Meghan Perry thanked the board for its November appeal of the state's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program determination of the threatened species that inhabit the proposed Surfside Croussing housing development property.Marina Jube of the Chamber of Commerce thanked town police and fire departments for overseeing a safe 45th annual Daffodil Festival.Gibson said there are currently no plans for the town to sue Vineyard Wind. He said the board is seeking outside advice to determine compensation options.Ĭarl Borchert said he would not like to see any taxpayer dollars used to pay for a town lawsuit against Vineyard Wind. With the magnitude of the project, he wanted to make sure the board was making the right decision as to what possible compensation it could receive from the project, which, he said, could have impacts on the island's tourism, economy and ecology. He asked if they could hold a public discussion on what the board would like to see from the offshore wind-energy project.īoard member Matt Fee said the issues being discussed in executive session involve potential litigation and are allowed to be held behind closed doors. Tobias Glidden addressed the board, saying he was concerned by the amount of executive-session discussion it was having about Vineyard Wind.They include the Agricultural Commission, Airport Commission, Board of Health, Cannabis Advisory Committee, Capital Program Committee, Cemetery Commission, Coastal Resiliency Advisory Committee, Conservation Commission and the Finance Committee. Gibson also announced that the deadline for submitting applications for openings on 14 town committees is May 16.Sewer connections are also underway on Pond Road, Pinkham Circle and Hussey Farm Road, she said. Several roads are also being paved, including Hummock Pond Road from Somerset Road to Milk Street, Tashama Lane, Maclean Lane and Green Meadow Road, she added. Town manager Libby Gibson announced sidewalk work on Washington Street from Coffin Street to Salem Street began Monday and will continue throug the month.They board also voted unanimously to keep a community-impact assessment in the agreement, allowing the board to review any concerns raised by neighbors or other residents about how the facility is operated.Īfter eight months of deliberation, the board in March granted ACK Natural the town's second and final dispensary license over Mass Medi Spa. The final vote was 3-2 to keep the wholesale tax at 3 percent, with Bridges and Kristie Ferrantella voting against the measure. Higgins proposed keeping the taxes at 3 percent for now, given the board can amend that level as it learns more about how the market operates, especially after The Green Lady on Amelia Drive opens this summer.īut board member Jason Bridges double-taxing. The only way wholesale sales would be allowed on-island would be between ACK Natural and the other licensed dispensary, The Green Lady, or vice versa. Sullivan proposed reducing the tax to 0 percent on-island and 1.5 percent for product going off-island. Both taxes add to a 3 percent retail tax on marijuana. The board also voted to keep the community impact fee on wholesale marijuana sales both on- and off-island (should federal laws prohibiting it from crossing federal waters change) at 3 percent. Sullivan said he has no plans of leaving the business, but added that he could not predict if an emergency would force him to give it up. The board also voted 5-0 to require closed-air ventilation only in the dispensary's grow rooms, rather than the whole building, and to make the penalty for surrendering the ACK Natural business license $500,000 if done within the first year, with the penalty decreasing by $100,000 each additional year they are in business.īoard vice-chairwoman Rita Higgins worried that removing a penalty any time before five years could encourage the group to use the business simply as something that could be added to an investment portfolio before moving to start a new business elsewhere. Customers would first check in to a room where they are required to submit identification before moving on to a second retail room. The board also voted 5-0 to increase the maximum number of daily appointments ACK Natural can schedule with customers who arrive by car from 30 to 90.ĪCK Natural co-owner Mike Sullivan said appointments would be scheduled at 15-minute intervals, with several able to be handled at a time, amounting to up to 10 an hour. ( May 2, 2019) The Select Board on Wednesday voted unaniously to approve a host community agreement and a letter of non-opposition for ACK Natural, the recently-licensed marijuana dispensary on Tomahawk Road.
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