Lori Lee

So that's that's why we have are having this public hearing tonight. And this is a true deputy position, so it requires a certain level of confidentiality as well. So in other words, the deputy stands in for you when you're not available or or you're…

They're in motion practice right now. So after that, they'll go into just the discovery phase of this. They'll do depositions, etcetera, etcetera. So, there's a long road to hoe to hoe in terms of getting to the end of, the supreme court, you know, a…

Yeah. But there isn't there the argument being made is that the preemption is is not the same level of preemption that it would be for for adult beverages, that adult use cannabis dispensaries. There's there's a certain level of protection given beca…

Right. And and and what I was starting to say, and I'm I apologize. No. No. No. I do your apologize up. Is this this process that's gonna be included in this new law really came about as a part of a way to streamline and also because we, the planning…

erected higher than eight feet except on a flat except if it were erected on a flagpole, it wouldn't in other words, you can you can use the 15 square feet as the definitive answer. And then Mhmm. You can say you can clarify the sign height. You coul…

oftentimes with a survey, people say, well, you're just gonna put this in the drawer. Mhmm. But the other thing, once the committee's in place, they involved charrettes or small meetings with business owners and stakeholders and to just to get the wo…

And then where it says the same paragraph, the last line, Lori Lee Dickson actually it should be I'm suggesting instead of Lori Lee Dickson said it should be acting Chairman Haynes said that the Planning Board was not ready to call for a public heari…

That's that's what I mean. Yeah. When I was looking at this, I'm like, I'm I'm really shocked that these people on Palmer have not complained in the past. Mhmm. So unless it's just not being done, period. Right? Which I mean Right. It's it's possible…

Well, a single recall your vote. Yeah. Or change it in the same meeting that we just spoke about five minutes ago. No. I'm saying what I'm saying is a single member of the board of trustees cannot reopen a resolution. So you'd need to ask the chairma…

And I do wanna thank the planning board. You know, they've worked very hard on the 425 South Riverside, project, and I thought that they handled the planning board meeting, you know, with, real professionalism. You know? And I know that the public is…

Sure. I I and I I think the concerns are specific to the special permit. So, of course, there's a site development plan that goes along with that. But since this is the first application to to be entirely within the purview of the planning board, I t…

So you can see in its entirety the areas to be considered by the planning board, and the applicant is aware of the responsibilities to meet the minimum requirements. And the project, once it's determined to be the project and presented publicly Mhmm.…

adding or subtracting from the list of variances, that's, you know, a very essential question that should be answered. Some of the missing items and details and information may impact your ability to refer this at some point because you're not really…

So Lori Lee, I so I because I know she's she's remote. I'm gonna kinda go through the highlights of, you know, what the state law says and what we're proposing. And then if you have very specific questions on the law and stuff, Lori Lee is here to an…

Yeah. I did. I did. I'm hoping you can hear me. Yes. But the standard in a statute is very vague. It says unreasonably impracticable in the sole discretion of the cannabis control board. So you'd have to have a valid basis, and you could you could cr…

I what I what I was saying is the general rule is if it's not specifically permitted somewhere, it's prohibited. So if you just wanted to add the animal related uses general and talk about adding an intensive classification at a later point, you're c…

Can I just provide an addendum for the board, and the public? 425 South Riverside, you know, the new special permit code requires that to be transmitted to you. So that will appear on an upcoming agenda and that will start the thirty day period with …

Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. And and also it benefits you to have the option because you're you're applying for some New York Forward grants and there's a match associated with that and and you wanna be able to I sat here through 12 band resolutions that t…

I'm used to trustee Slippen starting. So there's been a lot of news in the media about committees and I just want to say that the village board published guidelines to committees in May. So our new guidelines came out in May. And, committee chair dot…

you. It's a project in a park Mhmm. That doesn't include a large venue Yeah. Concert hall or amphitheater, and it's it's also a previously disturbed area. So therefore, you're doing upgrades and renovations, and therefore, the new amendments add this…

we had talked about and you had suggested a date certain for this to become applicable and right now you're looking at 01/01/2027 as being the date that this becomes effective. That seemed to be a consensus in providing people with the opportunity to…

Yep. When they're looking at this and certainly explaining that it takes, sixty days at least. And, for a zoning again, you know, the zoning code is sacrosancted. There are certain requirements you have to do. So I just had advised to date certain in…

Then what happens? There's It a comes here, and you have to determine whether it's inappropriate use of this particular public property. I mean, you you don't it's an RFP. It's not a solicitation of bids that binds you to a contract. It's it's to to …

if you're gonna define and limit to ducks and chickens, that will exclude pigeons and geese and roosters. Yeah. Roosters are already prohibited. Yeah. Right. Exactly. But I mean, like So that I'll take care of it and and surveillance. As to as to you…

Well check. Have our we have our resident farmer. I I am not aware that you have to buy them in. I thought it was, a New York state then. At the at the the tractor supply, you can buy one. You can do it. Just wanna point that out. One duck, one goose…

If you were going to ban the use on a district by district basis, you'd you'd need a valid you know, I'm just spitballing here. You'd need a a valued basis in order to determine which districts would be impacted. But, generally as I had spoken before…

Blessings. Thank you. Blessings. Yes, I wanna thank everybody who came out this evening. I see a lot of new faces that both I've never met, and, thank you for having the courage to speak out. I really appreciate everyone's voices. On the dog park iss…

Both deputy mayor Simon and myself are liaisons to the zoning board and planning board. And if anybody was following that, there was on the agenda interpretation of a 1931 law, that was written in very different context. Back then, the world was very…

Lori Lee, my office might know more so I could ask her about it. I haven't Yeah. I mean, because we don't we don't necessarily own

And I assume they're all doing that. They are all doing that. Yes. Yep. We make sure of that. You know, there's a there's a lot of jobs that I I thought I'd like to do some time in municipal government. This is not one of them. So I really have to ta…