Town CrierWest Orange, New Jersey
← Back to search

Minutes · Jun 28, 2023

June 28, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes

Preserved file SHA-2565a2cf8d8d175f414b91b13e9fd03288b070f30cfaf109e8630ee8e6abf4e592b

Indexed text · page 6

Show all pages
Page 6

. They can anticipate deliveries to be once or twice per week. The applicant confirms that the vehicles will be no larger than regular Amazon Sprint vans. The boxes will be the typical brown or white delivery boxes, so there is really no way to identify what the delivery looks like. Delivery time will be the normal business hours 9:00am to 5:00pm. . The cannabis items are prepackaged by state law; they cannot open any of the packages because they are from the cultivator or the manufacturer straight through to the business. At no point they are opening any of the items that they receive, so we they don't anticipate any odor at all because the packages are sealed and cannot be open. As far as trash goes, they expect the bare minimum standard office trash. . The trash removal there is already a contract with the property owner to have a private company remove the garbage, so it's not going to be on the Township to take the trash from the property. e As a micro dispensary, the state requirements are that the applicant can have no more than 10 employees at a time, in which they anticipate about 5-6. . There is a vestibule in the very beginning of the entrance door where there's a transaction window similar to a bank teller. The patron will enter through that door and will have to provide proof of ID which will be verified for authenticity and age and then they will be buzzed into the retail floor where they will be greeted by a budtender to assist them with their process. BOARD QUESTIONS . Council president Williams asked if there will be a second point of verification before the product is sold. Ms. Gibbs answered in the affirmative and said that there is a two-step process first before they get entry into the retail floor and a second verification process before any sales happens. . Council president Williams asked if there are any sidewalks where the additional parking spaces are and how it will be managed if customers have to park off-site and traffic is coming through.,. Ms. Gibbs said that it is an open parking lot and that there are sidewalks by the front by the door, but the entire lot is open and there are arrows for the cars to navigate the parking. He said that if there is an event that they do have additional cars and it's crowded, they would have someone outside to manage the cars. . Mr. Alper asked where will the applicant anticipate the

Page 6

ing. He said that if there is an event that they do have additional cars and it's crowded, they would have someone outside to manage the cars. . Mr. Alper asked where will the applicant anticipate the overflow of people before they can get inside. Ms. Gibbs said that there are two entrances to the building from the rear. They will have on-site security to help navigate the additional customers. However, being that they already operate online, 90% of their business will be solely pre-orders and they plan to stagger the pickup times so they don't have overcrowding. . Mr. Klein asked if they have a certain amount weight wise that they can sell, since they are a micro dispensary. Ms. Gibbs said as per month they are only allowed a small window of inventory on hand, which is 1,000 pounds per month. . Mr. Klein asked how many customers an hour can they accommodate with the three-point of sales. Ms. Gibbs said that they will be able to accommodate around 12 people per hour. e Mr. Klein asked if they will have any carbon filters for odor control. Ms. Gibbs said that they will putting carbon filters in the HVAC system. PROFESSIONAL QUESTIONS . Mr. Jordan asked where will the security be located. Ms. Gibbs said that they will be at the entry vestibule and when finalizing the sale. ° Mr. Jordan asked if the applicant has considered installing an emergency generator. Ms. Gibbs replied no. NO PUBLIC QUESTION PUBLIC COMMENT*

File revisions (1)