1. PUBLIC HEARING on a WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Lopes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances amend the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Section 4130B, by deleting the words “Marijuana Establishment” from Section 4131B (ii) (a). (Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 11/14/19) (Duly advertised in The Standard-Times on Monday, November 25, 2019 and Monday, December 2, 2019.)

1a. COMMUNICATION, Tabitha Harkin, City Planner, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on November 4, 2019 to discuss the proposed request to amend the marijuana establishment zoning ordinance; the Planning Board voted to send an UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending the City Council deny the request for the proposed amendment to the marijuana establishment zoning ordinance. (Ref’d from Committee 11/18/19)