April 12, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes

will enter directly into the cannabis dispensary where they'll have an opportunity to place an order either with one of our team members or at a kiosk if they want to go a self-service route they'll then proceed to a pickup at the counter where they'll be checked out have their ID verified again, their order will be confirmed that it's accurate and compliant before dispensing and the customer will exit the dispensary. The applicant anticipate that transaction would take on average about 8 minutes. Another way they plan to serve the customer is through pickup channels, so that would require customers to do a pre-order online pick up where they can either come into the dispensary having their ID verified at the door or through our proposed pickup window, so again requiring that pre purchase ID upload two-point verification. According to the ordinance they are allowed to operate within the hours of 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM, in which they will comply. The applicant anticipates serving anywhere from 180 to 200 customers a day, however that number could decrease significantly as the New Jersey market stabilizes and continues to mature. There were concerns about odor and Ms. Grado can confirm the odor concerns typically will generate from the cultivation sites, the retail dispensaries really don't have an odor to them, as the product are prepackaged. And opening of products and use of products is strictly prohibited so there should be no smell in or around the dispensary and it's a typical retail establishment and those things are kept very secured. In regards to trash cannabis specific waste disposal will never go into the typical trash that's being housed in that proposed exterior housing and they don't anticipate accumulating any more than a standard business of their size. In terms of product deliveries those typically happen in unmarked unlabeled vans at unscheduled but not recurring time, so they don't want anyone to know a schedule of when they have deliveries. They will of course try to prioritize those when the business is not operational, so they can utilize the security gates. They do have a separate processing area and moving area to ensure that is kept safe, secure and separated. Regardless of what kind of transaction the client will experience, they'll have at least two points of ID verification. For in-store order the ID will be scan at the front door to

ecure and separated. Regardless of what kind of transaction the client will experience, they'll have at least two points of ID verification. For in-store order the ID will be scan at the front door to confirm the age of the client and the second is to provide ID at the time of purchase. If the client is purchasing online to come for an in store pickup they will actually have to provide their ID at the time of purchase through an upload online, so that's the first point of verification, the second point of verification is when the customer comes to the dispensary for pickup and they show the security guard or team member their ID at the door and then the third point of ID verification would be when the customer goes up to that pickup counter to get their order. In terms of employees the applicant anticipates hiring around seven employees and they are planning to have S employees per shift and their goal is to hire exclusively West Orange local residents that would be able to commute very quickly to work, since their plan is to limit employee parking in the parking lot, but the applicant is in the process of securing off-site parking for the employees. BOARD QUESTIONS Mayor McCartney asked if the applicant is looking at renting or leasing parking. Ms. Grado said that they have made contact with several of their neighbors that have parking spot. So, couple of restaurants one in orange, a couple in South orange, there's also a dentist office that's directly across the street that they are looking at as well as their immediate next-door neighbor who might be able to free up a couple of spots. They have also made contact with the Harvard printing apartment complex