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Docket #0669 - Hearing reviewing the implementation of the ordinance establishing the equitable regulation of the cannabis industry in the City of Boston
A
D
E
A
Think
I
have
my
counselors
so
far,
him
Liz,
Anissa,
Kennedy
and
Julia
and
I
know
Kim
didn't
come
in
first
guys,
but
since
she's
the
lead
sponsor
I'm
gonna
go
ahead.
Obviously,
and
have
her
be.
You
know
first
in
line
for
questions
right,
okay,
so
that's
what
I
have
so
far.
Let
me
go
ahead.
My
steam
up.
A
All
right
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
we'll
do
the
general
housekeeping
I
got
to
read
my
statements.
I'm
gonna,
read,
ondrea's
I,
believe
she's
not
gonna,
be
able
to
make
it
today
and
then
introduce
my
colleagues
who
might
go
ahead
and
make
their
opening
statements
I.
Think
councillor
Janey
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
her
to
kind
of
set
the
stage
and
discuss
anything,
and
then
we
might
go
then
to
the
administration.
Okay,
all
right!
So
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
get
started.
Carrie
you're
good
to
go.
Kristine
everyone
go.
G
A
A
highlighter
today,
the
gavel
in
with
so
here
we
go
today
is
Thursday
June
4,
that's
about
1:30
and
we
are
today's
hearing
and
government
operate
operations
is
on
dock
at
zero.
Six.
Six:
nine
order
for
hearing
reviewing
the
implementation
of
the
ordinance
establishing
the
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
the
city
of
Boston
good
afternoon,
I'm
Lydia,
Edwards
I'm,
chair
of
the
Committee
on
government
operations
today
we'll
be
reviewing
the
Immelt,
a
implementation
of
the
ordinance
or
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
This
matter
was
sponsored
by
councilor
Kim
Janie
and
was
referred
to
the
Committee
on
April
29th
2020
Nick
Gordon's,
with
governor
Baker's,
March
1212,
2020,
executive
order,
modifying
open
meeting
laws
and
relieving
public
bodies
of
certain
requirements,
including
the
requirement
that
public
bodies
conduct
its
meetings
in
public
space
that
is
open
and
physically
accessible.
This
hearing
is
being
held
virtually
on
zoom'.
It
enables
the
City
Council
to
carry
out
its
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
public
health
accommodations.
A
This
is
the
public
made
watch
this
meeting
via
livestream
at
WWDC,
gov
City
Council.
Excuse
me
/
City,
Council
TV.
It
also
will
be
rebroadcast
it
at
a
later
date
on
Comcast
8
/,
our
CN
8
2001
964
for
public
testimony.
Written
comments
may
be
sent
to
the
committee
at
ccc
geo
at
boston
goth,
and
then
we
made
a
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors.
A
That
way,
quick
background,
the
City
Council
passed
the
ordinance
establishing
equitable
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
November
20th
night
of
2019,
and
it
was
signed
into
law
by
Mayor
Walsh
on
December,
2nd
2019.
It's
time
for
five
of
the
ordinances.
This
ordinance
establishes
a
Boston
equity
program,
creates
a
cannabis
board,
establishes
criteria
for
licenses
to
ensure
quality
and
fairness,
establishes
a
mechanism
for
funding
to
assist
small
businesses,
establishes
standards
and
best
practices
for
businesses,
recognizes
Community,
Impact
and
involvement,
strengthens
residency
requirements
and
standards
and
provides
transparency
through
the
creation
of
a
registry.
A
The
purpose
of
the
hearing
is
to
review
and
discuss,
leave
the
nation
implementation
since
we're
all
close
to
six
months.
After
its
passage
of
the
provisions
of
this
ordinance,
I
will
now
turn
it
over
to
first
before
I
turn
it
over
to
Council.
Jamie
I
did
want
to
read
the
letter
that
I
received
from
Council
Candle,
who
is
unable
to
attend
today.
A
Dear
chairwoman,
Edwards
colleagues
of
the
Committee
on
government
operations,
I,
regretfully,
cannot
attend
today's
hearing
on
dock
at
zero.
Six,
six,
nine
regarding
an
order
or
hearing
reviewing
the
implementation
of
the
ordinance
of
the
ordinance
establishing
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry.
I
commend
the
council
president
for
continuing
the
hard
work
of
ensuring
equity
in
this
new
cannabis
economy
for
the
history
of
discriminatory
policies
around
marijuana
charges
in
the
United
States
and
the
disparate
levels
of
incarceration
of
people
of
color
on
those
charges.
A
It
is
especially
important
that
people
of
color
have
access
to
benefit
from
the
cannabis
economy.
I
will
I
will
be
able
e
represented
by
a
member
of
my
staff
at
today's
hearing
and
look
forward
to
reviewing
today's
hearing,
recording
and
committee
report
and
working
with
the
committee
on
any
recommended
next
steps.
Sincerely
Adria
Campbell
district
4.
So
now
I
will
turn
it
over
to
my
colleagues
for
brief
opening
statements
and
then
we
will
get
to
business
counselor
Janie
the
lead
sponsor
yeah.
D
Well,
thank
you
so
much
madam
chair
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
strong
advocacy
I
want
to
thank
all
of
my
colleagues,
members
of
the
administration
and
especially
the
advocates
and
the
entrepreneurs.
Your
voice
is
so
critical
to
this
process
and
I
know
it's
been
very
difficult
for
you.
As
folks
know,
last
November
on
November
20th,
the
Boston
City
Council
passed
the
ordinance
establishing
the
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
Boston
to
ensure
that
communities
disproportion
impacted
by
the
prohibition
of
cannabis
can
benefit
from
the
multi-billion
dollar
industry.
D
D
So
those
are
good
developments,
but
there
still
has
not
been
any
movement
in
terms
of
getting
HCA
through,
and
we
know
that
many
small
businesses
have
been
struggling,
not
just
in
this
industry
precoded
because
of
all
the
inequities
and
all
of
the
hurdles
that
they
are
facing.
But
since
Colvin
they've
been
hurt
even
more,
and
so
we
have
a
responsibility,
particularly
given
everything
that
is
going
on
in
our
country.
We
know
that
in
this
industry,
businesses
the
right
businesses
that
had
to
close
due
to
Coba
that
were
open.
D
Now
again,
we
only
had
the
one
in
Boston
that
was
only
open,
I
think
for
17
days,
and
we
can
confirm
that
in
this
hearing.
But
on
average
the
rec
shops
are
losing
nearly
2
million
dollars
in
sales
on
a
daily
basis,
and
that
figure
comes
from
the
mass
cannabis
Control
Commission
it
was
based
on
sales.
C
D
With
me,
difficulties
I
just
got
a
call,
so
it
didn't
disconnect
us
so
anyway,
this
data
point
came
from
the
mass
cannabis
Control
Commission
and
it
was
looking
at
the
period
of
time
between
December
30th
of
last
year
in
March,
8th
of
2020
this
year,
and
that
revenue
doesn't
just
impact
those
companies
that
were
open.
It
impacts
the
host
communities.
D
The
fact
that
purées
has
had
to
close
that
was
an
interruption
and
the
money
that
should
be
flowing
into
the
Boston
equity
fund
that
we
created,
and
we
know
the
importance
of
planning
with
an
eye
toward
equity
folks
haven't
seen
the
the
op-ed
in
The
Globe
by
members
of
this
body.
We
know
we
have
to
plan
equity,
and
so
this
industry
is
crucial
in
reviving
the
economy
here
in
Boston,
particularly
for
entrepreneurs
of
color,
from
disproportionate
from
communities
that
were
disproportionately
impacted.
D
It's
evident
over
the
past
few
days
that
we
need
to
put
forth
and
when
I
say
evident
over
the
past
few
days,
it's
evident
to
some
over
the
past
few
days.
It's
been
evidence
to
many
of
us,
and
we've
been
saying
this
over
and
over
and
over
again
that
we
need
to
put
forth
policies
that
will
liberate
and
really
create
the
true
equity
that
we
need
to
see
for
black
and
brown
folks
in
our
city,
Jesus
Christ
with
the
text
all
right.
D
D
They
are
folks
in
our
community
and
district
7
and
the
other
council
districts
in
our
city
that
are
made
up
of
poor
people
of
color,
who
were
the
targets
of
the
war
on
drugs
and
that
also
fed
into
mass
incarceration.
This
is
our
moment
in
time
here
in
this
city,
to
set
a
new
course
in
Boston.
We
need
to
take
this
opportunity
with
this
ordinance
and
the
work
that
needs
to
come
beyond
this
ordinance,
because
this
ordinance
doesn't
address
buffer
zones.
We
still
need
to
do
that
work.
D
We
need
to
create
an
equity
empowerment
zone
in
the
high
revenues
traffic
areas
like
the
Seaport
and
Fenway
and
Copley
so
that
contravene
ores
of
color
can
also
set
up
shops
there.
So
there's
a
lot
more
work
that
has
to
be
done.
I
am
grateful
for
all
of
the
advocates
and
entrepreneurs
who
are
still
in
this
I
encourage
you
to
stay
encouraged,
because
we
are
not
giving
up
this
fight
and
we
are
not
going
to
go
back
to
normal.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
allowing
me
to
say
a
few
words
I
know
we're
going
to
hear
from
other
colleagues
on
the
council,
but
if
you
would
indulge
my
request,
I
would
ask
that,
after
we
do
that
that
we
set
the
stage
with
an
actual
entrepreneur
who
has
faced
on
barriers
before
we
kind
of
go
into
hearing
a
presentation
from
the
administration.
If
that
fits
with
your
thinking
for
this
hearing,
thank
you
for
your
consideration
and
again.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
your
partnership.
Thank.
H
A
A
C
I
Similarly,
I'll
be
brief.
I'll
just
say
that
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
hearing
to
have
I
think
that
when,
when
the
government
gets
into
regulating
and
industry
as
heavily
as
we
are
in
this
instance,
and
does
so
because
we
have
like
the
council
president
set
purposes
right
to
try
to
make
this
an
industry
where
people
who
were
victimized
by
the
war
on
drugs
have
the
opportunity
to
build
wealth
and
share
in
the
wealth
of
the
industry.
I
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
not
not
much
to
say
where
they
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
use
this
time
productively.
Obviously,
we
I
mean
in
my
district.
We
have
certain
ly
a
number
of
people
trying
to
open
there's
a
number
of
different
inequities
that
I
think
this.
This
ordinance
itself
set
out
to
address
and
there's
some
that
still
exist.
That
would
have
to
be
addressed,
I
think
in
another
form,
but
with
that
said
I'm
just
here
to
listen,
make
sure
I
have
I'm
assuming
they'll,
be
time,
questions
and
so
I'll
ask
them.
K
According
to
my
reading
of
the
original
ordinance,
it
did
not
seem
to
line
up
with
what
they
had
been
told.
So
I
would
want
to
seek
clarity
on
that,
and,
and
particularly
for
those
who
have
already
gone
through
the
community
process,
making
sure
that
we're
not
putting
up
additional
barriers
in
in
claiming
that
the
ordinance
requires
it
when,
in
fact,
the
ordinance
is
meant
to
provide
consistency
and
clarity.
Thank
you
very
much.
L
F
L
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
councillor
Edwards,
and
thank
you
to
council
Edwards
in
councillor
Jani
for
your
leadership
on
this
and
also
to
may
his
team.
That's
on
this
discussion
today.
Thank
you
as
well
for
being
here
and
for
the
important
work
you
are
doing,
I'm
here
to
listen
and
to
learn
more
about
the
subject
in
the
issue:
Thank
You,
council
Edwards.
Thank.
A
A
A
B
M
Can
you
hear
me
manager,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
hosting
this
important
hearing
into
Council
President
Cheney
for
sponsoring,
as
well
as
all
of
her
work
and
advocacy
on
this
ordinance.
As
you
all
know,
I
had
a
front-row
seat
as
chair
of
govern
ops,
and
we
worked
very
hard
to
put
this
forward
working
with
the
lead
sponsor
and
obviously
the
administration
and
folks
in
the
community.
M
So
appreciate
the
administration's
involvement
here
and
curious
again
is
the
status
of
the
equity
fund,
how
much
money's,
currently
there
etcetera,
etc,
is
such
the
stuff
that
we're
all
gonna
get
into,
but
I
appreciate
it
and
I
look
forward
to
listening
to
the
testimony
and
learning
more
about
it.
Thank
you,
madam
Jim.
Thank.
A
You
and
we
quarter,
I
I
turned
it
over
I
forgot
to
mention
my
own
clique,
opening
remarks.
I
I
echo
councillor,
Janey,
a
sense
of
urgency,
I
think
about
anything.
The
pressure
and
you
have
to
understand
the
pressure
on
the
City
Council
in
this
moment
about
what
to
do
something
about
racial
equity.
To
do
something
about
reforming
the
way
we
do
business
is
immense
and
it's
good
pressure
and
I'm
so
happy
to
have
it
and
to
see
the
amount
of
support.
A
If
it
anything,
we
should
learn
from
our
recent
conversations
on
the
liquor
licensing
that
if
we
don't
set
this
up
correctly,
we'll
be
dealing
with
a
hot
mess
or
a
hundred
years,
and
that's
what
we're
dealing
with
when
it
comes
to
liquor.
Licensing
in
that
system,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
redesign
how
we
do
business
in
a
new,
emerging
industry
and
I.
Think
if
we
don't
demonstrate
that
we
can
do
it
and
that
we
have
learned
our
lesson.
A
Then
we
shouldn't
be
in
the
business
of
doing
this
anymore
and
that's
that's
harsh
statement
to
say,
but
if
we
literally
can't
look
at
the
hot
mess
that
we've
inherited
from
liquor
licenses
and
can't
come
up
with
a
better
system,
then
then
we
shouldn't
be
in
this
business
at
all.
That's
number
one
number
two
I
have
found.
You
know
there
seem
to
be
a
lack
of
urgency
honestly
and
getting
the
board
started
and
getting
it
appointed
and
getting
it
moving
and
I.
A
They're
going
to
be
analyzing
HDS
publicly
and
that
I
expect
that
there
should
be
a
timeline
from
from
the
time
of
the
person
people
get
to
them
to
when
they
make
their
decision
30
days,
no
more
well,
that
might
even
be
too
generous
because
they
should
have
gotten
all
the
documents
beforehand.
I
expect
that
there
should
be
a
quota
or
a
certain
amount
of
H
days
are
coming
out
on
a
monthly
basis
based
on
how
who's
waiting
in
line
this
should
not
be.
A
What
kills
a
person's
business
coming
to
the
City
of
Boston,
to
ask
for
an
HCA.
This
should
not
be
killing
an
industry,
and
it
is
right
now
I
expect
that
there
will
also
be
a
breakdown
of
the
not
only
the
amount,
but
the
amount
of
corporate
versus
local
coming
into
the
city
of
Boston
I.
Just
read
today.
Right
now
that
looks
like
East
Boston
will
be
getting
a
second
pot
shop
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It
is
corporately
owned
and
they've
already
petitioned
to
flip
it.
They
don't
even
plan
on
staying
that
long.
A
So
that's
what
we
did
so
I
expect
that
we
are
better
stronger
and
moving
towards
equity,
and,
if
we're
not,
then
we
need
to
what
we
thought
was
a
restructure
really
was
just
a
just
continuing
on
us
and
we've
been
doing
so
I'm
not
happy.
I
expect
more
and
I
expect
this
board
to
be
pushing
out
and
I
wasn't
to
make
a
clarification.
The
Boston
Globe
aren't.
They
Inc
correctly
stated
that
the
mayor
has
the
final
stay
and
who
gets
an
HD
a
right.
That
is
an
incorrect
statement
and
I'll.
A
A
It
is
the
board
that
has
the
final
say
and
who
gets
the
HCA
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
each
one
of
you,
Alexis,
John
and
Kathleen-
is
that
your
interpretation
of
the
of
the
ordinance
or
not,
that
the
board
has
the
final
say
that
gets
an
HD
a
so
I'm,
going
to
turn
it
now
over
to
Kim
or
to
president
Janie
for
her
to
have
community
person
speak
on
their
own
experience
of
having
to
go
through
this.
Thank.
D
You
thank
you
so
much
for
helping
to
set
the
table
and
I've
said
before
you
know
who
is
at
the
table
is
really
important,
because
it's
not
just
about
you
know
what
is
served.
You
know
it's
about
who
gets
fed
so
who
is
at
the
table,
determine
who
gets
fed,
and
so
thank
you
for
helping
to
set
that
table.
I
really
wanted
us
to
hear
directly
from
an
entrepreneur,
an
entrepreneur
who
has
done
everything
that
has
been
asked,
and
many
of
them
have
so
I'm,
not
saying
that
others
haven't
everyone
in
this
industry.
D
You
know
every
time
we
ask
them
to
do
this,
they
do
it
and
then
it's
like
you
move
the
goalposts.
We
can't
keep
doing
that
it
is,
as
councillor
edward
said,
said
earlier:
killing
businesses,
particularly
those
who
are
already
more
vulnerable
because
of
the
pre-existing
inequities
unless
named
it
it's
white
supremacy.
That
is
why
we
are
where
we
are,
and
we
need
to
try
to
fix
that.
We
have
to
fix
that.
Our
people
are
dying
and
so
I
wanted
us
to
open
up
with
an
entrepreneur
so
that
she
can
share
what
her
experience
has
been.
A
N
N
Originally,
when
economic
empowerment
opportunities
became
available
back
in
2017,
there
was
a
small
two-week
window
that
the
cannabis
Control
Commission
allotted
us
to
to
be
approved
as
an
economic
empowerment
applicant.
So
I
literally
stayed
up
for
almost
24
hours
a
day
for
two
weeks
trying
to
get
all
of
that
information
in
make
sure
that
it
was
correct.
I
did
all
of
that
and
finally,
they
said
yes,
you
were
approved
for
economic
empowerment.
I
personally
need
to
say
this
I
think
that
all
I
did
was
put
a
big
old
target
on
my
back
that
says
hi.
N
My
name
is
Leah
Daniels
I'm
black
disadvantage,
dis,
appropriated,
targeted
and
etc,
because
economic
empowerment
has
done
nothing
but
hinder
me.
It
has
done
nothing
but
continue
to
put
obstacle
after
obstacle.
In
my
way,
it
has
not
provided
me
with
any
additional
opportunity,
any
expedited
process
for
my
application.
It's
anything.
It
made
sure
that
it
got
kicked
under
the
rock
with
flip-flops.
I
stayed
in
that
process
for
610
days
until
I
had
nothing
left
to
lose.
I
finally
approached
the
can
cannibalize.
N
Unfortunately,
I
did
not
do
that.
They
finally
issued
after
I
had
to
retain
an
attorney
and
spend
an
additional
$30,000
to
speak
to
the
Commission
about
my
application.
They
finally
issued
me
a
provisional
license
when
I
got
awarded
the
provisional
license.
That's
when
I
realized
that
the
race
that
I
had
been
running
for
600
in
some
odd
days,
literally
just
begun,
that
the
money
that
I
had
expended
to
fill
out
an
application
to
do
business
in
the
city
of
Boston
had
literally
just
begun.
Now
they
want
additional
money,
additional
finances.
N
Now
you
can't
even
move
forward
with
building
your
building
out
until
the
cannabis,
Control
Commission
comes
out
and
tells
you
that
you
can
now
move
forward
with
building
people
who
have
no
construction
license
know
that
the
towns
or
municipalities
are
managing.
All
of
this.
You
can't
make
a
move
until
they
tell
you
that
it's
okay
to
do
so.
You
now
would
have.
N
If
I
had
to
begin
that
process
right,
then
I
would
have
looked
just
like
pure
Oasis
out
of
business
and
probably
destroyed
financially,
because
I'm
leveraging
my
capital
in
my
home
to
stock
this
business,
so
I
would
have
been
homeless.
A
foot
had
a
mortgage
that
I
would
have
had
to
pay.
They
would
have
shut.
N
My
recreational
dispensary
completely
down
that
meant
I
would
have
had
products
on
my
shelves
that
I
would
have
been
responsible
for
what
I
decided
to
do
was
take
the
opportunity
to
apply
for
vertical
integration,
and
my
medical
marijuana
license
because
I
witnessed
who
was
opened
and
who
was
shut
down
and
the
people
with
money
stayed
open,
was
able
to
do
curbside
service
and
do
everything
they
needed
to
do,
and
the
poor
people
that
had
to
jump
through
every
999
looks.
They
was
very
easy
for
them
to
shut
your
doors
down.
Oh.
N
Well,
pardon
my
french,
but
oh
hell.
Moving
forward.
I
applied
to
for
my
medical
marijuana,
vertically-integrated
license
and
I
was
just
told
and
just
informed
by
the
cannabis
Control
Commission
that
my
economic
empowerment
priority
status
is
not
applicable
for
medical
marijuana.
It
does
not
apply,
there's
no
financial
assistance
with
the
cost
to
apply
for
that
license.
There
is
nothing,
there's
no
priority
for
me.
There's
no
expedited
process.
N
For
me,
there
is
nothing,
and
so
there's
for
what
they
would
like
me
to
do
now
is
to
leverage
more
money
as
they
decide
whether
and
how
long
it's
going
to
take
them
to.
Let
me
move
forward
with
my
medical
vertical
integration
license.
I
think
it
is
sad.
I'm
born
and
reared
in
this
town
in
this
community
in
district
7
I
grew
up
in
Academy
homes.
N
My
mother
died
at
3,
my
father
spent
27
years
in
a
penitentiary,
my
uncle's
in
my
own,
the
rest
of
the
males
of
my
family
were
targeted
by
this
community
with
this
war
on
drugs.
When
my
uncle
had
a
drug
habit
problem
a
bit
heroin
back
in
the
60s,
he
was
called
a
drug
addict,
a
bum
and
he
was
incarcerated.
N
I
witness
now
in
my
community,
a
bunch
of
white
people
who
do
not
live
here
who
are
running
around
my
community
infested
with
drugs
using
drugs
breaking
into
things
falling
asleep
on
people's
property,
vandalizing
people's
property
overdosing
right
in
front
of
police
officers
that
I
watched
witness
arrest
my
family
for
the
very
same
thing.
It
is
very
disheartening.
N
N
Who
was
moving
forward,
was
willing
to
go
out
and
do
a
day
by
day
person
by
person
meeting
interacting
with
them
to
make
sure
that
if
they
were
ready
to
change
being
a
drug
addict,
we
had
beds,
we
had
houses,
we
had
facilities
that
were
going
to
take
them
immediately
to
the
talk
to
another
location.
So
they
can
start
their
rehabilitation,
no
disrespect
to
churches,
no
disrespect
to
my
religious
people,
but
people
need
more
than
blankets
and
Bibles
when
they're
addicted
to
drugs.
Thank.
N
Don't
know
where
this
is
going:
Kim
I
love,
my
district
I
love
it
to
death,
but
I
am
no
longer
wanting
to
be
in
a
business
relationship
with
a
community
that
has
no
desire
for
business
here
they
have
hindered
me
every
which
way
I
try
to
reach
out
to
Alexis
to
cook
I'm
ignored.
No
one
calls
me
back.
No
one
answers
a
call.
No
one
ever
answers
her
phone,
it's
ridiculous
and
it
is
absurd
and
we
are
going
broke
and
we
are
losing
our
leverage
and
we
are
losing
our
opportunities
every
single
day
and
I.
N
O
A
It
was
important
to
hear
directly
from
you
about
your
own
experience
and
I.
Do
appreciate
you
being
very
vulnerable
in
that
experience
from
your
own
experience
with
the
police
addiction.
So
thank
you.
So
much
Leah
I'm
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
administration
to
give
some
updates
or
brief
remarks
and
then
we're
going
to
go
to
questions
from
the
community
and
excuse
me
from
counselors
linking
anything.
E
Thank
you,
everybody
I
know
there
were
several
questions
made
in
the
introduction
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
continued
dialogue,
I
have
a
brief,
prepared
statement
that
I'm
going
to
read
from.
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay
before
we
start
our
dialogue
today,
I
wanted
to
begin
with
a
recognition
of
the
troubled
times
we
are
facing
the
emotions
we
are
feeling
and
a
son
regarding
the
work.
We
must
continue
to
do.
E
I
have
never
publicly
spoken
about
my
background
in
feelings,
but
in
the
context
of
our
troubled
racial
history
in
this
city,
the
United,
States
and
worldwide
I
hope
to
bring
a
small
but
important
understanding
about
the
goals
we
are
seeking
to
achieve
in
the
cannabis
industry.
I
grew
up
in
public
housing
in
Charlestown
and
as
a
teenager
was
nearby,
as
my
stepfather
was
murdered,
on
Bunker
Hill
Street,
a
result
of
his
lifelong
involvement
in
the
criminal
justice
system
and
the
drug
trade.
E
My
half-sister
was
only
five
years
old
when
her
father
was
murdered
and
we
started
having
these
difficult
discussions.
Nah
I'm
much
different
from
many
other
homes
across
this
city,
struggling
with
poverty
and
access
to
opportunity.
Several
years
later.
Another
man
who
came
to
live
with
us
was
sentenced
to
life
in
prison
for
two
murders.
These
relationships
followed
me
in
college.
Despite
having
strong
grades
in
my
criminal
justice,
major
I
was
rejected
from
internships,
because
I
got
an
impasse.
E
Background
checks,
my
half-sister
now
a
single
mother
of
three
has
never
recovered
from
these
traumas
and
it
has
informed
my
perspective
as
a
public
servant
that
perspective
embraces
dearly
the
realities
of
poverty,
opportunity
and
trauma.
I
have
two
male
African:
American
cousins,
two
Asian
cousins
and
two
Israeli
cousins.
We
were
brought
up
to
be
colorblind,
I'm
and
I,
am
proud
of
that,
and
will
never
step
back
from
that
moral
imperative.
E
When
I
was
asked
by
Mayor
Walsh
to
accept
this
position,
I
envisioned
people
rightfully
having
an
opportunity
to
own,
manage
and
administer
a
business
that
would
provide
a
livelihood
for
their
families
and
employees
that
would
last
generations
I
applaud.
Council
president
Jaime's
desire
to
promote
policies
to
include
businesses
of
color
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods
and
I.
Look
forward
to
today's
discussion.
Thank
you.
P
P
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
for
the
administration
to
address
you
on
this
very
important
issue
and,
most
importantly,
thank
you
for
your
leadership
in
driving
equity
in
an
industry
that
has
impacted
so
many
of
us
Prince
personally,
so
many
of
our
family
members
and
clearly
members
of
our
community,
so
I
won't
take
long
in
my
intro,
so
we
can
get
to
questions.
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
Leah's,
testimony
her
frustrations
and,
unfortunately,
being
a
black
entrepreneur.
E
Well,
there's
something
I
wanted
to
say
before
I
go
through
the
list.
I
want
to
make
a
comment
about
something
that
counselor
Edwards
said
that
was
disturbing
to
me,
and
it
was
about
hearing
that
Meridian
Street
was
already
petitioning
to
flip
their
license.
Well
sure
their
host
community
agreement
is
non-transferable.
E
So
I
would
like
to
work
with
your
office
and
I.
Don't
notify
the
CCC
immediately
that
any
petition
to
flip
would
be
in
violation
of
a
host
community
agreement,
so
they
will
not
be
opening
if
that
flipped,
if
they
did
open
and
attempted
to
flip
after
the
opening
they
were
licensed
within
the
city
of
Boston,
is
non-transferable.
E
So
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
prevent
that.
It's
something
that,
during
our
discussions
with
councillors,
vini
and
councillor
Flaherty
and
government
operations,
we
were
very
strong
about
trying
to
prevent
that.
So
I'd
like
to
work
collaboratively
with
you
and
proactively
tell
the
CCC
that
the
host
community
agreements
in
the
city
of
Boston
are
non-transferable.
E
Thank
you.
So
if
we
can
circle
back
after
that
on
that,
that's
something
that
I
know
of
appeared
before
this
body
several
times.
I.
Think
that
has
been
a
consistent
message
and
something
that
we
are
all
consistently
supportive
of
preventing.
So
I
look
forward
to
some
advocacy
on
that.
There's
one
other
quick
thing
and
I'm
gonna
contact
the
councillors
about
that.
But
it's
apropos
the
CCC
today
I
went
through
on
their
docket
of
all
of
the
pending
businesses.
E
What
I
thought
was
interesting
for
us
to
also
be
mindful
of
an
applicant,
no
matter
where
they
are
in
the
state
of
Massachusetts
has
to
do
a
positive
impact
plan
to
the
CCC.
I
noticed
that
there
was
a
company
today
that
was
on
the
agenda
to
be
located
in
Attleboro
mass
one
of
their
goals
and
their
positive
impact
plan
was,
and
I
quote,
give
hiring
preferences
to
individuals,
specifically
the
Roxbury
neighborhood
of
Boston
Alyssa's,
the
census
tract
the
Matapan
neighborhood
of
Boston,
and
also
lifts
the
census.
E
Tract
I
want
to
send
that
to
the
council,
because
I
wanted
to
be
sure
that
if
somebody
is
presenting
an
impact
plan
where
they
say
they
are
assisting
our
constituents,
our
residents,
that
they
in
fact
are
doing
that,
because
if
they
are
not,
that
is
another
thing.
We
should
notify
the
CCC
about
I,
don't
think
we
should
allow
people
to
use
our
communities
for
their
positive
impact
plan
get
their
license,
and
then
we
never
see
in
here
from
them
again.
So
I
think
that
we
all
have
very
strong
voices
in
this
chat.
E
E
They
posted
a
map
of
the
city
with
the
site
and
also
a
more
accessible
length
to
every
public
meeting
that
has
been
had
in
the
city
of
Boston
for
a
marijuana
establishment,
so
that
was
posted
about
within
two
weeks
of
the
the
online
application
was
updated,
also,
the
second
and
third
week
of
December
the
way
that
it
was
updated.
It
had
a
specific
question
that
said:
are
you
seeking
to
apply
as
a
Boston
and
equity
applicant?
E
It
listed
the
criteria
and
it
asked
an
applicant
to
check
the
appropriate
criteria
if
they
were
seeking
to
be
part
of
the
Boston
equity
program
on
the
site
allowed
for
an
applicant
to
directly
upload
their
information
into
the
site
if
they
want
also
recognizing
that
some
of
the
documentation
might
might
be
very
confidential
to
an
applicant.
When
we
talk
about
quarry,
when
we
talk
about
income
levels,
we
also
put
language.
If
you
didn't
want
to
attach
the
documentation
that
you
could
mail
it
to
the
Office
of
Economic
Development.
E
So
that
was
another
December
edition
technology-wise
to
the
city
site,
to
comport,
with
the
city
council,
ordinance
in
January
of
2020
and
councilor,
who
this
goes
to
one
of
your
comments
earlier
so
I
hope
this
helps
in
January
2020.
We
posted
a
letter
to
the
city
website,
that's
a
20/20
update
and
that
we
then
emailed
people
with
pending
applications
in
that
letter
and
I'm
happy
to
send
it
to
all
of
you.
It
was.
It
was
labeled,
important
update
on
the
city
site.
We
told
applicants,
you
do
not
have
to
restart
the
process
pending.
E
According
to
the
ordnance,
I
will
tell
you
exactly
where
the
confusion
about
the
district
counselor
and
the
counselor
at
large
portion
of
this
conversation
came
from
in
November.
There
was
a
handful
of
us
councillor,
Flaherty
staff,
counselor
Jamie
and
some
city
council
staff.
We
sat
in
the
room
going
line
by
line
of
the
ordinance
before
it
was
brought
to
your
body
for
voting
when
we
discuss
at
the
time.
Counselor
Flaherty
was
the
chair
of
the
committee.
When
we
discussed
the
letter
from
a
counselor
he
mentioned,
or
a
city
councilor
at
large.
E
If
it's
in
their
neighborhood,
we
ought
to
have
a
say,
and
that
is
why,
in
the
2020
update
letter,
we
asked
for
you
to
engage
an
at-large
councillor.
If
you
were
in
their
district,
it
was
in
response
to
what
was
voiced
to
me
and
other
staffers
in
November
down
in
council
chambers,
as
we
worked
on
the
ordinance
so
that
2020
update
was
posted
in
January
online,
where
we
told
people
they
didn't
have
to
do
it,
but
they
should
engage
with
their
counselor
at
the
end
of
February.
E
The
cannabis
board
was
named
at
the
end
of
February.
A
final
license
was
issued
for
pure
oasis
in
Grove
Hall.
The
city
jumped
into
immediately
working
with
pure
Oasis
to
ensure
a
very
successful
opening.
Not
only
was
it
the
first
recreational
shop
in
the
City
of
Austin,
it
was
the
first
Economic
Empowerment
in
the
state
of
Massachusetts,
so
arguably
on
the
eastern
seaboard
of
the
United
States
sure
Oasis
opened.
We
started
that
opening
process
the
first
week
in
March
and
then
they
opened
on
March
9th.
E
Unfortunately,
within
less
than
two
weeks
we
were
faced
with
kovat,
19
and
shutdowns.
At
that
point,
I
was
engaging
with
councillor
Campbell
and
her
staff,
because
legally
we
were
arguing
about
the
discrepancy
of
package.
Liquor
stores
were
allowed
to
be
open.
A
recreational
cannabis
was
not
because,
according
to
general
law,
you
generally
have
to
treat
recreational
cannabis
shops
the
same
as
you
treat
package
liquor
stores.
We
continued
the
advocacy
with
the
executive
branch
to
highlight
this
discrepancy
to
no
avail.
They
kept
recreational
pot
shops
closed.
E
I
stayed
in
very
constant
dialogue
with
the
owners
of
that
shop,
asking
them
what
assistance
they
might
need
from
the
city
contacting
medical
vendors
to
see
if
they
wanted
to
buy
product
from
pure
Oasis.
So
pure
Oasis
would
have
assistance
meeting
their
monthly
bills
and
trying
to
assist
them
as
we
made
a
reopening
plan
to
the
executive
branch.
Pure
Oasis
was
one
of
only
three
recreational
companies
that
was
allowed
to
present
to
the
agency
on
reopening
and
then
after
working
on
that,
after
working
with
advocacy
there,
thankfully
they
reopened
a
week
ago.
E
A
E
So
while
we
have
some
businesses
that
are
ready
to
go
before
the
cannabis
board
when
it
meets
by
the
way,
I
wanted
to
highlight
that
the
cannabis
board
is
scheduled
to
meet
on
Wednesday
June
24th
at
10:00
a.m.
and
that
has
been
posted
on
the
city
clerk
website
and
because,
at
that
point,
counselor
I
was
hoping
to
engage
with
you
and
your
colleagues
regarding
what
we
have
ready
to
go
in
the
applicant
pool
in
terms
of
what
we
have
for
non-equity
and
the
ACT
applicant
pool
and
equity
in
the
applicant
pool.
E
A
couple
of
other
quick
updates.
There's
another
economic
empowerment
site
on
Blue
Hill
Avenue.
It
is
latina,
Latino
owned.
Small
business
I
spoke
with
them
and
gokova
some
of
their
construction
off.
They
expect
they
will
open
in
the
fall.
So
I
was
happy
to
hear
that
they
they
are,
though
there
have
been
setbacks
like
other
businesses
have
had.
They
are
continuing
to
move
along.
So
I
believe
we
will
have
a
second
economic
empowerment
within
only
a
few
months.
E
We
have
as
I
continue
to
go
through
the
ticker
you
mentioned
in
East
Boston,
who
likely
got
a
final
license
today.
That
was
going
to
be
one
of
my
updates.
Again,
let's
circle
back
on
what
their
plan
is,
there
is
the
Blue
Hill
Avenue,
one
that
I
just
referenced
that
will
open
in
the
fall.
There
is
a
Jamaica
Plain
one,
a
401
centers
three,
which
is
a
Latino
african-american
local
entrepreneurial
team.
They
expect
to
open
in
September,
North
Station
is
expecting
to
finalize.
E
Maverick
square
71
maverick
square:
they
did
not
receive
priority
review
status
from
the
CCC
because
they're
technically,
not
a
majority
minority
owned
business,
but
they
reported
to
me
that
they
expect
to
open
by
December.
So
that
is
the
ticker
for
one's
recreational
sites
that
are
on
the
horizon
for
the
year
2020.
Okay,
thank.
A
You
thank
you,
I
know
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
in
the
texting.
They
have
questions
and
I
know
that
there
are
folks
who
are
we're
in
the
community
who
have
questions
and
want
to
engage.
I
didn't
know.
If
so,
if
it's,
okay,
John
and
Kathleen,
unless
you
had
something
burning
it
or
a
question
to
respond
to
I
was
gonna.
Go
to
my
colleagues
I
just.
Q
Wanted
to
I
just
wanted
to
say
something
very
quickly
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
join
you
at
this
meeting.
It's
no
disrespect
but
I
do
have
a
meeting
with
the
mayor
in
about
45
minutes,
I,
just
wanna.
Let
you
know
if
there's
any
specific
questions
about
the
board,
I
can
work
with
Alexis
and
John
to
help
answer
them.
A
Okay,
so
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
questions
and
we
can
go
through
the
rounds
with
John
and
with
Alexis
who
I
believe
can
stick
around,
but
I
do
I
just
want
to
recognize
that
so
I'm
setting
the
timer
and
I'm
going
to
go
in
order
of
rival
going
right
over
to
the
city
council
president
can
Janey
three
minutes.
Thank.
D
D
So
I'd
be
interested
and
the
members
of
the
board
and
how
they
compare
against
that
criteria.
What
is
the
thinking
in
terms
of
how
frequently
the
board
will
meet
how
many
HCA's
made
they
would
they
be
able
to
move
through
a
I,
don't
know
if
it's
a
two-hour
meeting,
so
my
questions
or
around
that
and
then
the
calendar
of
the
board
like
how
frequently
is
it
every
other
week?
Is
it
monthly?
So
if
you
could
a
chair
choice,
kind
of
talk
us
through
the
mechanisms
of
the
board,
please
thank
you.
Q
Sure
I
have
been
sworn
in,
his
chair
and
Darlene.
Longbows
has
been
sworn
in
and
we
were
sworn
in
the
same
day.
No
one
else
has
been
able
to
get
sworn
in,
yet
one
person
has
been
a
state
and
I
think
the
other
person
on
the
board
has
it
lined
up
for
the
day
of
our
next
meeting.
Alexis
can
speak
to
it's
come
it's
a
development
since
Cove.
It
is
that
a
member
of
the
board
has
had
to
decline.
Participation
in
the
board.
Q
Alexis
has
been
in
contact
with
that
person,
so
we
are
a
four-man,
but
for
now,
instead
of
five,
but
we
do
plan
on
still
meeting.
We
don't
need
to
be
a
full
board
in
order
to
move
forward.
The
first
meeting
is
going
to
be
to
outline
the
rules
and
regulations
of
the
board,
we're
subject
to
the
Open
Meeting
Law.
All
of
our
conversations
have
to
be
done
in
in
public.
We
can't
get
together
and
discuss
community
agreement
or
any
other
issues
that
come
before
the
board
on
our
own.
Q
Think
outlining
the
outlining
the
rules
and
regulations
is
the
number
one
thing
so
that
everyone,
including
the
City
Council
and
members
of
the
public,
have
a
clear
pathway
forward
about
how
we
how
we
intend
to
to
function
the
board
right
now.
We
don't
have
anything
before
us,
so
we
do
plan
on
meeting
regularly.
We
probably
have
one
hearing
and
then
meet
again
and
I'd
say
a
week
to
discuss
to
them
vote
on
what's
before
us,
and
we
will
be
doing
this
regularly.
Q
D
Wouldn't
say
in
that
twenty
seconds
we
have
an
opportunity
to
get
a
fifth
person
on
that
board
and
truly
reflects
the
needs
of
our
community
and
I
want
us
to
focus
in
that,
as
we
look
for
as
the
mayor
is
looking
for.
A
fifth
person,
I
would
really
love
some
consideration
for
some
strong
leadership
from
the
language.
D
B
E
B
Yeah,
it's
just
really
there's
a
level
of
frustration
that
how
slow
the
process
is
out
here,
because
there's
huge
level
of
support
for
legalizing
recreational
marijuana
and
we're
still
we're
still
obviously
there's
a
lot
of
community
to
support
to
see
if
we
can
move
the
ball
down
the
finger
go
get
this.
If
this
going
in
terms,
including
economic
equity
applicants,
is
really
important
as
well.
So
thank
you.
That's
all
the
questions.
I
have
right
now,
duly.
E
Noted
I
have
to
add
that
one
of
the
stark
contrasts
we've
noticed
in
the
city
was
how
high
your
constituents
voted
to
approve
it.
Yet
how
contentious
the
commute,
yet,
how
contentious
the
community
meetings
have
been
I
think
they've
been
the
community
meetings
where
the
most
opponents
have
come
and
I
don't
think.
We've
had
any
equity
applicants
there,
but
I'm
looking
forward
to
presenting
to
the
board
some
options
for
bright
and
in
collaboration
with
your
office,
to
continue
this
dialogue.
I.
B
Think,
there's
a
there's,
a
small
but
vocal
group
of
folks
who
are
opposed
many
in
many
cases,
it's
because
of
the
geographic
location
of
the
proposed
site,
which
sometimes
I
the
agreement
with
their
critique
of
the
situation
but
like
75%
of
the
population
of
also
Brighton
voted
to
legalize
marijuana.
So
there's
a
level
of
that
is
a
level
of
frustration.
So
thank
you.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
just
we
can
come
to
acceptable,
acceptable
sites
and
and
and
locations
and
all
the
rest
of
it
going
forward.
C
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I
was
wondering
Alexis.
If
you
could
speak
or
maybe
it
actually
might
be
a
question
for
you
Joyce
just
about
how
it's
gonna
work.
So
in
my
district
up
in
a
sort
of
back
bay,
east
fens
area,
there
are
four
applicants
who
I
know
of
two
of
them
have
had
their
public
meetings
and
two
of
whom
have
not
who
are
all
within
the
same
half
mile
zone
and
I.
I
Given
the
fact
that
that
that
the
buffer
zone
rule
is
in
existence
and
so
I'm
I'm
trying
to
understand
it
seems
like
I,
have
lots
of
people
asking
me
we
sort
of
what
the
timing
is
and
that
batching
had
been
my
understanding
and
then
I
don't
quite
know
what
our
plan
is
on
recommencing
public
meetings
that
are
a
condition
of
going
before
the
board.
So
I'd
love
to
hear
you
just
speak
a
little
bit
to
your
logistical
plan
on
that
front.
I
think.
E
That's
something
that
we
need
to
work
with:
chief
Jerome
Smith
this
office
on
whether
communities
are
comfortable
with
conducting
these
meetings
virtually.
As
you
know,
there's
discussions
about
the
digital
divide,
their
discussions
about
community
access
and
I'm,
not
saying
that
we
can't
do
them.
I.
Just
think
that
we
would
need
to
collaborate
with
Chief
Jerome
Smith's
office
to
see
what
the
comfort
level
was
to
conduct
virtual
public
meetings.
Obviously
covetous
gone
on
longer
than
all
of
us
expected,
so
so
that's
probably
going
to
be
the
way
that
this
goes.
E
Obviously,
when
this
happened
in
March
I'm,
not
sure
anyone
expected
that
we
were
gonna
prevent
public
gatherings
for
this
long,
and
so
this
is
about
community
access
and
opportunity.
But
as
koba
des
dragged
on,
I
definitely
think
that
we
should
engage
the
office
of
civic
engagement
to
discuss
the
possibility
of
virtual
meetings
being
mindful
that
some
of
our
constituents
might
have
opinions
on
that
to
the
contrary.
But
that's
something
we
can
certainly
work
on
ya.
I
Q
Thanks
counselor,
that
that
is
the
purpose
of
our
first
meeting,
is
to
iron
up
those
rules
and
regulations
and
to
determine
how
we
deal
with
multiple
applications.
At
the
same
time,
there
will
be
debate
and
discussion
around
that
amongst
the
board
members,
and
then,
when
we
have
a
final
draft
of
the
rules
and
regulations,
we
will
then
meet
again
to
vote
on
those
we'll
take
those
things
into
consideration.
J
Thank
you
and
I'll
keep
it
brief,
so
that
we
can,
if
the
idea
here
is
that
the
public
asked
questions,
I
think
that's
important,
so
I'll
keep
this
brief.
So
I
was
told
the
board
isn't
fully
sworn
in.
Is
that
the
case
yes,
because
of
their
availability
and
in
terms
of
the
selection
of
the
board?
Was
that
a
was
that
unilaterally?
A
decision
by
the
mayor
was
the
mayor.
The
only
person
on
board
how's
the
board
appointed
I'd.
J
E
I
can
send
you
those
but
there's,
there's
a
public
health
public
safety
at
the
top
of
my
head,
but
I'll
send
it
to
you,
so
you
can
look
at
it
so
that
it
wasn't
just
five
random
individuals.
They
were
individuals
who
were
selected
for
their
particular
subject
matter:
expertise
not
just
in
cannabis,
because
cannabis
is
a
new
space
for
everybody.
E
J
E
L
E
I
just
want
to
know
how
that
quickly,
before
chief
Ferris
discusses
it
I.
Thank
you
for
raising
that
I
understand
about
the
Lenox
community
being
disproportionately
affected
as
well.
There
of
the
retail
agreements
we
made
sure
to
include
Latino
latina
small
business
owners.
There's
one
on
Blue,
Hill
Ave,
there's
one
in
Jamaica
Plain.
We
continue
to
understand
a
metal
cover
on
that
work.
P
K
K
So
the
letter
which
you
referenced
says
that
the
recently
passed
ordinance
created
a
new
requirement
in
the
community
outreach
process
whereby
the
district
city
councilor
and
the
at-large
councilor
of
the
sighting
district,
should
the
at-large
councilor
reside
in
the
district
of
the
site,
shall
be
responsible
for
providing
a
letter
of
support
and
honest
opposition
or
non
support
for
an
application
and
etc
etc.
I
mean
that
the
language
is
very
unclear.
Even
what
does
that
mean?
The
district
of
the
district
in
the
sighting
that
the
councillor
resides
in?
K
But
then,
if
you
go
to
the
ordinance
itself,
there's
no
mention
whatsoever
about
large
councillors
at
all.
So
it's
you
know,
I
find
it
very,
very
difficult
to
understand
why
the
city
would
be
doing
this
and
putting
more
hoops
in
front
of
applicants.
You
know
with
all
due
respect
to
my
friend
and
colleague,
councillor
clarity,
and
this
was
not
a
you
know.
K
We
we
go
by
what
was
passed
and
when
everyone
voted
on
and
what
we
what
we
put
on
the
floor,
and
that
is
what
councillors
are
agreeing
to
pass
when
they
are
taking
their
votes.
So
we
just
want
to
understand
if
this,
if
this
current
letter
is
still
valid
or
you're
intending
to
rescind
any
part
of
it,.
E
The
part
where
you
need
to
engage
the
district
councillor
of
where
you
wish
to
site
is
valid
because
that
was
created
pursuant
to
the
ordinance.
That
was
something
that
the
council
ordinance
contained.
So
that's
why
the
update
asked
people
to
engage
the
district
city
councilor.
There
was
always
my
understanding
that
the
City
Council
wanted
to
be
aware
of
who
was
pending
and
have
a
say
in
weighing
in
and
being
a
part
of
the
criteria.
E
I
I
can
amend
the
2020
update
letter,
but
I
would
only
want
to
have
dialogue
about
that,
because
not
only
do
I
have
a
memory,
but
I
have
notes
about
a
meeting
with
the
government
Operations
Committee,
where
councillor
Flaherty
said
that
as
an
at-large
councillor,
he
wanted
to
have
a
say
in
shops
that
wanted
to
site
in
his
district
and
at
large
councillors
should
have
a
say.
I
didn't
want
to
put
something
out
with
my
signature
on
it.
K
E
K
Of
it,
the
other
piece
is
not
in
the
ordinance
at
all
about
parenthesis
at
large,
councilors
presiding,
the
district,
and
it's
one
thing
to
keep
counselors
in
the
loop
I
understood.
You
know
it's.
It's
great
I
actually
think
that
we
need
to
just
set
rules
and
have
rules.
Thank
you,
I
will
just
say
we
are.
We
need
to
stick
by
what
is
in
the
ordinance.
It
is
unexcusable
that
we
are
asking
entrepreneurs
to
go
through
even
more
barriers,
such
as
obtaining
more
letters,
more
requirements
that
are
not
defined
in
the
ordinance.
A
We
are
overtime
if
anything
I
will
pick
this
questioning
up
in
my
set.
So
we'll
get
back
to
this.
So
maybe
we
can
understand
the
discrepancy
between
any
notice
we
put
out
and
also
the
ordinance
and
also
clarity
will
be
coming
up
before
me.
So
maybe
he
can
also
speak
to
this
as
well.
Councillor
Billy!
That's
he!
A
F
Okay,
great,
thank
you
I'm
in
the
interest
of
my
little
three
minutes.
I
just
want
to
be
really
clear
that
when
we're
answering
the
questions
that
I'm
about
to
ask
I,
don't
want
a
lot
of
additional
background
information.
I
just
want
a
yes
or
no
and
I
just
want
answers
in
terms
of
numbers.
That
would
be
really
helpful,
just
because
I'm
really
nervous
about
my
time
and
then
I
just
want
to
be
really
mindful
of
Alexis.
F
You
mentioned
in
your
only
nuts
about
being
colorblind
I
think
when
we
talk
about
issues
of
racial
equity,
that
this
is
an
opportunity
not
to
be
colorblind
and
and
I
understand
the
sentiment
and
the
intent
of
what
that
is,
but
it
could
be
a
little
bit
dangerous
for
us
to.
You
know,
navigate
with
our
this
situation,
so
I
just
wanna,
just
uplift
that
real
quick,
but
in
regards
to
the
questions
someone
mentioned
that
it
would
be
someone
from
the
public
health
background.
I'm
just
curious.
Do
they
have
to
be
a
PhD
nurse?
F
E
E
F
F
F
F
Thank
you.
How
long
will
it
take
for
the
board
to
adopt
your
bylaws
and
then
I
also
want
to
know
how
long
will
it
take
for
companies
that
have
will
they
have
to
wait
for
consideration
and
how
many
of
the
14
applicants
that
you
addressed
earlier
are
equity
and
I'm
still
also
unclear
about
the
at-large
versus
not
so
much
so
at-large
counselors?
That
could
be
on
a
follow-up,
but.
Q
Let's
address
the
rules,
relations
I
think
you
know
going
back
to
what
people
have
said
before
how
their
opinion
is
at
the
liquor.
Licensing
process
is
flawed.
We
want
to
take
our
time
with
the
rules
and
regulations
to
make
sure
they
reflect
across
assets,
fair
and
equitable.
So
I
don't
know
how
long
it
will
take
here.
F
E
E
F
A
M
Yes,
madam
chair,
just
ma'am
wanna
clear
up
the
record
cuz
I
had
to
step
off
a
little
bit,
but
so
I
think
my
initial
concern
was
just
to
make
sure
that
the
at-large
colleagues
got
notified
not
necessarily
needed
to
sort
of
participate
in
the
you
know,
I
guess
executing
a
letter.
If
you
will
only
question
I
had
I.
Think
at
the
time
was
in
in
the
instance
of
a
District
Council
of
being
in
opposition.
M
Does
the
applicant
have
the
ability
to
go
to
say
and
that
latch
counselor
to
get
either
a
letter
of
support
or
a
letter
of
non
opposition,
but
just
because
it's
not
in
the
ordinance
so
I
did
want
to
make
sure
we're.
Not
you
know
complicating
things
so
again
in
the
interest
and
the
interest
of
I
think
the
spirit
of
the
ordinance
was.
The
district
councillors
should
be
the
ones
to
be
authoring.
M
Letters
of
support
or
opposition
or
non
support
and,
in
those
instances
clearly
at
latch
counselor,
should
be
notified,
given
that
we're
citywide
counselors
and
that
in
the
event
that
there's
an
impasse,
if
you
will,
or
a
district
colleague,
refuses
to
either
send
a
letter
or
sign
a
letter
either
or
for
against
or
indifferent
that
they
need
to
have
some
other
recourse
in
that
recourse
in
that
instance,
would
be.
You
know
to
reach
out
to
an
at-large
council
that
was
sort
of
I
think
the
mindset
that
I
had
as
chair
at
the
time.
M
No,
it's
good
I
just
wanted.
Obviously
we're
gonna
get
the
ball
roll
and
make
sure
that
we're
doing
what
we
need
to
do
as
the
legislative
branch
and
making
sure
that
we're
vetting
the
applicants
in
in
in
moving
the
process
at
the
end
of
the
day.
So
that's
we're
all
committed
to
do.
I
mean
since
day
one
you
know,
we've
all
work
together
on
it
with
the
lead
sponsor
and
as
a
body
and
also
working
with
the
administration.
M
You
know
Jerome.
Initially,
you
never
see
Alexis
as
well,
and
now
the
new
commissioner
so
supporting
efforts
to
kind
of
get
this
ball
moving
in
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
I
wanted
to
clear
up
in
terms
if
there's
any
question
or
concerns
around
the
at-large
role
and
what
I
envisioned
it
to
be,
and
it
was
really
more
in
sort
of
the
notice
position
as
opposed
to
having
to
author
letters
of
support
of
what
have
you.
So
that's
good.
A
A
I
do
want
to
get
to
the
community.
That's
why
Michael
with
that
board,
because
that's
I
know
that
Kathleen
has
to
leave
so
I
want
to
just
make
sure
that
I
understand
correctly.
So
we
have
no
rules
and
regulations
for
the
board.
The
first
meeting
are
you:
is
there
anything
proposed
for
the
board
to
look
at
or
will
they
be
constructing
it?
At
the
meeting
we.
A
Q
A
Q
A
And
when
you
will
vote
on
the
regulations
and
then
after
that
that
following
a
meeting
will
be
what,
within
a
week
to
start
assessing
HTA's
within
a
week
of
that,
so
so,
just
by
my
terms
of
timeline
right
now
stated
and
then
a
week
before
the
first
hearing
on
the
24th
I'm
bad
at
math.
So
what
is
that
by
this
24-7?
What
is
that,
whatever
date?
That
is,
that
will
be
the
draft
regulation
date
30
days?
They
will
then
have
the
hearing
or
it's
just
in
the
hearing
to
discuss
them.
A
Q
A
Q
A
Q
Q
A
A
O
Thank
you
so
much
I'll
be
brief.
We
just
have
six
recommendations
on
behalf
of
MRCC
that
I
want
to
present
our
first
one
is
that
we
believe
that
five
million
after
five
years
is
insufficient.
We
look
at
the
Cannabis
wards
as
accomplices
and
allies
in
the
task
that
move
in
a
conversation
board
for
social
equity.
O
The
cannabis
board
must
hold
the
state
accountable
to
allocate
cannabis
tax
revenue
to
its
Dorchester
Roxbury
Mattapan,
and
for
these
funds
to
be
used
towards
cooperative
economics,
education,
3,
the
city
of
Boston,
should
provide
locations
from
micro,
co-op
and
cultivation.
Social
equity
licences,
land
ownership
is
disproportionately
owned
in
this
state.
O
There
are
many
abandoned
buildings
in
the
city
of
Boston,
owned
by
the
Department
of
Public,
Housing
that
to
provide
equity
source
location
for
more
support
from
the
canvas
board
on
widening
the
protocols
for
participants
with
criminal
records
by
designating
a
percentage
of
contracts
by
black
and
brown
people
with
quarries
able
to
participate.
We
know
the
security
measures
that's
needed
in
a
legal
industry.
It
makes
no
sense
why
we're
not
acknowledging
that
with
4e
reference?
The
cannabis
board
is
that
accomplices
to
pushing
this
conversation
forward,
I
want
to
repeat
that
5.
O
We
need
protections
against
predatory,
real
estate
owners.
We
know
what's
going
on
with
our
scee
applicants.
It
is
unacceptable.
There
is
no
language
to
protect
them,
but
there
is
plenty
of
qualifications
to
become
mr.
se
the
applicant.
This
is
not
right:
number
6
internal
affairs
board
elected
by
the
city
community
members
with
subpoena
power
who,
who
police's
the
police.
This
is
necessary.
This
is
a
community
moving
forward.
O
A
R
Hello
I
am
from
East
Boston
counselor.
Thank
you.
Everyone
first
of
all,
I
wanted
to
say
is
that
I
do
really
appreciate
that
the
board
is
going
to
be
online.
That's
not
a
small
feat,
I'm
glad
they're
doing
it
and
I
thank
them
for
that.
I
think
the
council
for
their
leadership
in
pushing
these
issues.
I
just
want
to
point
out.
R
I
have
I
just
by
a
count
here:
I've
supplied
different
applicants
who
would
be
eligible
as
Boston
equity
under
the
Boston
equity
program,
for
a
total
of
seven
locations
and
what
I
just
want
to
feature
one
of
them
I
think
it's
worth
putting
context
to
it.
These
guys
are
ready
to
go
Jason
and
Brian
Chavez
they're,
a
brother
team
they're,
absolutely
have
been
victims
on
the
war
on
drugs,
they've
been
incarcerated,
they've
lost
or
arrested.
They
have
lost
loved
ones,
they
are
from
this
community.
R
They
are
second
generation,
they're
fought,
they
are
afro-caribbean,
Dominican,
they're,
great
I,
know
they've
been
in
touch
with
the
city.
I
only
raised
them
just
to
put
some
context
on
the
on
the
face
of
the
applicant
that
it
is
a
very
hard
process.
It's
not
easy
process.
For
so
many
reasons.
The
CCC
process
is
very
cumbersome,
but
these
guys
have
are
getting
through
it.
I
do
represent
them
at
a
discounted
rate.
A
R
E
S
I
H
H
Afternoon,
my
name
is
Brian
Keith
co-owner
of
ridden
in
Roxbury
a
proposed
cannabis
business
in
Roxbury
Nubians
square.
Thank
you
all.
So
much
for
holding
this
hearing
in
March
of
2019,
Rudy
and
Roxbury
was
formed
using
the
premise
that
those
who
have
been
most
impacted
by
the
war
on
drugs
should
have
the
opportunity
to
reap
the
positive
benefits
of
the
legalization
of
cannabis
did
I
land.
We
feel
that
we've
created
the
company
in
the
right
way
and
here
the
few
of
the
highlights
we're
100
percent
minority
ownership
team.
H
Fifty
percent
women
owned
entire
home
ownership
team
are
Roxbury
residents.
Our
ownership
team
has
over
25
years
of
experience,
restaurant
and
entertainment
industry
in
Boston
40
of
our
you
have
40
investors,
all
40
of
those
will
reside
in
either
Dorchester
Roxbury,
Mattapan
or
Hyde
Park.
All
of
those
investors
are
people
of
color
96%,
black
2%,
Latin
eggs,
2%
Asian.
We
feel
that
we've
got
that.
H
On
the
whole,
we
found
the
process
to
be
unclear
a
bit
disorganized,
noting
Alexis
and
ability
to
answer
the
question
earlier
from
chairman
Edwards
of
how
many
applicants
are
in
the
queue
saying
it
was
a
nuanced
answer
and
favoring
large
out-of-town
entities
who
have
the
means
to
shell
out
large
amounts
of
funds
and
hold
on
while
smaller
businesses
fall
away
due
to
lack
of
funding.
I
would
make
three
asks
in
the
community
and
provide
one
concern.
H
Summarize
I
would
ask
that
we
create
a
map
that
shows
all
the
proposed
locations
and
their
statuses
as
they
move
through
the
system
that
we
create
an
application
process
that
is
well-defined
and
allows
individuals
to
know
where
they
stand
and
allow
them
to
get
a
yes
or
a
No,
we're
all
spending
a
lot
of
time
in
the
queue
with
no
benchmarks
or
timetables
and
it's
expensive
and
it's
fate
and
it's
favoring
bigger
businesses.
And
finally,
we've
got
to
be
creative
in
how
we
think
about
buffer
zones
around
schools
and
other
protected
establishments.
H
I
T
You
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
all
right,
so
my
name
is
deep,
Salazar
the
founder.
If
we
can't
deliver
Boston
we're
looking
to
be
one
of
the
first
actual
marijuana
delivery
companies.
Here
we
we
put
in
for
our
for
our
pre
license
and
there's
two
things
that
I
want
to
discuss.
One
I
believe
that
these
bigger
marijuana
companies
need
to
be
held
accountable
and
helping
the
community.
There
should
be
a
four
it
shouldn't
be
forced,
but
if
there
has
to
be
there
should
be
a
force,
interaction
where
these
bigger
companies
are
mentoring.
T
These
new
companies
coming
up,
especially
us
of
brown
and
black
color,
because
we
don't
have
these
experiences
and
especially
being
a
social
equity,
applicant
myself
or
actually
in
the
social
equity
program
I.
We
like
I,
know
in
my
personal
experience
in
my
reality,
I
wouldn't
know
much
of
how
to
run
a
business
if
it
wasn't
for
my
mentor
that
helped
me
out.
The
second
thing
I
wanted
to
discuss
was
the
ACA
requirements.
Are
they
going
to
be
the
same
for
the
livery
companies?
You
know
there's
a
lot
of
there's.
T
This
is
new
territory
for
all
of
us,
and
you
know
a
delivery
company
shouldn't
be
held
at
the
same
standard
as
a
dispensary,
we're
not
going
to
be
holding
and
growing
selling
any
of
the
marijuana
or
at
THC
products
we're
only
going
to
be
delivering.
So
how
is
there
gonna
be
an
equitable,
an
equitable
opportunity
for
a
delivery
company
if
we're
held
to
the
same
standards
of
dispensaries?
Is
that
going
to
change
or
is
it
gonna
be
the
same
moving
forward?
Thank.
A
You
that
was
an
excellent
question
and
we're
at
time,
but
I
did
want
to
note
I
hope.
Kathleen
is
still
here.
It's
2:58
did
she
leave
already
yeah
I
was
trying
to
get
before
3
o'clock,
because
I
think
that
that
would
be
something
that
would
be
wonderfully
addressed
in
our
regulations
that
are
going
to
be
proposed.
A
E
The
PCC
just
came
out
councilor
the
CCC
just
allowed
for
delivery
on
May
28th.
So
last
week
and
I
emailed
with
this
gentleman
earlier
today
and
I
said,
thank
you
I
plan
on
distributing
this
information
to
the
city's
cannabis
team.
So
it
is
something
that
I
definitely
think
that
it
we
need
to
flag
and
particularly
because
the
window
here
for
the
social,
equity
and
economic
empowerment,
race.
O
E
A
So
before
I
move
on
to
the
next
person,
just
real
quick
will
a
delivery
service
actually
need
a
host
community
agreement.
Would
they
be
required
to
do
all
this
mitigation
and
do
all
of
these
different
things
because
they're
much
smaller
and
they
don't
have
products
and
they
don't
impact
traffic
I
mean
you
know
what
I
mean
like
there's
all
sorts
of
things
that
we
look
at
I
mean?
Would
they
be
required
to
beautify
a
square?
All
those
things
like
that
you.
E
Started
again,
we
could
talk
about
the
extras
and
I
agree
with
you.
They
do
need
a
host
community
agreement
from
the
state
part
of
the
reason
why
this
is
important
for
all
of
us
here,
though,
is
because
there
is
money
that
flows
from
cannabis
sales.
If
a
business
is
located
in
box
even
say,
the
business
wasn't
even
looking
at
most
I'll
use
Quincy
as
an
example,
but
the
point
of
sale
is
Dorchester.
E
I
think
the
City
of
Boston
should
argue
that
the
revenue
from
that
point
of
sale
is
our
revenue,
and
that
way
we
don't
have
people
when
we're
sticking
with
this
local
entrepreneurial
spirit,
setting
up
delivery
services
and
other
municipalities
coming
and
delivering
in
our
neighborhoods
and
the
money
not
flowing
back
into
the
neighborhoods.
That
are
the
point
of
sale.
That's
something
that
we
can
continue
to
discuss.
U
Sorry
I
meant
to
change
the
name
before
I
got
on
the
computer.
That's
my
wife's
name.
My
name
is
Sean
Berdy
I
am
a
partner
in
EVG
farms.
A
proposed
retail
marijuana
store
in
Hyde
Park
in
district
five.
Most
of
most
of
our
company
is
economic
empowerment
and
social
equity
certified
by
the
state.
We
are
also
100%
Boston
equity.
U
According
to
the
ordinance
that
was
passed
last
year,
most
of
the
questions
I
had
have
been
answered,
particularly
around
clarity
around
the
at-large
question
would
I
have
to
then
pursue
the
at-large
city
councilor
in
my
district
who
happens
to
live
here.
The
other
question
I
wanted
to
ask
was
about
the
one
to
one
covering
past
HCA's.
U
So
currently
there
are,
if
I,
if
I
heard
correctly,
there
are
14
host
community
agreements
with
only
3
equity
applicants
that
have
gone
through
certified.
What
does
that
mean?
The
city
will
then
look
at
11
the
next
in
hcas
ago,
strictly
to
equity,
applicants
and
I
will
finish
this
up
by
saying.
The
weight
over
the
years
has
been
extremely
difficult.
U
A
P
So,
council
Edwards,
let
me
just
take
a
shot.
Our
understanding
is
for
the
applications
that
are
being
considered
and
I'm.
Gonna.
Look
at
president
matter,
President
Cheney
for
the
applications
that
are
being
considered.
We're
gonna
have
a
one-for-one
so
moving
forward
in
the
pool
to
be
considered
by
the
board,
we
will
make
sure
for
every
non-equity
applicant.
We
are
gonna,
make
sure
we
have
at
least
one
equity
applicant
in
the
pool
to
be
considered
by
the
board.
So.
D
I
would
add,
madam
chair,
if
I
may,
the
ordinance
the
length
in
the
ordinance
says
the
city
of
Boston
must
maintain
an
equal
or
greater
number
of
equity
applicants
to
non-apple
non-equity
applicants,
which
means
that
the
city
does
have
to
account
for
whoever
else
was
went
through
the
queue
and
maintain
that
balance,
and
now
more
than
ever,
we
are
not
going
to
let
them
off
the
hook
in
doing
that.
So
yes,
my
answer
to
you,
Sean
is
yes.
D
G
G
The
opportunity
structure
going
to
be
for
black
and
brown
businesses
to
be
able
to
open
up
and
prime
locations
lucrative
zones.
So
we
have
my
application
that
we're
about
to
submit
at
1:44
Harvard
Ave
in
Austin
and
I've,
been
working
with
another
group
supporting
them
from
Boston,
and
they
have
a
location
at
114,
Queensberry,
Street
and
Fenway.
They
were
part
of
the
application
process
before
they
started
before
you
started
to
figure
out
what
the
new
equity
port
was
going
to
look
like.
They
still
haven't,
got
a
host
community
agreement.
G
G
G
Hood
right,
I
have
a
lot
of
friends
that
have
been
in
the
hood.
We
grew
up
in
the
hood.
We've
been
through
a
lot
we
wanted
to
be
in
places
where
we
can
create
economic
engines
and
then
give
back
to
our
table.
I,
don't
know
if
you
guys
have
thought
about.
Are
you
gonna
go
about
that,
but
I
think
that's
one
of
the
prevalent
issues
moving
forward.
Thank.
A
You
very
much
again,
I
didn't
know
if
anyone
wanted
to
take
a
stab
at
that
question.
I
have
just
for
the
folks
in
the
public,
I
have
only
one
more
hand
raised
or
public
testimony,
so
I'm
putting
it
out
there.
If
you
would
like
to
testify,
that's
how
I
know
if
you
want
to
say
something:
please
raise
your
blue
hand
and.
A
V
Sir
founder
of
high-tech
farms
I've
been
in
this
for
about
two
years.
If
you
don't
know
me,
then
you're
not
following
with
social
equity.
Is
this
industry
and
in
Boston
you
know,
I've
been
at
it
for
a
while
I
sold.
My
house
invested
everything
I
have
to
get
into
this
industry
and
I
was
promised
that
we
being
an
economical,
carmalit,
being
a
social
equity.
V
Being
second
economic
empowerment,
Afghans
certified
in
state
that
I
would
be
first
chosen
being
the
first
applicant
in
the
city
of
Boston,
also
mind
I
mean
general
speaking,
the
first
for
pure
Oasis,
now
they're
able
to
go
open
up,
I'm
still
waiting,
and
then
they
can
circle
back
in
apply
for
their
second
one
and
I
have
to
be
in
competition
with
them.
My
situation
has
been
detailed
extensively
exhaustively
on
on
PBS
newshour
to
Boston
Globe,
spotlight,
series.
V
Everyone
knows
my
situation,
so
I
don't
know
how
much
more
vetting
needs
to
happen
and
I
need
to
be
a
timeline.
I
complained
about
this
and
I.
You
know
you
gotta,
forgive
me
because
I
am
a
complaint.
I
complain
all
the
time
about
everything
in
this
space
and
I
complained
that
we
did
not
have
timelines
I
need
timelines.
V
We
need
to
know
how
long
it's
going
to
take
for
us
to
move
forward,
because
we
need
to
talk
to
our
investors
if
they're
going
to
be
in
at
this
point
on
I,
don't
even
have
any,
because
there's
no
timeline,
there's
no
window
opportunity
for
us
to
move
forward.
So
what
we
need
is
exactly
that
and
we
need
letters
from
our
City
Council
folks
to
move
us
forward
and
it's
hurting
us
I'm,
born
and
raised
in
this
city.
I'm,
a
single
dad,
raising
three
children
on
my
own
you're
hurting
us.
L
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Leah
raised
her
physical
hand,
not
the
abbé
hand.
I
saw
the
finger,
go
up,
so
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
let
Leah
do
this
and
then
we're
gonna
go
back
to
a
second
round
from
the
city
councilors,
who
are
still
here,
who
had
some
follow-up
questions
so
Leah
one
second
I'm
a
it's
a
minute
and
a
half
this
time:
Leah,
okay,
okay,
you
gonna,
unmute
yourself,
you
good
all
right.
Okay,.
N
So,
first
of
all,
I
would
like
to
start
off
by
addressing
a
caller
in
reference
to
mentoring,
alchemy,
League
myself
and
have
partnered
with
and
are
working
collectively
with
other
medical
marijuana
facilities
on
a
program
called
gift.
It's
called
green
industry,
funded
training,
putting
on
my
economic
empowerment,
applicants
taught
and
trained
by
economic
empowerment,
applicants
driven
by
economic
empowerment
applicants,
because
I
am
aware
that
no
one
can
understand
me
or
my
people
better
than
I
can,
and
so.
In
order
for
us
to
be
successful,
we
have
to
start
to
give
back.
N
So
as
we
move
forward
with
our
license,
we
are
going
to
bring
forward
five
to
six
economic
empowerment
businesses.
We
do
not
want
jobs,
we
want
to
be
in
business,
we're
going
to
bring
them
forward
with
us,
move
them
forward
as
they
move
forward.
There
move
the
next
people
forward.
We
put
a
three
year
plan
together.
N
A
S
I
just
wanted
to
take
an
opportunity
to
thank
everybody
for
moving
this
forward.
My
name
is
Harold
Matteo
and
I
am
actually
one
of
the
owners
of
elevate
Arctic
we've
been
in
the
process
since
January
3rd
of
2019,
we're
petitioning
for
3:55
Congress
Street,
so
essentially
were
minority
and
veteran
owned
enterprise.
We've
been
like
everybody
else,
struggling
with
the
delays,
our
ambassadors
pretty
much.
You
no
longer
wait
around
and
our
lease
actually
is
coming
up
to
an
end
and
it's
a
fabulous
location.
S
Where
you
know,
if
you
look
around,
you
know
no
mortgages
work
for
people
that
are
of
color
or
black
or
Latino
look
into
the
process
forward
of
doing
business
and
Boston
for
minorities.
But
you
look
into
a
place
like
Seaport
and
man.
You
get
neighborhood
associations
that
favor
other
groups
and
usher
them
in.
While
my
group,
who
is
you
know,
a
Latino
group,
Betterman
own
gets
everything
else
that
is
opposed
to
that
to
even
have
a
community
meeting.
If
we
wouldn't
have
forced
ourselves
to
have
a
community
meeting,
we
would
have
never.
S
A
C
W
You
hear
me
yes,
yes,
you
can't
hear
me.
Oh
you
can
hear
you
you're
good
to
go
all
right
here.
We
go
first
of
all,
Thank
You,
counselor
Edwards
your
leadership
along
with
president
Janie,
as
well
as
mr.
barrows,
for
your
steadfast
commitment
to
cannabis.
Businesses,
particularly
economic
empowerment
groups,
I
appreciate
your
passion
and
I
hope
that
we
could
help
all
who
are
involved
out
to
open
their
business
and
be
successful.
I
just
had
two
main
points.
W
One
is
that
I
understand
that
the
board
is
coming
online
and
I
appreciate
councillor
Jaime's
leadership
there,
but
we
have
to
make
sure
that,
if
you're
going
to
add
a
new
bureaucracy
that
it
does,
what
it's
intended
to
do.
The
last
thing
we
want
to
do
is
to
have
a
board
as
an
impediment
for
people
to
open.
W
So
I
just
hope
that
you,
as
counselors
in
the
administration,
really
look
at
the
board
and
figure
out
the
way
can
best
work
so
that
people
can
really
benefit
from
the
board,
with
all
the
virtues
that
were
instilled
in
its
placement
early
on
and
then
the
second
piece
I
just
want
to
say
and
I.
Also,
just
want
to
say:
I
represent
Green
soul
organics
my
partner
table
was
on
earlier.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
had
a
challenge
with
then,
like
I
said
mr.
W
A
You
so
I
see
no
other
hands
and
now
I'm
going
to
go
back.
City
councillors,
it's
316
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
ending
this
closer
to
four
I.
Think
that
would
be.
You
know
a
little
little.
You
know
3:30
would
be
about
our
to
two
hour
mark.
So
for
you
know
a
little
the
more
over
that
the
more
the
two
hour.
Ish
and
I
understand
people.
Administration
people
have
things
to
do
in
their
day,
so
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
push.
A
D
Follow
up,
thank
you
so
much
madam
chair
I
want
to
thank
all
the
entrepreneurs
who
testified
and
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
continued
advocacy.
I
wanted
to
clarify
I'm
concerned
about
the
confusion
with
the
letters
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
clarify.
My
incense
is
clear.
My
intent
is
what
is
in
the
ordinance,
and
that
is
letters
from
district
councillors.
So
I
don't
know
what
conversation
director
to
took
referenced,
but
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
clarify.
So
the
ordinance
says
district,
that's
what
it
should
be
and
we
shouldn't
be
confusing.
D
Folks
I
have
questions
about
sequencing
I'm
concerned
that
our
current
sequencing
still
disadvantages.
Those
were
trying
to
help
because
it
requires
them
to
go
to
ISDN,
first
and
so
I'd
like
us
to
get
to
a
point
where
we're
doing
that
later
in
the
process.
So
our
entrepreneurs
don't
have
to
carry
that
big
rent
Bernie
in
terms
of
the
registry
and
mapping
like
where
is
it.
I
went
and
looked
online
on
the
city's
page
and
I
could
quite
navigate
and
figure
out.
D
All
of
the
things
that
directed
to
chuck
was
mentioning
in
her
remarks,
and
so
it's
important
that
we
make
sure
that
the
spirit
of
this
legislation
is
being
realized
and
that's
things
around
clarity.
So
no
more
confusing
letters,
that's
things
like
transparency
and
certainly
trying
to
help
those
who
have
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
the
war
on
drugs,
and
so
the
last
thing
I
would
say
on
that
point
is
just
the
concern
around
the
color
blind
statement.
So
folks
know
my
intent.
My
intent
is
crystal
clear.
D
My
intent
is
to
help
black
and
brown
businesses,
people
who
have
come
from
disproportionately
impacted
communities,
many
of
whom
you've
heard
from
today
too,
so
that
we
are
dealing
with
this
issue
from
a
racial
justice
and
economic
justice
standpoint
where
we
are
what
happened
with
the
war
on
drugs,
what
is
still
happening
with
the
war
on
drugs
and
where
we
are
in
this
country?
So
that
is
the
intent
of
this
legislation.
D
I'd
be
interesting,
specific
questions
around
sequencing
in
the
registry
and
mapping
and
where
we
can
find
the
information
that
was
shared
in
this
hearing
in
terms
of
I
just
want
to
address
the
issue
of
the
board
that
was
raised
by
the
last
person
who
testified
I
can
certainly
appreciate.
We
don't
want
to
create
more
bureaucracy,
but
I.
Think
again.
We
wanted
to
have
a
very
public
process
where
decisions
weren't
being
made
behind
closed
doors
without
the
opportunity
to
have
a
robust
process.
E
Okay,
I
just
want
to
quickly
clarify
my
colorblind
statement,
was
more
about
acceptance
from
a
very
young
age
and
always
and
embracing
the
before
values
that
we're
discussing
it
does
not
mean
that
I
have
receded
in
my
role
any
colorblind
way.
In
fact,
every
time
that
I
have
testified
before
the
council,
I
have
said
that
the
city
has
an
opportunity
to
lead
and
we
must
be
deliberate
on
which
company
is
we
site.
I
have
also
made
statements
from
the
very
first
time
I
sat
with
the
council.
E
It
wasn't
in
regards
to
anything
but
more
expediency
and
I
said
we
can
do
quick
or
we
can
do
this
quickly.
We
can
do
this
quickly
or
we
can
do
it
correctly
with
diversity.
So
I
wanted
to
clarify
any
misinterpretations
of
what
my
earlier
colorblind
schematic
said
and
I
hope
that
the
actions
of
the
diversity
of
the
host
community
agreements
lend
itself
to
to
proving
that.
D
Thank
the
last
thing
on
that
teach
directly
to
Chuck
if
we
could
have
the
analysis
of
how
those
who
have
gone
through
the
process
and
already
having
HCA
compared
to
the
equity
program,
so
I'd
really
be
interested
in
how
many
that
already
have
hcas
are,
would
qualify
under
the
ordinance
so
that
we
can
get
a
sense
of
where
we
are
in
terms
of
keeping
that
balance
as
a
follow-up.
If
you
have
it
now
great.
E
Because
some
of
the
parts
of
the
some
of
the
parts
of
the
ordinance
relate
to
income
levels
and
arrest,
records
and
residency,
and
while
some
of
the
HCA's
have
the
component
of
diversity
and
entrepreneurialship
without
having
documentation
from
the
business
owners
about
their
income
level
or
did
they
reside
in
a
disproportionately
affected
area?
I
wouldn't
be
able
to
succinctly
say
if
they
would
apply
to
the
bar
straight.
Could.
D
P
Yeah
no
I
think
Madam
President
allow
us
to
get
you.
We
are
going
to
go
to
all
of
the
existing
HCA
holders
and
we
are
going
to
get
all
that
information
that
directly
to
Chuck's
mentioned
that
we
don't
have
at
this
point.
We
can
give
that
analysis.
You
know
later
date.
That
is
important.
It's
important
analysis
to
be
done
in
terms
of
sequencing.
There
are.
P
D
We
asked
somebody
to
do
is
go
to
ISD,
which
means
they've
got
to
have
secured
location,
oftentimes
spending,
thousands
and
thousands
like
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
and
rents
because
they're
on
the
hook.
So
my
question
is
at
what
can?
Is
there
a
way,
let's
explore
when
we
can
get
when?
Is
it
necessary
to
have
the
land
on
lock
like
what
else
can
we
do
prior
to
that,
so
that
they
are
not
carrying
that
big
burden
for
so
long?
So
that's
what
I'm
looking
for
now
I
know
right
now,
it's
the
first
thing.
D
P
A
great
point,
Madam,
President
I,
think
we
will
work
with
you
on
that.
We
have
in
fact
talked
about
that
internally.
I
think
Lea's
situation
is
a
good
example
of
that.
It's
a
great
example
of
how
we
need
to
be
clear
on
that
and
work
with
people
on
that
one,
and
that
is
something
so
be
very
clear
on
this
phone
right
now.
You
do
not
have
to
have
a
lease,
but
before
you
go
to
zba,
you
do
have
to
have
control
of
that
site
for
at
least
one
year,
and
so,
as
you
know,
Madam
President.
D
E
E
So
those
are
some
of
the
ways
that
there
would
be
audience
participation,
the
board,
discussing
applications
and
criteria
and
within
48
hours
before
the
board
needs
they
would
post
an
agenda
so
that
anybody
that
wanted
to
participate
would
be
able
to
review
the
agenda
before
the
meeting
so
that
they
would
be
well
versed
in
what
is
being
presented
so
that
they
could
ask
questions
or
do
a
little
bit
of
their
own
research.
Prior
to
this
public
hearing
and.
J
E
E
That
is
because
the
swearing
in
cannot
happen
virtually.
It
requires
an
in-person
visit
to
the
sixth
floor
of
Boston
City
Hall
and
given
the
locations
of
some
of
the
board
members
during
kovat
emergencies,
that
there
were
two
that
weren't
able
to
come
in
in
person,
but
they
are
coming
in
in
June.
Thank.
E
J
A
Counsel
me
he
has
left
I,
think
councillor.
Flynn
is
no
longer
here.
Counselor
Flaherty's,
also
no
longer
here
I
had
some
follow-up
questions
in
terms
of
I'll,
just
clear
them
off.
So
no
one
answered
my
question
about
your
interpretation
of
the
statute
or
the
ordinance
about
who
is
making
the
final
decision
on
the
HCA's.
A
P
A
In
terms
of
time
line,
I
want
to
be
clear.
I
have
understood
a
couple
dates.
June
12th
is
the
swearing-in
of
the
final
members
of
the
board.
June
17th
is
a
week
before
the
board
meets
and
as
according
to
Kathleen
Joyce's
testimony.
That
would
be
the
latest
of
time
for
which
the
regulations
are
made
publicly
available.
That's
June,
17th,
June
24
is
the
actual
time
that
the
board
will
need
to
begin
discussion
of
those
regulations
30
days
after
they
are
available.
When
the
comment
period
ends
is
July
17th,
that's
a
Friday.
A
The
following
week
starts
on
Monday
the
20th
of
July
and
I,
assume
by
then
the
board
will
be
meeting
as
I
understood
that
they
would
be
meeting
within
a
week
or
so
of
the
regulations
being
finalized
I'm.
Assuming
then,
by
the
end
of
July,
the
board
is
meeting
and
adjudicating
HCA's
and
applicants
and
I
say
that,
because
if
that
isn't
happening,
I
I
know
the
chair.
A
Excuse
me
myself,
but
also
the
sponsor
of
this
ordinance
will
absolutely
be
calling
for
a
hearing
or
some
sort
of
FOIA
or
something
because
I
think
that
we
would
all
be
failing.
These
applicants
and
everybody
else
if
we
can't
even
get
within
a
month
regulations
and
moving
forward
and
start
adjudicating
HCA's,
starting
with
the
pipeline
of
folks
who
are
waiting,
clearing
that
out
and
moving
as
fast
as
we
can
to
properly
put
them
in
place.
A
I
also
think
it's
very
important
that
the
regulations
call
for
a
maximum
timeline
going
forward
and
what
a
person
applies
to
when
they
are
approved
or
denied
there
will
be
there
should
be
no
more
than
I,
don't
know
six
months.
This
is
me
not
being
a
small
business
person,
Leah
calm
down
I'm
just
coming
up.
Okay,
I'm
saying
there
should
be
a
maximum
maximum
time
limit
that
a
person
has
to
go
through
the
procedure
of
the
City
of
Austin
I
want
that
in
the
regulations.
A
I
also
want
a
maximum
time
limit
for
when
the
board
will
have
a
decision
right
either
I
mean
they
can
make
decisions
like
the
CBA,
which
is
right
there
on
the
spot,
because
they
do
it
right.
There
I
mean,
and
they
make
permanent
decisions
that
last
generations
right
there.
They
could
do
that
or
within
a
week
they
can
release,
but
I
mean
a
maximum
decision
that
someone
should
be
able
to.
You
know
that
I've
heard
about
people
mortgaging
their
homes,
everything
they
have
and
it
can't
be.
It
can't
be
the
city
of
Boston.
A
A
I
do
need
to
know
when
we
will
have
the
registry
up
and
when
the
map
will
be
up
Alexis.
When
is
the
map
coming
up
and
the
map
that
I
envisioned
when
I
had
pushed
and
worked
with
counselor
Janie
was
a
map
that
showed
who
who
applied
it's
a
little
bit.
You
know
like
either
a
white
dot
showing
this
person
applied.
A
This
person
applied
this
person
applied
and
then,
when
you
look
on
that,
you
can
actually
see
when
they
applied
and
all
that
their
application
or
whatever,
but
as
they
proceeded
through
the
process
of
masa
demonstrates
that,
because,
as
long
as
we
have
a
buffer
zone,
people
don't
know
necessarily
who,
if
they're
in
someone
zone
or
not
so
they
get
themselves
all
excited,
they
get
people
money.
They
do
it
all
so
stuff
like
that
and
they
put
the
application
in
and
then
try
to
figure
out
who's
around
them.
So
we
move
the
map
via.
E
There's
the
there's
the
map
up
right
now
that
shows
executed
HCA,
so
that
would
in
fact
show
somebody
who
is
doing
research
where
the
buffer
zones
are
I've
asked
do
it
to
attach
the
public
meetings
also
to
the
map.
They
said
that
that
when
they
were
plugging
that
in
the
map
looked
very
clustered
and
difficult
to
read,.
A
E
E
If
you
are
an
applicant,
you
would
see
where
the
host
community
agreements
are
by
map
and
then
you
would
see
by
a
list
anybody
in
the
queue
that
had
had
a
public
meeting.
So
even
if
you
weren't
on
the
map,
you
could
say
for
sake
of
argument.
Oh
okay,
he's
Boston
this
street
this
street.
This
street
are
in
play.
So.
J
E
A
Would
be
a
yes
I
want
that
I
absolutely
want
that
and
so
I'm
gonna,
you
know
unless
I'm
gonna
go
back
back
through
Shore
final
comments.
I
saw
Leah
put
her
finger
up
again,
I
saw
you
do
it,
but
it'll
have
to
be
brief,
but
I'll
get
to
you
but
I'm.
Just
gonna
say
for
a
lot
of
these
questions.
What
I
understand
from
the
procedure
we
can
be
building
out
and
putting
some
meat
on
these
bones
in
the
regulations.
A
So
it's
very
important
for
folks
to
understand
that
how
this
board
moves
when
they're
going
to
be
making
decisions,
sure
I
mean
there's
some
basic
things,
that
we
cannot
change
and
that's
the
ordinance.
But
there
are
a
lot
of
questions
like
when
it
comes
to
livery
when
it
comes
to
how
they
move,
how
they
notice
those
things.
That's
regulations
so
stay
in
this
with
us.
I
know
it's
frustrating,
but
you
have
to
stay
in
and
you
have
to
bring
your
stories
to
that.
A
D
Sponsor
thank
you
so
much
chairwoman
Edwards
for
another
amazing
hearing.
Thank
you
for
your
strong
passion
and
leadership
here.
I
want
to
thank
the
administration.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
entrepreneurs.
It's
an
important
conversation.
We
have
to
keep
having
it.
Yes
continue
to
stay
in
this
fight.
We
are
fighting
for
you
we
are
fighting
with
you.
D
I
would
encourage
us,
as
we
think
about
the
pipeline
that
currently
exists,
that
we
really
spend
some
time
and
I've
mentioned
this
already
to
the
administration,
but
that
we
need
to
do
some
more
in
terms
of
support
and
ta
to
those
who
are
in
there,
particularly
those
who
are
equity
applicants.
My
goal
isn't
just
to
clear
the
pipeline.
I
don't
want
to
just
move
people
through
because
they're
stuck
in
the
pipeline.
A
N
You
thank
you.
Thank
you,
Kim.
Thank
you
I'm,
madam
chair.
Thank
you.
Everyone,
Alexis
I,
know
that
you
were
put
into
this
position
of
emerging
industries.
From
my
experience
trying
to
deal
with
you,
you
are
a
big
roadblock.
My
question
to
you
is
how
many
HCA
people
that
have
been
awarded
HTA's
are
simply
sitting
on.
These
properties
have
not
opened,
have
not
tried
to
begin
to
open,
but
they
are
also
hindering
our
ability
to
move
into
that
area,
because
now
we're
in
a
buffer
zone.
N
I
have
four
of
them
that
I'm,
aware
of
as
of
today,
that
have
been
holding
on
to
host
community
agreements
from
the
city
of
Boston
and
have
no
no
intent
to
even
opening
the
doors
but
they're
barring
people
from
moving
into
those
areas
because
of
buffer
zones.
I'd,
like
that
answered,
please
and
I
would
like
to
know
if
you're
appointed
a
time
frame
for
your
position
and
do
we
vote
you
in
or
vote
you
out.
Are
you
awarded
that
position
through
the
mail?
Thank
you
very
much.
I
will
yield
my
time
so.
E
N
A
Gonna,
do
this
we're
gonna?
Do
this
you've
asked
your
question.
Mr.
Sherk
will
answer
it.
If
it
is
not
satisfactory,
then
we
will
just
continue
this
conversation,
but
I
we're
not
going
to
end
like
this.
So
I'm
going
to
give
the
floor
to
a
mr.
Chuck
to
answer
the
question
and
then
I
will
close
out
this
hearing,
understanding
that
this
is
a
conversation.
There
is
no
wind
right
now
there
is
no
absolute.
There
is
no
any
anything,
that's
going
to
happen,
except
we
have
pushed
this
ball
forward.
E
Current
currently,
there
are
seven
completed
applications
to
go
before
the
Cannabis
board.
Completed
applications
mean
community
meeting
a
butter
notification
letter
from
a
district
councillor
financial
disclosure
about
who
owns
the
company.
So
that
is
something
that
will
be
presented
to
the
cannabis
board
for
their
June
deliberations.
A
E
A
Well,
then,
I
look
forward
to
seeing
what
those
seven
are,
what
they
look
like
and
also
again,
please
folks.
The
conversation
about
the
regulations
is
also
where
we
have
learned
from
this
experience
and
how
this
process
is
going
that
we
can
also
help
correct
in
the
regulations.
I
want
to.
Thank
you,
Alexis
and
I.
Do
want
to
thank
you
for
your
story
as
well.
A
Excuse
me,
my
president,
councillor
Janey
to
the
moon
and
back
lady
to
the
moon
and
back
I
got
your
back.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
close
out
this
hearing
today,
I
look
forward
again,
we
will
be
looking
forward
for
the
June
12th
to
know
who
the
new
members
are
and
sworn
in.
Okay
and
then
June,
June,
17th,
I,
assume
the
regulations
will
be
out
I'm
very
excited
for
that.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
This
hearing
is
now
ended.