April 12, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes

Chairman Bagoff asked if they are redoing the roof. Mr. Elkins said they are not redoing the roof, but there might be some patches that have to be done. It's currently in decent shape, but he thinks once they get up there and start doing construction on the property, they will probably end up resealing the roof. Also, the roof already has a highly reflective coating that will be maintained. Council President Williams asked if the signage could be more discreet by taking down the word Cannabis and the Cannabis leaf proposed on the plans. Mr. Schkolnick said that they will take the recommendation under advisement. Mr. Guarino asked if there will be clear lines of sight for cars exiting and entering the facility to prevent any accidents of pedestrians. Mr. Elkins said that the property has a significantly set back from the street, they do have a quite a bit of open space and he believes it’s probably 20 feet or more from the edge of the curve to the edge of the building, so there will be a lot of space. Mr. Klein asked about what the applicant will do to the steps in front of the building on the left side. Mr. Elkins said that they were thinking about putting a handicap ramp, but because Dogwood Green is renting the space there is a city easement. Mr. Smeraldo asked what is the actual capacity between staff and occupants based on the design. Mr. Elkins said that the building code occupancy is 20 between employees and customers. BOARD COMMENTS Mayor McCartney said that it is totally unacceptable to have a drive through window for this type of operation. People need to be identified even though the customer place the order online. And she doesn’t see a reason why the second window needs to be boarded up; it is just aesthetically not pleasing. Council President Williams recommends that the applicant removes or boards up the window completely to provide more security and also that the applicant considers removing the drive through window from the application. And Council president wants to make sure that the property is 100% secured by cameras. PROFESSIONAL QUESTIONS Mr. Barry asked if Mr. Elkins could clarify what he means by resurfacing. Mr. Elkins said that there are some superficial cracks the paint has mostly faded, so it is his understanding that the parking lot would be ground and resurfaced. NO PUBLIC ADVOCATE QUESTIONS PUBLIC QUESTION Mr. Brown

there are some superficial cracks the paint has mostly faded, so it is his understanding that the parking lot would be ground and resurfaced. NO PUBLIC ADVOCATE QUESTIONS PUBLIC QUESTION Mr. Brown at 36 Joy Street asked how the applicant will make sure that this area is secure. Mr. Elkins said that he will have to leave that question to the security expert although they do have video cameras all the way around the property, which aren't just for the use of the property because that video feed is required to go back to the Police Department and so it'll be monitored 24/7. PUBLIC COMMENT* PRESENTATION The applicant Danielle Grado entered on the record and was sworn under oath. Ms. Grado started her testimony by highlighting how a transaction will be taking place at Dogwood Green. Whether it's for a pickup or a walk-in customer, it does require two points of ID verification, so nobody is allowed on site if they're under the age of 21 and that is strictly enforced. The customer experience will be one of three ways we anticipate serving customers through the front checking their ID and the customer