Village Hall Meeting

Village of Ossining Village Hall Meeting Wednesday, March 30, 2022 @ 7:30 PM Zoom Ossining, New York Members of the public can view the meeting via computer or mobile app: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85350876110 Members of the public can listen to the meeting by dialing in via phone: +1 929 205 6099 Webinar ID: 853 5087 6110 **Please note that by dialing in, your phone number will be visible to the host, participants, and attendees of the meeting.** The Board of Trustees will be holding a public engagement Village Hall meeting to get the public’s input on zoning issues related to Cannabis zoning in the Village. The Village has agreed to allow Cannabis sales via dispensaries (not lounges), and your input is appreciated. Please join us Wednesday, March 30, at 7:30PM via Zoom. Wednesday, March 30th @ 7:30 PM Via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85350876110 Webinar ID: 853 5087 6110 US: +1 (929) 205-6099 Village Hall 3.30.2022 Cannabis Village Hall Meeting pitch Pursuant to Governor’s Governor Hochul signed New York Senate Bill S50001 - the meeting transcript is attached. Recording.transcript Village Hall Meeting March 30, 2022 Page 1 of 79  1. Page 2 of 79  2. Page 3 of 79  3. Page 4 of 79  4. Page 5 of 79  5. Page 6 of 79  6. Page 7 of 79  7. Page 8 of 79  8. Page 9 of 79  9. Page 10 of 79  10. Page 11 of 79  11. Page 12 of 79  12. Page 13 of 79  13. Page 14 of 79  14. Page 15 of 79  15. Page 16 of 79  16. Page 17 of 79  17. Page 18 of 79  18. Page 19 of 79  19. Page 20 of 79  20. Page 21 of 79  21. Page 22 of 79 WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.460 --> 00:00:07.980 Stuart Kahan: Good evening, they are members of the board, this is a. 2 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:17.130 Stuart Kahan: Special town hall or village hall meeting of the village of ossining on the subject of cannabis and zoning. 3 00:00:20.730 --> 00:00:23.910 Stuart Kahan: Unless there are any announcements we can go directly to you mayor. 4 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:40.890 Rika Levin: Great i'm good evening everyone i'm all of the five trustees and I are on this call from the village, so we will, I think you have to do a special meeting or you know about to go into a special meeting Stuart yeah. 5 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.600 Stuart Kahan: Now you're already in your you're in a meeting so there's no special to take. 6 00:00:46.380 --> 00:00:48.630 Rika Levin: So we're going the purpose tonight. 7 00:00:49.860 --> 00:01:05.040 Rika Levin: We would like to widen and deepen the forms forms of communication with our constituents, and so one of the topics that we believe is important to folks is. 8 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:10.680 Rika Levin: zoning as it relates to the relatively new cannabis laws that were faced by the state. 9 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:20.700 Rika Levin: Government and which is that executed, to some extent at the local level or at least as it relates to zoning this is really designed to hear from the public. 10 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:39.180 Rika Levin: Just a couple of mentions we're going to start with just a small presentation to frame the conversation I will introduce everybody Page 23 of 79 in the gallery is panelists when folks when we're done with that um we want to hear from the public just raise your virtual hand. 11 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:48.150 Rika Levin: And you will be brought over by either Jamie Hampton or maddie seminars. 12 00:01:49.230 --> 00:01:53.730 Rika Levin: They will bring you over um we'd like to keep it to no more than three minutes. 13 00:01:55.110 --> 00:02:04.500 Rika Levin: per person and to go through a list of people we usually like to do like one or two people will sort of tell you who's next on the list, so that you know. 14 00:02:05.550 --> 00:02:17.460 Rika Levin: Any material, you have that you want to send to the village can go to the village of ossining blt at village of ossining org is one of the emails we'll talk about more emails later. 15 00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:24.300 Rika Levin: The chats become complicated in the sense that we do stop and. 16 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:32.610 Rika Levin: go through those questions but it's not really designed for conversations in the audience, so to speak, that that sometimes happens. 17 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:37.980 Rika Levin: And we'll have a timer on to let people know what's going on i'll share the meeting, but all. 18 00:02:38.790 --> 00:02:54.210 Rika Levin: five members of the board, you can ask anybody specifically or group or simply comment on an issue so let's get started, let me do some introductions from the staff we have category village manager Jamie Kaufman. 19 00:02:54.630 --> 00:03:05.760 Rika Levin: The special project assistant manager maddie so hodge attorney steward Come on, we have Deputy Mayor sada we have trustees for itchy Lopez and white. 20 Page 24 of 79 00:03:07.470 --> 00:03:25.500 Rika Levin: And we have oh i'm sorry, and also on staff is Jaime Martinez, who is the planner I think I covered everyone um let's go into a framing what I call framing presentations just to run through where we are and to inform the public that also allows more people to join us as they wish. 21 00:03:26.700 --> 00:03:27.750 Rika Levin: And we can get started. 22 00:03:33.810 --> 00:03:34.020 yeah. 23 00:03:40.710 --> 00:03:41.220 Rika Levin: Okay. 24 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:51.150 Rika Levin: I see it, being shared but I can't see the arrow on are you managing the President. 25 00:03:57.600 --> 00:04:00.930 Rika Levin: Alright, so let's start let's go first into the. 26 00:04:03.420 --> 00:04:04.230 Rika Levin: The summary. 27 00:04:04.320 --> 00:04:06.750 Rika Levin: How we got here, and then we can go from there. 28 00:04:10.920 --> 00:04:13.410 Rika Levin: Okay, I am not. 29 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:21.360 Rika Levin: i'm not planning to read it, word for word in case anybody's wondering i'm just going to say that. 30 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:23.490 Rika Levin: In a. 31 00:04:24.870 --> 00:04:33.450 Rika Levin: The recreation sale of cannabis known more colloquial marijuana was signed into law by the governor then governor Cuomo. Page 25 of 79 32 00:04:34.710 --> 00:04:43.260 Rika Levin: As part of a marijuana regulation taxation act on all of this can be googled, and all this information is available on our website, by the way. 33 00:04:43.830 --> 00:04:55.890 Rika Levin: The purpose of the legislation, as we understand it, is to create regulated and taxed cannabis industry in New York New York is certainly not the first state many states have already been involved. 34 00:04:56.880 --> 00:05:08.520 Rika Levin: In this endeavor and the purpose of the state of purpose to produce social and economic justice taxes from the sale and ability for new business development. 35 00:05:09.570 --> 00:05:25.620 Rika Levin: There is, establish a New York state counts Control Board on an office of cannabis management to is really administrating I would say in simple English on the entire industry, if you will, similar to the liquor industry next, please. 36 00:05:29.700 --> 00:05:37.800 Rika Levin: What we at the local level are here to discuss and what we really are tasked with, we are not the legislators, of the law. 37 00:05:38.310 --> 00:05:46.620 Rika Levin: But at the local level, we are involved with time place and manner, those are the items that we look at the extent to which were able to. 38 00:05:47.400 --> 00:05:57.840 Rika Levin: restrict the activity of the establishments again, this is about establishments and at the local level we're really talking about retail dispensary's. 39 00:05:58.410 --> 00:06:08.850 Rika Levin: We don't affect nor do we legislate people smoking marijuana wherever they want, that is a state issue we don't legislate on people growing. 40 00:06:09.300 --> 00:06:16.920 Rika Levin: marijuana that is also at the State level, in other words that's a State law people over adults can smoke marijuana. 41 Page 26 of 79 00:06:17.850 --> 00:06:27.690 Rika Levin: everything related to that and the growth industry and, as in growing marijuana again, that is not within our purview that is at the state level. 42 00:06:28.470 --> 00:06:39.240 Rika Levin: There is a cup cup of the system forum, notwithstanding, as you could see on local regulation retail dispensary signage is prohibited so signage is one of the items. 43 00:06:41.100 --> 00:06:54.300 Rika Levin: And we tell the sperm trees, we not be located within 500 feet of school grounds are within 200 feet houses of worship that's defined my New York state education or we'll talk a little bit more about that because that's how you really come up with. 44 00:06:55.530 --> 00:07:06.030 Rika Levin: What the Community would like to see as far as where the retail dispensary zoned in ossining the board did not approve. 45 00:07:07.110 --> 00:07:13.140 Rika Levin: A lounge that we are only approved a retail dispensary next. 46 00:07:15.630 --> 00:07:20.520 Rika Levin: Some opportunities and threats i'm not sure I love these words but we'll live with them. 47 00:07:21.570 --> 00:07:28.440 Rika Levin: The opportunities and the foundation of all of this is tax revenues i'm. 48 00:07:29.970 --> 00:07:33.870 Rika Levin: really being very clear about business growth. 49 00:07:35.310 --> 00:07:44.430 Rika Levin: location of those businesses or business, it depends how this gets zoned and adding any zoning codes that. 50 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:53.640 Rika Levin: We think makes sense, some of the threats or, and these are really fun learning some states that have had dispensary's is. 51 00:07:54.630 --> 00:08:05.160 Page 27 of 79 Rika Levin: That it's sometimes causes that this parking demand, because the business is successful, obviously potential for people to live in an area, so people might buy marijuana and then smoke them on there. 52 00:08:05.580 --> 00:08:15.780 Rika Levin: Even though the retail stores and likely to be viewed as a nuisance business nuisance business category so some people view these kind of stores is not appealing. 53 00:08:22.020 --> 00:08:28.740 Rika Levin: So the boarded actually and mostly I think for this and for ourselves, is it asked the staff to really. 54 00:08:29.730 --> 00:08:43.320 Rika Levin: Look at where we have schools in houses of worship and we have lots of schools and we have lots of houses of worship, to determine opportunities and proper zoning, this is just to give the public a bit of a sense again available on our website. 55 00:08:44.610 --> 00:09:04.530 Rika Levin: of you know what's in and what's out right, so one of the things we're looking at is a focus on the buffering zone from certain type of districts and then exam meaning really what's left and you could see this chart we look at religious houses of worship as sort of a non starter. 56 00:09:05.700 --> 00:09:24.420 Rika Levin: Schools, etc, we look at zoning too so it's not near schools can be a combination of those and we also looked at Mon to family sauteing it's not sure how clear this map is, although on zoom it's better than looking at some big screen and some big room next. 57 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:34.050 Rika Levin: So one of the decisions is how many feet, is the right amount of. 58 00:09:36.060 --> 00:09:58.020 Rika Levin: zoning rules, there are communities that have looked at 250 507 50,000 feet from a House of worship people define houses of worship differently to be clear, an option is to absolutely for local boards to do nothing, doing nothing, means that people can open a dispensary anywhere. 59 00:09:59.040 --> 00:10:11.400 Page 28 of 79 Rika Levin: So the conversation tonight is really about getting input from the public of where one might think that is the best place to put this how many we should have etc, so this is one sort of cut. 60 00:10:12.300 --> 00:10:21.780 Rika Levin: And to give a minute for people to look at if you recognize your Community so many people live you're actually know the streets so educational again. 61 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:31.830 Rika Levin: Is it 507 50,000 feet from an educational from a school again doesn't have to be a public school, it could be an educational formula that you want to look at. 62 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:37.110 Rika Levin: You could look, these are done by parcels or plant or put this together. 63 00:10:38.730 --> 00:10:47.700 Rika Levin: And then you combine both religious and education to see where the over lap is and what you're left with is potential places to put the dispensary's. 64 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:58.470 Rika Levin: that's it, I promise to keep it short because it's not really. 65 00:10:59.610 --> 00:11:13.170 Rika Levin: This you can look at our website it'll have it, etc, this is really to hear from the public i'm sure some of you came to the meeting wanting to express some thoughts and share your thoughts suggestions, ideas questions with the board. 66 00:11:14.160 --> 00:11:25.320 Rika Levin: it's a it's a moment to give space for people, so what we're interested in hearing about is where to locate them because, again, that is what the local. 67 00:11:26.730 --> 00:11:35.100 Rika Levin: legislative body does, and please raise your virtual hand to be recognized three minutes, as I mentioned earlier. 68 00:11:36.150 --> 00:11:47.340 Rika Levin: so that you could speak and just a reminder that the the entirety of this conversation and village hall meeting we just did Page 29 of 79 village, because we thought it was cute but it's what most people refer to as town hall. 69 00:11:48.210 --> 00:11:53.190 Rika Levin: is being fully recorded we don't edit anything it just the whole thing that's recorded. 70 00:11:55.020 --> 00:12:00.960 Rika Levin: Thank you, we don't need to share this and we are going to open up I don't know if I see somebody. 71 00:12:01.260 --> 00:12:06.480 Jaimie Hoffman: So Christina videos hand is up and then we also have a comment in the Q amp a did you want to do. 72 00:12:06.510 --> 00:12:09.180 Rika Levin: let's just do a first and then um. 73 00:12:10.230 --> 00:12:12.060 Rika Levin: Because read the comments with people. 74 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.040 Jaimie Hoffman: hey Christina bringing you over. 75 00:12:18.090 --> 00:12:21.540 Jaimie Hoffman: If you can unmute please that'd be great and then, when you start oh. 76 00:12:26.250 --> 00:12:26.670 Christina Picciano: I. 77 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:28.650 Rika Levin: see no Howard. 78 00:12:29.490 --> 00:12:40.740 Christina Picciano: I put my question in a comment to so I don't two separate things I just want to say thank you for putting this together, thank you for your presentation um I just want to support. 79 00:12:42.510 --> 00:12:45.180 Christina Picciano: The the minimum requirement, I think. 80 Page 30 of 79 00:12:46.500 --> 00:13:02.070 Christina Picciano: This is such a progressive way to look at the future of ossining on economic level, that on I hate to limit it and I just also want to emphasize some of the tax benefits. 81 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:15.450 Christina Picciano: That you had mentioned in the pro, and this is taken from the New York state cannabis cannabis dot new york.gov they have a fact sheet and. 82 00:13:16.920 --> 00:13:23.250 Christina Picciano: All the adult use cannabis taxes are deposited in the New York state cannabis revenue fund and. 83 00:13:24.030 --> 00:13:34.020 Christina Picciano: After upfront costs the remaining tax revenue is distributed into three separate funds 40% is to the State lottery fund for education 40%. 84 00:13:34.680 --> 00:13:41.820 Christina Picciano: To the Community grants reinvestment fun to issue grants to nonprofit and community based organizations in communities. 85 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:52.230 Christina Picciano: disproportionately impacted by cannabis prohibition and other social equity initiatives and 20% goes to the drug treatment and public education fund. 86 00:13:52.680 --> 00:14:02.250 Christina Picciano: To development and implement statewide public education campaigns and provide substance use disorder treatment programs for youth youth and adults. 87 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:15.450 Christina Picciano: So you know there's just a lot of people talk about some of the negative benefits, but they are addressing some of the some of those concerns about youth initiatives, right here. 88 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:25.260 Christina Picciano: From revenue so by you know just please don't limit this because there's just so much good that can come out of this and I apologize that my dog is. 89 00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:27.210 Christina Picciano: barking in the background, we like to thank you. Page 31 of 79 90 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:34.380 Rika Levin: We like dogs we like children will like all our constituents it's all good, thank you very much, I did when you chat. 91 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:40.680 Rika Levin: i'm going to say it out loud before we move you back, which is actually when I looked at the present. 92 00:14:41.250 --> 00:14:47.790 Rika Levin: The presentation was very clear, so I thought it will be clear, but but, as I see it now in its version. 93 00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:58.470 Rika Levin: It isn't so clear but let's not it'll be available for everybody, look at, I think the important conversation is how close or far from a school how close or far from whatever. 94 00:14:59.430 --> 00:15:17.970 Rika Levin: Do you want to see that the like a new night, do you want to see it in certain zones that you know about in certain areas that you think makes sense don't let's not get caught up in whether it's you know broad street or avenue or specific to you know another street. 95 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:23.370 Rika Levin: just give us your point of view about sort of a little bit bigger picture and then. 96 00:15:23.970 --> 00:15:35.580 Rika Levin: i'm sorry that it wasn't clear, but if you have certain things about the maps, we have the planner and i'm sure we can revisit that I just don't want us getting caught up in that, so I think we took both of your questions and comments. 97 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:42.120 Rika Levin: And once with that, thank you for that insight we have another hand Jamie if you can. 98 00:15:43.380 --> 00:15:47.190 Jaimie Hoffman: gently i'm going to bring you over if you can turn on your camera. 99 00:15:48.570 --> 00:15:49.140 Jaimie Hoffman: on you. Page 32 of 79 100 00:15:50.850 --> 00:15:51.180 Jaimie Hoffman: Thank you. 101 00:15:58.290 --> 00:15:58.500 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: Oh. 102 00:15:59.490 --> 00:16:00.930 Rika Levin: Hello Jennifer welcome. 103 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.490 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: hi Thank you. 104 00:16:03.450 --> 00:16:04.800 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: just want to make a. 105 00:16:05.760 --> 00:16:15.540 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: statement that i'm only speaking as Jennifer to wheel mom resident forget about any other associated titles that you know about me. 106 00:16:16.830 --> 00:16:21.960 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: So I originally thought and I had stated in previous meetings like this that. 107 00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:27.240 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: And also, in my meetings with some of the board members that. 108 00:16:28.290 --> 00:16:37.860 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: A good place for this dispensary would be a back part of the arcadian shopping Center That was a discussion that has been going around. 109 00:16:39.090 --> 00:16:58.980 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: And I just wanted to share that i've had some discussions with some teachers, both at amd and oh hs and they have both said that that was not a place that they thought was a good location, so I just wanted to share that with you and. 110 00:17:00.540 --> 00:17:10.710 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: You know I also would like the board in some fashion to talk to zoning and or planning boards and really have. Page 33 of 79 111 00:17:12.390 --> 00:17:21.660 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: An idea of what this actually looks like and something that's fits in with our area and doesn't. 112 00:17:22.710 --> 00:17:25.200 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: look like it belongs in Las Vegas. 113 00:17:26.250 --> 00:17:26.850 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: So. 114 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:39.210 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: that's really it and I know the Board is smart and everything will all the decisions that will be made will be right for us name and. 115 00:17:40.320 --> 00:17:44.850 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: You know, hopefully it'll all go smoothly that's it. 116 00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:48.540 Rika Levin: Thank you i'm sorry Bob. 117 00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:59.790 Robert M. Fritsche: Jennifer just a question when you're sending you spoke to people are and they said it wasn't a good spot whatever reason why they said that I just heard that he said hey copper would be the. 118 00:18:01.230 --> 00:18:01.680 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: nation. 119 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:07.740 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: yeah I should get more detail and they just thought that it was too big, of an area there's two. 120 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:21.000 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: You know possible area that there's too much congregation you know, the object, I guess, of a dispensary is people go in, make a purchase and the home so. 121 00:18:22.080 --> 00:18:29.460 Page 34 of 79 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: They just thought it was too much room there for people like congregating and whatnot they were saying and more of a safety issue. 122 00:18:30.780 --> 00:18:49.800 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: So they you know and plus the fact you know it, to put it someplace you know quote unquote hit in wouldn't be that good either it's better that it's out in the open on a main thoroughfare where you know people walking by can see it and it's not like stuck in the back somewhere. 123 00:18:51.540 --> 00:19:00.570 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: So yeah I mean the other location that people have spoken about is there's a lot of empty space down by the train station. 124 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:06.900 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: And so that was another location that people mentioned. 125 00:19:08.280 --> 00:19:11.220 Jennifer Fields-Tawil: But that was it, I just wanted to share that with you guys. 126 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.050 Rika Levin: Thank you. 127 00:19:13.530 --> 00:19:13.980 Robert M. Fritsche: Thank you. 128 00:19:14.760 --> 00:19:27.360 Rika Levin: Any other questions trustees Okay, we don't usually do lots of questions, but I think it's great Thank you Bob because you know good point of clarification, I mean that's the purpose here. 129 00:19:29.790 --> 00:19:31.050 Rika Levin: Okay, who is next. 130 00:19:31.950 --> 00:19:34.830 Jaimie Hoffman: mayor, we have another comment in the chat. 131 00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:36.900 Rika Levin: Did you want me to read it please okay. 132 Page 35 of 79 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:51.120 Jaimie Hoffman: it's from Elizabeth leg art like it i'm sorry if I mispronounced will there be a maximum allowable number of dispensaries in ossining i'm in favor of only a small number of dispensaries that more than three will be an issue. 133 00:19:51.990 --> 00:19:54.540 Jaimie Hoffman: And then she also just follow just a moment ago with. 134 00:19:55.020 --> 00:19:56.640 Jaimie Hoffman: start with one as a test. 135 00:19:58.380 --> 00:20:10.260 Rika Levin: Thank you for that input, the immediate answer is there's no minutes there's no minimum there's no real maximum, this is why we're having a village hall Community engagement forum. 136 00:20:10.890 --> 00:20:24.090 Rika Levin: And what I take away from the question and comment is that if, for your input is that you have a wanted to be you know no more than space so we'll jot that down. 137 00:20:24.570 --> 00:20:30.660 Rika Levin: and your idea that maybe try one and then go to the next into the next to see or works out. 138 00:20:31.410 --> 00:20:39.450 Rika Levin: So thank you for that I will say that the licensing, by the way, is not done by a village by local communities it's actually done. 139 00:20:40.020 --> 00:20:51.360 Rika Levin: At the State level, just like liquor license our our so I just wanted to add that footnote there, but thank you for that input very valuable um as far as sort of creating parameters for us. 140 00:20:53.520 --> 00:20:57.000 Jaimie Hoffman: We don't have any hands up did you want to invite people to raise their hands. 141 00:20:59.910 --> 00:21:03.210 Jaimie Hoffman: up, we have one oh, and then it went down sorry. 142 00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:07.740 Page 36 of 79 Jaimie Hoffman: Stop there it is okay so Mary Alice i'm going to bring you over. 143 00:21:09.150 --> 00:21:14.070 Jaimie Hoffman: If you could turn on your camera and mute that would be great Thank you. 144 00:21:21.690 --> 00:21:22.410 Rika Levin: There, she is. 145 00:21:24.270 --> 00:21:25.500 Jaimie Hoffman: there's a delay in my. 146 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.630 Jaimie Hoffman: zoom sorry about that. 147 00:21:29.250 --> 00:21:29.490 Mary Ellis: Okay. 148 00:21:29.550 --> 00:21:31.200 Mary Ellis: Welcome hi. 149 00:21:31.800 --> 00:21:43.500 Mary Ellis: Hello so i'm i'm really excited about this i'm especially i'm so happy that we did opt in to have a dispensary and. 150 00:21:45.030 --> 00:21:51.990 Mary Ellis: I don't think it should be hidden, I think it should be out front, I think people should know you know, like where we are. 151 00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.700 Mary Ellis: and 152 00:21:54.540 --> 00:22:04.050 Mary Ellis: This is an amazing opportunity for revenue stream for the town and village i'm so i'm i'm into. 153 00:22:04.530 --> 00:22:16.830 Mary Ellis: That it shouldn't be hidden it's very hard to tell from your map that there's anything left actually everything looks so filled in it couldn't tell you know what was not what was not. 154 Page 37 of 79 00:22:17.760 --> 00:22:27.780 Mary Ellis: too far too close from from a religious institution or a school so um you know, I think it would be better to see that you know, like where are we really talking about. 155 00:22:28.770 --> 00:22:42.030 Mary Ellis: and actually our katie and me sounded good in the sense that there's parking and you know I don't know how soon, this is going to hell, so is this going to happen that the election be a dispensary in Austin And what are we looking at time wise. 156 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:57.030 Rika Levin: Okay, so this is town hall meetings or cheering for the map really like conversation, but are you done with your that's Okay, I just want make sure you're done with you. 157 00:22:57.930 --> 00:23:04.170 Rika Levin: And i'm like we have 300 people, so we can do it if it gets busier i'm not going to be able to continue doing it, but. 158 00:23:05.370 --> 00:23:07.980 Rika Levin: Are you done with your comments and questions, so we can okay. 159 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:24.540 Rika Levin: So a couple points of clarification, any of my colleagues can jump in so um, it is hard you sort of have to look next time you drive just sort of figure out what to 50 it's really just parameters around what we think will be the right distance so it's hard for. 160 00:23:24.540 --> 00:23:26.430 Rika Levin: me to say exactly what that looks like. 161 00:23:28.020 --> 00:23:33.270 Rika Levin: And I think your question is about timing, so this is not this year. 162 00:23:34.050 --> 00:23:42.990 Rika Levin: My I mean our lawyer can jump in but everything we've seen from how this gets rolled out oh we're not expecting rollout of anything this year. 163 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:49.920 Rika Levin: When we can do the legislation, it takes, you know all legislation takes a number of months at the local level. Page 38 of 79 164 00:23:50.280 --> 00:23:59.610 Rika Levin: called public meetings you set up the legislation and you discuss it, you have to vote once you have the legislation, this is just an open forum of conference you know discussion with the public. 165 00:24:00.810 --> 00:24:13.200 Rika Levin: So nothing happens quickly there's good things about that and bad things about that there's a lot of thoughtfulness that goes on um so the timing is not this year is it next year, the year after. 166 00:24:14.730 --> 00:24:22.320 Rika Levin: i'm not even sure about next year, but I can't go stored came on Stewart do you have an exact more exact timing than what I understand to be the case. 167 00:24:22.470 --> 00:24:31.920 Stuart Kahan: may be it's not more exact, but I do want to point something out the state has issued proposed regulations for licensing. 168 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:42.660 Stuart Kahan: For it would be the first hundred licenses, and these are would be issued to people who've been directly affected through cannabis convictions or things like that. 169 00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:58.290 Stuart Kahan: It is that that regulation is now in a post like regulations in a 60 day comment period, so it is not inconceivable that some of those licenses will be issued this year. 170 00:25:00.690 --> 00:25:11.970 Stuart Kahan: that's that again that's for a very select cohort but some will be issued this year so that's that that's just something to keep in mind, so, while. 171 00:25:12.450 --> 00:25:27.810 Stuart Kahan: The bulk will probably not be until the very end of this year, you may see some licenses issued before this year because, because the, the Commission has already come up with proposed regulations which are now in the process of public comment. 172 00:25:30.060 --> 00:25:30.630 Rika Levin: and 173 Page 39 of 79 00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:37.830 Rika Levin: might add i'm probably similar to liquor license to do expensive. 174 00:25:39.090 --> 00:25:40.740 Rika Levin: it's the state level so. 175 00:25:40.890 --> 00:25:41.760 Stuart Kahan: thousand dollars. 176 00:25:42.210 --> 00:25:42.720 Rika Levin: How much. 177 00:25:42.870 --> 00:25:47.040 Rika Levin: $2,000 that's the license not the business part, though. 178 00:25:47.490 --> 00:25:56.880 Stuart Kahan: that's correct, but these The other point to make here, I apologize these particular licensees will be the ones who will be eligible for state grants and state aid. 179 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:06.780 Stuart Kahan: Okay, so that's the reason that the state is sort of pushing those folks and those non for profits, I had of other prospective licensees. 180 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:11.070 Rika Levin: interesting and we don't know what part comes to us. 181 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:14.610 Rika Levin: it's new york's about New York state. 182 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.790 Stuart Kahan: right we don't know who's who's. 183 00:26:18.570 --> 00:26:28.620 Stuart Kahan: who's who's going to get what the and I just If I could just make one point here and I apologize, I know a lot of folks have been saying, or katie and I think it's important to note we're talking about the zoning district. 184 00:26:29.010 --> 00:26:31.740 Stuart Kahan: Because arcadian is obviously a private. Page 40 of 79 185 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:49.860 Stuart Kahan: shopping Center owned by a private business, who will have their decision as to whether or not they wish to rent to a particular business important thing is the zoning district, where it would be located, not as much the identity of who owns the particular business that's there. 186 00:26:50.250 --> 00:26:54.810 Rika Levin: Okay, thank you for the clarification you're right we keep saying are gated we do zoning. 187 00:26:55.830 --> 00:27:08.310 Rika Levin: Almost every piece of property and lot is owned mostly it's owned by private individuals they as landlords may decide on what businesses, they have. 188 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:11.100 Rika Levin: We simply looking cells. 189 00:27:11.190 --> 00:27:28.680 Rika Levin: And that means the lots that are available if someone wants to open it but, at the end of the day, if the landlord doesn't want it or isn't interested or the rent isn't the right rent that they want it's up to them, like every other private business to villages and own businesses. 190 00:27:31.050 --> 00:27:38.400 Rika Levin: And that speaks also to the whole idea of pilots, we are not rolling out dispensary's the village of US thing doesn't roll out business. 191 00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:48.300 Rika Levin: Businesses come in, they see an open space they look at the zoning and say oh we're allowed to have this business here it's a bar it's a liquor store. 192 00:27:48.750 --> 00:27:56.850 Rika Levin: it's a gas station it's or whatever we're allowed to do it, we call the landlord we see if we can cut a deal with the rental be we build a business. 193 00:27:57.420 --> 00:28:12.060 Rika Levin: The village doesn't do pilots, because these were not rolling anything out we're simply looking at zoning regulations, I know it sounds Page 41 of 79 obvious, but I just it's really a little bit about semantics too so we're speaking the same language. 194 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.720 Rika Levin: I see another hand up yes. 195 00:28:15.810 --> 00:28:17.250 Jaimie Hoffman: I can yep no problem. 196 00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:24.480 Jaimie Hoffman: Kim Jeffrey I am bringing you over if you could turn on your camera and unmute and then we will get to the next person after. 197 00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.430 Rika Levin: Hello can. 198 00:28:32.550 --> 00:28:33.900 Kim Jeffrey: I am I here hi. 199 00:28:33.990 --> 00:28:36.300 Rika Levin: you're here you got update that picture, my friend. 200 00:28:36.870 --> 00:28:37.920 Rika Levin: The boy a girl in. 201 00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.510 Kim Jeffrey: The picture. 202 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.830 Oh. 203 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.230 Kim Jeffrey: Oh. 204 00:28:43.260 --> 00:28:47.430 Rika Levin: You are on your head before you came on the boys and houses that picture. 205 00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.140 Kim Jeffrey: honey. 206 Page 42 of 79 00:28:50.370 --> 00:29:03.690 Kim Jeffrey: i'm sorry i'm cooking dinner and i'm learning, so much so, I appreciate this meeting and and town hall because i'm learning from everything that's going on, and that would be my timer going on sorry multitasking current mode. 207 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:15.600 Kim Jeffrey: So I appreciate the clarification on zoning I mean, obviously I think I know it, but it's great to reiterate it because we forget um so in terms of zoning I would think. 208 00:29:16.950 --> 00:29:25.530 Kim Jeffrey: The area where arcadian is without stating whether or not a private entity, would allow it or not, I think this is a decent. 209 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:41.400 Kim Jeffrey: area I understand Mr little statement that maybe the teacher thing that people can drive and park and sit maybe partake in a way that maybe can't if you kind of come in and out, and so I can see where that might be a question. 210 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:54.030 Kim Jeffrey: I also think down by the train station, when we talk about ability to get to places and walk to places that's not a terrible place for zoning insurances. 211 00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:59.610 Kim Jeffrey: And also, yes, I understand that there's a whole conversation with respect to. 212 00:30:00.090 --> 00:30:08.910 Kim Jeffrey: This should be legalized and it should not have this stigma but we're still trying to balance this issue of having kids understand we've had. 213 00:30:09.270 --> 00:30:22.920 Kim Jeffrey: You know 30 4050 years of don't drink and drive and all this stuff, we need to get you know the kids grew up in that we have to get them to the whole like you should not partake until you're older and you have the ability to think about it. 214 00:30:24.090 --> 00:30:36.870 Kim Jeffrey: So I am definitely for places that are not quite as accessible just because we're still trying to get the kids to understand it's not Okay, just because the state said, you know it's okay right now. Page 43 of 79 215 00:30:38.370 --> 00:30:54.360 Kim Jeffrey: I think around route nine depending upon where I don't think all of route nine isn't necessarily a great, I think, to the point where, where we have lots of kids were parks, where Nelson park is or you know where. 216 00:30:56.070 --> 00:31:07.290 Kim Jeffrey: You know daycares are maybe you know just so I would think to think about where on route nine just not as an entirety and maybe were on 133. 217 00:31:09.030 --> 00:31:13.320 Kim Jeffrey: You know so that's all I want to say about that Thank you. 218 00:31:13.890 --> 00:31:20.220 Rika Levin: very much appreciate it thanks for the input inside i'm glad you also are finding this helpful. 219 00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.480 Rika Levin: and informative. 220 00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:23.520 Rika Levin: Okay. 221 00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:27.780 Jaimie Hoffman: So we have another person here. 222 00:31:30.690 --> 00:31:36.060 Jaimie Hoffman: Elizabeth a God, who had been in the comments before but i'm going to bring her over. 223 00:31:37.470 --> 00:31:41.610 Jaimie Hoffman: If you can turn on your camera and unmute We appreciate it. 224 00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.510 Jaimie Hoffman: Elizabeth. 225 00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:52.500 Rika Levin: you're on mute. 226 00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:54.690 Page 44 of 79 Elizabeth Legatt: Thank you, thank you. 227 00:31:54.930 --> 00:32:05.280 Elizabeth Legatt: Well, thank you and thank you may 11 um my son, who lives west of Philadelphia he's an adult with his own kids. 228 00:32:05.850 --> 00:32:16.890 Elizabeth Legatt: On the west of Philadelphia, called the main line is a lot like West Chester and the local town their names or more, they have. 229 00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:34.230 Elizabeth Legatt: marijuana lounges on one block and there's a few of them, and it happens to be right next door to this wonderful indoor party place where my grandkids go for all their little birthday parties and it's kind of. 230 00:32:35.070 --> 00:32:46.980 Elizabeth Legatt: unpleasant to me to walk past all these these are lounges they look pretty empty I you know this lot of glass it kind of reminds me being an Amsterdam. 231 00:32:47.490 --> 00:32:55.920 Elizabeth Legatt: With all the prostitutes in the windows if you'll pardon me, even though i'm from hippie times and a hippie college where everybody. 232 00:32:56.250 --> 00:33:10.140 Elizabeth Legatt: did a lot of marijuana before it was legal at Columbia in the 70s, so that, but my point is that i'm concerned about clustering if we're going to have a lot of risks geographic restrictions. 233 00:33:10.650 --> 00:33:21.930 Elizabeth Legatt: they'll be certain designated areas that are going to be acceptable and i'm concerned about multiple dispensary's in a small amount of space, just like this. 234 00:33:22.470 --> 00:33:33.900 Elizabeth Legatt: A couple of blocks in ardmore Pennsylvania, where there's quite a few of these lounges clustered together and I just thought that should be taken into account, thank you for your attention. 235 00:33:35.670 --> 00:33:38.700 Rika Levin: that's interesting Thank you much appreciated. 236 Page 45 of 79 00:33:41.670 --> 00:33:42.090 Elizabeth Legatt: Okay. 237 00:33:43.410 --> 00:33:48.990 Rika Levin: i'm not seeing hands so i'm sorry I know the people that are on so i'm seeing everyone's names. 238 00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:54.810 Dana White: Okay, can I say something that might spurs. 239 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.400 Dana White: course yeah. 240 00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:57.930 Dana White: I don't know we do have some. 241 00:33:58.770 --> 00:34:01.440 Rika Levin: Nice, I see it, but Dana white. 242 00:34:02.910 --> 00:34:03.300 Dana White: house. 243 00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.100 Jaimie Hoffman: Okay. 244 00:34:05.760 --> 00:34:11.850 Jaimie Hoffman: Okay i'm bringing over Alice jocelyn if you can turn on your camera and unmute We appreciate it. 245 00:34:20.490 --> 00:34:24.330 Rika Levin: hey Hello else welcome hi um. 246 00:34:24.690 --> 00:34:27.480 alice joselow: First of all, I do want to say to you i'm very. 247 00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:44.370 alice joselow: pleased by your very thoughtful approach that you're taking to this, I was watched your meeting in February, I believe I was actually out in California, because my daughter had a bb I got an ounce. 248 00:34:46.080 --> 00:34:55.890 Page 46 of 79 alice joselow: And I was very impressed by that presentation and i'm grateful that you have presented these maps to us, I really appreciate the background work that you're doing. 249 00:34:56.430 --> 00:35:07.710 alice joselow: My question to you is how are you what process are you using Where are you getting information to make the decisions on. 250 00:35:08.370 --> 00:35:23.700 alice joselow: How many dispensary's you should allow what is the appropriate buffer zone, what are the appropriate times i'm just curious how you're getting that information to make those decisions. 251 00:35:26.910 --> 00:35:30.210 Rika Levin: Okay, I was I didn't know if you have done i'm sorry. 252 00:35:30.450 --> 00:35:42.210 alice joselow: The second part of my question is that the opposite of cannabis management is still laying down the details the the the meat on the bones, so to speak. 253 00:35:42.750 --> 00:35:58.680 alice joselow: To the actual law, so there were still so many unknowns with regard to the implementation of this as the opposite the RCM as they refer to it is only just starting that process so i'm just curious as to. 254 00:35:59.700 --> 00:36:08.100 alice joselow: How you're going to make these decisions, what what will be your thought process, what will you use to reference it to make your decisions. 255 00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:22.140 Rika Levin: Good question um I have an answer, but I i'm hearing myself talk too much does anybody want to chime in i'm happy to answer but um there's really five of us on the board and boat um. 256 00:36:23.370 --> 00:36:28.320 Rika Levin: Anybody wanted to chime in i'm happy to do so if I don't see hands. 257 00:36:29.850 --> 00:36:31.020 Robert M. Fritsche: I think you're doing a great job. 258 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:44.970 Page 47 of 79 Rika Levin: Okay, so Alice it's it's for me, this is one of the processes right we have about four scheduled open forums of engagement, we haven't really. 259 00:36:45.810 --> 00:36:56.130 Rika Levin: For number of years really Douglas sandy Gala does a lot of this, and she did a quite a few of them to garner information, so we might do another one. 260 00:36:56.580 --> 00:37:07.560 Rika Levin: We might send out surveys, we don't know yet all of the pieces What we do know is, as you mentioned, we collect information for the meetings and both the staff and us. 261 00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:14.700 Rika Levin: collect information there's lots of information coming down from ny calm, which is an organization that supports. 262 00:37:15.210 --> 00:37:32.130 Rika Levin: elected officials and staff that does a ton of research legislative studies legal work the chairs information with us they're available to anybody, but they actually it's the New York Conference of mayors it's actually designed for exactly folks like us. 263 00:37:33.150 --> 00:37:42.180 Rika Levin: And a number of topics, this is one of their topics they actually have had seminars on the various issues, because they represent representative from the state wall of. 264 00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:45.030 Rika Levin: Villages or towns etc of. 265 00:37:46.170 --> 00:37:49.680 Rika Levin: The state of throughout the State of New York so it's very helpful on multiple issues. 266 00:37:51.060 --> 00:37:58.320 Rika Levin: And we get it from the public, as we get information will announce when we are starting to look at. 267 00:37:59.490 --> 00:38:16.200 Rika Levin: Having the conversations we expect the public that is interested in this topic, not everybody is, as we know, but for those that are on all sides to email us to inform us to educate us to share information with us there is lots of information on this topic. Page 48 of 79 268 00:38:17.550 --> 00:38:30.660 Rika Levin: And the zoning issues goes also through valid staff through planning and also village management and our attorney about you know the legal issues, the zoning issues like any zoning issue, whether it's the waterfront. 269 00:38:31.110 --> 00:38:37.410 Rika Levin: Historical I mean name the topic about zoning and you know there's a process we go so to me. 270 00:38:38.790 --> 00:38:48.750 Rika Levin: This tonight as part of the process it's also the beginning of a process it informs people who may not generally follow us, but they do want to on this topic. 271 00:38:50.100 --> 00:38:59.580 Rika Levin: To go online on our website, as we update the website and to reach out to us and share information with us about this topic. 272 00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:11.100 Rika Levin: And at some point we'll make an announcement of when we're looking at zoning for this will get recommendation and we'll have a public conversation in one of our Wednesday meetings i'm sure, more than one as we look at. 273 00:39:11.790 --> 00:39:21.690 Rika Levin: honing on our really posting together piecing together if not posting a PC together legislation that we think makes sense, and if we don't do anything. 274 00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:29.580 Rika Levin: that's also an act right, so this is one of those if you do nothing, and there are municipalities that we have discovered, who have done zero. 275 00:39:30.090 --> 00:39:40.560 Rika Levin: Nothing in their states, because by doing nothing but they have said is or dispensary's and rollout just depending what state it is and where they are you can open one anywhere you want. 276 00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:57.210 Rika Levin: No limitations that too is an act so when people say you know you should wait and like really do nothing, I would just say that Page 49 of 79 actually in legislation, my understanding, someone will correct me is also an actual action so there's a balance here. 277 00:39:58.890 --> 00:40:08.880 Rika Levin: And this is how we're getting our input and we're legislators right, so we are getting our input from the public in multiple ways I put in my mayor's node people. 278 00:40:09.120 --> 00:40:18.030 Rika Levin: hit reply and give me their commentary another form of communication there's five of us many of you know, all of us, some of us one of us. 279 00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:26.340 Rika Levin: that's also input for information that's how I look at it, if anybody else has anything else but that's the process. 280 00:40:31.110 --> 00:40:34.980 Jaimie Hoffman: Where we have two comments and then miss jocelyn has her hand up again, so, if I can. 281 00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:37.380 Jaimie Hoffman: hold the comments for you, that will. 282 00:40:38.040 --> 00:40:39.330 Jaimie Hoffman: print job Alice over again. 283 00:40:39.870 --> 00:40:44.850 Jaimie Hoffman: The first one is from Kim Jeffrey and it says, I agree, regarding so that. 284 00:40:45.600 --> 00:40:58.350 Jaimie Hoffman: There cannot be more than one in a particular zone area, and then the noles says, I would hope that whenever a dispensary comes to us, meaning that if fasting can regulate the business hours that they be from 10am to 7pm or something like that. 285 00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:00.990 Okay. 286 00:41:02.310 --> 00:41:02.580 Jaimie Hoffman: Very. 287 Page 50 of 79 00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:03.150 Rika Levin: Good so. 288 00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:06.270 Rika Levin: Great so, you said that Alice has her hand up again. 289 00:41:06.510 --> 00:41:11.100 Jaimie Hoffman: i'm gonna bring her over now I just had this clear the screen for analysis, where were you over again. 290 00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:14.310 Jaimie Hoffman: You can turn on your camera. 291 00:41:14.790 --> 00:41:17.460 Rika Levin: They not haven't forgotten that you had also wanted to. 292 00:41:17.790 --> 00:41:22.500 Rika Levin: say something so maybe after our speaker I didn't mean to. 293 00:41:23.850 --> 00:41:26.820 Rika Levin: I didn't forget it well we'll bring you and after this. 294 00:41:28.890 --> 00:41:31.200 Rika Levin: Alice you need to unmute and put the video on. 295 00:41:32.970 --> 00:41:33.420 Rika Levin: There you are. 296 00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:41.400 alice joselow: Okay, so um Thank you and, by the way, it's my impression that is Jamie your planner person. 297 00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.940 Rika Levin: Jaime Martinez. 298 00:41:45.090 --> 00:41:48.300 alice joselow: You know I may Thank you you're doing such an excellent job. 299 00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:56.040 On these I really appreciate your thoughtful approach to these presentations so thanks um. Page 51 of 79 300 00:41:57.510 --> 00:42:09.240 alice joselow: My question is, then, we go just to just in response to what you said that this is the first of several public forums, you will have more forums discussing these issues. 301 00:42:09.810 --> 00:42:11.430 alice joselow: As you get more information. 302 00:42:12.990 --> 00:42:21.480 Rika Levin: i'm not sure I said that actually Okay, so let me be clear, this is one of many ways of gathering information, you asked about process. 303 00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:28.590 Rika Levin: One is that when I send out mailers a message people respond and give me information on this topic that's mentioned any other. 304 00:42:28.950 --> 00:42:38.100 Rika Levin: Another is that we have, as was noted earlier email as a as an entire board that anybody that wants to share information opinions or comments they should send it to us. 305 00:42:38.490 --> 00:42:52.170 Rika Levin: Another is that on Wednesdays we hold meetings and in our legislative sessions, there are opportunities for the public to speak and people can attend that virtually as long as virtual and then. 306 00:42:53.100 --> 00:43:04.260 Rika Levin: To address issues, another is that when we start formulating the legislative discussion there will be a public forum to get public input, as all pieces of legislation. 307 00:43:05.580 --> 00:43:17.310 Rika Levin: That we go and we call for a public hearing and that's when we'll call for public hearing so it's close to what you said I just I don't want people to leave here tonight thinking we're having more town halls. 308 00:43:17.850 --> 00:43:23.520 Rika Levin: or many of them regarding this specific topic we are going to have more town hall type meetings. 309 00:43:23.910 --> 00:43:30.240 Page 52 of 79 Rika Levin: about other topics sure if somebody wants to also ask about this topic, or something else it's an open meeting. 310 00:43:30.570 --> 00:43:43.260 Rika Levin: there's certainly welcome we're not stopping people from sharing information comments or questions with us about topics of interest to them, so that I think is just I wanted just to clarify does that make sense. 311 00:43:44.040 --> 00:43:57.300 alice joselow: It does, but i'm just interested in how you all will decide what the appropriate number is what the appropriate buffer zone is you know I don't oh. 312 00:43:58.440 --> 00:44:01.740 Manuel R. Quezada: yeah man, if I may hopefully try to answer that question. 313 00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:02.340 Manuel R. Quezada: For allison. 314 00:44:03.600 --> 00:44:09.360 Manuel R. Quezada: allison about a month ago, our planner Jamie my team is actually was in a work session with us. 315 00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:29.910 Manuel R. Quezada: are showing a little more assuming details on what songs could possibly be the location of the dispensary's so one of the one of many questions that we, the board brought up at that time to hire me was you know hot what is what is 200 feet what is 500 feet what is whatever. 316 00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:42.960 Manuel R. Quezada: So okay so that's that's part of the process, so that's how we will be able to determine because, as you know, in a location, that you know we can say this is an area where we could potentially have. 317 00:44:43.470 --> 00:44:50.670 Manuel R. Quezada: That doesn't mean that area has an empty storefront sure it could be part of a mix of a retail portion. 318 00:44:51.690 --> 00:45:05.520 Page 53 of 79 Manuel R. Quezada: You know in depending how far the buffer zones are that will determine if we can say this area can can be 500 square feet from this autumn occasions that will give an idea to what how many. 319 00:45:06.150 --> 00:45:13.950 Manuel R. Quezada: Businesses could potentially be in that area as well, and that song, so if we have different clusters or different songs where we're going to be looking into this. 320 00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:34.290 Manuel R. Quezada: That will determine the area now as the mayor said, you know depends on how many licenses of the State gapes arm, you know, we do not have, and probably I think I would defer that question to store, we cannot say it in an area X, we can only have one of these businesses sure. 321 00:45:35.610 --> 00:45:51.060 Manuel R. Quezada: It will be limited to the accessibility to what doubts on looks like, for that matter, we just might as well just a spot Sony you know and it's about Sony we can just sit this this this lot can only have they stop and services and I don't think we are doing that at all. 322 00:45:52.320 --> 00:46:12.600 Manuel R. Quezada: So I think has the process moves along as the next step when i'm in Martinez our planner will come in front of us will have a little bit of a better sense of what that looks like um and I know i'm not answering your question, but I think we'll get there, we just not there yet so. 323 00:46:12.690 --> 00:46:15.630 alice joselow: I appreciate what you said man and I, and I did attend the. 324 00:46:15.660 --> 00:46:18.360 Manuel R. Quezada: meeting in February, and again I compliment that I made because. 325 00:46:18.660 --> 00:46:26.700 alice joselow: I thought you did a really great job on that presentation, including the signage issues and stuff like that you're approaching it very thoughtfully but like. 326 00:46:27.210 --> 00:46:42.630 alice joselow: One of the first speakers was I want the minimum buffer zones i'm going to go on record that I would like the biggest buffer Page 54 of 79 zones that you could muster my question is, how will you make that decision. 327 00:46:43.770 --> 00:46:51.750 alice joselow: What is the appropriate buffer zone, what is the appropriate number, what are the appropriate hours of operation. 328 00:46:52.380 --> 00:47:02.520 Rika Levin: Okay, but Ellis at the end of the day is a zoning conversation, and the way we do all legislation we gather as much information as we can. 329 00:47:02.970 --> 00:47:09.210 Rika Levin: And then we, as legislators, put our best foot forward and say, based on information that we have we believe. 330 00:47:09.570 --> 00:47:21.240 Rika Levin: That this is what we would like and we write up the legislation we open it to the public, who can say we agree, we disagree, it should be, this should be that and, at the end of the day we vote and say in the majority. 331 00:47:21.870 --> 00:47:39.630 Rika Levin: And behalf as representatives of this village, this is legislation that we will vote for we don't vote for i'm really there's no difference from this than any other piece of legislation as it regards Sony of which we, this is what this body does. 332 00:47:40.050 --> 00:47:55.950 alice joselow: But you have the option Rico maybe i'm not asking the question correctly, the law in the initial law says certain amounts, but then in February meeting you had asked Jaime to increase your the buffers i'm looking at it. 333 00:47:56.160 --> 00:47:56.580 Rika Levin: Right. 334 00:47:56.760 --> 00:48:07.980 alice joselow: He did the work from 200 to 500 to 750 to 1000 yeah actual law specifies 205 hundred but you added. 335 00:48:09.390 --> 00:48:14.640 alice joselow: You asked for them to also pet specified 750 in 1000. 336 Page 55 of 79 00:48:15.120 --> 00:48:21.810 Rika Levin: We were interested in where that would land, so we will, so we wanted a map drawn so we could get a good look and not have. 337 00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:30.840 Rika Levin: meetings where people are naming names of streets, so we all sit there are some of us knowing where they are some of us, we just wanted to see what it would look like. 338 00:48:32.010 --> 00:48:32.400 Rika Levin: And i'm. 339 00:48:32.520 --> 00:48:33.990 alice joselow: very grateful that you did. 340 00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:42.390 alice joselow: My question is, are you open to increasing the buffers to those other distances that you mapped out. 341 00:48:44.340 --> 00:48:55.590 Rika Levin: kids well so in a public meeting like this, I am because we're not voting for myself, I am open to doing that that doesn't mean i'm going to. 342 00:48:56.910 --> 00:48:57.210 alice joselow: Okay. 343 00:48:57.270 --> 00:49:03.270 Rika Levin: I am in the learning process i'm playing as and because you've been at so many of these meetings you know. 344 00:49:03.930 --> 00:49:15.090 Rika Levin: That when there's three or more of us, we can actually vote we're not voting tonight and I don't spend in this level I chair a meeting, so I don't want to be misquoted I am open. 345 00:49:15.780 --> 00:49:25.440 Rika Levin: to various variables for my singular vote but i'm not committing to anything because i'm in the process of gathering information digesting it. 346 00:49:25.890 --> 00:49:42.870 Rika Levin: The purpose of tonight is to hear, and as you heard some people want more some people want less so people wanted more places Some Page 56 of 79 people wanted fewer places that's the point of a and you know this Alice and I know you know this so we're gathering information. 347 00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:44.850 Rika Levin: Right directly. 348 00:49:51.330 --> 00:50:05.370 Robert M. Fritsche: Like nc State law says 205 hundred that 500 piece of walk to your mailbox we know that's close so i'm like the mayor said 17,000 you know those are you know they seem to be. 349 00:50:07.020 --> 00:50:09.510 Robert M. Fritsche: more attractive, again I don't know. 350 00:50:10.590 --> 00:50:18.210 Robert M. Fritsche: we're all learning, you know, this is all thrown on our lap pretty quick, I believe we took our first baby step by opting in. 351 00:50:19.200 --> 00:50:35.610 Robert M. Fritsche: which I think was a smart move because these businesses are not just a mom and pop business they're very, very expensive to open the door forget about the licenses you're talking hundreds of thousands of dollars, but when you opt in and the. 352 00:50:36.630 --> 00:50:50.400 Robert M. Fritsche: companies that are nationwide do this see this, you have a better chance of you being recognized and getting a good reputable reputable company to come into our village and open a business. 353 00:50:51.090 --> 00:51:00.510 Robert M. Fritsche: So, you know that was part of the decision, and again it's a learning process for us all and it's good to hear everybody's input we're. 354 00:51:01.200 --> 00:51:13.500 Robert M. Fritsche: we're taking it all in, and we will make the best decision as a board for our religion, our constituents that I think will benefit the village in the water. 355 00:51:15.270 --> 00:51:17.850 Robert M. Fritsche: A lot of unanswered questions, how many. 356 00:51:19.110 --> 00:51:20.160 Robert M. Fritsche: Where are you going to put it. Page 57 of 79 357 00:51:21.390 --> 00:51:35.220 Robert M. Fritsche: Is a lot question so it's a work in progress with this type of forum helps us brings up other questions, a while you don't get a point that what about that So hopefully that kind of clarify a couple things. 358 00:51:38.010 --> 00:51:42.930 Omar Lopez: i'm darker i'll chime in as well, so for my piece. 359 00:51:43.530 --> 00:51:44.580 Omar Lopez: I would say that. 360 00:51:45.600 --> 00:51:47.550 Omar Lopez: it's helpful to start with. 361 00:51:48.840 --> 00:51:49.530 Omar Lopez: and 362 00:51:52.140 --> 00:51:56.730 Omar Lopez: What are the what are kind of the initial conditions that we're trying to be here so. 363 00:51:58.020 --> 00:52:02.790 Omar Lopez: As I see them, there are two one is, we want to create. 364 00:52:04.290 --> 00:52:16.590 Omar Lopez: zoning rules here in ossining zoning policy that allows for dispensary's to exist we don't want to regulate them out of existence, and so, if they're. 365 00:52:17.010 --> 00:52:29.460 Omar Lopez: too conservative, if you will, if you permeate every the word to conservative, then it might be that we say sure we can have dispensary's, but there is an extra anywhere actually functionally that they can be. 366 00:52:30.300 --> 00:52:37.890 Omar Lopez: On the other hand, we don't want to be, we have other initial condition we want to be aware of his quality of life. 367 00:52:38.910 --> 00:52:41.040 Omar Lopez: They are folks that are. Page 58 of 79 368 00:52:42.450 --> 00:52:53.310 Omar Lopez: Really against cannabis generally there folks with young kids older folks whatever it is, and whether it's because you send your kid to a school go to I. 369 00:52:53.850 --> 00:53:06.540 Omar Lopez: religious institution or or just looking to have the character of the village be preserved, you don't want to make awesome you look unrecognizable we've heard make it look like Vegas Amsterdam any other. 370 00:53:06.630 --> 00:53:07.440 Omar Lopez: large city. 371 00:53:07.860 --> 00:53:16.260 Omar Lopez: totally understand that and so instead of saying yes, we will keep the character of the village, but also permit dispensary's. 372 00:53:16.920 --> 00:53:23.100 Omar Lopez: In a way, that is, on grounded, it is helpful to hear to see maps, like the one that has been created. 373 00:53:23.850 --> 00:53:32.760 Omar Lopez: That will illustrate to us if we go in either direction, starting with the minimums and then going to a maximum of 1000 feet we're actually does that put you. 374 00:53:33.660 --> 00:53:46.560 Omar Lopez: Now I i'm gonna give a warm warning here hi me that i'm going to ask him to speak, right after I finished I so prepare for that, but in conversations with a high May. 375 00:53:47.850 --> 00:54:00.390 Omar Lopez: If you're looking at the minimum requirements that opens up a certain number of spots and even that the maximum requirements, the most allowable that I reduces it but it's still there are still some spots remaining. 376 00:54:00.960 --> 00:54:07.590 Omar Lopez: It would be helpful hi may have you would just give some color in context to what each of those look like right now. 377 00:54:11.880 --> 00:54:29.790 Page 59 of 79 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Sure thing, so the minimum requirements as trustee for judges mentioned a few moments ago are that you have to be 200 feet from a religious institution and 500 feet from a educational facility so for for our interpretation, the educational facilities. 378 00:54:30.840 --> 00:54:39.090 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Distance is not like 500 feet from the building per se but 500 feet from anywhere on the ground so that's the edge of the property. 379 00:54:39.360 --> 00:54:48.450 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): For the high school, for instance, everything that touches route nine, you have to be five and that, so the functional distance from the entrance of the schools, a lot farther than 500 feet. 380 00:54:50.280 --> 00:54:55.710 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): And because of those changes there's a lot of areas some areas that were mentioned earlier, like station Plaza. 381 00:54:56.190 --> 00:55:12.630 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): And the waterfront near the waterfront is functionally out because of its proximity to each other so that entire area is covered so um I don't know if you want to do this now, but I do have maps, I have the maps available that show this making. 382 00:55:14.700 --> 00:55:17.640 Omar Lopez: I say unmute yourself and fire up the maps. 383 00:55:18.090 --> 00:55:18.420 Okay. 384 00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:23.610 Rika Levin: I was just going to suggest that, because I think that's helpful. 385 00:55:32.790 --> 00:55:34.680 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): So the first map is the. 386 00:55:37.170 --> 00:55:38.610 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Is the most. 387 00:55:40.320 --> 00:55:50.790 Page 60 of 79 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): it's the minimum restriction essentially and so kind of zooming in on the starting from the top of the village, I guess, you can see, there are a few areas that have retail opportunities so. 388 00:55:51.300 --> 00:56:02.040 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): We tried to when I made this map initially I wanted to focus in on areas that currently permit retail and only those areas so anywhere that retail is not currently permitted. 389 00:56:02.670 --> 00:56:09.210 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Was automatically excluded that includes any of the single family home districts, the two family home districts and multi family. 390 00:56:09.570 --> 00:56:15.600 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): plan residential districts and there are a few districts that do have apartment buildings in them, but they're kind of. 391 00:56:16.110 --> 00:56:30.960 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): open to other alternate uses, including retail is conditional uses those remained in, but what you can see here is that there's like there's an old nursery up on nine that is in very small section of nc one zone that is permitted. 392 00:56:32.520 --> 00:56:46.800 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): there's the Dominican sisters church facility, which I think probably has a church somewhere in the central part of it, but because the facility so big affects everything around it and 200 feet at a minimum if you go down. 393 00:56:48.660 --> 00:56:59.190 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Nine you'll see that there's a store fronts and opportunities along that district until you get to snow avenue where it turns into a two family district that you pass right through. 394 00:56:59.700 --> 00:57:07.020 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): So there's not much available to be there um there's a stretch of croton avenue, which does not have any churches or schools. 395 00:57:07.530 --> 00:57:16.770 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): On near it at least none that are registered on the tax assessor's office, so that area currently would be open and then, when you get to the downtown there's a real. 396 Page 61 of 79 00:57:18.600 --> 00:57:24.000 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): there's a real limitation to where you can actually put it there aren't that many storefronts most of them. 397 00:57:24.540 --> 00:57:32.760 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Where they would be available under the minimum restrictions are in the sort of five corner area and so that would extend extend down. 398 00:57:33.390 --> 00:57:49.350 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): A couple hundred feet about halfway through the block, but much of that is out, including the area down by the police station sinks in kill brewery because the front of those properties effectively are in the minimum buffer area because of their proximity to the children's Center. 399 00:57:50.550 --> 00:58:04.200 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Once you get out of that part of the dads out there is some small sections of the water street that technically would be available, but those are not really set up to Palace retail properties, right now, so they'd be challenging, I think, from a development standpoint. 400 00:58:05.820 --> 00:58:13.260 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): So you get down farther into South Highland and there are properties that are currently serve that that split the two revolutionary road. 401 00:58:13.620 --> 00:58:23.340 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): and South Highland on both sides that are in retail zones and the arcadian Center is entirely in a retail zone it's not next next finish school next to any. 402 00:58:25.770 --> 00:58:33.540 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): You know any other things that would come and cause an issue, so the next map that I would show you is the maximum. 403 00:58:35.130 --> 00:58:36.870 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): And so the maximum. 404 00:58:38.160 --> 00:58:40.590 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): would be like would be 1000 feet combined. 405 00:58:43.800 --> 00:58:46.200 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): So this is that maximum area. Page 62 of 79 406 00:58:48.330 --> 00:58:57.030 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): And when you do the maximum area, which is essentially 1000 feet from religious or educational uses you see that this little parcel. 407 00:58:57.810 --> 00:59:17.910 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Is out now it's no longer eligible there's a very small stretch along route nine that is 1000 feet away from both the Dominican sisters campus as well as the the school over here so there's only about you know 10 separate parcels and locations where you could put it right there. 408 00:59:18.990 --> 00:59:30.600 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): there's a very small stretch of snowden avenue Those are all townhouses and empty lives, I think that one's an empty lat and the rest are townhouses um they're effectively and buildable so you couldn't go there. 409 00:59:31.260 --> 00:59:40.020 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): there's maybe one parcel here at the corner of water street by the bridge where you can put it in by the waterfront. 410 00:59:41.190 --> 00:59:53.160 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): And then there are a few parcels here, so this is, I believe this is Nelson park and like right here so there's a couple of parcels right here the top that would remain right before you hit. 411 00:59:54.450 --> 01:00:03.150 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): South Highland and then there are some areas on South Highland avenue that remain in as well as arcadian Center at even the thousand. 412 01:00:03.660 --> 01:00:12.930 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Foot mark and then I believe there is a small section of protein avenue that also remains in the middle, this, this is the former nursery site. 413 01:00:13.500 --> 01:00:29.520 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): To give you some context of where that is and then there's some partials to the left is the risk of briscoe music school here and some courses across the street, so those would be the area, so at 1000 feet are still our locations in the village, not a lot. 414 01:00:30.570 --> 01:00:40.380 Page 63 of 79 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): And it's a big divergence between the two, and everything else is sort of migrates you know from one end to the other and depending whether you feel like more distance from schools um. 415 01:00:41.610 --> 01:00:45.030 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): it's more important, and this is from religious institutions. 416 01:00:46.080 --> 01:00:54.240 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): I have all I have maps to cover every single one of them, so I can pull those up but there's like 12 of them I don't know. 417 01:00:54.600 --> 01:00:55.560 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): I don't think you need to. 418 01:00:55.620 --> 01:01:03.930 Rika Levin: I mean, I think this is the men and the Max so you know I got on nine with the sisters like how much property that is um. 419 01:01:04.740 --> 01:01:15.600 Rika Levin: I think this gives us the range it goes, I mean it's a ballpark Oh, you know it'll be on the website if people want to actually look at every lot again let's be clear it's not it's a zoning. 420 01:01:16.440 --> 01:01:22.800 Rika Levin: it's still owned by people, they have to decide what tenants they want, on one hand, on the other hand. 421 01:01:24.480 --> 01:01:36.150 Rika Levin: I think the trustee Lopez comment is you know the board had stayed at a pretty clearly we're not zoning this out of existence, that is not actually what we had. 422 01:01:36.600 --> 01:01:54.420 Rika Levin: stated very publicly that we want to do, these are viable businesses and business development is actually something very important to the village, so I just want to make sure that it's not that it's a single voice, saying it, but the board actually have voted in majority. 423 01:01:55.620 --> 01:02:00.690 Rika Levin: About that so, so we are looking at opportunities. 424 01:02:04.170 --> 01:02:12.030 Page 64 of 79 Rika Levin: We have somebody in Chelsea Lopez, will you don't because I know you turned it over to um I mean Martinez, but we you've done. 425 01:02:13.140 --> 01:02:13.620 Dana White: Yes. 426 01:02:14.100 --> 01:02:14.730 Dana White: And I could. 427 01:02:15.000 --> 01:02:16.200 say something, please. 428 01:02:18.270 --> 01:02:20.280 Dana White: um i'm not. 429 01:02:22.110 --> 01:02:24.780 Dana White: i'm really not behind going for a maximum buffer. 430 01:02:26.970 --> 01:02:27.240 Dana White: You know. 431 01:02:28.530 --> 01:02:31.470 Dana White: The more you because, then you are limiting severely. 432 01:02:33.090 --> 01:02:37.200 Dana White: You know the places may take on a lot of moving pieces, as it is. 433 01:02:37.680 --> 01:02:51.510 Dana White: If somebody wants to open a dispensary, it has to be in the right spot it has there has to be available storefront or has, I mean there's all kinds of variables that go into opening any business was even more than you're going to go into opening a dispensary. 434 01:02:52.890 --> 01:02:53.760 Dana White: and 435 01:02:55.020 --> 01:03:04.560 Dana White: A maximum buffer of 1000 fee to me is is closed as owning it out of existence, I don't think i'm personally not, I can tell you right. 436 01:03:06.390 --> 01:03:07.140 Page 65 of 79 Dana White: behind that. 437 01:03:12.210 --> 01:03:23.370 Dana White: I think that you know if you're talking about business opportunity free enterprise free markets, you know I am not into really limiting. 438 01:03:24.810 --> 01:03:25.260 Dana White: That. 439 01:03:26.520 --> 01:03:27.150 Dana White: and 440 01:03:28.560 --> 01:03:38.730 Dana White: i'm surprised the children's Center has that i'm surprised the existence of the children's Center on state street would affect whether you could have a dispensary on the on the waterfront. 441 01:03:40.320 --> 01:03:48.630 Dana White: way below I mean that I don't know how far you putting the boundary in that I mean if it's told me the Center is considered educational right so. 442 01:03:50.340 --> 01:03:52.560 Dana White: School I guess i'm. 443 01:03:55.080 --> 01:03:58.230 Jaime Martinez (He/Him): Partial goes, all the way down to hunter streets 500 feet. 444 01:04:00.660 --> 01:04:01.200 Rika Levin: that's one. 445 01:04:03.300 --> 01:04:05.100 Dana White: mile you know I mean. 446 01:04:06.120 --> 01:04:12.090 Dana White: I don't see the point of US allowing dispensaries and then being subpoenaed isn't a rezoning that it's almost impossible to open one. 447 01:04:13.260 --> 01:04:13.590 Dana White: that's. Page 66 of 79 448 01:04:13.680 --> 01:04:14.760 Dana White: Basically, how I feel. 449 01:04:15.480 --> 01:04:25.530 Rika Levin: Well, thank you, I mean, and this is exactly what we asked for multiple maps, this is sort of the the work that went into it so exactly these conversations we have two hands up. 450 01:04:25.530 --> 01:04:28.920 Jaimie Hoffman: I think Jamie Thank you, and then we have some comments so i'll. 451 01:04:28.920 --> 01:04:30.570 Jaimie Hoffman: jump into people and i'm sure. 452 01:04:32.490 --> 01:04:36.210 Jaimie Hoffman: bring you over, and I will start the clock, when you come over you are. 453 01:04:37.290 --> 01:04:43.890 Jaimie Hoffman: If you could please turn on your camera and unmute Thank you you're. 454 01:04:51.030 --> 01:04:51.330 Beth Sniffen: Hello. 455 01:04:52.650 --> 01:04:53.040 Rika Levin: Hello. 456 01:04:53.640 --> 01:04:54.570 Rika Levin: How are you welcome. 457 01:04:55.560 --> 01:05:05.280 Beth Sniffen: So, as everybody probably knows I was totally against having the dispensary's in ossining. 458 01:05:06.900 --> 01:05:19.500 Beth Sniffen: Having moving forward, we have them we've you know they're here, I just want to say that I am really impressed with with this meeting, and how. 459 Page 67 of 79 01:05:20.520 --> 01:05:25.470 Beth Sniffen: You know, open everything is and the maps that are. 460 01:05:27.060 --> 01:05:43.920 Beth Sniffen: You know that that are presented here I just think that having this meeting and and all of us, you know really able to express ourselves, I really want to thank all of you for that opportunity. 461 01:05:45.660 --> 01:05:47.550 Beth Sniffen: So with That being said. 462 01:05:49.320 --> 01:05:56.700 Beth Sniffen: The The thing that I just want to just make note of. 463 01:05:58.380 --> 01:06:11.340 Beth Sniffen: That, I know that I came on a little late, and so I know we're talking about you know and we use the word arcadia and and the waterfront um you know I have. 464 01:06:13.440 --> 01:06:31.290 Beth Sniffen: You know, a senior in high school I just know that kids hang hang out in those places, so I i'm not saying that we shouldn't zone in those places, but I would probably love if we maybe. 465 01:06:32.580 --> 01:06:51.630 Beth Sniffen: had more places available for kids to hang out so that, if we did zone in those places, then we could offer the kids other places for them to hang out, and that is just my. 466 01:06:53.220 --> 01:06:57.720 Beth Sniffen: two cents right there, thank you and thank you for everything that you're doing. 467 01:06:58.320 --> 01:07:00.360 Rika Levin: Thank you so much, very much appreciate. 468 01:07:02.070 --> 01:07:03.780 Rika Levin: your input you'll be happy to know that. 469 01:07:03.810 --> 01:07:08.760 Rika Levin: One of our d-ri projects and even beyond your right. 470 01:07:09.060 --> 01:07:09.750 Page 68 of 79 Rika Levin: Is through. 471 01:07:09.900 --> 01:07:20.610 Rika Levin: The parks and really the Community Center is a place for teenagers, etc, so you know, hopefully, we are affecting multiple level. 472 01:07:22.260 --> 01:07:23.790 Rika Levin: Okay um. 473 01:07:24.210 --> 01:07:30.300 Jaimie Hoffman: I have two more people i've got first i'm going to bring over Mr Steven Kern and then somebody named Leslie. 474 01:07:31.020 --> 01:07:33.660 Rika Levin: Okay, after they're done um. 475 01:07:33.750 --> 01:07:37.590 Rika Levin: we're going to go to the shots. 476 01:07:37.950 --> 01:07:38.310 sure. 477 01:07:39.750 --> 01:07:44.310 Jaimie Hoffman: Stephen i'm bringing you over now if you could please turn on your camera and turn. 478 01:07:45.810 --> 01:07:46.650 Jaimie Hoffman: And unmute. 479 01:07:56.700 --> 01:07:59.730 Jaimie Hoffman: Mr Kern, we can see you, but we need you to unmute. 480 01:08:00.990 --> 01:08:05.460 Steven H. Kern: There it is I don't know why the camera's not on oh there it is. 481 01:08:06.540 --> 01:08:07.740 Steven H. Kern: How many buttons are there. 482 01:08:08.370 --> 01:08:09.570 Rika Levin: Okay Kevin welcome. Page 69 of 79 483 01:08:10.380 --> 01:08:21.060 Steven H. Kern: Thank you, thank you, I get my background just special for this occasion and start usually what I use for zoom but but I took possible backgrounds so yeah that's the one for this. 484 01:08:22.410 --> 01:08:35.040 Steven H. Kern: And, and I just wanted to know that you know we're not you know you're we're not totally reinventing the wheel here it's it struck me that, where it would or would not be appropriate to have. 485 01:08:36.330 --> 01:08:48.900 Steven H. Kern: dispensaries it might be kind of similar to where it isn't isn't appropriate to have a bar or a liquor store if you can go in someplace and buy a case of Bourbon. 486 01:08:49.380 --> 01:08:59.580 Steven H. Kern: And and bring it home, you know, then that might not be a bad place similar type of idea to be able to buy cannabis and bring it home with you. 487 01:09:00.900 --> 01:09:08.760 Steven H. Kern: So, so the types of things, the types of considerations that you use to figure out where there could be a liquor store. 488 01:09:09.480 --> 01:09:14.160 Steven H. Kern: For you know off premises consumption, because that's what he talking about here or premises. 489 01:09:14.790 --> 01:09:21.090 Steven H. Kern: Those would be I would think some of the considerations or, at least if it doesn't work if it doesn't translate exactly. 490 01:09:21.540 --> 01:09:28.440 Steven H. Kern: It would be those kinds of areas, you know, an area where ones okay probably be an area where the other should be okay. 491 01:09:28.890 --> 01:09:38.490 Steven H. Kern: I don't think you, you know i'm not sure how it works with bars and liquor stores exactly but I imagine, is something that makes it, you can open one up right next to a school. 492 01:09:39.300 --> 01:09:48.180 Page 70 of 79 Steven H. Kern: You probably can't open a liquor store right next to our House to worship, or at least it's probably not a coincidence that there aren't any right. 493 01:09:49.680 --> 01:09:58.260 Steven H. Kern: And as far as the quality of the village like it shouldn't become like Las Vegas or or something like that, and I think that is legitimate consideration. 494 01:09:58.770 --> 01:10:02.580 Steven H. Kern: But that might be more purposely justice for a science, I mean you know, like. 495 01:10:03.420 --> 01:10:12.270 Steven H. Kern: You don't want to allow million neon signs that would make it look like Las Vegas well you don't want to do that with regard to dispensaries either. 496 01:10:12.630 --> 01:10:21.270 Steven H. Kern: And I think considerations like that would probably bring you to where you want to wind up looking at the maps that would just stop there, I was happy to see those maps and. 497 01:10:21.600 --> 01:10:29.250 Steven H. Kern: And yeah there's like hardly anything left if you go with the maximum the maximum distances there and I don't think that's. 498 01:10:30.480 --> 01:10:36.750 Steven H. Kern: I don't think it serves point really so that's my two cents about that, I think the lower limits would would be fine. 499 01:10:37.980 --> 01:10:41.520 Steven H. Kern: Thank you for having this obviously people to. 500 01:10:42.420 --> 01:10:47.400 Rika Levin: appreciate it appreciate your time, thank you, I think, someone Leslie. 501 01:10:49.200 --> 01:10:49.740 Rika Levin: Thank you, Sir. 502 01:10:50.460 --> 01:10:50.880 Sorry. Page 71 of 79 503 01:10:52.140 --> 01:10:55.740 Jaimie Hoffman: i'm bringing you over if you could please turn on your camera and unmute. 504 01:11:02.130 --> 01:11:02.760 Rika Levin: Just need you to. 505 01:11:05.490 --> 01:11:05.850 Rika Levin: Hello. 506 01:11:07.980 --> 01:11:08.070 Leslie: hi. 507 01:11:09.840 --> 01:11:10.290 Leslie: This. 508 01:11:11.520 --> 01:11:12.120 Leslie: Is Leslie. 509 01:11:14.520 --> 01:11:16.800 Leslie: piggyback on the last. 510 01:11:31.920 --> 01:11:35.490 Leslie: source, I mean from around the country. 511 01:11:36.540 --> 01:11:37.260 Leslie: burgess. 512 01:11:39.060 --> 01:11:40.140 Leslie: Very classy. 513 01:11:43.980 --> 01:11:44.340 Leslie: You start. 514 01:11:44.520 --> 01:11:47.640 Rika Levin: off it was really fuzzy it almost sounds like you're in an ECHO chamber. 515 01:11:48.030 --> 01:11:57.420 Rika Levin: it's actually getting worse and we're recording this, so I think it's gonna be even harder for people to hear you I don't know if Page 72 of 79 there's something you can do, but it really sounds like you're an ECHO Chamber with a lot of static. 516 01:11:57.900 --> 01:11:58.620 Leslie: Can you hear me now. 517 01:12:00.990 --> 01:12:02.760 Jaimie Hoffman: You have it, playing on a computer. 518 01:12:08.610 --> 01:12:08.820 Rika Levin: Oh. 519 01:12:10.020 --> 01:12:11.520 Rika Levin: Well let's keep going let's. 520 01:12:13.410 --> 01:12:16.500 Leslie: say that I think that people have very. 521 01:12:19.980 --> 01:12:21.510 Leslie: marijuana about. 522 01:12:23.370 --> 01:12:28.980 Leslie: That I just see that so really fascinating subject, my friends. 523 01:12:31.740 --> 01:12:33.870 Leslie: And people use it are going to use it. 524 01:12:34.980 --> 01:12:45.720 Leslie: So I think that you know these are great very effective there's no chances of it being with friends or anything else. 525 01:12:46.830 --> 01:12:57.630 Leslie: it's much safer, I think that the whole idea of kids being around and all that, so I mean it's it's a dispensary it's not a lounge. 526 01:12:59.130 --> 01:13:00.000 Leslie: On that and it's. 527 01:13:03.540 --> 01:13:07.860 Leslie: just want to make that comment and also is. 528 Page 73 of 79 01:13:09.600 --> 01:13:12.570 Leslie: A way to other places for weed. 529 01:13:13.980 --> 01:13:16.650 Leslie: 25% tax. 530 01:13:31.980 --> 01:13:33.540 Leslie: Town and. 531 01:13:38.160 --> 01:13:41.130 Leslie: mouse impossible to find. 532 01:13:42.870 --> 01:13:43.260 Leslie: His. 533 01:13:46.530 --> 01:13:47.040 Leslie: comments. 534 01:13:50.580 --> 01:13:58.560 Rika Levin: I don't want to appear either said, but if we're looking and zoning what i'm hearing you say is given the choice between the thousand The first is the. 535 01:13:59.100 --> 01:14:08.940 Rika Levin: The lesser number the for you, you would recommend the smaller, so that there is greater opportunity for the businesses. 536 01:14:09.840 --> 01:14:18.480 Rika Levin: I am only repeating it because it was a little difficult to hear um so regarding the zoning I think those were that was, I think your headline. 537 01:14:19.170 --> 01:14:30.090 Rika Levin: statement I appreciate, you know the input Let me read some of the chat I do want to remind people that we will be concluding no later than nine we're not extending. 538 01:14:31.380 --> 01:14:42.540 Rika Levin: So if anybody's questions, this will be the time because we are going to conclude on time, let me go through some so Christina and Shannon I also have to read this because i'm. 539 01:14:42.780 --> 01:14:45.660 Page 74 of 79 Rika Levin: In public meetings, the chat rooms are not actually visible to the. 540 01:14:45.660 --> 01:14:49.740 Rika Levin: Public so Rita, thank you for explaining clarify the maps you welcome. 541 01:14:50.430 --> 01:15:05.460 Rika Levin: Elizabeth we got get a risk of music school and crone avenues to school, yes question mark lots of kids go there from the serum be restricted i'm not sure we will be looking different businesses, the fact that a business has children and it doesn't make it an education Center. 542 01:15:06.570 --> 01:15:15.600 Rika Levin: Their definitions it's how they're licensed not all places that call themselves education are actually registered and licensed. 543 01:15:16.860 --> 01:15:27.600 Rika Levin: As as education, you could teach music and be a music school and a retailer it just depends about when we start looking at different zones how that would work. 544 01:15:28.740 --> 01:15:47.280 Rika Levin: Elizabeth feldman do after school care pro account similar question it depends how they're registered by the Department of Health, or you know just because you're an aftercare program doesn't make you part of this, we would have to look into that. 545 01:15:48.570 --> 01:15:54.990 Rika Levin: store it's going to correct me from wrong, it just that this is something that I understand, so I am simply going with that. 546 01:15:55.290 --> 01:16:01.710 Rika Levin: Kim Jeffrey the OCC is a daycare and education Center across from theater Oh, which is a children's theatre place. 547 01:16:02.430 --> 01:16:15.960 Rika Levin: Okay, I mean yeah I think the issue was going downhill, how much property they have and how their boundaries are being defined, thank you for them for academy poke, thank you for the information provided tonight you welcome. 548 01:16:17.880 --> 01:16:20.160 Rika Levin: we're always happy to see. Page 75 of 79 549 01:16:21.510 --> 01:16:28.320 Rika Levin: Community members and share information insights we always accept compliments so feel free to throw them. 550 01:16:29.400 --> 01:16:40.170 Rika Levin: Our way, we also welcome disagreements it's it's the whole point actually see that as burnin. 551 01:16:40.560 --> 01:16:40.890 Jaimie Hoffman: It is. 552 01:16:42.690 --> 01:16:49.320 Jaimie Hoffman: So Francine burnett i'm going to bring you over if you could please turn your camera on and unmute i'm bringing you over Thank you. 553 01:16:57.720 --> 01:16:58.980 Jaimie Hoffman: there's a slight delay. 554 01:17:04.800 --> 01:17:05.460 Rika Levin: There, she is. 555 01:17:07.620 --> 01:17:10.920 Jaimie Hoffman: she's not going to be able to turn her camera on it wouldn't let me bring her over that way. 556 01:17:12.060 --> 01:17:12.210 Oh. 557 01:17:15.390 --> 01:17:16.980 Rika Levin: I think you have to unmute. 558 01:17:30.780 --> 01:17:34.530 Jaimie Hoffman: i've sent her a notification to unmute Maybe she didn't know that she had her hand up. 559 01:17:40.800 --> 01:17:41.460 Jaimie Hoffman: Is Vernon. 560 01:17:47.970 --> 01:17:49.200 Rika Levin: Okay, well, we. Page 76 of 79 561 01:17:55.590 --> 01:18:12.270 Rika Levin: Well, we can also take others as the chats or anything and i'm not looking to extend the evening, I am simply making space for people um some people claim to listen, some people came to our converse. 562 01:18:13.830 --> 01:18:24.270 Rika Levin: Some people might have some thoughts now, so I just want make sure we give everyone the appropriate space this Vernon went back I guess she's must be having problems with it. 563 01:18:25.350 --> 01:18:33.090 Rika Levin: will have to reach out to her via email um to see if there was some commentary that she wanted to add, so we can address it. 564 01:18:35.820 --> 01:18:36.150 Rika Levin: Okay. 565 01:18:37.260 --> 01:18:54.000 Rika Levin: Well, I am not seeing any more hands up i'm going to turn it over if there's any commentary on any attendance by staff or board members, so that we might conclude the evenings forum. 566 01:18:55.980 --> 01:18:58.980 Rika Levin: honey, but he has anything to add um. 567 01:19:00.240 --> 01:19:00.840 Rika Levin: let's hear it. 568 01:19:05.010 --> 01:19:14.370 Rika Levin: Okay i'm not seeing any physical hands up, I want to thank everyone, I do want to thank you hi me, I think the presentations and. 569 01:19:14.820 --> 01:19:20.370 Rika Levin: The maps are super helpful to people and it's something people can look at beyond this meeting. 570 01:19:21.180 --> 01:19:26.010 Rika Levin: feel free once things go on the website to share with your friends were interested. 571 01:19:26.310 --> 01:19:34.350 Page 77 of 79 Rika Levin: In what the constituents businesses and residents of the village of US running on there we get information and commentary from people outside the village. 572 01:19:34.740 --> 01:19:43.710 Rika Levin: You know from other states, whatever always nice to hear from folks but we actually represent the people of the village fascinating in the businesses here um. 573 01:19:44.670 --> 01:19:54.390 Rika Levin: I very much appreciate all the work that the staff does, I think, for those of you who really do tune in to government local government, I think you'll agree with me that. 574 01:19:55.260 --> 01:20:05.310 Rika Levin: The staff under the village manager really helps in doing homework to both help the legislative body in the community at large, really. 575 01:20:05.850 --> 01:20:17.790 Rika Levin: see things visually to learn more to be educated in a very responsive way, so I thank them for that we will post whenever we have the next town hall with a topic. 576 01:20:18.840 --> 01:20:30.450 Rika Levin: of focus and people can bring other topics, if they wish, they can contact me if there's topics that we may not have surveyed people about we did send a survey up a while ago to see what topics are of interest to people. 577 01:20:32.430 --> 01:20:38.400 Rika Levin: And I actually think if I don't see hands and I don't see anything in the chat room that. 578 01:20:39.840 --> 01:20:48.120 Rika Levin: We can conclude this particular village Hall, I thank everyone for your attendance your thoughtfulness your. 579 01:20:49.140 --> 01:21:09.930 Rika Levin: Commitment to help all of us live in frankly a community that gets better and better every day that's my perspective, anyway, and feel free to contact us at blt village boston.org and thank you all i'm going to I think I do need a motion. 580 01:21:10.830 --> 01:21:11.730 Page 78 of 79 Stuart Kahan: to adjourn police. 581 01:21:12.060 --> 01:21:13.290 Rika Levin: yeah sorry I lost my voice. 582 01:21:14.850 --> 01:21:15.720 Robert M. Fritsche: sounds be for more. 583 01:21:16.680 --> 01:21:18.720 Stuart Kahan: than a second all in favor. 584 01:21:19.980 --> 01:21:20.400 Stuart Kahan: Thank you. 585 01:21:20.790 --> 01:21:24.420 Rika Levin: Ladies and gentlemen, have a very good evening, and thank you. Page 79 of 79