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Description
Boston Cannabis Board hearing on August 12, 2020 to discuss and adopt Draft Rules & Regulations.
A
A
A
Good
afternoon,
this
is
a
hearing
before
the
boston
cannabis
board.
Today
is
wednesday
august
12
2020..
This
hearing
is
being
conducted
pursuant
to
governor
baker's
executive
order,
temporarily
modifying
portions
of
the
open
meeting
law.
This
is
what
allows
this
hearing
to
be
conducted.
Virtually
the
hearing
is
being
reported
and
will
be
posted
to
the
city's
website.
B
Thank
you
leslie
good
afternoon.
Everyone.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
I'd
like
to
introdu
introduce
the
other
commissioners
of
the
boston
cannabis
board.
I'm
joined
today
by
commissioner
lisa
holmes,
commissioner
darlene
lombos
commissioner
john
smith,
and
newly
sworn
in
commissioner
alejandra
senkian.
A
Please
appear
that
you're
muted,
unless
you
are
presenting
today,
the
applications
before
the
vcb
today
will
be
called
in
the
order
in
which
they
began
the
licensing
process
and
which
the
application
was
deemed
complete,
beginning
with
an
equity
applicant
to
ensure
adherence
to
the
ordinance
once
called
the
applicant
and
its
team
will
make
a
presentation
to
the
board.
The
chairwoman
and
each
respective
commissioner
will
then
have
the
opportunity
to
ask
any
questions
of
the
applicant.
If
the
applicant
is
an
equity
applicant.
A
Pursuant
to
the
ordinance
attorney,
chayla
white
with
the
office
of
economic
development
will
testify
regarding
the
equity
status
of
the
applicant
and
her
process,
and
will
then
answer
any
questions
from
the
board.
Regarding
the
same
following
the
presentation,
the
board
will
accept
public
testimony
in
support
of
the
application,
beginning
with
elected
officials
or
their
representatives,
and
then,
following
with
testimony
in
opposition
to
the
application,
beginning
again
with
elected
officials
or
their
representatives.
A
If
you
have
emailed
requesting
to
testify,
you
will
be
called
in
the
order
in
which
you
requested
to
testify.
If
you
have
not,
please
utilize
the
chat
function,
to
provide
your
name
address
and
affiliation.
If
any,
you
will
be
called
in
that
order,
please
note
that
questions
in
the
chat
or
private
messages
will
not
be
answered.
Any
questions
should
be
emailed
to
cannabisboard
boston.gov.
A
It's
important
to
note
that
today's
testimony
will
be
limited
to
the
specific
application
of
the
specific
location
being
considered.
Testimony
will
not
be
accepted
regarding
prior
applicants,
future
applicants,
the
legalization
of
cannabis
or
any
other
matters
student
to
the
ordinance
establishing
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
the
city
of
boston.
This
board
is
an
independent
board
tasked
with
evaluating
the
time,
place
and
manner
of
cannabis
applications,
while
specifically
ensuring
equity
both
in
the
distribution
of
the
licenses
issued
to
applicants
and
the
geographical
distribution
of
licenses
throughout
the
city.
A
The
terms
and
conditions
included
in
the
grant
of
any
license
by
this
board
will
be
specifically
incorporated
into
any
host
community
agreement.
The
host
community
agreement
is
not
a
separate
negotiation,
but
rather
memorializes
the
discussions
in
the
community,
the
presentation
before
this
board
and
any
grant
of
a
license
by
this
board.
While
the
board
is
not
the
legal
entity
that
executes
the
host
community
agreement
with
an
approved
licensee.
A
A
Please
note
I
am
going
to
share
my
screen,
so
please
bear
with
me
with
any
technological
issues.
This
is
definitely
not
my
specialty,
but
for
security
sake,
I
will
share
the
applicant's
presentation.
C
C
Yes,
the
next
queen,
okay
for
those
for
the
record,
my
name
is
tito
jackson.
I
am
a
boston
resident.
I
live
at
37
schuyler
street
and
I
actually
am
the
ceo
of
verdant
medical
and
we
are
going
to
be
presenting
today.
C
We
believe
fundamentally,
that
there's
diversity
or
the
issue
of
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
is
not
a
bolt-on,
but
it's
actually
at
the
core
of
all
that
we
do
and,
as
you
can
see
from
our
depiction
actually
friends
have
asked
whether
or
not
this
was
my
research
and
development
team
picture,
but
that
that
is
actually
not
the
case.
If
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide,.
C
A
little
bit
about
my
background,
as
many
of
you
know,
I
served
on
the
boston
city,
counselor
council
for
seven
years
and
worked
in
and
around
many
of
these
issues.
One
of
the
things
that
you
may
not
know
is
that
a
significant
part
of
my
career
was
spent
in
pharmaceuticals
and
healthcare.
I
worked
for
johnson,
johnson
and
eli
lilly
and
have
a
great
deal
of
background
in
the
healthcare
industry
as
well
as
regulated
industries
that
are
regulated
by
the
fda.
C
I
became
the
first
elected
official
in
the
state
to
step
forward
and
back
the
right,
the
regulatory
environment
that
we
have
now,
which
is
legalize
cannabis,
very,
very
proud
of
being
at
the
forefront
of
this
industry.
If
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
that'd
be
great.
C
We
have
an
amazing
team
that
is
very
diverse.
The
majority
of
our
management
team
are
women
of
color
lisa.
Hebron
actually
has
experience
in
this
space
and
in
this
industry
and
jennifer
smith,
owns
12
mcdonald's
and
has
significant
retail
operations,
as
well
as
just
an
amazing
experience
in
business.
C
Blake
williams
has
a
great
deal
of
experience
in
growing
as
you'll
note,
verdan
is
actually
seeking
to
become
vertically
integrated,
which
also
means
that
the
employees
that
we
hire
in
matapan
will
have
an
opportunity
to
work
at
multiple
sites,
as
well
as
to
be
able
to
move
up
the
the
food
chain
so
to
speak.
C
If
you
can
head
to
the
next
slide.
C
And
we
also
have
an
amazing
consulting
team
with
over
100
years
of
experience
across
the
board
from
kerry
bowie,
who
has
a
great
deal
he's
a
has.
Two
degrees
from
mit
has
been
really
helpful
in
guiding
us
elena
stinson
who's,
actually
a
physician
and
is
guiding
us
in
in
that
space
and
sankita
savaraja,
who
has
helped
us
on
our
legal
front
and
actually
was
just
named
as
one
of
the
top
100
lawyers
in
the
country.
So
we're
very
confident
about
the
consulting
and
legal
team
that
we
have
partnered
with.
C
If
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
we
are
looking
to
make
sure
that
our
presentation
actually
fits
into
the
rubric
that
has
been
put
forward
by
the
city
council
as
well
as
the
board,
and
the
presentation
will
fall
into
that
that
space
and
most
of
our
our
time.
Well,
we
will,
in
our
presentation,
note
diversity
and
inclusion
across
all
of
these
components,
not
only
as
the
number
one
component
if
you
could
move
on
to
the
next
slide.
C
So,
just
a
little
bit
about
verdict:
vernon
is
currently
a
non-profit,
so
we
obviously
know
that
in
the
state
of
massachusetts,
no
one
owns
a
non-profit
and
it's
100
black
controlled.
I
am
the
sole
board
member
and
then-
and
we
have
applied
to
the
cannabis
control,
conv
commission,
for
conversion
to
a
for-profit
and
at
that
time,
100
of
the
equity
in
verdict.
Medical
will
move
over
to
me
and,
as
noted,
our
objective
is
to
vertically
integrate,
which
means
that
we
will
be
cultivating
processing
as
well
as
retailing
and
very
critical.
C
Is
that
we
look
to
open
the
doors
of
economic
opportunity
for
those
who've
been
disproportionately
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs
and
want
to
make
sure
that
those
people
who
were
locked
up
don't
get
locked
out
of
this
industry
when
we're
using
the
rubric
given
to
us
by
the
state
in
terms
of
identifying
actual
components
that
we
are
shooting
for
and
then
also
goals
that
go
along
with
that.
C
C
So
in
terms
of
our
diversity
plan
to
date
and
and
as
noted
earlier,
you
know,
diversity
is
not
a
bolt-on
to
verdant,
it's
actually
who
we
are
as
a
company
and
so
to
date,
we've
identified
amb
general
contractor
cleaning
company
as
well
as
a
garbage
removal
company,
and
we
are
going
to
continue
to
add
to
these
lists.
As
we
identify
folks,
we
have
a
plan
to
purchase
10
percent
of
our
products
from
individuals
who
are
in
the
economic
empowerment
program.
C
That's
the
state
designation,
as
well
as
the
social
equity
program,
and
also
we
not
only
want
to
be
a
destination
in
matapan,
but
we
want
to
actually
help
matapan
be
a
destination
for
all
and
one
thing
that's
very
critical
and
particular
in
this
time.
C
During
the
pandemic,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
help
other
businesses
in
and
around
the
matapan
business
area,
and
so
we
are
creating
a
shop
local
card
so
that
the
people
who
are
coming
to
shop
at
verdant
actually
go
to
brothers
and
go
to
many
of
the
other
businesses
that
are
in
the
mattapan
area.
C
In
addition,
seniors
are
a
critical
component
of
our
community
and
for
folks
who
know
this,
business
they're
one
of
the
fastest
growing
cohorts
in
the
space,
and
so
we
actually
want
to
add
some
employment
opportunities,
but
also
educational
opportunities
for
seniors,
and
we
will
have
basically
senior
educators
that
are
out
in
the
community
to
educate
our
seniors
on
how
to
use
the
product.
C
In
addition,
the
arts
is
a
critical
component
and
we
are
going
to
use
our
space
and
place
to
feature
local
artists
on
our
walls
and
rotate
them
on
a
monthly
or
bi-monthly
basis,
because
art
is
a
critical
component
to
our
community
and
and
business
and
our
in
our
in
our
city.
C
If
you
can
move
on
to
the
next
slide,
one
of
the
other
components-
that's
critical
is
a
people's
preparation
to
be
able
to
get
into
this
new
space
unique
to
cannabis.
Most
of
us
are
not
joining
or
haven't,
joined
a
brand
new
industry,
and
so
we've
created
a
program
called
setup
with
a
c,
not
a
s,
and
it
stands
for
the
cannabis
employment
training
uplift
program.
C
C
We
are
looking
to
work
in
conjunction
with
multiple
nonprofits
violence
in
boston,
sheriff,
tompkins
and
actually
have
I've
already
had
conversations
with
roxbury
district
court
probation
department
to
in
order
to
source
talent
of
those
individuals
who
either
are
previously
incarcerated
or
are
on
probation,
and
so
that's
a
critical
component.
C
Just
to
this
you'll
see
this
multiple
times,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we're
very
proud
of
is
that
we're
committed
to
a
goal
of
20
percent
of
our
workforce
to
be
individuals
with
a
corey
someone
who
has
a
spouse
or
parent
that
has
a
corey,
because
we
want
those
individuals
to
have
an
opportunity
to
participate
fully
in
the
cannabis
industry.
C
In
addition,
we
look
to
hold
four
expungement
events,
so
people
have
an
opportunity
to
clean
up
their
records
on
an
annual
basis,
as
well
as
three
job
fairs
at
in
mattapan,
and
we
will
also
be
using
matapan
to
source
for
our
other
other
sites.
C
In
addition,
we
also
look
to
provide
training
and
help
with
those
individuals
to
actually
get
into
the
industry,
because
we
know
that
wealth
is
actually
not
only
it's
actually
most
often
built
by
people
being
able
to
open
their
own
business,
and
one
of
the
areas
that
I
found
to
be
very
difficult
is
getting
the
dollars
needed
to
get
into
this
industry,
as
well
as
the
know-how
and
sops
for
the
applications.
C
That's
a
critical
component.
If
you
could
advance,
we
are
looking
to
hire
about
30
employees.
C
We
looked
at
how
much
people
get
paid
and
many
other
industries,
and
we
know
that
boston
is
a
pretty
expensive
city
to
work
in.
We
are
going
over
and
above
the
boston
living
wage
policy
and
starting
everyone
at
16
an
hour.
There
are
multiple
levels
in
the
organization,
and
you
know
our
general
manager
will
be
making
close
to
six
figures,
but
everybody
will
be
making
at
least
16
hour
providing
health
benefits
a
401k
with
a
matching
component
to
it.
C
Critical
is
paid
as
a
paid
financial
literacy
training.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
know
what
to
do
with
their
dollars
and,
as
noted
before
we're
holding
20
percent
of
our
seats
for
those
individuals
who
have
a
quarry
and
in
terms
of
goals,
we
are
going
with
51,
51.50,
so
boston
residents,
at
least
51
percent
we've,
thus
far
or
trending
way
above
that.
C
But
we
do
want
to
take
into
account
that
people
families
grow
people
move,
but-
and
I
would
love
for
that
number
to
be
a
hundred
percent,
but
we
do
want
to
have
it
at
a
manageable
level.
In
case
an
individual
does
move.
C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
majority
of
people
of
color
as
well
as
individuals
who,
as
well
as
at
least
50
percent
women,
one
of
the
unique
things
that
we're
putting
forward
is
a
dow
payment,
first
security
fund
assistance,
which
we're
gonna
seed
with
about
twenty
five
thousand
dollars,
which
will
be
a
revolving
fund
for
us,
because
we
know
it's
pretty
expensive
to
live
in
the
city
of
boston
and
these
will
be
grants
offered
to
our
employees.
C
C
Next
slide,
please
one
of
the
other
passions
that
that
I
personally
have,
and
that
we
have
is
to
be
actually
reparative,
and
we
know
that
there
are
people
who
haven't
had
the
same
opportunities
and
then
and
those
who
have
been
disproportionately
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs.
So
we
have
created
a
reparations
fund
and
this
fund
is
to
help
individuals
actually
start
their
own
businesses.
C
They
could
be
cannabis
related
or
ancillary
businesses
or
other
types
of
businesses,
and
we
are
seating
that,
with
fifty
thousand
dollars
commitment
on
an
annual
basis
that
we
would
actually
invest
in
their
companies
to
help
individuals
start
start
their
own
businesses,
which
is
a
critical
component,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
see
is
lacking
in
our
city.
C
If
you
could
head
to
the
next
slide,
please.
C
In
terms
of
community
support,
you
have
a
huge
packet.
I've
tried
to
save
lots
of
trees
because
I
have
several
well
over
150
letters.
I've
scanned
them
to
you
and
we
have
a
great
deal
of
community
support.
C
We
had
a
community
meeting
in
january
of
2019
that
was
well
attended
with
over
200
people
and
we
had
a
great
deal
of
support
at
that
meeting.
C
In
addition,
we
have
a
support
letter
from
russell
holmes,
as
well
as
the
district
councilor
city,
councilor
ricardo
arroyo,
who
wrote
us
a
letter
in
support
of
the
of
verdict,
medical
and
we
are
very,
very,
very
proud
of
that.
C
We're
gonna
delve
down
into
the
security.
This
is
pretty
dense
and
so
I'm
gonna
kind
of
top
line,
the
the
objectives
that
we
have
relative
to
security
when
it
comes
down
to
it.
The
first
objective
and
goal
is
to
prevent
underage
access.
I
never
want
a
person
under
the
age
of
21
in
our
facility.
C
We
at
some
point
in
the
future
possibly
could
offer
medical
and
obviously
the
rules
and
medical
are
a
little
bit
different,
but
we
we
in
our
facility,
actually
check
ids
at
three
points.
So
one
before
you
enter
the
facility
two,
when
you
get
into
the
facility,
your
id
will
be
checked
again
and
three
before
you
make
a
purchase,
your
id
will
then
be
checked
again.
At
that
point,
we
actually
have
a
policy
that
we
have
a
contract
with
the
community
that
you
must
sign
the
first
time
you
come
to
our
store.
C
The
contract
states
that
you
won't
litter,
loiter
light
up
or
do
anything
illegal
in
and
around
the
community
and
that's
a
critical
component,
and
so
we
don't
want
that
business.
So
if
that
individual
violates
you
know
what
there
are,
there
are
other
customers
that
are
out
there.
That's
not
the
type
of
relationship
that
I
want
to
have
with
the
community.
C
One
of
the
differences,
also
between
me
and
probably
other
applicants,
is
that
most
people
have
my
cell
phone
number,
and
so
I
know
the
board
will
will
get
a
call,
but
I
will
get
a
call
and,
as
probably
as
what
as
what
happened
when
I
first
got
into
this
industry,
my
mom
who
lives
in
florida
will
also
probably
get
a
call
if
there
is
a
problem,
and
that
did
happen
several
times
when
people
said
you
know,
you
know
t
you
know
what
tito
is
doing
now.
C
So
that's
a
that's
a
critical
component.
If
you
could
head
to
the
next
slide,
we
are,
we
will
fulfill
all
of
the
state
requirements
around
access
and
control.
We
will
have
all
of
the
cameras
needed
in
order
to
make
sure
that
our
our
facility
is
safe.
We
have
24
by
seven
redundant
security
teams
from
ftg,
and
I
also
excuse
me
and
then
we
also
have
a
redundancy
around
our
alarm
alarm
system.
C
If
you
could
head
to
the
next
slide,
please
all
of
our
products
will
be
in
locked
and
secure
vaults
under
video
surveillance
and
we
have
a
tiered
access
card
system.
So
these
are
the
key
cards
like
you
have
at
city
hall,
but
the
individuals
who
have
access
to
the
money
room.
That's
a
separate
coding
versus
access
to
the
room
that
will
have
that
will
store
product
and
we
actually
have
a
computer
system
that
tracks
every
single
access
access
point
and
who
actually
accesses
each
of
those
facilities.
C
We
obviously
will
we'll
track
and
weigh
all
of
our
products,
and
we
have
a
zero
tolerance
policy
for
diversion
from
our
employees,
as
well
as
customers
who
choose
to
divert
or
circle
product,
meaning
those
individuals
who
come
in
to
buy
from
for
someone.
That
is
absolutely
not
acceptable.
C
Slide
just
to
drill
down
on
the
youth
component.
In
addition
to
not
allowing
folk
into
the
space
one
of
the
other
critical
components
is,
we
will
not
allow
or
have
products
that
resembles
candies.
You
know
animal
or
fruit,
packaging
or
caricatures.
C
We
absolutely
do
not
want
to
sell
or
attract
young
people
on
our
website,
there's
a
verification
to
determine
whether
or
not
you're
21
years
or
of
age
or
older,
and,
as
I
noted
before,
we
actually
have
to
present
iv
at
three
points
while
we're
before
you
actually
purchase
and
if
you
can
head
through
to
the
next
slide.
C
And
I
think
you
can
head
head
through
to
the
to
the
next
slide.
I
think
the
one
piece
about
the
the
last
slide
was
just
simply
that
community
members
will
have
the
cell
phone
number
of
our
manager.
C
They
will
also
have
my
cell
phone
number
and
I
will
be
attending
all
of
the
community
meetings
for
the
first
12
months
of
operation
and
therefore
we
will
determine
a
acceptable
relationship
in
terms
of
the
the
times
in
which
I
I
am
present,
but
that's
a
really
important
component
for
me.
Lastly,
in
this
section
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
have
issues
around
queuing
and
we're
working
with
some
technologies
that
will
allow
individuals
to
use
their
cell
phones
to
be
to
be
used
for
queuing.
C
So
there
are
not
long
lines
when
we
open
we
plan
on
connecting
and
working
with
the
local
police
department
and
coordinating
in
order
to
make
sure
that
we
have
police
on
site
for
opening
and
and
the
weeks
following
that.
One
of
the
other
components
is
that
we
pre-package
we
are
purchasing
pre-packaged
products.
So
therefore
that
limits
the
odor
on
on-site.
C
C
Critical
component
is
in
any
neighborhood
in
boston,
is
access
and
how?
How
folks
are
able
to
get
there?
The
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
chose
mattapan,
in
addition
to
the
amazing
people
there
is
that
matapan
square
actually
does
not
currently
have
housing
in
the
square,
and
so
that
actually
means
that
it's
one
of
the
kind
of
last
commercial
centers
in
the
city
with
with
no
housing,
and
so
we
plan
on
individuals
coming
through
the
multiple
modes
of
transportation.
C
There
is
a
robust
station
there
with
multiple
bus
lines,
a
trolley
line
and
recently
added
a
commuter
rail,
stop
on
the
fairmont
line,
as
well
as
the
blue
bike
program,
and
we
are
working
out
partnerships
with
uber
and
lyft.
So
people
can
have
discounts
in
order
to
be
able
to
get
there
in
terms
of
the
number
of
spaces
in
aggregate
we've
gone
out
and
counted.
C
There's
a
225
spaces
between
the
angle
parking
on
both
sides
of
the
street,
as
well
as
a
municipal
lot
number
14,
which
is
on
parkview,
which
is
literally
right
around
the
corner,
as
well
as
the
mattapan
station,
which
is
also
a
block,
a
block
away
and
there's
a
hundred
spaces
there.
And
we
are
actually
in
talks
with
a
couple
of
our
neighbors
on
to
access
additional
spaces.
C
And
this
is
a
very
dense
section,
so
I'm
literally
I'm
gonna
top
line
these
components.
I
what
I
will
note
around
the
delivery
of
our
product
on
the
these,
as
well
as
the
transport
transport
of
our
monies.
There
was
no
one
in
the
world
who
is
as
motivated
to
make
sure
that
we
get
this
right,
so
one
of
the
components
around
the
delivery
of
product.
C
We
do
want
to
note
that
we
will
not
have
individuals
transporting
products
that
have
guns
that
is
actually
not
allowed
in
the
state
of
massachusetts.
C
But
these
will
you
either
be
verted
employees
or
we're
working
or
working
with
state
certified
vendors
in
this
space
and
we're
actually
looking
to
work
with
a
diverse
vendor
to
transport
product
to
our
facility.
It
will
be
pre-packaged
and
the
times
will
be
randomized.
Obviously,
we
don't
wanna
have
a
situation
where
the
truck
shows
up
at
three
o'clock
every
single
day
and
which
would
deal
with
issues
of
public
safety.
C
C
And
as
as
noted
again,
I
I
am
very
motivated
to
ensure
that
the
money
leaves
our
facility
and
gets
to
century
bank
safely.
So
we
are
partnering
with
a
company,
a
company
that
will
have
an
armored
car.
They
will
coordinate
closely
with
century
bank.
We
will
follow
935
cmr
500.110,
section
7,
and
there
will
be
two
registered
agents
employed
by
a
licensed
partner
at
all
times
when
it
comes
to
that
procedure.
C
And
just
in
in
closing
again
I
want
to
thank
you,
this
board
who's
actually
creating
history
in
in
our
city,
which
will,
I
hope,
help
to
bring
us
all
closer
and
close
the
gap
that
we
have
relative
to
the
those.
What
those
what
folks
have
in
this
in
the
city.
I
I
close
just
as
a
reflection,
paying
honor
to
the
land
that
we
are
talking
about.
C
It
turns
out
that
matapan
was
originally
settled
by
the
english
in
1630
and
it
was
actually
originally
part
of
dorchester,
which
is
one
of
the
neighborhoods
that
I
live
in
until
19th
century,
and
then
it
was
annexed
into
its
own
neighborhood
but,
most
importantly,
matapan.
The
name
comes
from
the
nama,
the
the
ponzi
tribe,
and
they
were
the
original
inhabitants
of
matapan,
and
they
they
were
a
tribe
of
massachusetts
and
confederate
confederation
of
native
americans
and
interestingly
matapan
means
in
from
the
naponza
tribe.
C
It
means
a
good
place
to
be
or
a
good
place
to
sit,
and
I
I
just
reflect
on
that
with
an
african
proverb,
and
it
says
where
you
sit
when
you
are
old
shows
where
you
stood
when
you
were
a
youth,
and
I
would
submit
that
as
a
youthful
company
met.
Vernon
medical
stands
for
opportu
an
opportunity
to
access
to
provide
access
to
the
cannabis
industry
for
those
who
have
been
disproportionately
affected
by
the
war.
C
The
failed
war
on
drugs
and
it
actually
represents
holding
the
door
behind
us
for
other
black
latino
and
asian
entrepreneurs
who,
who
should
rightfully
be
part
of
this
multi-billion
dollar
industry
and
can
break
the
chains
of
generational
poverty
and
despair.
C
And
so
with
that,
I
will
take
any
and
all
questions.
A
E
Afternoon,
everyone
good
afternoon,
commissioners,
I
was
able
to
certify
mr
jackson
as
a
as
an
equity
applicant,
pursuant
to
section
8-13.3
of
the
ordinance
establishing
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
the
city
of
boston.
E
He
has
owned
37
silver
street
since
march
of
2007,
until
the
present,
according
to
the
geocoder
address,
search
tool
used
by
the
ccc
to
determine
areas
of
disproportionate
address
impact.
Mr
jackson's
address
was
located
in
census.
Tract
number
zero,
eight,
two
one
zero
zero,
which
is
designated
by
the
ccc
as
an
area
of
disproportionate
impact.
E
Mr
jackson
also
qualified
under
the
criteria
of
a
person
who
has
resided
in
the
city
of
boston
for
the
past.
Seven
years
again,
mr
jackson
submitted
his
deed,
his
driver's
license
and
also
his
voter
registration
certificate
from
the
city
of
boston
elections,
department,
which
established
that
he
has
been
a
voter
in
boston
since
september
1999,
and
his
last
quote
was
in
march
of
2020
and
mr
jackson
also
qualified
under
the
criteria
of
a
person
who
is
black,
african-american
hispanic,
latino
or
of
asian
descent.
Mr
jackson,
self-identified
as
black.
A
B
D
Hi,
mr
jackson,
thank
you.
So
just
a
quick
question
about
you
talked
about
the
barriers
or
impediments
the
entry
and
just
wanted
to
know
what
you're
a
little
bit
more
about
what
your
approach
was
in
terms
of
addressing
those
barriers
and
how,
in
this
emergency,
emerging
industry,
are
you
planning
to
sort
of
do
this
vertical
integration?
You
talk
about
with
the
30
employees
and
help
them
develop.
C
So,
in
terms
of
the
the
barriers
to
ensure
one
of
the
components
is
we
have
a
tendency
to
spend
a
great
deal
of
money
as
well
as
time
on
standard
operating
procedures,
as
well
as
consulting
that
costs.
A
lot
of
a
lot
of
money,
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars.
C
We
look
forward
to
having
a
cohort
of
individuals
that
we
actually
help
monetarily,
but
also
with
getting
through
the
application
process.
It
is
burdensome
as
well
as
very
expensive
and
that's
critical,
and
so
our
objective
is
really
to
make
sure
that
you
know
there
are
a
couple
of
people
of
color
who've
moved
forward
so
far,
but
we
don't
want
to
be
the
only
ones.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
prosperity
is
across
the
board
and
what
was
the
second
part
of
your
question?.
C
Yeah,
so
in
terms
of
the
the
vertical
integration
we
actually
have
a
host
community
agreement
in
a
town
called
rowley
and
that's
not
in
north
carolina,
that's
actually
in
in
massachusetts.
It's
about
40
miles
north.
C
We
have
11
acres
there
and
the
plan
is
to
build
a
facility
that
will
grow
cannabis
as
well
as
process
it,
and
so
we
will
need
additional
employees
on
top
of
the
retail
side
to
be
to
participate
in
that
that
will
open
the
doors
of
opportunity
for
management,
as
well
as
people
to
be
cross-trained
in
in
many
aspects
of
this
industry,
and
so
I
think
the
other
component
that
we
really
plan
to
work
on
is
that
of
training
and
just
the
human
capital
that's
involved,
so
people
can
be
successful
at
verdant,
but
also
in
the
industry
as
a
whole.
B
I
do
thank
you,
mr
jackson.
Do
you
own
that
rowley
site
I'm
just
trying
to
get
a
little
bit
better
understanding
for
the
the
vertically
integrated
description
you
gave
at
the
beginning?
Is
that
something
that
your
company
owns
or.
C
At
this
point,
we
have
an
loi
with
at
that
site
and
the
plan
is
to
acquire
the
site
and
we
we
have
a
host
community
agreement
for
the
cultivation
facility,
as
well
as
another
store
on
the
site.
Okay,
because
it's
11
acres.
B
Do
you
contemplate
at
this
site
that
we're
talking
about
today
going
medical
in
the
future.
C
We
we
we
think
about
that.
The
medical
piece
has
been
somewhat
difficult
and
I
would
I
would
submit
to
you,
chairwoman
joyce.
The
the
difficulty
is
in
the
current
medical
program.
You
technically
would
need
to
grow.
C
I
would
need
to
actually
be
growing
it
to
be
able
to
sell
a
pr,
even
a
pre-roll
at
the
facility,
so
that
makes
it
somewhat
onerous
and
difficult
at
this
time
and
so
in
in
the
future.
I
would
like
to
to
to
move
forward
with
medical.
I
think
the
medical
program
is
a
a
really
important
program,
but
we
would
be
going
for
recreational
initially.
C
B
And
do
you
contemplate
partnering
with
the
delivery
service
in
the
future?
Was
that
anything
that
was
discussed
in
the
community.
C
Meetings
or
what
yes,
really
interesting,
so
delivery
didn't
exist
at
that.
At
that
point
I,
but
I
I
do
contemplate
working
with
the
delivery
service
and
obviously
that
would
be
a
social
equity
and
or
a
economic
empowerment
candidate,
because
the
there's
a
there's,
a
two-year
exclusion
for
everybody
else,
and
I
look
forward
to
partnering
with
someone
from,
hopefully
the
the
best
thing
chairwoman
joyce
would
be
possibly
to
partner
with
somebody
who
was
from
roxbury,
dorchester,
mattapan
and
mattapan
would
be
really
cool.
B
Okay,
in
my
last
question
I'll,
let
everyone
else
have
a
chance
to
have
some
questions.
I'm
always
looking
at
this
through
the
licensing
lens.
So
can
you
just
describe
for
the
record
the
appropriateness
for
this
type
of
license
at
this
location
and
how
it
fits
into
the
community?
I
know
you
touched
upon
parts
of
that,
but
I
want
to
get
all
of
that
on
the
record
for
us.
C
Yeah,
so
we
we
looked
across
the
city
as
a
whole
and
the
objective
of
putting
it
in
actually
matapan
square
is
that
currently
and
that
this
may
change
in
the
future,
and
there
are
many
projects
around
the
area,
but
there's
currently
not
housing
in
matapan
square.
It's
a
city
center
that
is
commercially
based.
C
It's
also
a
city
center
that
has
a
great
deal
of
parking
as
well
as
transportation,
public
transportation
resources,
public
parking
lots
as
well
as
a
new
commuter
rail
station,
and
in
addition,
I
think
one
of
the
other
components
that's
critical,
and
I
think
this
is
across
the
city
of
boston
right
now.
In
this
pandemic
you
see
many
businesses
going
out
of
business,
and
I
I
we
know
that
cannabis
shops
are
a
destination
and
they
that
they
do
bring
people.
C
And
so
the
objective
is
to
make
sure
that
we
are
working
with
other
businesses
to
cross-pollinate
this,
the
city
center
as
a
destination,
and
not
only
a
destination
for
cannabis,
but
also
for
people
to
eat,
for
people
to
shop
and
for
people
to
procure
services
in
and
around
the
matapan
area.
C
And
the
other
component
is
to
be
able
to
use
businesses
that
are
local
and
to
make
sure
that
the
dollars
that
we
have
essentially
a
several-fold
bottom
line.
That
not
only
is
about
the
bottom
line
of
of
verdant
medical,
but
is
also
about
the
bottom
line
of
businesses
and
the
community
around
us.
F
Hi,
I
do
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
tito.
I
want
to
first
say
that
I
appreciate,
throughout
your
presentation
and
the
commitment
to
criminal
justice
reform
to
reparations.
I
think
you
know
the
whole
reason.
One
of
the
whole
reasons
for
this
board
is
to
make
sure
that
those
most
negatively
impacted
are
the
ones
that
are
benefiting
from
from
change
in
policy
and
that
those
who
were
negatively
impacted
by
such
public
policy
are
able
to
have
the
same
opportunities.
F
So
I
personally
really
appreciate
the
commitment
to
corey
individuals
and
those
who
who
might
have
someone
who's
carried
in
their
family
because,
as
we
all
know,
that
is
a
huge
impact.
I
did
have
a
specific
question
about
the
creating
reparations
fund,
or
do
you
plan
on
doing
a
separate
non-profit
entity
for
that
fund?
Who
decides?
Is
that?
Is
that,
like
a
forgivable
loan?
Is
it
a
you.
G
F
Straight-Up
grant
and
is
it
only
available
to
those
in
matapan
or
is
it
anyone
who
falls
in
the
category
that
you
listed.
C
Yeah,
so
in
terms
of
well,
thank
you,
commissioner,
sankian
and
again
thank
you
for
your
your
service
to
our
city
and
and
kind
of
all
of
these
areas.
In
terms
of
the
reparations
funds,
I
actually
have
a
non-profit
that
I've
used
for
for
years
to
help
folks
out
in
the
community.
That's
one
of
the
possible
ways
to
do
it.
The
objective
is
actually
not
to
have
folks
pay
us
back.
C
C
C
We
again
what
I've
found
in
this
industry
is:
access
to
capital
has
been
so
difficult
because
banks,
first
of
all
banks,
often
don't
give
people
of
color
loans
when
they
have
good
credit
and
they
make
a
lot
of
money,
but
on
top
of
that,
definitely
not
in
the
cannabis
industry
because
of
the
federal
component.
Commissioners,
again,
there
was
another
question
that
you
asked
that
I
think
I
might
have
blown
past.
B
I
just
interrupt
for
a
second
before
you
start.
Could
the
people
stop
commenting
I'm
having
a
hard
time
following
the
testimony,
because
the
comments
keep
popping
up
we're
asking
people
not
to
use
the
chat
box
for
comments?
I
can
listen
to
the
presenter
and
the
commissioners
ask
their
questions.
Thank
you.
F
The
second
question
was
just
who
was
eligible.
Is
it?
Is
it
going
to
be
presidency
or
is
it
just?
You
know
anyone
who
falls
within
the.
C
Yeah
we
can,
we
can
determine
that.
Obviously,
I
want
to
give
a
preference
to
those
individuals
in
in
matapan,
but
if
there
are
individuals
who
come
from
these
backgrounds,
we
we
know
how
difficult
the
issue
of
housing
is
across
the
city.
So
again
we
would
want
to.
We
prefer
those
individuals
in
front
to
be
in
the
frontal
line
not
be
for
mattapan,
but
individuals
who
have
these
backgrounds.
We
want
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
participate
with
large
and
the
city.
H
I
do
thank
you
and
thanks
so
much
counselor.
I
mean
tito.
I
mean
mr
jackson
for
making
sure
that
of
the
offset
saying
that
diversity,
inclusion
was
not
just
a
separate
plan,
but
obviously
deeply
throughout
all
of
your
all
of
the
plans.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
That
is
definitely
a
sentiment
that
I
think
this
board
was
created
for
that
I
do
have
some
questions
about
employees.
H
Unsurprisingly,
so
I
just
wanted
to
have
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
your
thoughts
or
in
your
plans
around
worker
voice
around
how
you
plan
to
support
people
being
able
to
give
feedback
within
your
employees?
Can
you
share
a
little
bit
more
about
that?
For
me,
yeah.
C
Definitely
so
we
don't
currently
the
the
definition
of
b.
Corp
is
not
actually
something
that's
used
in
in
cannabis,
but
we
want
to
essentially
use
those
policies
in
order
for
one
individuals
to
be
connected
to
management,
understanding
kind
of
the
openness
and
in
terms
of
books,
but
the
the
issues
around
harassment
as
as
well
as
voice
are
critical
to
me.
So
we
actually
plan
on
starting
our
own
ergs
from
day
one.
C
So
people
have
support
groups
that
are
already
aligned
with
you
know
in
any
ethnic
or
other
other
other
group.
C
In
addition,
it
is
very
very
important
that
we
have
that
our
workers
have
an
opportunity
to
direct
any
of
the
issues
that
they
may
have,
with
management
or
and
or
with
customers
and
and
get
those
resolved,
and
the
objective
is
to
be
as
transparent
as
possible
in
those
in
that
process.
So
we
want
to
be
best
in
class
in
the
manner
in
which
we
treat
and
include
our
workers.
In
addition,
this
actually
goes
to
promotions.
C
H
And
just
another
question
about
the
it's
you've
taken:
great
care
of
providing
livable
wages
going
above
and
beyond
the
boston,
living
wage
policy.
Providing
benefits
and
and
401k.
Had
a
question
about
the
mbe
contractors
that
you
plan
to
work
with.
H
Is
your
expectation
that
they
also
will
have
those
same
standards
that
you've
set
for
your
own
company.
C
Yeah,
that's
that's
what
what
our
objective
is
to
partner
with
vendors
that
carry
the
same
values
and
and
listen?
Commissioner
lombos,
I
you
you
on
a
regular
basis,
have
actually
I'm
before
you
now
you've
come
before
me
around
these
issues.
The
the
biggest
issue
here
is:
there's
enough
money
on
the
table
to
pay
for
what
they're
worth
and
to
take
care
of
people
when
it
comes
to
to
cannabis.
C
We
it's
a
p
l
business
right,
so
you
do
have
to
deal
with
the
the
cost
that
you
have,
but
the
other
part
of
this
and
I'll
be
very
frank.
Is
that
when
you
don't
treat
people
well
in
this
space,
you
actually
put
yourself
in
a
great
deal
of
jeopardy
for
a
whole
host
of
reasons,
including
the
fact
that
we
are,
we
are
attract
seed
to
sale.
We
can't
lose
anything
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
is
actually
doing
well.
C
In
addition,
we
actually
put
forward
a
fund
to
deal
with
issues
around
housing
because
we
know
that
will
definitely
become
an
issue
and
we're
being
proactive
in
that
space.
So
it's
it's
a
commitment
that
that
I
have
had
for
a
long
period
of
time
and
translates
in
into
the
transition
from
my
public
life
into
my
private
life.
H
Great,
thank
you
just
one
more
last
question:
just
can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
more
about
this
setup
program
that
you've
got
and
is
this
is
your
intention
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
certified
training
apprenticeship
program
or
how
are
you
thinking
about
that
treatment.
C
The
the
I
use
the
apprentice
word
so
that
I
I
don't
in
terms
of
the
certification,
I
would
actually
probably
need
to
come
to
you
and
ask
you
what
that
certification
means.
The
objective
really
is
to
make
sure
that
people
have
the
the
building
pathways
program
is
a
really
cool
program,
in
that
it
gives
people
the
soft
skills,
as
well
as
hard
skills
to
get
into
the
trades.
C
It
would
be
some
classroom
components
difficult
in
the
cannabis
industry
is
that
you
can't
actually
bring
an
individual
into
your
facility
behind
the
the
desk
without
identification,
and
so
we
would
actually
have
to
you
know,
work
around
that,
but
when
it
comes
down
to
it,
the
objective
is
to
give
people
the
retail
experience
the
experience
to
be
in
the
cultivation
facility
and
experience
to
be
in
a
facility
where
we
are
going
to
be
processing,
slash
manufacturing
cannabis,
so
that
that's
that's
our
objective
with
the
setup
program
and
counselor
arroyo
was
emphatic
that
we
not
only
helped
individuals
start
their
own
businesses,
but
gave
people
employment
opportunities
and
getting
into
the
the
industry.
H
Great,
thank
you
so
much.
I
do
again
want
to
say
how
much
I
appreciate
your
level
of
depth
and
thoughtfulness
of
incorporating
diversity
and
inclusion
in
all
aspects
of
your
application.
You
sit
at
a
really
high
bar.
Thank
you.
So
much.
J
J
Just
a
couple
of
quick
questions:
first
of
all,
I'm
really.
I
really
like
your
community
contract
emphasis
but
kind
of
surrounding
that
just
two
two
kind
of
small
questions.
As
far
as
a
community
contract.
How
do
you
plan
to
monitor
the
area
on
the
outside
so
that
we
don't
have
young
people
waiting
for
somebody
to
purchase
for
them
and
we
don't
have
loitering
and
probably
piggybacking
and
cousin
to
that
in
order
to
maybe
not
have
that
issue
with
cueing?
J
C
So
the
second
question
we
are
definitely
going
to
have
online
reservations
relative
to
being
able
to
order
prior
to
to
coming
that,
actually
is
makes
it
much
much
easier
and
that's
a
really
a
best
practice
and
in
terms
of
and
we'll
work
with,
the
police
department
around
that
that
first
week
of
opening
relative
to
you
know
the
thoughts
around
either
appointment.
C
Only
or
you
know
kind
of
having
a
time
frame
for
individuals
to
to
come
as
as
noted
prior
to
1630,
then
the
ponce
tribe
was
saying.
C
Mataplan
should
be
a
good
place
to
be
I
I
I'm
from
boston,
and
I
I
want
matapan
to
continue
to
be
a
good
place
and
and-
and
I
believe
it's
a
great
place
to
be
in
terms
of
your
your
first
question-
we
will
have
at
all
times,
security
outside
that
will
not
allow
individuals
to
loiter
litter
or
light
up.
In
fact,
an
ironic
fact
about
cannabis.
Nationally,
there's
usually
a
10
to
12
percent
decrease
in
crime
around
a
dispensary.
C
Why
does
that
happen?
Typically,
we
hire
and
the
people
that
we're
speaking
to
our
ex-law
enforcement
and
not
saying
that
you
are
not
very
cool
to
hang
out
with
commissioner
holmes,
but
those
individuals,
typically
don't
want
to
to
hang
out
with
you,
while
you're
on
a
job
with
you
know,
with
a
contract
such
as
that,
and
so
that
is
a
critical
component,
and
I
would
also
say
it's
also
selfish-
that
does
not
help
our
business.
C
J
And
just
if
someone
is
in
violation
of
this
community
contract,
I
think
I
heard
you
say
that
they
will
no
longer
be
able
to
use
your
establishment.
They
will
be.
Is
that
that
true
they'll
be
they'll,
be
borrowed
from
your
establishment?.
C
Yes,
as
as
noted,
we
we
actually
have
had
contact
with
with
the
police
department.
You
know
we.
We
truly
appreciate
the
community
service
officers
who,
on
a
regular
basis,
go
out
into
the
community,
and
there
are
reports
that
are
obviously
generated,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
those
individuals
who
violate
our
policy
are
no
longer.
C
You
know
in
a
business
relationship
with
us,
it's
it's
there's
a
responsibility
that
people
have
when
coming
to
the
community
to
respect
the
community
and
to
to
leave
it
as
they
they
found
it.
So
we
are,
it's
absolutely
unacceptable
and
I'll
just
be
very
real.
It's
not!
I
just
don't
want
that
business,
even
if
it
were
profitable.
It's
just
simply
not
the
type
of
business
that
that
I
want.
C
A
I
Official
hi,
I'm
here
whitney
hi
brunei
go
ahead.
Please
hi!
My
name
is
with
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services.
We've
held
the
state
mandated
public
meeting
for
verdict.
Medical
excuse
me
I'm
pulling
up
my
on
this
story
january
17
2020
at
the
mildred
ave
community.
I
A
You
thank
you,
I'm
not
seeing
anyone
else
who
is
an
elected
official
or
representing
an
elected
official,
so
we
will
turn
to
the
individuals
who
specifically
requested
to
testify.
Please
unmute
yourself
calling
and
please
limit
your
testimony
to
this
specific
application
at
this
specific
location,
state
your
name
address
and
affiliation.
If
any
mitchell.
K
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
first,
I
have
to
say
rooney.
I
think
your
report
is
not
incorrect,
because
I
was
at
that
meeting
and
there
were
sure
there
were
people
who
were
there
to
support
it
and
what
we
overwhelmingly
found
out
is
they
weren't
really
residents
of
matapans.
They
came
from
dorchester's
and
surrounding
areas
so
wholeheartedly.
K
The
mattapan
community
has
not
stood
100
behind
this
and,
as
I
sit
in
the
community
as
a
community
activist
and
leader,
as
well
as
the
chair
of
the
mattapan
community
health
center
board,
we
have
voiced
our
opinion
at
that
meeting
as
we're
not
in
support
of
it,
particularly
it
does
not
coincide
well,
as
we
believe
with
the
health
benefits
that
the
health
center
is
is
delivering
to
the
community
and
that
it
poses
a
challenge
for
individuals
who
are
coming
for
services
to
combat
addiction
and
yet
you're
once
again
trying
to
put
two
doors
down
from
the
health
center,
which
to
me,
is
really
counterproductive
to
what
the
health
center
is
doing.
K
Additionally,
when
you
talk
about
the
traffic
in
the
community,
it's
going
to
be
a
nightmare
because
all
of
the
parking
spaces
that
tito
has
said
is
available
are
not
available.
As
we
all
know,
the
mbta
parking
lot
is
going
to
be
changed
into
residential
property
so
that
the
parking
pattern
there
is
going
to
change.
It
is
also
forecast
that
I
understand
that
there's
also
a
possibility
that
even
the
parking
lot
that
abuts
the
post
office
and
is
across
from
the
mbta
parking
lot
may
also
become
residential
setting
as
well.
K
So
your
truck
your
parking
spaces
are
are
narrowing
greatly.
We
just
in
this
community.
We
are
not
willing
to
be
the
guinea
pigs
once
again,
or
shall
we
say
the
dumping
ground
once
again
and
and
tito
if
you
feel
that
I'm
abrupt.
I
am
because
it's
very
sensitive
to
me,
because
I
have
been
in
this
community
for
40
well
50
years
now
this
month,
so
I'm
a
long
time
resident
long
time
activist
participant
in
the
community.
So
I
I
have
the
true
vein
impulse
of
the
community.
K
You
know
I
to
bring
it
to
matapan
community
is,
is
one
thing
but
and
and
I
applaud
your
right
and
respect
your
right
to
be
a
business
owner.
However,
as
I
state
to
bring
it
two
doors
down
from
the
health
center,
it's
just
it's
just
not
a
a
real
business
entity
that
we
would
like
to
see
in
that
location.
A
Miss
mitchell,
could
you
just
please
state
your
address
for
the
record.
L
A
Thank
you,
and
I
know
rudy
from
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services
has
also
asked
just
to
add
to
her
previous
statement.
I
This
is
with
me
again
from
the
office
of
neighborhood
services.
I
do
want
to
clarify
that
when
I
speak,
I
speak
on
behalf
of
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services
and
not
on
behalf
of
matapan.
Our
role
is
to
conduct
the
neighborhood
prosper,
neighborhood
engagement
process
and
collect
your
feedback
throughout
that
process.
We
do
strictly
advise
people
to
write
in
their
comments
and
we
give
those
instructions
nope.
M
Thank
you,
as
mentioned,
my
name
is
sharon
callander,
I'm
a
nurse
and
the
director
of
family
and
community
health
services
at
mattapan
community
health
center,
where
I've
worked
since
october
2000..
M
M
As
mentioned
by
our
board
chair
granola
mitchell,
we
have
patients
that
come
to
the
health
center
to
receive
behavioral
health
services.
We
have
patients
that
come
to
the
health
center
to
receive
services
to
deal
with
their
drug
use
and
drug
abuse.
This
shop
is
too
close
to
the
health
center
in
this
health
center.
We
provide
preventive
and
restorative
care
for
those
individuals
that
are
trying
to
get
through
the
drug
abuse
in
the
drug
use
environmentally.
M
As
was
mentioned,
the
concern
about
the
real
added
value
to
the
shop
really
will
it
bring
any
added
concern
or
any
positive
value
to
matapan
in
general,
into
the
mattapan
square
area.
Specifically,
parking
is
currently
very
limited,
as
was
noted,
it
won't
just
be
matapan
residents
coming
into
the
square,
which
is
already
very
congested.
We
stand
at
the
square
around
four
o'clock,
even
though
we
are
in
a
pandemic
and
there's
not
as
much
traffic
in
the
square.
It's
still
congested
parking
spaces
are
very
limited
in
the
square.
M
It
is
for
these
reasons-
and
many
more
already
mentioned
by
our
board
chair-
that
we
feel
that
our
mission,
our
vision
and
our
values
cannot
support
the
opening
of
a
marijuana
dispensary
on
blue
hill
avenue,
which
is
too
close
to
our
health
center,
and
we
need
to
be
able
to
make
sure
that
our
patients
and
our
clients
are
able
to
come
in
to
get
the
care
that
they
need
and
not
be
challenged.
The
minute
they
walk
out
their
door
for
a
marijuana
shop
that
is
too
close
to
the
health
center.
M
N
Dukran
hi,
my
name
is
nadia
dukran,
I'm
actually
a
resident
of
matapan.
I
live
on
25
to
paleon
street,
literally
walk
in
distance
from
matapan
square,
just
about
a
block
away.
I'm
pretty
new
to
the
area
I
mean
2016
is
when
we
bought
our
home
and
we
moved
here.
I've
seen
the
area
go
from
terrible
to
better
very
quickly
and
it's
because
of
the
community
center.
N
It's
because
of
the
community
in
general,
coming
together
and
having
sidewalks
put
in
new
businesses
have
been
opened,
and
I
honestly
think
that
this
would
be
good
for
our
community.
Like
tito
mentioned
it's
going
to
bring
business
in
not
only
for
his
dispensary
but
for
other
businesses
in
the
area.
Matapan
square
in
general.
Have
I've
seen
businesses
open
and
closed
open
and
closed,
and
it's
because
there's
no
one
coming
in
to
service
those
businesses,
but
now
there
will
be
yeah.
I
know
that
the
parking
situation
may
be
it
may
be
it
sucks.
N
N
The
commuter
rail
is
being
built,
I
believe,
they're
working
on
it
now,
if
I
haven't
really
been
out
in
the
pandemic
to
see
how
far
they've
come
along,
but
that
is
something
that
they're
working
on
as
well
so
again
and
the
crime
rate,
the
crime
rate,
I've
seen
it's
getting
better,
it
could
be
the
pandemic
that
no
one's
really
out
but
again,
like
he
mentioned,
there's
going
there
going
to
be
a
drop
in
the
crime
rate
because
because
of
what's
going
to
happen,
if
this
is
approved,
so
I
look
forward
to
it.
N
O
We
go
yes,
wow
59
elmond
street.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
59
elmo
street
52
year
resident
of
matapan
community
activists.
I
would
like
to
say
I
am
for
this
project
for
a
number
of
reasons.
Being
a
52
year
resident
of
mattapan
square,
I
have
seen
the
changes
in
matapan
square.
Now
the
penn
square
lacks
my
minority
business.
O
You
know
minority
owned
business
he's
coming
in
to
own
a
building
that
that
that
has
not
happened
in
mattapan.
To
my
knowledge,
all
right
number,
two,
most
importantly,
it
would
bring
revenue
to
not
only
verdant
medical
but
to
all
the
other
businesses.
O
You
mean
to
tell
me
that
there
is
a
marijuana
dispensary
on
blue
who
lab
blue
hill
lab.
There's
the
marijuana
blue
hill
there's
a
marijuana
dispensary
that
is
bringing
all
type
of
clientele
from
all
over
the
city
in
the
state,
and
that
is
a
very
busy
intersection
with
no
park
all
right.
So
in
mattapan
squared
has
always
been
problems
with
pockets,
but
businesses
a
lot
of
businesses,
still
thrive
and
strive
there.
So
parking
is
going
to
be
an
issue
anyway.
O
Being
I
am
also
a
member-
and
I
use
the
matapan
community-
helps
it.
I
understand
that
it's
close
to
the
health
center,
but
maybe
there
could
be
a
partnership
there
and
some
way
to
talk
about
the
perils
of
marijuana
you
know.
Working
together,
matapan
has
been
a
place
where
there
are
folks
that
have
mental
issues,
social
issues
there
it's
again
the
village
raising
the
village
but
again
looking
at
the
opportunity
of
a
minority
owned
business
and
supporting
that
minority
owned
business
is
key.
Like
I
get,
I'm
gonna
go
back
to
parking.
O
I
live
on
elmont
street.
It
may
be
a
little
off
key,
but
I'll
say
this.
Every
sunday
we
have
close
to
two
to
three
thousand
people
who
are
playing
soccer,
who
are
out
there
during
this
pandemic
and
not
using
mass
okay.
That's
something
that
I'm
going
to
work
on
with
my
neighbors
and
other
folks
to
help
out,
but
again,
when
you
say
the
perils
when
you
when
you're
predicting
what's
going
to
happen,
but
here's
the
most
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
number
69
of
the
matapan
residents
voted
for
the
legalization
of
legalizing
marijuana.
O
You
got
to
remember
that
that's
a
big
number,
that's
69
people
that
want
it
69
that
wants
that
and
there's
another.
There
have
been
a
number
of
other
marijuana
dispensaries
that
have
put
in
proposals
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
detail
but
they're
also
in
they
they're
in
a
more
congested
community
area.
This
is
in
the
business
if
it
could
be
something
that
can
be
worked
out,
but
again
parking
is
going
to
get
worse
with
all
the
projects.
O
Yes,
they
are
and
that's
something
that
matapan
has
been
able
to
adapt
to
like
other
neighborhoods
again,
I
am
for
this
project,
but
you
know
bringing
in
bringing
in
the
expertise
that
tito
has
brought
you
know
in
in
the
pharmaceuticals
I
mean
it's
something
that
could
we
could
stray
and
be
you
know
getting
our
youth
involved
in
so
again,
I'ma
say
loud
and
clear.
I
am
for
this
project.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
will
now
turn
to
the
individuals
who've
requested
to
testify
in
the
chat.
I
would
respectfully
ask
that
if
you
are
repeating
a
sentiment
that
has
previously
been
expressed,
please
state
that
and
keep
your
comments
as
brief
as
possible.
I
just
in
order
to
respect
everyone's
time
and
ensure
that
all
interested
individuals
of
the
opportunity
to
testify
that
calling
guale
valdez.
If
you
could
please
state
your
address
for
the
record.
L
It's
1575
blue
hill
avenue,
matapan
I'm
and
thank
you
to
the
boston
cannabis
board
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
you,
I'm
intentionally
keeping
my
camera
off
because
I
am
on
vacation
and
I
thought
it
was
more
important
for
my
voice
to
be
heard
than
for
me
to
make
an
actual
appearance
on
camera.
So
I
hope
it
is
not
considered
disrespectful.
L
I've
attended
a
lot
of
these
community
meetings
attended.
I
believe
every
one
of
these
community
meetings
and
I've
heard
the
concern
that
is
expressed
at
these
meetings
and
I
used
a
phrase
very
early
on
and
I'm
going
to
use
the
phrase
again,
which
is
respectful
distance,
all
we're
asking
for
by
the
health
center
and
has
been
expressed
by
glendale
mitchell
and
sharon.
Calendar
is
based
on
the
services
that
we
offer
and
I
won't
repeat
those
services.
L
But
what
we're
asking
for
is
just
a
respectful
distance
be
maintained
from
the
health
center
and
we
do
not
feel
that
next
door
is
a
respectful
distance,
they're,
distancing
requirements
for
schools,
there's
distancing
requirements
for
for
churches,
treatment
programs
were
not
part
of
that
list,
so
it
is
up
to.
It
is
up
to
us
to
determine
what
is
a
socially
responsible
distance
and
I
would
refer
to
the
sport.
L
I
would
defer
to
those
who
have
more
expertise
in
this
area
than
than
myself,
but
we
fight
for
access
for
our
patients
every
single
day
and
any
change
in
the
traffic
patterns
and
we're
already
experiencing
those
challenges
where
our
parking
lot
gets
blocked
off
due
to
those
traffic
patterns,
our
parking
lot,
we
struggle
to
to
make
sure
that
only
our
patients
and
only
the
customers
of
our
tenants
use
it.
We
struggle
with
that
every
day.
This
will
make
it
worse.
L
If
we
see
any
change
in
the
access
to
our
patients,
even
a
10
drop
in
that
access
would
have
a
disastrous
impact
on
the
health
center.
It
would
have
an
impact
on
our
tenants
and
we
rely
on
the
tenants
and
the
rent
that
they
pay
to
keep
us
afloat.
We
are
fighting
for
our
survival
as
many
health
centers
across
the
state
across
the
city
across
the
country
are
doing,
and
we
are
that
is
one
of
our
main
concerns
is,
is
a
restriction
to
access.
L
I
would
once
again,
I
won't
repeat
what
the
guano
mitchell
board,
chair
and
sharon
calendar
have
already
said
and
just
leave
it
that
what
we
are
asking
for
is
just
a
respectful
distance,
be
maintained
out
of
respect
for
the
health
center.
B
P
P
I
I
was
very
heartened
to
hear
mr
jackson's
answer
to
board
member
lomba's
question
on
on
unionization
of
of
the
workforce.
Our
local
has
a
commitment
to
racial
diversity
and
equity.
Indeed
many
of
our
members
and
and
places
where
our
members
reside
are
in
gateway
cities
as
well
as
underserved
communities
and
the
top
leadership
elected
leadership
of
our
local
are
people
of
color
and
immigrants.
P
So
so
we
are
encouraged
that
an
equity
applicant
is
is
making
a
strong
economic
plan,
but
we
also
believe
strongly
that
the
way
to
worker
empowerment
is
by
unionization
with
an
enforceable
collective
bargaining
agreement
that
is
democratically
ratified
by
its
members.
So
my
question
to
mr
jackson,
who
I
want
to
reintroduce
myself.
P
I
remember
you
from
city
council
in
boston,
and
we
worked
on
many
immigration
related
issues
and
thank
you
very
much
for
all
those
efforts.
Mr
jackson,
are
you
willing
to
enter
into
a
labor
peace
agreement
with
local
1445,
which
simply
states
that
you
will
that
the
company
will
stay
neutral
as
opposed
to
many
outside
companies,
with
with
much
access
to
capital
which
hire
union
busting
law
firms
and
consultants
and
attacked
employees
rights?
To
organize
it's
a
simple
random
of
agreement?
Mr
jackson,
that
is
my
question.
A
And
I
believe,
once
we
take
testimony,
the
applicant
will
have
a
brief
moment
to
respond
to
any
questions
or
comments
that
were
posed.
Q
Hi
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
fatima
ali
salaam,
I'm
the
chair
for
the
greater
matapan
neighborhood
council
good
afternoon,
mr
jackson.
Thank
you
for
all
the
praises
of
greater
matapan.
Yes,
matapan
is
a
good
place
to
be,
and
greater
mattapan
just
keeps
getting
better.
As
we
say
my
question.
Q
The
greater
matapan
neighborhood
council
is
not
at
the
moment
going
to
make
a
consideration
of
support
or
opposition
of
any
dispensary.
The
main
reason
being
that
we
have
a
number
of
dispensaries
proposals
in
front
of
us
who
are
wishing
for
our
support
and
we'll
do
so
in
writing.
But
one
question
that
myself
and
others
are
do
have
is
in
particular
to
matapan,
and
it
has
to
do
with
the
ability
of
individual
investors
who
live
in
matapan
to
have
the
right
to
invest
in
your
company
and
what
would
that
look
like.
A
A
C
Thank
you
to
the
the
board,
thank
you
to
all
of
the
community
members
who
have
spoken
in
favor
as
as
well
as
those
who
have
raised
concerns.
We.
It
is
my
plan
if
we
receive
this
designation
to
continue
to
work
with
folks.
C
In
terms
of
the
on
the
labor
front,
I
have
had
a
a
long-standing
relationship
with
labor
and
it
began
with
my
father
herb
jackson,
who
fought
so
hard
to
make
sure
that
people
who
looked
like
me
got
into
the
union,
and
he
always
told
me
that
union
job
was
a
good
job.
So
my
dad's
not
here
to
whoop
my
behind,
but
you
know,
there's
it's
it.
There's
not.
C
C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
people
have
are
taken
care
of
and
in
all
honesty,
I
hope
that
the
things
that
we're
putting
forward
are
are
absolutely
in
line,
and
it's
not
it's,
and
it's
not
really
a
big
difference,
because
there's
enough
resource
resources
on
the
table
to
make
sure
that
people
not
only
me
my
family,
but
the
people
who
work
for
us
have
the
opportunity
to
do
better
for
themselves
as
well
as
their
family,
and
that's
what
this
is
all
about.
C
C
Throughout
this
space,
I
think,
having
giving
people
not
only
the
opportunity
to
work
but
actually
to
have
their
money,
work
for
them
is
a
critical
component
and
and
that
that
should
be
employed
in
the
cannabis
industry,
and
I
think
the
only
question-
and
I
probably
will
take
this
offline-
is
to
determine
from
the
board
if
there
were
additional
investment.
C
As
the
madam
president
brought
up
earlier,
would
there
be
an
opportunity
to
take
additional
investment
from
those
individuals
who
are
from
from
the
community,
because
I
think
that
that
several
fold
bottom
line
is
exactly
the
type
of
wealth
building
that
we're
looking
at
overarching.
I,
I
would
respectfully
ask
for
approval
from
the
board
we've
been
at
this
for
about
about
two
years
and
some
change,
and
you
know
our
company
has
gone
through
pretty
much
every
hurdle,
pothole
snare
and
trap.
C
I'm
in
in
this
space.
I
am
very
lucky
to
be
able
to
be
the
the
soul
board
member,
I'm
also
very
lucky
that
when
we
get
granted
conversion
from
non-profit
to
for-profit
to
have
the
equity
flow
over
to
me
at
this
point,
and
so
I
really
want
to
be
able
to
have
the
opportunity
to
open
our
doors,
to
hire
people
and
to
partner
with
businesses
in
and
around
this
amazing
neighborhood
of
matapan
and
our
community.
C
Again,
I
respectfully
ask
for
the
support
of
the
the
board
and
the
board
members.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
present
before
you
today.
A
R
My
address
is
53
laws
on
the
street.
R
Okay,
great,
my
question
is
not
in
support
or
or
against.
I
have
to
remain
neutral,
but
this
is
about
a
particular
issue.
In
regards
to
the
equity
designation
given
to
the
applicant,
I
understand
that
it
technically
falls
within
the
realm
of
of
equity
applicant.
R
However,
but
at
the
same
time
I
understand
that
the
business
as
it
stands
right
now
is
a
non-profit,
so
non-profit
structures,
if
I'm
on
the
berkeley,
cannot
actually
have
ownership,
but
maybe
I
could
be
wrong
anyhow,
nonetheless,
just
as
equity
designation
itself
as
a
slap
in
the
face
to
those
of
us
who
have
been
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs
and
have
are
trying
to
actually
get
into
this
industry,
it
is.
We
cannot
possibly
expect
our
businesses
to
look
similar
to
to
out-of-state.
R
You
know
large
corporations
backed
by
millions
of
dollars
and
to
come
into
come
before
the
board
and
expect
our
applications
to
look
as
if
they
are
our
corporate
level
institutions.
That
is
certainly
just
it's
a
slap
in
the
face
of
the
intentions
of
the
law.
R
The
law,
if
I
understand
correctly,
was
to
affect
our
truth,
was
to
require
the
inclusion
and
mandate
the
inclusion
of
people
who
have
been
affected
by
the
war
on
fights
and
I'm
not
saying
that
we
aren't
capable
of
doing
that,
but
it
pushes
us
to
a
critical
direction
where
we
have
to
partner
with
larger
corporations,
thus
we're
meeting
our
equity
positions
because
we
cannot
receive
outside
funding
or
we
cannot
usually
receive
that
type
of
institutional
lending.
R
But
with
that
said,
I
just
want
to
say
that
these
types
of
equity
applicants
are
a
problem
to
the
industry
of
itself.
So
those
particularly
those
are
who
are
politically
connected
and
have
city
councils
as
their
attorneys
and
and
our
city
councilors
or
state
reps,
or
what
have
you?
This
is
a
problem,
and
I
think
that
the
board
needs
to
take
this
under
consideration
for
the
remaining
applicants
that
move
forward
and
not
expect
them
to
be
as
corporate
level.
R
You
know
institutions
as
as
as
this
is
so
when
you
do
consider
all
the
others
going
forward.
Please
do
take
that
insulation.
Thank
you.
A
G
G
A
A
The
hca
is
not
a
separate
negotiation,
but
rather
memorializes
the
discussions
that
occur
in
the
community,
the
presentation
before
this
board
and
any
grant
of
a
license
by
the
board.
While
the
board
is
not
the
legal
entity
that
executes
the
host
community
agreement
with
an
approved
licensee,
all
terms
and
conditions
will
be
memorialized.
A
Calling
patriot
care
corp
the
holder
of
an
operational
medical
cannabis
dispensary
license,
has
applied
for
recreational
cannabis,
recreational
cannabis,
retail
license
to
be
lo
co-located
at
21
milk
street
in
downtown
boston.
The
applicant
is
a
non-equity
applicant.
The
applicant
contact
is
larry
dekara.
A
As
a
reminder,
the
applicant
has
provided
material
certifying
that
it
is
a
publicly
traded
canadian
company
and,
as
such,
the
disclosures
of
direct
and
indirect
beneficial
interest
holders
is
limited
to
the
two
principles
of
the
ultimate
beneficial
interest
holder.
The
applicant
has
also
submitted
an
affidavit
regarding
the
same.
T
Madam
chair
members
of
the
board
lawrence
says
to
cara
home
address
111
perkins
street
to
make
a
plane.
I
maintain
an
office
at
10,
p.o
square
in
downtown
boston
and
I'm
appearing
in
this
first
round
of
applications
before
this
new
board
and
doing
so
remotely.
T
I've
reviewed
the
ordinance,
the
rules
and
regulations
and
we'll
explain
why
we
satisfy
the
established
criteria
and
then
we'll
present
bob
mayerson,
a
founding
member.
Vice
president
and
current
member
of
patriot
care,
current
board
member
patriot
care
who
will
review
the
slides
which
are
leslie,
has
now
placed
on
the
screen,
introduce
other
members
of
our
team
and
be
available
to
respond
to
questions.
T
T
T
I
think
we
satisfy
all
the
requirements
of
the
ordinance
also
in
response
to
the
regulations.
We
have
an
executed
lease
we're
an
existing
operator
of
a
medical
facility,
we've
disclosed,
as
ms
hawkins
has
stated,
as
required
by
law.
We
will
update
the
securities
and
operation
plan,
the
certificate
of
occupancy,
the
fire
assembly
permit
and
all
other
requirements
pursuant
to
3.00
of
the
regulations
as
well
as
3.06,
which
calls
for
an
approved
floor
plan
if
circumstances
permit
in
the
future.
T
We
would
welcome
the
members
of
the
board
to
visit
21
milk
street
where
we've
been
in
operation
for
a
number
of
years.
The
slides
which
rob
mayerson
will
review
are
very
clear.
They
show
transit
proximity.
I
believe
the
transit
score
for
this
location
is
probably
a
hundred.
T
We
are
within
walking
distance
of
every
single
major
mbta
line
that
there
is
there's
extraordinary
parking
availability
within
a
few.
A
few
minute
walk,
and
this
is
a
proven
operator
in
a
location
which
is
more
than
appropriate
and
adequate
for
these
purposes,
and
we've
had
no
issues
with
respect
to
public
safety,
developed
a
great
relationship
with
captain
fall,
who
just
recently
retired.
T
We
believe
we're
good
citizens
and
we're
certainly
able
to
proceed
as
soon
as
all
the
approvals
are
in
place.
Bob
will
now
go
through
these
slides
review.
Our
commitment
to
diversity
and
inclusion
and
to
the
employment
of
a
diverse
workforce
and
our
entire
team
will
be
available
to
respond
to
any
questions.
The
members
of
the
board
might
have
bob.
U
Thank
you
larry
and
thank
you,
members
of
the
boston
cannabis
board.
As
larry
said,
I'm
one
of
the
founding
members
of
patriot
care.
Vice
president
and
a
current
member
of
the
patriot
care
board.
U
I
have
led
the
build-out
and
startup
of
all
of
our
operations
in
massachusetts
since
we
first
began
this
journey
seven
years
ago,
for
those
of
you
well
and
also
larry
did
introduce
two
other
members
who
are
on
the
call
who
are
on
on
this
to
help
answer
questions
later.
If
needed,
nelly
rivera
is
our
general
manager
of
the
21
mill
street
she's
been
the
general
manager
for
the
last
three
years.
Three
of
the
four
years
we've
been
open
there
and
any
good
reputation
we
have.
U
There
is
a
function
of
her
and
the
work
that
her
she
and
her
team
have
done.
Mary
alice
miller,
our
chief
risk
officer
and
general
counsel
for
columbia
care.
Our
parent
company
is
also
on
mary's,
been
with
us
as
well
for
for
about
three
years.
At
this
point,
for
those
of
you
who
are
not
familiar
with
patriot
care
on
the
board,
I
just
want
to
give
you
a
quick,
quick
sketch.
U
U
U
We
are
vertical
operation,
so
we
we
do
produce
most
of
our
own
product,
but
we
also
do
purchase
a
fair
bit
of
product
on
a
wholesale
basis
from
from
others.
Patriot
care
is
a
wholly
owned
subsidiary
of
columbia,
care
columbia.
Care
is
one
of
the
largest
and
most
experienced
cultivators
manufacturer
and
provider
of
medical
and
adult
use
cannabis
products
with
licenses
in
18
us
jurisdictions
and
the
eu
importantly.
U
Leslie
can
stay
on
the
slide
for
right
now
and
then
and
then
I'll
I'll
tell
you
when
to
move
to
the
next
one.
As
larry
said,
you
know
when
we,
when
we
think
about
the
criteria
that
that
you're
you're
scoring
us
against.
U
We,
we
have
a
lot
to
point
to,
and
you
know
mainly
that
we
can
point
to
our
actual
performance
on
many
of
the
metrics
in
terms
of
how
we've
actually
done
over
the
last
four
years
since
we
opened
at
21
milk
street
in
terms
of
and
I'll
provide
more
more
detail
on
these
after
this
slide
here,
but
in
terms
of
diversity
and
inclusion.
U
We're
very
proud
of
our
actual
diversity,
hiring
record
at
21
mill
street
and
the
things
we've
done
to
demonstrate
our
commitment
to
inclusion
and
social
equity
on
the
employment
plan.
You
know
we
see
nothing
that
will
change
in
that
focus,
going
forward,
we're
going
to
maintain
the
same
attributes
and
we're
going
to
give
preference
to
qualified
candidates
from
boston
and
I'll
talk
more
about
that
in
a
sec.
U
Second,
in
terms
of
community
engagement
and
feedback,
we,
this
is
something
we've
been
doing
for
you
know,
since
long
before
we
got
her
open
and
at
you
know,
in
2016,
we've
met
regularly
with
the
neighborhood
groups.
We
have
been
involved.
Member
of
the
community
since,
before
we
opened
and
I'll
tell
you
more
about
that
in
terms
of
location,
safety
and
security,
as
larry
said,
we
have
an
excellent
demonstrated
track
record
at
21
milk
street
in
terms
of
impact
on
the
community.
U
You
know
no
negative
impact
on
the
community
in
terms
of
safety
and
security
for
our
patients
and
patrons
transportation
and
parking,
as
larry
said,
we
are
21.
Milk
street
is
ideally
suited
for
access
without
disruption
to
the
nearby
neighborhood
and
I'll.
Take
you
through
what
our,
what
our
plans
are
with
respect
to
how
we
do
handle
product
deliveries
in
cash.
You
can
switch
to
the
next
slide.
Let's
say
thank
you.
U
As
so
our
goal
in
terms
of
our
you
know,
our
diversity
goal
for
the
company
is
to
hire
qualified
work,
a
qualified
workforce
that
reflects
the
racial,
cultural
and
ethnic
composition
of
the
communities
that
we
serve,
and
when
I
look
at
where
we
are
today
at
21
milk
street,
we're
very
proud
of
our
record.
This
has
been
fairly
consistent.
These
numbers
you
see
here
have
been
fairly
consistent
over
the
entire
four
years
we've
been
operating.
U
U
U
It's
it's
really
something
we
enjoy
doing,
because
we
feel
like
we
can
help
people
avoid
some
of
the
pitfalls
and
and
things
that
we
learn
from
we've
had
over
200
students
have
attended
and
we've
and
we've
committed
over
100
we've
already
spent
over
144
hours
of
executive
time
teaching
the
courses
in
terms
of
our
employment
plan.
There's
no
news.
It's
to
stay
on
that
slide
there
for
a
second,
actually
leslie.
Sorry,
our
employment
plan
is
to
see
us
doing
more
of
what
we've
done
in
the
case
of
actually
hiring
for.
U
If
we
assume,
assuming
we
get
the
the
permission
and
to
to
do
adult
use
at
this
location,
we
plan
to
hire
20
to
30
new
people
in
order
to
fill
those
jobs,
we're
going
to
have
probably
at
least
two
job
fairs
in
boston.
U
We
will
give
preference
to
qualified
boss,
boston
residents
in
terms
of
how
we
have
operated
and
we
will
continue
to
operate.
You
know
we,
we
we
think
we
set
the
pace
on
this,
we've
been
offering
very
competitive
wages
from
the
get-go,
very
competitive
wages
and
benefits,
including
pay
time
off
on
the
wage
side.
U
We
start
our
starting
wages
in
excess
of
16
at
16.50.
An
hour
is,
is
the
starting
wage
for
us
and
our
average
staff
salary
right
now.
I'm
sorry,
our
average
staff
hourly
rate
right
now
is
over
18
an
hour
to
just
preempt
the
question
that
will
come
later.
U
We
five
years
ago,
we
signed
a
labor
peace
agreement
with
1199
seiu,
and
we
that
that
agreement
is
still
in
effect
today
in
terms
of
the
the
benefits
you
know,
all
full-time
employees
get
are
offered
health
benefits
all
employees,
whether
part-time
or
full-time,
have
the
opportunity
to
to
accrue
paid
time
off
it's
just.
They
accrue
at
different
at
different
rates.
All
right
now,
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
Thank
you.
U
In
terms
of
community
support
and
engagement,
we
meet
we
meet
and
have
met
regularly
with
elected
officials
with
rosemary
sandstone
of
the
bid
and
her
staff
with
the
midtown
park.
Plaza
neighborhood
association
we've
had
annual
community
meetings,
as
required
by
our
medical
license,
and
the
goal
in
all
these
is
to
maintain
a
dialogue
and
to
ensure
that
we're
meeting
everyone
meeting
or
exceeding
everyone's
expectations.
U
As
larry
indicated,
we
have
a
letter
of
support
from
councillor
ed
flynn
and
the
old
south
meeting
house.
We
also
have
a
a
letter
of
non-opposition
based
on
a
vote
from
the
the
downtown
bid,
and
we
expect
to
forward
other
letters
to
you
before
next
wednesday.
We
have
well
over
100
support
letters
that
we've
garnered
during
that
time.
U
Yeah
our
our
model
of
engagement
is
not
just
to
engage
and
and
and
talk
to,
the
neighborhood.
We
we've
gotten
ourselves
pretty
enmeshed
in
the
community,
and
it's
not
just
by
giving
you
know
giving
money
to
some
of
these
organizations
that
you
see
here.
Most
of
these
are
in
boston
there's.
Some
of
them
are
in
some
of
our
other
communities,
but
it
also
is
involved
at
a
higher
level,
I'm
on
the
advisory
board
for
the
rein
immigrant
center.
U
Q
U
Okay,
on
the
next
slide
to
talk
about
our
our
operations.
Specifically.
Thank
you.
You
we
currently
on
on
the
right-hand
side
of
the
screen
here
with
the
black
awning.
You
can
see
the
entrance
to
21
milk
street
and
that
that's
the
entrance
for
other
members
other
tenants
in
the
building
going
through
that
entrance
as
well.
U
That's
currently
our
entrance
for
our
medical
patients,
and
then
next
to
that
is
an
ada
entrance.
Where
we
installed
a
few
years
ago,
we
installed
the
ada
elevator
to
help
to
assist
people
to
get
up
into
the
lobby
or
to
go
down
to
the
lower
level.
This
will
continue
to
be
a
medical
entrance.
We
will
continue
to
keep
it
as
such
adult
use.
Consumers
will
not
go
through
this
entrance.
U
They
will.
They
will
access
the
space
through
the
and
the
corner
of
milk
and
holly
street,
which
you
see
on
the
left
hand
side
of
the
screen.
We
will
have
a
guard.
We
have
a
guard
currently
in
the
lobby
when
you
come
into
the
into
the
space
from
the
medical
side.
There's
there's
already
a
guard
there
on
duty
all
day
we
will
be
adding
a
guard
on
the
other
door
as
well.
U
This
is
an
important
part
of
our
commitment
to
make
sure
the
a
that
is
safe
and
secure,
but
also
that
we're
going
back
to
the
comment
earlier
that
I
heard
earlier
the
earlier
presentation
about
making
sure
miners
don't
enter
the
facility.
U
We
have
a
three
a
triple
check
system
where,
basically,
the
guard
is
the
first
point
of
contact
and
the
guards
will
check
the
ids
of
either
medical
patients
or
adult
use
consumers
once
they
get
past
that
they'll
be
in
the
vestibule,
the
receptionist
will
check
them
again
and
then,
once
they
get
into
the
sales
area,
the
sales
associate
will
check
them
a
third
time
and
the
you
know
we,
we
reserve
the
right
at
any
stage
along
the
way,
if
there's,
if
in,
if
as
george
against
our
vp
of
security
likes
to
say
if
it
looks
like
a
duck,
it's
a
duck,
and
you
know
if
we
are
uncertain
about
anyone,
we
reserve
the
right
not
to
serve
them.
U
We
will
have
the
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
want
to
use
this
other
entrance
is,
is
to
is
to
help
minimize
the
lines
we
are
and
I'll
show
you
on
the
floor
plans
in
a
second
but
we'll
be
expanding
our
facility
to
have
22
point
of
sale
stations
and
by
having
the
adult
use.
Consumers
come
this
way
and
and
our
medical
patients
come
in
the
other
way
roll
out.
It
allows
us
to
continue
to
give
our
medical
patients
all
the
the
best.
U
You
know
best
access
that
they
that
they
believe
that
they
should
have,
and
then
adult
use
consumers
will
also
have
good
access,
but
it'll
be
dedicated
to
them.
On
the
on
the
in
the
other
entrance
just
to
preempt
this
as
well.
We
we
have
committed
that
for
the
first
six
months
that
we're
in
operation,
we
will
utilize
a
a
reservation
system
from
the
adult
use
side
hasn't
been
an
issue.
U
There
haven't
been
any
issues
on
the
medical
side,
but
on
the
adult
use
side
we
have
have
have
said
we
will
use
a
reservation
system.
U
The
the
next
slide
is
just
showing
kind
of
how
we're
going
to
separate
this
out.
This
first
slide
here
is
the
is
the
is
the
current
medical
level.
This
will
be
expanded
from
the
current
six
point
of
sale
stations.
We
have.
Sometimes
we
have
seven
if
we,
if
we
include
one
other
piece
there,
but
we're
gonna
go
from
six
to
13
stations
on
this
level
and
then
downstairs.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide
leslie.
U
That
will
be
that
the
space
downstairs
had
been
used
by
a
a
non-profit
that
we
let
use
the
space
rent-free
for
the
last
four
years.
They
actually
opened
a
new
center
down
in
falmouth,
and
so
all
their
operations
are
now
housed
there.
So
the
timing
worked
out
well,
we'll
have
another
nine
stations
in
the
downs
in
the
down
stairs
area
below
below
street
level.
U
The
next
slide,
please,
in
terms
of
our
security,
I
think
the
best
measure
of
of
how
we
the
best
way
to
articulate
how
we
operate
is.
We
always
have
looked
to
have
at
a
minimum,
whatever
the
city
and
state
require
in
terms
of
security
system,
but
we
always
look
to
exceed
that,
and
because
of
that,
we
believe
that
we
have
had
an
unblemished
record
at
21
mill
street
for
in
four
years
of
operation.
U
Part
of
that
is
to
allow
us
to
kind
of
keep
keep
an
eye
on
the
outside
area
as
it
relates
to
you
know,
people
coming
leaving
the
facility
and
either
you
know,
making
sure
that
no
one's
passing
anything
to
a
minor
or
smoking
outside.
U
So
the
guard,
you
know
we,
we
can't
be
the
police
for
the
entire
downtown
crossing
area,
but
we
can
do
our
part
around
us
and
if
you
know,
if
we're
made
aware
of
any
issues
with
anybody
either
by
the
city
or
if
our
people
see
it,
we,
you
know
we,
we
reserve
the
right
to
ban
people
from
coming
to
our
facility
if
they
abuse
the
privileges
of
shopping
with
us.
U
As
I
said,
we've
had
an
excellent
record
in
boston
since
we've
opened
it's
not
just
us
saying
that
we've
heard
those
comments
from
others,
including
the
mayor's
office,
the
boston
police
department
and
others.
We
back
in
2016.
We
did
pay
for
several
street
cameras
to
help
the
city
network
and
we
hope
we
were
able
to
contribute
that
way
in
that
way
to
to
the
overall.
You
know:
prevention
efforts
in
downtown
crossing
on
the
next
slide.
U
U
The
in
terms
of
of
the
trans
mass
transit-
we
are,
we
are
within
us.
I
don't
know
if
I
could
say
a
stone's
throw.
It
depends
how
strong
your
arm
is,
but
we're
very
close
we're
within
certainly
a
very
short
walking
distance
to
every
single
subway
line
of
this
of
the
city.
U
In
addition
to
that,
we
have
six
bus
routes
within
three
that
are
that
stop
within
three
blocks
of
21
milk
street.
On
on
the
parking
side.
Next
slide,
you
can
go
right
to
the
next
one
on
the
parking
side.
We
you
know,
we
believe,
there's
ample
parking.
We
we
did
a
survey
and
there's
based
on
our
our
server
our
research
there's
over
3
600
spots
within
a
thousand
feet.
U
You
know
part
of
our
work
to
make
sure
that
that
that
this
would
not
have
an
impact
we,
you
know
we
did.
Oh,
no.
He
needs
to.
U
Okay,
I
can't
open
my
window
here,
but
anyway
we
we
did
a
traffic,
we
did
do
a
traffic
study
and
the
conclusion
of
the
traffic
study
was
that
the
impact
at
this
location
would
be
negligible.
We've
shared
that
study
with
the
city
previously,
interestingly,
what
we
know
from
our
experience
is
that
80
of
the
patients
that
come
to
us
are
already
down
are
either
already
downtown.
For
other
reasons,
they
live
nearby
or
they've
taken
mass
transit.
So
it's
it's
not
like.
U
People
are
driving
into
the
city
just
to
just
to
buy
cannabis
and
needing
to
park
nearby,
so
they're
in,
for
other
reasons,
they
bring
other
activity
to
the
neighborhood.
But
that's
that's
that's
based
on
an
actual
survey
of
our
actual
patients
that
was
done
a
little
while
ago,
but
that
I
think
it's
probably
still
accurate
today
in
terms
of
in
terms
of
delivery
of
product
and
transport
of
cash.
U
We've
been
doing
this
without
incident
for
four
years.
We
rammed
them
up.
You
know
when
it
comes
to
product
delivery,
we
randomize
our
deliveries.
We
don't
bring
anything
through
the
front
door.
We
have
a
back
door.
We
can
do
that
through,
but
we
randomized
the
timing
of
it
so
that
you
know
people
don't
know.
U
We
were
in
constant
communication,
as
required
by
the
law
with
with
the
delivery
vehicles
in
constant
communication
with
our
control
center
back
at
the
cultivation
center,
and
we
and
we
are
in
touch
as
well
with
the
dispensary
as
we're
getting
close
on
the
cash
side.
You
know
we
we
we
currently
have
regular
pickups,
I
mean
the
amount
the
number
of
pickups
will
vary
based
on
on
the
amount
of
cash
in
the
store
at
any
one
time.
U
We
we
use
that
we
use
century
bank,
as
well
as
what
you
heard
earlier
when
it
comes
to
cash
payment
or
cash.
Just
understand
that
we
see
about
a
little
bit
more
than
50
percent
of
our
business
currently
is
done
through,
what's
called
cashless
atm,
so
sort
of
like
a
debit
card,
but
it's
not
like
all
of
our
transactions
are
done
with
cash,
but
still
with
the
cash
we
do
take
in.
U
We
kind
of
keep
an
eye
on
on
on
and
we
and
we
time
our
our
pickups
accordingly,
and
you
know
when
those
when,
when
either
a
transport
or
a
pickup
happens,
we
rotate
our
guard
there,
which
is
one
of
another
reason
why
we
want
to
have
another
floating
guard,
is
to
better
cover
that
and
keep
someone
at
the
door.
U
As
I
said,
we've
been
operating
without
incident
here
on
these
fronts
for
for
four
years
over
four
years
now
you
know,
in
the
interest
of
you
know
we
were,
I
was
told,
I
thought
we
had
10
minutes.
I
was
trying
to
keep
my
comments
to
that
and
then,
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide
I'll,
just
summarize
by
saying
you
know,
we
think
that
we
have
met
almost
all
the
criteria
in
our
actual
operation
over
the
last
four
years.
U
We,
oh
you
know
we're
always
striving
to
do
better,
and
we
would
always
you
know
hope
to
do
better
on
that
front.
On
the
employment
plan,
we
see
that
being
a
continuation
of
what
we've
done.
Where
you
know,
we
see
the
results
for
yourself
in
terms
of
what
our
diversity
mix
is
and
so
on.
So
I
think
the
best
thing
right
now
is
for
us
to
open
it
up
for
questions
from
the
from
the
commissioners.
A
B
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
I
appreciate
that
I'm
not
sure
who
to
address
my
two
questions
to,
but
first
I
want
to
recognize
the
fact
that
in
2016,
when
you
guys
first
opened
the
law
was
different,
but
do
you
have
a
host
community
agreement
in
place
that
says
you
will
not
seek
to
change
your
status
for
medical
to
recreational?
Do
you
want
to
just
comment
on
that,
and
what
brings
you
back
today?
What
has
changed
in
your
business
plan?
B
What
has
changed
in
the
neighborhood
and
describe
how
you've
come
to
us
today
from
just
being
a
medical?
Only.
U
Well,
you
know
the
the
landscape
has
changed.
The
landscape
has
changed
significantly
since
2015,
which,
which
was
when
that
was
first
contemplated
and
by
all
accounts,
no
matter
who
you
speak
with.
I
think
we've
run
an
excellent
operation
at
21
milk
street
over
the
past
four
years,
with
no
negative
impact
on
the
local
community,
and
our
feeling
is,
if
anyone
should
be,
should
should
be
granted
an
ability
to
operate
in
this
in
this
important
area
of
the
city.
U
It
should
be
an
experienced
opera
operator
like
patriot
care
and
the
fact
that
leaders
in
our
community,
like
councillor
flynn
and
the
downtown
bid
and
the
old
south
meeting
house,
would
either
support
or
not
oppose
us
on.
That
front
is
probably
the
best
measure
of
that.
The
answer
to
that.
B
Okay,
thank
you
and
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention
the
fact
that
you
have
a
prime
location
in
downtown
boston
and
something
that
this
board
in
the
city
council
has
discussed
at
length
is
the
buffer
zone.
So
by
us
granting
a
license
to
you
at
this
location.
It
could
potentially
block
other
applicants
from
opening
up
in
this
area.
Would
you
be
open
to
supporting
a
buffer
zone
variance
within
a
half
mile?
Should
another
applicant
come
before
us.
U
Well,
you
know,
that's
a
that's
a
good
question,
that's
your
one.
There
are
many
neighborhood
groups,
officials
and
other
members
of
the
community
whose
opinions
on
that
are
much
more
important
than
ours,
but
I
think
what
I
could
say
is
we
would
support
whatever
decision
they
would
make
in
terms
of
their
support.
D
Yes,
thank
you.
So
question
is
given
the
financial
barriers
to
entry.
Are
you
helping
to
fund
or
helping
the
applicants
who
are
in
the
social
equity
programs
in
any
way
like
a
scholarship
or
a
cycle,
and
also
you
talked
a
lot
about
qualified
applicants
and
like
can
you
talk
about
that
a
little
bit?
What
does
that
mean
in
terms
of
qualified?
What
qualities
are
you
looking
for?
What
are
those
qualifications
and
are
you
working
with
people
with
criminal
records.
D
U
Well,
we,
you
know,
I
think,
I
think
I've
described
what
we
part
of
our
commitment
to
our
major
part
of
our
commitment
to
the
social
to
social
equity
is
what
I
described
earlier
in
terms
of
our
the
creation
and
the
running
of
our
programs
with
the
community
colleges.
U
We
think
that's
an
important
aspect,
because
that
learning
is
is
invaluable,
because
we
we
can
offer
people
an
understanding
that
you
know
people
who
want
to
participate,
an
understanding
of
how
you
know
what
the
pitfalls
are
and
and
and
then
we
and
we've
had
numerous
students
who
come
to
us
afterwards
and
ask
for
help
on
different
things.
U
In
addition
to
that,
at
a
corporate
level,
we
have
corporate
level,
meaning
columbia
care
level.
We
have
a
partnership
with
a
group
called.
All
of
us
are
none
which
is
a
group
founded
and
run
by
individuals
impacted
by
the
justice
system,
through
that
we
host
a
monthly
webinar
for
returning
citizens
on
how
to
secure
jobs
in
cannabis
and
how
to
participate
in
the
cannabis
economy
as
business
owners.
U
I
think
that
I
mean
that's
that's
most
of
what
we
do
in
terms
of
actually
qualifications.
I
think
that
we,
you
know,
we
look
for
people
who,
who
will
you
know,
be
able
to
interact
properly
with
with
our
customers.
That's
that's
the
number
one
qualification
and
people
that
that
are
that
that
are
able
to
communicate
with
with
with
people.
U
I
you
know
in
terms
of
your
question
about
you
said
about
hiring.
I
forget
what
you
said
at
the
very
end.
There.
D
Yeah,
so
I
I
was
talking
about
so
two
things
just
to
gain
clarity.
One
is
you're
talking.
You
talked
about
the
social
equity
programs
at
the
community
colleges
which
were
important,
and
I
was
asking:
are
you
providing
sort
of
funding
or
scholarships
or
any
sort
of
stipend
for
people
to
pay
for
those
attend
those
programs
and
also-
and
I
think
you
were
beginning
to
answer
the
question
about
in
terms
of
the
barriers
for
people
in
terms
of
employment
and
they
have
queries
and
so
forth?
How
are
you
working
through
that.
U
Well,
we
have
you
know
we,
like,
I
said
we,
you
know
we
we
look
first
and
foremost
at
whether
someone
seems
qualified
in
terms
of
being
able
to
do
the
job
when
we
it's
a
hard
question
to
answer
only
because
when
you
actually
run
the
background,
if
someone
has
gone
through
the
expungement
program
and
you
run
the
background
check,
it
may
not
show
up
anywhere
because
if
it's
been
explained
so
we
don't
really
know
because
we
also
don't
ask,
I
mean
it's
not
something
that
we're
asked.
U
J
Commissioner,
yes,
commissioner
smith
just
almost
answered
it,
but
I
feel
the
gentleman
gave
a
pretty
vague
answer.
So
I
mean:
is
there
a
plan
to
work
with
people
who
have
criminal
records
to
to
hire
them?
Do
you
have
a
plan
that
would
ensure
that
they
would
be
looked
at
to
be
hired
by
your
business.
U
Well,
can
I
can
I
get?
Can
I
come
back
to
you
as
a
follow-up
on
that?
I
believe
that
I
believe
the
answer.
The
answer
I
gave
was
not
intended
to
be
vague
but,
as
I
said
in
my
answer,
if
if
when
we
run
the
background
check,
if
if
their
offense
is
something
that
is
no
longer
prohibited,
you
know
back
in
the
original
days
of
the
medical
program.
You
know
there
was
prohibitions
on
on
the
on
on
that
hiring.
U
That's
changed
now,
which
we
support,
but
I,
but
so
I'm
not
trying
to
be
I'm
not
trying
to
be
a
vague
answer.
If
they
came
back
with
something
that
that
that
no
longer
is
an
issue
we
would
we
would
not
let
that
be
an
impediment
to
hiring
them.
I
mean,
but
we're
not.
I
don't
I
don't.
I
have
to
get
back
to
you
with
it
with
more
detail
if
that's
not
sufficient
for
you.
A
H
Yeah,
I
just
have
a
clarifying
question.
Thanks
for
talking
about
your
hiring
record
on
diversity
inclusion,
can
you
share
a
little
bit
more
about
what
at
what
levels
of
diversity
people
of
color
and
women
are
in
leadership?
And
what's
your
plan
and
plans
have
been
or
your
track
record
of
that
in
recruiting
retaining
promoting
supporting
career
pathways?
H
All
of
those
kinds
of
things
that's
question
number
one.
U
Yeah,
you
know
maybe
the
best
person
that
can
I
I
don't.
I
don't
have
the
full
rundown
on
the
entire
management
team
nelly
rivera
is
on
the
call
and
nelly
has
been
our
general
manager
for
the
last
three
years
at
21
milk
street
nelly.
Can
you
if
you
can
unmute
yourself?
Can
you
describe
your
management
team
just
so
we
I
know
where
we
are
level
setting.
U
S
Okay,
so
my
management
team
consists
of
myself
I'm
a
hispanic
woman.
I
have
one
black
floor,
lead
and
two
other
women
and
then
two
males.
S
Yes,
myself
and
one
floor
lead
and
then,
as
far
as
women,
we
have
one
two,
that's
four,
it's
three
and
three.
Actually,
three
women,
three
men.
H
Yes,
I
did
thank
you
and
how
many
employees
do
you
have
total
at
the
medical
facility.
I
mean.
U
But
it
fluctuates
and,
as
I
said,
we'll
be
hiring
another
20
to
30
and
just
to
reiterate
that
we
will
be
holding
job
fairs
to
at
least
two
job
fairs
in
boston.
To
do
that.
So
we
can
also
use
those
to
address
any
concerns
that
you
have.
You
know
about
that.
H
And
just
a
question
about
in
terms
of
the
workers
that
are
there:
are
there
things
in
place
so
that
they
have
a
voice
at
the
workplace?
Do
you
have
a
regular
feedback,
loop
and
comments?
Do
you
have
protections
for
anyone
that
wants
to
voice
concerns
within
the
company.
S
Well,
there's
there's
an
open
door
policy,
so
they
can
communicate
with
hr
or
anybody
that
I
directly
report
to
at
any
time.
We
have
huddles
at
the
beginning
of
the
day
every
day
so
that
if
they
have
any
concerns,
they
can
voice
them
there
yeah
there's
and
we
we
work
very
close
together.
So
there's
a
lot
of
interaction
with
everybody.
So
it's
yeah.
It's
like
a
big
family.
Nobody
really
has
any
secrets
from
one
another
and,
if
someone's
having
an
issue
with
somebody,
they
just
voice
it.
U
Commissioner,
I'm
glad
you
asked
the
question,
it's
a
very
important,
it's
very
important
that
we
have
that
not
just
for
the
purposes
that
you're
thinking
of
I
think.
But
you
know
given
that
we're
it's
you
know
it's
a
regulated
and
you
always,
you
know,
want
to
be
sure
that
everything's
being
done
properly,
if
any
of
our
employees
feel
that
there's
something
that's
not
being
done
properly.
U
We
need
them
to
have
the
channel
to
be
able
to
go
and
speak
with
someone
above
their
manager
or
outside
the
store,
and-
and
you
know,
because
we
that's
that's
most
of
that's-
that's
actually
as
important
for
us
as
anything
else,
but
not
to
minimize
what
we're
talking
about.
But
I'm
just
saying
that
that
that
to
us
is
really
super
important.
Only
because
of
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
run
afoul
of
anything
regular
on
a
regulatory
side.
F
Thank
you
so
much.
Actually,
my
question
was
going
to
be
darlene's
exact
question
emphasize
that
you
know
when
we
talk
about
diversity,
it's
really
important
to
think
about
where
diversity
lies
among
the
power
structure
within
an
organization
and
that
the
diversity
that
exists
within
an
organization
is
there
deliberately
and
through
direct
action,
not
just
something
that
sort
you
know
circumstance
or
pers
or
you
know
personal
network,
so
I
just
think
it
would
be.
F
I
would
love
to
see
that
the
data
and
the
entire
throughout
the
employment
from
entry
level
to
management
and
how
the
diversity
breaks
down
well.
U
That's
a
great
comment
and
I
would
say
that
it's
something
that's
really
important,
not
just
to
us
locally,
but
it's
something
that's
really
important
to
us
at
the
national
level.
At
the
our
parent
company
level.
You
know
we,
we
have
the
same
diversity
goals
nationally
as
we
have
locally.
U
I
think
we
can
always
strive
to
do
better
on
every
you
know,
wherever
wherever
we
operate,
and
we
and
we
do
strive
to
do
better
to
further
that
end,
though
you
know
we
have,
I
mean
we,
we
have
a.
We
have
a
diversity
committee
which
includes
several
members
of
our
senior
management
team,
which
is
looking
we're
currently
in
the
middle
of
a
survey
of
all
of
our
operations
around
the
country
to
see
where
we
stand,
it's
very
easy
for
nellie
to
come
up
with
her
diversity
metrics
for
that
location.
U
But
it's
you
know
when
someone
when
you
hire
somebody
and
you
give
them
the
eeoc
form
to
fill
out.
You
know
the
reality
is
not
everybody
fills
it
out
fully
or
or
accurately,
and
they
choose
to
answer
some
of
the
others.
So
if
you
really
want
a
good,
accurate
representation,
you
have
to
do
a
little
more
digging,
so
the
diversity
committee
is
working
hard
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
possible
at
the
local
levels
and
and
doing
better.
We
have
several
women
in
our
executive
ranks
at
including
c-suite
and
on
the
board
level.
U
At
columbiacare
we
have
an
african-american
board
member
but,
like
I
said,
we're
always
looking
to
do
better
and
striving
to
do
better
on
all
those
fronts
as
well.
F
Thank
you
and
just
to
follow
up
also
and
I'm
sorry.
I
keep
using
people's
first
names,
I'm
getting
used
to
going
back.
I'm
sorry,
commissioner
lombos,
and
I
believe
mr
jackson,
I
also
called
tito
so
but
in
terms
of
following
up
on
commissioner
holmes
and
commissioner
smith
is
in
sort
of
again
a
deliberate
action
to
hire
those
that
have
a
quarry
and
ways
that
you
can
do
that
is
partnership
with
different
organizations,
different
community
organizations
that
work
directly
with
their
community
members
that
are
returning
citizens.
V
F
About
entering
the
cannabis
industry,
I
think
that's,
that's!
That's
fabulous,
but
also
how
are
we
you
know?
How
are
we
making
deliberate
action
to
make
to
to
recruit
those
same
members
to
to
join
directly
into
into
patriot
care,
particularly
given
your
your
record
of
already
running
a
you
know,
well-run
industry,
hugely
hugely
helpful.
U
Well,
let
me
if
I
let
me
I'll
come
back
to
you
with
that.
I
mean
it's,
it's
something,
that's
obviously
a
a
desire
for
us.
You
know
nationwide.
I
mean
it's
not
an
issue,
that's
specific
to
boston
or
not.
You
know
it's
not
a
concern
specific
to
boston,
and
so
let
me
come
back
to
you
with
that.
More
detailed
response.
A
W
How
you
doing
my
name
is
ed
mcguire,
I'm
the
chief
of
staff
of
the
austin
neighborhood
services,
and
I
conducted
the
public
process
for
21
milk
street.
I
believe
the
date
of
the
meeting
was
on
september,
4th
2019..
W
The
meeting
went
very
well.
The
team
has
always
been
very
responsive
to
the
mayor's
office
as
well
as
the
constituents,
and
I
think,
that's
shown
primarily
through
you-
know
the
non-opposition
and
support
letters
that
you
got
from
the
district
councilor
as
well
as
the
downtown
bid
in
conducting
that
meeting.
You
know
the
meeting
went
over
well
overall.
W
There
was
particular
questions
that
chairman
joyce
had
brought
up
specific
to
a
former
agreement
that
had
occurred,
but
overall
you
know
them
having
been
such
a.
You
know
a
great
operator
in
the
area.
A
lot
of
the
surrounding
community
decided
to
be
supportive
of
their
application
and
sent
those
in.
We
did
get
opposition
to
the
to
the
proposal
from
some
folks
in
midtown
park
plaza.
W
I
just
bring
that
to
people's
attention,
but
overall
the
general
application
for
the
421
milk
street
went
very
well,
and
it's
been
very
good
for
us
to
work
with
them.
A
Are
there
any
other
individuals
representing?
I
believe
there
is
anna
calderon
from
counselor
flynn's
office.
X
We
are
members
of
the
board
and
the
cannabis
board
hannah
calderon
from
councillor
phil's
office,
I'm
here
to
offer
counselor
flynn
support
for
the
application
of
patreon
care
to
locate
retail
adult
use,
marijuana
establishment
at
21
mill
street
boston.
As
you
may
be
aware,
patreon
care
has
run
america,
marijuana
dispensary
at
the
same
location
since
august
2016.
X
X
They
have
worked
well
in
collaboratively
with
bpda
and
the
city.
They
have
worked
closely
with
the
downtown
bed
and
have
had
numerous
community
meetings
since
deciding
to
apply
for
my
one
establishment
license:
patreon
cares
and
management
has
been
responsive
and
responsible
throughout
the
time
the
counselor
has
been
working
with
them.
I
hope
that
the
boy
will
approve
their
application.
If
you
have
questions,
please
don't
hesitate
to
contact
the
office.
Thank
you.
P
Excuse
me
chair,
I
I
forgot
to
unmute
myself
when
you
were
talking
in
favor
of
the
testimony
in
favor,
gabriel
camacho.
I
will
spare
you
the
lengthy
introduction.
P
A
Moving
on
to
the
next
agenda
item
as
again
a
reminder,
the
terms
and
conditions
included
and
the
granting
of
any
license
by
this
board
will
be
specifically
incorporated
into
a
host
community
agreement.
Should
one
be
executed,
should
a
license
be
approved
and
should
a
host
community
agreement
be
executed
with
the
applicant
while
the
bcb
is
not
the
legal
entity
that
executes
the
hosting
host
community
agreement
with
the
approved
licensee,
it
will
be
a
memorialization
of
the
discussions
with
the
community
as
well
as
before
the
board.
A
Y
Y
On
behalf
of
my
client,
I
have
a
presentation
that
I
was
going
to
just
hit
really
quick.
The
the
stars
of
our
application
really
are
brian
and
jason,
who
I'll
talk
about
in
this
presentation,
and
so
I
really
want
to
leave
time
for
them.
I'm
just
the
attorney
on
this
project,
I'm
also
joined
by
my
co-counsels
dan
glissman
and
jd
barry,
and
so
let
me
just
kind
of
hit
some
points
and
then
I'll
and
then
I'll
open
it
up
again.
Y
I
really
really
would
love
to
have
desiree
and
brian
and
jason
team
speak,
but
this
is
the
project.
This
is
561
dudley
street
where
we're
talking
about
this
is
a
rendering
of
what
it
will
look
like.
If
we
are
able
to
proceed,
you
can
hit
the
next
slide
leslie.
Thank
you.
Y
Y
They
have
a
really
amazing
story
themselves
in
terms
of
being
targets
of
the
the
war
on
drugs,
having
lost
friends
to
the
war
on
drugs,
both
through
the
prison
system,
but
also
through
violence,
and
they
have
an
amazing
story.
Y
They
both
have
been
running
antonio's
hi-fi
pizza,
restaurant
for
several
years,
they've
they've
won
numerous
awards
from
their
community
for
being
such
generous
and
and
open
business.
People
and
jason
has
also
trained
at
occidental
college
in
california,
specializing
in
cannabis
and
working
in
the
industry.
So
he
brings
an
enormous
amount
of
personal
understanding
and
knowledge
of
the
industry
and,
together
with
brian
and
really
their
family's
resources,
just
being
lucky
enough
to
have
a
couple
bodegas
that
they
can
use.
Y
They
don't
have
to
pay
the
hold
fees.
They
don't
have
to
pay
an
outrageous
rent
while
they're
going
through
the
permitting
process.
Y
Our
firm
discounts
for
equity
applicants,
so
we've
been
trying
to
get
them
through
here
with
as
little
as
a
monetary
impact
as
possible,
but
they
really
just
have
an
amazing
story
and
they
actually
make
really
good
pizza
so
to
hit
the
next
slide.
This
is
the
broader
team
which
also
includes
desiree
franjul.
She
actually
lives
in.
I
believe
she
lives
in
orchard
park.
Y
Public
housing,
which
is,
I
don't
know,
a
baseball,
throw
away
for
using
the
analogies
or
or
two
or
three
to
this
site,
and
that
really
is
the
team.
Brian
does
own.
The
100
he's
listed
in
our
beneficial
interest
documents
that
we've
previously
submitted
as
the
100
owner
and
he
is
100
owner.
Y
We've
also
there's
a
pretty
lengthy,
I
think
a
200
page,
companion
piece
that
goes
along
with
this
presentation
as
well,
so
I'm
kind
of
hitting
some
just
some
top
line
points
here
to
socialize
this
concept,
with
with
the
members
of
the
board
next
slide,
please.
Y
So
this
is
the
proposed
facility
to
be
located
at
561
dudley
street,
about
4
600
square
feet
accessible
to
nearby
bus
lines,
as
well
as
the
fairmont
line,
we're
thinking
about
15
to
20
employees.
One
of
the
great
things
about
this
space
is
that
we
have
access
to
15
parking
spaces.
Y
You
know
the
majority
of
our
customers
are
going
to
be
coming
from
the
immediate
area.
Car
ownership
is
lower
in
the
city
of
boston
than
it
is
in
say
the
suburbs.
So
we
do
expect
a
lot
of
foot
traffic
from
people,
but
it's
still
nice
to
have
parking
available.
Y
You
know,
and
it
will
it
will
create
that
option.
In
any
case,
next
slide.
R
Y
This
is
what
the
site
looks
like
today.
It's
you
know
it's
it's
a
neighborhood
staple
a
lot
of
people
go
here
for
their.
You
know
for
their
daily
kind
of
items,
but
you
know
I
think
brian
and
jason
have
a
great
way
of
talking
about
how
these,
how
these
local
convenience
stores
or
these
local
bodegas
are
really
fighting
for
every
possible
corner
and
in
some
ways
by
freeing
up
or
maybe
converting
one
of
these
convenience
stores
to
a
use
like
this.
Y
They
actually
anticipate
that
some
of
the
other
surrounding
businesses
would
stand
to
benefit,
but
the
the
the
store
here
has
been
in
the
family
for
for
many
years,
and
it's
really
that
relationship
that
that
relationship
that
allows
them
to
to
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity
to
be
in
front
of
you
today.
Y
This
just
demonstrates
that
we
clear
the
the
buffer
zones.
We
also
obviously
attested
to
the
same
in
the
affidavit
that
we
supplied
ahead
of
this
hearing.
Y
The
next
slide,
we'll
show
you
a
little
more
detail
the
actual
site
plan
and
also
confirms
the
half-mile
buffer
from
the
nearest
dispensary
that
we're
outside
of
the
next
slide.
Please.
This
is
just
a
little
bit
of
a
close-up
of
that
site
plan.
Y
We
can
just
go
to
the
next
slide
yeah,
so
we're
basically
gonna
just
on
the
building,
we're
gonna,
add
a
second
floor
to
the
existing
structure
and
and
then
and
then
clean
up
clean
up
the
the
rest
of
the
the
site
and
and
and
tighten
up
the
site
the,
and
this
is
a
a
rendering.
Of
course,
we
also
have
some
plan
I'll
show
you
in
a
second
this
handicap
ramp.
Y
You
see
on
the
right
hand,
side
of
the
image
will
actually
be
relocated
to
the
interior
l
section
of
of
the
building
next
slide,
please.
Y
This
is
just
the
kind
of
basic
floor
plan
where
you
know
the
public
would
have
access
to
the
ground
floor
and
upstairs
would
be
essentially
staff
staff.
Only-
and
you
know,
brian
brian
jason
can
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
how
it
all
work
and
the
flow
there'll
be
two.
You
know
points
of
security
id
chat.
I
can
all
consistent
with
the
ccc
regulations
next
slide.
Please
that's
the
rendering
again
next
slide,
please.
Y
So
you
know
we
kind
of
mocked
up
the
the
criteria
by
each
category,
and
you
know
we're
very
proud
to
be
100
owned
by
a
latino.
Black,
individual
and
boston.
Resident
attorney
white
will
speak
to
our
compliance
of
the
equity
program.
We
submitted
that
information
and
there
are
aggressive
goals.
I
mean
you
know,
jason
and
brian
are
from
this
community.
They
know
the
people
that
they
are
close
to
again
have
been
victims
of
the
whole
war
and
drug
have
have
have
criminal
records.
Y
They
want
to
provide
opportunities
to
to
the
people
that
they've
grown
up
with
and
and
many
of
them
are
people
that
will
have
a
quarry
or
will
be
a
person
of
color,
and
because
of
that
they
were
unafraid
to
put
out
some
some
aggressive
goals
for
hiring.
They
would
like
to
see
65
people
of
color.
They
obviously
want
to
see
50
women.
They
want
to
go
to.
Y
You
know
in
terms
of
the
criminal
record
piece
they're
going
to
be
reaching
out
to
mass
hire
operation
exit
program,
the
mayor's
office
of
returning
citizens
specifically
to
try
to
hire
people
been
previously
in
the
criminal
justice
system
as
a
result
of
the
war
on
drugs.
Next
slide.
Y
Their
employment
plan
just
kind
of
drilling
down
a
little
bit
deeper.
That
not
only
do
they
want
to
see
the
previous
criteria
I
outlined,
but
they
also
want
to
see
that
65
of
people
actually
come
from
roxbury
75
of
their
employees
are
actually
boston
residents.
In
addition,
they
have
a
full
package
of
benefits
that
they
want
to
offer
their
employees
full
health
care
a
minimum
of
15
per
hour,
but
many
of
the
positions
will
be
higher
than
that
they
want
to
be
able
to
offer.
Y
You
know
all
the
benefits
that
it
that
a
good
job
offers
in
terms
of
paid
time
off
and
and
and
other
another
kind
of
robust
benefit
packages
for
their
employees,
and,
as
I
mentioned,
they
do
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
hiring
people
with
criminal
records
next
slide.
Please
so
community
feedback
has
been
very
positive.
It's
been
robust,
it's
been,
and
it's
trended
in
the
in
the
right
direction.
We
we've
had.
You
know
this.
We
of
course
have
a
letter
of
support
from
counselor
janie.
Y
We
have
a
letter
of
support
from
orchard
gardens.
We
have
a
letter
of
support
from
dsni.
Those
are
the
you
know,
kind
of
the
main,
the
main
organizations
and
or
people
in
the
in
the
area
we
also
submitted
in
the
packet
packing
is
a
213
page
packet.
So
I'm
sorry
I
hope,
hopefully
they
didn't
all
get
printed
out,
but
we
submitted
in
the
packet.
I
think
140
letters
of
support
as
desiree
informs
me.
Y
She
actually
has
another
160
which
will
spare
you
unless
you
want
it,
we
we've
done
a
lot
to
you,
know
they've.
Frankly,
they've
done
a
a
lot
to
just
knock
on
doors
and
talk
to
people
and
more.
Z
L
Y
Y
So
our
location
and
our
security
plan,
the
site,
really
lends
itself
to
to
a
to
a
good
flow.
We
we
will
be
working
with
integrity,
protective
services,
which
is
a
locally
owned
minority
run
company
here
in
boston,
boston-based
company,
that's
very
important
to
jason
and
brian
that
they
have
their
their
contracting
with
companies
that
are
owned
by
people
of
color
they.
We
are
also
similar
to
what
you
heard
about
mr
jackson's
proposal.
We
will
have
what
we
call
a
good
neighbor
policy.
Y
We
basically
require
customers
on
the
intake
to
agree
to
a
certain
set
of
just
basic
principles
of
things
they
will
and
will
not
do
and
their
agreement.
There
allows
us
to
to
restrict
them
in
the
future.
Y
They
violate
those
things
and
those
are
just
basic
kind
of
good
neighbor
policies
like
not
smoking
outside,
which
is
not
legal
in
front
of
people's
houses
or
in
parks
or
in
the
public,
but
bringing
your
product
back
home
to
or
to
wherever,
you're
going
and
using
it.
You
know
there
and
that
we
want
people
we're
going
to
hold
people
accountable.
Y
For
that.
You
know
we're
not
going
to
let
people
come
in.
If
they're
just
double
parking
and
running
in
and
all
those
things,
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
we'll
be
doing
with
our
security
team,
who
will
be
outside
as
well
as
inside
and
making
sure
that
the
operation
doesn't
just
run
perfectly
on
the
inside
of
the
building,
but
that
the
effect
of
what
we're
doing
is
also
radiating
outside
the
building.
Y
And
you
know
we
have
great
great
access
to
to
public
transit.
I
mentioned
that
earlier
we
have
parking
which
is
a
blessing
at
this
point,
it's
very
hard
to
find
parking
in
and
around
the
city
and
some
of
these
sites
and
the
fact
that
15
is
a
really
is
a
good
thing.
Y
And
then
you
know
we
have
our
transportation
plan
in
terms
of
the
delivery
of
product
and
we'll
be
able
to
control
when
and
how
that
occurs
and
be
able
to
to
stagger
that
and
time
it
in
a
way
that
doesn't
conflict
with
rush
hour
or
times
that
you
don't
want
to
be
delivering
product,
and
that
will
be
through
our
relationships
with
our
vendors,
who
are
also
the
intent,
is
to
buy,
because
you
know
we're
a
retailer,
we're,
not
medical,
we're
not
growing
we're
not
cultivating
at
this
point-
hopefully
maybe
one
day
in
the
future,
but
we
want
the
company
wants
to
buy
from
other
suppliers
who
are
local,
who
are
equity,
applicants
who
are
from
boston,
and
that's
going
to
be
the
effort
to
try
to
network
locally
to
try
to
do
that
as
well.
Y
I
think
we're
rounding
home
here.
This
is
just
kind
of
give
you
a
sense
of
what
we've
been
doing
for
the
last
20
months.
You
know
we
filed
with
the
city
initially
for
the
isd
process.
Y
Back
in
january
of
2019,
we
had
our
community
outreach
meeting
and
we
did
a
lot
of
community
outreach
and
we're
still
doing
community
outreach,
but
we
did
we
had
our
actual
capital
community
outreach
meeting,
formal
community
outreach
meeting
on
august
13
2019
we've
continued
to
outreach
and
meet
with
our
groups
after
that
meeting
and
now
we're
in
front
of
you
to
today
august
12th,
we
took
a
shot,
we
just
guessed.
Y
Y
There
might
be
one
more
slide
here:
that's
it
so
yeah
I'd
love
to
open
it
up,
and-
and
I
don't
know
if
at
this
point,
if,
like
brian
or
jason,
just
had
anything
just
a
quick
thing,
they
want
to
say-
or
you
want
to
just
wait
for
questions
I
just
want
to
be
respectful
of
you-
guys-
are
the
actual
people
so.
AA
AA
AB
Yeah,
if
brian
wants
me
to
start
I'll,
go
ahead
first,
I
want
to
thank
everybody.
Everybody
on
the
board,
the
city
of
boston,
our
attorneys,
mike
ross,
jd,
barry
dan
glissman
and
everybody
else
participating
in
this
historic
moment
that
we
are
in
today,
like
mike
said
we
wouldn't
be
here
if
it
wasn't
for
all
of
the
stars
aligning
in
our
favor
when
legalization
happened.
AB
It's
it's
really
emotional
for
us
being
that
me
and
my
brother
have
both
were
survivors
of
our
best
friends.
He
lost
his
best
friend
and
I
lost
my
best
friend
over
marijuana.
AB
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
granting
us
the
opportunity
to
be
reviewed
at
the
first
hearing,
and
I
want
to
pass
it
on
to
my
brother
and
then
I'll
get
to
some
questions.
AA
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
members
of
the
board
and
the
public
for
attending
this
here
and
again
and,
like
I
said,
to
follow
up
on
what
my
brother
said.
AA
Our
mission,
our
passion,
going
behind
this
business
is
to
provide
safe
and
legal
access
of
cannabis
to
our
community,
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
supporters
that
we
gather
during
the
community
outreach
process,
even
those
that
opposed
us
initially,
but
through
incorporating
the
resident
feedback,
and
you
know
addressing
concerns,
we
were
able
to
earn
the
support
and
trust
and
I'm
ready
to
address
any
questions
or
concerns.
AA
E
Good
afternoon
again,
everyone
I
was
able
to
certify
massachusetts
citizens
for
social
equity,
based
on
the
documentation
that
mr
brian
chavez
provided
to
me.
He
met
four
of
the
criteria
set
forth
in
section
8-13.3
of
the
ordinance
establishing
equitable
regulation
of
the
cannabis
industry
in
the
city
of
boston.
E
As
was
stated
in
the
presentation,
mr
chavez
is
the
100
beneficial
interest
holder
of
the
proposed
entity
which
exceeds
the
51
ownership
threshold
set
forth
in
the
ordinance
mr
chavez
qualified
under
the
following
criteria,
a
person
who
has
resided
in
an
area
of
disproportionate
impact,
as
defined
by
the
cannabis
control
commission
for
at
least
five
of
the
past
10
years.
E
He
also
provided
documentation
that
he
qualifies
under
a
person
who
has
a
past
arrest
or
conviction
for
the
possession,
sale,
manufacturing
or
cultivation
of
marijuana
between
1971
and
2016,
and
has
been
a
resident
of
boston
for
the
past
five
years.
Mr
chavez
did
present
his
arrest
record
from
an
arrest
on
september
7th
of
2012..
E
Again,
mr
chavez
provided
documentation
that
he
lived
in
the
city
of
that
he's
been
a
resident
of
the
city
of
boston
for
the
past
13.
I
E
A
A
B
Yes,
I'm
not
sure
who
to
direct
this
to
jason
o'brien,
but
do
you
plan
on
partnering
with
any
delivery
operators.
AB
Yep,
no
problem,
so
being
that
my
brother
is
on
the
path
to
be
a
social
equity
certificate
holder
through
the
state
of
massachusetts.
We
do
plan
on
expanding
his
company
to
deliver
so
that
process
just
began
fairly
recently
ago.
AB
AA
Y
Maybe
maybe
I'll
hit
that
if
I
can,
because
it's
a
little
complicated
and
and
it's
appropriate
to
tail
on
to
what
jason
just
said
as
well,
because
you're
only
allowed
to
have
three
of
any
one
license
and
a
delivery
license
would
be
added
as
to
one
of
the
three.
So
if
you
own
more
than
ten
percent,
so
so
we're
we're
conscious
of
the
fact
that
we're
counting
here
but
the
other
there
are
going
to
be
two
other
applicants,
I
believe,
are
pending
in
front
of
the
board.
Y
Madam
chair,
one
is
for
a
roslindale
location
on
washington
street
and
then
the
and
we'll
get
that
number
for
you
in
a
second
and
then
it's
like
1089.
Y
Sorry,
I'm
trying
to
do
it
for
memory
3995,
washington
street,
that's
in
roslindale,
and
that
would
be
the
same
entity.
Makeup
100
owned
by
brian
chavez,
there's
a
third
where
brian
would
represent
51
of
the
ownership
interest
and
that's
a
company
by
the
name.
It'll
be
urban,
that's
been
formed
e-r-b-a
and
that's
for
43
freeport
street
in
dorchester,
and
that
was
a
group
coming
together
and
49
ownership
and
brian
coming
in
at
51
ownership.
It
was
unexpected,
it
was.
It
was
not
on
their
radar.
Y
They
were
reached
out
to
by
this
applicant
who,
who
comprises
the
herba
and
they
they
said
that
they
wanted
to
do
it.
The
the
the
topic
of
having
multiple
licenses
was
actually
referenced
in
our
application
as
well.
We
chose
to
speak
to
it
because
we
wanted
to
address
it
and
wanted
to
present
it
as
a
positive
thing.
Y
You
know
the
whole
point
of
the
cannabis
industry
was
to
kind
of
follow
in
the
liquor
industry
and,
as
you
know,
in
the
liquor
industry.
Obviously
from
your
work
as
the
chair
of
that
board.
There
are
chains
in
our
city
and
in
our
state
of
multiple
owners
of
of
entities
of
liquor
store
entities
in
this.
In
this
case,
I
think
that
brian
would
be
alone
in
in
perhaps
the
entire
country
of
being
an
equity
applicant
who
has
control
of
three
dispensaries
in
one
city
in
one
major
city,
and
we
see
that
as
a
positive.
Y
We
see
that
as
affirming
the
the
principles
of
what
was
passed
to
create
the
boston,
cannabis
board
and
the
boston
equity
program,
and
we
hope
that
you
do
too
as
well.
B
So
just
to
clarify
brian
would
be
100
owner
of
this
561
dudley
street,
one
brian
will
be
100
owner
of
the
washington
street
and
roslindale
one,
and
he
would
be
51
owner
of
the
43
freeport
street
one
correct,
and
then
there
was
a
mention
of
delivery.
B
Y
To
say,
okay
in
the
case
of
the
delivery,
under
that
scenario
that
you
just
laid
out
of
the
other
three
licenses,
brian
would
only
be
able
to
have
9.9
percent
of
that
license
without
violating
the
three
cap,
as
it's
currently
put
out
by
the
ccc,
because
they're
counting
the
delivery
license
as
as
a
retail
license,
at
least
they
were
the
last
time
I
looked
at
it.
I
don't
think
they
changed
that
yet
I
know.
AB
What
we're
talking
about,
if
I
could
just
button,
I
thought
mike
and
I
might
we
can
definitely
look
over
this,
but
I
thought
it
was
three
licenses
in
each
category,
so
my
brother
would
be
able
to
have
three
retails
three
cultivations
three
of
each
in
each
category.
Y
Yeah
with
these
and
my
understanding
was
with
the
exception,
being
delivery
does
not
get,
does
not
get.
You
know
dan
glissman's
on
the
call.
You
know
he
spent
a
little
bit
more
time
on
this.
I
know
that's
not
the
purpose
of
this
hearing,
but
I
want
to
be
accurate
with
what
we're
what
we're
presenting
dan
do
you
can
you?
Can
you
add
any
to
that?
Please.
Z
Yeah
I
can
thanks
mike
and
and
and
you're
correct.
Currently
as
it
stands,
the
commission
is
is
in
the
process
of
amending
the
regulations
again,
but
and.
Z
No,
my
apologies
daniel
glitzman
attorney
at
prince
lobel,
okay,
but
but
yeah.
My
understanding
is
currently
that
the
delivery
licenses
will
qualify
as
a
retail
establishment
license
in
the
same
category.
AB
Okay,
it's
good
to
know
so
just
to
be
transparent
with
everybody
as
we've
been
throughout
this
whole
process.
Our
intention
was
for
desiree
front
who
who's
part
of
our
team.
She
will
be
obtaining
the
delivery
license
under
her
name
and
be
forming
a
woman-owned
delivery
life
company
that
will
be
working
in
partnership
with
us.
AC
I
am
also
a
social
equity
applicant
and
I
am
also
an
applicant
for
the
delivery
lancing
license,
I'm
actually
halfway
through
it
now,
and
I
look
forward
to
completing
it
and
in
the
future,
potentially
having
an
all
woman
owned
business
with
delivery.
Thank
you.
B
AB
Yeah
and
I
just
wanna
this
app
we're
being
reviewed
for
dudley
street,
so
it'd
be
100
for
dudley
street
100
for
the
3995
washington,
street
bros
and
their
location
and
51
for
freeport
street,
and
I
thought,
if
I
could
just
piggyback
off
what
mike
was
saying
about
that
dynamic
of
my
brother,
owning
three
licenses
or
pursuing
three
licenses.
I
mean
we,
we
intend-
and
it's
our
intention
to
do
this-
to
promote
equity
right.
My
brothers,
we
understand
what
we're
attempting
to
do
here,
which
is
monumental
and
historic
and
it
being
an
equity
applicant.
AB
It's
it's
also
consistent
with
what
we
see
in
our
neighborhood,
with
fernandez
liquors,
with
blanchards,
with
supreme
liquors,
so
modeling
this,
alongside
with
the
alcohol
business
I
feel
like,
was
appropriate
and
I
just
want
to
set
a
little
bit
of
light
on
the
other
two
other
two
applications,
the
other.
The
roslindale
location
is
also
owned
by
our
family
member
and
we're
also
not
paying
a
whole
fee
to
go
for
it
there.
AB
So
this
was
just
one
of
those
things
where
we
never
thought
we'd
be
pursuing
one,
let
alone
two,
the
zoning
worked
for
it.
We
couldn't
believe
it.
We
started
the
community
process,
we
talked
to
the
community
before
we
actually
filed
our
application
kind
of
just
got
fearless
for
it
and
right
away.
We
were
convinced
that
this
is
the
right
thing
to
do.
AB
If
we
can
go
for
as
many
as
possible
and
we
were
able
to,
then
you
know
we
we
felt
like
that
would
be
the
best
thing
in
the
name
of
equity,
so
we're
not
paying
a
whole
fee
for
none
of
these
locations,
and
that's
the
only
reason
why
we're
here
in
front
of
you
today
to
be
able
to
do
this.
AB
My
brother
owns
two
restaurants:
he's
a
local
business
owner
and
phil's
corner
he's
not
funded
by
anybody,
he's
not
having
any
investors
after
this
point,
we're
kind
of
just
taking
this
one
step
at
a
time
and
again
because
of
these
properties
or
within
the
family.
It's
really
the
only
reason
why
we're
able
to
pursue
this
amount
of
this
many
licenses.
B
AD
B
The
funding
for
this,
or
that
he's
this
is
like
self-funded,
I
don't
know
who.
J
B
AB
As
of
now
no-
and
we
we
plan
on,
you,
know,
entertaining
those
questions
and
now
those
conversations
later
on
and
I'm
sure
we'll
make
you
guys
fully.
You
know
aware
of
what
we're
taking
on
and
what
the
structure
would
be,
but
our
our
game
plan
sort
of
say,
is
to
take
this
one
step
at
a
time.
We
don't
have
you
know
time,
let
alone
a
lot
of
resources
to
kind
of
have
these.
AB
You
know
premature
conversation,
so
after
we
move
forward
more
forward
in
the
process,
then
we
will
obviously
take
on
more
conversations
regarding
investors,
but
our
plan
is
to
hopefully
not
need
it.
So
much
we're
not
going
to
be
we're
not
going
to
be
an
apple
store.
We're
not
going
to
be
these.
You
know
we're
living
within
our
means.
We
we're
used
to
that
we're
going
to
basically
be
growing
as
we
as
we
grow.
AB
So
you
know
it
won't
be
the
prettiest
thing
in
the
world
at
the
beginning,
but
as
we
generate
revenue
we'll
be
making
minor
improvements
to
the
interior
and
stuff
like
that,
but
it's
no
way
gonna
be
one
of
these
apple
store
style,
looking
stores
that
everyone's
seen,
but
you
know
so
we're
we're
a
family-owned
company.
This
is
a
mom-and-pop
operation
and
you
know
we're
gonna,
keep
it
like
that.
Y
And
just
to
be
clear,
madam
chair,
he
was
referring
to
roslindale
and
this
particular
application
dudley
that
are
in
front
of
you.
The
urba
company
is
49
owned
by
another
entity.
It
was
just
those
two
that
are
kind
of
bootstrapped
through
the
family.
The
family
ownership
of
these
bodegas.
D
Yes,
thank
you
just
really
quick,
so
you're
repurposing
this
space
on
his
cottage
in
dublin,
from
what
I've
seen
and
are
you
thinking
of
rehiring
those
people
who
work
there
right
now.
AB
So
our
uncle's
been
a
business
owner
in
that
community
for
over
30
years
he's
at
retiring
age.
It's
one
of
those
other
things.
That's
coming
to
the
point
where
you
know
it's
going
to
change
and
before
we
entertain
before
we
initiated
this
conversation
with
him,
he
was
actually
looking
to
sell
it
to
a
out
of
town
developer.
Who
was
you
know
at
him
for
the
property?
Thank
god,
like
I
said
you
know
the
way
everything
lined
up.
AB
AB
D
O
AB
It's
the
neighborhood
that
we
grew
up
in
our
grandmother
lives
in
that
neighborhood.
We
used
to
walk
from
my
grandmother's
house
to
the
convenience
store
all
the
time.
It
is
a
residential
neighborhood,
but
it
does
have
a
vibrant,
not
so
much
more
vibrant
than
it
was
before,
but
it
does
have
a
commercial
area
where,
like
mike
ross
touched
on,
there
is
about
five
bodegas
within
a
walking
distance
of
each
other.
So
another
benefit
that
we
plan
on.
AB
Seeing
is
by
removing
ourselves
from
the
market-
and
I
say
ourselves,
my
family
from
the
market
we
plan.
We
hope
that
that
will
increase
their
market
share
and
increase
their
sales,
and
you
know
their
their
businesses.
F
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
both
jason
and
brian
and
and
mike.
This
is
a,
I
think,
an
example
of
what
we
wanted
to
see
in
terms
of
equity
within
the
cannabis
industry,
in
terms
of
you
know,
having
those
most
impacted
by
public
policy
and
the
war
on
drugs
and
victims
of
the
war
and
are
able
to
to
benefit.
So.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
application.
I
just
had
a
couple
questions
your
boston,
residency
requirement
or
not
requirement,
but
your
goal
for
75
boston
residents
is
pretty
ambitious.
F
Although
hearing
that
it's
family
business,
perhaps
you
already
have
those
employees
in
mind,
but
just
taking
into
consideration
the
role
of
gentrification
and
you
know
raise
and
rent,
and
all
of
that
you
heard
from
mr
jackson's
proposal
that
there
was
gonna,
be
some
kind
of
housing
support
for
the
employees,
and
I
was
wondering
if
you
had
thought
of
that
as
well
in
terms
of
in
order
to
meet
that
75
percent
being
able
to
support
people
to
stay
in
boston
or
to
come
to
boston
if
they're
not
already
homeowners.
F
AA
Yeah
I'll
touch
on
that,
and-
and
thank
you,
commissioner,
again
for
the
question
part
of
the
in
our
outreach
when
we
were
presenting
what
this
is
one
of
the
points
that
we
touched
on,
we
wanted
to
provide
competitive
pay
to
our
employees
because
we
know
that
there's
a
struggle,
for
you
know,
people
that
grew
up
here
to
still
remain
living
here.
I
know
just
personally.
AA
So
you
know
that
we
we
have
our
baseline
pay
that
we
compete
and
our
plans
is
as
we
grow
as
a
company.
Hopefully
we
get
vertically
integrated
and
go
into
cultivation.
We
can
create
even
more
jobs
and
more
opportunities,
and
maybe
in
meaningful
careers
for
people
that
want
to
engage
in
this
industry.
F
All
right,
and
then
thank
you,
thank
you
for
that
and
then,
secondly,
thinking
about
just
thinking
about
that
error.
So
I
was
born
and
raised
in
mission
hill,
so
not
that
far
down
the
street
and
we've
seen
how
both
neighborhoods
have
changed
significantly
and
one
of
those
ways
is
in
traffic,
and
so
I
was
trying
to
quickly
go
through
your
proposal
again,
as
you
were,
presenting
to
just
see
what
what
you
had
put
in
there
in
terms
of
traffic
mitigation.
F
I
know,
mr
ross,
you
said
that
there
was
going
to
be
you
felt
you.
You
guys
believed
that
most
people
would
would
be
walking
would
be
within
the
area.
But
I
don't
know
what
data
you
have
to
support
that
and
then
what
you
think
about
in
terms
of
traffic
mitigation,
because
I
know
I
mean
dudley
street
up
and
down
dudley
street
from
you
know
one
side
to
the.
X
AB
Being
from
the
community,
you
know
this
is
one
of
the
first
concerns
we
heard
is
traffic
traffic
traffic
and
when
we
started
to
research
traffic
boston's
population
is
going
to
be
growing
by
20
something
percent
in
10
years
of
city
of
700
000
people-
that's
a
significant
number,
so
we
immediately
communicated
with
the
community
that
you
know
their
concerns
were
our
concerns.
AB
Thankfully,
and
unfortunately,
we
are
the
where
we're
just
a
proposed
location,
but
the
city
of
boston
has
executed
13
different
acas
with
retailers
across
the
city.
One
of
them
is
a
cultivator,
so
it's
14
total
so
far,
13
retails,
the
anomaly
that
we
see
at
brookline.
We
don't
plan
on
seeing
that
in
dudley
street.
I
don't
think
that
the
city
has
had
much
of
a
traffic
issue
with
blue
hill,
the
blue
hill
location
at
pure
oasis.
AB
I
think
everybody
was
kind
of
nervous
about
seeing
how
that
would
roll
out,
but
we
have
more
parking
in
them,
we're
at
a
we're
at
a
what
I
would
say,
a
more
traffic
friendly
intersection
than
they
are,
and
we're
committed
immediately
to
doing
any
type
of
reservation
by
app
or
queueing
by
phone
right
away.
If
we're
going
to
have
a
large
influx
of
people
coming
to
that
neighborhood,
we
want
to
control
it.
AB
We
are
in
communication
with
dsni
and
the
other
neighborhood
groups
there
to
to
kind
of
get
ahead
of
any
potential
traffic
issues
that
arise.
Again,
though,
I
want
to
reiterate.
Traffic
is,
isn't
a
cannabis
issue?
It's
a
city-wide
issue,
so
you
know
we.
We
want
to
just
provide
as
many
solutions
to
reduce
the
impact
on
traffic
that
we're
going
to
have,
which
we
don't
think
will
be
much.
AB
But,
alongside
with
the
delivery,
the
cueing
in
line
through
the
app
the
fact
that
we're
going
to
have
a
very
large
queuing
area
in
the
store,
we
don't
expect
to
have
an
influx
of
people
to
cause
traffic
problems.
There.
AA
And,
and
if
I
can
just
add
to
that
just
recently-
the
fairmont
train
station,
that's
by
off
of
dudley
street,
it's
a
purple
line,
just
added
more
service,
so
there
will
be
more
trains
running
through
that.
To
that
stop,
which
I
know
would
be
a
big
benefit
to
staff
and
consumers
that
want
to
use
the
team.
F
And
and
just
to
feedback
on
that,
I
know
we're
short
on
time.
Is
there
a
timeline
in
terms
of
delivery
approval,
because
I
think
that
also
would
have
a
significant
impact
on
on
lowering
traffic.
AC
If
I
can
just
speak
right
now,
I'm
halfway
through
the
application
process
on
the
delivery
application.
So
once
we
complete
the
application,
we'll
have
a
better
idea
as
to
a
timeline,
and
we
can
get
back
to
you
with
that
information.
Perfect.
A
And
commissioner
delivery
being
brand
new,
we're
actually
still
trying
to
work
it
out
as
this
day.
H
Yeah,
just
a
quick
question.
Thank
you
again
for
the
application.
Again,
I
love
the
aggressiveness
at
which
you're
going
after
this
and
in
this
industry.
I
just
wanted
to
give
in
just
get
a
sense
of
what
what
is
the
hiring
goals
so
just
not
in
terms
of
percentages,
but
given
the
comments
around
hiring,
not
hiring
your
uncle,
which
is
hilarious,
are
there
are
what
what
are.
I
know
that
this
is
a
new
will
be
new
and
it
is
family-owned
art.
H
What
are
the
number
goals
of
how
many
people
you
hope
to
hire,
given
your
high
goals
of
percentages
of
people
of
color
residents
and
women,
what
does
that
actually
translate
into
numbers
in
your
guys's
plan
and
ideas.
Y
We
we
we
gave
you
the
number
of
15
to
20
in
the
application.
I
wonder
if
brian
or
jason
has
any
additional.
Oh.
AA
If
I
can
just
touch
real
quickly
on
that
on
the
hiring
goals
you
know
in
my
community,
in
my
businesses
we
already
hire
mostly
residents
majority
minorities.
AA
You
know
during
the
community
outreach
process
we
had
mentioned.
I
had
few
people
hired
that
had
quarries.
So
you
know
you
might
come
to
the
pizza
station
and
see
somebody
with
an
ankle
bracelet.
He
was
a
great
employee.
I
believe
in
second
chances,
so
a
lot
of
the
targets.
What
I'm
in
our
employment
we
I
already
perform
in
my
businesses-
and
I
just
want
to
build
off
that
with
with
these
establishments.
H
AA
AB
Jason
yeah
miss
lombos,
we
as
far
as
goals
we
would
like
100
of
people
who
live
in
the
neighborhood
in
the
city
to
to
work.
For
us
I
mean
we.
We
appreciate
the
the
culture
that
we
we
grew
up
in
right.
We
feel
like
we
can
be
direct
with
one
another.
We
can
call
each
other
out
on
stuff
and
we
can
grow
as
a
community
together.
AB
One
of
the
things
that
we're
proposing
to
do
is
kind
of
model.
After
what
my
brother
went
through,
which
is
europe,
the
the
problem
that
I
anticipate
with
hiring
everybody
from
the
community
is
that
we're
going
to
run
into
roadblocks
with
professional
development?
AB
A
lot
of
the
people
in
the
in
our
community
haven't
gone
to
college.
A
lot
of
people
in
our
community
haven't
had
this
kind
of
professional
training
that
my
brother
has
had
through
europe
in
college.
So
we
we're
kind
of
almost
going
to
be.
I
don't
want
to
say
incubator,
but
we're
kind
of
we're
going
to
be
fostering
our
employees
through
professional
development
to
work
there.
AB
So
it's
going
to
be
kind
of
like
a
I'm
stuck
for
the
word
right
now,
but
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
grow
the
people
around
us
to
work
with
us
and
one
of
the
things
that
that
we
want
to
do
is
invest
in
people
so
that
you
know
they
can
move
up
within
the
company.
You
know,
so
we
don't
want
people
to
just
stay
at
retail.
We
we.
AB
We
are
massachusetts,
citizens
for
social
equity
and
our
plan
is
to
use
this
platform
to
grow
it
as
large,
as
we
can
to
ensure
that
people
of
our
community
have
meaningful
participation
in
this
industry
and
across
the
city
and
across
the
state
and
I'm
ambitious
across
the
nation.
I
mean
we're
going
to
make
history
here
going
for
all
three
of
these
locations
and
it's
only
the
start.
J
I
I
do
thank
you
just
just
a
couple
and
I
could
have
missed
it
during
mr
ross's
presentation,
but
I
didn't
see
the
the
plan
for
transportation
for
finance
for
money
and
the
second
question,
and
it
could
be
just
because
the
application
had
been
in
for
a
while
in
your
original
application.
J
You
were
denied
by
the
zoning
board
to
to
change
the
business
over
at
561
dudley,
and
I
saw
you
filed
an
appeal.
So
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
were
successful
in
that
appeal.
Y
Yeah,
let
me
take
your
second
question
first
and
then
dan
glissman,
if
you
can
maybe
cue
up
on
the
first
question,
to
try
to
respond
to
that,
while
I'm
doing
this
one
I
we
so
we
are
in.
Y
This
is
also
a
unique
project
for
another
reason
and
that
it's
in
a
multi-family
residential,
slash
local
services,
zoning
sub-district,
where,
whereas
the
other
applicants
you've
heard
from
today,
I'm
not
sure
where
they
are,
but
I
would
presume
they're
in
maybe
just
a
local
shopping
sub
district,
not
that
mfr
slash
added
to
it,
and
so
what
we
have
here
is
we
have
a
residential
and
commercial
district
and
the
wisdom
of
the
zoning
commission
when
they
passed
the
cannabis
zoning
change
is
they
did
exclude
multi-family,
slash
local
services
from
the
areas
where
it's
allowed
as
a
conditional
use
permit.
Y
Y
But
in
our
rejection
it
said
it
was
a
forbidden
use
in
the
multi-family,
slash
local
services
district
because
it
wasn't
designated
as
one
of
those
areas
that
a
conditional
user
would
apply,
and
so
we
recognized
in
this
application
that
we
have
a
higher
standard,
literally
a
higher
legal
standard,
to
comply
with
the
use.
I
mean
we
are
comforted
by
the
fact
that
there
is
this
pre-existing
retail
condition
at
this
site.
It's
not
like
we're
converting
some
sort
of
residential
property
into
a
commercial
use.
Y
I
would
add,
as
an
aside
that
I
don't
think
boston
will
be
able
to
get
to
the
52
number,
which
is
the
20
of
total
liquor
stores
without
having
some
of
these
variances
in
place.
There's
going
to
probably
be
most
of
these
as
com
as
conditional,
if
I
had
to
guess,
but
I
think
there
has
to
be
in
order
to
get
to
that,
52
has
to
be
a
there's
going
to
have
to
be
a
couple
of
these
forbidden
use,
variances
as
well,
and
maybe
dan.
Z
Thank
you,
yeah
thanks,
thank
you
mike
and
thank
you,
commissioner
holmes.
So
there
was
a
a
brief
touch
on
the
cash
transportation
policy
in
the
presentation,
and
it's
also
included
in
the
supporting
statement
in
the
application
packet,
but
you'll
see
that
it's
it's
quite
similar
to
what
I
suspect
you'll
hear
from
from
a
lot
of
these
operators.
In
that
it's
consistent
with
the
state
licensing
requirements.
Z
Z
Z
To
my
knowledge,
the
applicant
has
not
yet
engaged
with
a
particular
transportation
company,
but
I
you
know,
I
suspect
that,
as
as
their
process
moves
forward-
and
they
get
you
know
closer
to
operationalizing
their
policies
and
procedures,
that'll
be
something
that
they'll
keep
in
close
contact
with
with
the
local
police
department
or
local
police
area
chief
and
and
the
board.
Z
J
A
AE
AE
A
A
Turning
to
the
public
we've
received
a
request
from
I
apologize.
Jonathan
kroll
would
like
to
speak
in
support.
Jonathan.
Are
you
present.
AD
Yes
good
afternoon,
thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity.
Jonathan
kroll
15
whipple
ave
in
roslindale,
which
is
around
the
corner
from
the
washington
avenue
potential
spot.
I'm
a
non-profit
executive,
I'm
a
university
faculty
member
and
I'm
formally
was
part
of
the
fields
corner
main
street
association,
and
I
want
to
speak
to
the
community
focus
and
the
exceptional
level
of
integrity
that
brian
in
particular
has,
and
I
want
to
speak
in
favor
of
this
opportunity
for
him
and
mcs
mcse.
AD
What
they've
shared
is
the
absolute
truth
since
he
started
his
business
in
in
fields
corner
the
the
pizza
shop,
antonio
sci-fi.
He
has
been
committed
and
dedicated
to
developing
the
community
through
the
business,
and
I
expect
that
to
be
the
same
because
of
his
high
level
of
integrity.
What
he
says
is
his
truth,
and
so
I
just
want
to
be
on
record
to
share
that
and
thank
you
all
for
this
opportunity.
A
Thank
you.
We
have
a
request
from
perpetual
hayfront.
AF
Yes,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
lift
up
that.
This
was
an
amazing
and
extremely
timely,
pres
presentation,
specifically
in
light
of
you,
know
racism
being
a
public
health
crisis
in
boston
and
lifted
up
as
such
as
of
june,
and
for
these
this
family
to
be
here
and
be
lifting
up
their
community,
in
spite
of
all
of
the
barriers
that
they
have
gone
through
in
their
personal
lives
and
what
they
go
through
in
this
world
as
a
result
of
their
identity.
This
is
something
that
this
community
means.
AF
I
am
been
in
boston
for
over
12
years.
I
am
moving
back
to
dorchester
and
I'm
really
excited
to
know
that
this
would
be
in
my
neighborhood
and
I'm
just
hoping
that
the
that
this
business
or
if
anyone
from
the
city
could
answer
this
question,
but
I'm
not
sure
if
there's
any
barriers
that
these
brothers
and
this
family
would
face
in
this,
but
whatever
can
be
done
as
a
community
to
ensure
that
this
goes
through.
AF
I
really
love
to
know,
because
this
is
an
amazing
presentation
that
has
been
held
here
and
I
know,
will
be
a
great
staple
not
just
for
the
community
and
for
this
family,
but
for
generational
wealth
in
boston
to
come
specifically
for
black
people.
AC
Actually,
my
request
was
for
tracy
booth.
She
is
from
the
community
and
she's
having
a
little
trouble
requesting
to
speak.
So
if
we
can
let
her
speak
now,.
V
Good
afternoon
to
the
commissioner
and
city
officials,
I'm
I
live
at
in
the
community
across
from
561,
which
is
five.
I
live
at
586
dudley
street
and
I
am
supporter
of
the
mcse.
I've
been
supporting
them
from
the
beginning.
They
have
really
had
structured
themselves
to
work
accordingly
with
the
community
and
involving
yourself
trying
to
connect
with
the
community
to
help
make
a
difference
in
our
community,
and
I
hope
that
y'all
support
them
as
well.
Thank
you.
A
This
concludes
the
inaugural
hearing
of
the
boston
cannabis
board.
The
matters
heard
will
be
discussed
and
voted
on
at
the
august
19th
1
pm
voting
hearing
and
the
link
to
that
hearing
and
the
agenda
will
be
posted
shortly.
Please
note
that,
while
the
public
is
welcome
and
encouraged
to
attend,
additional
testimony
will
not
be
accepted
at
that
time.
Additional
testimony
may
be
submitted
up
until
that
hearing
by
emailing
cannabis
board
at
boston.gov.
F
Today,
I'm
sorry
in
the
chat
saying
they
had
their
hand
up.
A
I'm
sorry,
thank
you
very
much,
commissioner
dudley
street.
Is
there
someone
with
the
name
dudley
street
who
wishes
to
testify.
AG
Hi,
yes,
I
am
calling
I
am
speaking
on
from
from
on
behalf
of
stop
and
taste
pizza,
I'm
gilberto
payne,
I'm
the
owner
here
and
we're
at
239
dudley
street.
AG
Just
a
couple
blocks
down
from
this
proposal,
and
I
just
wanted
to
go
on
the
record
just
to
give
my
approval
for
this
proposal
and
I've
been
paying
attention
from
the
beginning
and
they
have
been
very
transparent,
and
I
think
that
they
are
the
textbook
applicant
for
what
boston
is
looking
for
right
now
and
I
just
wanted
to
go
on
the
record
as
a
small
business
owners,
along
with
some
of
the
other
minority
business
owners
that
couldn't
be
here
right
now,
neighboring
me
and
that
we
are
in
support
for
this
applicant
and
just
wanted
to
be
on
the
record
for
that
and
hope
that
everything
goes
through
and
want
to
thank
them
for
their
application.