12/9/21 Special Council Meeting
Council held a short special meeting on Dec 9, 2021 and unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the suitability of a state-licensed cannabis business (High Grass Farms LLC) for specified block/lots. Council noted the applicant will follow up on a required social justice component and will meet with city staff to discuss details.
Key points
Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting the suitability of a state-licensed cannabis business (High Grass Farms LLC) for block 1003, lots 7 and 8.1:31 ↗
Council noted the applicant must address a social justice component and will meet with city staff to discuss ideas.3:01 ↗
This was a short, special meeting called on short notice and conducted in compliance with state open meetings requirements.0:00 ↗
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Topics with timestamps
Meeting opening and notice
0:00mayor opened the special meeting, confirmed notice was posted per the Open Public Meetings Act, and roll call was taken.
Resolution: cannabis business suitability
1:31Council discussed and moved to approve a resolution supporting the suitability of a state-licensed cannabis business by High Grass Farms LLC for block 1003, lots 7 and 8.
Social justice requirement
3:01mayor said the applicant reached out about required changes related to a social justice component and will meet with city staff to discuss implementation.
Public comment period
1:31public comment period was opened and no members of the public offered comments; it was subsequently closed.
Meeting close
3:01Council moved to adjourn the special meeting shortly after the resolution vote.
Decisions / votes
- 1:31Adopted a resolution supporting the suitability of a state-licensed cannabis business by High Grass Farms LLC for block 1003, lots 7 and 8 (motion, second, all in favor).
Public comment
No public comments were offered when the public comment period was opened.
Public comment was opened later in the meeting and no speakers came forward before it was closed.
Transcript (507 words)
uh somewhat rise from the class to you i pledge allegiance all right i'd like to thank everyone for coming on this short notice over city special meeting for december 9th 2021 at 1800 hours in compliance with the open public meetings act of the state of new jersey adequate notice of this meeting of the evidence was provided in the following manner advanced written notice of this meeting was posted advanced written notice of this meeting was sent to the hampton is that the news the press and the current this meeting is being conducted in congress the meeting is also here on the egg harbor city website at channel 97. we'll call please mayor jim petty here brown here clark right now here dash mr dash heist here captain here triton here members here and mr wright mr wright here mr richie here present all right i'd like to open it up to anybody from the public has any questions about this agenda tonight all right no no cut no comments from the public discussion wise resolution of support for suitability of a state licensed cannabis business by high grass farms llc uh at block one zero zero three lots seven and eight and versus anybody have any questions comments concerns or anything else regarding this all right i'd like to move on to the resolution supporting for suitability of a state license cannabis business by high grace farms llc block one zero zero greenhouse seven and eight may have a motion i make motion have a second please all in favor bye bye all right thank you very much uh any uh mayor do you have any comments uh no just other than that the the gentleman had reached out to me to uh make the change because i think they're they're actually i think they reached out to carl and carl reached out to me and when i spoke to them they wanted to make the change because they had they have to have certain things in there and one of them is a social justice component which will be meeting with them shortly about to discuss some ideas and things like that all right is that everything matter that's all thank you thank you anybody from council have any comments questions concerns all right i'd like to have a motion made to open a public comment on this i'll make a motion i can play it all right it's open to the public with any comments anybody from the public have any comments motion to close public comment make a motion second please it's not good all in favor second all right again i would like to thank everybody for their attendance tonight and we'll see you guys next week i haven't moved make a motion to close the meeting second second all in favor all right everybody have a good night thank you so much thank you too thank you thank you thank you good night good night bye everyone bye