 Thank you, Mary. Pursuant to chapter 20 of the acts of 2021, this meeting will be conducted by remote means. Members of the public who wish to access the meeting may do so in the following manner by emailing Steve McCarthy at McCarthy S at mrstma.gov. That's M-C-C-A-R-T-H-Y-S at mrstma.gov. No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access proceedings in real time by a technological means. In the event that we are unable to do so for reasons of economic hardship and despite best efforts, we will post on the Amherst website an audio or video recording transcript or other comprehensive record proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting. And with that done, I'll call the meeting to order at 5.02 PM and take a roll call of attendance Gaston. Here. Hallie. Here. Doug. Here. Dylan. Here. And I'm here. We're all here. Great. So is there anyone here for public comment? Is there anyone here at all? Oh, someone's attending. If you have, is Christie Bodin's hand is up? Yes, I just wanted to let you know I was here. I had thought I wasn't going to be able to be here, but. Oh, okay. Are you related to the spoke hearing? I'm the attorney for the spoke. Oh, okay, great. So thank you for being here. So I guess there's no one, and this is just general public comment not related to anything on the agenda, but since you're here, we can move on from that to the next item, which is the spoke hearing. And we're going to open this and then continue it. Is that correct? So I spoke to my client to shadow work and I'm here to present the application and answer any questions you have. If you have specific questions that he needs to answer, then I would ask you to continue it because he isn't able to be here tonight, but I am, I've got the application, I've got the information. So I guess if you felt comfortable voting tonight, we would be happy for you to go forward. But if you want to have his specific input, then we would ask to continue it. I think we'll probably continue because we didn't get the application. Is that correct? And Steve, you didn't send that around, right? Yeah, no, based on the representation, we'd be continuing it as well as. My own personal emergency outside of the office, we didn't send those along and get her, sent them for police chief review. So we were looking for the 30th, I believe to continue that too. For, oh, I thought it was, so what is it? I thought it was going to be the 9th. So what? The 30th of March. Oh, okay, that's later than I thought. All right. Okay. Yeah, we will be meeting on the 16th, but there will be the four applications for the available all alcohol off-premises liquor license. So that will likely be a very late meeting as it is. So I will leave it to the board's discretion as to when to move it, but with that in mind. So was there some reason, so Chad couldn't make it tonight and would he be able to make it on the 30th, right? Is that? We thought it was going to be the 16th. I think he can make it on the 30th. I'll make sure that. I'll make that happen. Let's put it that way, because we don't want to put it off any longer. Did anyone want to, did you need it done sooner rather than later? Is that what you were counting on? Is there something that's going to be held up in the process? No, we're, we have a simultaneous application process going through with the ZBA and that hearing. Steve, you know, that's April, right? Yeah, that'll be the 6th of April, I believe. Yeah. So we're trying to run these applications in parallel because of the time-lining, you know, for both that we kind of look like and then both finish up at the same time, but the 30th is fine for us, for the liquor license. That's not a problem. Okay, great. Yeah, that would work. All right, so everyone's fine with the 30th. We'll just open the hearing and then continue it until March 30th. And at the same time at five o'clock on the 30th? Yes. And Steve, will you list the time as the five o'clock or, and we'll just get that right to it or? Yeah, we'll just, yeah. The board can move to continue it to the 30th and yeah, it'll be at five o'clock. Okay, great. So is there a motion to open the hearing for the liquor license for the spoke? Don't move. Thank you, Doug. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Dylan. Take a vote, Gaston. Hi. Hallie. Hi. Doug. Hi. Dylan. Hi. And I vote aye. That's five to zero. The hearing is now open. And we're just going to continue it. Is there a motion to continue the hearing until March 30th? Don't move. Thank you, Doug. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Dylan, for the second. We'll take a vote. Gaston. Aye. Hallie. Aye. Doug. Aye. Dylan. Aye. And I vote aye. The hearing for the spoke is continued until March 30th. Thank you so much for coming in. How do I pronounce your last name? Is it Bo-Dean? I pronounce it Bo-Dean. It looks like Bo-Dean, but it gets pronounced either way. I'm not too fussy. Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you so much for coming in. Thank you. And we'll see you on the 30th. Okay, terrific. Thanks a lot. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Okay. So that was the one thing we had on the agenda and except for topics not anticipated 48 hours prior to the meeting. So it's going to be very short tonight. Are there any topics? Not yet. I got Gaston and then Hallie and then Doug. Okay. We're getting into things. So I just wanted to note that you may have seen the article that I asked Steve to forward about Panda East. Yes. So I don't know. I guess I wanted to raise the question if we want to, you know, invite the owners in. They're kind of making us look bad. So all of those came from the spring of 2020, but I don't, I agree. Oh, was it? Okay. Yeah. Okay. February and then this was from March of 2020. Right. So the ABCC must have been all over the place back then. Put that aside, but then another one to just be aware of in the cannabis world is, I don't know if you saw that there's someone who is seeking to open a topless dispensary and wait me. So, you know, the conversation we had about how might these dispensaries differentiate, it seems like we might be getting into the zone of differentiation. Okay. That's good to know. And I think Doug, keep that in mind when it comes to, and I don't know what the regulations are. I don't think we licensed those kinds of things, places in Amherst and I didn't see it in the packet that we got that Steve, do you know? Doug, do you know? Well, I guess there's two categories there, topless establishments and dispensaries. And currently we don't have any regulations for marijuana. We are working on those. And we should probably circle back on that in the next month here. But also, yeah, I don't know. There may be some state law considering those types of establishments as well on the other side. So, I like something to look into. I'm sure there's a lot of arcane old statutes around that topic, so. Right, Doug? I was just gonna say on the question of the licensure for marijuana establishments, I think that there is some potential action in the legislature, I haven't seen much on it other than just a brief mention that they're thinking about and or promulgating regulation relative to the host community agreements and changes and what communities can and cannot use their, the revenue that they charge. There's been a lot of, since it's been passed, there's been a lot of discussion about what is allowable to be in a host community agreement, what's allowable to charge them for, you know, and I don't know how soon or if the legislature will take any action, but it's still, you know, it's a bit of a fluid circumstance. I think they're thinking about it. There's some consideration of some changes that might provide some better clarity for towns about what they can charge and what they can use it for. So that may shape a little bit of things relative to our work, but I'm kind of keeping an eye on that, I haven't seen too much and I'm open to hearing if people have seen more or heard more about that. So I'm curious if anybody has, but I just saw a quick thing from, I don't know if it's like the DOR or something where they're discussing the potential regulation or changes to that and legislative action that might be happening or not. So that's all. Okay, all right, great. Oh, and following up on the ABCC, Steve, at some point, could you call the police chief again and see if he can come in and see if he's gotten it anywhere with finding out who is in charge over there now? Yes, I will get in touch with him. Maybe he can get back to us about. Yeah, we get to follow up on that conversation. That would be great. And oh, and I have not heard gotten the regulations for the rental registration stuff from Mandy yet. So I think they're probably still working on those. And anything else? Any other topics? Hallie, sorry. I just didn't know if anybody had read about the Iron Horse Entertainment stuff. Oh, yeah. Oh, I saw that. Yeah, yeah. And it just made me think of two licenses. We've granted protocol and the Oyster Barn. I know they're under construction, but I didn't know if it would be worthwhile just sort of checking. It could be because I'm really excited for them to open. But it just might be worth kind of checking in to see where they stand, considering Northampton is taking away. That's a really, yeah, that's a really great point. And I think I thought one of them was supposed to open this past fall, is that correct? One was, last time we heard, I thought one was gonna open, protocol is gonna open in the summer and Oyster Bar in the fall. Last year, of 2022, right? Yeah. And they're still, yes. I think that's a good idea that we should follow up with that also, Steve. So... Yeah, they have been, I think they submit insurance paperwork a few weeks ago. So I think they are trying to move forward. I think protocol's anticipated before Oyster Bar, but I can check in with them and try to get more from the time table. Not that I wanna take a license away, but I just figure we should. Well, yeah, I mean, they're on top of where things are when we grant them. Right. No, that's a good idea. I think we should do that. So we can find, see if they have those. I'm gonna timeline, that would be great. Okay, and then next time, if there are no other topics, then next time we have the 16th, it's our meeting on the five o'clock and we have the four license applications, Steve, and... Yes, those four hearings. Okay, and they are all complete. And then, so we're, this is one of the things where we're gonna open the hearing, we're gonna hear all four at once, and then close the hearing, and then we discuss in a very positive way and say what we like about each thing, and then someone makes a nomination. Is that the correct procedure? Yes, I believe that's what we would do. We have the four public hearings and then a discussion and votes on one. And Brian Riley, I did ask him to come in his calendar, you know, several weeks ago, but I will follow up with him again, make sure he'll be attending. Okay, that would be great. And okay, and maybe we can go, oh, sorry, go ahead, Helen. I have to say, just to review, if we all are in agreement after discussing positively on one, then it makes it easier if we grant a license, then we don't have to have a reason if my others are denied. Correctly, is that? Well, I believe that one would be voted on the proof first and the others would be denied because there's no license available. Right, okay. And can we have just to know that before we start the meeting on the 16th, can we have a discussion about how the procedure again? I mean, does that have to be? Well, if we're all here, it would probably... We can just discuss it in front of everybody, okay. Yeah, I will check with Brian Riley and see what he can provide on that topic. Okay. I don't know if we'll be able to meet in an executive session just kind of for purely procedural reasons. I don't think so, but... Okay. I'll ask him to see what he can prepare. Okay, that would be good. Thank you so much. Anything else from anybody? No. In that case, is there a motion to adjourn? So moved. Thank you, Doug. Is there a second? Second. Thanks, Dylan. Take a vote. Gaston. Hi. Hallie. Hi. Doug. Dylan. Hi. And I vote aye. That is five to zero with nobody absent. We're adjourned at 516 p.m. Okay. Thanks, everybody. See you on the 16th. Okay. Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye, Steve.