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Description
Liaison Name: John Romano
Host Neighborhood: Downtown
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 6 p.m.
Applicant Name: High Street Cannabis Corp
Address: 200 High Street
License Type: Recreational Cannabis License
A
There
you
go
now,
it's
starting.
My
name
is
john
romano
from
the
mayor's
office
in
neighborhood
services.
I
am
the
north
end
west
end
waterfront
liaison,
which
covers
this
area
over
here.
I'm
here
tonight
to
facilitate
this
required
cannabis
community
outreach
meeting.
This
is
an
application
for
the
group
that
is
here
200
high
street,
to
be
operated
at
the
address
at
200
high
street.
Before
we
start,
I
would
like
to
go
over
my
expectations
for
tonight's
meeting
now.
Particip
participate.
A
A
A
A
A
A
So
you're
welcome
to
reach
out
to
me
at
any
time
with
any
questions,
comments
or
concerns
and
if
you're
not
able
to
speak
at
tonight's
meeting,
as
this
meeting
will
run
for
an
hour,
there
will
be
no
questions
that
we
will
not
be
able
to
have
answered
for
you
or
get
an
answer
for
you.
If
you
reach
out
to
me,
there
will
be
no
questions
during
the
presentation
and
once
the
presentation
is
concluded,
I
will
reiterate
some
of
these
expectations
again,
but
then
we'll
move
on
to
the
questions
from
your
butters.
B
C
B
A
B
There
we
go
there,
it
is
fantastic.
Okay,
so
again,
I'm
phil
silverman,
I'm
here
for
high
street
cannabis.
I
I
work
for
a
law
firm
that
is
a
national
law
firm
that
specializes
in
cannabis.
It's
the
only
kind
of
law
we
do
and
we
have
offices
all
over
the
country
we're
doing
this
in
every
state
where
it's
legalized.
B
B
B
I
I
just
want
to
mention
just
sort
of
by
way
of
introduction
here,
because
we
do
know
we
have
received
some
some
commentary
and
some
some
feedback
on
this
location
free
from
people.
I
know
there
are
other
locations
in
the
area.
That's
a
bit
of
a
concern
for
some
people.
I
would
like
to
tell
you
give
put
that
in
a
little
bit
of
context
for
you,
you
know
if
you
go
to
denver
colorado
where
legalization
has
been
around
for
about
seven
years.
B
Some
of
the
parts
of
california,
in
particular
los
angeles,
some
of
the
other
states,
you'll,
quite
frankly,
see
far
more
cannabis
businesses
than
you
do
in
boston.
Right
now,
in
massachusetts,
we
have
about
200
retailers
that
are
licensed
in
most
of
those,
for
example,
colorado,
which
has
a
million
less
people
you'll
see
two
to
three
times
that
many
retailers.
B
So,
actually,
you
know
we
don't
have
that
many
here,
but
the
idea
here
is
this
location
is,
is
a
little
bit
off
towards
some
areas
of
boston
that
aren't
currently
citing
one
of
these
retailers.
This
is
a
little
more
almost
towards
the
seaport,
and
so
you
know
so
there's
a
little
bit
of
of
geographical
differentiation,
but
I
think
the
important
thing
to
recognize
here
is
you
know
these.
B
These
are
popular
destinations
and
the
more
we
get
in
some
ways:
that's
actually
more
advantageous
for
a
neighborhood,
because
you
disperse
the
population
of
customers.
You
know
there
this.
This
is
a
a
heavily
traveled,
heavily
populated
area.
You've
got
commuters
coming
in
during
the
day
from
various
suburbs
and
such
for
work.
There's
a
lot
of
people,
obviously
coming
through
the
city.
B
What
we've
found
is
that
it's
actually
a
good
thing.
If
you
have
a
few
more
of
these
places
again,
we
don't
want
them
right
on
top
of
each
other,
and
we
don't
think
this
is.
But
you
do
want
options
and
it
does
disperse
the
demand
so
that
you
won't
have
long
lines
of
people
and
our
facility
in
particular
is
that's
not
really
going
to
be
much
of
a
worry.
It's
a
huge
facility.
B
People
you'll,
never
see
a
line
outside
of
this
facility
because
people
can
go
inside
and
that's
where
we
would
have
our
lines.
But
I
think
the
important
thing
again
to
recognize
is
you
know
that
this
will
be
another
thing
that
spreads
demand
out
amongst
various
retailers
like
this,
and
we
think
that's
a
real
positive
here.
The
other
things
you'll
you'll
note
that
are
unique
about
this
company.
B
There
is
a
commitment
here
to
cannabis:
research
through
a
relationship
with
calvin
johnson
he's
gonna
study,
the
therapeutic
effects
of
cannabis
on
cte,
chronic
pain,
some
other
research
topics
which
which
we
think
is
pretty
exciting
actually-
and
I
should
mention
also
that
this
company
is
dedicated
to
diversity
of
all
levels
of
employment,
and
it's
really
sort
of
part
of
part
of
who
this
company
is
you'll.
You'll,
see
it
in
the
executive
management
team.
B
We
have
a
diverse
group
of
people,
varied
backgrounds,
varied
experiences,
but
when
you
sort
of
add
it
all
together,
you
really
get
everything
you
could
possibly
want
in
a
team.
So
next
slide
bridget
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
gazder
who's
going
to
introduce
our
management
team
go
ahead.
Gaza.
F
Phil.
Thank
you.
Well,
thanks
for
your
time
again,
john,
my
name
is
gaza.
Cherylis,
I'm
the
founder
of
the
guys.
The
charlize
foundation
was
built
here
in
this
city
to
support
local
communities,
and
now
we've
also
been
around
for
the
past
12
years
serving
the
city,
I'm
also
the
founder
and
ceo
of
bashir
and
company,
which
is
a
mwbe
company,
a
certified
company
which
engage
in
residential
commercial
development
projects
here
in
the
city
or
outside
the
city.
F
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
be
awarded
them.
The
president
biden's
and
lifetime
achievement
awards
this
past
year
with
our
many
humanitarian
church
we've
done
over
the
years
in
haiti,
jamaica,
costa
rica
and
here
in
the
u.s
to
name
a
few.
I
grew
up
in
somerville,
where
I
did
well
enough
to
in
sports,
mostly
football,
where
I
earned
me
a
full
scholarship
to
attend
boston
college
where,
as
a
captain,
I
led
boston
college
to
two
of
the
best
years
in
the
acc
after
bc.
F
I
was
drafted
in
the
first
round
17th
pick
overall
by
the
detroit
lions
spent
nine
years
in
the
nfl
five
five,
with
detroit
two
with
indianapolis
and
two
in
tampa.
Most
athletes
usually
retire.
What
the
last
finished
playing
at
but
which
was
tampa
for
me
and
tampa,
was
a
great
place
to
somewhat
find
my
retirement
home,
but
moving
back
home
to
continue
to
do
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
in
the
community,
especially
with
my
mwb
company,
was
extremely
personal
to
me.
F
It
was
so
hard
for
all
of
us
somewhat
like
getting
into
the
city,
find
jobs,
and
I
wanted
to
somewhat
come
home
and
give
back
to
the
city
and
help
out
with
the
minority
community.
As
far
as
the
mwb
contracts
yeah
how
well
we
can
expand
a
little
bit.
We
are
working
on
possible
a2
with
bgi
here
in
the
seaport.
This
is
the
first
project
here
in
the
city,
with
a
70
30
gc,
jv
partnership.
F
We
have
a
75
25,
gc
development
partnership.
We
also
create
created
a
15
million
dollar
syndication
to
help
a
local
minority.
Community
and
businesses
participate,
invest
into
the
project
a
little
bit
with
a
fairly
good
return
at
no
risk,
and
we
also
put
aside
four
million
dollars
to
do
community
outreach
work
in
the
community.
So,
as
far
as
serving
our
community,
that's
something
that
matters
to
us
and
stepping
into
this
role
in
the
cannabis
world.
That's
something
that
we're
somewhat
familiar
with,
and
I
don't
see
us
stopping
any
time
so.
G
Good
evening,
I'm
maurice
I'm
another
a
person
who
grew
up
in
this
city.
I
live.
I
grew
up
in
upham's
corner
and
I'm
actually
in
the
house
that
I
grew
up
in
spent
the
majority
of
my
career
in
public
service,
I'm
a
bc
grad,
so
you
know
gaza
and
I
both
have
the
bc
eagle
experience
and
love
this
city
and
had
the
opportunity
to
serve
in
various
capacities.
G
I
first
started
on
getting
out
of.
I
went
to
right
here
on
dudley
street,
went
to
school
at
st
patrick's,
moved
on
to
monsignor
ryan
memorial,
then
I
went
to
umass
amherst
and,
from
there
went
on
to
boston
college
law
school
all
all
the
opportunities
that
I've
gotten
are
directly
related
to
my
commitment
and
my
connection
to
the
community
that
I
still
serve
and
that
I
still
live
in
and
you
know
as
part
of
that
work.
G
Some
time
ago
I
became
an
assistant
district
attorney
in
that
role,
had
the
opportunity,
sometimes
to
be
the
only
one
in
the
room
and
to
see
some
of
the
disparities
as
it
related
to
our
justice
system
and
in
that
instance
also
observed
how
folks
from
the
community
that
I
came
in
were
treated
from
were
treated
differently
than
others.
I
went
on
to
the
attorney
general's
office
where
I
was
able
to
participate
in
a
civil
practice
and
then
went
back
again
and
did
some
criminal
justice
work
there
again.
G
I
came
to
understand
that
if
you
want
to
get
to
the
root
cause
of
some,
what
was
impacting
my
communities,
I'm
particularly
kids,
who
are
black
and
brown,
that
we
needed
to
begin
to
look
at
what
education
looks
like
how
it's
being
delivered.
What
economic
justice
looks
like
how
we're
making
things
more
equitable
for
people
and
how
we
change
systems
to
make
that
happen,
and
that
is
because
of
the
exactly
some
of
the
experiences
that
I
received
were
very
positive.
G
H
G
And
and
through
that
work
I
was
asked
to
participate
in
some
cannabis
work
in
this
city.
I've
had
a
chance
to
do
that.
I've,
so
I've
seen
the
good
and
the
challenges
of
it,
but
at
the
bottom
line
is,
is
that
we
are
starting
a
new
industry,
an
industry
that
is
being
created
where
even
in
its
creation,
then
equities
have
are
clear.
B
So
I
just
this
is
sort
of
backing
up
what
what
gazder
and
marie
just
said
a
lot
of
what
you'll
hear
in
these
community
outreach
meetings
from
various
groups,
and
I
don't
certainly
don't
want
to
disparage
any
of
them,
but
they're
very
aspirational
about
what
they
can
do
for
the
community.
I
think
you
know
what
you've
heard
from
from
gazder
and
marie
these
people
have
been
involved
in
the
community
and
they
are
a
part
of
the
community.
It's
not
really
just
aspirational.
B
They
have
experience
in
this
and
when
you're
thinking
about
somebody
that
you
want
to
work
with,
you
know
that's
going
to
be
one
of
your
neighbors.
You
know
you
may
enter
a
situation
where
you've
got
an
issue
with
the
business
and
how
it's
being
run,
and
it's
impacting
your
life.
You
want
people
that
care
about
your
community.
You
want
to
be
able
to
go
to
them
and
and
say
to
them.
I've
got
a
problem.
Can
you
do
something
about
it?
These
are
the
type
of
people
that
can
do
that.
B
I
Hello,
everyone
very
nice
to
meet
you
all
this
evening.
Thank
you
guys
for
sitting
here
and
listening
to
what
we
have
to
say.
My
name
is
carlos
beauje.
I
am
the
proud
son
of
haitian
immigrants
I
was
born
and
raised
in
lynn.
I
attend.
I
attended
a
salem
state
university
where
I
earned
my
bachelor's
degree
in
business
management.
I
Throughout
my
time,
in
high
school
and
university,
I've
been
working
with
my
father,
helping
him
run
and
manage
beaujo's
tailing.
It's
it's.
My
father's
shop
over
in
downtown
boston
he's
been
there
for
about
21
years
now,
and
I've
been
with
him
ever
since
I've
been
in
high
school
helping
him.
You
know
along
the
way
the
experience
that
I've
had.
I
So
during
my
time
working
you
know,
with
with
my
father,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
some
great
people,
one
of
them
being.
You
know
one
of
my
business
partners
on
this
project,
which
is
austin
cherylis
we
met
while
he
was
in
the
league.
He
you
know
came
by
to
get
some
suits
done.
You
know
we
kicked
it
off
and
it's
been,
it's
been
a
great
hit
ever
since,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
I've
actually
had
the
pleasure
of
knowing
him
now
for
about
six
years.
I
B
H
Yes,
everyone
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
tonight.
My
name
is
paul
hollin
gaza
and
I
have
been
friends
for
15
years
and
business
partners
for
10
or
so
he
brought
me
into
this.
I've
spent
probably
most
my
life
in
finance,
starting
at
bank
boston,
1994,
the
first
national
bank
of
boston,
working
for
fleet,
boston,
bank
of
america,
pricewaterhousecoopers
for
15
16
years
in
financial
management
roles
and
then
in
the
early
2000.
I
got
into
the
hospitality
space
and
for
the
last
15
years
I've
been
operating,
developing
and.
J
B
I
Yeah,
so
200
high
street
is
easily
accepted,
easily
accessible
by
a
nearby
public
transportation.
You
know
10
minute
walk
away
from
the
wrapping
commuter
bus
lines
on
federal
street.
We
anticipate
that
the
majority
of
our
customer
base
will
be
downtown
will
be
workers
from
the
downtown
area.
The
seaport
and
four
point.
I
I
So,
despite
the
cannabis
companies
that
have
really
been
permitted,
we
believe
that
downtown
boston
is
still
underserved
in
the
demand
in
the
area.
In
addition
to
the
large
amount
of
office
workers
in
the
area,
you
know
downtown
area
to
obtain
this
product.
You
know
as
young
professionals
and
individuals
over
the
age
of
50.
I
K
K
B
So
here's
here's
a
rough
floor
plan
of
this
facility.
Again,
one
of
the
benefits
of
this
facility
is
that
it's
it's
9
800
square
feet
of
space.
Here
most
of
the
facilities
that
you
find
around
the
state
are
anywhere
from
a
thousand
square
feet
to
3
000
square
feet.
You
know
there
are
some
more,
not
not
very
many
less
than
a
thousand
square
feet,
but
the
the
real
benefit
here
is
that
we
can.
Actually
we
can.
B
B
There's
really
sort
of
two
experiences
that
you
can
get
out
of
a
facility
like
this
there's
a
sort
of
a
traditional
retail
experience
where
people
come
in
on
high
street
and
they
you
know
they
can
browse
they
can
they
can
look
at
them.
They
can
talk
to
some
of
our
sales
agents
about
what
the
products
are.
You
know
that's
that
can
be
a
little
bit
of
a
longer
experience.
B
The
other
thing
on
our
high
street
side
is:
we
have
the
ability
to
have
online
ordering
and
people
entering
just
for
quick,
pickups
and
again
that
keeps
people
moving
in
and
out
of
the
facility
so
that
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
crowds.
I'll,
be
honest
with
you,
I
know
a
couple
of
years
ago.
This
was
a
big
issue.
People
watched
on
tv
when
legalization
first
hit,
and
they
saw
you
know
all
sorts
of
people
crowding
out
literally
to
the
only
two
cannabis
establishments
east
of
the
mississippi
river,
and
it
was
crazy.
B
You
know
they
they
were.
It
was
just.
It
was
not
an
easy
situation
for
the
towns
that
had
to
deal
with
that.
Those
days
are
long
gone
right
now
you
know:
there's
200,
facili
retail
facilities,
open,
you
don't
see
crowds
even
when
they
open
with
a
curiosity
factor,
you're,
not
seeing
significant
crowds,
so
even
on
a
high
demand
day-
and
there
are
days
you
know
just
before
a
weekend-
sometimes
thursday
evenings.
There
are
some
high
demand
times.
B
This
facility
is
just
not
going
to
have
a
problem
dealing
with
it,
because
it's
just
got
a
lot
of
space
and
a
lot
of
ability
ability
to
move
people
in
and
out
next
slide.
Please
yeah
again.
This
is
just
there's
a
lower
level
to
this,
also
which,
which
primarily
will
be
used
for
some
storage,
and
also,
we
will
have
some
kiosks
down
there.
If
there
were
a
high
demand
time,
we
can
send
customers
down
there
to
wait
to
look
around
at
the
kiosk
to
actually
do
online
ordering
from
down
there
next
slide.
Please.
B
Safety
and
security,
so
I'm
not
sure
how
many
people
that
are
in
the
audience
tonight
have
actually
been
to
one
of
these
facilities,
but
they
are
incredibly
safe
and
secure.
The
the
reality
is.
Massachusetts
has
the
strictest
guidelines
in
the
country
in
terms
of
security
and-
and
if
you
look
at
you
know
you,
I
invite
you
to
go
to
the
ccc
or
the
boston
cannabis
board
and
ask
them
for
any
statistics
on
crime
nuisance.
Those
sorts
of
things
you
just
don't
see
it.
B
This
is
not
an
inviting
target
for
anybody
interested
in
those
types
of
activities
and
in
fact,
what
you'll
find
across
the
country
is
because
of
the
added
security
here,
the
lighting,
the
cameras,
I'm
going
to
go
into
a
little
bit
of
that
in
a
minute,
but
because
of
all
of
that,
these
are
actually
the
crime
goes
down
around
these
facilities.
People
understand
how
much
security
is
around
this
facility
and
they
don't
want
to
be
around
it
if
they
have
bad
intentions.
So
what
you'll
see
at
this?
B
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
too.
Please
bridgette,
but
but,
as
you
might
have
seen
at
some
of
these
others,
entry
into
this
facility,
you
know
people
like
to
compare
these
to
pharmacies
and
liquor
stores.
There's
some
validity
the
comparison,
however,
anybody
can
walk
into
a
pharmacy
and
anybody
can
walk
into
a
liquor
store.
B
You
can't
do
that
here,
but
before
you
even
set
foot
in
the
interior
of
this
facility,
you're
going
to
show
your
id
to
prove
that
you're
21
years
of
age,
you're
then
going
to
go
into
what's
called
a
sally
port.
In
other
words,
you
can't
get
through
the
next
door
into
the
retail
sales
floor
until
you
show
that
id
a
second
time
to
security
there
and
then-
and
only
then,
do
you
get
buzzed
in
through
the
next
door,
for
your
sales
experience
and
by
the
way,
you'll
have
to
show
that
idea.
B
Third
time
at
the
point
of
sale,
so
it's
it's
access
to
this
facility
is
extremely
limited.
You'll
also
note:
there
are
cameras
all
over
the
exterior
and
interior
of
this
facility
in
the
exterior.
We
have
a
360
degree
view
around
this
area.
We
like
to
know
when
people
are
coming
and
when
people
are
going
from
this
facility
and
we're
able
to
see
them
on
the
interior,
every
door
and
every
window
is
covered
by
a
camera
and
every
room
where
any
marijuana
is
handled
or
stored
is
also
covered
by
a
camera.
B
We
also
have
what's
called
a
seed
to
sale
tracking
system
and
the
idea
here
is,
you
know
one
one
of
the
things
that
people
worried
about
with
this
industry
as
it
started,
was
well
what
about
the
people
that
are
working
there?
What
if
they
decide
to
divert
some
of
the
product
out
of
the
store
you
know
without
the
north,
not
through
the
normal
sales
and
distribution
chain.
B
Every
product
that
comes
into
this
store
is
packaged
and
it's
barcoded,
and
so,
when
it
comes
into
the
store,
we
have
to
inventory
it.
We
have
to
scan
that
barcode
and
we
have
to
weigh
it
and
so
this
package
that
maybe
weighed
a
half
an
ounce
this
week,
if
next
week,
when
we
reweigh
everything
it
only
weighs
a
quarter
of
an
ounce.
B
The
inventory
system
is
going
to
tell
you
that
it's
going
to
alert
you
to
it
and
then
what
we
do
is
we
go
to
the
video
from
those
cameras
that
I
mentioned
before,
and
we
find
out
what
happened
and
if
we
find
that
an
employee
has
diverted
that
product
outside
of
the
normal
sales
chain.
That
employee
is
terminated
immediately.
We
have
a
no
tolerance
policy
for
any
kind
of
diversion
of
product.
B
Additionally,
I
would
note
all
of
the
product
at
the
end
of
the
day
goes
into
a
vault.
It
comes
out
the
next
morning,
but
that
vault
is
it's
a
hardened
vault?
It's
not
you
know
it's
not
six
feet
of
concrete,
but
it
is.
It
is
something
significant
that
somebody
with
ill
intent
would
have
to
get
through,
and
so
this
is
kind
of
a
layered
security
concept,
in
other
words,
somebody
that
wants
to
come
in
the
middle
of
the
night
and
thinks
they're
going
to
get
in
the
first
thing.
B
If
they
get
all
the
way
to
the
vault,
which
is
where
all
the
product
is,
it
would
take
them
a
good
deal
of
time
to
break
their
way
into
that
fault
and
even
by
the
way
when
they
get
in
there,
most
of
the
product
is
held
in
safes
within
the
vault.
So
you
know
anybody
that
has
that
kind
of
intention
by
the
time
they
would
get
anywhere
near
the
products
here.
B
B
B
As
I
mentioned,
you
know
we
we
keep
the
product
in
a
secure,
locked
vault
in
the
evenings.
We
don't
use
products
which
are
deemed
attractive
to
minors.
We
don't
have
you
know
edibles
that
are
shaped
like
fictional
characters
or
fruits
or
things
of
that
nature,
and
we
have
a
zero
tolerance
policy
for
diversion
excellent.
A
B
We're
almost
done
we're
almost
done
thanks
so
much
so
in
terms
of
preventing
nuisance.
I
just
want
to
mention.
We
will
provide
a
24
7
contact
number
to
all
of
the
local
neighborhood
associations,
business
associations
and
abutters
you'll
have
somebody
to
call
a
manager
directly
if
you
have
an
issue.
B
The
other
thing
that's
really
key
here
is
that
there
is
no
public
consumption
allowed
here.
We
we
police,
obviously
inside
the
store,
but
also
outside,
and
we
will
put
up
cameras
if
we
hear
about
things
or
a
particular
place
that
we
hear
people
are
going
we'd
be
happy
to
put
up
cameras.
We
are
not
going
to
tolerate
that.
It's
not
advantageous
for
us
to
have
a
location
where
people
can
be
coming
and
using
this
product
in
public.
B
We
do
a
good
job
of
educating
people
when
they
come
in
the
door
and
telling
them
this
is
not
you
know,
here's
the
rules,
you
don't
use
this
on
site.
You
don't
use
this
in
public.
Take
it
home,
you
don't
use
this
after
you
drive,
we
we
do
the
rules
of
the
road
people
and
we're
pretty
serious
about
it
and
explain
to
them.
You
won't
be
coming
back
here
if
you
don't
follow
those
rules.
Next
slide,
please
benefits
to
the
community
marie,
I
think.
Well,
maybe
you
could
touch
on
on
some
of
these
issues.
G
I'm
happy
to
just
go
quickly.
Essentially,
I
just
want
to
highlight
two
things
that
there's
a
three
percent
local
auction
tax
that
will
be
paying
through
the
city
for
a
host
community
agreement,
and
then
the
city
will
receive
an
additional
three
percent
of
all
gross
sales,
and
this
must
be
used
to
address
related
specific
issues
so
that
in
operations
issues
so
that
it
will
stay
in
the
community.
So
that
will
help
the
community
significantly.
B
A
Awesome,
thank
you
all.
I'm
going
to
start
with
those
that
have
their
hand
raised
and
then
move
on
to
the
other
community
members
here.
The
first
thing
I
want
to
start
off
with
again
is
that
we're
directing
all
questions
or
comments
towards
either
myself
for
a
city
process
or
the
applicants
here
for
about
their
actual
application
and
of
the
space
itself.
The
first
person
they
see
that
has
their
hand
raised,
is
suzanne
lavoy
suzanne,
I'm
gonna
mute.
You
now.
C
Thank
you,
john.
I
have
a
number
of
questions
and
I
guess
I
just
like
to
say
that
maybe
after
this
call
that
we
could
arrange
to
have
a
meeting
to
discuss
this
further,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
neighborhood
association
and
it
to
be
I'll,
ask
just
two
questions.
First
of
all,
at
the
beginning
of
the
the
meeting
you
talked
a
lot
about
the
community.
C
G
Happy
too,
I
think
there
are
two
communities
right:
there's
a
community,
that's
immediately
when
I
think
of
community,
I
think
of
boston
and
I
think,
of
boston
as
a
community.
I
mean,
when
I
think,
of
downtown
boston,
having
worked
there
for
many
years
and
understanding
that
there's
the
the
corporate
community.
G
I
also
understand
that
there's
a
growing
residential
community-
and
you
shared
that
with
us
susan,
when
we
met
with
the
wharf
district
council-
and
we
understand,
there's
that
so
I
think
of
the
community
in
terms
of
the
tenants,
the
the
businesses
that
are
in
the
immediate
area-
and
we
want
to
get
to
know
the
residents
that
are
now
moving
into
that
district.
I
also
think
of
the
larger
boston,
because
we
want
downtown
boston
as
I
used
to
work
for
the
city.
G
I
know
that
when
you
know
when,
when
we
think
about
the
greenway,
when
we
think
about
you,
know
the
the
new
parts
of
boston
that
are
that
are
growing,
that
there
has
not
been
a
lot
of
interaction
between
say,
my
neighborhood
and
those
and
those
areas
in
boston.
We
want
to
make
certain
that
we
are
part
of
making
all
of
boston
a
community
that
is
welcoming
and
inclusive
of
everybody.
G
I
appreciate
that
susan
and
look
forward
to
an
opportunity
to
sit
with
you
and
and
and
to
learn
more
about
what
those
concerns
are,
and
I
mean
I
know
we
can
look
at
it
from
the
business
perspective.
But
it's
also
as
I
as
I
come
to
understand
that
the
number
of
residents
in
that
immediate
area
is
also
growing.
You're,
a
growing
neighborhood,
the
wharf
district
council,
residential
neighborhood
and-
and
I
think
all
of
us
stand
to
learn
more
about
that.
C
And
the
small
businesses,
the
wharf
district
council
represents
residents
and
businesses,
it's
not
just
residents
alone,
so
yeah.
I
think
that's
important
to
know
and
again
I
don't
want
to
take
up
all
the
time,
but
the
other
question
I
had
was
who
owns
your
company
the
boston
of
the
200
high
street
group,
who,
who
is
behind
this.
B
A
A
This
gets
posted
to
there's
a
cannabis
youtube
page,
the
boston.gov
youtube
or
boston.com
a
city
of
boston,
youtube
page
that
goes
through
from
there
gets
posted
on
the
cannabis
board
website,
as
well
after
this
meeting,
because
people
are
asking
about
where
they
could
find
this
recording.
After
I
know
people
are
asking
if
there
are
other
attendees
at
the
meeting.
Yes,
there
is
the
format
of
webex.
Just
the
way
it
is
is
that
if
you're
an
attendee,
unfortunately,
you
can't
see
the
attendee
list.
It's
just
a
system.
A
A
Just
looking
at
the
list
this
minute
and
then
you
should
be
able
to
if
you
have
any
other
questions
about
process
piece
that
I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
ask
in
the
chat
I'll
make
sure
that
we
address
those
after,
but
I
do
want
to
go
down
the
line
now
and
mute
people
as
we
go
through.
There
are
a
few
people
that
have
asked
specifically
whether
it
be
in
the
chat
or
in
the
question,
and
answers
to
make
sure
that
we
highlight
them.
L
M
H
J
B
Sure
so,
quite
frankly,
I'm
I'm
shocked
to
hear
that,
because
I
know
with
the
groups
that
we
work
with.
We
take
that
very
seriously.
We
intend
to
have
our
security
people
outside
the
premises
policing,
not
just
you
know
the
front
of
our
building,
but
quite
frankly,
looking
down
the
street.
We
do
not
want
exactly
what
you're
talking
about.
Nothing
could
make
this
business,
make
it
more
perilous
for
this
business
than
to
have
that
occurring,
because
that's
a
way
to
get
the
cannabis
control,
commission
and
the
boston
cannabis
board
to
pull
your
license.
B
So
you
know
very
seriously.
We
want
to
hear
from
people
if
that
happens,
that
it's
happening,
and
we
will
alert
those
people
that
they're
not
welcome
back
in
our
store.
We
are
very
likely
to
call
the
local
authorities
as
well.
We
do
we
are
not
going
to
allow
that
to
happen
on
the
premises
or
near
the
premises.
F
And
to
add
a
couple
of
things
to
it,
also
marie
alan
so
many
times
when
people
refer
to
cannabis,
dispensaries,
you
just
talk
about
the
smoking,
the
flower
part
of
it.
Well,
as
a
group
myself,
you
know
I'm
a
testament
of
that.
We
really
want
to
focus
on
the
pharmaceutical
part
of
it
and
the
medical
part
of
it
as
I've
had
over
12
I've
had
over
excuse
me.
F
I've
had
over
12
surgeries
in
the
past
12
years
and
with
cbd
cream
and
all
these
different
things
that
I've
been
somewhat
using.
I
can
sleep
for
the
first
time
at
all.
I
can
walk
now,
so
we're
not
just
planning
on
focusing
just
on
the
the
flower
part
of
it.
We
really
want
to
be
part
of
the
neighborhood
and
also
introduce
the
medical
and
the
pharmaceutical
part
of
it.
A
Thank
you
all.
I'm
going
to
continue
just
to
skip
around
a
bit
there's
people
that
have
identified
themselves
as
wanting
to
ask
questions
and
then
I
will
make
sure
to
try
to
go
down
the
line
again.
One
thing
I
want
to
stress
is
that
this
is
not
the
end-all
be-all
of
the
chance
for
you
to
ask
questions.
You
can
reach
out
to
myself
john
period,
romano
at
boston.gov
at
any
time,
with
questions,
if
you're
not
able
to
ask
them
tonight.
I
am
going
down
line
here.
M
I
F
We
also
have
this
more
knowledgeable
impact
hold
on
saying.
We
also
have
a
smart
relationship
with
hell
at
the
moon
with
paul
and
I
being
partners
out
howl
at
the
moon.
We've
approached
to
build
the
owner
as
far
as
the
parking
lot.
We
have
two
spaces
back
there.
With
that
little
alley.
We
talked
about
different
ways
which
one
to
make
it
work
we
can
come
to.
F
F
G
So
judy
one
of
the
things
we're
having
done
is
a
traffic
study
to
really
help
us
understand
the
flow
of
traffic
and
to
give
us
an
understanding
of
pedestrian
flow,
I'm
in
the
area
so
we'll
have
so
with
and
communications
with.
All
of
you
we'll
have
the
engineer.
Who's
working
with
us
get
some
information
from
all
of
you.
G
I
think
he's
here
by
the
way
I
think
matt's
on
the
on
this
call
so
and
we're
just
at
the
beginning
of
this,
and
so
we
would
be
able
to
have
better
answers
for
you
right
now,
we're
in
the
studying
place
space
in
order
to
understand
what
that
is
and
how
it
is
that
we
can
make
certain
that
we
do
not
create
a
problem
for
a
traffic
problem
for
ourselves
and
for
the
neighborhood
as
well.
So
we
hear
you
definitely.
A
Thank
you
judy
all
right
we're
going
to
continue
to
move
on
with
additional
questions
here
well
before
we
do
that.
I
do
want
to
recognize
melissa
from
counselor
flynn's
office
is
here
as
well,
and
then
I'm
going
to
move
on
to
my
apologies,
michelle
well
off.
Michelle
give
me
one
second,
so
I
can
find
you
on
here.
N
Good
good,
I'm
here
with
my
fellow
neighbor,
we
also
live
along
the
greenway
in
the
neighborhood
that
judy
referenced
about
the
the
wharf
area,
and
so
I've
been
living
in
boston.
For
about
20
years.
I
sent
you
my
old
text
there
and
I'm
concerned
about
what
could
happen
sort
of
like
over
five
or
six
years,
because
when
I
used
to
go
to
the
boston
common,
I
used
to
walk
around
and
you
know
felt
very
safe.
N
So
I
moved
here
because
I
thought
this
greenway
park
is
so
beautiful
and
it's
really
incredible.
We
have
this
amazing
kind
of
group
of
people
that
are
putting
things
together
around
the
greenway
to
make
it
such
a
vibrant
community.
You
know
with
the
beer
gardens
and
the
wine
gardens
and
the
beautiful
flowers
and
everything
and
it's
a
huge
park.
So
my
question
is:
how
would
we
be
able
to
prevent
our
beautiful
greenway
from
becoming
the
public
space
that
people
choose
to
relax
and
enjoy
their
edibles
and
so
forth?.
G
Sorry
so
I
I
just
thank
you
for
that
question
and
I
I
think
we
all
need
to
continue
to
be
vigilant.
I
think
I
I
love
the
commons.
I
used
to
work
right
across
the
street
from
the
commons.
The
attorney
general's
office
said
it
had
a
office
right
across
the
street
from
there,
and
so
there
are
a
lot
of
challenges
happening
in
boston.
G
G
It's
a
seed
to
sale
coverage
where
you
actually
can
actually
trace
back
to
the
very
inception
where
that
particular
product
came
from,
and
so
I
really
want
to
distinguish
between
what
you
know
products
and
I
don't
want
to
give
them
characterize
them
in
any
way
folks
are
consuming
and
that
which
folks
have
to
come
in
and
purchase
and
most
of
them,
I
would
say
I
did
and
trying
to
figure.
This
thing
out.
G
So
I
think
one
we're
going
to
be
vigilant,
particularly
because
we
have
that
customer
pledge
too,
because
of
the
seed
to
sale
coverage
and
the
security
coverage
and
three.
We
want
to
be
good
neighbors
and
we
want
to
contribute
to
the
environment
and
to
the
neighborhood,
this
growing
and
thriving
neighborhood
that
that
that
is
happening
over
here
at
the
wharf
district
and
we
want
to
make
certain
not
only
the
greenway
but
all
the
other
side
streets
where
we're
located.
G
It
continues
to
be
thriving
places.
I
mean
this
is
home
for
us
and
I
for
me
the
common
is
very
important
and
I'm
sad
that
it's
becoming
that,
but
I
think
there's
a
larger
conversation
to
happen
around
what
poverty
is
doing
and
what
some
of
the
mental
health
issues
that
people
are
experiencing
are
doing,
because
I
don't
live
too
far
from
melania.
So
I
see
some
of
the
what
you're
talking
about,
but
I
know
that
there's
a
larger
issue
that
we
all
have
to
address
as
a
city
and
and
as
folks
who
care
about
others.
A
A
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
all
the
information
and
to
the
lady
who
just
replied
right
now.
She
basically
confirmed
that
there
are
issues
in
the
city
where
there's
a
certain
segment
of
the
population
that
has
the
tendency
that
a
different
type
of
draws
for
entertaining
purposes
that
sometimes
it
brings
brings
areas
of
danger
into
the
city
there.
E
It
is
a
pleasure
to
walk
in
the
middle
of
the
night
there
in
the
rose
heart
in
the
rose
garden
in
the
first
kennedy
garden,
and
I
will
hate
to
be
walking
around
that
area
at
night
and
not
being
able
to
go
across
the
street
just
because
there
are
people
sitting
on
the
bench
so
as
she
mentions
there
are
issues
that
need
to
be
addressed.
You
know
from
from
the
city
perspective,
but
we
don't
want
to
bring
that
in
those
issues
into
our
neighbor,
and
I
personally
don't
agree
on
using
drugs
for
entertainment
purposes.
E
E
We
don't
do
my
with
all
the
respect,
and
I
understand
that
you
have
an
effort
and
you
are,
you
are
doing
everything
possible,
but
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
for
us
as
an
owner
of
a
unit
in
that
area,
I
think
you
will
bring
the
value
of
the
property
down.
So
I
disagree
and
with
all
the
respect,
that's
all
I
have
to
say
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
all
right,
we're
going
to
keep
moving
down
the
line
here.
What
I'm
going
to
do
is
that
I
see
a
few
people
have
raised
their
hands.
I'm
going
to
go
to
some
of
the
people
that
have
raised
their
hands.
I've
gone
through
those
that
have
at
least
tried
to
reach
out
in
the
chat
to
ask
if
they
could
ask
a
question
again
like
I've
said,
this
is
not
the
end
of
the
public
comment
period.
A
If
you
have
questions
comments
or
concerns,
because
we
will
not
be
able
to
get
to
everyone
tonight,
you
need
to
make
sure
just
to
send
me
an
email
at
john
period,
romano
r-o-m-a-n-o
at
boston.gov,
so
I
can
make
sure
that
you're
able
to
get
your
questions,
comments
or
concerns
answered
or
on
record
so
andrew
andrew
haigney.
I
apologize
if
I
butchered
your
name
there,
but
do
you
have
a
question
comment
or
concern.
D
Yes,
I
do,
I
think,
I'm
unmuted,
yes,
okay,
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
You
know
attorney
silver
attorney
silverman
made
the
point
at
the
beginning
that
you
know
denver
has
these
shops.
You
know
they're
much
more
common
in
boston
part
part
of
the
deal
was
we
have
these
buffer
zones
and
the
reason
for
the
buffer
zones
is
that
we
don't.
We
don't
want
to
have
a
cannabis
shop
on
every
corner.
You
know,
I
think
you
know,
and
it
troubles
me
a
little
bit.
D
You
know
we
kind
of
it
kind
of
doesn't
get
entered
into
the
discussion.
The
fact
that
you
know
cannabis
is
still
not
legal
on
a
federal
level,
which
of
course
is
why
there's
issues
with
banking
and
so
forth.
I
I
I
live
downtown.
You
know
this
idea
that
this
idea
that
you're
going
to
be
sort
of
policing,
the
half
block
area
to
make
sure
people
don't
start
using
the
product
when
they
walk
out
of
your
doors,
is
great,
except
when
they
get
a
block
and
a
half
away
and
they
start
using
it.
D
D
Are
you
know,
they're,
not
they're,
not
terribly
sensitive
to
the
community,
that
they're
consuming
the
product,
and
so
I'm
I'm
I'm
against
this.
It
disturbs
me
that
the
boys
and
girls
club
of
boston
their
headquarters,
is
based
in
this
building.
The
greenway
is,
you
know,
there's
kids
play
there,
it's
it's!
You
know
we
suffered
with
the
elevated
highway
for
years
now
we
have
this
beautiful
space
and
we're
going
to
start,
you
know
putting
these
kind
of
shops
up.
D
A
O
Sure
I
have
a
comment.
Thank
you
very
much
for
extending
the
time.
I
thought
15
minutes
wasn't
enough
to
really
give
credence
to
this
feedback
session.
I
guess
you
know
I'm
with
andrew
and
vivian.
I
I've
been
living
here
at
rose
war
for
over
23
years.
Our
son
was
born
here
we
raised
him
here.
We
were
here
before
the
big.
H
O
I
think
this
location,
you
know,
the
only
thing
you
could
do
worse
would
put
it
next
to
a
playground.
I
just
don't
think
it's
an
appropriate
place,
for
you
know
a
residential
neighborhood.
I
also
think
that
you
know
blending
the
medicinal
and
recreational
is
covering
up
the
point.
If
it's
an
additional
medicinal
issue,
then
this
should
be
near
a
hospital
or
you
know
available.
O
B
I
would
if
I
could,
just
just
by
way
of
information
what
you're
gonna
find
actually
is.
This
is
licensed
as
a
recreational.
A
significant
number
of
people
will
use
this
for
their
medical
needs.
A
lot
of
people
don't
want
to
go
to
a
medical
in
order
to
get
a
a
medical
registration.
You
have
to
sign
up
with
the
state
that
becomes
a
public
record
for
employment
reasons.
They
don't
want
to
do
that.
B
It's
also
a
lot
of
people
that
just
you
know,
feel
like
they
should
be
able
to
do
this
medicinally
without
having
to
go
through
that
process.
There's
a
lot
of
people
the
fastest
growing
demographic
of
cannabis
users
is
people
over
the
age
of
55,
using
it
for
pain
relief.
A
lot
of
them
don't
end
up
going
to
register
as
medical
card
holders,
but
they
do
use
this
medicinally.
B
So
while
we
call
it,
recreational
you'd
be
very
surprised
at
the
number
that
are
using
this
medically
so
and-
and
we
certainly
understand
your
other
points
about
location,
I
would
just
point
out
again:
we
will
do
everything
we
can
and
you'll
have
a
good
partner
here.
That
is
willing
to
hear
your
concerns
and
respond
to
them.
If
there
are
problems.
A
Thank
you
for
that
response.
There
I
do
want
to
you
know:
state
we're
going
to
be
probably
take
one
more
person
here.
Wrapping
up
as
well.
I'm
gonna
make
sure
the
team
shares
some
contact
information
as
well,
so
you
can
get
in
contact
with
them
and
I
will
reshare
mine
too,
and
talk
about
some
next
steps
as
well.
Sheila
willard
sheila.
Did
you
have
a
question
comment
or
concern?
A
L
L
Again,
if
anyone
who
is
promoting
this
business
had
any
idea
of
what
broad
street
looks
like
at
that
location,
you
would
never
consider
having
any
kind
of
activity
at
that
131
location,
because
you
may
say
you
may
tell
people
they
shouldn't
park
there,
but
people
being
people
they're
going
to
park
in
the
travel
lane,
because
there
is
no
parking
lane
at
that
location.
So
please
reconsider
that.
That's
my
comment.
L
My
question
attorney
silverman
and
and
mr
chairwolf
jarrellis
both
mentioned
that
their
customer
base
was
from
the
seaport,
and
mr
chirrillis
also
mentioned
the
seaport
and
fort
point
and
in
one
of
your
slides
the
slide
is
entitled
y
200
high
street.
The
first
bullet
on
that
slide
and
I'll
just
read
the
very
end
of
it
says
commuters
returning
home
via
south
station
and
the
seaport.
L
B
So
again
I
I
I
if
we
misspoke,
I
apologize
for
that.
What
what
I
was
trying
to
point
out
was
that
there
currently
are
no
places
in
the
seaport
district,
and
so
we
would
expect
that,
because
we're
a
little
closer
to
it
than
some
other
retail
shops
that
we
would
get
some
customers
from
there.
But
I'm
not
saying
that.
That's
really
our
customer
base,
our
customer
base
is,
is
sort
of
the
downtown
area
and
the
area
surrounding
where
we
are
so
there's.
You
know
again
in
having
seen
if
you
look
around.
B
You
know
a
lot
of
neighborhoods
you'll,
see
three
pharmacies:
you'll
see
a
couple
of
liquor
stores
a
lot
of
industries.
There
are
there's
competition,
there's
not
just
one
of
a
particular
type
of
store.
We
there
are
some
competitors,
but
we're
off
a
little
to
the
side
of
them,
and
so
we
have
some
advantages
with
respect
to
other
parts
of
the
city,
but
I
really
didn't
mean
to
suggest
that
our
customer
base
was
only
in
the
seaport.
A
K
A
K
Fibrous
good
evening,
thank
you
very
much
great
presentation,
appreciate
that.
I
have
one
question.
One
comment,
echoing
the
folks
who
spoke
earlier
about
the
I'm
trying
not
to
say
deterioration,
but
certainly
the
last
20
years.
The
number
of
people
one
sees
either
by
in
boston,
common
or
by
millennial.
Place
who
are
under
the
influence
has
increased.
I
too
am
concerned
as
a
local
resident
that
this
could
spread
to
the
greenway,
which
is
the
lady
earlier
said,
is
a
delightful
oasis
in
the
city.
K
K
That's
my
comment,
but
the
question
was:
how
many
people
are
you
expecting
you'll
be
spent
a
lot
of
money
to
get
where
you
currently
are,
and
if
you
get
your
license,
we'll
spend
a
lot
more
money,
so
you've
done
a
business
plan.
I'm
interested
in
the
number
of
people
that
you're
we're
likely
to
see
in
the
area.
Can
you
give
any
insight
into
that?
Please.
B
So
I'm
gonna
you're
asking
a
question
which
is
a
good
question
that
the
difficulty
in
answering
it
is
that
I
don't
know
how
many
other
places
are
gonna
be
around
us.
Okay,
you
know
right
now.
I
think
there's
two
others
fairly
close
to
us
exactly
where
the
rest
of
the
retailers
is
going
to
be
52
in
the
city
of
boston,
where
they
are
will
determine
how
many
it's
not
uncommon.
B
For
one
of
these
places
to
see
you
know,
20
to
30
people
an
hour,
something
along
those
lines
and
you
move
them
in
and
out
it's.
It's
generally
you'll
see
four
or
five
people
in
in
in
a
retail
shop
at
a
time,
and
you
move
them
out
the
average
customer
times
about
it.
You
know
you
move
them
in
and
out
in
about
10
minutes,
so
you
know,
I
think,
20
to
30
an
hour.
B
F
Know,
john
mary,
I
add
a
couple
of
things
to
today.
So
when
collins,
myself
paul
marie,
we
sat
down
to
talk
about
that
location.
To
be
honest,
richard
we
didn't
think
about
the
the
local
community
as
our
first.
You
know
time,
clients
more
more
of
it,
we're
thinking
of
folks
who
drive
two
to
three
hours
to
come
to
work
into
the
city
and
on
the
way
home
in
the
financial
district
which
we
see
in
a
lot
of,
and
I
can
give
you
a
mini
example.
F
I
have
my
friend
whose
wife
lives
in
salem
when
she's
showing
up
to
work.
She
she
has
her
medical
card
work
down
the
street.
You
know
made
purchase
for
some
of
her
friends
who
dealing
with
some
of
the
same
pain
to
dealing
with
a
lot
of
when
we
sat
down
and
first
thought
about
that
location.
Really.
That
was
the
first
thing
that
kind
of
came
to
mind,
but
as
we
keep
working
too,
we
saw
what's
going
on
in
the
area.
F
We
somewhat
brought
up
seaport
in
the
in
the
area,
knowing
there's
none
in
the
seaport
yet,
but
to
be
honest
with
you,
when
we
first
thought
about
this
thing,
we
were
more
thinking
about
those
folks
from
andover
like
salem,
like
all
over
the
city.
Somewhat
drive
two
to
three
hours,
working
in
the
financial
district
and
on
the
way
home
in
the
afternoon,
maybe
take
a
little
care
package
on
by
some
of
our
friends,
family
and
everything.
A
Thank
you
with
that
last
question.
We
are
going
to
wrap
up
tonight's
meeting.
So
do
you
want
to
talk
about
again
just
some
steps
that
have
gone
from
here
and
some
steps
that
will
go
forward
so
again,
there's
an
open
comment
period
between
and
it
has
been
existing
since
they've
had
their
application
in
until
the
time
of
which
they
get
scheduled
for
a
cannabis
board.
Hearing
from
the
boston
cannabis
board.
A
If
you
have
any
questions,
comments
or
concerns,
you
can
reach
out
again
to
myself
john
romano,
john
j,
o
h
n
period,
romano
r-o-m-a-n-o
at
boston.gov,
the
team
here.
Does
anyone
want
to
give
out
their
contact
information
it's
best
to
be
able
to?
If
they
have
questions
they
want
to
ask
the
team
directly.
A
Thank
you
all
so
much.
I
appreciate
everyone
spending
some
time
here
tonight
again,
if
you
have
any
other
questions
comments
and
concerns
by
no
means
is
the
last
chance
you
have
a
chance
to
ask
it.
Please
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me
and
I'd
be
happy
to
make
sure
that
those
get
addressed.
Thank
you
all.
I
hope
we
have
a
good
night.
Thank
you
to
the
team
for
presenting
tonight
thanks.
Everyone.