INVITEES: Jennifer Carloni, City Planner; Damon Chaplin, Health Director; Atty. David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel; Paul Oliveira, Police Chief; Andre Razumanyan, Elevation Retail, LLC; Danny Romanowicz, DIS Commissioner; Derek Santos, NBEDC Director; Representative, Mayor’s Office

INVITEES: Jennifer Carloni, City Planner; Damon Chaplin, Health Director; Atty. David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel; Shane Hyde, Ember Gardens LLC; Paul Oliveira, Police Chief; Danny Romanowicz, DIS Commissioner; Derek Santos, NBEDC Director; Representative, Mayor’s Office

INVITEES: Jennifer Carloni, City Planner; Damon Chaplin, Health Director; Atty. David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel; Stephen J. Labelle, Metro Harvest, Inc.; Paul Oliveira, Police Chief; Danny Romanowicz, DIS Commissioner; Derek Santos, NBEDC Director; Representative, Mayor’s Office

4. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Abreu, Gomes, Winterson, Council President Lopes, Councillors Martins and Bousquet, requesting, that Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro and Health Director Dr. Brenda Weis, come before the Special Committee on Licensing and Zoning for Cannabis to discuss the November 2016 passage of the Recreational Legalization of Commercial Cannabis and discuss questions or concerns they may have from a law enforcement and overall community health standpoint, and how we can work as a community to insure public safety, health and wellness always remains paramount in light of this new impending piece of legislation. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Licensing and Zoning for Cannabis.) (Ref’d 01/26/17) (02/27/17-tabled) (02/20/18-tabled 30 days) (03/20/18-tabled 3 weeks, Chief Cordeiro, Pat Sullivan, Damon Chaplin and Solicitor McDermott meet to discuss Ordinance language and report back to Committee) (04/19/18-tabled until Phase I (zoning) issue is completed)

5. COMMUNICATION, Council President Morad, submitting letters from Edward J. Sylvia, Jr., Real Estate Broker, relative to the location of a Marijuana Dispensary Site and for a Retail Marijuana Sales License in the City of New Bedford. (Referred to the Special Committee on the Licensing and Zoning for Cannabis.) (Ref’d 07/19/18)

6. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lopes and Abreu, requesting, that the Special Committee on Licensing and Zoning for Cannabis begin drafting the Ordinance that will establish the procedures for the issuing and reissuing of Recreational Cannabis in the City of New Bedford. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Licensing and Zoning for Cannabis.) (Ref’d 08/16/18)

7. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Lopes, submitting a copy of a letter from SoCo Green LLC, requesting consideration for a Community Host Agreement with the City of New Bedford for a Marijuana Retailer License. (Ref’d 08/16/18) (12/19/18-tabled 30 days)

8. COMMUNICATION, Council President Morad, submitting a copy of Old Soul Gardens LLC, 226 South Main Street, Fall River, MA 02721, plans to operate a Craft Marijuana establishment in the City of New Bedford. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Licensing and Zoning for Cannabis.) (Ref’d 09/13/18) (12/19/18-tabled 30 days)

9. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Giesta, requesting that the Companies that have applied for Host Agreements provide the Committee on Licensing & Zoning for Cannabis with a list of issues they are running into as part of the application process, within thirty (30) days, so the Committee could review them. (Ref’d 12/19/18)

10. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Gomes, submitting copies of letters from and to Whisk & Jane LLC and the New Bedford Port Authority, regarding Public Records Request of the Port Authority’s Denial of Whisk & Jane LLC’s multipurpose recreational cannabis facility at 161 Pope’s Island, New Bedford, MA. (Ref’d 01/24/19)

11. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Gomes, submitting a copy of letter from Whisk & Jane LLC, to Mayor Mitchell, thanking him for the meeting to discuss a multi-purpose recreational cannabis facility at 161 Pope’s Island. (Ref’d 01/24/19)

12. COMMUNICATION, Council President submitting copy of a letter from City Solicitor McDermott, to Ms. Ericca Kennedy, Whisk & Jane, LLC. regarding Whisk & Jane’s request to locate a recreational cannabis facility at 161 Pope’s Island, New Bedford, MA. (Ref’d 02/28/19)

13. COMMUNICATION, Council President Morad, submitting copies of emails to and from Martha Worley, Worleybeds Factory Outlet, 197 Pope’s Island, New Bedford, MA, regarding Ms. Worley’s opposition to a Zoning Waiver for a recreational cannabis business at 161 Pope’s Island. (Ref’d 02/28/19)

14. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Giesta, submitting a copy of the Zoning for Marijuana Establishments and Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers Ordinance. (Ref’d 02/28/19)

15. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Giesta, submitting a copy of a letter from Department of Inspectional Services Commissioner Danny Romanowicz relative to zoning restrictions for a recreational cannabis facility at 161 Pope’s Island Plot 60/Lot 26. (Ref’d 02/28/19)

16. COMMUNICATION, Council President Morad, submitting a copy of a Host Community Agreement, from Nicholas A. Gomes, Chief Legal Counsel, Tree Beard, Inc., for a proposed Recreational Marijuana Establishment at 1 Nauset Street, New Bedford, also enclosed is a zoning conformance letter from the Department of Inspectional Services and a letter from Tabitha Harkin, City Planner stating the  HCA Screening Committee’s favorable recommendation to negotiate a Host Agreement. (Copy all Councillors 08/27/2019.) (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Cannabis Regulation and Host Community Agreements Review.) (Ref’d 09/12/19)

17. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Abreu, Giesta and Council President Lopes, requesting, that the New Bedford City Council and the Administration draft an Ordinance regarding the at-home delivery cannabis service recently approved and adopted by the State's Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) on November 30, 2020. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Cannabis Regulation and Host Community Agreements Review.) (Ref’d 12/09/2020) (02/18/2021 – tabled) (04/13/2021 – tabled, until further information is obtained)

17a. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Abreu, submitting the Cannabis Control Commission Final Regulations on at-home delivery cannabis service. (To be Referred to the Special Committee on Cannabis Regulation and Host Community Agreements Review.) (Ref’d 12/09/2020) (02/18/2021 – tabled) (04/13/2021 – tabled, until further information is obtained)

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