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Description
Liaison Name: George Huynh
Host Neighborhood: Dorchester
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 7 p.m.
Applicant Name: CNA Stores, Inc.
Address: 70 Von Hillern Street
License Type: Retail Recreational Cannabis License
A
A
Good
evening
everybody,
my
name,
is
george
wind,
mayor
wu's
liaison
to
dorchester.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight.
I'm
here
tonight
to
facilitate
this
cannabis
community
outreach,
as
required
by
statute.
This
is
an
application
by
cna
stores,
inc
for
a
retail
cannabis
dispensary
to
be
operated
at
the
address
of
70
von
hiller,
hillerin
street
dorchester,
mass
02125.
A
A
A
We
are
here
tonight
to
try
to
collect
as
many
comments
and
questions
for
this
proposal,
not
here
to
facilitate
debates
amongst
mothers
or
relitigate
state
legislation.
I
ask
that
all
questions
be
directed
toward
the
applicant
and
myself.
Only
the
applicant
will
answer
all
questions
related
to
their
proposal
to
the
best
of
their
ability,
and
I
will
answer
questions
specific
to
the
city's
process
to
the
best
of
my
ability.
A
A
To
reiterate
this
is
not
a
debate
on
the
legalization
or
morality
of
marijuana.
That
debate
occurred
at
the
ballot
box
and
we
are
here
today
because
it
was
overwhelmingly
supported
by
the
city.
The
applicant
will
go
through
the
presentation
in
a
timely
manner
and
the
remainder
of
the
time
will
be
for
orderly
question
and
answer.
A
A
A
B
A
B
B
Okay,
there
we
go
joining
us
this
evening.
Is
robert
defazio's,
the
ceo
of
cna
stores,
michelle
whitley
is
here
as
well:
our
chief
operations
officer
dan
mcgoon
who's,
our
director
of
security
and
scott
winters.
Our
director
of
business
development
community
outreach.
All
those
folks
are
here
tonight
and.
B
Their
respective
areas,
the
objective
for
tonight's
meeting,
I
know
george-
did
a
good
job.
Introducing.
I
appreciate
that,
but
really
to
introduce
tna
stores
to
the
community,
talk
about
the
type
of
marijuana
establishment
and
where
it
will
be
located.
The
proposed
address
so
on
and
so
forth,
provide
information
adequate
to
stem
to
demonstrate
that
the
location
will
not
constitute
a
nuisance
as
defined
by
law
and
as
many
you
know,
this
is
retail.
Only
this
isn't
a
cultivation
or
manufacturing
information
adequate
to
demonstrate
that
the
location
will
be
properly
secured.
B
What
steps
we're
going
to
take
to
prevent
diversion
to
miners
in
the
illicit
market
and
the
plan
for
the
master
marijuana
adoption
to
possibly
impact
the
community,
so
those
are
just
some
outlines
as
to
what
we're
going
to
cover
as
we
go
through
the
presentation
tonight
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
rob
and
then
rob
I'll
try
to
keep
up
with
you
on
the
slides.
If
I
miss
something
just
let
me
know
and
I'll
move
up
or
back
either
way.
Okay,.
C
C
C
Cna
stores
has
two
locations.
Currently
we've
been
open,
we're
up
and
running
in
haverhill
massachusetts,
it's
about
9,
000
square
feet,
that's
been
open
for
almost
a
little
more
than
a
year.
Our
ainsbury
location
is
at
77
macy
street,
it's
about
2,
000
square
feet
and
that's
been
open.
Since
last
january,
we
are
in
the
process
of
opening
our
cultivation
manufacturing
facility.
C
One
location
is
in
amesbury,
it's
approximately
53
000
square
feet.
We
have
a
provisional
license,
we're
in
the
process
of
starting
construction
beginning
of
the
year
and
we
hope
to
grow
and
manufacture
our
own
products.
We
have
another
location
out
in
winston
mass
that
is
about
140
acres,
that
we're
going
to
do
cultivation
and
manufacturing
out
there.
Also.
C
So
you
know
it's
a
it's.
A
my
cna
stores
was
started
by
myself
and
my
one
of
my
good
friends,
billy
haggard.
We
were
both
in
navy
nuclear
power
program
that
transitioned
in
99.
We
both
got
out
and
that's
where
we
both
met
and
at
in
the
data
center
industry.
From
there
I
started
my
own
company
billy
took
a
couple
companies
public
we've,
always
kind
of
worked
together
as
either
a
vendor.
I
was
a
vendor
of
billy's
or
or
vice
versa,
and
we've
known
each
other
for
about
20
years.
C
So
when
we
decided
to
get
into
this
industry,
it
was
two
friends
saying
hey:
let's
get
a
go
at
it,
you
know,
and
one
of
the
main
driving
factors
was
believe
it
or
not.
My
son.
He
was
working
in
a
cultivation
at
the
time
and
he
said
to
me
he's
like
dad.
Why
don't
we
get
into
cannabis
like
we
did
with,
like
you
did
with
data
centers
back
when
they
were
first
starting
to
boom?
C
C
C
C
C
We
operated
that
business
for
close
to
17
years
and
then
we
we
both
sold
the
company
he
retired
and
I
decided
to
start
a
business
with
my
son
and
my
my
other
best
friend,
so
you'll
see
the
next
slide
here.
Little
information
about
the
other
co-founder
billy
haggard.
You
know
he.
I
went
down
the
path
to
start
my
own
business.
C
Michelle
whitley
who's,
our
ceo
she's
here
tonight,
she's
got
a
23
years
experience
working
in
and
around
the
medical
field
with
endodontics
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
she's
got
a
really
good
running
four
or
five
practices
in
the
north
shore
area
in
brooklyn
and
up
that
or
brookline
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
when
it
comes
to
operations,
she's
top-notch,
you
know
and
I've
known
her
for
25
26
years.
Probably
next
slide
is
dan
mcgoon,
a
director
of
security.
C
C
So
cna
everybody
always
asks
what
that
stands
for
and
it
stands
for
completely
natural
alternatives.
So
when
we
develop
the
company,
our
our
look,
our
feel
our
aspects
are
all
about
natural
being
natural,
completely
natural.
So
when
you
look
at
the
cannabis
plant,
it's
a
you
know,
derived
medicine
for
some
people
fun
for
others.
C
C
As
you
kind
of
look
at
our
preliminary
concept
for
the
design,
we
actually
took
this
from
an
old,
the
old
t
station
that
used
to
be
there
we're
trying
to
create.
You
know,
as
the
landlord
says,
it's
strain
station,
which
is
kind
of
putting
a
play
on
the
strains
for
our
cannabis,
but
the
look
and
feel
is
is
going
to
be
kind
of
very
similar
to
what
you
would
have
seen
with
the
original,
the
original
t-stop
that
was
there
so
go
on
and
we'll
take
you
inside
on
the
next
slide.
C
If
you
look,
we've
got
a
sally
port.
So
when
we
take
our
deliveries
for
products,
we
get,
those
in
it'll
actually
be
in
a
sally
port,
so
the
van
will
will
back
into
a
sally
port,
close
it
off
and
then
remove
the
products
from
the
van
bring
them
into
the
store,
it's
very
similar
to
a
lot
of
the
other
layouts
and
designs
in
regards
to
our
facility
and
the
way
we
operate.
C
Having
had
a
couple
stores
open
for
almost
a
year
now,
you
know:
we've
worked
on
our
efficiencies
and
layouts
and
flow,
and
things
of
that
nature-
and
this
this
layout
and
design
here
is
seems
to
work
well
for
for
what
we're
trying
to
do
we're
trying
to
create
an
experience
for
people
when
they
come
in.
Not
just
have
them
come
in
by
and
leave
you
know,
and
from
that
standpoint
it
is
to
me
that
that's
you
know
you
go
where
you
want
to
where,
where
people
know
your
name
kind
of
like
cheers.
C
C
C
C
We
try
to
put
another
location
in
down
in
dorchester
on
galvan
boulevard,
and
we
heard
the
neighborhood
and
realized
that
you
know
it
was
somewhat
on
the
main
street,
and
so
we
went
and
looked
for
other
locations,
and-
and
this
is
the
one
that
we've
come
up
with-
we
think
it's
a
great
location
for
us
not
only
for
the
retail
side
of
things,
but
as
delivery
starts
to
open
up.
This
would
be
a
great
location
to
do
deliveries
out
of
we'll
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
dan
mcgoon.
D
D
So
I'm
gonna
go
over,
obviously
the
the
kind
of
overall
objective
of
what
I
do
here
and
what
the
security
plan
is
for
this
location,
it's
more
than
just
you
know
physical
and
technical
security,
it's
more
than
just
cameras,
a
lot
about
what
we
do
is
with
about
collaboration,
obviously
with
our
neighbors,
but
also,
most
importantly,
with
the
city,
the
state,
triple
c
and
obviously
the
boston
police
department.
So
obviously,
we've
we've
submitted
a
plan.
D
D
It's
a
zero
tolerance,
something
that
we
look
out
for
to
include
even
looking
at
our
customers
before
they
enter
the
premises
and
make
sure
that
they're
not
with
children
and
there's.
No,
you
know
funny
business
when
it
comes
down
to
someone
that
may
or
may
not
be
providing
products
to
minors.
Obviously,
age
restriction,
every
id
that
it
comes
into
our
building
is
gonna,
be
scanned
by
a
pretty
highly
sophisticated
machine.
D
D
The
other
good
thing
about
that
is.
It
gives
us
the
data
points
in
case
we
have
an
issue,
we
know
who
the
person
is
that
came
into
the
building,
we'll
go
over
our
personal
policies.
Briefly,
sops
training
is
critical
to
for
our
staff.
Obviously
so
they
know
how
to
handle
a
situation
if
one
arises,
but,
more
importantly,
again
coming
back
to
our
neighbors
and
and
and
the
people
in
the
community.
You
know
we
know
how
to
handle
the
situation.
The
right
way
go
to
the
next
slide
pete.
D
Obviously,
we
follow
the
model
of
crime
prevention
through
environmental
design.
Our
closed
circuit
video
surveillance
system
is
pretty
much
state
of
the
art
we
use
a
product
called
vigilon
and
we
work
with
our
our
security
provider,
which
is
astronaut
security
right
now.
They
maintain
our
three
properties
outside
of
boston.
D
That
system
is
fully
functional
in
in
you
know
all
aspects
of
natural
disasters,
backup
systems
and
remote
access.
We
can
access
the
system
remotely
if
we
need
to,
and
then
we
also,
you
know,
obviously
can
pull
tapes
if
we
need
to
our
alarm
systems
are
monitored
365
days
a
year,
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week,
not
only
by
us
here
and
the
staff
and
myself,
but
also
on
third
party
vendors,
are
also
integrated
with
the
boston
police
department.
D
In
case
of
an
emergency,
we
use
biometric
electronic
access
and
electric
access
card
readers
to
all
of
our
limited
access
areas
to
include
product
doesn't
necessarily
mean
every
employee
has
access
to
those
locations.
They
basically
have
access
based
on
who
we
allow
access
to
have
our
transportation
procedures.
You
heard
rob
mentioned
our
sally
port.
Obviously
any
deliveries
that
are
coming
onto
the
property
we'll
come
into
that
sally
port
completely.
D
D
So
obviously
in
the
issue,
if
we
have
an
issue
with
someone
who
isn't
allowed
into
the
building,
we
can
properly
report
it
and
make
sure
that
they
don't
gain
entry
past
our
our
main
security
checkpoint,
all
vendors,
all
people
that
are
non
employed
through
cna
stores
go
through
a
background
check
and
sign
in
process.
We
deter
that
through,
obviously
all
of
our
security
measures,
and
you
know
make
sure
that
no
one
not
only
from
the
outside,
is
coming
in
to
create
a
problem,
but
also
through
our
employees.
D
Last
thing
I'll
touch
on
is
consumption,
zero,
tolerance
again.
Anyone
who
has
seen
consuming
product
anywhere
near
us
is
gonna
get
notified
that
it's
illegal
and
we'll
get
their
information
and
we'll
report
it
to
the
boston
police
department.
It's
a
zero
tolerance
issue.
No
one
can
consume
product
near
us
in
a
vehicle
or
even
driving
away.
If,
if
we
see
it,
we
report
it,
it's
it's
an
absolute.
D
And
lastly,
anti-diversion
again
I
touched
on
it
earlier.
You
know
that
takes
a
lot
of
vigilance
on
us
to
watch
who's
coming
in
and
coming
out
of
the
property
and
strict
adherence
to
permitted
amounts
of
what
we
can
sell,
and
that
goes
through.
Obviously,
when
we
scan
someone's
id
and
they
make
a
sale.
All
of
that
is
kept
on
record
and
we
know
who
who
the
customer
is
and
how
much
they
purchase
and
we
actually
flag
it.
If
they
try
to
return
to
purchase
more
product,
then
they're
legally
allowed
to
training.
D
We
don't
stop
training
all
of
our
employees.
All
of
our
staff.
It's
constant
vigilance.
Security
is
the
number
one
part
of
you
know
what
we
do
on
a
day-to-day
basis:
good
and
bad.
There
is
never
an
easy
day,
we're
always
making
sure
we're
learning.
We've
obviously
learned
a
lot
since
we
opened
our
first
two
stores
and-
and
you
know,
we're
proud
that
our
staff
handle
themselves
in
a
professional
manner,
but
also
keeping
security.
You
know
at
the
forefront.
C
So
one
of
the
other
things
that
thanks
dan,
I
appreciate
that
that's
good
the
on
the
security
side
of
things.
The
great
thing
about
that
security
system
is
that
it's
also,
you
know,
like
direct
connect
to
boston
police
department.
They'll
have
access
to
our
security
system,
so
they
can
check
in
anytime.
They
want
to
see
what
we're
doing,
and
they
have
come
to
us
in
some
at
some
at
our
locations
where
they've
had
incidents
that
they
want
or
see.
C
If
our
cameras
caught
it
and
we've
helped
them
in
many
of
them,
you
know
in
probably
two
or
three
incidents
that
have
happened
in
around
our
properties
that
we
were
able
to
provide
them
with
the
video
to
show
you
know,
cars
who
things
of
that
nature.
So
security
is
a
big
thing
on
our
end
of
things,
the
other
big
thing
is:
is
the
being
a
positive
community
impact,
as
you
know,
gross
sales
contribution.
C
You
may
not
know
this,
but
is
in
we
know
three
percent
of
our
gross
sales
goes
back
to
the
communities
that
we
that
we're
in
in
regards
to
an
impact
fee.
Not
only
that
there's
the
three
percent
excise
tax
and
eleven
and
a
quarter
cannabis
tax
and
then
the
or
eleven
three
quarters
and
six
and
a
quarter
sales
tax.
So
there's
considerable
amount
of
money,
that's
being
generated
here
to
be
giving
back
to
the
communities
and
that
and
where
we
support.
C
This
year
alone,
I
think
our
stores
have
raised
close
to
50
000,
on
top
of
us,
giving
175
000
away
to
two
local
charities
here
in
in
haverhill.
So
you
know
when,
when
we
say
that
we're
a
positive
impact
on
our
communities,
it's
in
more
ways
than
most
people
imagine
it
goes
into
the
100
community
service
hours.
C
We've
got
a
couple
of
programs
that
we
put
in
place
that
talk
to
you
know.
We
have
a
snow
angels
program
that
we
set
up
in
haverhill,
where
we
go
in
ames
ray
where
we
go
out
and
shovel
out
the
disabled
and
elderly
folks
working
with
the
senior
centers
they
call
in.
They
give
us
a
list
of
names
and
then
we
go
out
during
every
storm
and
make
sure
they
get
shoveled
out
or
plowed
out
or
we've
got
probably
five
or
six
snow
blowers.
C
A
good
crew
of
people
going
out
there,
volunteering
all
employees
of
cna
just
to
to
help
the
local
communities,
local
vendor
participation.
That's
another
key
thing
that
we
look
for
is
is
providing
you
know
as
we
build
out
our
stores
and
things
of
that
nature.
We
work
with
with
local
companies,
employment
opportunities.
C
Obviously
we're
going
to
have
people
there
for
monitoring
for
security
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
we
need
security
personnel.
Now
we
create
jobs
for
veterans
like
I
said
in
locals,
and
that
that's
kind
of
the
the
gist
of
you
know
of
how
we
try
and
support
with
communities.
And
it's
it's
interesting,
because
we've
got
a
lot
of
non-profits
that
we
work
with.
Every
month
we
put
a
jar
out
instead
of
our
our
bud
tenders,
our
employees
collecting
tips
for
their
work.
C
We
fed
12
000
families
from
thanksgiving
to
the
end
of
the
year,
working
with
mass
fallen
heroes
and
with
the
community
corner
was
one
of
the
local
areas
that
we
were
working
with,
and
the
mass
military
support
foundation.
So
there's
there's
a
lot
of
community
support
that
we
that
we
thrive
on
and
love
to
to
to
to
do,
because
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
drive
within
our
culture
is
to
give
back.
C
A
A
So
no
decisions
are
being
made
tonight
and
also
at
no
time
will
it
be
acceptable
to
be
disrespectful
to
anyone
during
the
meeting.
Everyone
is
entitled
to
their
opinion.
There
is
no
right
or
wrong
opinion,
and
we
are
here
tonight
to
try
to
collect
as
many
comments
and
questions
for
this
proposal
as
possible.
A
I
ask
that
all
questions
be
directed
to
the
applicant
and
myself
only
and
so
the
applicant
will
answer
all
questions
related
to
to
their
proposal
to
the
best
of
their
ability,
and
I
will
answer
questions
specific
to
the
city's
process
right.
So
we'll
open
up
the
floor,
I
don't
think
there
are
too
many
folks
in
the
crowd
tonight,
but
yeah
we
can
just
you
can
just
unmute
yourself
and
and
go
for
it.
But
if
there's
a
line
you
can
raise
your
hand
so.
A
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
It's
in
partnership
with
the
university
of
massachusetts,
it's
in
partnership
with
the
maryland
task
force.
It's
been
something
that
the
community
has
worked
on
years
with
wind
companies,
it's
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
of
projects
of
money
for
this
project
and
it's
approved
and
basically
what
it
does
is.
If
you
had
looked
at
an
aerial
shot,
I'm
gonna
put
up
to
the
screen.
I
don't
know
if
anyone
can
see
it,
but
you
can
see
moakley
park
right
here.
Yeah
and
you
can
kind
of
see
this
triangle
right
here.
E
Yeah,
that's
marion
right
on
the
other
side
of
the
train
tracks
is
locust
street
vaughn
hillary.
You
know
maybe
150
feet
away,
but
I'm
not
sure
if
you
guys
are
aware
of
that.
Just
because
that's
a
proof
project
and
the
thought
is
knowing
a
little
bit
about
potential
restrictions
or
challenges
that
relate
to
it.
E
F
C
E
There's
you
know
a
magnitude
of
basically
a
community
right
there,
almost
just
in
this
that
triangle
that
I
think
needs
to
be
looked
at
number
one,
because
I
don't
know
100
if
this
all
makes
sense
to
you
guys,
but
I
thought
that
some
of
the
restrictions
were
within
certain
amount
of
feet.
You
couldn't
have
this
type
of.
E
So
there's
there's
a
lot
that
needs
to
be
looked
at
and
then,
as
I
kind
of
just
make
you
aware
of
that,
I'm
gonna
bring
you
closer
on
to
von
hillen
street,
so
von
hillen
street
is,
if
you
drove
down
off
of
dorchester
ave,
and
you
start
at
the
top
of
street
and
work
your
way
down
pretty
much
everything
on
the
left
that
involves
supply
house
restoration,
business
as
well
as
the
union
tile
and
marble
company
port
morris
back
bay.
Mechanical
is
all
housed
in
in
that
facility.
E
E
Night
through
sunday
morning,
you
know
we
have
our
own
project
management
staff
that
tries
to
house
the
house
and
challenge
the
issues
of
you
know
people
from
methanol
mild.
We
have
prostitution,
we've
worked,
you
know,
as
close
as
we
could
with
you
know:
boston,
police,
mbta,
police,
but
it's
challenging
it's
challenging
to
get
a
street
sign
up.
It's
challenging
to
you
know,
monitor
just
a
simple
things:
street
lighting
people,
dumping
trash.
E
E
E
So
there's
a
train
tunnel
that
goes
underneath
duchess
to
rav.
Just
I've
been
working
with
one
of
their
local
contractors
they're.
You
know
very
involved
with
them,
because
they're
looking
for
access,
they're,
looking
for
space
to
access
the
red
line,
the
mbta
has
a
seven
foot
easement
from
their
chain
link
from
the
chain
link
that
runs
along
the
property
on
locust
street.
That
you're
talking
about,
as
well
as
all
the
way
up
to
dochester
wrath.
E
E
I
don't
necessarily
disagree
with
the
cannabis
feeding.
I
think
there's
some
homework
into
consideration,
a
big
picture
for
your
team
to
look
at
and
to
see
you
know
what's
approved.
What
is
you
know
permitted
before
you?
Does
it
conflict
with
the
guidelines
or
the
restrictions
of
you
know?
So
you
don't
go
too
far.
E
E
So
it's
not
like
I'm
just
saying
look,
you
know,
I'm
not
saying
just
no
to
you,
but
I'm
also
saying
you
know,
there's
also
conversations
and
other
people
within
the
community
because
we
live
here
and
we
we
understand
the
neighborhood.
We
potentially
could
be
helpful
to
you,
but-
and
so
it's
just
not
like
that.
E
We're
here
to
say
no
and
try
to
ruin
your
project,
but
sometimes
you
just
take
a
step
back,
and
I
know
there
was
one
on
galvan
boulevard
that
you
said
you
looked
at
and
there's
been
others
that
have
been
looked
at
and
been
stalled
by.
You
know
you
know
challenges
within
the
community
and
it's
difficult.
So
I
would
tell
you
is
that
I'm
in
opposition
foreign?
I
think
that
you
guys
have
some
more
homework
to
do
and
I'm
happy
to
have
george
be
able
to
give
you.
E
C
E
I
don't
even
know
if
it's
even
properly
I
I
know
the
doris
is
on
metropolitan,
says
70
von
hillerman,
but
I
I
think
it's
also
known
as
because
it's
a
locust
street.
It's
still
in
fact
the
city
of
boston
just
put
up
new
street
signs
on
the
telephone
pole.
Next
to
my
building,
this
is
locust
street
and
my
research,
just
from
my
office,
is
saying
that
that's
actually
71
locust
street,
not
71
hillerman,
so
the
just
something
to
look
at
in
terms
of
advertisement.
Why
it's
going
forward.
C
Yeah,
I
think,
greg
what
we
did
is
we
went
off
of
the
deeds
and
things
of
that
nature
for
the
property
and
that's
what
the
address
they
have
with
the
city.
So
we'll
definitely
look
into
that,
not
saying
that
we've
got
it
right
or
that
we've
got
it
wrong,
but
it
definitely
will
take
your
your
your
information
into
consideration
and
definitely
dan
will
probably
reach
out
to
you
or
someone
from
my
team
will
reach
out
and
set
up
a
meeting
and
talk
all
right.
D
C
E
E
Isn't
going
to
get
solved
tonight,
but
they
just
want
to
throw
out
some
some
thoughts
and
you
can
you
know
hear
what
other
people's
comments
are.
Our
questions
are,
I
don't.
You
know
mine
were
on
a
bigger
scale
and
I
wanted
to
get
those
out
there
first
to
you
and
if
anyone
else
wants
to
talk,
I
would
just
say
we
can.
You
know,
follow
up
at
a
future
date
and
report
back
to
the
mayor's
office
and
elected
officials
and
things
like
that
as
we
go.
C
A
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
this
is
the
form,
for
you
know
addressing
some
of
those
questions.
Obviously
we
don't
have
unlimited
time,
but
you
know,
please
feel
free
to
address
any
concerns
that
you
can
but
yeah.
Let's,
let's
move
on
from
now,
just
so
that
others
can
express
some
of
their
thoughts.
A
F
Is
it
okay?
Can
you
hear
me
now?
Yes,
robert
and
the
folks
at
cna?
Well,
first
of
all,
thank
you
for
your
service
kind
of
hits
home
to
us.
We
are
actually
the
your
director
budding
tenant
right
across
the
street.
From
from
you,
whether
we
locate
the
first,
the
first
electronics
business
first
electronics
corporation,
we
are
actually
a
contractor
for
the
military.
We
primarily
produce
cable
assemblies
that
are
used
in
all
the
defense
applications,
military
fighting
vehicles,
missiles,
shelters,
tanks,
radars
etc.
F
I've
been
there
for
22
years,
so
I've
seen
that
street
the
traffic
patterns,
the
vagrants,
the
homelessness,
the
mbta
taking
of
our
property.
I
could
give
you
a
pretty
long
history
of
what's
gone
on
over
there
and
my
initial
reaction.
Not
this
is
not
coming
from
a
real
estate
side,
but
when
somebody
mentioned
that
they
want
to
open
a
dispensary
across
the
street,
my
initial
reaction
was:
are
you
crazy,
there's,
absolutely
no
parking?
F
The
traffic
flows
are
brutal
and
on
the
weekends
you
have
partying
homeless
people
pretty
much
everything
that
that
greg
had
already
highlighted
and
then
during
the
weekdays
the
street
couldn't
be
busier
with
booming
manufacturing
companies.
So
I
mean
you'd
be
sandwiched
in
the
middle
of
of
basically
hell
during
the
week,
and
then
I
don't
you
know
I'm
not
around
on
the
weekends
so
that
you
know
wouldn't
affect
us,
but
my
initial
reaction
was:
you
got
to
be
crazy,
like
why
in
the
world,
would
you
pick
this
site?
That's
from
a
pure,
not
real
estate
standpoint?
F
F
So
I
don't
want
to
you
know,
take
everyone's
time
and
rehash
that,
but
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
give
my
two
cents
on
when
I
heard
the
the
intended
use
versus
how
busy
that
street
is
and
when
I
say
busy,
it's
really
people
that
are
coming
to
work
parking
parking's
at
a
premium
up
and
down
the
whole
street.
The
traffic
patterns
are
crazy.
The
mbta
is
already
using.
F
You
know
the
whole
side
of
our
building
to
go
down
to
their
location
and
they
have
large
trucks.
They
have
front
loaders.
They
have
dump
trucks
going
down
there
for
that
whole
project
that
they
have.
We
have
18
wheelers
semis,
making
deliveries
at
the
side
of
the
building
down
there,
so
in
terms
of
it
being
a
safe
area
for
pedestrians
to
be
walking
and
and
kind
of
routing
to
your
business.
F
F
The
other
thing
is,
you
haven't
even
got
to
winter
time
and
when
you
have
significant
snowfall
amount,
there's
absolutely
nowhere
to
put
snow
down
there.
So
the
already
pressing
parking
traffic
kind
of
whole
area
is
is
devastated
even
worse.
So
you
know
several
years
ago
we
had
all
those
that
snowfall,
you
basically
couldn't
even
use
the
street.
We
ended
up
having
to
get
private,
plows
and
dump
trucks
and
front
loaders
to
come,
remove
the
snow
that
the
city
couldn't
couldn't
handle.
So
that
might
be
something
else
you
you
want
to
look
into.
F
F
You
know
some
day
down
the
road,
I'm
not
talking
one
or
two
years,
but
probably
10
years
down
the
road,
because
they're
going
to
need
to
expand
some
place
and
they're
running
out
of
real
estate
to
do
it.
So
you
know,
unfortunately,
for
all
the
manufacturers
that
are
there
eventually
we'll
we'll
probably
get
squeezed
out
at
some
point,
but
those
are
just
kind
of
my
two
cents
about
all
this
and
I
could
really
care
less
about
the
youth.
I
think
that
the
the
pot
dispensaries
should
be
right
out
on
main
street.
F
If
you
have
liquor
stores
out
there,
why
can't
you
have
a
you
know
a
marijuana
store
which
it
nowadays
what's
really
the
stigma
to
it.
I
think
it
would
be
a
lot
more
accessible
for
the
community
and
a
lot
more
reachable
and
you
could
probably
interact
with
the
community.
More
than
kind
of
hiding
it
down
and
I'm
not
saying
hiding
it,
but
it's
basically
hidden
down
on
vaughn
hillary
street.
I
mean
you,
you
have
no
frontage.
You
have
no
real
visibility
there.
F
Unless
you
get
up
to
the
highway,
you
get
a
sign
on
somebody
else's
building
or
sign
up
on.
You
know
the
the
t
station
or
something
like
that.
So
from
a
purely
business
standpoint,
I
can
tell
you
if
you
wanted
me
to
be
your
consultant.
I'd,
say:
you're,
absolutely
crazy,
but
you'd
have
to
come
down
and
see
it
for
yourself.
C
I've
been
down
there
and
well.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
that
information
and
just
want
to
kind
of
address
a
couple
of
things
that
you'd
brought
up
in
regards
to
traffic
patterns.
One
of
the
things
we
have
to
do
as
a
traffic
study
so
like
like
we've,
been
saying
this
won't
decide
everything
tonight,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
things.
C
We've
got
to
do
in
that
process
in
order
to
get
to
that
final
licensing
piece
and
one
of
those
is
traffic
study,
the
other
one
is
you
know
to
go
back
to
what
greg
had
brought
up
in
regards
to
location
and
distances
from
certain
areas
and
things
of
that
nature.
That's
the
other
thing.
We've
got
to
do
so.
This
is
the
beginning
part
of
that
process,
and
that's
that's
kind
of
why
we're
talking
to
the
community
and
why
we're
getting
your
feedback.
C
It
doesn't
fall
on
deaf
ears
and
I
brought
up
the
galvin
boulevard
site
just
because
we
did
listen
to
the
community
and
you
know
we
have
every
legal
right
to
go
in
any
build
in
any
building
and
anywhere
in
boston,
but
it's
kind
of
hard
to
find
one.
That's
owned
outright
that
doesn't
use
a
bank
because
that
that's
kind
of
one
of
the
caveats
to
us
and
having
to
go
in
there
because
we're
not
legal
federally.
Yet
we
need
to
we
it's
hard
to
find
locations.
C
So
when
you
find
a
building,
that's
owned
by
a
landlord
one
that
owns
it
outright
but
too
willing
to
step
into
the
world
of
cannabis,
it's
very
rare
in
the
city
from
that
standpoint,
so
it's
far
few
between
and
far
as
for
finding
the
buildings.
You
know-
and
I
I
wholeheartedly
agree
with
you-
I'd
rather
be
on
main
street
I'd
rather
be
down
the
seaport,
but
right
now,
there's
not
a
lot
of
buildings
down
there
that
aren't
financed
by
a
bank,
so
it
kind
of
makes
it
difficult
for
us.
C
But,
like
I
said
we
go
through
this
process.
We've
done
it
already
in
boston.
I've
done
it
in
a
couple
other
cities
for
our
other
locations
and
it
I
can
tell
you
it's
a
very
long
process.
It's
very
thought
through
and
we
go
through.
We
look
at
traffic
patterns.
We
look
at
you
know
areas
of
concern
like,
for
example,
at
our
haverhill
location.
They
asked
us
to
put
extra
cameras
in
to
cover
the
side
streets
by
us,
because
they
were
worried
about
kids
and
things
of
that
nature.
C
That's
not
that's
what
we
did.
We
put
those
in.
We
patrol
the
front
back
parking
lot
of
our
stores
with
the
security
personnel,
so
you
know
to
say
that
we
could
even
mitigate
to
some
degree
with
that
traffic
flow
with
the
off
hours,
when
you
guys
aren't
there
and
you're
having
those
problems
on
the
weekends
that
might
be
a
means
of
us
helping
solve
that,
because
it's
just
a
matter
of
someone
going
around
and
saying
hey
get
out
of
here.
C
You
know
we
can
see
you
over
there
in
the
bushes,
get
your
tent
or
bag
or
whatever
you
got
and
go
away.
You're
not
supposed
to
be
here
so
and-
and
I
I
hear
everything
you
guys
are
saying
I
really
do
and
I
will
I'd
love
to
meet.
You
sit
down
and
talk
to
you
about
this
same
with
you
greg.
You
know
it.
We
definitely
take
input,
especially
from
our
direct
butters,
just
because
we
don't
want
to
mess
up
your
businesses.
C
We
don't
feel
as
though
we
will
and
if
there's
certain
areas
of
concerns
that
you
have,
we
will
address
those
or
hopefully,
if,
if
we
end
up
going
in
that
salute
that
area
that
we
come
together
and
work
on
a
plan
to
make
sure
that
we
aren't
a
negative
impact
on
you
guys,
if
anything,
a
positive
so-
and
I
hear
you
about
the
development-
that's
going
on
everywhere
in
boston,
there's
tons
of
construction
going
on,
you
can't
turn
left
or
right
without
running
into
some
construction
going
on
out.
There.
A
E
E
Just
on
you
know
on
a
global
look
without
you
know,
making
it
too
detailed,
but
I
I
think
if
no
one
else
has
any
other
comments,
I
think
that
you
know
we
should
meet
and
we
should
talk
with,
will
and
and
and
have
some
constructive
conversation
figure
out.
You
know
you
know
sometimes
people
just
say
no.
No!
No,
but
that's
not
my
style,
and
you
know
my
st.
My
thought
process
is
to
try
to
figure
out.
E
You
know
by
saying
no
to
you
is,
might
open
the
door
to
something
else
or
closing
one.
So
there's
just
other
ideas,
but
I
just
strongly
feel
that
you
know
slow
it
down
for
a
bit.
Let's
get
together.
You
know,
there's
there's
this
time
and
I
don't
think
until
you
get
you
know,
I'm
glad
to
share
with
dan
or
whoever
a
lot
of
information
that
will
is
addressing
in
terms
of
you
know
the
mbta
and
easements
in
construction
umass.
E
When
companies,
you
know
it's
it's:
if
it's
not
a
billion
dollars,
it's
close
to
it,
which
is
right
across
the
tracks
and
just
because
it
happened.
It
doesn't
mean
that
this
you
know,
idea
or
thought
process
is
a
no.
It
just
might
redirect
you
in
another
avenue
to
work.
You
know
to
you
know,
just
leave
your
thought
process
open
here.
E
E
They
already
they're
moving
forward,
they're,
going
to
start
moving
relatively
soon
and
relocating
people
in
the
maryland
comic
project.
Gonna.
Stop
that
then.
Obviously,
with
that
we
have
the
you
know,
dorchester
bridge
tv
project,
then
we
have
the
columbia
road
project
and
then
there's
also
talks
of
even
trying
to
you
know
bring
in
marilyn
mccormick
as
a
potential.
A
thought
is
to
create
a
viaduct
into
the
t
station
from
you
know,
from
across
the
tracks.
E
There's
just
all
this
is
going
on
and
if
you're
looking
at
bridge
construction-
and
you
know-
you
probably
see
it
from
where
you
guys
are-
and
you
look
how
long
it
takes
it's
a
disaster,
it's
a
long,
long
time
and
those
companies,
the
back.
You
know
the
loaders,
the
backhoes,
the
dump
trucks
they're
all
going
to
be
looking
to
get
up
and
down
that
street.
D
F
A
A
C
Well,
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
your
time
tonight.
I
really
appreciate
it
will
and
greg
thanks
for
your
input,
we'll
be
talking,
you
know,
and
I
I
think
this
you
know,
there's
an
open
door
here
at
cna,
so
if
anyone
george
has
any
questions,
we're
willing
to
talk
to
them
and
get
their
fees
back,
thank
you
again
for
tonight
appreciate
it.