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[0:12] good morning
[0:28] me in the pledge i appreciate it
[0:32] i pledge allegiance to the side
[0:35] of the united states of america and to
[0:38] the republic
[0:39] for which it stands one nation under god
[0:43] indivisible with liberty and justice
[0:46] for all thank you so much for your
[0:49] patience
[0:50] uh everybody i'm hoping can hear me
[0:53] uh somebody treat their home
[0:59] i've been dying to do that all morning
[1:02] thank you
[1:03] uh first off uh i'd like to
[1:06] uh for a moment here uh i'd like to call
[1:09] for a moment of silence
[1:10] in honor of uh bill graham who was china
[1:13] the board of selection and passed away
[1:15] unexpectedly
[1:16] on uh on the 28th
[1:19] so if you're joining in on the
[1:21] assignments i'd appreciate it
[1:33] thank you i'd also like to offer myself
[1:36] sympathies to mary beth bishop
[1:44] contribution to this town uh was amazing
[1:48] and he was always very positive and he
[1:50] offered a lot
[1:51] of himself for it so again uh
[1:55] thank you um now if we could um
[2:00] get the uh i should probably recognize a
[2:03] few people
[2:04] i don't know if you notice that there's
[2:05] a lot of people running around here
[2:08] first i'd like to thank the
[2:12] administrator andrew for putting this
[2:14] all together
[2:15] along with the following list of people
[2:20] of course
[2:25] uh we have also uh uh
[2:29] in yellow vests uh and yellow jacket
[2:33] steve females
[2:44] and kelly flanders i never anticipated
[2:47] having
[2:48] about 150 plus people here at this hour
[2:51] and
[2:51] thank you so much for your patience uh
[2:54] as we allowed everybody that we can to
[2:56] come in uh when it comes time to go or
[2:59] when you have a question
[3:01] you of course will raise a paddle uh a
[3:04] yellow paddle for a question
[3:06] and the yellow jackets i'll be walking
[3:08] away from the microphone
[3:10] to uh scholar these individuals to see
[3:14] who
[3:14] meets my attention and who wants to come
[3:16] and speak to this
[3:18] uh next i'd like to thank uh
[3:22] also as well as the congress the
[3:24] registrar's
[3:26] uh captain priest anne escherman and
[3:28] shannon petro for checking you in
[3:30] they were here early this morning
[3:32] freezing
[3:33] mike martin chaotic from the rit
[3:36] department
[3:37] for the town of capital dave uh his crew
[3:40] from the emergency management
[3:43] agency the temporal communication media
[3:47] they please richard potts and tom and
[3:50] jerry cooper
[3:51] the highway department for uh quartering
[3:53] everything off
[3:55] a lot of people think a lot went into
[3:57] this
[3:58] several virtual meetings uh when this
[4:01] all
[4:02] fails which is why we're all here to see
[4:04] exactly when it fails
[4:05] uh i'll take the hill so uh from here
[4:09] uh green would you like to read the
[4:11] return to want
[4:26] and posted on february the 25th 2021 by
[4:29] constable quadroche and four public
[4:32] places
[4:33] pepper police station pepper post office
[4:35] miles barbershop and purple family
[4:37] pharmacy
[4:38] as well as the tested copies online we
[4:40] inhabited town of couple whom
[4:42] are qualified to vote in elections and
[4:44] child affairs are convening here today
[4:46] at mississippi middle school
[4:48] on the 13th day of march 2021 to act on
[4:51] the following
[4:52] article as initiated by a citizen's
[4:54] petition
[4:55] due to the quoted 19 pandemic there was
[4:57] a concern that there would not be
[4:59] a plan to go forward with today's
[5:00] meeting the people select were voted at
[5:03] their daily notice february the 22nd
[5:05] 2021 meeting to reduce the special time
[5:08] meeting forum requirement
[5:09] is established in the code of assigned a
[5:10] couple from 75 voters to 30
[5:13] as allowed in the act of 2020 relative
[5:16] to municipal
[5:17] governance thank you
[5:26] i guess at this particular uh uh point
[5:28] in time we can
[5:29] uh call for the question
[5:33] somebody have a motion
[5:50] um
[6:05] uses the minimum statutory refinement
[6:07] and effectively restricts the number of
[6:09] retail marijuana shocks that may be
[6:10] permitted to one
[6:12] this amendment increases the allowed
[6:14] number of retail marijuana shops
[6:17] which exceeds the required
[6:33] now to ask a question
[6:36] or to speak to it
[6:40] at any time use a yellow placket to be
[6:42] recognized by any of the
[6:44] individuals in the yellow vessel jackets
[6:47] when they come time to vote or to cast a
[6:49] vote let me get to that point
[6:51] uh green placket is i or yes
[6:54] uh the red or orange placket is uh
[6:57] or no so do you want to speak to the
[7:00] article
[7:02] uh explanation presentation
[7:06] yeah i'm sorry i didn't know that
[7:09] already
[7:13] all right so i call for questions at
[7:15] this particular point in time
[7:18] oh i'm sorry yeah good point uh the
[7:20] cleaning board report
[7:23] there's a planning board
[7:26] oh okay
[7:42] this report and recommend recommendation
[7:44] to trial meeting
[7:45] is required by state sony law in order
[7:48] to comply with provisions of
[7:49] massachusetts general law
[7:51] chapter 40a section 5. the local
[7:54] planning board conducted
[7:56] conducting a properly noticed public
[7:58] hearing uh
[7:59] to amend section 6600 of the zoni bylaw
[8:03] adult use recreational marijuana the
[8:06] hearing was opened and closed on monday
[8:08] march 8
[8:09] 2021. in 2019
[8:12] at the toughest springtime two-thirds of
[8:15] the attendance
[8:16] voted in favor of article 16 to amend
[8:19] couple zoning bylaw to
[8:20] allow for adult abuse recreational
[8:23] establishment within certain zoning
[8:25] districts
[8:26] and students to receipt of a planning
[8:28] board special permit
[8:30] sub-section 6640.5
[8:33] of the regulations states that the
[8:35] number of marijuana establishments
[8:37] shall not exceed 20 the number
[8:40] of the number of alcohol license
[8:42] procedure from gl
[8:44] c 138 section 15 for retail sales
[8:49] of alcohol not to be drunk on the
[8:50] premise operator
[8:54] figure to be rounded to the whole number
[8:57] following the adoption of this bylaw
[8:59] there is some confusion as to whether
[9:00] this reference in the by-law refers to
[9:02] the number of operating workers slash
[9:04] pocket stores
[9:05] in the town of couple three will refer
[9:08] to the number of
[9:09] liquor licenses that could just the
[9:12] childhood issue based on its population
[9:14] eight to clarify this section of the
[9:17] bylaw
[9:18] training board held a public hearing
[9:20] review
[9:26] and voted to recommend the article for
[9:27] approval of the 2024 con meeting
[9:31] at the fall meeting no action was taken
[9:34] on the article
[9:35] giving concerns to federal council
[9:37] during the october 19th pandemic
[9:39] by extending the length of the meeting
[9:42] on february 4th
[9:43] 2021 a citizens petitioned to call a
[9:46] special count meeting
[9:47] to take up the dialogue amendment was
[9:50] circulated and received
[9:51] sufficient signatures to trigger a
[9:53] special child meeting
[9:54] the proposed changes to the language and
[9:56] resolving bylaw is the same that was
[9:58] previously recommended by the planning
[10:00] board by the public hearing
[10:03] to review the proposed amendment of the
[10:05] by-law
[10:07] for the citizens suspicion on march 8
[10:10] 202.
[10:11] the amendment will delete the subsection
[10:16] 6640.5 a
[10:19] consistent with mass gl c
[10:22] 94 g subsection 3b2
[10:26] the problem natural number of marijuana
[10:28] establishment when the time of petrol
[10:30] shall be related as follows
[10:32] the number of marijuana retailers shall
[10:34] not exceed 20 percent
[10:35] of the number of alcohol license issued
[10:37] pursuant to nglc
[10:40] 138 subsection 15 to recast as a
[10:43] remarkable
[10:44] not to be drunk on the premises john
[10:46] pepper say 20
[10:48] figure to be rounded to the next whole
[10:50] number and replace it with the following
[10:53] the number of marijuana retailers shall
[10:55] not exceed two
[10:57] additionally in section 6650
[11:00] the application required means the first
[11:04] sentence will be revised
[11:06] to delete in the amount up to not
[11:08] exceeding 20
[11:09] of the number of licenses issued by the
[11:11] account pursuant to mgl
[11:13] c138 subsection 15 for retail sales
[11:17] of alcohol baggage not to be drunk on
[11:19] premises only place with two
[11:22] the rationale behind this amendment is
[11:24] that the existing wording is confusing
[11:27] and the timing the number of marijuana
[11:29] retail establishments to the number of
[11:30] liquor licenses
[11:31] is arbitrary and leaves the number of
[11:34] marijuana retailers
[11:35] open-ended since the number of liquor
[11:37] license can be increased
[11:39] replacing this sentence with the number
[11:41] two fixes the number of native 100
[11:44] to a set number two which can only be
[11:48] verified through through tile meeting
[11:50] approval
[11:51] the planning board deliberated on the
[11:53] proposed valor amendment on march 8
[11:55] 2021 honey board meeting with a
[11:59] nomination of
[12:00] joe london and seconded by jennifer
[12:03] gingras the planning board recommends
[12:06] approval of article 1 as proposed
[12:14] thank you chad now uh
[12:17] finance committee has a report on this
[12:28] clinton cutler 43 bacon street the
[12:30] finance committee met on march 3rd
[12:33] 2001 to discuss the proposed amendment
[12:38] uh the finance committee voted for
[12:41] nothing
[12:42] and four to zero to approve the
[12:44] amendment
[12:46] thank you
[12:58] meeting held on february 26th 22nd 2021
[13:18] uh the time to be recognized
[13:21] there's a bit of a delay where there
[13:24] will be a bit of a delay
[13:25] i have to walk away from the microphone
[13:27] and recognize
[13:29] every ladies and gentlemen in yellow so
[13:32] if now is the time uh this is
[13:34] more of a question or
[13:37] point to make so let's go over that now
[14:42] um so one thing about this this
[14:47] article is that it would increase the
[14:49] number of licenses we currently have
[14:50] from one to two
[14:52] um let's kind of look at some recent
[14:54] studies for massachusetts news
[14:56] one uh dispensary for over a hundred
[14:58] thousand people
[15:00] and the place in the state really is
[15:02] around one probably six thousand people
[15:04] so
[15:05] this article would go and increase the
[15:07] number of licenses and people to one of
[15:09] the highest
[15:10] densities in the state and you know i
[15:13] know there's a lot of business people in
[15:14] the audience so you're thinking
[15:15] how can we go and sustain that sort of
[15:17] business
[15:19] and the answer is really simple it's
[15:20] right over the border you know so
[15:25] thousand hundred um people so right
[15:26] there here the number of people who will
[15:28] be coming across
[15:30] and will be your your uh market for
[15:32] these additional license
[15:33] so um you know one thing you really need
[15:36] to think about when you're according to
[15:38] this question is where are these people
[15:40] going to come from to go into spain two
[15:42] little
[15:43] two marijuana licenses in this town so
[15:46] if we want people coming across from new
[15:47] hampshire
[15:48] to come and buy here and then they know
[15:51] it's illegal to go and take the box and
[16:07] potentially taking up the time to our
[16:08] police officers to go and support
[16:11] the top habits of people from new
[16:13] hampshire
[16:16] thank you
[17:16] um
[17:29] i have somebody right here that's uh
[17:32] going first thank you
[17:52] um
[17:55] i'm not sure about the statistics that
[17:57] we just heard about to um
[18:26] uh
[18:40] um
[18:54] initially thank you
[19:22] um
[19:31] anyone else
[20:14] it's great to see all these people out
[20:16] here today
[20:29] come to us
[20:45] everyone has done a lot less damage
[20:54] thank you next week
[21:14] okay
[21:56] um
[21:58] to know
[22:03] very similar minutes on the marijuana
[22:10] business
[22:24] because from um research it looks to me
[22:27] like
[22:28] when the public was asked what type of
[22:30] um
[22:37] there was no mention of more retail
[22:41] market
[22:52] um
[23:11] my question is simply this
[23:14] i'm confused i think a lot of other
[23:16] people are confused
[23:17] or whether or not we're voting on one
[23:22] or two i think a lot of people feel
[23:25] true is not is too much but it's very
[23:28] confusing
[23:29] that's very funny i think if someone
[23:32] could try to
[23:33] explain that to it to me
[23:45] do you want to speak to that
[24:02] question no okay
[24:08] my question is how do you vote
[24:11] if you want to just if you've already
[24:14] approved
[24:14] one in a time and you
[24:24] how do you vote yes or no that's why i
[24:27] think i'm confused a lot of other people
[24:29] are confused
[24:57] once we open the door here what this
[24:59] gentleman is asking
[25:02] correct
[25:13] that yes your question all right george
[25:15] uh i believe that
[25:16] yeah you should come to the mic okay
[25:28] if if you are opposed to increasing the
[25:31] number of
[25:31] establishments to true you would vote no
[25:35] thank you very much that was my whole
[25:37] question
[25:40] thank you
[25:54] marijuana establishments as part of the
[25:56] economic development chapter
[25:59] the master plan for the town took over
[26:02] two and a half years to develop
[26:04] many topics were discussed economic
[26:06] development land use
[26:08] housing uh transportation
[26:11] the massive thing has written has a lot
[26:13] of different recommendations in it
[26:15] and are referenced in other sections
[26:18] while the
[26:19] minister plan committee did call out
[26:21] certain establishments
[26:22] it was not
[26:37] economic development uh specifically in
[26:40] the uh
[26:40] downtown area is needed uh in this this
[26:43] type of establishment would also benefit
[26:47] the vacancies in that section of the
[26:50] town
[27:04] uh
[27:32] we've got a couple so whoever comes
[27:46] first
[27:57] where's the closest one
[28:02] while we wait for the question to come
[28:04] to the mic
[28:05] uh everybody take a moment and pray that
[28:08] we don't have to do this
[28:11] i can't imagine it for 25 questions
[28:28] um
[28:43] have done a lot um research on this and
[28:45] i've
[28:46] gone to a lot of facilities throughout
[28:48] the states
[28:50] and cannabis right
[28:53] dispensaries they're run very
[28:55] professionally
[28:57] done by importance only
[29:00] there's not a lot of traffic involved in
[29:03] it
[29:04] um these dispensaries are very very
[29:08] professional
[29:10] there's not to
[29:19] people need to understand that
[29:22] a lot of people come from medicinal
[29:24] purposes
[29:25] we do not have enough medicinal cannabis
[29:29] uh places around in new england right
[29:32] now
[29:32] it should when we opened up cannabis
[29:35] places
[29:37] originally they were supposed to be for
[29:39] medicinal purpose only
[29:42] adult shops have opened up
[29:46] all over new england we've got hundreds
[29:49] of adult use service places all over
[29:54] uh they're popped up everywhere um
[29:58] basically for revenue and uh
[30:01] the town's needed and the couple needs
[30:04] it
[30:05] and we need the revenue the two
[30:09] uh voting on the two
[30:12] um canvas places is going to be a big
[30:15] shot in the end for purple
[30:18] i think we all need to relax a little
[30:21] bit
[30:22] and understand that these places are
[30:24] very professional
[30:26] and that's my opinion and
[30:30] i just wanted to share that with you
[30:31] because i have spent five years
[30:36] all of this uh in our nature uh because
[30:40] my grandchildren live there
[30:42] and that's why in the future
[30:45] after i've
[30:49] taking care of all the bills in new
[30:50] hampshire to make sure that they're all
[30:52] safe
[30:53] and the bills are in place uh
[30:56] they're not going to help massachusetts
[30:59] but um i think that this is
[31:02] good for purple and i just wanted you
[31:06] all to know
[31:07] the benefits of the experience thank you
[31:12] not sure
[31:30] um again i would just ask the two of my
[31:33] fellow towns people to
[31:34] allow our one permitted
[31:38] retail marijuana adult use shop to open
[31:42] and please let's take a look at what the
[31:45] impact if any
[31:46] is on our town our infrastructure on our
[31:49] police force
[31:50] on our emergency services maybe it's
[31:53] nothing
[31:54] then we can come back and revisit this
[31:57] at another time meeting
[31:59] the law is flexible that we're not
[32:02] closing the door
[32:03] by limiting it to one we're simply
[32:06] taking a less
[32:08] a slower approach to planning
[32:12] and commercial development in our town
[32:15] and my question for the master plan um
[32:19] basically is the reason for the master
[32:23] plan
[32:23] is to gather what the community wants
[32:26] gather
[32:29] and the people did not ask for retail
[32:33] marijuana
[32:34] they asked for other types of businesses
[32:37] and my final thought is
[32:39] aside from retail marijuana business
[32:42] there are
[32:43] other options um there is cultivation
[32:46] which i believe is more in line with
[32:49] agricultural
[32:50] history so there are options for that
[32:53] there are options for um testing jobs
[32:57] there are multiple options for marijuana
[32:59] businesses retail
[33:01] the big one and that's why we're here
[33:04] please
[33:05] tell us explore thank you
[33:22] um
[33:27] the difference between one and two is
[33:29] not really going to make much of a
[33:31] difference in terms of your
[33:32] envisioning stoners roaming the streets
[33:35] i don't think that's what's going to
[33:36] happen
[33:37] i think the important aspect to focus on
[33:40] is the revenue that it will bring into
[33:41] the town
[33:42] and a lot of people are worried about
[33:45] what new facilities we need for the
[33:46] emergency management services and the
[33:48] police
[33:49] those are all things that are going to
[33:50] bring in money yes we'd like other types
[33:52] of businesses
[33:53] sure bring those on too but right now
[33:55] the proposal is for another business
[33:57] that could bring in
[33:58] money that would help this town rise us
[34:01] up
[34:01] i don't think the concerns about people
[34:03] from flocking over the borders are
[34:05] really valid if you
[34:06] read the marijuana website you have to
[34:09] present an id
[34:10] you can't just wander into a pot shop
[34:12] and brown bag a bottle of whiskey like
[34:14] you do at a liquor store and then just
[34:16] go on the street smoking pot that's not
[34:18] what's gonna happen
[34:19] i don't smoke it i personally don't care
[34:21] but i certainly want money for this town
[34:23] and i think as other people do too
[34:25] you have to put your personal feelings
[34:27] aside about what it
[34:29] basically represents to you and picture
[34:31] what it's for what it's going to bring
[34:33] to the town
[34:34] so it's not it's not going to be a
[34:36] dangerous thing i have a child too it's
[34:37] not going to be some crazy thing that we
[34:39] have to worry about because
[34:40] 10 years 20 years down the road we'll
[34:42] realize it was a good thing after all
[34:44] so i'm just trying to get everybody to
[34:46] see the bigger picture
[34:48] don't worry about people flocking from
[34:49] out of state kingsborough does it just
[34:51] fine i lived in kingsborough before here
[34:52] that shop is beautiful i've never gone
[34:54] in it
[34:55] but i don't see traffic i don't see
[34:57] problems i do see money for downtown
[34:59] and i'd like some of that for us thank
[35:01] you
[35:03] next
[35:08] name and street mark lost 53 seattle
[35:14] street
[35:16] make a motion to amend the petition as
[35:18] follows
[35:20] the maximum number of marijuana
[35:22] establishments
[35:23] in the town of pepper shall be limited
[35:25] as follows
[35:28] the number of marijuana retailers shall
[35:30] not achieve one
[35:33] and section six six five
[35:36] zero provides the third sentence
[35:39] to read as follows with pollution thrown
[35:42] by strikethrough
[35:44] while the special granting authority is
[35:46] authorized to approve special permits
[35:48] for marijuana resellers
[35:50] and amount up to but not exceeding
[35:54] one the zoning bylaws shall not be
[35:57] construed to obligate
[35:59] spga to approve any particular
[36:02] application
[36:03] for a special permit just because the
[36:06] national number
[36:07] of special permits has not been approved
[36:24] oh
[36:38] so
[36:43] okay we have a motion uh to amend
[36:46] the main motion uh
[36:50] as it's being
[37:06] i see a hand all right discussion on
[37:09] just this amendment before we get back
[37:12] to the main motion
[37:15] uh yeah
[37:20] i just i wanted to
[37:26] that the standard was arbitrary um
[37:30] and this amendment no longer makes it
[37:33] arbitrary
[37:34] and it also excuse me
[37:38] uh does not make a major change
[37:41] to the existing current conditions um
[37:44] in this odd circumstance
[37:51] town meeting where everybody has a
[37:53] chance to have a site
[38:30] oh yeah i think you should stay
[38:34] uh clinton caller 43 business street i
[38:37] believe this verse is unnecessary
[38:39] if the citizens choose to keep the
[38:41] number of
[38:42] marijuana establishments to one
[38:58] i'll
[39:12] the motion to amend uh start at one
[39:16] that's what we've got
[39:17] now um let's when the establishment
[39:20] comes in
[39:21] get set up we'll see how it works out
[39:24] and if it works out well
[39:25] we can always go back and raise it
[39:39] did i see somebody else that wanted to
[39:41] speak to this
[39:46] i just wanted to address the comment of
[39:48] a novo
[39:50] um in the
[39:53] original um petitioning
[39:57] as being the same as for one dispute
[40:00] that's not
[40:01] true because no vote on that
[40:05] to the extent that we added more looking
[40:07] licenses
[40:08] we would
[40:22] yep
[40:27] oh yeah yeah just don't leave that area
[40:30] yeah
[40:33] hi 18 prospect street
[40:37] former member of the master planning
[40:38] committee um
[40:40] i i request that you vote no
[40:44] on this um this amended motion
[40:48] um we have um
[40:51] the reason that the planning board
[40:54] um and the um finance committee and this
[40:56] reform
[40:57] approve having two is because
[41:01] if we stay tied to the percentage of
[41:04] liquor licenses
[41:06] we could have an unlimited amount of
[41:09] marijuana businesses coming to town
[41:13] and want to get a profit for them so we
[41:16] want to limit it to true
[41:18] and i would say don't uh vote
[41:21] for this amended motion limiting it to
[41:23] one because
[41:25] um again these two businesses are going
[41:27] to contribute to our
[41:29] local economy um there's a very
[41:32] generous percentage of the gross
[41:35] proceeds for both of these businesses
[41:37] that will cover
[41:39] any um aspect of public safety
[41:44] traffic anything like that that's what
[41:48] is supposed to be useful so um
[41:51] i urge you to vote now in the amended
[41:53] motion get back to the original motion
[41:56] and vote yes or no please thank you
[42:10] good morning my name is chris esimone
[42:13] five wheeler
[42:24] and i'm not opposed to the use of
[42:25] marijuana in fact they voted for the
[42:28] legalization of marijuana in the state
[42:30] of massachusetts
[42:32] but i strongly believe that one is
[42:34] enough
[42:35] if we have people in this town who need
[42:37] it for medicinal purposes
[42:39] certainly one is enough and certainly
[42:41] one is enough for local users
[42:45] look we're a very rural community
[42:49] state with a major city within 10 miles
[42:53] any additional revenue we may
[42:57] through realize stores is going to go
[42:59] for additional traffic control do you
[43:01] know what the traffic will be like
[43:03] for people pouring in from manchester
[43:05] and groton and
[43:06] other towns around us we're gonna need
[43:08] more policemen
[43:10] the roadways are going to take a beating
[43:13] we're not going to
[43:14] make money on this so please vote for
[43:17] the amendment
[43:18] and against the main motion thank you
[43:38] on street
[43:52] dispensary and i don't think the finance
[43:56] committee
[43:56] has actually done a thorough job in
[43:59] proving to the council
[44:00] that that it is going to bring more of
[44:03] you
[44:04] i believe it's going to actually create
[44:07] more expensive
[44:32] okay margarita
[44:38] okay so i don't
[44:41] have a history or great knowledge of
[44:44] really good business for
[44:46] non-prescription now
[44:47] but my question is either one whether
[44:50] it's
[44:51] the amendment or the original
[44:54] what exactly happens at a
[44:58] recreational place recreational
[45:01] marijuana use
[45:03] establishment what is that for
[45:07] is it to just get your marijuana
[45:10] legal legally prescription or not
[45:15] or is it a place because
[45:27] i can honestly tell you i don't know
[45:44] you can buy
[45:57] big countryside road
[46:13] back in uh 2018 uh we always envisioned
[46:17] the calculation
[46:18] and we had a cylinder wrongfully assumed
[46:21] that the calculation would result in an
[46:23] accounting of two
[46:25] establishments being authorized whether
[46:28] it's one or two the planning board will
[46:30] still have to
[46:32] issue a special permit and other things
[46:34] would have to
[46:35] take place after that but i would
[46:37] recommend that
[46:40] this amendment
[46:46] thank you
[47:08] uh
[47:23] new um and we should move the question
[47:26] and let's get voted
[47:50] okay
[48:05] the amendment which would uh
[48:08] as it's been presented and as it uh
[48:11] has been explained and debated uh raise
[48:15] your
[48:16] green power now
[48:26] scott in some confusion people are
[48:28] confused as to what we're voting on
[48:30] right now
[48:46] is
[48:56] maximum number of marijuana
[49:00] establishments
[49:03] the maximum number of marijuana
[49:05] retailers shall be limited to one
[49:08] section section six six five zero
[49:12] third sentence amended as follows but
[49:16] not to exceed wrong
[49:22] okay the main motion which we're not
[49:25] voting on
[49:26] uh address two this one is limiting it
[49:29] to
[49:29] one so i hope that can like explain this
[49:32] exactly
[49:33] not to exceed one right
[50:08] at the moment
[50:24] yes
[53:04] okay are all opposed please pull out
[53:08] your package
[53:26] okay
[54:08] so
[56:14] uh
[56:42] so
[57:00] all right sorry for the delay um the
[57:02] emotion
[57:03] goes as far the emotions
[57:08] 108 no the motion does not carry back to
[57:12] the main
[57:12] question are there any more comments or
[57:15] questions on the main motion
[57:24] here
[57:29] during the break i was asked a question
[57:31] about um
[57:32] the difference between one and two and
[57:34] how it came about
[57:36] well the original bylaw was being
[57:38] written by the planning board
[57:41] the number of what could be authorized
[57:45] with the license in the count of
[57:46] pepperoni was eight
[57:49] so if you do the b uh you take 20
[57:52] percent of eight
[57:53] gives you two uh after the uh was passed
[57:57] when we
[57:58] got more into the details uh it was
[58:01] determined uh that it was a number of
[58:04] liquor licenses that were issued by the
[58:06] county couple which was three
[58:08] which would then limit it to to one so
[58:12] it all depends on how uh you know when
[58:14] the cleaning board was originally
[58:15] looking at this
[58:16] we're always envisioned that the
[58:17] calculation would be true
[58:19] this amendment is
[58:35] a further process will still have to go
[58:37] take place
[58:38] uh all of the restrictions or all of the
[58:41] uh requirements
[58:42] of uh will have to be
[58:46] put in place traffic studies will have
[58:48] to be done uh
[58:50] parking lots will have to be reviewed
[58:52] there's still a lot of work to do and
[58:54] there's no guarantee that the final
[58:55] couple would have two
[58:57] that will be defiled by a special permit
[59:00] which would be issued by the planning
[59:01] board
[59:02] again the whole
[59:10] establishments issued was eight
[59:12] multiplied by the percentage of
[59:14] twenty percent which would give you two
[59:16] and that's that's
[59:31] comments or questions now
[59:53] i got somebody right here
[1:00:11] uh now
[1:00:25] while we're doing this
[1:00:37] don't use recreational marijuana
[1:00:40] establishments in sub-section
[1:00:43] 6640.5
[1:00:46] the guys clause
[1:00:50] 3ds with deletions shown by
[1:00:52] strikethrough and additions from the
[1:00:54] underlying
[1:01:11] mgl section 138 subsection 15
[1:01:15] for retail sale in alcohol not to be
[1:01:18] drunk on the premises in the tiny people
[1:01:21] save 20 rounded up to the next whole
[1:01:24] number
[1:01:25] replace that with the number of
[1:01:27] marijuana retailers shall not
[1:01:29] exceed two
[1:01:33] in section 66 30 56
[1:01:43] authority is authorized to approve
[1:01:51] special
[1:01:52] permit preventing authority is
[1:01:54] authorized to approve special permits
[1:01:55] for marijuana retailers in an amount up
[1:01:57] to but not exceeding
[1:01:59] 20 of the number of licenses issued
[1:02:01] within the town
[1:02:02] pursuant to mgl section 138
[1:02:18] is
[1:02:28] just because the maximum number of
[1:02:30] special permits
[1:02:31] has not yet been issued
[1:03:14] mr
[1:03:42] please
[1:03:52] this requires two-thirds
[1:03:56] vote majority for passages
[1:05:49] this
[1:06:09] what's up
[1:06:44] so
[1:07:54] right
[1:08:07] all the right is as follows
[1:08:11] 112 in favor 62 against
[1:08:15] again as i stated earlier this requires
[1:08:18] a two-thirds vote
[1:08:19] uh and we did not out instead of
[1:08:22] the 66
[1:08:25] uh percent we get 55 so the motion does
[1:08:28] not carry the main motion
[1:08:30] so uh a motion to adjourn
[1:08:35] uh no seconded
[1:08:38] all those in favor aye thank you so much
[1:08:40] for your patience
[1:08:41] and understanding and hopefully we don't
[1:08:45] do it this way in the spring
[1:08:48] thank you
[1:08:53] [Music]
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