Call to Order

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▶ 0:00 Peter D. Mortimer: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It is 8 o'clock on June 1st, 2017. This is a joint meeting of the Planning Board and the Committee on Appropriations.

▶ 0:13 Peter D. Mortimer: We have two orders before us. The first one is regarding zoning for a medicinal marijuana dispensary. where it will be zoned to be placed, if there should be one so placed anywhere in our city. The second order regards recreational marijuana, and that is an order of whether or not we will accept the moratorium that the state legislator has offered us to prevent recreational marijuana shops from opening in our city until 2018. So they're two different and distinct orders, although they roughly cover the same subject matter. This meeting is being recorded by MMTV and it is available for future viewing on the Melrose Mass website as well as the MMTV website. Is there a motion to open the floor for public participation please? So moved. Second. Alderman Ferner has made a motion to open the floor for public participation. That motion was duly seconded by Alderman Lemmerman. Are there any members of the public wishing to come forward to speak on either of the orders on our agenda this evening? Seeing none, Alderman Inferna has made a motion to close public participation. Once again, duly seconded by Alderman Lemmerman. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed, hearing none. In fact, I didn't call for the vote on the motion to open public participation on that motion previous to open public participation. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. And now to close public participation, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? No. So public participation is hereby closed on these two orders. President Kahn, please.

▶ 2:02 Speaker 1: Yeah, just so that anybody who's watching understands what's going to happen here. We're required pursuant to chapter 48 to have this order go back to the planning board, who will have a hearing deliberate on this and make a recommendation to us. people who are interested in this order can can follow it through the Planning Board after the Planning Board makes a recommendation to the Board of Aldermen then we will take it up again we can't vote on it until we get the recommendation back from the Planning Board so anyone at home who's interested in these orders can go to the Planning Board meetings relative to this where they can wait and they could come back here when these two orders come

▶ 2:47 Peter D. Mortimer: back before us correct you took the words right out of my mouth and I think I think I might add that the planning board after we adjourn tonight has 21 days to come back to us with a report within 21 days. And then we will, as a board of aldermen, take action on it, as a committee and then a board of aldermen. Thank you, President Kahn. Seeing no members of the public have come forward and none are here, I will call to order the public hearing at this time. So the public hearing with the planning board is hereby in order. Seeing no members of the public here, to take a motion to suspend the rules from Alderman Zwirko, duly seconded by Alderman Lemmerman, we're under suspension and we'll hear from our city officials, our city planner, Denise Gaffey, assistant city planner, Aaron Zwirko, will enlighten us on the matters before us this evening. Good evening ladies.