
and
important
in
developing
this
ordinance.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
engaging
in
this
conversation
about
the
need
for
greater
equity,
I
hope
that
we
will
be
able
to
work
in
partnership
and
pass
and
implement
this
legislation.
B
As
I've
said
before,
this
industry
is
here,
and
it
has
already
generated
54
million
dollars
across
the
Commonwealth,
since
sales
began
in
November
62%
of
boston
voters,
supported
legalization,
as
the
chairman
has
already
noted,
as
as
well
as
the
majority
of
the
Commonwealth.
The
question
now
becomes,
who
will
benefit?
Who
will
have
the
capital
and
technical
know-how
to
get
into
the
industry?
Will
it
be
those
who
are
harmed
by
the
war
on
drugs,
or
it
will
be
those
who
had
a
head
start?
B
Will
it
be
local
businesses,
or
will
it
be
large
firms
from
out
of
state?
We
have
heard
repeatedly
the
need
for
clarity
on
the
local
approval
process.
The
need
for
capital
and
business
development
resources
to
be
available
in
the
need
for
greater
intentional
focus
on
equity
in
supporting
those
who
have
been
most
harmed
by
the
war
on
drugs.
With
this
ordinance,
we
have
the
opportunity
to
accomplish
these
goals.
We
can
establish
fairness,
equity
and
justice
in
this
rapidly
emerging
industry.
B
Businesses
will
make
sure
that
equity
remains
essential
focus
of
the
cannabis
regulation
in
both
the
short
term
and
the
long
term.
While
the
equity
program
is
crucially
important,
it
is
not
the
only
thing
accomplished
by
this
ordinance.
We
would
create
a
board
adding
more
public
accountability
into
the
process.
People
with
experience
in
public
health,
public
safety
and
economic
development
will
be
able
to
take
part
in
the
board,
as
well
as
someone
formerly
incarcerated
for
cannabis
use
to
make
sure
that
those
closest
to
the
pain
are
closest
to
the
power.
B
As
a
former
colleague
and
esteemed
congresswoman
says,
this
ordinance
promotes
transparency
by
officially
setting
out
criteria
for
the
review
of
applications
by
the
board
and
creating
a
public
registry
to
make
sure
that
information
about
applicants
and
businesses
is
accessible
to
the
public,
to
address
the
ban
on
federal
funds
and
supporting
anything
related
to
cannabis.
The
ordinance
would
direct
all
fees
and
taxes
collected
to
a
specific
fund
to
create
the
equity
program,
to
pay
the
board
for
the
board's
operations
and
for
small
business
development
and
communities
disproportionately
impacted.
B
C
Thank
You
mr.
chairman,
and
thank
you
to
counsel
Janey
for
her
leadership
on
this
important
issue,
had
an
opportunity
to
attend
several
of
the
working
sessions
recently
and
learned
a
lot
from
from
many
people
that
are
interested
in
the
in
this
field.
But
what
I
learned
mostly
was
you
know
because
the
because
it's
a
lot
of
banks
will
not
fund
this
industry.
C
C
What
I'm
looking
forward
to
hearing
about
is
how
how
we
can
make
sure
that
capital
is
available
to
potentially
women-owned
businesses
and
businesses
owned
by
those
in
the
communities
of
color
and
veteran
owned
businesses,
as
well,
so
I'm,
looking
forward
to
learning
more
about
how
we
can
do
this
Thank
You.
Mr.
chairman.
D
You
mr.
chair
I
want
to
thank
our
good
colleague,
councillor
Janie,
for
not
only
drafting
this
thoughtful
and
expansive
piece
of
legislation.
It's
incredibly
important
that
Boston
lead
on
the
issue
of
equity
when
it
comes
to
this
new
industry,
as
I
said
when
this
bill
was
introduced,
this
is
a
unique
opportunity
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
across
the
Commonwealth,
we'll
focus
on
what
we
can
do
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
work
to
address
long-standing
issues
of
equity
in
our
society
very
seldom
and
I
would
say.
D
Probably
back
the
hundred
years
now
was
the
last
time
a
previously
illegal
industry
was
open
and
regulated
in
this
country.
We
have
an
important
topic.
You
do
this
right
and
we
need
to
act
fairly
quickly
here,
as
we
know
that
people
across
the
country
and
across
the
Commonwealth
are
coming
here
to
the
City
of
Boston
open.
These
dispensaries
I
think
hardly
a
week
goes
by
where
another
applicant
does
not
talk
about
opening
one
in
district
8,
which
I
represent,
and
that's
great
I
love
to
see
the
energy
around
this.
But
we
need
to
be
thoughtful.
D
We
need
to
be
deliberate,
and
that
includes
setting
up
a
system
of
predictability
for
all
applicants,
but
also
making
sure
we
can
we
do
what
we
can.
We
have
been
uniquely
granted
through
this
state
law,
to
make
real
strides
towards
equity
in
this
industry,
not
just
in
this
industry,
but
though
dollars
and
fifty
four
million
dollars
in
just
a
few
months
is
outstanding.
What's
gonna
happen
in
Boston
is
gonna
be
many
times
that
and
we
need
to
make
sure
we
are
really
being
deliberate
about
how
that
benefit
gets
spread
most
widely.
D
So
it
can
address
some
of
the
justices
and
inequities
in
our
society
for
generations.
So
I
look
forward
to
hearing
from
experts,
including
my
predecessor
on
this
body,
Mike,
Ross
and
others
here
in
the
audience.
It's
incredibly
important
I
want
to
thank
again
councilor
Janie
for
doing
this.
It's
not
an
easy
bill
to
draft
to
file
to
bring
forward,
and
thank
you,
mr.
chairman,
for
holding
this
hearing.
Thank.
E
The
council
Janey
thank
you
for
your
legislation
here,
I'm
glad
that
we're
talking
about
this
subject
but
I
think
we
need
to
broaden
what
we
talk
about
when
we're
here,
because
to
talk
about
you
know:
lifting
communities
up
communities
aren't
going
to
be
lifted
up
by
dispensaries.
Dispensaries
are
gonna,
be
basically
more.
You
know
if
you
equate
them
with
liquor
stores.
I
think
we
should
be
talking
about
in
conjunction
with
this.
E
With
this
talk
here
is:
how
do
we
create
green
zones
and
and
and
within
those
green
zones,
the
auxilary
businesses
that
are
happening
because
of
the
marijuana
industry,
whether
if
it's
growers
or
manufacturing,
how
do
we?
How
do
we
get
all
those
businesses
here
to
our
to
our
communities
that
could
benefit
from
them
and
again,
I,
look
forward
to
the
to
the
talk
where
we
end
up
with
this,
but
one
thing
that
should
happen:
those
those
green
zones
I
think
we
need
to
start
talking
about
consumption
cafes.
E
A
consumption
cafe
can
really
drive
an
economy
if
we're,
if
we're
open
to
it.
If
communities
are
open
to
it
in
within
these
green
zones,
because
if
we
had
a
when
we
went
to
Denver,
they
were
promoting
Denver
as
a
green
destination,
and
there
was
no
there's
no
place
to
smoke.
It's
not
a
green
destination.
If
you
can't,
if
you
can't
smoke
comfortably
like
an
adult,
so
those
are
some
of
the
things
we
should
be
open
to.
E
A
F
You
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
good
morning,
a
miss
jeren
and
good
morning,
a
councillor
Janey
and
members
of
the
City
Council,
it's
great
to
always
great
to
be
here
and
great
to
be
back.
You've
asked
me
mr.
chair
to
be
here
in
my
capacity
as
a
former
city
councilor
and
as
an
active
attorney
practicing
within
the
cannabis
industry,
to
provide
testimony
to
the
committee
so
that
it
may
help
with
your
deliberations.
F
My
colleagues
and
I
at
Prince
Lobell
have
been
working
with
and
interpreting
the
various
state
and
local
statutes,
ordinances
and
regulations
relating
to
cannabis.
Since
the
industry
arrived
in
Massachusetts
and
I.
Think
I
can
help
provide
some
informed
observations
as
you
consider
the
implementation
of
new
policies
for
Boston,
as
well
as
offer
some
recommendations
that
the
council
may
want
to
consider.
F
Let
me
start
with
the
very
legitimate
reason
for
this
ordinance
in
the
first
place,
the
obvious
lack
of
diversity
within
the
industry
at
the
state
level.
It's
important
to
point
out
that
the
economic
empowerment
application
period
only
lasted
for
two
weeks.
That
period
was
from
April
2nd
to
April
16th
of
2018.
If
you
happen
to
apply
during
that
period,
you
would
be
considered
as
an
economic
empowerment
applicant
and
of
those
applicants
during
that
two-week
period,
only
a
hundred
and
twenty
three
people
were
certified
as
applicants.
So
to
start
the
state
pool
was
extremely
low.
F
It's
no
longer
open.
People
are
not
eligible
today
to
apply
to
become
economic
empowerment,
applicants.
That's
why
the
work
that
you're
doing
here
and
other
cities
are
doing
here
is
so
important,
because
in
lieu
of
this
program,
at
the
state
level,
it's
important
for
cities
to
step
up
and
create
their
own
programs
and
cities
have
been
stepping
up
to
create
their
own
programs.
This
is
the
city
of
Somerville's
ordinance,
which
provides
priority
applications,
applicants
access
to
the
program.
F
In
the
event
they
are
an
economic
empowerment
applicant,
but
also
in
the
event
that
they
meet
the
criteria
of
an
economic
empowerment
because,
of
course,
there's
only
those
123
people,
so
this
is
Somerville's
ordinance.
This
is
your
ordinance
right
here.
This
is
the
criteria
that
you
are
basing
applicants
to
be
part
of
the
boss
inequity
program
and
in
your
flipcharts
I.
Don't
have
all
the
slides
because
I
put
the
relevant
ones
in
there
I
just
who
can
follow
along
the
screen,
but
I
also
gave
you
some
printout
of
that.
F
So
what
I
did
here
is
I
compared
the
Boston
equity
applicant
criteria.
Next
to
that's
on
the
left
on
the
right
is
the
state
criteria.
The
Boston
criteria
has
choosing
three
of
five
criteria.
The
state
criteria
says
choose
three
of
six
criteria.
Now
some
of
these
criteria
is
line
up
directly.
So,
for
example,
the
majority
ownership
the
people
who've
lived
for
in
a
dis
area
of
disproportionate
impact,
as
well
as
obviously
the
majority
impact
of
indigent
individuals
being
black
african-american,
Hispanic
or
Latino.
F
Those
come
directly
from
the
state
ordinance
I
mean
from
the
state
economic
empowerment
application,
and
there
on
your
proposed
ordinance.
That's
in
front
you
today,
the
other
items
come
from
a
different
state
program
called
the
social
equity
program.
This
is
a
program
that
is
in
effect
today.
It
provides
assistance
and
fee
relief
and
other
benefits
for
economic
empowerment.
F
Applicants
and
those
criteria
have
also
made
their
way
into
the
criteria
of
the
boss
proposed
Boston
ordinance,
and
you
know,
basically,
they
are,
in
addition,
is
the
household
income
below
400
percent
of
federal
poverty
level
and
then
a
person
who's
been
convicted
of
possession
or
sale
of
trafficking
in
or
of
a
marijuana
drug
crime.
And
let
me
just
point
out:
that's
a
conviction,
not
an
arrest.
Then
there
are
these
remaining,
that
I
highlighted
in
green
items
to
the
right
that
are
still
part
of
the
cannabis
Control
Commission
economic
empowerment,
applicant
criteria.
F
That
did
not
make
their
way
into
the
Boston
ordinance,
and
those
are
that
you
know
that
the
majority
ownership
is
comprised
of
people
who
have
been
service
serving
the
communities
of
disproportionate
impact
that
51%
of
employees
or
subcontractors
live
in
areas
of
disproportionate
impact
that
the
employees
or
sub
countries
have
drug-related
quarries
and
then
another
catch-all
item
right
there
as
well.
So
my
first
recommendation
to
the
council
would
be
to
consider
whether
or
not
you
want
to
include
any
of
these
additional
criteria
that
are
in
the
state
legislation.
F
Let
me
just
unpack
this
issue
of
area
of
disproportionate
impact
to
find
out
what
an
area
of
disproportionate
impact
is.
You
go
to
the
CCC's
website
and
it
lists
all
these
census
tracts
and
listed
like
this.
It's
almost
impossible
for
you
to
appreciate
what
that
looks
like
and
so
over
the
weekend,
I
mapped
these
census
tracts
to
a
map
for
the
city
of
Boston,
and
this
is
actually
what
it
looks
like.
You
can
see
that
this
is
the
official
area
as
a
disproportionate
impact
as
identified
by
the
CCC,
but
right
away.
F
You
might
notice
some
things
here
that
that
don't
make
a
lot
of
sense.
First
and
foremost,
there's
the
Harbor
Islands,
the
Franklin
Park
Mount
Hope
Cemetery,
the
Boston
Common,
the
public
garden,
the
muddy
river
Harvard,
University,
Business,
School
and
the
highway
over
there.
All
of
those
areas
have
been
included
within
this
area
of
disproportionate
impact.
Clearly,
that's
probably
not
an
appropriate
map,
and
so
I
just
pulled
them
off
that
map,
and,
let
me
just
say,
there's
no
one
more
I
think
prepared
to
handle
identifying
these
areas
than
the
people
in
this
room.
F
The
purple
represents
areas
below
the
green
represents
areas
above
so
then
there
are
areas
of
obvious
that
are
well
below
areas
of
median
income
and
I
identified
them
there.
So
you
know
in
the
end,
the
map
that
you
come
up
with
may
very
well
look
different
than
the
current
map.
That's
on
this
state,
the
state
website.
So
that's
another
recommendation
is
you
may
want
to
expand
the
map
and
take
a
look
at
that?
F
There
are
there's
other
criteria
here
that
you
might
want
to
look
at
personally.
I
represent
some
clients
who
are
coming
out
of
Dorchester,
Vietnamese
Dorchester
and
chat
and
Chinatown,
while
not
new,
necessarily
the
target
of
the
war
on
drugs.
Here
in
Boston,
there
may
or
may
not
be
data
that
you
want
to
look
at
as
how
the
Asian
community
in
those
communities
were
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs,
so
you
might
want
to
consider
adding
Asian
persons
to
that
criteria
here.
F
This
is
the
language
of
the
ordinance
includes
the
grandfathering
language
so
that,
if
you
had
applied
before
February
1
you're,
not
within
this
ordinance,
I
think
that's
good
public
policy.
You
have
to
do
that.
It
has
to
comply
with
law.
I
would
just
point
out
that
there
are
the
application
process
that
exists
today.
The
filing
with
the
office
of
emerging
technologies
was
not
the
application
process
that
exert
that
existed
for
a
number
of
applicants
before
that
was
put
in
place.
For
example,
this
is
a
letter
from
the
Boston.
F
The
clerk
reflecting
the
City
Council's
vote
on
a
letter
of
non
opposition
I
would
suggest
that
any
letters,
a
non
opposition
that
the
City
Council
have
issued
should
certainly
be
grandfathered
by
this
ordinance
and
any
any
other
criteria
to
open
such
as
host
community
agreements
or
other
necessary
criteria
open
should
be
afforded
to
them.
So
that's
another
recommendation:
grandfathered
the
early
applicants,
especially
those
that
were
approved
by
this
body
and
to
that
matter,
there's
state
legislation.
I
don't
want
to
get
into
the
weeds
on
this.
F
This
is
chapter
94,
G,
section
3,
a
1
I,
and
just
basically
what
this
says
is
that
if
someone
was
an
existing
medical
operation
in
your
community,
no
ordinance
can
prevent
that
existing
medical
operator
from
converting.
Unless,
for
some
reason,
they've
made
other
agreements
to
that,
but
by
ordinance
it
cannot
prevent
someone
from
making
that
conversion,
so
I
would
I
would
recommend
that
this
fully
complies
with
state
law.
F
This
ordinance
this
and
then
you
know,
as
you
always
do
in
this
body,
you
look
at
other
cities
and
states
for
their
for
their,
for
maybe
some
guidance.
This
is
the
office
of
cannabis
from
San
Francisco.
They
have
some
things
that
are
unique
to
their
office.
If
you
own
at
least
40%
of
the
business
and
are
the
CEO
of
the
company,
then
you're
you're
eligible
for
the
for
the
equity
application
you,
the
council,
might
want
to
consider
expanding
those
definitions
also,
they
they
have
people
who
are
arrested,
not
just
conviction,
convicted.
F
Sometimes
people
arrested,
they
lose
their
homes,
they
get
thrown
out
of
schools.
They
get
thrown
out,
their
jobs,
sometimes
being
arrested,
can
be
almost
as
bad
as
being
convicted,
and
so
you
know
it's
something
that
San
Francisco
has
included
in
their
ordinance.
It's
something
you
might
want
to
look
at,
and
then
you
have
a
lot
of
communities
in
Boston
they've
been
gentrified,
San
Francisco
went
all
the
way
back
to
1971.
To
look
at
those
communities.
For
example,
Mission
Hill
is
not
an
area
of
disproportionate
impact,
but
there
are
people.
F
Who've
lived
for
generations
in
Mission
Hill
within
that
area.
You
might
want
to
expand
that
as
well.
I'm
rounding
third
and
heading
home
here
this
is
the
city
of
Cambridge
right
here
and
something
that
they
did.
That
was
interesting.
They
have
a
buffer
zone
similar
to
the
half-mile
buffer
zone
that
you
mr.chair
were
very
active
in
creating,
but
they
allow
equity
applicants
and
you
see
they
also
allow
social
equity
applicants.
We
saw
that
earlier.
They
allow
both
of
those
eligible
applicants
to
permeate
that
buffer
within
that
eighteen
hundred.
F
That
might
be
something
so
the
city
of
Cambridge
has
an
1800
foot
buffer
within
their
ordinance.
Everyone
must
comply
with
it.
However,
if
you
are
an
equity
applicant
or
a
social
equity
applicant,
you
can
go
within
that
buffer.
That's
the
city
of
Cambridge!
So
that's
a
recommendation.
You
might
want
to
consider
additional
advantages
for
equity
applicants,
for
social
equity
applicants
or
for
the
people
you're,
deeming
as
equity
applicants.
This
is
the
city
of
Somerville.
F
Again,
I
showed
it
to
you
earlier
this
one
says
that
you
only
need
one
of
the
criteria
to
comply
with
this
priority
application
for
Somerville.
They
said
if
it's
a
Somerville
resident,
if
they
own
51%
of
the
entity,
they
should
be
included
within
priority
applications.
Boston
might
want
to
consider
allowing
and
making
it
easier
for
just
any
Boston
resident
to
apply
if
you
live
in
Boston.
F
This
would
be
a
personal
caller
who
owns
40%
of
the
business
but
lives
in
and
lives
inside,
one
of
the
areas
of
disproportionate
impact
and
earns
below
the
federal
poverty
line
which,
for
a
personal
one,
is
around
$50,000
and
is
a
resident
of
Boston
for
five
years.
That
person
wouldn't
be
allowed
in
a
person
to
cover
who
caller,
who
owns
a
hundred
percent
of
the
business
but
lives
outside
of
the
area
of
disproportionate
area,
but
earns
over
fifty
thousand,
but
is
a
resident
of
Boston.
They
would
not
be
allowed
in.
F
We
talked
about
an
Asian
person
who
owns
100%
of
their
business.
They
would
not
be
allowed
and
say
an
all-women
owned
business.
An
all-woman
managed
business
were
40%
of
the
women.
Are
women
of
color
all
earning
below
fifty
thousand,
all
residents
of
the
city
they
they
wouldn't
be
allowed
in
so
I
think
maybe
expanding
the
the
criteria
would
allow
at
least
these
people
in
and
other
people
as
well
and
I've
summarized
the
recommendations.
There
are
ten
and
I've,
provided
you
a
synopsis
of
the
of
the
presentation
and
that's
all
I
have
mr.
chair.
A
F
I
mean
I
think
Boston
is
unique
to
itself.
Boston
has
to
have
its
own
criteria,
I.
Think
looking
at
some
of
these
other
criteria,
including
the
state
and
looking
at
some
of
the
other
cities,
might
help
create
a
thought
process
that
would
expand
it
a
bit
for
Boston.
If
that's
the
goal,
if
that's
the
desire,
it
would
have
the
advantage
of
including
more
people
into
the
pool,
and
it
would
you
could
still
create
these
restrictions,
but
I
think
borrowing
from
what
the
state
has
and
what
some
of
the
other
communities
have.
You
could
broaden
it.
F
I
think
the
concern
would
be
is
that
in
this
industry
you
might
have
someone
who's
awfully
close
to
some
of
the
criteria
I've
identified,
but
they
don't
make
it
now.
I
know,
there's
other
criteria
in
the
ordinance
that
would
allow
you
to
consider
those
folks
with
other
other
criteria,
but
I
fear
that
you
would
fall
too
far
below
in
the
scoring
system,
and
you
wouldn't
make
it
as
to
one
of
those
licenses
and.
A
There
are
some
that
have
reached
out
to
the
chair,
saying
that
you
know
seems
they
were
okay
with
possession.
They
were
even
willing
to
be
okay
with
possession
with
intent,
but
sort
of
that
the
trafficking
and
the
manufacturing
is
a
completely
different
level,
not
just
in
marijuana
but
a
cocaine
and
heroin
and
stuff
like
that.
So
any
thoughts
on
sort
of
the
trafficking
and
manufacturing
portion
of
what
qualifies
an
applicant
on
the
quarry
site.
Yeah.
F
I
mean
I,
think,
possession
and,
and-
and
you
know,
the
arrests
that
were
made
in
the
70s
80s-
the
CCC
has
done
an
amazing
job
and
the
commissioners
there
of
breaking
down
there's
a
great
PowerPoint
online
that
you
can
look
at
the
the
number
of
african-american
and
Latino
people
who
were
who
were
disproportionately
arrested.
Contrary
to
the
percentage
of
the
makeup
that
they
have
in
the
community
is,
is
very,
very
disturbing
and
it's
shown
graphically.
Data
format
on
their
website
and
I
concurred
everyone
to
look
at
it.
F
There
are
other
crimes
that
go
beyond
what
most
people
were
arrested
for.
Most
people
were
arrested,
for
it
wasn't
trafficking
that
they
were
arrested
for
a
lot
of
these
people
were
arrested
for
just
simple
possession,
and
you
know
they
had
their
their
lives,
ruin
and
their
criminal
records
created,
and
a
lot
of
that
so
I
think
I.
F
Don't
think
that
the
intent
is
to
get
into
big
big
big
traffickers
who
are
crossing
state
lines
and
possibly
international
borders,
I
think
the
intent
is
to
get
to
people
who
are
unfairly
treated
during
the
war
on
drugs,
but
there
are
people
who
are
experts.
Well
beyond
me
on
those
subjects
and
I'd
encourage
you
to
look
there
at
the
CCC's
website.
Thank
you.
She.
B
You,
mr.
chair,
we
should
note
too
that
chalene
title
one
of
the
commissioners
was
scheduled
to
be
here
this
morning,
but
she
is
under
the
weather,
not
feeling
well.
So
thank
you
for
that.
So
you
mentioned
restrictions
with
this
ordinance
and
I'd
like
to
think
about
this
as
opportunities,
not
restrictions,
so
opportunities
for
those
who
have
been
impacted
by
the
war
on
drugs.
I
certainly
appreciate
your
PowerPoint
and
your
thoughtful
testimony.
I
wanted
to
come
back
to
something
that
you
mentioned
around
employees
vs..
So
you
were
talking
about
how
the
the
state
recognizes
employees
yeah.
F
For
example,
I
know
that
of
a
client
who
hired
an
african-american
lead
architect
firm
here
in
Boston
deliberately,
so
that
they
could
comply
with
the
spirit
of
what
you're
trying
to
do
here
so
and
what
this,
what
the
state
has
already
identified
as
criteria.
That
would
be
an
opportunity
for
people
to
apply
so
adding
that
as
a
criteria
might
be
a
good
way
to
include
contractors
in
the
space
to
get
hired
and
to
be
part
of
a
team,
not
just
the
ownership
itself
of
the
entity.
So.
B
I
think,
certainly
it's
important
that
we
have
diverse
workforces
and
opportunities
for
MBEs
to
participate
in
this
industry.
I
want
to
be
clear
that
my
intention,
though,
was
to
explicitly
say
ownership,
because
we
are
talking
about
someone
who's,
possibly
working
for
$15,
an
hour
$18
an
hour
versus
someone
who
will
become
a
millionaire
as
the
owner
of
a
company
and
so
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
certainly
I
want
diverse
workforce.
I.
A
But
I
don't
know
if
you're
aware
so
there
was
a
bunch
of
there
was
groups
that
come
through
the
council
that
got
letters
of
Nan
opposition,
but
not
all
of
them
are
sort
of
up
and
running
so
I
guess
to
counsel
a
Janey's
point.
So
do
you
maybe
this
may
be
a
better
question
for
the
administration
sort
of
what
the
status
is
of
those
companies
that
again
came
through
here.
Went
through
the
community
process
worked
with
the
local
district
City
Council.
Then
the
council
took
a
vote
of
non
opposition
adventure
to
say
this.
A
F
It's
not
a
huge
number
at
all
its
applicants,
maybe
it's
five
or
six
or
seven
who
who
were
went
through
the
process
before
this
new
process,
that's
in
place
and
they
were
all
in
different
various
phases,
but
I
think
anyone
that
who
received
a
letter
of
Napa's
from
this
body
should
certainly
be
allowed
to
go
through
the
process,
and
you
know
I'm
happy
to
talk
kind
of
offline
on
all
those.
But
that's
just
more
of
a
policy
recommendation
that
you
make
sure
you
put
the
appropriate
grandfather
language
into
the
into
the
ordinance.
A
F
The
myth,
so
it
was,
the
medical
regime
had
required.
A
letter
of
non
opposition
did
not
require
a
host
community
agreement,
and
now
both
medical
and
adult
use
requires
the
host
community
agreement,
but
does
not
require
the
letter
or
not
opposition.
So
the
people
who
got
the
first
round
of
that
the
letter
of
non
opposition
may
or
may
not
have
the
host
community
agreement
there
on
various
phases,
while
they're
building
out
their
facilities,
and
then
you
know
so
they're
all
they
need
to.
A
In
just
a
matter
of
basic
fairness
that
they've
been
in
through
that
process,
whether
it's
through
an
investment
or
leases
contracts,
I
mean
there's.
If
they're
being
should
have
held
off
to
the
side,
then
I
think
as
a
matter
of
basic
fairness.
We
got
to
address
those
first
and
then
we
can
talk
about
other
things.
So,
but
thank
you
so.
B
Yes,
the
other
thing
you
mentioned
that
I
thought
was
a
very
good
point,
was
expanding
the
definition
of
disproportionate
impact.
You
had
the
maps
I
noticed
when
we
did
our
own
analysis
of
the
maps
that
you
know
the
plows
in
common
was
in
there
in
areas
and
back.
They
were
in
there
and
probably
should
not
be
in
there.
Also
the
buffer
zone
1800,
you
said
for
Cambridge,
but
the
equity
applicants
are
exempt.
I
think
that's
important
as
well,
so
I
appreciate
that,
but
I
think
that's
it
for
me.
A
E
E
So
I
think
that's
something
that
we
definitely
need
to
need
to
make
sure
that
happens,
and
so,
where
do
we
get
a
we
planning
on
coming
up
with
the
mr.
chair
on
this
I'm?
Just
throwing
this
out
there?
We
coming
up
with
the
tracks
of
how
they
will
be,
or
are
we
gonna
go
by
the
stage
tracks?
Do
we
know
that
or
in.
E
H
B
B
B
A
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr.
Chairman
I
just
actually
wanted
to
echo
a
similar
situation
to
the
previous
speaker.
We
had
a.
We
have
a
situation,
West
Roxbury,
where
a
medicinal
only
operator
went
through
a
very,
very
lengthy
and
I
won't
say
contentious
because
they
they
met
with
everyone
and
every
about
our
every
community
member,
every
Civic
Association
even
outside
they
are
caught
in
that
limbo.
J
As
former
councillor
Ross
had
mentioned,
and
I
think
that
moving
forward,
it
is
vital
that
we
honor
some
of
those
agreements
that
happened
before,
particularly
as
we
have
a
situation
now
where
I
would
be.
Competitor
is
looking
at
the
same
general
vicinity,
because
the
first
group
that
have
gone
through
the
process
is
agreed
to
medicinal
only
has
been
caught
in
limbo.
So
I
won't
ask
councillor
Ross
to
comment
on
this,
but
I
think
as
we
discuss
conversations
with
the
administration.
J
As
we
begin
our
budget
process,
it
is
vital
that
we
allocate
resources
for
the
office
of
emerging
industries
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
support
they
need
to
move
faster.
On
many
of
these
things,
one
person
or
two
people
cannot
be
in
charge
of
this
brand-new
industry.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
city
is
equipped
to
deal
with
that.
So
look
forward
to
that
in
the
weeks
and
months
ahead.
A
Thank
you
know
so
really
I'm
chair
concurs,
so
thank
you,
Michael
for
your
time
and
attention
and
your
talent
and
obviously
helping
us
sort
of
focus
on.
Thank
you.
Hilarious.
Oh
I,
appreciate
that.
Thank
you
for
that
good
to
see
you
if
I
may
ask
the
administration
panel
to
now
come
down.
I
know
that
John
Burroughs
was
the
chief
of
Economic.
Development
is
also
joined
by
a
chief
of
civic
engagement
in
Neighborhood
Services
that
Jerome
Smith
so
welcome
to
both
of
you,
gentlemen.
A
I
understand
that
Alexis's
is
six,
so
her
absence
is
excused,
but
we
have
two
very
capable
administration
officials
in
front
of
us,
both
the
director
or
the
chief,
both
two
chiefs.
How
do
you
like
that?
We
got
two
Chiefs
with
this
today,
so
you
have
the
floor.
Chief
Baros
and
it's
good
to
see
you
Ben,
and
it's
also
important
to
note
for
those
I
know
that
we
have
several
alum
of
BC
High
in
here.
So
we
had
a
big
win.
The
other
night
for
overtime
victory
at
the
Boston
Garden
for
our
PCI
Eagles
hockey
team.
K
K
We
are
committed
to
working
with
the
council
and
the
public
on
how
to
best
utilize
our
existing
resources
and
potential
potentially
create
new
programs
to
support
an
inclusive
and
diverse
cannabis
industry
in
Boston.
Today,
we
are
simply
here
to
continue
our
conversation,
listen
and
discuss
how
we
together
can
create
a
thoughtful
and
impactful
policy
that
achieves
our
mutual
goal
of
ensuring
that
all
Bostonians
can
benefit
from
the
new
economic
opportunities
being
created.
Thank
you.
A
That's
right
so
obviously
welcome
to
both
Chiefs
question,
I
guess,
which
sort
of
I
guess
emanated
from
colleagues
in
the
first
panel
with
respect
to
those
that
have
gone
through
the
initial
process
and
got
the
letter
of
non
opposition
from
the
council.
I
know
that
chief
Jerome
Smith
has
been
involved
in
that
and
been
played
a
critical
role,
obviously
on
behalf
of
the
administration
working
with
the
district,
and
that
large
council
is
here
as
well
as
all
the
community
groups.
A
So
my
hope
is
that
you're
still
involved
in
this
process
moving
forward
sort
of
as
the
head
of
civic
engagement,
but
I'm
not
sure
what
if
any
role
had
changed
when
the
letter
of
non
opposition
was
sort
of
no
longer
the
criteria,
and
then
we
set
up
sort
of
a
new
board
and
in
in
Commission
here
in
the
city.
But
I
would
be
insisting
on
behalf
of
the
council
that
that
you
stay
sort
of
a
big
part
of
this
whole
debate
and
discussion
cuz.
You
were
there
at
the
ground
level,
working
through
all
these
issues.
L
You
mr.
chairman,
I
am
still
involved
in
the
process.
The
office
neighborhood
services
I
had
originally
had
the
liaisons
were
hosting
the
meeting.
I
no
longer
have
that
my
director
of
policy,
my
chief
of
staff,
have
broken
up
the
meetings
between
the
two
of
them
because
we
wanted
to
make
sure
the
beings
are
held
and
they're
consistent.
The
way
that
they're
held
as
far
as
the
main
process,
knowing
this
is
an
emergent
industry.
L
The
mayor
has
taken
that
and
put
that
in
the
cabinet
of
economic
development,
so
I'm
kind
of
helping,
as
far
as
the
community
process,
part
of
the
economic
development,
but
it's
so
that's
been
removed
from
my
cabinets
per
se.
I
do
remember
and
I
do
appreciate
sitting
with
you
and
she
just
left
with
a
councilor
woman.
She
was
the
president
with
the
medical
process
was
different
back
then,
and
we
were
all
scrambling
and
trying
to
figure
this
out,
and
so
what
the
decision
was
is
that
we,
the
mayor,
was
not.
L
We
were
not
issuing
letters
of
na+
themselves
and
where
the
law
was
written,
it
was
either
the
chief
executive
or
the
legislative
body
of
the
city
or
town
so
sitting
with
president
Wu.
At
the
time
we
made
a
decision
that
the
council,
the
district
councillors,
would
carry
that
that
lever
and
that
the
the
letter
of
non
opposition
would
come
from
the
council.
It
is
our
belief
still
currently
that
those
individuals
are
cited.
L
There
is
no
reason
at
all
for
the
administration
or
the
city
to
ask
for
more
process
to
put
them
through
another
process
to
do
they
are
done
and
solved.
So
I
think
that
any
sort
of
conversation
about
grandfathering,
I
think
we
would
be
supportive
of
that
because
they
went
through
the
legal
process
at
the
time.
What
has
happened
subsequently
is
the
law
changed
and
the
state
went
from
not
really
caring,
efficiency,
caring,
not
really
focused
on
the
community
process
to
being
like
really
detailed
about
what
the
community
process
is.
L
So
if
you
look
at
the
medical
marijuana
law
and
the
current
cannabis
law
that
we
have,
you
will
see
that
the
Medical
Marijuana
had
no
real
community
process.
Explicitly
laid
out,
whereas
this
new,
the
new
cannabis
law,
says
when
the
meetings
gonna
happen.
How
do
you
have
to
post
in
the
newspaper?
So
there's
all
these
very
detailed
criteria
from
the
state
about
what
we
do
and
we
would
never
make
a
previous
applicant
that
you
guys
had
already
voted
and
vetted
on
I
know
of
both
councillors.
L
They
had
some
interesting
conversations
with
those
processes
and
I,
don't
think
the
administration.
As
far
as
we're
concerned,
those
things
were
past
with
the
previous
law.
They
are
legal
they
are
still
going
through,
but
any
way
that
we
can
be
helpful
if
you
guys
identifies
any
issues
that
we
do
have
we'd
be
happy
to
solve
those
problems.
We're.
A
Good
and
as
much
as
I'm
insisting
is
that
she
that
you
stay
actively
involved
in
or
make
sure
that
members
of
the
council,
particularly
district
colleagues,
absolutely
are
involved.
It
seems
like
when
the
process
of
sort
of
that
letter
of
known
opposition
kind
of
had
disappeared,
sort
of
sorted
in
sort
of
the
I
guess.
The
the
engagement
piece
with
the
council
so
want
to
make
sure
that,
hopefully,
this
ordinance
and
we've
had
conversation
with
the
the
lead
author
on
that
that
that
be
included
it.
At
some
point.
A
L
I
think
that
my
conversations
with
the
staff
at
the
CCC
they
when
they
were
thinking
through
their
community
process,
they
were
also
witnessing
across
the
Commonwealth
a
number
of
cities
and
towns
who
were
throwing
up
major
roadblocks
to
take
away
the
right
for
individuals
to
have
access
to
cannabis
and
so
I
think
that
what
they
did
was
that
they
took
they
took
away
that
letter
of
not
opposition,
because
they
saw
that
as
political
bodies
throwing
up
roadblocks.
So
instead,
what
the
city
has
done
is
we've
treat
it
as
a
sighting
of
the
CBA.
L
So
it's
just
like
going
through
a
normal
development
process,
but
I
again,
this
is
a
new
industry.
We
are
trying
things
out,
I
think
it's
great
that
there's
an
ordinance
actually
before
us
to
have
a
debate
about
how
the
process
goes
forward.
I
think
I'm
open
to
how
we
do
these
processes.
I,
don't
think
I
have
to
the
corner
the
market
on
how
this
process
is
done.
These
meetings,
a
couple
counselors
have
been
of
these
meetings
can
be
rough.
They
are
long
it
kind
of
makes.
L
L
So
you
know,
as
we
go
through
this
I
would
love
the
support
and,
if
there's
something
that
you
think
that
one
of
my
staff
have
not
done
well,
we
should
work
on
I
love
that
feedback,
because
right
now,
it's
just
two
of
my
staff,
we're
covering
the
whole
city
trying
to
do
their
best
to
push
this
issue
forward.
But
again,
feedback
is
always
hopeful
and
Thank
You.
A
A
A
B
K
Absolutely
take
credit
for
wanting
to
make
sure
that
there
is
in
in
fact,
inclusion
and
diversity
within
the
industry.
I
do
believe
that
looking
at
their
licenses
and
understanding
the
distribution
of
licenses
is
the
way
to
go.
I
think
we
need
to
balance
the
growth
of
the
industry
with
the
licenses,
and
so
this
is
something
that
I've
said
to
councilor
Janey
I
know
there
were
pressures
for
us
to
not
be
in
the
way
of
economic
development
and
I.
K
Think
that
that's
right,
but
I,
think
we
also
have
to
balance
that
with
making
sure
people
can
participate
and
so
I
think
that's
the
balance
we
got
to
find
and
the
more
we've
learned
about
how
hard
it
is
and
I
know
you
guys
are
going
to
hear
from
other
people
later
and
what
the
what
the
barriers
are.
We
need
to
talk
about
how
to
remove
those
barriers,
so
people
can
participate
so
I
sent
in
you
to
be
in
favor
of
having
some
deliberating
intentional
approach
to
distribution
of
the
licenses.
B
L
Do
not
know
that
I
his
number
about
five
is
probably
about
right.
It
wasn't.
A
lot
of
individuals
didn't
come
forward
for
medical
at
the
time,
so
it
was
like
pay
tree
care,
there's
one
and
bright
and
that's
looking
to
switch
over
I.
Think
there's
one
on
Newbury
Street,
it's
it's
very
small
handful.
We
can
get
you
that
know
what
I'm
doing.
K
Now
have
completed
eleven
community
host
agreements
of
the
eleven
for
completed
community
host
agreements.
Around
medical
are
cited,
completed,
CBA,
approved,
I,
believe
two
of
them
are
open
for
business
and
the
others
are,
you
know,
gearing
up
for
opening
for
business,
but
they
have
completed
our
process.
We
also
have.
K
For
have
gone
through
the
CBA
process
to
have
been
scheduled,
so
we
continue
to
move
in
that
direction
of
the
eleven
different
host
agreements.
They
are
spread
out
throughout
the
city
in
nine
different
neighborhoods
and
we
have
a
good
representation
in
terms
of
diversity.
So
when
you
start
to
look
at
participation,
we're
pretty
proud
of
the
diverse
applicants,
both
in
terms
of
gender
and
race,
impacted
communities
that
are
participating
in
the
eleven,
particularly
the
six
risa.
No
recreational
retail
agreements
that
we've
signed
so.
B
K
K
M
K
B
K
We
have
a
wide
distribution
among
the
four
of
ownership
of
Latino
african-american
women,
local
owned
veteran
owned,
we've
tracked
for
all
of
those,
and
when
it
comes
to
the
four
that
I've
talked
to
all
of
which
have
racial
diversity,
I
don't
have
the
breakdown
on
term
in
terms
of
women
percentages
on
the
four,
but
we've
got
a
really
diverse
group
of
people
who
have
come
up
and
that
we've
moved
through
the
process.
Yeah.
B
K
K
K
For
their
own
business
to
talk
to
others
who
are
working
to
start
up
their
businesses
in
hopes
of
creating
relationships,
we've
created,
we've
allowed
them
to
contact
each
other
or
have
encouraged
it,
and
some
of
the
relationships
have
come
that
way.
Other
relationships
have
come
because
people
relationships
and
they've
talked
to
people
and
brought
them
in.
B
K
Do
not
have
estimates
at
this
point.
As
you
know,
this
is
a
fast
growing
industry,
but
we
do
not
have
revenue
now.
Here's
here.
Some
of
the
challenge
is
in
fact
that
most
of
the
revenue
will
be
generated
through
sales
tax
and,
as
you
know,
Boston
does
not
collect
sales
tax,
and
so
we
want
to
put
that
into
the
context
of
talking
about
tax
generation
for
the
city.
We
do
capture
a
3%
on
this,
but
the
overwhelming
percentage,
the
overwhelming
percentage
of
revenue
that
is
going
to
be
captured
by
government,
will
go
to
the
state.
K
B
I
know,
but
the
the
revenue
that
we
do
capture
I
think
it's
important
to
anticipate
what
we
hope
to
bring
in
and
then
how
we'll
use
that
I.
My
ordinance
calls
for
reinvesting
that
into
communities
that
have
been
disproportionately
impacted
to
support
small
business
development,
there's
a
lot
of
support
and
help
that
many
folks
need
to
really
make
sure
we
have
an
inclusive
economy.
B
I'd
like
to
switch
to
the
community
side,
I've
been
to
a
community
meeting
that
I
felt
so
as
people
have
already
mentioned
that
you
mentioned
that
the
meetings
can
go
long,
that
people
tend
to
be
frustrated
and
angry
and
I
think
at
a
number
of
things.
One
I
think
some
folks
want
to
turn
back
the
clock
and
and
don't
want
to
see
this
move
forward
in
their
community
I.
Think.
B
Going
to
be
50
over
50
minimum,
so
I
don't
think
people
know
and
understand
that
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
do
some
framing
I
know
you
important
that
people
understand
how
that
particular
census
track
voted
in
that
community.
That
people
understand
it's
going
to
be
50
150
to
minimum,
not
the
the
max,
but
the
minimum
and
I
think
then
the
question
for
for
residents
who
have
questions
or
concerns
is
really
who
then
do
we
want
to
partner
with
who
will
work
with
us
around
a
good
community
benefits
package?
B
Who
can
we
support
in
terms
of
you
know
the
local
kid
who
grew
up
in
this
community
and
the
meeting
that
I
attended
did
not
do
that
framing.
It
was
just
kind
of
here's.
Who
I
am
from
OH&S,
and
here
are
the
people
who
want
to
you
know
bring
in
a
cannabis
business
to
your
community
and
so
I
think
it
just
got
off
to
a
bad
start.
So
I
think,
there's
more
that
we
can
do
in
terms
of
educating
people
about.
B
Who
will
have
the
safeguards
in
place
and
the
security
in
place
to
ensure
that
it
won't
get
into
the
hands
of
children,
but
in
a
legal
market
anything
can
happen.
Somebody
can
lace
your
drugs
with
something
you
know
your
the
cannabis
with
some
sort
of
drug
on
top
of
it,
which
can
be
deadly
very
dangerous
or
it
can
get
into
the
hands
of
children
I.
B
Don't
think
any
of
us
want
to
see
that
so
any
suggestions
moving
forward
about
how
we
can
improve
the
the
process
in
terms
of
the
community
I
think
would
be
helpful
and
I
think
the
need
for
more
education
around
what
the
city
is
doing.
More
just
understanding
about
this
industry
and
the
opportunities
that
are
available
so.
L
That's
we
have
had
conversations
internally
within
my
department
about
having
more
conversation
with
residents
separate
of
applicants.
I
do
not
believe
that
it's
fair
for
an
applicant
who
is
just
trying
to
start
a
business
to
have
to
move
the
mentality
of
a
tire
community
in
in
two-hour
period.
I
believe
that
as
a
city,
we
should
be
providing
opportunities
for
residents
to
come
to
forums,
open
houses
and
have
discussions.
We
did
it
in
Dorchester,
we've
done
it
and
nope
we
did
in
Dorchester,
and
we
had
the
CCC
come
out
and
talk
with
residents.
L
Residents
had
the
opportunity
to
ask
what
type
of
question
should
we
be
asking
of
applicants?
It
gets
into
your
point
about
safety.
You
know
how
does
the
product
move
in
and
out
of
here
there's
all
these
things,
and
so
it
was
a
interesting
experience
that
we
actually
had
the
CCC
and
the
city
there,
and
the
residents
were
able
to
say
what
should
I
be
asking
right,
because
residents
already
comfortable
of
talking
about
if
you're
a
restaurant.
What
are
your
hours
of
operation?
L
What
are
you
out?
What
are
your
security?
What
are
your
hours
of
operation?
Who
are
you
employing?
What
are
your
delivery
schedules?
Where
are
you
dropping
off
your
deliveries?
Are
this
out
front
or
is
there
a
place?
So
there
are
just
natural
things
that
residents
are
used
to
asking
for
other
businesses
that
they
haven't
applied
to
this
business
yet
and
I.
L
Think,
having
more
of
those
conversations
be
great
I'd
be
happy
to
partner
with
any
of
the
councillors
district
councillors
that
large
councillors,
if
you
guys
want
to
do
forums
on
these
types
of
conversations,
you
guys
have
networks.
We
have
networks
and
I
think
between
our
networks.
We
could
drive
a
lot
of
residents
to
these
open
houses.
Have
these
conversations
and
I
think
that
the
more
that
we
get
people
comfortable
with
the
idea
that
this
is
a
legal
business
in
the
city,
I
think
you'll
see
the
temperature
kind
of
lower
in
some
of
these
community
meetings?
L
A
L
A
K
A
A
Apply
to
any
of
the
new
licenses
that
we're
talking
about
potentially
creating
in
the
city,
but
so
that's
a
threshold
of
around
51,
52
ish
right
I
say
we
have
to
get
to
that
point
first
and
then,
and
then,
if
we
want
to
discuss
talking
about
where,
if
the
buffer
zone
is
being
I,
guess
an
impediment,
if
you
will
to
the
industry,
endure
particularly
to
equity
applicants,
then
I
think
that's
when
we
sort
of
maybe
stop
that.
Where
can
we?
A
But
if
we
come
right
out
of
the
gate
before
we
hit
the
threshold
of
51
and
start
to
trample,
although
the
buffer
zone
I'm
gonna
fight
the
new
administration
tooth
and
nail
on
that
that
was
know,
there
was
reasoning
behind
it.
It
was
thoughtful.
This
body
supported
it
overwhelmingly.
The
administration
supported
it.
The
VRA
supported
that
the
Zoning
Commission
supported
in
their
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
supported,
and
if
we
just
because
we
have
a
new
merge,
the
industry,
we
have
a
new
person
up
there.
They
have
to
be
aware
of
it.
A
B
I
think
it's
important
that
we
meet
the
threshold
if
equity
is
centered
through
all
of
that
we're
doing
number
one
number
two
counsel
Russ
offered
very
thoughtful
testimony
that
we
look
at
Cambridge,
which
does
exempt
the
equity
applicants,
and
so
my
question
is
is
rooted
and
his
recommendation,
and
so
what
I'm
hearing
from
you
is?
We
need
to
discuss
that
more
I.
B
Zones
and
I
think
today,
as
we
heard
back
in
January
at
the
working
session,
as
well
as
the
December
hearing
that
equity
applicants
at
least,
are
finding
it
very
difficult
with
the
buffer
zones,
because
these
larger
companies
are
coming
in
and
then
voila
there's
a
buffer
zone
and
they're
getting
locked
out.
So
I've
got
examples
of
people
who
live
in
my
district
that
that
has
happened.
I'm
interested
in
your
thoughts
on
buffer
zones
as
it
relates
to
cultivation,
should
there
be
the
same
kind
of
buffer
zone
for
a
cultivator.
So.
L
This,
the
buffer
zones.
We
also
have
to
acknowledge
that
the
buffer
zones
were
created
by
the
residents
in
city
of
Boston.
It
was
the
reason
above
us
almost
created
because
Patriot
air
is
being
sited
and
a
group
of
residents
that
live
in
the
towers
over
towards
the
theater
district
had
come
to
us
and
said.
If
we
are
going
to
do
this,
we
want
we
do
not
want
15
in
downtown
crossing.
A
It
also
you
know
so.
The
buffer
also
strengthens
the
neighborhood
association
in
the
community
residents,
hand
in
negotiating
community
benefits
for
the
community,
particularly
if
you
have
two
or
three
four
competing
interests
for
that
sort
of
one
particular
area,
because
you
can't
do
more
than
one
in
that
zone.
A
It
just
allows
them
to
be
able
to
sharpen
their
pencil
to
be
a
little
creative
in
terms
of
satisfying
and
accomplishing
some
of
the
mutually
aligned
community
goals,
and
so
that's
also
an
added
bonus
to
having
it
because
it
drives
negotiation
in
the
favor
of
the
residents
and
in
the
director
butters.
So.
B
Obviously,
we
want
to
have
community
engaged
in
this
process,
which
is
why
your
office
is
so
important
to
this
work.
So
thank
you,
chief
Smith,
and
you
know
I'm
again
remarking
on
the
recommendation
from
councillor
Ross,
as
well
as
the
comments
that
many
folks
in
this
room,
I'm
sure
we'll
be
making
in
public
testimony
not
saying
we
do
away
with
buffer
zones
or
that
we
create
green
miles.
B
I,
don't
think
anyone
I
mean,
except
maybe
in
councillor
Baker
the
Green
Zone,
no
one's
talking
about
a
Green
Mile
we're
talking
about
how
we
ensure
that
this
is
an
inclusive
economy
where
people
who
were
harmed
by
the
war
on
drugs
are
able
to
fully
participate.
So
that's
the
the
reason
for
my
question
last
thing
was
that
I
believe
that
there
was
I,
don't
know
a
company
in
Fenway
that
has
moved
through
the
process.
Is
that
correct
that
this
company
is
engaged
in
their
allegations
against
the
CEO
from
the
CFO
about
financial
improprieties,
homophobia,
racism?
B
B
So
what
my
question
is
one
that
there
was
an
equity
applicant
that
was
also
vying
for
this
spot,
but
even
with
these
allegations
that
things
seem
to
move
quickly
through
the
city,
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
can
provide
some
insight
on
what
happened
and
obviously
everyone's
do
their
day
in
court.
If
it
comes
to
that
for
the
people
involved
in
this,
and
but
there
they
are
serious
allegations
and
so
I'm
just
wondering
what
how
they
were
able
to
move
through
the
process
over
an
equity
applicant.
So.
L
There
was
an
article
that
was
emailed
to
me
and
my
office
does
not
do
background
checks.
We
don't
have
the
authority
to
background
checks,
and
so
I
would
encourage
you
to
work
with
the
ccc
as
they
continue
to
vet
this
applicant.
If
you
should
feel
as
though
allegations
have
merit,
the
ccc
is
the
one
that
handles
those.
We
do
not
do
that
here
about
citing.
B
L
They
went
through
a
community
process
like
all
other
businesses
go
through
and
again,
I
do
not
do
background
checks.
I
do
not
have
access
to
background
checks.
I
have
no
investigators
to
thoroughly
vet
any
background
checks
and
I
would
encourage
any
counselors
who
are
concerned
about
this
application
to
communicate
with
the
CCC
or
concerned.
We
we.
K
We
we
were
made
aware,
however,
of
the
allegations
and
very
serious
allegations
from
a
citing
process.
As
chief
Smith
has
said,
we
felt
they
met
all
of
the
criteria
and
had
the
kind
of
support
that
they
needed
to
move
forward.
The
ccc
will
take
a
different
look
at
this
right,
as
it
finishes
off
its
its
its
application
process.
So
we
should
all
pay
attention
and
maybe
engage
where
we
feel
we
need
to
engage
in
that
process.
Thank.
A
O
K
Is
nothing
standard
right
now
about
this
industry?
We
are
working
with
you
to
help
standardize
some
things,
and
so
the
community
host
agreement
is
spelled
out
in
math
state
law
and
the
regulations
that
are
coming
out
of
the
CCC.
Excuse
me,
and
so
we
are,
we
are
trying
to
follow
recommendations
from
the
state.
We
have
also
added
components
to
the
host
agreement,
based
on
conversations
we've
had
here
and
have
because
of
the
conversations
and
the
leadership
of
the
council
have
been
able
to
be
very
explicit
on
certain
things.
K
We
expect
that
this
conversation
here
this
ordinance
will
continue
to
inform
the
community
host
agreements,
so
I
just
want
to
be
very
clear
to
the
public
that
there
is
no.
There
is
no
template
on
this
right
now
we
are
developing
it
here
and
the
conversation
and
the
work
we
do
few
will
continue
to
inform
it
so,
but.
O
L
So
that
some
some
basic
things
this
some
standardization
of
the
community
host
agreements
are
hours
of
operation
and
things
like
natural
business
processes
and
a
3%.
So
the
council,
the
mayor
file
with
the
council
on
the
council,
supported
and
voted
for
the
3%
automatic.
So
that
is
what
we
will
automatically
get
in
the
whole
community
host
agreements.
All
of
them
will
add
an
additional
3%.
So
that
is
a
standardized
we're
not
gonna.
L
What
we
have
not
been
doing
is
if
a
business
says
that
I
will
give
ten
grand
to
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
we're
not
putting
that
in
a
host
agreement.
That
should
be
a
separate
MOU
that
is
negotiated
between
the
business
owner
and
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
or,
however,
not
that
will
not
be
put
into
a
community
agreement.
We
were
keeping
it
purely
at
things.
The
city
can
enforce
it
and.
O
L
L
Of
these
things
happen
at
the
same
time,
it's
not
community
meeting
then
sit
down
and
negotiate.
It's
they're
all
happening
sequentially.
The
way
that
we
view
it
is
is
the
final
vote
of
the
city
is
the
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
that
whole
package
is
put
together.
You've
negotiated
everything
you
had
to
do
behind
the
scenes
that
final
vote
is
done.
Applicant
takes
that
vote
recorded
vote
and
goes
to
the
state
and
they're
off
all
right,
Thank
You,
mr.
chair.
E
L
Am
saying
that
if
in
if
a
business
first
off,
we
do
not
require
any
business
in
the
city
of
Boston
to
give
community
benefits
other
than
major
development
projects?
And
so,
if
we
do
not
require
our
liquor
store
to
give
ten
grand
to
the
boys
and
club,
and
we
do
not
require
a
restaurant
to
give
ten
grand
at
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
we're
not
in
the
process
of
making
them.
L
If
this
business
wishes
to
be
a
good
neighbor,
and
they
themselves
say
that
they
want
to
do
this,
then
they
should
be
negotiating
with
the
private,
individual
or
the
private
individuals
of
the
community.
And
that's
a
private
discussion
we'll
be
aware
of
it.
But
we
are
not
going
to
create
a
city
contract
based
on
that
private
negotiation.
E
So
the
host
agreement
is
looking
more
operation,
neat
security
plan
who
your
people
are
whatever,
so
we
let
an
organization
come
in
and
say
say
a
grower
or
manufacturer,
or
whoever
and
they've
made
agreements
they've
made
agreements.
True
you
know
to
train
like
I,
have
a
manufacturing,
that's
still
gonna
come
in
and
and
I've
said,
I
want
you
to
take
people
from
here,
bring
them
to
your
training
facilities
and
then
bring
them,
bring
them
back
here,
so
they're
totally
trained.
So
how
do
we?
How
do
we
quantify
that
language
so
or
who's
gonna?
E
Who
can
watch
those
like,
after
your
open
up
or
before
your
open
up
who's
going
to
police
this
industry?
Here?
If
we,
if
we
don't
have
a
budget
for
the
emerging
industries,
is
that
gonna
be
in
John
sharp?
How
are
we
gonna
make
sure
that
if
we've
made
agreements
with
people
around
training
and
around
contracts
or
whatever
we
make
who's
gonna
police
that
yeah.
K
There
are
certain
items
and
I
think
the
parallel
is
a
development
Powell
that
chief
Smith
made.
There
are
certain
items
that
we
can
police
and
there
are
other
items.
We
cannot
police
right
and
so
you'll
find
that
if
somebody
is
making
a
grant
to
an
individual
organization
that
the
city
will
not
be
policing
that
grant.
If
someone
is
saying
that
it
will
train
individuals,
the
city
will
want
to
know
that
it
trained
individuals.
K
As
we
agree
to
different
things,
we
should
probably
have
a
conversation
of
what
the
city
can
police
and
not
police,
so
that
everyone's
clear
about
the
agreements
and
what
you
can
expect
from
your
city
administration
and
what
you
can
get
back
from
us.
Because
it's
a
really
it's
a
really
dicey
area
about
what
we
have
authority
to
police
are
not
have
authority.
So.
E
The
concern
that
I
have
is
when
we
went
through
the
process
and
they
had
to
come
in
front
of
the
city.
They
had
to
deal
with
with
me
in
the
neighborhood
to
make
sure
that
their
response,
ISM
response,
if
I'm
afraid
that,
like
as
we
get
away
from
us
district
councillors
having
having
more
input
here,
I
think
that
we
could
be
your
police
and
help
you,
because
to
get
to
equity
and
to
get
to
a
point
where,
where
everybody
feels
okay
about
this
business,
we
have
to
first
allow
some
of
them
to
open
up.
E
So
the
panic
you
know,
people
will
see
that
the
the
world
will
not
collapse.
When
this
business
is
up
and
running.
We
have
to
get
something
and
open
up,
but
also
we
have
to
make
sure
that
the
people
that
are
coming
in
and
making
promises
are
actually
held
accountable
on
that.
So
that's
something
I
think
that
maybe
we
should
be
working
on
how
we
do
that
and
I.
Don't
know
if
it
happens
within
this
here.
So
maybe,
if
you
can
speak
to
that
a
bit.
K
So
so
counsel,
first
I
want
to
agree
with
you
and
I.
Think
I
want
to
make
clear
something
that
chief
Smith
already
already
said,
but
maybe
make
it
clear
that
when
we
moved
from
the
Medical
Marijuana
process
to
the
recreational
manufacturing,
etc,
that
state
regulations
changed
not
City
regulations.
They
just
want
to
make
that
real.
K
Has
not
changed
yes
right,
so
City
City,
so
the
mayor
and
I
think
Jerome
did
detail.
This
agreed
with
us
with
the
city
council
president
at
the
time
that
the
council
will
be
formally
engaged
versus
the
mayor.
Writing
that
letter
right
and
that
spirit
still
exists.
We
want
the
council
to
still
be
engaged,
engage
with
what's
happening.
Your
area
and
I
will
tell
you
we
have
and
will
continue
to
direct
all
applicants
to
talk
to
their
representatives
on
a
city
council
is
really
important
to
us
will
continue
to
be
important.
K
E
And
and
and
I
had
gone
through
a
process
of
vetting,
you
know
I,
not
that
I
ran
the
process,
but
I
directed
them
where
to
go
who
they
need
to
speak
with
and
who
they
need
to
make
comfortable
in
then
in
their
neighborhood
and
so
I.
Just
the
City
Council
needs
to
be
involved
as
we're
closest
to
it.
So
that
would
be
one
thing,
and
can
we
talk
about
the
buffer
zones
a
little
bit?
E
So
if
our
city
councilor-
and
there
was
there-
was
a
group
coming
in
looking
to
do
looking
to
whatever
they
want
to
do
with
dispensary
or
whatever,
and
it
was
within
that
buffer
zone.
Is
it
correct
that
as
a
district
city,
councilor
I
couldn't
I?
Could
you
know,
write
a
letter,
write
a
letter
or
go
to
zoning
and
say
you
know
with
legs?
Would
it
be
like
a
zoning
relief
sort
of
so
any
applicant.
L
So
about
the
buffer
zone,
so
the
public
has
a
better
understanding.
What
the
buffer
zone
is
any
applicant
can
go
before
the
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
and
seek
a
variance
so
that
so
as
much
as
we
have
the
buffer
zone
and
we
are
standing
by
the
buffer
zone,
an
applicant
can
petition
the
CBA
and
the
CBA
can
grant
them
relief
yeah.
So
there
is
a.
There
is
a
way
legally
that
applicants
can
be
within
the
buffer
zone
of
each
other,
because.
E
Because
for
me
growing
up
in
Dorchester,
you
know
in
my
neighborhood
I've
got
seven
liquor
stores
within
you
know
less
than
a
mile.
So
for
now,
if
you
wanted
multiple
multiple
operations
in
your
district,
I
think
that
would
be
on
you
that
to
support
that
I
personally
want
to
have
it
I
don't
have
a
problem
having
a
couple
of
them,
but
I
don't
want
to
have
10,
15,
20
of
them
and
then
downtown
gets
one.
E
You
know
we
run
the
rest,
you
me
and
whoever
whoever
else
is
the
district
City
Council,
so
that
that
you
know
was
closer
to
the
city.
We
run
the
risk
of
having
this
whole
industry
in
our
in
our
district
and
in
10
or
15
years,
and
how
did
all
these
weed
shops
get
here
so
I
think
we
have
to
be
careful
with
with
the
zoning
and
and
back
on
the
John.
E
If
you
think
about
the
umbrella
license
as
you,
you
know
what
we
did
with
that
or
kind
of
what
we
were
trying
to
trying
to
do
with
that
same
sort
of
thing,
same
sort
of
thing
bring
the
industry
into
a
into
a
new
development.
You
know
we
talk
about
technology,
this
is
gonna,
be
this
is
a
growing
new
industry
so
that
green
zone
wouldn't
have
15
dispensaries
or
it's
gonna
have
a
grow,
a
consumption
cafe.
E
You
know
let
the
whole
industry
play
out
someplace
and
then
you
really
can
can
drive
the
local
business,
because
the
people
that
are
in
those
auxiliary
businesses,
I
think
are
gonna
want
to
be
near
where
the
business
is
so
when
I
say
Green,
Zone
I,
don't
mean
dump
dump
all
the
dispensaries
here,
let's
think
about
it
holistically.
How
do
we
get
at
the
whole
business
here?
Because
it's
billion-dollar
business
and
and
what
we
see
is
just
the
front
end
of
it?
E
K
First
I
just
want
to
agree
with
you
100%
that
there
is
a
entire
ecosystem
around
the
cannabis
industry
and
we're
not
talking
about
all
of
it.
We
continue
to
talk,
you
know
primarily
about
retail
yeah
right
and
we
need
to
expand
that
conversation,
because
there
are
so
many
other
business
types
that
support
the
cannabis
industry
and
so
and
and
many
of
those
business
types
I
can
just
support
with
what
I
have
in
my
shop
now
right
and
ready
to
do
that.
K
But
but
too
few
applicants
are
in
fact
I
can
count
on
my
hand,
two
applicants
that
have
talked
about
businesses
that
are
not
specifically
retail
or
manufactured
there.
A
couple
talking
about
manufacturing,
growing
and
of
those
applicants
both
said
to
me
but
I'll,
get
back
to
after
my
retail
shop
is
open
right
back.
That
kind
of
a
conversation
and.
E
So
I
urge
people.
If
we
want
you,
why
do
manufacturing
what
you
do
grow
grow
could
be
cost
prohibitive
here,
but
but
we
could
also
connect
on
to
other
towns
that
have
that
have
you
know.
Braintree
has
has
warehouse
spaces,
they
don't
know
what
to
do
with
in
in
Denver.
You
can't
find
any
weight
house
space
anymore.
E
You
need
to
be
licensed
and
there's
different
tiers
of
license
to
be
a
budtender,
your
your
lower
end,
but
then,
as
you
up
the
manufacturing,
some
of
that
manufacturing
could
be
eighty
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
it's
all
hands
on
so
like
like
what
are
we
doing
there?
Do
we
need?
Should
we
be
setting
up
training
programs?
Do
we
need
do
we
need
licensing
to
do
that?
Maybe
that's
something
we
should
be
doing.
Jerome
like
having
job
fairs
and
connecting
people
on
to
the
training
council.
L
Officials
are
talking
about
this
and
I
think
you
know
all
the
meetings
that
I've
gone
to
so
far.
Everybody
is
just
focused
purely
on
the
retail
license,
but
there
are
some
individuals
in
this
town
who
are
bakers,
who
maybe
just
want
to
open
up
a
bakery
and
there's
or
they
want
to
open
up
the
security
shop
or
they
want
to
get
a
fleet
a
couple
cars
and
do
delivery
and
we're
not
talking
about
that
and
we're
not
talking
about
how
we
support
that
or
encourage
that
and
I.
L
Just
think
that
I
agree
that
it
might
be
a
missed
opportunity.
But
this
industry
is
growing
and
if
we're
not
talking
about
this
stuff,
now
we'll
be
clean,
catch
up
later
and
so
I
think
I.
Think
I
personally,
from
being
our
community
have
been
talking
to
some
individuals
who
are
like
how
do
I
get
in
this
I?
Don't
I
don't
have
the
millions
of
dollars.
Openness,
but
I
want
to
have
a
piece
of
the
action.
L
Think
that
the
council's
proposal
about
going
on
a
road
show
I
would
even
say
that
I
would
support,
just
because
it's
easier
in
every
district
having
a
Town
Hall,
where
we
have.
You
know
job
fair,
but
also
talk
about
the
industry.
What
questions
to
ask
what
you
should
be
looking
for:
I'm
happy
to
work
with
the
councillors?
If
that's
something
that
you
guys
would
want
brought
out
to
your
district.
K
I
will
I
will
also
say,
though,
as
we
say
this
publicly-
that
all
of
these
businesses,
both
retail
manufacturing
and
the
other
two
business
types,
take
hard
work.
Oh
yeah
right
yeah,
and
so
they
all
take
a
big
time.
So
business
development,
in
fact,
does
they
take
relationship
building.
There
were
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
that
goes
into
this,
so
I
don't
want
to
I
want
to
say
to
the
public:
let's
go
get
it,
but
I
don't
want
it.
There
is
no
turn
on
the
switch
and
you've
got
a
business
tomorrow.
H
E
For
to
get
in
the
industry
on
a
job
level,
first,
because
if
you
get
in
the
industry-
and
you
learn
it
from
the
inside
manufacturing,
I'm
thinking,
whether
it's
grow
or
the
edibles
and
and
everything
else
that's
made
in
lab
in
a
lab
space,
do
we
need
to
be
certified
to
do
that?
Or
do
people
need
to
be
certified
and
how
does
that
happen?
How
do
we
get
out?
How
do
we
get
people
prepared
for
the
whole
business
so.
K
There's
there
so,
when
you
think
about
any
one
of
these,
businesses
would
have
a
separate
and
different
distinct
operation
planted.
That
would
go
into
a
business
plan
and
they're
different
licenses
right,
so
the
CCC
would
be
looking
for
a
different
set
of
criteria
on
each
one
of
those
business
types.
K
What
I've
seen
on
the
cultivation
type
when
you
start
to
dig
into
the
business
slice
of
the
business
plan
itself,
real
estate
in
Boston
becomes
somewhat
prohibitive,
yeah
right,
so
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
folks
talking
outside
of
Boston
for
that
retail,
because
of
the
smallness
that
you
know
this
of
the
of
the
business
and
what
you
can
do
here
and
get
fed
from
outside.
It
makes
it
happen,
so
I
think
I
think
each
one
of
these
business
types
take
different
operation
plans
take
different.
E
L
K
Are
background,
checks
that
are
different
and
I
want
to
say:
I,
don't
think
the
regulation.
There
are
background
checks
that
are
different
and
I
know
in
certain
categories.
You
have
to
have
certain
kinds
of
workers
right,
so
the
chemists,
etc,
etcetera
rights.
We
have
to
have
different
kinds
of
workers.
My
guess
is
when
we
begin
to
develop
the
regulations
for
inspection,
etc.
These
things
will
continue
to
evolve
and
change
and
certificate
programs
will
be
continue
to
evolve
and
change,
but
there
are
some
categories
that
already
exist
for
certain
types
of
licenses.
Thank.
A
J
You
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
and
good
afternoon,
gentlemen,
so
I
I,
guess
I
just
well.
I
want
to
begin
by
saying
how
much
I
value
the
the
lead
sponsors
advocacy
in
this
I
think
it's
something
we
all
share
everyone
in
this
room
and
those
who
are
watching
the
need
to
make
sure
that
we
do
this
right,
that
we
acknowledge
why
the
war
on
drugs
was
a
failure.
Why
we
try
to
build
wealth
in
communities
that
have
often
been
left
out
of
emerging
industries
and
I.
J
J
You
and
we've
had
a
great
collaborative
relationship
over
this
over
these
issues,
but
the
fact
of
the
matter
has
is
that
it
has
changed
dramatically
from
a
somewhat
hands-off
approach
from
the
city
from
the
administration
from
the
mayor's
administration,
as
it
relates
to
medicinal
with
the
council
running
the
progress
in
the
program
and
sort
of
the
oversight
to
then
with
recreational
the
city
taking
control.
That's
that's
perfectly.
Fine,
that's
that's,
you
know
how
things
unfolded,
but
again
it
is.
J
Concerning
to
me
that
things
seem
to
be
moving
so
slowly
and
that's
not
an
indictment
on
any
one
of
your
colleagues
or
anyone.
Who's
been
working
hard
on
this
I,
don't
think
that
we
have
allocated
enough
revenue
and
resources
to
the
office
of
emerging
industries,
and
so
when
you
know
Chief
Smith,
when
you
talk
about
doing
sort
of
a
roadshow
talking
about
job
fairs,
great
ideas,
I
love,
all
these
things
I
just
wonder
whether
or
not
the
administration
has
the
capacity
to
do
that.
J
K
J
Question
about
that
and
I
you
know:
Marty
Walsh
is
one
of
the
most
collaborative
people
in
government
I've
ever
encountered.
My
entire
life
I
mean
that
sincerely
he's
always
looking
to
bring
people
together
to
find
that
common
ground,
particularly
with
this
body,
but
I
and
I,
appreciate
your
point.
I
don't
need
to
belabor
the
point
other
than
to
say
it
has
two
completely
different
processes
from
our
point
of
view
and
I
just
want
to
return
to.
J
J
J
They
are
waiting
for
sort
of
the
next
steps
from
the
administration.
In
the
meantime,
a
would
be
competitor
has
approached
there
within
blocks
of
where
they
are
so
clearly
violating
it
would
be
a
buffer
zone,
and
that's
unfair
to
me,
because
they've
done
everything
by
the
rules,
it
should
be
noted.
This
would
be
competitive,
is
not
an
equity
applicant,
but
it
just
shows
that
there's
no
because
of
the
gray
area
that
they're
in
they
could
be
at
a
severe
disadvantage
and
that's
that's
not
fair
they've
gone
through
the
entire
process.
J
They
met
with
countless
neighborhood
associations,
they've
agreed
to
be
medicinal
only
and
I
think
it's
just
an
illustrative
example
of
why
we
need
to
obviously
do
this
right,
but
but
act
a
little
quicker
in
many
of
these
things,
because
you've
got
this
sort
of
gray
area.
So
I
will
again
I've
mentioned
this
to
Alexis,
we'll
continue
to
talk
about
this
ahead.
J
L
L
K
Is
there
is
recognition
that
they
went
through
a
process,
but
I
also
have
two
equally
put
on
the
table.
The
recognition
that
the
process
they
now
have
to
go
to
for
a
different
license
has
different
steps
right,
so
we
will
recognize
what
they
did,
but,
for
instance,
we
we
can't
bring
a
medical
company
to
the
neighborhood
and
say
hey
these
folks
are
here.
They
want
to
run
a
medical
business
and
then
somewhere
down
the
line,
we
give
them
a
recreational
license.
We
have
to
reengage
the
community
in
that
congregation.
K
To
reengage
a
host
cuz,
they
didn't.
There
was
no
host
community
agreement
when
they
went
through
that
process
either.
So
there's
a
there
are
some
steps
that
they
would
have
to
redo,
not
redo.
We
want
to
recognize
your
letter.
We
want
to
read
the
process
as
it
was,
but
we
do
have
to
augment
that
process
for
a
new
license
and
make
sure
there's
a
there's,
a
public
notification
and/or
discussion,
we're
needed
to
before
we
can
before
they
can
submit
back
to
the
state.
Okay.
J
K
K
We
want
to
recognize
the
engagement,
but
they're
gonna
go
to
the
CCC
for
a
different
license
and
they
should
come
to
us
and
figure
out
a
host
committee,
close
community
agreement
and
once
again,
the
host
community
agreement
would
then
need
to
have
some
process
back
in
the
community
and
a
lot
of
people
don't
think
it's
fair,
but
they
went
to
the
community
for
a
medical.
Only
business.
K
P
J
That's
been
waiting,
I
got
in
and
I
guess.
This
goes
to
the
earlier
point
where
we
talked
about
possibly
looking
at
the
buffer
zone
and
making
exemptions.
I
think
that
is
far
too
premature
to
be
even
having
those
conversations
when
we're
moving
at
a
glacial
pace
with
these
things
folks
are
waiting
and
waiting
and
waiting.
We've
got
ten
there,
eleven,
ten
retail
and
medical.
J
It's
only
two
that
are
currently
owned
or
not
are
operating
at
this
point,
I
value
the
work
led
by
the
chairman
on
this
on
the
buffer
zone,
because
that
is
a
way
to
make
sure
that
no
neighborhood
has
to
bear
the
brunt
of
it,
so
I
I
think
any
chant
any
talk
of
it.
Making
exemptions
now
is
incredibly
premature
when
the
city
is
moving
so
slowly
on
just
making
sure
that
we
can
get
these
things
up
and
running.
One
of
the
reasons
why
we
we
worked
so
hard
on
that
last
one.
J
K
K
K
Maybe
something
I
gotta
check
to
firm
that
number,
but
in
step
2
the
numbered
Rendell's
dramatically
and
step
2
is
about
showing
that
you
have
control
of
the
site
and
going
in
and
filing
an
application
with
the
city
that
then
moves
us
to
a
denial
process,
and
it's
important
people
understand
that
the
first
in
our
process,
you're
getting
step
2
is
in
fact,
so
that
you
can
have
a
CBA
hearing
right.
It
does
not
stop.
K
J
So,
just
just
so
I
have
this
clear
and
I
hate
to
be
parochial,
but
I'm
a
district
councillor
as
it
relates
to
the
the
just
the
beacon,
Compassion's,
a
business.
That's
looking
to
operate
on
the
VFW
Parkway
in
West
Roxbury
on
the
Denham
border
that
has
gone
as
a
letter
of
non
opposition
from
this
body
has
gone
through
countless
community
meetings,
probably
four
or
five
letters
of
non
opposition
from
direct
about
errs
and
associated
Pacific
associations
and
neighborhood
orgs.
As
unanimous
vote
from
this
body
is
waiting
on
their
HCA.
When
will
they
receive
it?
Counselor.
L
L
It's
not
my
intention
to
bring
them
before
the
cba.
The
ccc
would
want
to
see
that
HCA
though
okay,
so
CC
requires
an
HCA
as
proof
that
the
town
is
okay.
So
what
they're
doing
now
with
you
guys
is,
is
that
your
letter
of
not
opposition
they're
still
honoring,
but
they
want
an
HCA
okay,
so
I
will
find
you
where
the
HCA
is
and
I
will
notify
you.
So
you
can
let
your
residents
in
your
district
know
and.
J
L
We
because
the
fact
that
the
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals
is
the
Avenue
by
which
they
can
get
around
the
buffer
zone
legally,
we
will
not
tell
them
at
the
application
point
that
they
cannot
apply.
They
will
go
through
their
process.
The
community
will
more
than
likely
tell
them
that
they
do
not
want
them
there
and
then
they
would
on
their
own.
If
they
choose
to
go
to
the
CBA
and
in
the
amount
of
opposition
the
CBA
probably
would
vote
it
down.
So.
L
L
Knows
the
buffer
zone
exists,
but
we
cannot
deny
an
individual,
their
due
process
to
open
up
a
new
business,
and
so,
if
I
want
to
open
up
a
marijuana
clinic
next
door
to
Beacon
Compassion's
I
have
every
right
to
do
so
and
as
the
city
of
Boston,
we
have
to
put
them
through
a
process,
and
we
will.
It
is
up
to
them,
knowing
that
they
have
these
hurdles
to
decide
whether
or
not
they
want
to
go
forward.
It
is
not
for
me
to
tell
them
no,
you
cannot
what.
L
Vaio
that,
but
that's
again
they
can
go
forward,
but
there
are
zone
buffer
zones.
So
just
because
we
have
these
buffer
zones,
we,
as
the
administration
says
you're
violent.
We
can't
support
you.
That
does
not
stop
you
from
doing
your
legal
right
process
to
seek
redress.
That's
what
the
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals,
for
so
all
these
buffer
zones
that
we
have.
You
can
go
before
the
CBA
and
get
relief
from
it
from
the
CBA.
So.
J
In
again,
this
isn't
directed
towards
you.
I
know
how
hard
you
guys
working,
but
it
is
mind
boggling
that
it
is
harder
to
build
a
shed
in
your
backyard
than
it
is
to
potentially
open
up
a
marijuana
dispensary
it
shouldn't
be.
It
should
be
the
other
way
around.
So
I
look
for
I
take
up
enough
time.
Mr.
chairman
look
forward
to
getting
that
answer
as
soon
as
possible.
Chief
Smith.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
Just
quick,
so
in
my
process
very
similar
agreed
to
do
just
medical
with
in
the
agreement
that
was
negotiated
was
negotiated,
which
we
thought
was
a
was
a
community
host.
They
got
the
3%.
We
talked
about
hours
of
operation
security,
all
that
all
that
stuff
is
in
place
there
so
he's
saying
that
they
need
a
new
one
of
those
because
it
sounds
to
me
like
I
knew
I
was
better
at
negotiating,
and
the
community
host
was
so
I'd
be
concerned
about
that.
K
K
E
Gives
five
clap
Street
I'm
not
sure
with
what
the
organization
is,
so
they
they
make
concessions?
We
hear
min
long
agreement.
There
was
3%
of
gross
I
believe
that
was
was
actually
at
that
point.
Gonna
come
back
to
a
community,
but
I
guess
that's
gonna
go
to
a
general
fund,
but
there
were
other
things
in
place
where
we
talked
about
security.
We
talked
about
and
I,
don't
know
if
that's
the
hold
up
there,
but
I
believe
they
went
to
zoning
and
in
a
reprove
dit
zoning.
L
Yeah
because
we
supported
clap
Street,
so
yeah
I
will
be
happy
to
look
into
it
so
far
as
I'm
concerned.
Claps
tree
has
all
the
sign
offs
and
a
community
in
you
did
negotiate
between
you
host
agreement.
So
I'm
not
aware,
there's
something
on
the
city
side,
that's
stopping
them
from
opening
their
doors.
E
E
The
reason
being,
then,
there's
one
that
opens
up
in
my
district
and
again
we
get
back
to
the
whole
world,
not
falling
down
around
business.
If
we
need
to
allow
some
to
open
up
I'll,
let
people
see
it
and
that's
that's
why
I
negotiated
this
one
here?
Why
I
did
it
the
way
I
did
it
and
they
in
that
host
agreement
said
they
will
not
come
back
for
recreational
until
whatever
the
date
was
I
think
it
was
2020
so,
but
thank
you
and
we'll.
D
This
is
very
difficult
for
me
to
have
meaningful
conversations
with
other
applicants,
and
we
don't
know
where
this
medicinal
license
is.
So
are
we
going
to
get
into
specifics?
I
think
the
points
been
made
by
some,
my
colleagues,
but
if
these
could
be
moved
along
one
way
or
the
other
to
get
clarity
on
that
for
the
neighborhood's,
obviously,
for
the
business
owners
as
well-
and
this
is
a
little
off
topic
of
this
of
this
hearing-
so
I
will
stop
there,
but
it
is
important
for
us
as
we
continue
this
process.
Thank
You
mr.
Q
Thank
you
very
much.
I
am
just
gonna,
say
two
brief
statement
and
then
I'll
go
into
some
some
questions.
You
know
I
I
can't
imagine
right
now,
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
in
this
industry,
the
pressures
that
we're
all
kind
of
feeling
as
new
as
elected
officials
in
dealing
with
this
emerging
industry.
Q
We
have
I'm
just
going
to
say
it's
some
of
the
most
greedy
aggressive
noxious,
rude
ignorant
companies
coming
into
our
communities
with
no
sense,
no
sense,
no
sense
or
to
be
very
blunt
or
give
a
damn
about
the
communities
they're
coming
into
trying
to
locate
next
to
methadone
clinics
trying
to
not
knowing
the
difference
between
East,
Boston
and
Charlestown.
It
is
a
mess,
so
I
represent
East
Boston
Charlestown
in
the
North
End
and
I've,
been
underwhelmed
by
some
of
the
applicants.
Q
Who've
tried
to
come
into
our
communities,
and,
and-
and
so
that's
a
pressure
though,
because
you
there
they're
the
ones
who
can
get
the
capital
together
and
come
and
stand
in
line
and
then
say,
I
was
here
first
and
I
remind
them.
No.
Actually
some
of
these
immigrants
and
some
of
these
folks
and
these
local
businesses
and
other
people
were
here
first
so
I
just
also
and
I'm.
Recognizing
this
but
I
have
come
out
publicly
wrote
an
article
basically
saying
that
at
the
core
of
all
this
process
is
trust.
Q
The
ability
for
people
to
trust
that
the
administration
that
local
politicians
can
do
this
process,
get
it
right
and
represent
them
and
assure
that
their
communities
will
come
out
on
the
other
end
safer,
more
equitable
and
more
fair.
That
to
me
is
process
that
we
need
to
be
fighting
for
so
so
part
of
that
process
is
one
assuring
local
control,
because
people
know
who
live
in
their
neighborhoods
and
they
also
know
whose
door
they're
going
to
knock
on.
Q
This
ordinance
or
for
yourselves
when
you're
considering
is,
is
complete
and
is
an
agreement
from
the
local
business
if
they
are
locally
controlled,
that
they
will
not
be
selling
it
to
a
corporation
after
they
start
making
a
profit,
or
at
least
something
to
be
considered,
because
I
have
certainly
asked
them
that
you
know
you
want
to
talk
about
local
control
and
how
you're
staying
here
and
how
you're
part
of
the
community.
How
do
I
know
at
the
end
of
the
day,
you're
not
going
to
flip
it
and
sell
it
locally.
Q
I'm
gonna
continue
through
all
my
comments
and
then
there's
also
the
question
of
the
again
about
trust
and
keeping
it
local
as
a
three
percent.
The
community
that
gets
the
of
this
business
is
the
community
that
I
should
get
the
benefits
and
making
sure
that
that
3%
stays
in
those
communities
I
think
they
would
actually
help
with
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
the
opposition
that
we're
facing
right
is
the
assumption
that
you
know
again.
Q
I,
don't
know
that
it's
necessarily
been
proven
by
some
of
my
constituents
that
marijuana
business
is
going
to
tank,
maverick
square
or
tank
central
square
I.
Don't
know
that
that's
been
proven,
but
to
be
able
to
say,
they're
also
going
to
be
contributing
directly
and
that
3%
to
those
areas
I
think,
would
help
in
some
of
the
some
of
the
back
and
forth
with
some
of
them.
I
think
also,
there's
there's
an
important
thing
and
I
fully
support
when
I
think
I'm
most
excited
about
this
ordinance
is
the
establishment
of
a
neutral
cannabis
board.
Q
I
think
that
that
is
necessary
to
have
all
hands
on
deck
with
experts.
Looking
at
this
industry,
where
people
in
the
neighborhood
could
also
petition
and
in
voice
their
concerns,
it
pulls
it
out
of
the
hands
of
an
individual
and
puts
it
in
the
hands
of
several
folks
who
are
sitting
neutrally
and
analyzing
how
this
will
emerge
equitably
in
any
neighbor.
Q
Excuse
me
in
any
neighborhood
I
also
think
that's
we're
really
important
and
what's
really
concerning
is
when
the
process
doesn't
work
or
when
we
get
to
ahead
and
that
that
violates
the
trust
of
a
community.
As
you
know,
in
East
Boston
we
have
two
applicants
with
HCA's
within
a
half
mile
of
each
other,
and
that
happened
through
this
process.
I
I
support
the
half-mile
buffer
for
now.
Q
I
actually
agree
with
my
colleague
Michael
Flaherty
that
we
should
have
the
half
mile
buffer
until
we
get
to
the
51
and
then
look
at
the
industry
as
it
emerges.
But
here
we
are
going
through
this
process,
and
here
we
are
now
with
two
applicants
that
on
Google
Maps
and
throughout
through
several
several
conversations
have
been
noted
that
they're
headed
and
that
they
are
within
a
half
mile
of
each
other.
M
Q
It's
short
by
107
feet:
I'm,
not
interested
in
the
East
Boston,
getting
the
variance
are
being
the
first.
You
know
on
that
I'm
not
interested
in
that
happening.
I
was
interested
in
a
process
that
would
work,
and
this
this
this
to
me,
violates
and
and
really
really
helps
to
destroy
the
trust
that
a
community
would
have
in
process
and
government
to
get
this
right.
This
we're
not
talking
about
things
that
were
unknown
right.
Q
These
are
that
were
known
and
could
have
been
vetted,
and
we
should
have
been
able
to
see
this
half
mile
buffer
as
an
issue,
and
now,
what's
very
likely
gonna
happen
is
one
of
them's
gonna
get
the
variance
and
or
it's
going
to
apply
for
it
and
then
they'll
be.
You
know
additional
lawsuits
and
fights
all
the
way
to
the
end,
and
all
of
that
talk
about
time
and
money
being
wasted.
Q
If
we
had
simply
just
looked
at
the
the
law
and-
and
it's
concerning
for
me
as
a
city
councillor
to
that
when
we
do
implement
certain
things
and
you're
right-
draw
mr.
Smith
as
Rome
that
anybody
can
apply
for
a
variance,
but
the
likelihood
of
that
person
applying
for
that
variance
being
the
person
who
maybe
has
less
capital
as
a
person
of
color
as
a
small
business
owner
versus
the
corporation's
right,
they're
gonna
they're
gonna
apply
for
these
variances
all
over
the
places
they
have
the
money.
They
have.
Q
The
deep
pockets
and
they're
gonna
run
roughshod
in
our
neighborhoods
I'm,
okay,
with
the
process
being
slow,
I'm,
okay,
with
it
being
slow
if
it's
done
accurately-
and
that
didn't
happen
in
this
case,
so
I
I'm
speaking
as
a
district
city,
councillor
for
East,
boss
and
I'm
disappointed
at
the
very
least.
So.
Q
The
other
thing
that
I'm
really
concerned
about
is
also
we're
talking
as
though
the
process
is
not
within
our
control.
You
know
if
it
takes
us
going
from
step,
one
to
step
two
to
getting
a
denial
letter
as
just
a
pro
forma
to
get
to
the
CBA.
That's
a
process
that
we
can
fix,
that's
a
process
that
we
can
streamline
and
should
be
streamlining.
This
is
if
it's
an
unnecessary
step
that
puts
people
in
a
waiting
zone
and
pattern.
Then
I
say
we
remove
the
step
and
talk
about
how
that
can
happen.
Q
B
R
You,
chair,
I,
just
I
have
a
couple
questions.
They
do
come
in
late,
so
I
apologize.
If
any
of
these
are
repetitive,
but
what
one
of
the
questions
that's
come
up
quite
a
bit
from
testimony
already
today.
A
questions
today
is
the
3%
tax
and
have
we
do
we
have
the
dollar
amount?
What
that
we're,
anticipating
that
today,
we're.
K
K
So
we
are
in
process
of
thinking
not
just
a
bureaucracy,
which
is
a
great
question
and
the
program
and
services
right
so
I'd
like
as
I
as
I
said
last
time.
The
the
current
program
is
services
and
bureaucracy
that
supports
business.
Development
in
Boston
is
all
intertwined
with
federal
funds
that
prohibits
the
use
of
frankly,
any
of
the
services
that
we
now
have
set
for
small
business
or
business
development
to
go
to
the
cannabis
industry.
K
So
we
have
to
either
create
a
parallel
duplication
of
services
or
think
about
how
we
do
services
in
Boston
very
differently
than
what
we
currently
do,
and
so
I
do
not
have
an
answer
for
you,
but
we
we
are
working
on
that
and
we
will
look.
We
look
forward
to
presenting
to
you
the
cost
of
the
new
system.
If
you
would
to
support
this
industry
I.
E
R
R
This
is
somebody
else's
term,
not
mine,
but
I
think
one
that
we
should
be
looking
to
apply
in
this
business,
but
creative
non-compliance
when
it
comes
to
some
of
the
pieces
that
we're
gonna
face
as
our
in
in
the
in
this
work
ahead.
I'm
also
curious
about
the
process
at
the
CBA.
We
saw
this
last
week
happen
when
multiple
locations
in
the
same
neighborhood
are
on
the
docket
together.
R
Both
of
them
were
deferred
last
week,
but
you
know
if
the
first
one
gets
approved,
the
second
one
can't
because
it's
within
the
zone
or
they're
too
close
together.
You
know
we're
gonna,
anticipate
some
sort
of
litigation.
You
know
how
are
we
going
to
determine
that
going
forward
because
that's
going
to
continue
to
occur,
if
we
don't
fix
this
process.
L
So
I
will
acknowledge
that
that
was
an
error.
Last
Tuesday
we
are
currently
looking
at
how
that
did
occur
and
to
make
a
determination
that
going
forward
that
that
we
do
not
businesses
against
each
other
by
being
that
close
to
the
buffer
zone,
and
so
legally
my
office
had
asked
for
deferral
so
that
I
could
put
so
I
could
talk
to
the
law
department
about
how
we
should
do
that
in
the
future.
So
that
was
one
of
the
requests
of
why
I
asked
for
the
deferral
that
anything.
L
R
A
You
very
much
councillor
Sai
beechwood,
so
obviously,
and
thank
both
of
you
for
your
time
and
talent.
You
welcome
to
stay
if
one
of
at
least
can
stay
because
we're
gonna
go
to
the
third
panel
and
public
testimony.
Well,
my
apologies,
so
council
of
Jenny
wanted
to
conclude
this
panel
my
place.
My
phone
appreciate.
B
B
I
am
interested,
though,
in
understanding
whether
or
not
the
city
has
done
any
kind
of
mapping
so
with
500
feet
from
schools,
even
though
you
know
we're
not
asking
the
same
of
liquor,
stores
we're
not
asking
the
same
of
CVS
or
Walgreens
that
sell
opioids
we're
not
asking
those
companies
to
do
the
same
thing.
We've
got
the
half
mile
from
another
business.
B
K
A
When
we
did
the
buffer
zone
it
was
prior
to
because
we
originally
were
taking
a
mile
yeah.
So
so
we
started
at
a
mile
just
for
everyone's
edification.
We
started
at
a
mile
but
realized.
At
that
point.
We
couldn't
meet
the
threshold
right.
We
then
moved
it
in
to
three-quarters
of
a
mile
in
an
effort.
It
was
a
compromise
on
the
council.
We
were
pretty
close
to.
You
know
a
majority
pushing
towards
a
supermajority
at
three
quarters.
A
L
Believe
through
that
process,
when
we
originally
proposed
the
mile,
we
work
at
the
PPA
to
do
site
planning,
and
we
just
saw
that
you
know,
even
though
we
felt
the
personal
comfortability
of
a
mile
again
a
personal
feeling.
Strategically
we
could
the
land
of
the
City
of
Boston
it
just
could
not
accommodate
the
number
that
we
had.
So
the
council
was
correct
in
reducing
it
to
the
1/2
mile.
Then
we
just
did
again.
We
just
do
tests
we're.
We
look
at
business
districts.
You
know.
L
If
you
look
at
the
zoning
it's
forbidden
uses
in
residential
districts,
so
it
drastically
shrinks
the
available
locations
in
the
city.
Currently,
we
do
feel
as
though
that
we
can
cite
the
number
that
were
required
as
a
floor.
Should
the
city
want
to
go
further
than
the
floor,
we
will
have
to
have
a
discussion.
B
K
I
do
want
to
even
before
you
talk
to
us
community
support,
showing
control
of
site
is
really
important
and
we've
had
some
hiccups,
yeah
we're
very
early
on.
We
took
it
at
face
value
that
there
was
site
control.
We've
tightened
that
up,
because
then
we've
learned
that
it
wasn't
site
control,
and
so
we,
you
know
we're
not
trying
to
create
barriers
to
create
barriers
for
people
to
come
in,
but
we
absolutely
have
to
set
up
standards
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
we're
hitting
every
part
of
this.
K
We
can't
have
an
owner
come
back
at
us
and
say
this
person
is
doing
a
community
meeting
and
there's
no
sigh,
but
they
can't
put
it
here
right
and
we've
had
that
so
we're
learning
and
we're
moving
and
once
again
we're
not
trying
to
set
up
barriers
for
people
to
enter
this
space.
But
there
are
some
barriers
up
front,
which
is
one
site
control.
We
understand
some
people
have
life,
license
agreement
on
site
or
an
leases
that
are
costing
right,
so
it's
very
costly
to
hold
on
a
site
control.
K
While
this
lengthy
process
moves
forward,
we
recognize
that
as
a
huge
barrier
to
entry
as
well
other
folks,
don't
other
folks
have
the
land
owned
land
owner
building
owner
in
the
most
cases,
call
us
and
reassure
in
fact
that
they
would
be
willing
to
go
in
and
the
building
owner
is
more
of
a
process
more
engaged
in
the
process
with
us
and
have
a
shortest.
So
it
does
not.
Now
you
want
to
say
you
do
not
have
to
have
a
lease.
K
You
do
not
have
to
be
paying
for
your
lease,
but
a
lot
of
folks
very
early
on
have
leases
and
pay
for
these
and
then
there's
the
community
process
beyond
sight.
Control
of
the
voices
City
Council
other
politicians
that
come
in
that
help
us
understand
whether
or
not
there
is
support
for
that
sight.
Okay,.
K
Well,
equity
is
a
big
part
of
it.
That's
a
conversation
we've
had
with,
which
is
why
we
have
the
host
agreements
that,
with
that
so
equity
operation,
the
business
plan,
whether
we
think
that
they
can
execute,
etc.
All
goes
into
our
thinking.
But
really
we
are
about
site
in
site
selection,
and
so
we
do
that
so
that
we
can.
We
can
be
informed
and
who's
going
in.
K
Prohibition
in
our
code,
right
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
you
know.
So
you
raised
the
question
around
the
applicant
earlier,
where
there
was
some
news
that
came
out
that
they
were
being
sued
right.
I,
think
we
don't
have
grounds
right
to
pull
an
application
based
on
that
kind
of
a
news.
We
have
ground
to
pull
an
application,
though,
if
you
said
you
didn't
want
them
cited
there
right
and
that's
that's.
That
gives
us
more
leverage
than
some
news
about
what.
B
So
I
know
we're
a
lot
of
people
want
to
speak
and
we
have
another
panel,
so
I
will
just
wrap
up
by
saying.
I
certainly
appreciate
your
testimony
and
again
everyone
that
is
here.
There
are
several
barriers,
as
you've
acknowledged
here,
that
my
ordinance
does
address
in
terms
of
moving
the
process
forward
with
a
what
I
think,
a
more
thoughtful
process
with
clear
criteria
and
really
helping
support
to
remove
some
of
the
barriers
that
we
we've
all
discussed
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
together
as
we
move
forward
to
get
this
this
passed
and
implemented.
M
A
Honest
and
you're
welcome
to
stick
around
so
our
third
panel
I'm
gonna,
have
a
third
panel
come
down
as
they're.
Getting
set
up.
I'm
gonna
try
to
weave
in
some
public
testimony.
So
if
Joseph
Gilmore,
Matt,
Allen,
Taba,
Moses
and
Richard
Moki
Harding
could
make
their
way
down
the
cross.
For
me,
I'm
gonna
take
some
public
testimony.
A
Tito
Jackson
looks
like
Sean
Burt,
leah,
daniels
and
john
napoli
that
we
can
kind
of
weave
in
some
quick
public
testimony
as
Joe
Gilmore,
Matt
Allen,
Taba,
Moses
and
Richard
hired
Richard
Moki
hiding
make
their
way
down
in
front
of
me.
While
my
colleague
Tito
Jackson,
you
have
the
floor
wherever
you're
most
comfortable
speaking,
you,
you
can
just
jump
right
in.
A
You
know
something
counsels
reaction
bump
over
to
that
one.
Just
because
I
we're
gonna
have
this
panel
of
four
is
gonna
come
down
and
that
way
there
you
can
take
your
time
and
the
public
testimony
is
gonna,
be
from
that
podium
right
there.
So
public
testimony
can
line
up
there.
The
panel
of
for
Joseph,
Gilmore,
Matt,
Allen
type
of
jump,
Taba,
Moses
and
Richard
mochi
Harding,
so
table
is
on
one
bookend
and
Richard
can
be
on
the
other,
formal
council,
éxito
Jackson.
You
had
the
floor.
S
Just
keep
talking
okey
doke,
we
didn't
have
this
new
technology
when
when
I
was
here,
I
want
to
thank
you.
Mister,
chair
and
I
also
want
to
thank
councillor
Janey
for
her
I
would
say
probably
best
in
the
nation
legislation
that
I've
seen.
I
think
this
is
some
of
the
most
progressive
legislation
that
I've
seen
in
the
country,
in
particular
with
the
component
of
taking
the
3%
of
funding
back
to.
Actually,
we
invest
in
the
community,
so
I
guess
my
I
guess.
The
mantra
here
has
to
be
dis.
S
S
So
listen,
let's
dig
in
I
think
it's
critical
that
councilor
Janie
brought
up
the
topic
of
actual
ownership,
because,
let's
understand
how
wealth
is
built
in
this
country
and
how
wealth
is
passed
on
is
in
this
country
is
through
business
real
estate
and
those
are
things
that
you
can
will
to
your
children
and
you
can't
will
a
job
to
any
of
your
children.
So
this
is
absolutely
about
actual
ownership
and
in
particular,
and
I
do
want
to
be
very
clear
here.
S
The
state
of
Massachusetts
was
clear
and
who
it
was
dissing
fortunately
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs.
Black
and
Latinos
in
the
state
of
Massachusetts
in
many
of
these
neighborhoods
were
disproportionately
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs.
The
ACLU
put
out
a
report
from
2008
when,
essentially,
possession
became
legal
to
2014.
If
you
were
black,
you
had
a
320
percent
higher
chance
of
being
arrested
for
possession
and
a
seven
hundred
and
ten
percent
higher
chance
of
being
arrested
for
distribution,
and
that
actually
answers
the
question.
S
Whether
or
not
people
of
color
know
how
to
run
a
cannabis
business,
and
so
this
often
and
that
becomes
issue
because
I
go
to
meetings
where
folks
are
you
know
with
large
companies
are
saying
that
people
we
don't
know
how
to
run
a
delivery
business.
We
don't
know
how
to
do
any
of
those
things.
I
can
get
on
my
phone
right
now
and
type
in
hashtag
who
got
the
gas
and
before
I'm
done
with
my
testimony,
I
could
have
whatever
I
wanted.
The
objective
now
has
to
be
how
we
open
the
doors
of
opportunity.
S
The
legislation
before
us
really
begins
that
process,
I,
believe
and
and
I
am
very
happy
to
hear
chief
Barrels
step
up
and
say
he
wanted
a
two-for-one
right.
We
won
UPS,
we
won
up
our
friends
and
in
Somerville
we
wanted
a
two-for-one,
that's
appropriate,
because
the
city
of
Boston
I
hear
the
word
minority.
That
is
an
incorrect
term
in
the
city
of
Boston.
People
of
color
are
the
majority
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
they
deserve
the
majority
of
the
licenses
and
they've.
S
The
couple
other
points
that
I
want
wanted
to
hit
is
when
you
restrict
the
space,
so
I
don't
I.
Actually
at
this
at
this
point,
I
don't
believe
that
we
have
enough
space
in
a
city
and
I
voted,
so
I
do
have
to
go
on
record.
We
voted
for
medical
so
for
there
to
be
a
buffer.
I.
Wasn't
here
for
the
recreational
vote,
but
I
have
looked
for
spaces
in
the
city
of
Boston.
S
There
are
126
Boston,
Public
Schools,
that's
not
including
charter
schools
or
or
parochial
schools,
and
if
we're
talking
about
a
half
a
mile
radius
and
in
between
it,
is
very,
very
difficult
for
that
to
actually
fly.
So
that
becomes
this
issue
of
buffer
becomes
issue.
We
should
be
using
what
Cambridge
is
gonna
do
one
of
the
Preferences
that
Cambridge
has?
Is
they
actually
allow
an
individual
who's
economic
empowerment
to
locate
inside
the
buffer
and
I?
Think
that
would
be
something
that
would
be
very
helpful
to
to
our
folks.
S
In
addition,
I
believe
part
of
that
three
percent
should
go
back
out
to
people
in
this
economic
empowerment
class
as
potentially
loans
from
the
city
of
Boston,
we're
already
outside
the
federal
law.
Let's
stay
all
the
way
outside
the
federal
law,
let's
take
those
revenues
and
and
and
put
them
forward
in
that
space.
I
would
also
note
when
this
this
issue
of
of
holding
a
property
I,
don't
know
anyone
who's,
not
paying
a
monthly
note
it.
S
So
the
longer
this
process
draws
out
you're,
paying
a
pretty
huge
percentage
of
your
rent
that
what
your
rent
is
going
to
be.
So
that's
not
including
your
lawyer,
that's
not
including
any
of
the
other
folks,
your
architect,
who
has
to
draw
the
space
I
draw
the
space
out
and
any
of
the
engineers
who
are
involved
and
that's
not
including
your
your
startup
costs,
and
so
that
is
another
critical
component.
S
I
do
have
to
note.
I
have
two
hats
on
I
am
an
owner
operator
as
soon
as
the
cannabis,
Control
Commission
blesses
our
companies,
our
nonprofit,
is
changing
into
a
for-profit.
At
that
point,
I
will
own
a
hundred
percent
of
the
equity
in
my
company,
and
so
I
have
also
partnered
with
a
company
to
actually
help
others
on
a
hundred
percent
of
their
company.
It's
a
program.
It's
called
the
tilt
inclusion
program.
S
We
will
put
out
over
twenty
million
dollars
into
the
marketplace
in
order
to
fund
folks,
but
but
even
if
you
have
that
money
in
the
City
of
Boston,
it's
still
almost
impossible
to
find
a
place.
So
even
if
you
actually
have
the
resources,
you
still
are
blocks
based
on
these,
these
buffer
zones
and
the
inability
to
find
property-
and,
let's
also
folks,
know
there-
is
a
cannabis
tax.
S
S
There
is
a
cannabis
tax
in
the
City
of
Boston,
which
actually
pushes
many
people,
in
particular
economic
empowerment,
individuals
out
of
the
marketplace,
and
what
I
would
note
to
my
colleagues,
my
former
colleagues,
if
you're
a
district
councillor
with
51,
there
will
be
at
least
seven
in
your
district
if
they
were
equitably
distributed
throughout
the
city.
I
heard
councillor
Baker
bring
up
this
issue
of
growing
I
just
have
to
know
that
a
tough
part
about
growing
is
the
capital
expenditure
and
the
front
end
is
very,
very
expensive.
S
It's
a
hundred
and
sixty
two
two
to
two
hundred
dollars
per
square
foot,
which
puts
a
5,000
square
foot
grow
at
between
800
and
a
million
dollars
just
to
get
to
get
open,
and
that's
actually
not
this.
That's
the
build-out,
that's
not
even
actually
operating,
and
so
again
those
funds
and,
by
the
way,
I've
done
a
little
calculation
for
the
City
of
Boston.
You
will
have
a
lot
of
money,
I
thought
about
it
as
a
million
dollars
per
store
and
three
percent
of
a
million
dollars
is
$30,000
at
fifty
fifty-one
stores.
S
That's
about
a
hundred
and
fifty
three
I'm
saying
1.5
three
million
per
month
and
that's
about
an
18
million
dollar
take
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
I.
Think
those
numbers
are
actually
low,
I
close
with.
If
we
do
nothing,
what's
the
definition
of
failure,
the
definition
of
failure
is
Denver.
Colorado
Denver
Colorado
has
750
stores
one
it's
black
cones
one
is
black
on.
If
we
stand
idly
by,
we
will
be
the
East
Coast
Denver
when
it
comes
to
to
these
issues.
S
If
we
do
nothing,
just
like
the
city
of
Boston,
we
have
half
a
percentage
of
our
city.
Contracts
go
to
people
of
color.
If
we
do
nothing
in
Boston,
Roxbury,
there's
18%
home
ownership,
unoccupied
home
ownership.
If
we
do
nothing,
we
will
continue.
Have
white
families
who
have
a
median
net
worth
of
two
hundred
and
forty
seven
thousand
dollars
versus
black
families,
with
a
median
net
worth
of
$8
and
Latino
family
Porto
Rican
families
with
the
median
net
worth
of
zero
dollars?
S
If
we
do
nothing,
the
most
interesting
data
that
came
out
of
Denver
is
that,
after
their
legalization,
there
was
a
50%
increase
in
arrests
of
black
people
for
sales
in
this
distribution
of
marijuana.
Why?
Because
they
don't
own,
they
are
not
included
in
the
business
and
so
therefore
they're
not
being
hired
by
the
businesses
that
we're
talking
about
when
women
owned
a
business.
Typically,
there
are
women
who
work
at
that
at
that
establishment
when
people
of
color
own
and
have
an
opportunity
to
be
in
those
businesses
they
have
that
that
opportunity.
S
S
Now
we
know
you
know
you
know
everybody
cuz
y'all
run.
You
know
everybody
Darrell
said
I
have
a
$10,000
check.
I
will
write
it
out
and
make
it
out
to
any
person
in
this
room
who
can
name
a
black
owned
business
that
does
I'm
sorry
1010
black-owned
businesses
that
that
does
two
million
dollars
in
top-line
revenue,
not
profit,
I,
don't
have
to
ten
thousand
dollars,
but
I
would
say
to
you:
I
can't
name
ten
businesses
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
that
are
black
owned
that
have
that
type
of
top-line
revenue.
S
The
cannabis
industry
gives
all
of
us
the
opportunity
to
change
that
reality.
I
have
an
eyes
a
ssin
and
working
with
the
program
that
has
you
know
double.
Has
twenty
million
dollars
to
do
that?
Help
us
do
that.
We
need
this
legislation,
we
need
this
moratorium
and
we
need
you
on
the
council
to
walk
in
your
power
to
open
the
doors
of
Economic
Opportunity,
not
only
for
those
who
have,
but
for
those
who
are
disproportionately
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
M
T
My
name
is
leah
daniels,
I'm,
a
Roxbury
resident
I'm,
a
veteran
as
you
can
see,
I
am
of
color
and
a
woman.
This
was
the
criteria
stated
for
the
state
of
Massachusetts
for
economic
empowerment.
Nevertheless,
I
still
stand
before
you
without
sight
control.
You
can't
move
anything
forward.
That
means
either
you're
gonna
buy
something
in
Boston.
Well,
you
have
to
already
own
something
in
Boston
or
your
family,
or
something
or
somewhere
or
somehow,
in
order
to
gain
sight
control.
When
you
do
that,
there's
still
this
long
period
of
time
as
mr.
T
T
The
why
we
sit
in
a
situation
right
now
in
the
city
of
Boston
is
because
we
don't
operate
from
a
transparent
perspective.
There's
not
an
overlay
map
for
zoning.
There's,
not
not.
You
don't
know
what
the
community
host
agreement
looks
like
who
has
one
when
they
got
it,
what
it
includes?
What
community
hosts
the
agreement?
I
mean
what
meetings
that
they
have
with
the
community:
nothing.
There
is
no
transparency
and
without
transparency,
there
will
never
be
any
trust,
because
all
that
means
is
I
can
walk
in
to
mr.
T
cooks
office,
because
I
used
to
be
oh
I,
know
someone
and
sit
down
with
her
and
have
a
conversation
with
her
directly,
but
me
and
other
person
on
the
other
end,
is
calling
and
calling
and
calling
and
never
getting
a
return
phone
call.
That
is
just
completely
unacceptable
for
the
capital
of
the
state
of
Massachusetts.
It's
just
ridiculous.
We
need
transparency
and
we
need
a
process
that
works
ineffective.
T
You
do
not
ask
a
barbershop
person
who's
going
to
get
their
barbers
license
to
have
sight
control
over
a
building
and
own
it
before
they
get
their
license
before
they
can
even
operate
and
cut
a
piece
of
hair.
It's
an
unacceptable
way
that
businesses
that
you're
expecting
cannabis
businesses
to
operate
that
you
do
not
expect
other
businesses
to
operate
under.
So
transparency
is
definitely
the
key
and
that's
the
way
that
we
build
trust.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
U
Jason
to
cook
all
camellias
well
Roxbury
resident,
so
a
couple
things
I
had
to
say
is:
according
to
what
Beryl
said,
had
issues
with
two
things
that
he
said.
The
first
thing
is
when
it
comes
to
economic
empowerment,
business
is
so
complicated.
He
wouldn't
say
that
to
a
white
man.
The
second
thing
is:
when
he's
talking
about
again
transparency
and
who
gets
chosen,
it's
all
we're
going
to
look
at
the
best
candidate.
V
Thank
you.
My
name
is
John
Napoli
I'm
a
long
time,
Dudley
square
Roxbury,
resident
I'm,
also
a
business
owner
Dudley
square
I
operates
a
Boston
Gardener,
which
is
a
store
that
supplies
material
and
equipment
to
the
cannabis
industry.
I'm
also
a
marijuana
dispensary
agent.
It
was
involved
with
the
second
dispensary
to
open
in
Massachusetts
down
in
Brockton
in
good
health
and
we've
had
nothing
but
positive
experiences
down.
There
I've
also
formed
an
economic
empowerment
entity
and
have
been
looking
to
license
up
here
in
Boston.
V
For
years
we
have
locations
locked
down
were
through
the
application
process
up
to
the
point
where
we've
been
rejected
by
ISD
and
now
we're
just
in
that
limbo
phase,
and
here
we
are
like
everyone
has
already
mentioned,
trying
to
hold
on
to
properties.
Pay.
Lawyers
pay
architects
and
we
are
going
through
an
indefinite
process
where
maybe
at
the
end
of
the
process,
we
have
a
license.
Maybe
we
don't
so
I,
don't
know
how
an
economic
empowerment
entity
is
supposed
to
shell
out
all
this
money
up
front
on
the
hopes
and
maybe
you'll
get
a
license.
V
These
buffer
zones
are
hypocritical,
they're,
counterproductive
and
they
prevent
economic
empowerment
applicants
from
being
able
to
open
a
business.
We
don't
have
the
these
buffer
zones
for
strip
clubs
for
Walgreens.
We
don't
have
them
for
liquor
stores.
Why,
in
the
world,
do
we
for
these
businesses?
And
you
know
you
don't
have
to
open
it
up
to
the
whole
world,
just
open
it
up
to
the
economic
empowerment
applicants
to
give
them
a
slight
leg
up.
There
are
people
who
are
of
this
community
that
should
be
welcomed
into
these
communities
without
having
to
go
jump
through.
V
As
you
know,
these
hoops
or
what
prevents
these
businesses
from
opening
so
I
would
finally
say
that
even
in
areas
of
disproportionate
impact,
I
would
get
rid
of
the
buffer
zone
for
the
schools.
They're
hypocritical,
they're,
preventing
people
from
getting
open
in
their
own
communities
I
have
a
spa
located
within
500
feet
of
a
school
in
a
commercial
district
in
Dudley
square.
That
is
a
strip
club
that
we
could
convert
into
a
cannabis,
store
and
I.
Think
everybody
in
the
community,
including
me
who's.
V
A
homeowner
would
like
to
see
that
strip
club
become
a
cannabis
store.
That
would
help
value
in
our
neighborhood
and
it
would
help
improve
Dudley
square
which
really
needs
improving,
but
we
can't
do
that
because
of
these
buffer
zone
regulations,
we
have
everything
else
in
place.
We
have
the
economic,
empowerment
team.
We
have
the
expertise.
V
We
have
everything
ready
to
go,
but
it's
the
regulations
that
this
city
has
created
that
prevent
us
from
opening
and
creating
a
better
business
environment
in
Dudley
square,
helping
communities
of
color
employ
people
of
within
the
community
and
help
those
people
gain
the
expertise
that
they
will
need
to
go
off
and
own
and
operate
their
own
businesses.
Thank
you
very
much.
W
X
One
thing,
though,
that
we
feel
like
it's
kind
of
stopping
us,
that's
in
this
legislation
that
we
think
by
removing
it
would
improve
it
as
a
couple
is
like
basically,
two
or
three
things
so
again,
like
I'm,
a
an
American
person,
I
qualify
them
we're
an
economic
empowerment
team,
but
currently
right
now
the
Act.
This
ordinance
has
language
that
has
a
criteria
for
the
city,
economic
empowerment,
kind
of
a
certification,
and
that
is
different
than
the
state
language.
X
And
so,
while
we
think
the
city
can
have
its
own
language,
it
should
include
also
the
state
people
that
are
certified
as
a
way
to
not
exclude
people,
because
currently,
as
it's
written,
we
would
be
blocked
out
of
like
moving
forward
for
the
next
two
years
and
we're
you
know.
I,
don't
think
that
is
the
intention
of
the
of
the
ordinance.
Another
thing
is
that
for
the
definition
of
a
marijuana
applicant
and
its
relation
to
51%
of
ownership,
I
know
right
now.
X
The
definition
of
applicant
is
a
group
in
that
the
part
of
it
is
that
if
an
applicant
shall
be
designated
as
an
equity
applicant,
if
at
least
51%
of
the
ownership
qualifies,
and
so
with
a
team,
how
does
that
work
to
people
fifty-one
percent?
So
we're
just
looking
for
more
clarification,
because
we
do
want
to
have
as
much
support
as
we
can
as
economic
empowerment
applicants
to
get
our
business
up
and
running.
We
are,
you
know,
basically
have
everything
in
line.
We
just
need
yeah.
X
W
If
I
may
just
touch
on
one
more
of
the
criteria
relating
to
past
convictions,
it
doesn't
include
and
I
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
words
thrown
around
that
frighten
people
who
don't
understand
drug
crimes.
For
instance,
I
was
tried
in
federal
court
in
the
state
of
Maine,
and
my
exact
charge
was
manufacturing
of
marijuana
plants
manufacturing
isn't
in
here,
I,
don't
know
if
manufacture.
W
A
You,
and
so
thank
you
for
your
testimony.
Thank
you
for
the
third
panel
for
obviously
a
patience.
We're
gonna,
stop
with
Joseph
Gilmore,
go
to
Matt,
Allen
and
I'll,
leave
it
to
Tiber
and
Richard
as
to
which
of
you
want
to
speak
first,
but
welcome,
and
if
you
can
state
your
name
and
affiliation
for
the
record.
That'd
be
great.
Y
Council
members,
my
name
is
Joel
Gilmore,
co-founder
and
community
outreach
director
for
the
Massachusetts
recreational
consumer
accounts
and
a
lifelong
resident
of
the
city
of
Boston
I
have
an
immediate
family
member
who
was
arrested
in
the
past
for
marijuana
and
I.
Have
many
friends
in
this
room
who
still
feel
the
impacts
of
Prohibition
and
I
just
want
to
thank
the
council
for
letting
me
speak
and
for
the
public
for
showing
up,
showing
support
and
making
your
voice
heard.
Y
My
comments
today
are
in
support
of
councilor
Janie's
ordinance
to
ensure
equity
in
Boston's
cannabis
industry,
while
mostly
out-of-state
cannabis,
our
while
mostly
out-of-state
and
politically-connected
cannabis
conglomerates
have
reached
received
host
community
agreements.
Disadvantaged
business
enterprises,
including
women,
veteran
LGBT
minority-owned
businesses
only
make
up
13%
of
those
who
applied
at
the
state
level.
According
to
the
latest
report
from
the
CCC
on
March
7th,
the
zero
economic
empowerment
applicants
have
made
it
entirely
through
the
licensing
process,
thus
far
the
economic
empowerment
applicants
that
I
know
can't
even
get
an
email
response
from
the
city.
Y
Meanwhile,
ten
host
community
agreements
have
been
signed
and
just
off
the
top
of
my
head
I
know,
businesses
I
know
one
business
wants
to
donate
1.5
million
dollars
to
the
social
equity
program,
but
he
can't
get
a
conversation
with
the
city,
so
it
seems
like
we're
in
a
scenario
similar
to
the
Fox
protecting
the
henhouse,
and
we
can
no
longer
stand
for
this.
The
proposed
two
to
one
ratio-
digital
overlay,
map,
oversight,
Commission
and
technical
assistance
and
training
fund
are
necessary
components
to
supporting
equity,
though
the
playing
field
is
still
heavily
unbalanced.
Y
So,
in
response
to
the
lack
of
participation
among
targeted
demographics,
coupled
with
the
fact
that
this
city
is
the
most
disproportionately
harm
community
across
the
state
in
terms
of
drug
arrests,
the
City
of
Boston
must
make
deliberate
efforts
to
both
recognize
and
fortify
at
access
to
this
industry
and
I
urged
and
I
urge.
My
representative
representative,
mr.
Frank
Baker
and
the
rest
of
the
City
Council
to
vote
YES
in
this
ordinance.
In
addition,
I
just
have
a
few
suggestions
that
could
be
considered
to
improve
the
ordinance
so
number
one.
Y
Y
Applicants
when
they're
supposed
to
have
priority
if
ignored
the
half-mile
buffer
zone
between
marijuana
establishments,
creates
a
pay-to-play
scenario
wherein,
due
to
the
limited
number
of
permitted
site
locations,
real
estate
is
accessible
to
the
wealthiest
operators
in
order
to
ensure
full
participation.
This
buffer
zone
should
not
apply
to
certified
at
Boston
equity
applicants
regarding
their
number
three
regarding
a
local
Boston
expungement
program
to
automatically
expunge
cannabis
convictions,
which
I
haven't
heard
much
discuss,
discussion
about
which
I
feel
is
very
important.
Y
Some
cities,
including
San
Francisco,
California
Newark,
New,
Jersey
Portland
Oregon,
are
calling
for
the
automatic
expungement
of
marijuana
crimes
to
the
use
of
new
technology.
The
program
created
by
Code
for
America
would
allow
District
Attorney's
to
use
new
technology
to
determine
eligibility
for
a
record
clearance
under
the
state
law
automatically
fill
out
the
required
forms
and
generate
a
complete
motion
in
PDF
format
and
the
District
Attorney's
Office
can
then
file
the
completed
motion
with
the
court,
so
I
believe
the
city
of
Boston
should
look
into
this
technology
and
implement
that
number.
Y
Four
considering
adding
cooperatively
owned
businesses
should
be
an
added
point
to
qualify
for
Boston
social
equity
program
in
Somerville,
which
isn't
even
a
disproportionately
harm
community.
They
agonized
the
importance
of
cooperatively,
owned
businesses
to
incentivize
communal
and
generational
wealth
as
an
alternative
option
for
local
residents
to
acquire
funding
and
access
to
ownership.
Incentives
for
community
owned
marijuana
establishments
should
be
a
priority
in
Boston
and
the
last
one
number
five
I
believe
that
there
should
be
shelf
space
for
equity
applicants
in
the
retail
dispensaries.
Y
Retail
dispensaries
operating
in
the
city
of
Boston
should
require
51%
of
more
products
sourced
from
equity
certified
applicants.
This
would
help
incentivize
more
accelerator
and
incubator
programs
to
mentor
equity
applicants
and
reduce
barriers
to
entry,
while
getting
local
products
in
dispensaries
and
I'd
like
to
close
with
I,
just
like
to
implore
the
City
Council
to
consider
these
suggestions
to
bolster
opportunities
for
those
have
been
historically
disenfranchised.
Y
B
Z
Z
Z
Studies
from
the
LA
Police
Department
from
ten
UCLA
date,
a
2012
2014
study
by
university
of
colorado,
2016
meta
study,
the
one
in
colorado
on
that
residents
do
not
perceive
a
dispensary
as
an
undesirable
use
of
a
storefront,
and
in
fact
these
dispensaries
have
a
positive
impact
in
the
neighborhood
in
terms
of
reducing
crime.
So
we've
also
seen
in
Colorado
and
in
Massachusetts
as
councillor
Jeannie
pointed
out.
Z
Dispensaries,
don't
increase
access
to
marijuana,
especially
by
youth,
but
but
decrease
it
by
undermining
the
illicit
market
and
there's
data
on
Colorado
that
has
shown
that
youth
rates
of
marijuana
use
have
steadily
declined.
Since
medical
marijuana
was
legalized
there.
So
I'm
heartened
to
hear
the
the
city
mentioned
that
they
could
play
a
role
in
helping
educate
communities.
Z
As
these
discussions
take
place
because
you
know
I
understand
the
the
vmn
see
that
we
see
the
vehement
reactions
we've
seen
in
some
of
these
community
meetings
and
the
need
for
the
council
to
address
these
concerns
from
coming
from
community
members.
But
I
completely
agree
that
a
lot
of
those
concerns
are
not
have
not
come
to
pass,
and
it
might
be
time,
therefore,
to
revisit
this
buffer
zone,
which,
as
we've
heard,
is
really
creating
a
barrier
to
equity
entrepreneurs.
Z
You
know
only
twenty
four
percent
of
the
of
the
population
I
think
that's
a
clear
indicator
that
we've
not
only
have
had
but
continued
to
have
a
disparities
enforcement
to
indicate
the
need
for
this
kind
of
program.
So
I
want
to
thank
councillor
Janey
for
bringing
this
forward
and
I
think
we
do
have
a
chance
to
lead
the
nation
here
in
Massachusetts,
the
law
itself
was
silent
on
municipalities,
putting
in
place
this
kind
of
equity
program,
but
the
cannabis
Control
Commission
has
offered
an
advise
advisory
position
paper.
Z
The
encourages
municipalities
to
put
in
these
kind
of
programs,
one
of
the
things
that
they
emphasize
is
that
makes
sense
to
have
this
ratio
of
approving
equity
applicants
and
knock
on
equity
applicants
and
I
would
echo
what
we
heard
before
that,
while
the
state
recommends
a
one
to
one
ratio,
why
not
go
to
two
or
three
or
four?
If
the
there's
enough
entrepreneurs
there
to
fill
that
need,
it's
also
crucial
that
these
companies
have
technical
assistance.
Z
You
know
it
takes
a
lot
of
resources
to
navigate
the
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals,
these
community
processes
to
get
consultants.
You
know
who
can
put
together
these
applications.
The
big
well
money
conglomerates
to
come
in
from
out
of
state
hire
consultants.
All
you
do
all
this,
and
a
lot
of
these
opportunities
are
doing
it
on
their
own
filling
out.
The
application
itself
can
be
difficult.
Z
You've
got
to
be
very
clear
on
different
security
protocols
and
technical
aspects
of
growing
that,
even
if
someone
has
the
expertise
expressing
that
an
application
would
be
very
difficult,
but
I
also
want
to
emphasize
that
you
don't
look
at
what
form
councillor
Jackson
said
about
what
is
failure.
We've
seen
that
not
just
in
Colorado,
but
in
Maryland,
where
they
put
together.
Z
They
put
in
place
a
program
that
was
meant
to
advantage
equity
applicants,
but
there
was
no
funding
to
back
up
that
promise
and
therefore
we
ended
up
with
the
same
kind
of
thing
in
Denver,
so
we
not
only
need
technical
assistance
but
really
business
loans
that
are
available
to
these.
These
entrepreneurs,
so
I
think
that
that
tax
revenue
of
3%
would
be
a
good
source
of
funds
to
promote
these
loans.
That
would
help
people
navigate
the
process.
Z
Just
one
final
point
I
want
to
make
is
that
you
know
commenting
on
what
what
mr.
birthday
said.
I
think
it
makes
sense
to
ensure
that
any
requirements
here
at
the
state
level
City
level
are
not
more
restrictive
than
the
economic
and
polymer
or
the
equity
program
at
the
state
level.
That
includes
ensuring
that
all
marijuana
crimes
are.
Z
What's
put
in
place
by
the
proponents
of
the
drug
war
to
justify
going
after
small
dealers
and
even
people
who
are
just
using
drugs
for
personal
use
because
they
have
a
sudden
seduce
disorder
or
because
they're
just
using
recreationally
and
don't
have
a
disorder
and
cast
them
as
sort
of
big
drug
kingpins
to
justify
you
know
putting
more
money
into
law
enforcement
and
more
convictions.
But
if
you
look
at,
for
instance,
what
the
limit
for
trafficking
is
of
a
Class
B
drug,
which
includes
cocaine,
it's
18
grams.
AA
Z
E
Z
My
point
is
that
we're
not
talking
about
people
who
are
nesting
does
not
necessarily
mean
that
we're
talking
about
you
who
are
crossing
state
lines
who
are
fueling.
You
know
working
with
drug
cartels,
filling
747s
are
really
fueling.
This
epidemic
and
I.
Take
your
point
about
my
mouth
and
18
grams.
Being
wrong.
Z
I
will
have
to
what
I
want
to
check
is
not
the
math,
but
the
statute,
because
I
have
looked
at
this
before
and
I
think
there
are
some
levels
of
up
trafficking
that
really
do
constitute
personal
use
and
I
would
look
forward
to
responding
directly
to
you
councillor
Baker,
to
clarify
that.
Thank
you.
Any
final.
B
AB
Hi,
are
you
doing
councillor
Jenny
thanks
for
having
us?
My
name
is
Taba
Moses
CEO,
owner
of
green
soil
organics.
We
are
an
empowerment,
applicant
group.
We
positioned
ourselves
to
hopefully
be
the
first
seed
to
sell
black
owned
company
on
the
East
Coast.
We
have
a
cultivation
agreement
on
my
host
agreement
with
Fitchburg
for
cultivation.
AB
AB
If
you
really
look
at
what's
been
going
on
the
opportunity
for
generational
wealth
of
people
of
color,
the
big
question
there
for
me
is
what
the
cannabis
industry
means
for
the
community
and
for
people
of
color
that
have
been
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs.
I
think
councillor,
Cheney's
proposal
is
extremely
important
for
community
and
it
speaks
to
the
need
to
create
a
platform
which
will
ensure
that
we
end
up
with
real
skin
in
the
game.
The
issue
of
economic
access
for
people
of
color
is
just
as
important
today
as
the
right
to
access.
AB
Public
accommodations
were
for
people
of
color
back
in
the
60s.
When
you
look
at
the
process
from
the
standpoint
of
equity,
there
are
some
real
stumbling
blocks
here
and
what
I
did
was
put
together
a
list
of
barriers
that
we
went
through
going
through
this
process
and
I'd
like
to
share
that
with
you
guys:
barriers
for
pre-application
right,
so
pre-application,
barriers
to
entry,
understanding
how
to
navigate
CCC
web
portal
and
getting
the
right
answers
to
questions
you
might
have
about
your
license
and
what
you're
interested
in
applying
for
one
to
economic
discrimination.
AB
Three
forming
your
company
on
paper
for
understanding
corporate
structure,
five
hearing
the
right
hiring
the
right
legal
team,
general
counsel,
cannabis
attorney,
the
Zoning
attorney
corporate
attorney
real
estate
attorney.
These
are
all
people
that
you
need
in
order
to
move
forward
with
this
process
or
finding
someone
that
can
do
it
all,
which
is
likely
impossible.
AB
Six
competing
with
commercial
Realtors
competing
with
big
business
for
space,
overcoming
the
half
mile
distance
rule
between
yourself
and
an
existing
location,
finding
landlords
that
will
do
business
with
you
finding
a
lawyer
that
can
represent
you
without
being
in
conflict
of
interests.
Executing
an
LOI
and
negotiating
lease
terms:
that's
before
you
even
get
to
the
point
where
you're
going
through
the
license
process.
So
we
went
over
all
those
hurdles
and
then
we
got
to
our
second
barrier
of
entry,
which
was
identifying
the
location
right.
It's
one
of
the
hardest
things
to
do
so.
AB
I
spent
about
a
year
calling
people
and
when
I
realized
that
all
the
commercial
realtor's
who
were
representing
big
business
didn't
have
my
best
interest.
I
began,
calling
landlords
I
began
doing
my
research,
fine
well,
who
actually
owns
the
property
and
having
conversations
with
them.
Those
barriers
here,
creating
a
detailed
business
plan.
I,
don't
think
people
understand
how
hard
it
is
to
put
that
together,
developing
a
marketing
plan.
AB
Now,
where
we
did
our,
we
filed
our
application
and
we're
waiting
for
our
rejection
letter
and
then
moving
forward.
I
thought
about
all
the
barriers
to
success
that
people
have
to
look
at
in
order
to
be
a
successful
business.
Once
you
get
the
license
to
open,
so
what
I
have
here?
Securing
the
right
amount
of
financing
so
that
you
can
operate
at
full
capacity
getting
past
the
learning
curve,
opening
up
a
bank
account
for
your
company,
there's
only
one
or
two
banks
that
allow
you
to
open
up
right.
AB
So,
even
if
we
have
a
license,
where
do
we
go?
What's
the
process
for
being
introduced
to
the
president
of
the
Bank
or
whoever
is
going
to
allow
you
to
open
up
a
bank
account?
And
what's
that
conversation?
Look
like
implementing
workforce
development
and
staff
training
programs?
Just
because
we
have
a
license?
It
doesn't
mean
that
we
know
how
to
operate
the
business
and
conform
with
whatever
the
state
regulations
are.
AB
So
one
of
the
biggest
things
is
making
sure
that
people
who
have
employment
applications
that
are
filed
are
being
set
up
for
failure
forming
key
partnerships
with
brands,
people
and
companies
in
the
cannabis
industry
working
in
forming
relationships
with
ancillary
businesses
and
companies
that
provide
services.
You
might
need
to
run
your
business
at
the
local
level
sourcing
product
wholesale
agreements
that
ensure
your
shows
they
stock
and
that
your
retail
locations
will
have
a
chance
to
be
profitable.
I
think
that's
a
huge
concern.
I
think
there
is.
There
has
to
be
choice.
AB
We
have
to
create
opportunity
structures
that
allow
people
who
end
up
with
retail
to
negotiate
good
deals
so
that
they're
not
stuck
right
just
because
you
have
a
license.
You
have
a
retail.
You
still
got
to
figure
out
where
you're
getting
your
product
from
how
much
it
gonna
pay
for
that,
and
what
does
that
actually
mean
for
your
business
understanding
and
understanding
and
implementing
best
practices
and
then
finally
identifying
how
to
operate?
AB
That
POS
system,
which
fully
integrates
with
metrics
state
mandated
adult
tracking
system
and
complements
your
efficient
efficiency,
retail
model
and
customer
flow,
then
understanding
the
intricacies
of
running
your
business
so
that
you
are
always
prepared
for
city
and
state
regulatory
inspections
and
audits
in
order
to
avoid
potential
citations
of
being
shut
down.
So
these
are
the
things
that
I've
come
up
with
and
what
I've
actually
been
living
through
with
my
group.
AB
M
AC
And
I
think
table
spoke
about
a
lot
of
the
things.
I
think
there
are
other
people
here,
mister
Jackson
and
other
people
who
hit
some
very
key
points.
I.
Think,
though,
and
I
want
to
thank
you,
I'm
cultural
journey
for
your
ordinance.
I
would
just
say
this
that
you
asked
the
most
profound
question
in
the
room
today,
who
will
benefit
and
I
think
the
precedent
has
been
said:
I
think
that
the
people
who
benefit
will
be
rich
guys
from
Nevada
California,
New,
York
and
Colorado.
The
precedent
is
set,
we
know
who'll
benefit.
AC
If
we
don't
do
this
right
and
I
think
that,
quite
frankly,
they're
waiting
for
the
big
guys
are
waiting
for
you
all
here
at
the
City
Council
to
blink
their
for
you
to
just
acquiesce
to
what
happened
all
across
the
country
and
allow
the
conglomerates
to
rule
the
day,
and
so
what
we've
been
trying
to
do
with
our
group
is
just
to
do
it
the
right
way.
We've
taken
our
time,
we've
been
methodical
about
putting
our
group
together
a
diversity
Israel.
If
you
look
at
us,
we
are
who
we
say
we
are.
AC
We
think
that,
like
any
other
emerging
industry,
that's
new,
you
have
to
have
skilled
workers
that
are
ready
to
hit
the
ground
running.
We've
learned
from
our
friends
in
Cambridge
in
the
most
innovative
Square,
where
square-mile
in
the
world
in
Kendall
Square
that
residents
are
shut
out
from
the
googles
and
the
Microsoft's
and
all
of
the
bio
and
life
sciences.
This
is
a
fact,
so
we
don't
need
to
think
about
what
might
happen
if
we
fail.
AC
The
war
on
drugs
has
been
destructive
to
many,
and
we
think
that
our
model
with
Green
soul
and
the
job
training
of
a
highly
skilled
workforce
will
be
helpful
to
train
anybody
who
wants
to
be
a
budtender,
a
cultivator
all
the
way
up
to
the
executive
place
in
this
industry.
Lastly,
I'd
say:
I
think
that
Boston
is,
it
can
be
a
leader.
Quite
frankly,
I
think
this
Herrin
today
has
shown
that
Boston
has
the
capability
to
lead.
I
know
that
you
know
our
friends
in
Somerville.
AC
You
know
they
put
it
together
for
what
works
for
them,
but
I
really
think
that
this
industry
in
Boston
will
be
tailored
by
you.
You
have
to
make
sure
that
it
works
for
the
residents
that
you
support
and
we
hope
to
be
a
part
of
that
emerging
the
tree
and
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation.
Thank
you.
Thank.
M
Z
E
E
B
C
Z
B
Z
There's
no
doubt
that
you
know
when
we
looked
at
the
FBI
data,
the
counselor
Jackson
society
that
have
found
that
black
people
are
more
than
three
times
more
likely
than
whites
to
be
prosecuted,
arrested
for
possession
and
seven
times
for
distribution.
That
data
only
categorize
people
in
terms
of
black
or
white.
Because
of
how
the
records
that
the
FBI
keeps
are
categorized.
So
I
think
that
if
we
were
to
include
next
people
and
other
demographics,
you
probably
would
see
those
numbers
actually
go
up.
Higher
and.
B
Final
question
for
this
panel
cuz
I
know:
we've
got
a
lot
of
folks
who,
who
want
to
speak
I'm
interested
in
the
operators.
What
your
experience
has
been
with
the
city.
You
cited
all
of
the
things
that
you
have
to
kind
of
get
in
order
to
move
through
a
process
to
open
up
really
any
business,
because
starting
a
business
is
not
an
easy
thing.
But
if
you
could
speak
to
how
the
city's
process
could
be
improved
in
terms
of
your
own
personal
experience,
moving
through
the
system.
AC
Tremely
difficult
to
be
able
to
secure
sites
and
secure
a
the
landlord
or
someone
who
is
invested
in
the
project
without
being
taken
over
the
barrel.
Quite
frankly,
there
are
people
in
this
business
now
who
are
just
going
around
just
buying
up
sites
and
in
locking
down
sites,
and
so
that's
one
big
barrier.
I
think
that
it's
also
very
very
hard
to
really
understand
all
that's
going
on,
meaning
that
the
process
has
to
be
a
little
bit
clean.
AC
AB
Definitely
so,
from
my
point
of
view
on
my
perspective,
I
think
if
the
city
can
help
landlords
create
some
sort
of
opportunity
structure
which
will
incentivize
them
to
rent
to
empowerment,
applicants,
that's
the
beginning
of
what
needs
to
happen
to
allow
people
to
actually
find
a
place
and
then
begin
to
move
forward
with
the
process.
I.
Think
after
someone
finds
a
place,
there
has
to
be
some
sort
of
technical
assistance
program
that
helps
people
say
look
even
though
you
just
applied
with
the
CCC
right.
There's
all
these
things
that
you
need
help
with.
AB
So
when
people
get
locked
up
on
the
street
right,
you
get
a
public
defender.
However
much
they
get
cost,
you
get
a
list
of
lawyers
and
they
say
we're
gonna
help
you
right.
If
the
city
has
a
list
of
lawyers
that
say,
look
we're
dedicated
to
serving
these
big
businesses,
but
we're
also
going
to
put
timing
right.
We're
gonna
a
lot
of
time,
and
maybe
the
city
will
reimburse
us
for
our
time
to
actually
help
people
walk
through
the
process.
AB
I
think
that's
the
biggest
hurdle,
so
you
say
everybody
applies
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
there's
a
huge
drop-off
right,
so
that
drop-off
is
understanding
what
the
next
phase
of
the
process
is
and
being
able
to
organize
a
team
that
can
actually
help
you
push
forward.
No
one's
gonna
open
up
a
business
on
their
own
right
and
if
you
can't
create
a
team,
that's
gonna
help
you
get
to
those
next
steps.
AB
They
don't
want
the
half
mile
zone,
nobody
wants
competition
right,
I,
think
there's
enough
money
in
this
business
for
everybody
and
then,
when
you
look
at
places
with
his
high
traffic
right.
So
if
you
can
identify
the
North
End,
you
can
identify
Fenway.
You
can
identify
some
places
in
South
End.
You
can
say
that
there's
enough
money
in
those
communities
and
enough
foot
traffic
to
support
more
than
one
business.
So
if
you
say,
there's
gonna
be
one
big
business
that
comes
in
and
gets
it
right.
AB
Why
not
say
we're
gonna
save
a
slot
right
for
an
empowerment
applicant
in
that
area.
He'll
still
have
to
find
a
location.
But
if
you
incentivize
landlords
and
say
you
know
what
we're
gonna
have
an
empowerment
applicant,
that's
gonna
have
a
slot.
We
don't
know
who
he
is
right,
who
he
or
she
is,
but
we're
gonna
have
a
slot
for
them
and
help
them
move
through
that
process.
I
think
you
can
begin
to
even
out
the
playing
field.
I.
AC
Remind
people
that
this
is
gonna
happen,
I
think
we've
been
in
so
many
conversations
where
people
just
think
this
isn't
gonna
happen.
The
clock
is
gonna,
be
turned
back,
I
think
if
the
city
can
remind
people
that
not
only
was
this
voted,
but
it
has
arrived,
I
think
it
could
change
the
game.
Sometimes
you
go
to
these
meetings
of
people.
You
will
say
to
us.
They've
said
to
us:
why
don't
you
go
to
Prudential?
You
should
go
to
Mattapan.
AC
M
A
A
So
if
I
can
ask
folks
to
be
as
succinct
as
possible,
30
seconds
to
a
minute
would
be
would
be
respected
by
the
chair,
but
we
do
have
a
hard
stop
at
1:30,
so
to
be
inclusive
of
as
much
testimony
as
we
can
so
I'm,
just
gonna
folks,
Thep
right
up
to
the
mic
and
just
identify
yourself
and
any
affiliation.
I'm
gonna
check
you
off
thing.
I.
AD
Why
aren't
we
leaning
more
upon
Harvard,
UMass
Northeast
and
you
name
it
to
get
involved
and
give
back
to
our
community?
They
came
into
our
community
they've
taken
our
housing,
give
back
something
to
us,
whether
it's
interns,
whatever
they
could
help
us
out
in
big
ways
and
I
think
that
as
city
officials
go
forward,
they
should
really
think
about
engaging
with
these
schools
and
the
lam
use.
Thank
you.
I'm.
AE
Nutrient
I'm
nominee
canned
I'm,
representing
those
cooperative
same
thing,
I'm
here
to
hope
in
hopes
that
you
guys
will
prioritize
cooperatives
and
small
businesses,
but
micro
by
prioritizing
cooperatives.
It
gives
an
opportunity
for
multiple
people
to
come
under
one
license
in
the
owners
of
a
business
and
start
up
their
own
business.
AE
It's
a
real
economic
growth
for
the
mass
of
people
in
the
community,
so
I'm
really
just
pushing
for
prioritization
of
cooperatives
and,
like
my
mom
said
about
building
a
relationships
with
the
colleges
were
out
here,
as
advocates
doing
this
on
our
own
and
partnering
with
certain
people.
But
if
you
guys
build
that
relationship
with
bu
or
north
eastern
whatever,
and
set
up
a
thing
where
it's
our
internship
and
maybe
then
later
turns
on
to
a
full
job
and
their
part,
and
if
it's
a
co-op,
then
they
could
be
become
an
owner
of
that
too.
A
AF
You
for
the
time
my
name
is
Harry
Jones
Jacque
I
grew
up
it.
I
grew
up
in
a
resident
of
Boston.
I
have
a
record.
In
fact,
councillor
Flynn
used
to
be
my
probation
officer.
I
want
to
talk
to
you
briefly
about
why
people
like
me
are
locked
out
of
the
billion
dollar
green
rush
after
getting
involved
with
the
process,
because
my
brother
is
economic
applicant,
he
was
rejected.
AF
I
decided
to
pursue
the
ancillary
market
industry
through
making
my
own
media
company
dark
matters
media
as
a
former
local
union
carpenter
for
the
city
of
Boston
I've.
Never
personally
seen
many
contractors
order
to
black
and
brown
people
I
think
we
could
fix
a
huge
problem
in
equity.
Everything
you're
talking
about
right
now
by
getting
black
and
brown
people
who've
been
affected
by
the
drug
war,
who
have
felonies
automatically
get
those
contracts.
Do
the
ancillary
infrastructure.
Another
thing
would
be:
education,
I
hear
a
lot
of
people
being
misinformed.
I'm,
taking
upon
myself
with
the
people.
AF
AG
Hi,
my
name
is
Enid
Pope
and
I
live
in
Boston
I'm,
a
resident
of
Bay,
Village
and
I'm
speaking
up
as
the
economic
empowerment,
applicant
I
was
one
of
the
120
people
who
were
approved
and
I've
went
through
the
strenuous
process
of
trying
to
submit
an
application
and
respond
to
the
questions
that
the
Commission
had
for
me.
I
wanted
to
just
reiterate
some
of
the
points
that
were
mentioned
by
the
gentleman
from
Prince
Lobell,
and
that
is
the
whole
economic
priority
applicants.
There's
somewhat.
AG
You
know
missing
from
the
ordinance.
There
is
a
mention
of
them
the
criteria
section
where
it
does
state
to
identify
yourself
as
an
economic,
empowerment
applicant.
However,
there
is
no
other
mention
elsewhere
in
the
ordinance
and
so
I
do
feel.
Like
economic
empowerment,
applicants
should
be
added,
as
well
as
to
the
same
category
of
equity,
program,
applicants,
and
so
that's
weighted
at
20%.
So
I
think
that
should
be
added.
AG
I
also
feel
like
yeah
I
feel
like
it
should
be
weighted
at
20%
and
I
also
feel
like
the
application
requirements
where
it
states
whether
or
not
the
applicant
is
a
designation
that
should
be
recognized
as
well.
Economic
empowerment
applicants
are
the
only
applicants
that
are
required
to
hire
Cori's
and
also
70
have
75%
of
the
part
of
the
employee
and
staff
from
disproportionately
impacted
areas
and
based
on
the
way
the
program
is
written.
AG
Those
who
go
through
the
Boston
equity
program
will
be
general
applicants
and
they
will
not
have
the
same
requirements
so
I'm
just
encouraging
you
guys
to
factor
in
these
economic
empowerment.
Applicants
also
incorporate
them
more
into
your
language
and
also
have
them
weighted
at
the
same
20%
as
Boston
equity
applicants.
G
My
name
is
Desiree
I'm
from
Roxbury
and
I'm,
just
gonna
cut
it
short
by
half
I
want
to
just
let
people
know
that
most
of
the
people
that
have
agreements
negotiated
by
the
city
to
this
day,
some
of
the
members
of
the
CBA
sitting
on
the
boards
of
these
same
companies
perpetuate
the
notion
that
only
city
insiders
have
the
chance
to
successfully
open
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Surely
we
know
they
can
abstain
from
voting
on
their
own
interest,
but
is?
Is
this
really
enough?
G
How
can
the
normal
person
compete
with
that
to
address
the
concerns?
I
propose
that
the
City
Council
take
control
of
any
licensing
decision
from
the
mayor's
office
and
into
the
control
of
the
City
Council.
A
body
of
12
elected
officials
is
properly
suited
to
determine
what's
best
for
the
communities
they
serve.
For
these
reasons,
I
support
Kim
Janie's
proposal,
particularly
the
moratorium
for
big
business
from
out
of
state
who
stand
to
exploit
the
pool
the
most
fruitful
years
of
this
emerging
industry
years.
G
One
through
five
I
also
proposed
a
comment:
hcas
re-examined
until
further
participation
by
people
who
are
mandated
by
the
state
law
to
have
full
participation
is
matched
at
a
ratio
one
to
one.
This
would
reaffirm
the
city's
commitment
to
creating
a
system
of
inclusion.
The
law
was
intended
to
promote
I,
also
support
Boston,
creating
its
own
economic
empowerment
program
to
serve
the
city
of
Boston.
It
isn't
enough
to
only
have
an
equity
program
on
a
state
level.
A
AH
Hello
good
morning,
my
name's
CSM,
more
I'm,
an
economic
empowerment,
applicant
I've,
been
I'm
going
ahead
and
trying
to
get
licensed
here
for
years.
I
just
had
a
few
things
to
say.
Definitely
the
half
mile
buffer
rule
must
go
for
economic
empowerment
applicants.
The
other
thing
I
have
to
bring
up
here
is
this.
The
third
year,
the
third
year
we've
seen
this
office
of
small
business
development.
Come
here,
do
the
same
own
two-step
hotshoe
not
have
no
accountability
of
obligations
and
responsibilities
to
anything.
AH
We've
all
been
waiting
for
these
folks
to
get
in
to
get
you
know
in
gear
and
I've
been
coming
to
these
folks
for
years,
and
if
you
won't
be
able
to
be
encouraged
to
start
businesses
in
the
city
of
Boston,
why
don't
you
start
with
this
small
business
development
office?
Who
really
hasn't
done
anything?
They
have
not
been
living
up
to
what
the
department
is
supposed
to
be
doing,
and
so
this
was
really
a
shame
right
here.
This
is
a
third
year
in
a
row.
They've
come
and
done.
AH
AI
Didn't
want
to
take
it
you
some
some
of
the
description
of
the
criteria
set
for
judging
competing
proposals
and
I
think
I
heard
one
of
the
speakers
say
that
they
only
consider
citing
and
I
believe
parking
and
traffic
concerns.
However,
I
do
remember
on
December
4th
meeting
that
the
criteria
was
actually
supported
so
supposed
to
be
exciting.
Parking
concerns,
traffic,
community
feedback,
equity,
designation
and
also
a
diverse
applicant
team
and
I.
AI
AI
Maybe
possibly,
there
had
been
more
criteria
that
that
were
forgotten,
but
I
hope
that
they
weren't,
because
that
is
very
critical
to
our
movement
through
the
process
and
II
have
been
waiting
since
May
of
last
year,
and
we
just
recently
had
our
outreach
meeting.
So
Jonah
said
we
are
economic,
empowerment,
applicant
and
we
were
among
the
first
to
submit
our
application
so
I'm,
hoping
that
the
change
the
rule
have
not
been
changed
since
then,
and
very.
P
P
P
AJ
I
would
like
to
bring
attention
to
the
opportunity
for
employing
residents
from
these
areas,
particularly
those
that
were
arrested
in
or
cost
but
incarcerated
for
cannabis.
In
my
view,
they
are
the
most
qualified
applicants
that
I
would
be
looking
to
hire.
Therefore,
I
would
request
to
the
council
panel
members
that
a
program
be
implemented
for
networking
and
resources
available,
qualified
applicants
and
employers.
Looking
to
our
participation.
Thank
you.
A
I
AA
Name
is
Reggie
Stewart
I'm,
a
Dorchester
resident
I
support
the
ordinance
and
part
with
a
few
caveats
in
terms
of
the
cannabis
board.
Instead
of
three
members
from
the
mayor
and
two
from
the
council,
they
think
it
should
be
three
from
the
council
two
from
the
mayor
and
one
of
those
from
the
council
do
not
have
to
be
approved
by
the
mayor.
I
I
think
it
should
be
a
little
closer
to
us
in
terms
of
you
all
being
more
accountable
to
us.
AA
I
think
the
mayor's
a
little
too
far
away
I
think
needs
to
be
closer
to
the
people.
The
equity
applicant
services
I,
see
where
you
say
it
may
include
I
think
it
must
include,
especially
if
we're
talking
about
capital,
because
if
we're
talking
about
african-americans
Latinos-
but
you
know,
we've
seen
the
numbers
on
that
worth.
Capital
has
to
be
a
part
of
that
I.
AA
Think
in
terms
of
the
criteria,
more
should
be
weighted
towards
the
equity
applicant
and
also
towards
the
ownership
structure,
more
cooperatives
for
those
whether
their
equity
applicants
are
not
those
that
they
hire
part
of
the
benefits
package
should
be
some
sort
of
a
profit
sharing
which
goes
to
the
ownership
question
to
benefit
our
communities.
But
that's
all
I
got
to
say
so
far.
My.
AK
Name
is
Gabe
Salazar,
the
founder
of
we
can
deliver
and
I'm
saying
here
to
say
that
this
opportunity
is
only
for
us.
It's
for
our
families,
for
our
community
I've
seen
firsthand
firsthand
how
being
a
positive
beacon
of
light
through
living.
What
we
consider
success
can
influence
our
community
when
I
was
younger.
I
was
in
the
streets,
my
community,
we
see
me
being
flying
flashy.
They
wanted
to
be
like
me,
so
some
of
them
chose
to
it
took
a
lot
for
my
life
to
change.
AK
I
got
stabbed
in
my
head
three
times
shot
at
almost
went
to
jail
while
at
the
same
time
having
a
son
and
getting
married.
That's
when
I
realized
I
needed
to
do
better,
and
now
that
this
has
become
legal
I
can't
do
better.
I
changed
my
surrounding
around
I
surrounded
myself
around
mentors,
I
changed
my
environments
and
that
helped
me
not
only
value
myself.
However,
I
show
that
by
valuing
myself,
I
can
uplift
others.
AK
Now
everyone
in
my
community
has
that
opportunity,
though
they
witnessed
the
change
with
this
economic
and
social
empowerment,
and
they
can
witness
people
like
me,
being
successful
and
starting
a
business
and
given
positive
impact
to
the
community.
So
in
turn
they
can
do
the
same.
These
big
companies
aren't
us
they're,
not
the
community
at
large.
We
are
allow
us
to
be
those
beacon
of
lights
and
allow
us
and
I
look
forward
to
being
of
service
to
the
city
of
Boston.
M
AL
We're
a
coalition
that
was
formed
approximately
a
month
month
and
a
half
ago
and
have
been
working
together
to
address
issues
affecting
equity
applicants.
We
include
represent
representation
from
many
individuals
and
small
businesses
that
are
that
were
impacted
by
the
one
more
on
drugs.
We're.
Our
big
concern
is
that
many
of
our
members
are
economic
empowerment
applicants.
We
were
the
very
first
businesses
approved
for
priority
review
by
the
cannabis
Control
Commission
nearly
a
year
ago,
but
we
become
painfully
aware
of
this
priority.
Review
status
is
meaningless
unless
local
municipalities
prioritize
equity.
AL
H
So
we
have
a
signature
page
that
we're
going
to
hand
to
you
at
the
end
and
also
something
that
Kim
that
you
might
think
about
is
if,
if
we
can
have
a
provisional
license
so
say
we
meet
certain
criterias,
say
people
who
have
economic
empowerment,
applicants
or
our
social
equity.
You
know,
maybe
economic
empowerment
applicants
have
a
provisional
license
that
they
can
start
with
to
help
get
funding
to
start
and
operate
to
cover
some
of
the
costs
that's
associated
with
with
starting
up
so
so.
AM
Jason
Kramer
representing
greener
side,
Holdings
economic
empower.
Excuse
me,
economic
empowerment,
applicant
we're
both
Boston
natives,
South,
End
and
Roxbury.
We
want
to
go
on
record
of
supporting
the
reduction
or
elimination
of
a
buffer
zone.
I
know
that
there's
the
ordinance
as
limited
capacity
to
do
that.
We
also
want
to
encourage
the
discussion
on
how
the
buffer
zones
Mahna
can
create
monopolies.
AM
The
comment
that
was
made
before
so
I
want
to
go
on
record
of
supporting
that,
but
the
most
important
thing
I
think,
is
to
align
what
the
zoning
process
is
with
the
city's
process,
because
in
on
chief
act
on
mr.
barrows
as
panel
I
think
there
were
some
I
can
provide
some
written
comment
next
time,
but
I
think
there
were
some
inconsistencies
being
presented
about
how
the
host
agreement
is
is
is
offered
and
for
right
now.
AM
I
think
the
big
thing
is
in
addition
to
the
transparency
there
really
isn't
a
there
isn't
criteria
for
any
applicant.
It
just
seems
like
there's.
You
know
it's
a
qualitative
determination.
So
when
it
comes
to
economic
empowerment,
applicants
who
are
fighting
for
you
know
a
property
in
the
same
neighborhood.
AM
For
instance,
the
applicant
who
is
applying
for
property
at
5:49
Columbus,
we
have
proposed
location
at
5:52
Columbus
right
across
the
street
that
doesn't
seem
to
be
a
doesn't
seem
to
be
very
clear
how
that
that
determination
is
going
to
be
made,
and
we
want
to
put
ourselves
in
the
best
position
to
fairly
and
equitably
vie
for
that
spot.
So
thank
you
for
that.
N
AN
Thank
you
for
having
me
my
name
is
Albie
Montgomery
I'm,
a
resident
of
Roxbury
and
I.
Do
support
Kim,
Jaime's
ordinance,
I'm,
actually,
a
empower
economic
empowerment,
certificate
holder
and
some
of
my
biggest
barriers
have
been
the
buffer
zone
and
I
think
something
that's
really
nice
that
Kim
Janie
mentioned
earlier
was
the
two-for-one
every
other.
Once
it's
you
know,
every
other
license
is
actually
a
empowerment
license
and
I
think
that
gives
us
some
opportunity
to
make
sure
we
have
a
fair
chance
in
the
game.
Thank
you
and
thank
you.
M
A
My
colleagues
for
their
patience,
everyone's
for
your
patience
in
time,
I
know
that
we
went
over
time,
but
with
respect
to
docket
zero,
three
one,
five
and
ordinance
establishing
an
equitable
regulation
of
cannabis
industry
in
Boston,
the
Committee
on
government
operations
will
be
adjourned.
Thank
you.