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Liaison Name: Jack Duggan
Host Neighborhood: West Roxbury
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2021, 7 p.m.
Applicant Name: Beacon Compassion Inc., d/b/a "HiFive,"
Address: 1524 VFW Parkway
License Type: Retail Cannabis License
B
How's
it
going
everyone
we're
gonna,
get
started
now
so
good
evening.
My
name
is
jack,
duggan
and
pete,
and
you
got
you
can
hear
me
right.
That's
why
we're
going
through
this
okay
awesome
good
evening,
everyone!
My
name,
is
jack
duggan,
I'm
the
deputy
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight.
I'm
here
to
facilitate
the
statutorily
required
cannabis
community
outreach.
B
This
is
an
application
by
beacon,
compassion,
inc,
doing
business
as
high
five
to
expand
the
operations
of
its
previously
permitted
medical
to
incorporate
adult
adult
use,
marijuana
retail
sales
to
be
operated
at
the
address
of
1524
bfw
parkway.
Before
we
start
I'd
like
to
go
over
my
expectations
for
tonight's
meeting,
having
participated
in
a
couple
of
these
meetings
of
this
kind,
I
know
this
can
be
a
sensitive
topic.
B
I
want
to
make
it
clear
that
no
decisions
are
being
made
tonight
and
at
no
time
will
be
acceptable
to
be
disrespectful
to
anyone
during
the
meeting
everyone's
entitled
to
their
own
opinion.
There
are
no
right
or
wrong
opinions.
We're
here
tonight
to
try
to
collect
as
many
comments
and
questions
for
this
proposal.
I'm
not
here
to
facilitate
debates
amongst
neighbors
or
relitigate
state
legislation.
B
B
I'm
unable
or
the
applicants
are
unable
to
answer
a
question
tonight,
we'll
follow
up
with
you
after
the
meeting
to
get
that
information
to
you.
This
is
an
open
comment
period,
meaning
that,
if
you
do
not
get
called
on
tonight
or
if
you
think
of
questions
that
may
that
have
not
been
answered,
all
you
need
to
do
is
reach
out
to
us
we'll
work
to
get
you
that
information.
B
My
contact
information
has
been
included
on
the
flyer
you
received
to
attend
this
meeting.
There
will
be
no
questions
during
the
presentation
once
the
presentation
is
concluded,
I'll,
reiterate
my
expectations
and
just
to
reiterate,
there's.
This
is
not
a
debate
on
the
legalization
or
morality
of
marijuana.
That
debate
occurred
at
the
ballot
box
and
we're
here
today,
because
it
was
overwhelmingly
supported
in
the
city.
The
applicant
will
go
through
the
presentation
in
a
timely
manner
and
the
remainder
of
the
time
will
be
for
or
for
orderly
q.
C
D
All
right
great,
let
me
just
put
this
in
presentation
mode,
so
great,
thank
you
jack
for
that
and
for
the
folks
joining
us
on
the
call
this
evening.
I
just
want
to
take
a
quick
minute
to
introduce
myself.
My
name
is
pete
d'agostino,
I'm
a
consultant
for
beacon,
compassion
been
working
with
them
for
a
few
years
now
in
the
city.
Joining
me
tonight
is
steve.
Angelo
rina,
comedy
ben
bottimer
and
chad,
wise
ben
and
chad,
and
rina
and
steve
are
all
been
associated
with
beacon.
D
D
We
will
do
all
the
things
the
ccc
requires
and
the
city
requires
us
to
cover
and
then,
additionally,
because
we're
already
in
the
neighborhood-
and
this
is
an
update
to
what
we're
doing
in
the
neighborhood,
we
also
put
some
timeline
information
and
some
other
information
in
the
presentation
just
for
the
neighbors
who
have
kind
of
been
tracking
this
over
the
last
couple
years.
So
with
that
jack,
if
you're
good
I'll
go
ahead
and
get
started.
D
So
I
know
we
have
some
folks
joining
us
by
phone.
Unfortunately,
they're
not
able
to
see
the
screen.
So
if
you
would
bear
with
me,
we
do
regulatory
have
to
put
out
all
this
information,
so
I
am
going
to
unfortunately
have
to
read
through
the
slides,
because
we're
required
to
make
sure
we
present
all
the
information
by
the
campus
control
commission.
D
So
the
folks
joining
us
for
the
phone
they'll
be
able
to
hear
the
slides,
while
the
other
folks
will
see
them
and
I'll
try
not
to
belabor
any
points
as
to
not
make
it
overly
painful.
While
somebody
reads
to
you
so
this
is
a
community
outreach
meeting
for
beacon,
compassion,
inc,
dba,
high
five,
which
is
proposing
to
open
a
medical
marijuana
treatment
center
and
adult
use
marijuana
retail
facility
at
1524,
vfw,
parkway
west
roxbury.
D
The
project's
already
received
a
license
from
the
boston's
cannabis
board
of
approval
from
the
boston
zone
aboard
appeals
for
its
medical
marijuana,
license
high
fives,
currently
with
the
boston
planning
and
development
authority
and
the
inspectional
service
decision
for
building
permitting.
So
that's
all
related
to
our
medical.
D
The
proposed
w's
marijuana
retailer
must
still
complete
a
host
community
agreement
with
the
city
and
go
through
licensing
with
the
boston
cannabis
board
and
then,
additionally,
high
five
will
go
through
state
licensing
process
with
the
cannabis
control
commission
for
both
medical
and
adult
use
licenses.
So
to
jack's
point
earlier,
certainly,
you
know
still
a
lot
of
steps
and
a
lot
of
public
input
along
the
way.
This
is
just
one
of
the
steps
in
the
in
the
process
as
a
retail
store.
D
High
five
will
not
constitute
a
nuisance
to
the
community,
there's
no
cultivation
or
manufacturing
activities
that
will
occur
at
this
location
and
it
operates
much
like
a
regular
retail
facility.
There
will
not
be
any
outside
equipment
beyond
a
normal
retail
store,
so
not
be
any
more
noise
than
any
other
retailer
in
the
area
and
additionally,
because
it's
only
retail
there
will
not
be
any
additional
order
coming
from
the
facility
that
could
be
deducted
from
an
adjacent
property.
D
D
We
met
with
the
west
roxbury
neighborhood
council
on
give
they
give
them
gave
them
a
presentation.
Excuse
me
back
in
january
of
17.,
subsequently
we
went
with
the
vfw
parkway
trailer
park
association,
the
main
streets
meeting
civ,
the
west
roxbury
civic
association,
charles
river
spring
valley,
so
quite
a
bit.
That
was
all
during
2017..
D
Subsequent
to
that
we
went
to
a
boston
city,
council
subcommittee
and
then
eventually
the
boston
city
council,
in
which
beacon
compassion
received
a
unanimous
letter
of
non-opposition
from
the
city
council
for
its
medical
marijuana
use
we
filed
with
inspectional
services
in
2018
and
worked
went
through
the
refusal
process
filed
the
zba
appeal,
which
was
in
2019
2020.
We
got
a
lot
of
support
from
councilman
o'malley
and
it's
going
to
be
clear.
That
was
for
medical.
Only
boston's
cannabis
board
approved
this
location
also
in
september
2020,
again
for
medical.
D
D
The
next
steps
will
be
a
west
roxbury,
neighborhood
council
presentation
on
and
then
the
boston
camps
board
sometime
after
that,
obviously
we
put
in
a
projection
sometime
in
january
obtaining
our
medical
license
from
the
state
also
in
january,
and
we
anticipate
opening
medical
in
february
and
then
obtaining
adult
use,
licensing
assuming
this
all
goes
through.
So
this
is
a
little
bit
forward-looking.
Just
to
give
people
a
sense
of
what
the
timing
might
be
would
be
in
march-ish
and
then
opening
sometime
around
april.
D
So
that's
just
a
broad
overview
and
I
I
just
say
well:
these
are
some
of
the
highlighted
meetings.
There
were
multiple
conversations
and
and
meetings
with
some
of
these
groups
several
times,
so
this
is
just
kind
of
high
level
overview
of
the
engagement
with
the
neighborhood
over
the
last
several
years.
D
Most
of
the
folks
are
probably
familiar
with
the
1524
bfw
parkway.
So
if
you
remember,
if
you're
able
to
see
my
screen
and
the
folks
joining
us
by
phone
you'll,
remember
those
stairs
that
kind
of
go
up.
The
middle
of
the
building
and
then
to
the
left
and
right
of
those
stairs
are
another
set
of
stairs
that
go
down
into
the
basement,
so
that
was
the
original
proposed
location
was
was
down
in
the
basement.
We've
gotten
some
feedback
from
the
zba
that
they
would
like
to
see
a
ground
level
location.
D
D
D
Then,
for
the
folks
joining
us
by
phone,
this
is
what
we're
showing
is
a
little
bit
of
a
floor
plan.
I'll
do
my
best
to
walk
you
through
it.
You'll
come
into
the
middle
of
the
store,
essentially
just
where
the
entry
is
now.
Security
would
be
on
your
left,
where
they
would
check
ids
once
you
enter
the
facility
after
your
id
and
your
medical
card
are
checked,
you
would
there's
a
restroom
to
the
left.
D
D
The
exit
is
to
the
right
of
the
building
as
you're
looking
at
it
or
the
left
of
the
building
as
you're
exiting
and
then
behind.
The
point
of
sale
area
would
be
the
offices,
the
vault
shipping
receiving
an
employee
break
area
and
order
fulfillment
area,
so
pretty
straightforward,
very
secure,
we'll
get
more
into
security,
but
you
know
the
public
is:
is
all
kept
in
this
retail
sales
floor
area
and
doesn't
have
any
access
to
the
back
of
the
facility.
D
D
D
D
Speaking
compassion
will
conduct
an
annual
review
to
identify
the
number
of
patients
with
documented,
verified
financial
hardship
who
purchased
or
received
marijuana
or
marijuana
products
from
the
treatment,
marijuana,
medical
marijuana
treatment
center
and
the
establishment
and
identify
the
total
cumulative
savings
to
all
patients
with
documented
verified
financial
hardship
due
to
the
availability
of
discounted
or
free
marijuana
or
marijuana
products.
So
this
is
a
lot
of
words
that
say
that
you
know
the
state
has
a
program.
The
beacon's
participating
in
that
will
provide
medical
marijuana
to
people
who
meet
certain
financial
thresholds.
D
So
we
think
that's
a
a
good
thing
to
do
jumping
into
security.
Again
I
apologize
for
the
folks
that
can
see
this,
but
I
will
read
through
it.
Security
is
important
matter
for
high
five
security
goes
well
beyond
the
placement
of
cameras
and
other
physical
security
measures.
Security
includes
engagement
with
the
community,
the
police
and
fire
departments
and,
most
importantly,
engagement
with
our
team
members.
I-5
has
incorporated
security
into
many
of
the
company
policies
in
one
way
or
another
high-fives
committed
to
our
physical
security.
D
So
all
of
these
policies
listed
include
some
aspect
of
security
in
one
way
or
another
and
happy
to
take
questions
on
this.
At
the
end.
We
can
certainly
come
back
to
it,
but
those
policies
generally
are
security,
our
prevention
of
diversion
marijuana
to
minors
or
the
illicit
market,
restricting
access
to
age,
21
or
older,
for
adult
use,
obviously
or
to
a
patient
if
it's
a
medical,
patient,
retail,
dispensing
procedures,
personnel
policies,
marijuana
storage
and
transportation,
on-site
deliveries
both
to
and
from
the
marijuana
establishment
plan
for
on-site
security
personnel.
D
Our
on-site
security
team
shall
be
sufficient
to
address
all
security
needs
at
the
proposed
location,
including,
but
not
limited,
to
screen
all
individuals
prior
to
entering
the
facility
to
ensure
they
have
a
valid
id
and
valid
patient
registration
card.
All
outside
vendors
contractors
and
visitors
must
obtain
a
visitor
id
badge
prior
to
entering.
D
The
facility
must
be
escorted
at
all
times,
ensure
the
safety
of
all
employees
and
customers
deter
theft,
prevent
unauthorized
access
to
restricted
areas
prevent
loitering
outside
of
the
proposed
location,
which
is
an
important
one
to
us,
ensuring
no
use
of
marijuana
outside
the
proposed
location.
So
you
cannot
consume
marijuana
around
our
our
facility
and
keeping
all
locks
and
security
equipment
properly
maintained
in
good
working
order.
D
D
The
teller
is
doing
because
they
don't
have
a
need
for
it,
and
then
those
folks
and
the
teller
may
not
necessarily
have
access
to
the
vault,
because
they
don't
have
a
need
for
it.
So
much
in
the
way
that
banks
separate
job
duties
with
access
to
money,
cannabis
businesses
across
the
commonwealth,
do
it
in
the
exact
same
way.
Quite
frankly,
people
on
the
sales
floor
may
not
have
access
to
the
register
and
those
two
groups
combined
may
not
necessarily
have
access
to
the
order
fulfillment
or
vault.
D
So
it
all
depends
on
what
the
person
is
doing
that
day
and
what's
interesting
about
that.
Is
me
as
pete.
I
might
have
access
to
the
vault
on
a
day
that
I'm
doing
that
job,
but
I
wouldn't
have
access
to
a
ball
on
the
day.
I'm
working
on
the
floor,
so
those
are
very
different
jobs
and
and
the
access
is
based
on
the
job
for
that
day.
So
just
to
take
you
through
it
for
the
folks
that
can't
see
this,
the
policies
and
procedures
will
be
implemented.
D
D
There's
quite
a
bit
of
reporting
about
that
which
is
what
goes
into
our
next
item
here,
which
is
reporting
again
in
accordance
with
the
regulations,
500
and
501.105
high
five
will
document
report.
Any
unusual
discrepancy
in
inventory
to
the
commission
and
law
enforcement
authorities
not
more
than
24
hours
after
the
discovery
and
then
finally,
and
probably
one
of
the
more
important
ones
is
training
which
is
in
accordance
with
935
cmr,
500
and
501
sections
105.
D
So
that
is
our
security
and
diversion
prevention.
Section
a
little
bit
unique
to
this
situation.
We
do
have
some
community
feedback
in
public
meetings
and
so
forth
that
we've
had
over
the
years.
I
think
we
covered
a
lot
of
this
in
the
timeline,
but
again
all
the
civic
groups
and
associations.
Neighborhood
council
we've
met
with
those
folks,
certainly
with
the
mayor's
office
state,
reps
and
senators
back
in
17,
when
we
were
first
doing
this.
D
So
we've
just
kind
of
summarized
all
of
that
engagement
that
we've
been
doing
over
the
last
couple
years
and
then
I
think
this
is
the
final
one
before
we
get
to
q,
a
which
is
really
what
we're
here,
for,
I
think
jack
said
it
when
he
opened.
The
most
important
part
of
this
meeting
is
trying
to
get
to
all
your
questions
and
comments
and
make
sure
we're
addressing
those
as
as
best
we
can
so
we'll
get
to
that
right
after
this.
D
So
when
we
talk
about
our
community
impact
and
our
partnership,
our
goal
is
to
be
a
good
partner
to
the
community
working
with
local
government
law
enforcement
area
businesses
to
enhance
the
neighborhood.
We
intend
to
create
a
positive
economic
impact,
beneficial
to
both
the
city
of
boston
and
the
neighborhood
for
security.
D
Through
our
own
security
measures,
we
will
prevent
on-site
diversion
and
working
with
the
boston,
police
and
area
businesses,
utilizing
our
existing
security
measure
to
provide
enhanced
benefits
to
the
neighborhood
where
possible,
and
that's
something
that
a
lot
of
cannabis
businesses
are
doing
very
well
at
with
local
police
departments
and
area.
Businesses
has
been
very
beneficial
for
both
and
then
the
dialogue,
which
is
the
whole
purpose
of
this
meeting,
and
really
the
part
that
we're
just
about
to
get
to
is
that
we're
committed
to
a
continued
dialogue.
D
We've
we've
had
a
pretty
open
dialogue
with
the
neighborhood
for
the
last
four
years,
and
this
is
just
another
step
in
that
we're
open
we're
committed
to
that
continued
dialogue
with
the
city
of
boston,
the
neighborhood,
to
foster
a
mutually
beneficial,
healthy
and
safe
partnership
and
furthers
in
delta,
use
marijuana
retail
establishment.
We
will
provide
information
and
education
about
our
products
on
on
that
one
point
I'll
make
another
one
on
the
medical
marijuana.
D
We
do
consultation,
that's
a
requirement
of
the
state
and
on
the
adult
use
we
provide
information
and
education
which
can
be
done
in
multiple
forms.
We
could
have
potentially
some
kind
of
learning
event
that
somebody
could
come
to,
certainly
in
the
form
of
handouts
and
other
materials
that
we
would
provide
to
customers
and
then
one-on-one
consultation
with
employees
working
on
the
sales
floor,
so
which
really
goes
back
to
our
training
that
we
talked
about
earlier.
So
with
all
that
jack.
D
I
know
I
ran
through
it
kind
of
quickly,
but
I
really
know
a
lot
of
these
folks
have
heard
this
from
us
before.
We've
been
before
the
neighborhood
for
quite
some
time,
and
I
thought
it
was
important
to
really
get
to
the
questions
answers
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
with
that
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
you.
B
Awesome
thank
you
pete
and
for
those
on
the
call
I'm
going
to
leave
pete
with
the
ability
to
share.
If
you
want
to
refer
back
to
one
of
the
slides,
but
you
know
we
have
several
people
on
the
call,
so
I'm
just
gonna
go
one
by
one
unmute.
You
call
your
name
and
you'll.
Ask
her
questions.
I
do
want
to
say
that
the
meeting
is
being
recorded
though,
and
will
be
uploaded.
So
I
believe
it's
just
one
person
on
their
phone.
B
E
E
Thanks
for
the
presentation,
I,
the
only
question
I
have
is
really
nothing
to
do
with
all
of
the
stuff
you
talked
about,
but
it
seems
to
me
like
this
could
be
a
very
popular
store
and
there's
not
a
lot
of
parking.
There
are
you
concerned
at
all
that
you
know.
You'll,
have
cars
backed
up
onto
the
parkway.
D
D
So
the
idea
would
be
that
since
people
weren't
at
work,
they
might
spend
more
time
at
a
cannabis
establishment
and
then,
after
a
couple
of
weeks,
he
opened
him
back
up
as
things
settled
down
and
and
the
ccc
was
able
to
get
their
feet
under
him
a
little
bit
as
to
how
they
were
going
to
respond,
and
they
did
a
lot
of
good
things.
Some
of
the
things
they've
done
like
that
remain
that
really
are
still
here
today,
probably
the
biggest
advancement
the
industry
took
was
an
online
ordering
system.
D
If
you
will
so,
I
will
give
you
an
example.
One
of
the
apps
is
called
dutchy.
It's
a
fairly
well-known
app
there's,
there's
probably
other
platforms
as
well,
and
what
those
allow
is
for
customers
to
say,
for
example,
they
know
they're
going
to
the
store
that
day
they
would
go
on
to
the
app
which,
whichever
platform
it
might
be.
D
They
do
it.
You
know
at
the
end
of
their
day
and
then
on
their
way
home
pick
it
up,
and
so
that's
what
we're
really
seeing
is
a
trend.
So
it's
had
a
very
positive,
significant
impact
in
reducing
any
kind
of
queuing
outside
of
the
store
or
cars
backing
up
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
then
so,
when
you
think
of
that
and
the
number
of
spaces
over
there,
you
know
we
could
be
doing
quite
a
bit
of
volume
of
customers
per
hour
much
more
than
we
think
we're
gonna.
D
C
Pete,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
it's
ben
to
to
to
larry's
question
specifically
and
actually
that's
the
point
we
discussed
with
with
the
landlord
just
for
your
benefit.
You
might
not
know
this
pete.
This
was
an
update
and
a
beneficial
change
to
the
lease.
We
specifically
actually
negotiated
employee
parking
in
the
rear
of
the
building
right,
so
so,
essentially,
an
update
to
the
use
of
that
space.
That's
that's
out
back
to
facilitate
increased
access
to
more
customer
parking
in
the
front.
C
We
also
actually
negotiated
some
designating
specific
customer
pickup
areas
to
facilitate
faster
throughput
for
from
a
customer
perspective,
so
we
actually,
we
actually
worked
with
the
landlord
to
do
a
couple
of
additional
things
on
top
of
those
efficiencies
that
you're
talking
about.
So
we're
pretty
optimistic
that
all
those
things
are.
You
know,
cumulatively,
a
very
positive
benefit.
C
F
I
didn't
have
a
question
except
my
house
is
just
above
the
back
of
the
building.
So
having
a
parking
lot
in
the
back
is
not
great
information
for
me.
That's
all
I
didn't
have
anything
prepared.
I
didn't
realize
that
that
had
been
discussed,
but
I
can
hear
absolutely
everything
that
happens
down
there.
Dumpster.
F
C
Was
extremely
important,
it
is
it's
employees
only
and
actually
it's
only
to
the
extent
there's
no
interference
with
the
with
the
existing
access
to
the
dumpster.
So
candidly,
that's
an
important
factor
to
to
think
about
in
in
working
through
that
those
specific
details
with
the
landlord.
So
I'm
I'm
glad
that
we're
aware
of
that
as
we've
not
we've
not
specifically
identified
where
any
of
that
might
go,
and
you
know
candidly,
if
that's
a
more
important
consideration,
we
should.
D
D
You
know,
a
constant
barrage
of
vehicles
to
the
to
the
extent
we
have
that
and
and
to
ben's
point
knowing
that
you're
back
there,
we'll
we'll
take
a
look
at
what
area
of
behind
the
building
will
utilize.
That
will
minimize
that
impact
to
you.
So
we'll
we'll
take
a
look
at
that
as
well
as
we
as
we
move
forward
with
it.
F
F
F
D
One
thing
I
will
say:
lisa
is
you
know
these
places
are
fairly
well
cameraed.
My
guess
would
be.
People
may
be
less
inclined
to
drink
behind
the
building
when
there's
cameras
going
to
be
back
there.
Certainly
our
security
wouldn't
allow
people
to
loiter
that
are
our
customers.
I
guess
we
can't
necessarily
control
other
people's
customers,
but
just
having
additional
lighting
and
cameras.
You
know
that
monitor
the
back
of
the
building.
Hopefully
that
would
discourage
that
activity.
Maybe
make
your
situation
a
little
bit
better.
D
H
H
Also
sit
in
the
west
rochester
neighborhood
council
attended
those
meetings
as
well
as
as
a
number
of
others.
So
I
applaud
you
on
your
outreach,
but
let's
go
to
the
elephant.
That's
in
the
room.
This
was
a
medical
marijuana
and
the
letters
of
support
that
was
sent
that
were
referenced
in
your
presentation.
H
All
made
clear
that
we
were
supportive
of
medical
marijuana.
We
do
not
share
that
support
in
terms
of
an
adult
use.
Part
component
of
this
so
you'll
have
to
understand
that
there's
going
to
be
some
whole
hand
holding
for
subsequent
meetings
and
trying
to
you
know,
get
us
to
get
used
to
this
retail
component.
That's
now
been
added
to
the
medical
marijuana.
H
I
wanted
to
see
if
you
could
touch
on
more
on
something
you
mentioned
already.
Please
clarify
your
hours
of
operation
and
please
clarify
what
is
the
separate
entities
of
beacon
and
high
five?
Are
they
one
and
the
same?
You
just
need
to
have
separate
names
that
one
handles
the
medical
and
one
handles
the
retail.
I
just
wanted
some
clarification
on
that,
but
I
just
do
want
to
make
sure
clear
that
it
should
not
be
lost
in
the
fact
that
all
those
letters
of
support
were
for
medical
use,
not
for
retail.
H
We
actually
made
it
clear
in
those
letters
and
I'm
sure
the
elected
officials,
council,
o'malley,
representative
carpenter,
senator
walsh,
also
made
it
clear
at
that
time
that
it
was
just
for
medical,
so
you
still
have
some
hurdles
to
convince
us
that
we
should
also
in
turn,
support
a
retail
operation.
Thank
you.
D
Yeah
steve
really
good
comments.
Let
me
take
the
quick
ones
quickly,
so
on
the
entities
and
and
ben
chad.
If
you
could
remind
me
the
hours
of
operation,
I
actually
don't
have
the
document
open,
but
but
on
the
entities
it
beacon
compassion
is
the
entity,
it's
just
a
doing
business
as
so,
it's
really
just
a
branding
thing.
The
dba
is,
is
high
five.
D
So
it's
one
entity
but
from
a
branding
perspective
that
the
branded
name
is
is
high
five,
but
one
entity
all
the
things
fall
under
that
one
entity
and
then
on
the
adult
use
piece,
stephen
and
just
so
you
know
in
in
the
event,
you
may
not
have
seen
it
on
the
slide.
We
did
enumerate
on
our
slides
just
for
transparency
that
all
of
those
letters
were
medical.
D
We
made
sure
we
mo
noted
that
on
the
slides,
because
we
didn't
want
to
misrepresent
that
fact,
but
maybe
just
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background
just
to
the
extent
you
have
it
and
when
you're
talking
to
folks
you
can,
you
know
express
to
them
kind
of
why
we're
before
the
neighborhood.
Again,
you
may
remember
back
during
those
meetings
and
we
certainly
remember
you
and
remember
who
you
are
that
you
know
we
said
hey.
D
You
know
adult
use,
isn't
legal,
we
don't
know
what
that
looks
like,
but
we'll
certainly
come
back
to
the
neighborhood
before
we
do
anything
so
in
part,
we're
doing
that.
More
importantly,
though,
what
really
drove
the
timing
of
this,
because
I
think
we
would
maybe
have
waited
a
little
bit
longer
had
we
had
an
option,
but
the
city
has
gone
through
now.
I
think,
from
the
time
we
went
with
you
steve.
D
We
are
specifically
in
our
third
set
of
ordinances,
the
most
recent
one
being
published
just
about
six
or
eight
weeks
ago,
but
the
the
set
of
regulation
or
the
set
of
ordinances
that
came
out
before
that
allowed
for
adult
use
applicant
to
come
into
west
roxbury
specifically,
and
they
could
have
applied
in
the
exact
same
building
as
us.
So
you
may
remember,
they.
H
D
Day
they
did,
they
went
away,
I'm
not
sure
what
happened
to
them,
but
they're,
not
around
anymore,
but
so
so
you're
so
you're.
Aware
of
that.
So
there
I
don't
know
what
happened
to
them
or
or
why
they
left,
but
they're,
not
around
anymore
and
so
under
the
city
rules.
Originally,
you
may
remember
there
was
a
2000
foot
buffer
that
you
know.
West
roxbury
was
really
pretty
happy
with
that
because
they
said
okay.
D
They
just
drop
in
an
application.
They
would,
they
would
be
entitled
to
or
not
I'm
not
going
to
say
a
title
it
would
they
would.
It
would
be
possible
for
them
to
receive
an
adult
use
license
in
the
same
building,
because
they
would
make
an
argument
that
they're
providing
adult
use
marijuana
and
that
we
do
not,
and
so
the
only
way
for
us
to
participate
in
the
adult
use
market.
D
At
any
point,
unfortunately,
was
we
had
to
move
now
and
in
order
to
get
in
front
of
the
neighborhood
to
talk
about
it,
and
you
know
the
mayor's
office
and
and
the
and
the
boston
cannabis
board,
because
if
we
were
to
put
a
an
adult
use
in
the
same
building
steve,
I
think
one
of
the
biggest
benefits
to
the
neighborhood
is
instead
of
having
two
separate
businesses
in
in
all
practical
purposes.
The
only
thing
that
changes
is
who
can
come
in
the
front
door?
That's
it.
D
D
if
we
don't
apply
or
we're
not
successful
in
getting
a
local
license.
Another
applicant
could
come
in
open
in
the
same
building
or
anywhere
else
in
west
roxbury,
and
now
you
have
a
whole
nother
business
traffic
pattern.
Customer
base
the
whole
nine
yards,
so
we
think
consolidating
these
operations
in
one
location
is
to
the
benefit
of
the
neighborhood.
We
certainly
hope
you
think
that
we
think
there's
a
benefit
to
it
and
and
candidly
we're
committed
to
west
roxbury.
We've
been
here
for
a
long
time
and
we'd
really
like
to
see
this
through.
D
So
certainly
there's
a
lot
more
discussion,
there's
a
there's,
a
proposal
in
front
of
the
zoning
commission
right
now.
That
would
would
make
the
the
sighting
of
these
by
right
and
the
2000
buffer
foot
buffer
stays,
but
again
that
same
exemption
would
apply.
So
there
could
be
a
whole
lot
of
challenges
down
the
road
for
the
neighborhood.
If
you
know
we
didn't
move
forward
and-
and
somebody
else
chose
to
so
I
just
offer
that
for
your
consideration,
as
you
guys
are
kind
of
talking
about
and
thinking
through
it.
D
Yeah,
did
you
guys
have
those
I
just
I
and
steve
I
may
have
to
get
him
to.
I
just
don't
have
the
host
community
agreement
open
in
front
of
me
and
I
don't
want
to
give
you
the
wrong
thing.
I
would
suspect
steve
there's
something
like
nine
to
nine
somewhere
around
that
range,
but
I
don't
want
to
guess
too
much.
Can
I
follow
up
with
you
by
email
and
get
you
the
exact
numbers
out
of
the
hci.
G
H
I
think
some
outreach
to
those
to
those
people
who
are
who
looked
down
on
that
property,
particularly
caledonia,
to
get
feedback
from
them
in
terms
of
hours
of
operation.
I
think
they
would
they
might
have
concerns
about
the
later
hours.
I
mean
late,
relatively
speaking,
but
tomorrow
with
roxby
most
things,
this
place
gets
kind
of
quieter,
so
some
people
might
say
9pm
might
be
too
late.
I
can't
speak
with
them.
I
just
want
to
address
that
concern.
D
Yep
that
no
we'll
follow
up
with
you
on
that
just
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
you
the
right
info
and-
and
I
and
if
I
remember
correctly,
just
off
the
top
my
head
steve,
I
believe
our
hours
are,
are
no
greater
than
the
liquor
store,
that's
in
the
same
building
and
they
may
be
less,
but
but
we'll
I'll
follow
up
with
jack.
If
you
could
just
connect
this
I'll
get
that
answer
and
we'll
get
it
to
steve
tomorrow,.
H
I
just
thought
one
thing
I'd
also
like
to
if
we
are
talking
that
9
p.m
or
8
p.m,
even
that
that
place
needs
to
have
that
lot
that
parking
lot
here,
the
lighting
is
horrible
to
be
brutally
honest.
So
that's
something
you
need
to
discuss
with
the
landlord.
Should
you
go
forward?
The
lighting
needs
to
be
improved
there
in
the
evening.
B
B
G
G
B
G
B
A
A
If
this
has
already
been
addressed-
or
you
know-
and
you
know
feel
free
to
jump
in-
or
you
know
correct
me
or
after
after
I
finish,
but
the
counselors
wanted
me
to
read
something
real,
quick
and
and
then
that
should
be
it
on
my
end,
but
cancer
o'malley's.
You
know
just
wanted
me
to
say
you
know
he's
disheartened,
that
there
could
be
any
changes
to
the
original
proposal.
A
You
know
we
are
still
our
position
to
support
the
medicinal
usage
and
if
the
applicant
wants
to
make
it
recreational,
we
hope
that
they
go
through
a
robust
community
process.
To
do
so
and,
like
I
said
if
that
has
already
been
addressed,
feel
free
to
let
me
know,
but
matt
just
wanted
me
to
make
that
comment.
B
D
We've
done
several
things,
so
we
we
noticed
this
meeting
in
the
paper
we
fired
physically
flyered,
the
neighborhood
we
sent
out
letters
to
all
our
director
abutters
and
also
both,
I
believe,
ons
and
your
jack
correct
me
from
wrong,
but
ons
and
and
me
personally
sent
letters
to
as
many
of
the
civic
groups
as
I
had
contact
information
for
to
remind
them
of
this
meeting.
So
we've
done
a
certainly
more
than
required,
which
we
hope
to
always
do.
D
But
we've
done
a
very
robust
engagement
for
this
meeting,
plus
all
our
subsequent
meetings
and
then
addition
to
that.
We
will
be
meeting
with
the
neighborhood
council
on
october
26th
so
more
to
come
on
the
community
engagement
and
we
are
trying
to
make
sure
we're
hitting
all
the
markers
as
we
go
through
this.
So
thank
you
for
those
comments.
A
B
So
that's
everyone,
who's
who's
on
the
call
everyone's
had
the
opportunity
to
speak.
Like
I
said
this
meeting
is
being
recorded,
so
I'm
happy
to
share
that
with
you
once
we
have
it
uploaded
and
have
a
link
for
it
up.
I
see
larry's
got
his
hand
up.
Let
me
just
you
larry
quickly:
yep
larry,
I'm
muted.
E
It
seems
to
me
that
the
the
issue
of
medical
versus
both
is
going
to
be
like
irrelevant
in
a
year
or
two,
and
I
just
don't
know
what,
if
that
progressed,
because
it
had
to
go
to
some
other
board,
but
the
city
council,
in
the
name
of
equity
and
all
of
the
stuff
that
they
talk
about
these
days
was
just
trying
to
make
it
like
opening
any
other
store
and
but
that
had
to
go
to
some
other
commission.
Could
you
just
quantify
what
that
situation
is.
B
D
Jack,
if,
if
it's
appropriate,
I
could
answer
larry
yeah,
please
go
for
it.
Yeah,
I'm
familiar
with
it.
So
larry.
Thank
you
again,
pete
d'agostino,
so
the
city
council
did
pass
the
new
ordinance
much
in
the
the
way
that
you
just
outlined
it.
It
is
in
an
effort
to
continue
to
provide
equity
to
applicants
in
in
in
the
city
of
boston,
and
so
that
ordinance
has
been
adopted
by
the
city
council.
D
An
element
of
that
ordinance
was
a
change
to
the
zoning
process,
so
the
non-zoning
portion
of
the
ordinance
has
already
been
implemented.
The
it
is
just
as
an
example.
They
added
veterans
to
to
the
mix
that
were
previously
in
there
and
some
other
some
other
changes,
but
the
zoning
element
of
the
ordinance
has
not
been
implemented.
D
What
the
zoning
ordinance
would
do
is
it
would
make
this
use
by
right
and
it,
but
still
maintain
a
2000
foot
buffer
and
then
the
2000
foot
buffer
being
waived
under
the
proposal
would
now
be
waived
by
the
boston
cannabis
board
and
not
by
the
zoning
board
of
appeals.
So,
under
the
the
ordinance
the
city
council
passed
the
the
high.
D
The
zoning
commission
had
their
first
hearing
on
it.
There
was
what
I'll
call
a
robust
discussion.
I'm
sure
you
can
find
that
meeting
online
and
they
did
not
come
to
a
resolution
on
that
proposal
from
the
city
council
and
I
believe,
don't
quote
me
on
this
last
part,
I'm
confident
in
everything
I
told
you
up
to
that
point.
They
I'll
say
they
moved
it
forward,
I'm
not
sure
if
they
set
a
meeting
date
for
the
next
meeting
on
that
larry.
So
that's
the
that's.
D
E
E
To
me,
it
seems
like
I,
don't
have
a
problem
going
with
adult
recreational
and
medical
because
I
think
it
you
know
for
the
community.
I
think
one
is
better
than
two
right
now
and
who
knows
five
years
from
now,
we
may
have
five,
but
but
for
now
restricting
you
to
medical
is
just
inviting
another
one
to
come
in
who,
given
the
latest
actions
of
the
city
council,
will
just
get
approved
pretty
easily.
E
D
D
So
the
current
practice
of
the
zba
is
certainly
not
to
just
you
know.
I
don't
want
to
leave
you
with
the
impression
they
approve
what
comes
whatever's
before
them,
certainly
not,
but
they
have,
and
in
fact
there
are
businesses
operating
within
two
thousand
feet
of
each
other,
one
being
medical
and
one
being
adult
use.
D
E
B
Thank
you
for
your
comments,
all
right,
all
right,
so
that's
everyone
who
was
on
the
attendee
list.
So
all
of
you
have
spoken
as
I
was
wrapping
up
beforehand.
You
know
this
meeting
is
being
recorded
and
I'm
happy
to
provide
that
to
you.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
coming
out
unless
you
know
peter
anyone
else
has
any
further
comments.
B
If
not
you
know,
we
can
wrap
this
up
and,
as
we've
mentioned
a
couple
of
times
tonight
in
a
couple
weeks
on
october
26th,
the
west
rockford
council
will
be
hosting
this
group
to
run
through
the
proposal
as
well.
So
it's
another
opportunity
to
to
you
know
have
to
hear
this
presentation,
and
you
know
if
any
questions
or
anything
comes
up,
you
can
bring
it
up
there
or,
like
I
said
my
information's
on
the
flyer
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me.
B
If
something
comes
up
that
you
didn't
think
of
tonight,
you
cannot
get
in
touch
with
me
and
I'm
happy
to
connect
you
with
whoever
to
get
you
the
information
you're
looking
for
so
thanks
again
for
coming
out
tonight.
Thank
you
pete
and
the
rest
of
the
team
for
the
presentation
and
have
a
good
night.
Everyone.