 Good morning. Thank you, everyone. I'm sure my fellow commissioners will do the same. We just wish to thank you all for hanging in there, continuing to be just such great team members. Thanks. Commissioner Cameron. Good morning. And I am here. Michelle Bryan. Morning. I'm here. Wish us in again. Good morning, everybody here. And commissioner Stephens. Good morning, everybody. Okay. Thank you. And in the mind of this meeting being recorded and it is being held virtual technology because Governor Baker and clearing a state of emergency did provide relief from the open meeting law provisions that miss to conduct this. We've appreciated that throughout this time. We'll get started on a on a meeting of the week when tomorrow. It's not lost on us. Then this is two weeks trending where we've had three meetings. That takes a lot of effort on everyone's part. Of course, the commissioners year dedication is is clearly seen, but all the work that's going on behind the scenes may not always be known, but it was appreciated by all of us. So thank you. We'll get started the calling to order public meeting number 79 of our agenda setting meetings today is Wednesday, June 24th. 1002 a.m. And we have minutes week today. We do not have minutes ready. And I'm not sure if that will be later on, maybe at the not tomorrow, but even next week, given all of our meetings, correct? Ma'am chair, we do have the June 10th meetings. They were distributed in the packet. Oh, oh, you know what? I have to say, I did not print them out. So that's okay. Can I just take a quick Let's let's I'm going to have to just take a quick look. Could we maybe move this to the agendas right after the agenda planning notes? Sure. If I could review them and I'll just pull them up. Okay. Thank you. Sorry about that, Shara. My apologies. Yes. Okay. Karen, start with you on the notes. Okay. So administrative update, I think we should always, you know, keep that on the agenda. I think giving the commission an update on the plans for the reopening, which at the earliest, according to governors Baker guidelines would be on July 6 would be helpful and just a general update on what staff is doing would be helpful. If there's anything else, the commissioners would like me to brief them on at the public meeting tomorrow. Speak up, let me know and I'll take care of that as well. I'm wondering Karen about racing. Maybe Alex is going to get to that, but the guidelines is Alex on July 6. So for tomorrow, I'm just thinking July 2. That might, maybe we'll wait to just see if that gets brought up. Commissioner Cameron, maybe down the meeting, but we have tomorrow's meeting and then a July 2 meeting. So let's just keep a note of that. I'm just not sure if it falls under you, Karen, or if it falls under Alex separately. Tom. Yes, good morning. Good morning. We do have one issue to bring to your attention. It has arisen at multiple properties. And we have a recommendation that an emergency reg change be considered to address it. That relates to the allowance of employees from licensee sister properties coming into aid in the reopenings without having to undergo the familiar employee licensing and registration process. You may recall that there's an existing provision of the regulations. That's its section 134.03. It's paragraph two that allowed for this arrangement during the pre opening phase of all of the casinos, but it limited those individuals stay for up to 30 days past the issuance of the operation certificates. So it does not really apply to the present situation, but with a few amendments to those provisions, the same arrangement could be permitted for the reopenings were now we now have before us. So that is the proposal. This is an op. There is an option though to address this in a slightly different way. You'll also recall that the commission is authorized to exempt certain gaming and giving service employees by job description from the registration requirement. So that is something you could consider, though it's important to note that many of the individuals who we understand would be coming in would not actually be in the gaming service employee category. So that's why it doesn't feel like that is necessarily the best approach, but it is an option. But that's why we're we're recommending the emergency reg change where we do have that infrastructure for pre opening and allowing employees of sister properties to come in. And the reg just by way of quick background without getting into all of the details, you'll recall requires that those individuals be identified in advance that they were special identifications. They'd be in good standing in their home jurisdictions and that they're accompanied by a mass license or registered employee if they're going to go into any restricted areas. So there's a whole procedure in place to address these individuals who again we do understand and I see Bill down there. Bill can explain who these types of individuals who are likely to be included in this category if that would be helpful. But we think with a few tweaks to the existing regs, we could we could make that happen quickly if that's the commission's preference. And I can comment that the procedure we used for the opening of the casinos and the reg that as it was designed was very successful and very helpful for the original openings of the casinos. So my recommendation would certainly be to mirror that for these reopenings that we just didn't have any idea would be coming. So my suggestion is to put something quickly on the agenda to do the emergency reg. I think it made a lot of sense in the original openings and certainly translates to the situation. Do we have any special considerations given COVID-19? I think the the issue there we'd have to if people are coming from out of state, we'd have to look at out of state guidelines and how that would work and make sure that that complies. So the more notice we give the licensees on those requirements, the better. There's the specifically, Madam Chair, the 14-day self quarantine language that has come up that we would certainly need to remind the licensees of that they need to be mindful of and factor that into any such plans. But that's, you know, that's so that's that's the regulatory side of the proposal. I mean, there are certainly those practical considerations as well as to whether it could actually work. When would you suggest that gets marked up, Karen? I think that this is something that could be done very quickly. So if the commission is open to it, we could do something, you know, do a special meeting, maybe Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. If you didn't, if we don't have a commission meeting on Thursday, depending on the schedule, we have us. We do have a commission meeting on Thursday. July set is for the budget and other matters. Yes, we do. So why don't we just do it on that date? Is that sufficiently early enough? Well, I mean, we're just dealing with a couple of days because I wouldn't have this. I suppose the earlier, the better, just if there is some consideration to the quarantine requirement. But we are just basically giving the licensees this option and then they would have to understand that this is something that they would have to do in accordance with any Massachusetts procedures required by the governor. So they could prepare for it in advance knowing that this is going to be on the agenda. I'll let you figure out what we need to just just let me know if you want to go earlier and mark up like a Tuesday or something. Okay. Okay. 30th. Is that fine with you fellow commissioners? Yes, that's fine. Okay, excellent. Thank you. Anything else, Todd? Yes, ma'am. There's just one other thing I just wanted to bring to your attention as many of you may know, we're reviewing a number of variants, potential requests and or compliance type issues related to the regulations. It as you may also recall within 138.02 there are provisions that allow the executive director to address variants request and changes to approve systems of internal controls on her own in assuming that the request is related to the internal controls. It appears as though they can all be addressed by the executive director. We're in the process of going through all those. So since we now have this July 2nd date, if there are any that require the commission's attention, perhaps we can bring them to you on that date for your review in any event. I'm sorry. I just wondered when you say that it appears that she can, is there a judgment call in terms of when the commission has to act and when the executive director has to act because you might want to explain that. Oh, sure. I'd be happy to go through that. I think the rules are clear as to when the executive director can act versus when the commission needs to act. And I think the good news is we have an infrastructure to cover both situations. You'll you remember that of course there's a broad variance provision that allows the commission to grant the variance from pretty much any regulation provided that a number of conditions are met that it's in the public interest. It wouldn't do any harm, etc. But in recognition of the breadth of the internal control systems and the need at times to be nimble and allow the licensees to make certain changes. The commission included a special variance provision within 138, which is the internal control section that allows the executive director to sign off on certain changes or modifications. And there's two categories of changes or modifications requested will come in. There are those that are compliant with the regulations, meaning that there was a non-prescriptive requirement that the licensee just wants to change. So they previously told us they were going to do it one way and now they're saying we'd like to do it another way, but we never told them how they had to do it. So as long as the executive director finds that it's essentially the equivalent or it won't reduce the level of control over that particular area, the executive director can approve it on her own. The second category fits into requests that are non-conforming with the regulations, meaning that there is a prescriptive requirement in 138 that says you shall do it this way. And they are essentially coming in, the licensee would come in and say, well, we can't do it that way exactly, but here's what we propose and the executive director can still allow that. And I just want to make sure I get the language correct upon a finding that either it's at least equivalent to the regulatory provision or that it's likely to achieve the same outcome as the provision contained in 138. So there are standards set out in the regulations that the executive director has to apply to all of these requests. And we have looked at these and we feel like we can handle most of them, if not all of them internally. Mr. Band, Mr. Cain are going to just communicate with the licensees to make sure we have a clear understanding of exactly what their requests are so that we can weigh in on them. It would certainly be our intention to prepare a memo or some other type of communication for the commissioner. So you could see clearly what the requests were and what the executive director's action was. But my in raising just on that, I've actually, I think I mean to be sort of publicly to executive director Wells is that we, I think it's we would want to share that publicly, even if it's, you know, we don't take formal action because I do think there's public interest in these particular variances carrying some of your head. So and then maybe that's what you were saying that it will be a public share, not just internal share. Of course, there's just the one underlying theme that I always like to just bring to everyone's attention is that when it comes to internal controls, there are certain confidentiality concerns that may attach to some of them. There's certainly a way to share at least in a general sense what these adjustments would be, but we may need to just be careful about getting into too much detail when it comes to internal control submissions and not oversharing. We don't want to compromise. The commission probably should be really quite aware of the internal control. So if it's, if it can't be made public, we understand, but, you know, as long as the commissioners know what they are, that's fine. Absolutely. But, you know, with that said, we're in a public meeting and we will, of course, comply with all the public records requirements. So absolutely. We're completely upfront about what we're doing and why we're doing it and we would tell someone specifically why we, if we weren't able to disclose exactly the details of a change, why it was that we weren't able to do that. You know, there are non-disclosure agreements with all the licensees that include the internal controls. Right. And those are all public documents. So everyone has had a chance to look at the fact that internal controls themselves are exempt from public disclosure. Thank you. You know, so anyway, that's just an underlying. Yeah. Yeah. And I just, we, I detailed that just so everybody knows the process. I've been, you know, kept abreast of this, but I want to make sure everyone knows in this instance, typically the executive director will sign off on these variances a matter of course, but just because there's been such, you know, a lens on this particular matter during this time, we can be probably just bring it to the public's attention with a little bit more sunshine than normal. But otherwise it's really quite ordinary course of business. Absolutely. And I would just add, by the way, there are a number of racing procedures that we're looking at as well and it appears as though most of those can be done internally as well. But I would just add that maybe on that July second date, there may be a need to have a look at some of those to things like the Lasix administration procedure and drug testing and things like that. But we're looking at them and we will be able to brief you on all of that. So Todd, do you know when we would put that on the agenda? Well, I don't necessarily think that needs to be on the agenda because it appears as though we may be able to just make certain modifications to our internal procedures that don't affect the regulatory compliance. Just to ensure virus related protections, things like that. I'm sorry, were you speaking about the horse racing procedure? Oh yes, I'm sorry, were you speaking of something else? I'm talking about the original variances, just some kind of a report where we may not take action on, but we're sharing the process. Would you be ready for that July 2nd, Karen? I think that's the plan. Okay, so that, thanks. Excellent. Any other issues besides regulations, Todd, legal issues then? There are other things that may come up, but they're on the agenda setting agenda so we can maybe get to them in that course. In the divorce, okay. Thank you, and thanks for helping us understand that. Thank you. We have a meeting tomorrow, so that is on our agenda. It's actually hard to think about, but tomorrow we will have a game sense impact report. We already have that on our agenda that was posted yesterday morning. Thanks to Mary and Jamie and Austin's great efforts. So, Mark, Elaine and Teresa, I know you're ready for that. And the same with items, item number four, correct? That's right. Yes, we're ready for that as well. Thank you so much. And then we have a big meeting on our Community Mitigation Fund presentations. I know that Mary and Joe have been conducting their two by twos and huge thank you. Joe and Mary had Commissioner O'Brien and me in the two by two and it was an extensive conversation for which we thank you for your time. So very, very good work, but we're going to be all set for tomorrow. Everybody should pack their lunch, get ready. It's going to be a good lengthy meeting, but an incredibly important one. It is our goal that we do complete this work tomorrow and not extend it to July 2nd. There are people who are on some vacation plans around the 4th to the extent that vacations are a reality. We want to support that right now. So I think we can get, I think it's absolutely achievable tomorrow. Don't you think, fellow commissioners? Yes. Not in their head. We're all in. We're all in, Joe. And as a reminder to the staff, there is a 9.30 start tomorrow. So it's a little different. We're going to get going at 9.30 and get this done. I think that was a really good reminder to all the commissioners too. I think I just said it to my husband. Can you remind me tomorrow is a 9.30 starting? And I realized that he's not Jamie. He said, don't, don't bank on me. Um, so 9.30 start, and it's going to be an excellent start with, with some exciting, exciting news on our end in terms of hearing also from Mark and Elaine and Teresa. So looking forward to those reports and then all in on community mitigation. And I am assuming right now, Karen, do you have anything that we can, that we now given how busy this week's been that we didn't anticipate for tomorrow that we would need to, I think we've really covered all the key points that we needed to get done this week. The, um, you know, it was, it was a busy week and a lot accomplished. So, okay. So we should now set. Excellent. Um, all right. Then, um, moving on then taking number six out. That's my reasonable expectation that we will be complete that discussion. Then we're moving on to number, number seven on July 2nd. And I am going to ask that go under review given, I have had a chance to review Todd's edits, but I haven't had a chance to sit down and meet with Bruce and, um, Todd on this subject. I want to do more of my editing. And I just, right now, given our June 30th deadlines personally have not had the bandwidth to do that. I'll put it under review because I'm not sure what day in July I would be available given I'm having adult children visit safely. Um, so if everybody will just allow me that and then Bruce and Todd, we can have a discussion and then our next agenda setting, I can be more realistic. This is that fair. Okay. Moving on to number eight. We have our budget, which will be our, our big item for July 2nd. If we're all set, Derek, hi Derek. Good morning. Good morning. How are you madam chair and commissioners? Um, yes, we should be set. Um, we put it up the communications team already posted it for us on Friday for public comment, um, comment to do by Tuesday. I think close a business. Um, so we'll be able to review those and have a discussion. You know, I should comment, uh, I'm sure my fellow commissioners, you see it too, but you know, right away popped up on LinkedIn that those public comments are being sought. So, you know, kudos to Elaine and Austin and now, um, we're, you know, making sure that we reach out through different channels to assure that the public sees our request. So it'll be all set for July 2nd. I'm looking forward to it, Derek. We are. Commissioner Zunica. No, I trust that, uh, people have had a chance to look at it and, uh, had a more, any, any more questions of Derek, but, uh, I think we should be all set. Okay. I don't see any concerns raised by my fellow commissioners. You're all set. Madam chair, one other thing just to update everyone. We do have a meeting set with Bruce and Joe and Mary, uh, commissioners Stevens, uh, and Joe and Mary to discuss the item regarding the community mitigation fund charge off. So we'll be able and Todd, so we'll be able to have a, um, good discussion about where we, what our recommendation is. There's, uh, holistically, I think that was really the only item that, that raised a need for extra, extra meeting time. Right, Derek. Correct. And we're having that meeting on Friday. So we should be able to, um, have a good discussion about that. Okay. And if there are any additional questions, of course, any commissioner could reach back to you before, uh, before next Thursday. Just one more thing. Um, Kathy on the budget, um, Derek, did we, uh, get any written comments from licensees or others? Not as of yet that have been forwarded to me, but I will check in with them prior to to see if we're going to have any. Okay. Good point. So it's public comments as well as licensee comments. Correct. Yeah, we're in that cycle, that part of the cycle is it was presented, you know, last time and now we're voting on it. And just to reiterate, though, what we already know is that they have been involved throughout the, the, the budget development, but now you just are asking for more formal comments, right? Correct. Okay. And that will require a vote. Um, number nine, uh, we were looking for just a clarification, a little bit of learning on the ADW and simulcasting. Good morning. Good morning. Um, if there's going to be a lot of things on that agenda for that day, we can postpone it. Um, and I just wanted to get some guidance, um, from the commission, um, it's about what they're looking for and how, um, kind of like, uh, how detailed or how much they're looking for on this. Well, I think I actually made the ask and I, and I wouldn't mind keeping it on this July 2nd. Um, because, uh, you know, the potential for opening, the, uh, our horse racing, but I think Alex, you've been able to describe to me on a high level, and I think that's all we're looking for is, you know, how ADW is conducted in Massachusetts. Um, in terms of how, uh, that, you know, the historic, it's been in place for a long time in that origins, because I'm not sure, particularly, um, as, uh, really jurisdictions across the country consider sports betting that, um, and use of mobile, uh, devices that people understand what ADW is versus simulcasting and, uh, just, you know, and being at the, at the track in betting. So, um, on the, on the live racing. So if you could just give a little bit of a, you know, five minute presentation on what it all means, and then, and then if Chad could just describe the, um, any, the revenue piece from, uh, I think a lady and I raised that question. So it's just, I think could probably be incorporated into Karen's administrative update, um, perhaps. Is that comfortable with that? I don't want you to feel uncomfortable for being prepared for that. Yeah, just a little bit of learning because I think I learned that even among ourselves that there was some confusion. And so, um, let's give you an opportunity to share. Okay. That sounds great. Commissioner Cameron, do you agree? Oh, I agree, but I really thought we were going to have a two hour presentation on this and a white paper that was being prepared. So I, uh, yeah. No, I think it's, I do think it's a good idea because I do think there are a lot of people that don't realize there is a form of mobile betting that occurs now. And, uh, the only thing I would add is, uh, maybe Dr. Lightman, if you could just take a second to kind of explain the difference between a sports bet, uh, mobile and, um, the accounts way during account, how it's a little bit different. Oh, and Commissioner Cameron to be clear, the white paper is due in September. Okay. Thank you for that. We're, we are a little bit, you know, thoughtful. Give a little time, but I think that that's really what I had hoped for just especially. Yeah. As things, you know, be open. That sounds great. You know, you reminded me, um, Kathy, early on, um, when we, you know, in the life of this commission, we, we used to have, um, 15 minutes of learning, uh, every other Friday, if I remember correctly, uh, of racing, 15 minutes of racing, which I, I attended, uh, others did and I, I, I, I enjoyed very much. Um, that these, these industries just so, um, you know, it has just so many ins and outs, uh, like, like the ones you just point out, but so many more, um, you know, uh, it would be one thing to consider just to kind of like put in, uh, maybe something like we've done before, uh, a lot of brown box, uh, brown bag lunch or something or some recurring training, not unlike what we're now currently doing on the games, on the rules of the games. Uh, but, uh, and, and again, I don't, I'm not trying to sign up Alex here for a big effort, um, or a white paper or anything like that. Uh, but even if it's an informal gathering, uh, you know, with, with one topic from time to time, uh, it would also go a long way. Well, if I, I don't know how many, how many, uh, two week periods you did that, but it sounds like if you multiply that out, that's a lot of learning that perhaps Commissioner O'Brien and I missed out on. So we're playing catch up. So we'll at least start, we'll start with a small segment on this, um, Alex for next Thursday, but that's a great suggestion and, and, uh, Karen and team, uh, you know, the one thing we all appreciate is any opportunity to learn about, learn from all of the team's expertise. Even, even having, even relearning is really reinforcement is really helpful. So, well, and also cognizant of the fact that we can, all five commissioners attend to a training session and others too. So, right. Yes. Yes. In this instance, I actually would love it to be public mainly because I do think it's of public interest right now to understand that distinction. So thanks, Alex. Yep. And great idea, Commissioner Zuniga. All right. So that will stay on July 2nd. And then, um, item number 10 is scheduled for July 2nd. Karen, I am had asked a little bit more on background on that and I'm wondering if it's really ready for prime time. Yeah, I think that it would make sense to put that off. We can, we don't have to necessarily give a date right now, but, uh, I think, I think we're okay if we want more information to postpone that we can put it under review or pick a date, but either way, I think works for me. Right. I haven't really had a chance to speak with Todd. I'm not sure if my fellow commissioners are interested in getting more, um, you know, either through two by twos or whatever, but just to understand that I touched on it because there was a public hearing earlier on it. But I'd like to maybe we'll just put under review and think about it for our next agenda setting, what particular date we would like. Okay. Okay. Does that make sense, Todd? Sorry, my space partner work. Yes, that, that sounds good. Okay. Excellent. Thank you. So that means all of our work is done. What other items does, does anybody else have for July 2nd? You know, of course, our, our meaty piece will be the budget that, that day. Um, do we have any other items for July 2nd that I do for racing? If you could move the, um, item number 13, the master of bread breeders, um, request to race at Finger Lakes. Um, Todd and I might have to rework the wording a little bit for Mary Ann, but maybe if we could change it now to, um, request to hold races outside of Massachusetts. Okay. And, um, it's kind of time sensitive because they're trying to get up and going. So if we could move that to the July 2nd meeting, that would be great. It does not need to be discussed tomorrow, Alex. No, we could wait. Okay. Cause we could always amend our, um, agenda. Not that we do that, um, traditionally. Alrighty. So that'll be on July 2nd. I had raised earlier, Alex. Do we need to revisit the guidelines? I'm not sure where we left that in terms of action from the commission. Todd. Um, the guidelines for reopening for, um, the live racing and then the, um, plans for the two simulcasting facilities. Those could also be on for July 2nd. Excellent. For voting. Okay. Any other item for July 2nd? Not hearing anyone to set. Somebody just joined, but no, no further items. Karen, are you all set then? I'm all set. Okay. Um, Mary Ann, right now. Our next day on our notes is July 30th. So it would would normally be 716 if we'd stayed on our normal cadence. 716 would be the next commission meeting. July 8th would be the agenda setting. Okay. Right now, I'm not hearing that we have business needed for July 16th. We will have an opportunity July 8th to revisit that or am I hearing that somebody will be better prepared for the 16th? Madam chair, um, one of the things, you know, that we wanted to discuss, um, it was today a little bit was on the PPC relicensing and I just wanted to ask Loretta if she, um, if she was looking at doing suitability at some point, uh, in the not too distant future and I didn't know if that was going to be ready maybe for the 16th. I'd like to see some kind of a cadence on that. I know that we were thinking today was the day to kind of carve out the schedule, including, um, perhaps think about scheduling the public hearings. Loretta, you're muted. Thank you. Um, I've been relegated to the attic this morning. Uh, so, um, suitability would be ready to go on the 16th. Okay, great. That's good. Can you describe, um, Loretta, Joe and Karen, what other pieces that you, right now we're anticipating suitability, the public hearings. Yeah. Why don't I, why don't I take a stab at that one? Um, so in our letter that we sent out to PPC, there are six pieces that needed to be done in there. We've gotten the first two. We got the application in. We got the fee in. And then, um, the four remaining pieces are the suitability, which is in process and Loretta's been working on that. The next piece is a site visit, um, which I think, uh, Commissioner Zuniga was interested in that and looking at some of the financials on site and things of that nature, um, that, uh, talks about, um, you know, just looking at the physical condition of the plant, uh, you know, uh, any capital improvements and also looking at some financial documents. But I think Loretta had indicated we might actually have those in house, um, to look at. So, um, and I talked with Lance yesterday, he actually indicated that, um, he thought it might be good to do the site visit before they reopen. Um, was if that were to happen, that would have to be scheduled very quick. Um, so that's something all the commissioners should think about doing is that, you know, I just don't know in terms of when you first licensed, of course, um, site visits were mandated. Should we as part of our, I know that the pandemic does, you know, raise concerns, but I wonder if that's something that we should do within the open law restraints? I mean, you could possibly do it as a subset of the commission or in some of the cases where, you know, before opening at both Encore and MGM, we did walk throughs, but taken separately in groups of two. Um, and you know, I don't think in this, there's really any deliberations going on. It's really kind of looking at financial documents and other things and, uh, you know, just looking around and assessing the status of the physical, you know, plants there. So I think you could do it either way, really. Okay, so we can address whether all five of us go or not down the road, but we should be thinking about that for scheduling. So site visit. So, um, the application. Can I mention something on this, on the site visit? The original idea, when we sketched out the, you know, the process, really, this was prior to COVID-19 was that we expected to inspect certain financial records for the property and not take possession because, you know, they could be then a public record. We are, we're almost done. We're not quite done, but we're almost done with the financial piece. We have a meeting set up on Loretta and Monica. And I think given what, what has transpired through the conversations and that draft document, I don't know that there's a huge need for that site visit from a financial perspective. I don't want to just close out the option just yet. But, you know, we've been able to have conversations and inspect documents virtually and that has been a unique process. So, so the financial. So what about the physical piece, Enrique? Well, we are, you know, we're very familiar with it. I guess, coincidentally, you know, inspecting as a reopening will be very appropriate, whether it's part of the relicensing or part of the reopening. And yes, we've done it before in which we stagger our visits. We go to different groups or we only go, you know, to commissioners. Okay. Yeah, I was going to point that out. I didn't think this was a site visit for commissioners to assess the physical plans. I thought it was just on site, hands-on financial records. So the idea of the five of us meeting to go as part of this process was never really what we contemplated. It was never contemplated. Excellent. So it's not so it's more for the financial rather than physical. Okay. Excellent. And I'm glad that you can do it mostly with all the documents that are already available. I knew you were doing that on me. Okay. So good. All right. So those are four items so far. So the next piece of it is the public hearing. And what don't I maybe I can share my screen here and just show you what's in the document. So everybody see that? Yes. Yes. Okay. So the so there's we have the suitability process. We talked about the site visit. We talked about and the public hearing. We talked about convening one or more public hearings in or around Plainville. So right there. I think we probably need to change that. I imagine we will try to do these remotely as we've done with everything. So we need to consider that. But it says the following show apply to each public hearing licensee shall have someone available who has knowledge of the facility. The licensee shall make a presentation that includes historic review of the proceeding license period and a discussion discussion about the future of the gaming establishment in my conversation with Lance. That's pretty generic and he really would like some guidance on what we would really like to see in that presentation. And you know at this point I didn't really have any particular answers for him other than saying we want to you know a good description of the things that have happened over the five year term of the license and you know and so on. But we don't really have particular guidance you know sort of prepared for that. So I think we'll need to have that discussion of what we want that to be. I mean in Enrique without getting into too much substance because we're in a gender setting. Will you be able to work so that you can give guidance perhaps in July 2nd on what's expected or. Yeah yeah I mean I think they already have templates from looking at their portfolios and their annuals that would. That's what I was thinking they could probably draw on their annuals right. Yeah but we can be more specific on the second certainly but yeah that's a good template. Okay yeah that that makes sense Joe. Okay and then the next piece is we want to have certainly notify and hopefully have attend representatives of the host community surrounding communities the I leves and so on. We want to have you know the obviously it's open to the public and we want to have enough we want to give enough notice so the public can submit comments and writing if they choose to do so. So we were thinking that at a minimum we would probably need 3 weeks notice. I think before we would hold the meeting. You know so that we would get out and get out to everybody and I'm going to have to have Mary track down all the contacts and so on of everybody in these areas and you know some of these things may have changed over time and make sure we have all the right people there. You know another question is is this something that we want to do in the evening or is it is it a daytime meeting you know it's easy to do daytime meetings now with zoom and everything I think it you know before licenses were issued and hearings were held they were typically done in the late afternoon early evening so members of the public be there. Maybe that's not as important today as it was you know before these things were licensed and you know well people have experience with a casino there they know you know when there was no casino and you're holding a public hearing maybe the the group of folks who would would be interested in that were you know it was probably might be a little bit more difficult but anyway so that's that's what we need to do and and I guess then the last piece of it is the final review procedure and this would we expect will go similar to what we did with MGM and with on core where each responsible party will you know a big commission meeting each responsible party will present to the commission on the status of compliance and where things are and you can see this is whole laundry list of things that that we look at and you know those you know the on core one was you know several hours and we expected that would be the same that you know to have a good full analysis of everything that's been happening. But I guess you know right now I guess we wanted to sort of take the temperature of the commission on on how quickly you want to move on this. You know is this something do we want to do we want to be a little bit more methodical and say let's get the facility open and then try to schedule these things and if we do that that may push us out you know some period of time. You know I think from staff level we can move as as quickly as as you want to move. We want to check in and you know see how much band with our licensees have to you know to be putting these presentations together and I'm sure there's going to be some additional document requests and other things as we you know sort of delve into this these evaluations. So I guess with that I'd ask I'd ask the commissioners where where you know how quickly or how slowly you'd like to move on this. Gail. Well it seems to me that there isn't a great urgency it's not like we have information that there are some things that are you know really problematic to the commission and it would seem to me that they the licensee would need all hands on deck reopening. So I have no problem being methodical and making sure both of us have the bandwidth to really do this properly. Commissioner Brian my name. Yeah I would agree I think you look at the meetings we've had the last couple of weeks we sort of have something more imminent to focus on and then I know I know working remotely is fantastic and people are accessible but I also do want to acknowledge there's still a rhythm to the summer and getting people and getting everybody to be able to do what they need to do including the guests queued up for meetings. I just think we need to be cognizant of that too and this Gail said it's not you know pressing that we you know. Commissioner Stafford fast on it. Joe if you could just take down the. Thanks. Booze. Yeah I know I would agree we both our licensees and our team have a lot on their plate right now and there's additional things that we're asking Lance and his team to have all together in preparation for the hearing. You know that's that's really going to come secondary right to getting the facility opened safely so but just to note you know I was Joe raised the question of what we might be looking for and I know we'll talk about this at another meeting but as much as we want it I wanted them to reflect on what they've done during the previous five years of the license I would really be encouraged to see what plans they can share with us as to the next five years operating the licenses part of that public presentation but I'm in complete agreement you know let's let's do it as both our teams have the bandwidth to pull a public meeting together and I'm okay. Yeah same same thing you know it's a we'll have to calibrate little Goldilocks whatever works that's not you know there's no need to weigh on necessarily but it's all about the bandwidth and other priorities so we keep going. Right I feel the same I feel August is going to be the reopening occurs in the so the timeline that we're imagining it to occur August is going to be a critically important month for the licensee I would say the public hearing will need a little bit of time as you point out to make sure it's fair and it's achievable and we would want to work with the all the Plainville town officials to make sure it's really a public hearing I think you know you if you may be for the next agenda setting meeting coming up with a proposed timeline for us given how you what you're hearing from the fellow commissioners that might be helpful without holding anyone you know to a particular day but just a sense into September you know we can gauge what might be expected if it's October sounds as though no one would be startled by that I think the process needs to be just really fair for input from the public suspect that it will be given our history it's going to probably be positive but we want to make sure that we give everyone's voices chance to be heard so so I guess I'm hearing then well suitability I think we can still do that when when we need to do it and July 16th we've got that up and so then the next would be the physical the financial and I think maybe commissioners Zuniga you'll be able to report on is that your plan to report on it or just have it completed you know I want to check in with Lorena we have a meeting with Lorena and Monica and I've referred to how you know we've done a report with a short presentation in the past and then you know a more detailed report just distributed to commissioners you know we'll we'll get back to you on this and so that will be part of your overall plan Joe okay and then so what I'm hearing then really for the public hearing in the final review we're talking sort of a maybe a post Labor Day is that is that the sense that I'm getting seems to me that that's where you're likely get the most public input I think August might be a difficult month even though we're more it's still it's a summer month and also I think it's going to be a really busy month for the licensee so kind of unfair to them to have to be prepared for that that's a big piece of work for them to September start feeling a little bit more comfortable everyone yeah all right well that that gives us some direction to go on and I think we'll we'll start working you know we'll start looking at you know obviously the public hearing is going to be a completely separate meeting that won't coincide with the commission meeting so that's right scheduled at it on whatever day we want I suppose and at you know whatever time we deem is appropriate and work with Lance you know work with Lance to see what's going to be best for for him you know they're they're interested in getting this finalized to you know right yep sounds good thank you and Loretta that said July 16th is still okay for you correct it is okay thank you right thanks Joe so that we were on just the idea of what July 16th what business might need to come up on July 16th we started the return to the relicensing process any other item before we move on to number 11 for July 16 stay tuned on the rent maybe it might make sense to combine that with July 30th if we're in and maybe not hold on July 16th meeting Karen let's think about that okay commissioners how do you feel if we have an agenda setting meeting on the 8th maybe we can talk about number 11 but if it's just one item I mean there's no reason why we couldn't do just one item but it might make sense to consolidate here Karen yeah especially giving folks taking vacation things like that we want to give some flexibility to yeah so number 11 mark yeah hi yeah we we are set with that the report is done it's it's actually a brief report looking at magic way for and transitions between wave one and wave four and anticipation of a much much larger report that will will hit later in the year so we're set no question about it are you set for July 30 rather than July 16 I would need to check with Dr. Volberg on on whether or not she could be prepared for for that meeting I I don't think it's right now you think this July 30th though right mark right now I've confirmed with her July 30th but I I certainly can check about July 16th if you would like chair no I think what I'm wondering is if we let's other any other items that people would be prepared for for July 30 so of course we know that items are going to come up yeah you know we know that if there's a potential reopening during this time so it's not likely that we convening if the reopenings occur there might be questions that come up during that time so July 16th is a tentative date in any case I was just thinking if it's a business oriented meeting typical business we might want to consolidate Karen what are you thinking I would I would suggest consolidating one way or the other just for expediency I don't think it matters to 16th the 30 it would bet on schedules probably the 30th it makes sense if we already have Dr. Volberg a schedule she did such a great job dealing with the I think it was a celebratory parade that was going on outside her her home the other day we're all juggling so much when working you did great I think I wanted to go to our college or our high school graduation so let's have a Loretta will move you to the 30th does that make sense anyone yes okay all right we've got number wow under review the independent directors gaining vendor primary yes I'd like to Bill Curtis Kate Hartigan and I are working on that we'd like to keep it under review probably for just a short period we can report to you on the status of the new designations but I'd like a little more time to have us research what would be involved if we expanded the designations of the independent directors you know what to other jurisdictions do what kind of numbers would that mean for our licensing division and investigators and what do we think we might gain for it so gain from it if we did expand so if I can keep it under review with an eye towards working on the research in the near term and then at the next meeting hopefully give give a suggested date okay and then we've got number 13th for the second now Dr. Lightbound number 14 yeah number 14 can stay under review it'll probably be another month or so before Steve's ready to come back with a new schedule of his promotional funds okay mark 15 yes we'll still keep that under review working on it and I think that that'll be in the in the coming months still okay Jill template you're still under review good morning Jill good morning how are you and well thank you already and then compliance I know ongoing process set for you to consider Karen and then commissioner Zunika you and I and Karen spoke at this point it makes sense given all the the economic environment of today to maybe take this off the agenda notes all together the time yes we'll take it off for now maybe with with the expectation that you know we might regroup and do a little special project update maybe on an annual basis something like that at a later time yeah and then we'll just revisit that as a potentially a new item for the agenda but it will take a different course or a different formulation all right excellent any other items for July 30th now or into our August I'm not surprised we have had this is quite we've been going at a pretty rapid pace and the fact that there's been such considerable work done during this time is you know it's a credit to all of you everyone can take a little bit of a deep breath tomorrow is a big meeting wrapped up in July 2nd with another really important meeting I'm aside also Derek is doing meeting other deadlines with respect to internal controls so there's a lot going on and it's okay for everyone to take a good breath I don't know but my watch constantly tells me to do it so that's good so everybody take a breath and we will then reconvene for gender setting on July 8th and everyone can think about their work going forward and how commission can help move those items along now we do need to go back to our minutes though from this morning I've had a chance to look at them of barring any other issue on the notes commissioners I think you're all set thumbs up okay commission camera see thanks all right then let's return to item number 2 on our agenda please here madam chair and always a big shout out to shower for her good work in your packet you have the June 10th agenda setting agenda setting meeting minutes and move their approval as always subject to any corrections for epigraphical errors or any other non-material matters thank you second thank you commissioners and got any questions or comments I've had a chance to look at them no questions for me okay everyone looks all set I'll do a roll call book which I can I show Brian I Mr. Stabbins I which is in a gun and I vote yes sure thank you as always 5-0 you and keeping up a very steady pace so thank you and are there any other items that we need to bring up today we are reconvening tomorrow at 9 30 on our agenda which is posted already on our website hearing none motion to adjourn thank you thank you all right no questions commission camera I Mr. O'Brien I just in a gun I thank you everybody Mr. Stabbins I thanks everybody and thank you I vote yes see you tomorrow thanks everyone for joining us today great work