Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes 2024 10-09-24APPROVED 11/13/24
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PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
City Council Chambers
651 Prairie Pointe Drive, Yorkville, IL
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 7:00pm
Meeting Called to Order
Chairman Richard Vinyard called the meeting to order at 7:00pm, roll was called and a quorum
was established.
Roll Call
Danny Williams-yes, Ryan Forristall-yes, Rusty Hyett-yes, Greg Millen-yes, Marge Linnane-yes,
Richard Vinyard-yes
City Staff in Attendance
Krysti Barksdale-Noble, Community Development Director
Sara Mendez, Planner1
Monica Cisija (via Zoom)
Meghan Lamb, City Attorney
Alderman Dan Transier (via Zoom)
Alderman Chris Funkhouser (via Zoom)
Others in Attendance
Lynn Dubajic Kellogg, City Consultant
Chris Vitosh, Vitosh Reporting Service
Joey Weslo, Kendall County Record (via Zoom)
Mitchel Kay, Attorney, Consume Cannabis
Steve Weber, Consume Cannabis
Peter Karlis (via Zoom)
Nick Taylor (via Zoom)
Jake Coward, Director of Operations, Consume Cannabis
SEE ALSO ATTACHED SIGN-IN SHEETS FOR ADDITIONAL ATTENDEES
Previous Meeting Minutes September 11, 2024
Motion by Mr. Williams and second by Mr. Forristall to approve the minutes as presented. Roll
call: Forristall-yes, Hyett-yes, Millen-yes, Linnane-yes, Vinyard-yes, Williams-yes Carried 6-0.
Citizen’s Comments None
Public Hearings
Chairman Vinyard said there was one Public Hearing tonight. He explained the procedure for
the Public Hearing, taking of testimony and then swore in those who would present testimony.
A motion was made and seconded by Mr. Williams and Ms. Linnane, respectively, at about
7:03pm, to open the Public Hearing. Roll call: Forristall-yes, Hyett-yes, Millen-yes, Vinyard-
yes, Williams-yes, Linnane-yes, Carried 6-0.
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Chairman Vinyard read the Public Hearing description as follows:
1. PZC 2024-19 Steve Weber, on behalf of PTS Corp. (contract lessee and petitioner)
and Fort Smith FD Partners, LLC (owner), has applied to the United City of
Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, for special use authorization to establish a cannabis
dispensary within the B-3 General Business District on a 1.33-acre parcel at 1508 N.
Bridge Street, located in the northeast quadrant of Veteran's Parkway (U.S. Route 34) and
N. Bridge Street. The petitioner is also seeking three variances to Section 10-4-14 of the
Yorkville Unified Development Ordinance: 1) reducing the minimum distance between
the dispensary and certain pre-existing institutions from 500 feet to 450 feet; 2)
extending the permitted hours of operation to 9:00a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, and 10:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. on Sundays; and 3) allowing more than one wall-
mounted sign by adhering to the current signage regulations for similar B-3 businesses
while complying with Illinois cannabis signage rules.
(See Court Reporter's transcript)
(All responses to be included in official transcript)
Public Hearing testimony concluded at approximately 8:05pm and the Hearing was closed on a
motion by Ms. Linnane and second by Mr. Millen. Roll call: Millen-yes, Linnane-yes, Vinyard-
yes, Williams-yes, Forristall-yes, Hyett-yes. Carried 6-0.
Unfinished Business None
New Business
1. PZC 2024-19 Steve Weber, on behalf of PTS Corp. (contract lessee and petitioner)
and Fort Smith FD Partners, LLC (see full description in #1 above)
Community Development Director Krysti Barksdale-Noble gave a summary of the ordinances
applicable to this petition. She described the building and property being considered and said it is
currently vacant. The zoning is B-3 and B-2 on the west. The dispensary was reviewed by the
legal department and outside agencies to insure compliance and for the Special Use. Ms. Noble
noted that only one cannabis dispensary will be allowed in the city per ordinance. She also said
there is a required 500 feet separation from any school and that Parkview Christian Academy is
460 feet from property line to property line. A variance will be requested for the distance. She
said the petitioner has met the bulk regulations. Ms. Noble noted the drive-through window and
said the window and e-commerce are prohibited by city ordinance. Elevations and signage were
discussed and Ms. Noble said the petitioner has requested a variance for the number of wall-
mounted signs and hours of operation. Staff researched 10 other communities' cannabis laws
and found that most other towns allow 2 dispensaries and the distance from schools ranged from
220-970 feet. A distance map was prepared by staff to show the available sites which are very
limited in the city.
A community meeting to present information on the dispensary was held by the petitioner for
nearby property owners, however, no public members attended. A written objection from the
Parkview Academy attorney was received and Ms. Noble said a letter in support of the dispensary
was received from an area business.
Additional information related to the Special Use was requested by staff including owners/those
having financial interest, lease or contract, business plan, waste management plan and security
plan. If the Special Use and variances are approved, staff is recommending signage be posted
inside the business stating no consumption on premises and also the minimum requirement of
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landscaping be installed by the sign. Ms. Noble reviewed the standards for Special Use and the
petitioner's responses.
The Commission then discussed the Special Use request. Chairman Vinyard said he disagreed
with the location of the proposed dispensary. Mr. Forristall questioned the need for the security
and if it is required by the state. Ms. Noble noted the business is a cash-only operation and Jake
Coward, Assistant Director of Operations of Illinois said the security and video cameras are
required by state statute and because of the cash operation. Ms. Linnane also said she does not
like the location due to the many family-oriented uses nearby, though she is not opposed to the
dispensary. She also did not favor the name “Consume Cannabis”. Mr. Hyett commented that
the location is bad and noted the hotel behind the proposed site.
Ms. Noble recapped the 3 variances being requested and she reviewed the standards and
responses for them. There was no further discussion.
Action Item
Special Use
Commissioners Williams and Linnane, respectively, moved to approve the Special Use. Mr.
Williams read the motion as follows: In consideration of testimony presented during a Public
Hearing on October 9, 2024 and discussion of the findings of fact, the Planning and Zoning
Commission recommends approval to the City Council a request for Special Use authorization to
operate a cannabis dispensary business within the B-3 General Business District for an
approximately 1.33-acre parcel located at 1508 N. Bridge Street, subject to staff
recommendations in a memo dated October 3, 2024.
Roll call: Linnane-no, Vinyard-no, Williams-yes, Forristall-no, Hyett-no, Millen-no. Motion
failed 5-1.
Action Item
Variance (distance)
Commissioners Williams and Millen moved and seconded, respectively, to approve the variance
regarding distance from a school. Mr. Williams read the motion as follows: In consideration of
testimony presented during a Public Hearing on October 9, 2024 and discussion of the findings of
fact, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval to the City Council a request
for a variance to Section 10-4-14(D)(1) of the Unified Development Ordinance to decrease the
minimum distance a cannabis dispensing organization can be located to a pre-existing public or
private nursery school, preschool, primary or secondary school, day care center, day care home,
residential care home, or religious institutions from five-hundred feet (500') to four-hundred fifty
feet (450') for an approximately 1.33-acre parcel located at 1508 N. Bridge Street.
Roll call: Vinyard-no, Williams-yes, Forristall-no, Hyett-no, Millen-no, Linnane-no. Motion
failed 5-1.
Action Item
Variance (hours)
Commissioners Williams and Forristall moved and seconded, respectively, to approve the
variance regarding change of hours. Mr. Williams read the motion as follows: In consideration
of testimony presented during a Public Hearing on October 9, 2024 and discussion of the findings
of fact, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval to the City Council a request
for a variance to Section 10-4-14(A)(1) of the Unified Development Ordinance to change the
permitted hours of operation for a cannabis dispensary from “10:00a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays” to “9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sundays” for an approximately 1.33-acre parcel
located at 1508 N. Bridge Street.
Roll call: Williams-yes, Forristall-no, Hyett-no, Millen-no, Linnane-no, Vinyard-yes. Motion
failed 4-2.
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Action Item
Variance (signs)
Mr. Williams moved [no second was audible] to approve relief from only one wall-mounted sign.
He read the motion as follows: In consideration of testimony presented during a Public Hearing
on October 9, 2024 and discussion of the findings of fact, the Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends approval to the City Council a request for a variance to Section 10-4-14 (A(3)(a) of
the Unified Development Ordinance seeking relief from the maximum one (1) wall-mounted sign
per cannabis business to allow the petitioner to follow the current signage regulations in Section
10-6-6(A)(4) for similar B-3 General Business District single-tenant uses while maintaining
compliance with Illinois State signage regulations for cannabis businesses for an approximately
1.33-acre parcel located at 1508 N. Bridge Street.
Roll call: Forristall-no, Hyett-no, Millen-no, Linnane-no, Vinyard-no, Williams-yes. Motion
failed 5-1.
2. PZC 2024-23 Kendall County Petition 24-26, Timothy A. Tremain, petitioner, is
requesting an approval of a map amendment (rezoning) for 3.6+/- acres located on the
north side of River Road and approximately 0.75 miles east of Eldamain Road between
11327 and 11209 River Road from R-1 One-Family Residential District to R-3 One-
Family Residential District. The purpose of the request is to construct a maximum of two
(2) single-family houses. The real property is located immediately north of River Road
and approximately 0.75 miles east of Eldamain Road in unincorporated Kendall County.
Ms. Mendez presented the facts for this petition and stated that Mr. Tremain is requesting a map
amendment and rezoning to R-3 for his 3.6 acres, in order to construct 2 single-family homes.
The Commissioners had no discussion for this 1.5 Mile Review. If approved, this will move to
the City Council on October 22nd.
Action Item
1.5 Mile Review
Mr. Williams moved and Mr. Hyett seconded to approve the request. Mr. Williams read the
motion as follows: In consideration of the proposed mile and one-half review of Kendall County
Petition 24-26 for a map amendment 3.6 +/- acres located immediately north of River Road and
approximately 0.75 miles east of Eldamain Road, between 11327 and 11209 River Road, from
R-1 One-Family Residential District to R-3 One-Family Residential District, the Planning and
Zoning Commission recommends to the City Council not to object to the request.
Roll call: Forristall-yes, Hyett-yes, Millen-yes, Vinyard-yes, Williams-yes, Linnane-yes.
Carried 6-0.
3. PZC 2024-24 Kendall County Petition 24-27, Steve W. Jeffers, on behalf of
Revolution Investments, LLC, petitioners, are requesting approval of a Plat of Vacation
to vacate the public easements between two (2) parcels (Lots 110 and 111) within the
Whitetail Ridge subdivision. The purpose of the request is to construct a home in the
center of the combined lots. The real property is located at 5862 and 5834 Championship
Court, which is generally located north of the East Schoolhouse Road (IL Route 126)
between Grove Road and Hopkins Road in unincorporated Kendall County.
The summary of this petition was presented by Ms. Mendez who said this is a request to vacate a
public easement between 2 separate parcels so Mr. Jeffers can construct a home in the center of
the 2 lots. She said the HOA is OK with this request as well as staff. There was no other
discussion. If approved, this will move to the City Council on October 22nd.
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Action Item
1.5 Mile Review
Mr. Williams moved and Mr. Millen seconded a motion to approve Mr. Jeffers' request. Mr.
Williams read the motion as follows: In consideration of the proposed mile and one-half review
of Kendall County Petition 24-27 for a plat of vacation to vacate the public utility easement
between two (2) parcels (Lots 110 and 111) within the Whitetail Ridge Subdivision commonly
known as 5862 and 5834 Championship Court, the Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends the City Council not to object to the request.
Roll call: Forristall-yes, Hyett-yes, Millen-yes, Linnane-yes, Vinyard-yes, Williams-yes. Carried
6-0.
Additional Business
1. Appointment of New Vice Chair
Ms. Noble said Mr. Vinyard has been appointed as the new Chairman of this Commission. Mr.
Vinyard recommended Mr. Williams as the new Vice-Chair.
2. City Council Action Updates
a. PZC 2024-01 Yorkville Renewables has been moved to City Council on October 24
for a vote.
b. PZC 2024-18 Kendall County Petition 24-07 Jerry Styrczula: approved.
c. PZC 2024-20 Kendall County Petition 24-22 Leo M. Phillip: approved.
Adjournment
There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned at 8:44pm on a motion by Danny
Williams.
Respectfully submitted by
Marlys Young, Minute Taker
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UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
651 Prairie Pointe Drive
Yorkville, Illinois
Wednesday, October 9 , 2024
7 :00 p .m .
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PRESENT:
Mr. Rich Vinyard, Chairman,
Mr. Danny Williams,
Mr. Greg Millen,
Mr. Rusty Hyett.
Mr. Ryan Forristall,
Ms. Marge Linane.
ALSO PRESENT:
Ms. Krysti Barksdale-Noble, Community
Development Director;
Ms. Sara Mendez, Planner;
Ms. Marlys Young, Minute Taker.
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APPEARANCES:
OTTOSEN, DiNOLFO, HASENBALG & CASTALDO,
LTD.
BY: MS. MEGAN LAMB
1804 North Naper Boulevard, Suite 350
Naperville, Illinois 60563
(630) 682-0085
appeared on behalf of the United City of
Yorkville;
PTS CORP.
BY: MR. MITCHEL KAY
4801 Emerson Avenue, Suite 112
Palatine, Illinois 60067
(847) 404-6687
appeared on behalf of the Petitioner;
HODGES, LOIZZI, EISENHAMMER, RODICK &
KOHN
BY: MR. ANTONIO J . SENAGORE
500 Park Boulevard, Suite 1000
Itasca, Illinois 60143
(847) 670-9000
appeared on behalf of Parkview Christian
Academy.
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I N D E X
WITNESS:PAGE:
STEVE WEBER 8
JORDAN GASH 18
CORIN YOUNG 22
AL BLOMQUIST 27
FRANCIS KLAAS 28
MOLLY KREMPSKI 30
DR. RAY EPPERSON 34
DAVE YOUNG 37
MARK VAN DENEND 39
MIKE KREMPSKI 43
TONY SENAGORE 44
ANNELIESE LINNEMANN 49
MITCHEL KAY 51
MIKE KRKLJUS, JR.59
COLLEEN MURPHY 62
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(WHEREUPON, the following
proceedings were had in public
hearing:)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: We will move on to
the next item on the agenda, into the public
hearings.
There is one public hearing
scheduled tonight for the Planning and Zoning
Commission meeting. The purpose of this hearing
is to invite testimony from members of the public
regarding the proposed request that is being
considered before the Commission tonight.
Public testimony from persons
present who wish to speak may speak for or
against the request, or to ask questions of the
petitioner regarding the request being heard.
The persons wishing to testify are
asked to speak clearly, one at a time, state your
name, who you represent. You are also asked to
sign in at the podium over there.
If you plan to speak during
tonight's hearing as a petitioner or member of
the public, please stand, raise your right hand
and repeat after me.
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(Witnesses sworn.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you, all. You
may be seated.
So the order for receiving testimony
will be as follows: The petitioner presentation,
followed by those who wish to speak in favor of
the request, and then finally those who wish to
speak in opposition of the request.
So may I have a motion to open the
public hearing on Petition number PZC 2024-1 9 PTS
Group requesting a special use authorization and
variances?
MR. WILLIAMS: So moved. So moved.
MS. LINANE: Second.
MR. HYETT: Second.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Roll call on the
motion.
MS. YOUNG: Yes. Forristall.
MR. FORRISTALL: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: Hyett.
MR. HYETT: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: Millen.
MR. MILLEN: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: Vinyard.
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CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: Williams.
MR. WILLIAMS: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: And Linane.
MS. LINANE: Yes.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: All right. This is a
mouthful now. So the public hearing up for
tonight's public discussion is PZC 2024-19,
Steve Weber on behalf of PTS Corp, this is the
contract lessee and petitioner, and Fort Smith FD
Partners, LLC would be the owner, has applied to
the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County,
Illinois, for special use authorization to
establish a cannabis dispensary within the B -3
General Business District on a 1 .33 acre parcel
at 1508 North Bridge Street located in the
northeast quadrant of Veteran's Parkway and North
Bridge Street.
The petitioner is also seeking three
variances to Section 10-4 -14 of the Yorkville
Unified Development Ordinance: One, reducing the
minimum distance between the dispensary and
certain pre-existing institutions from 500 feet
to 450 feet; the second is extending the
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permitted hours of operation to 9 :00 a .m . to
9 :00 p .m ., Monday through Saturday, and 10:00
a .m . to 6 :00 p .m . on Sundays; and, three,
allowing more than one wall mounted sign by
adhering to the current signage regulations for
similar B -3 businesses while complying with the
Illinois cannabis signage rule.
Is the petitioner for PZC 2024-19,
PTS Corp. present and prepared to make your
presentation?
MR. WEBER: Yes, I am.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Very good, sir.
STEVE WEBER,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. WEBER: Good evening, everybody. My
name is Steve Weber. I am the petitioner for
this current request for tonight.
Just a little background. So I am a
resident in the western suburbs, I currently
reside in Kane County, in St. Charles, and I just
thought I would let you know the reason I got
into cannabis is about ten years ago, me being a
military veteran, I saw how much help that the
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product provided wounded veterans as well as
veterans that suffer from PTSD, depression, pain,
anxiety, so that was my inspiration to get into
the space.
So fast forward ten years later, we
are here now. PTS -- all right. PTS , our core
values, our core values are education, number
one.
We believe in properly informing our
customers, both medical and recreational, of --
one thing I want to say is that this store is
going to both be able to both serve recreational
as well as medicinal consumers, providing
continuous course offerings to the public, advise
through education and purchasing guidance, we
strive to educate consumers about the realities
of cannabis and its effects for both medicinal
and recreational consumers.
Second core value is community. We
believe in becoming strong partners within the
community. We support local chambers of commerce
and community events where appropriate. We
believe in strong relationships and
communications with our neighboring businesses.
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Responsibility. Our marketing
efforts and communications are directed and
curated for adult consumers, not under age. All
marketing materials are compliant through the
rules and regulations set by the industry. We
have created procedures and processes of review
that are dedicated to compliance.
PTS difference. So we are a
vertically integrated company. We deal with
cultivation, manufacturing, as well as
distribution and retail.
Cultivation. We have created
proprietary methods that produce top shelf
flowers. They include lighting schemes,
automated irrigation methods, unique media
formulations and novel HVAC designs.
Manufacturing. We currently produce
over 2 50 active SKUs for retail distribution,
including beverages, popsicles, chewing gum,
chocolate, gummies, vapes, topicals, concentrates
at a scale all in multiple size, child safe form
factors.
Distribution. PTS partners with a
broad range of dispensaries in Illinois,
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Michigan, Arizona and Ohio. We have a very
experienced executive team. Our team has
completed hundreds of harvests over the years in
multiple states.
We have managed numerous operations
around the country in a variety of climates and
geographies. Management has shown the ability to
both port and scale our I P into both new and
established markets.
CPG strategy branded product
development. Our board members have decades of
successful experience in consumer packaged goods,
retail sales and distribution. Tonic, a THC
infused beverage, is the number one product in
this category in Illinois and Michigan.
Our stores are branded consume
Cannabis Company. We have operational retail
outlets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Arizona.
We are dedicated to scientifically driven
proprietary IP.
Through our subsidiary, we have
multiple patent pending. Our technologies
include solvent extraction, novel dry cure
methods and unique sensors for improving yields.
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We are compliant with compliance.
We respect that cannabis advertising should not
directly or indirectly propose that any laws
pertinent to the sale and consumption of cannabis
should not be complied with.
Advertising should adhere to general
and industry standard advertising best practices.
Abuse or inappropriate consumption of cannabis
should not be encouraged directly or indirectly.
Advertising themes, concepts and
visuals should not depict any imagery that may
target an underage person or intend to encourage
an underage person to consume cannabis.
We, along with our licensed security
company, Silver Star Protection Group, have
shared our security plan with Police Chief James
Jensen as well as his command staff.
We have a very robust security plan
that has been designed to ensure the safety and
security of employees, purchasers, and the
community is a priority.
PTS Corp. has a proven ten-year
track record of operating both dispensaries as
well as cultivation facilities that feature a
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discipline free record of full regulatory
compliance and adherence to the Illinois Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act.
As an organization that has done
millions of customer transactions, we pride
ourselves as being a market leader at compliance,
followed by our relentless pursuit of customer
service.
These are some of the different
advertisements as well as compliance rules in the
states that we currently operate in.
This just shows some of our
different locations in different states. As I
mentioned, we are in four different states right
now, Arizona, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.
Why is consume different than other
dispensaries? Consume Cannabis Company is a
national retail cannabis brand with the purpose
of providing a better cannabis experience to
medical and recreational purchasers.
Since education is at the heart of
Consume, all of our advisors and staff begin with
a proprietary training program to gain a full
understanding of local cannabis laws, products
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and consumption methods.
Our onboarding and training
processes go beyond a training manual. We offer
an online platform, consume University, that
provides mini tutorials and interactive lessons.
Our goal is for every consumer to have a better
understanding of cannabis and the effects that it
will have on their body.
I just want to give you a snapshot
of currently what's going on in Illinois. So
when you originally passed your ordinance, there
was 55 medicinal-only stores that were allowed in
the state.
Fast forward four years now, there
is currently 2 28 active dispensaries in Illinois,
16 that are under construction or approved.
There is -- per Illinois law, 3 55
stores are allowed to open up in the state, so
that leaves 111 remaining to be approved and/or
open.
Stores that are currently close to
Yorkville, there is two stores currently
operating in Oswego, two in Plainfield that are
coming soon, there is one in Montgomery, and then
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there is three in Aurora.
Once again, this is the snapshot of
where the consume locations are in the four
different states.
Consume Cannabis, benefits of having
a consume dispensary in Yorkville. Due to the
nature of the business and difficulty moving
licenses, consume provides a stable, long-term
tenant for -- or building owner for years to
come.
Consume dispensary locations will
fill an empty retail location. Where possible,
we will use locally based businesses for goods
and services or contracted needs.
Consume attracts new customers to
the area who will inherently spend money at local
businesses. We provide both salaried as well as
hourly positions along with benefits to our
employees.
Average employee count at a consume
is approximately, between full-time and
part-time, 20 to 25. Our average monthly
payrolls are around $75,000 a month plus.
New employees. Because of the
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payroll, the new employees will spend locally,
adding to the economy, as well as offering new
options for employment other than fast food or
traditional retail jobs, while also paying at or
above most other comparable employers.
At one of our recent stores that we
opened up, we had over 250 applications for 20
spots. Any time we promote somebody and we need
to recruit new patient advisors, there is always
a lot of applications that come. There is lots
of people that want to be employed by -- they
want to be in the space. They want to be
employed by cannabis dispensaries, so it just
shows that, you know, there is people that are
very interested and passionate and want to be in
the cannabis space.
I note tonight one of the requests
that I had is for -- to slightly change the hours
that the ordinance has in place. The
justification for the request is I wanted to just
kind of show the hours that we are requesting.
At the top you can see Monday
through Saturday, 9 :00 to 9 :00, and then Sunday,
10:00 to 6 :00, which equates to 80 hours of being
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open.
Our nearest competitor is Ivy Hall.
They are going to be open for 84 hours. They are
open from 9 :00 to 9 :00 Monday through Thursday;
Friday, Saturday, 9 :00 to 10:00 p .m .; and then
Sunday, nine to seven.
Market 9 6 , which is in Oswego, they
are open Monday through Sunday from 9 :00 to 9 :00
p .m ., 84 hours total open.
And then Cloud 9 , which is the most
recent one that opened up, they are open from
Sunday through Thursday, 8 :00 to 9 :00; and then
Friday and Saturday, 8 :00 to 10:00, for a total
of 93 hours. So those are the closest
competitors in their hours.
And then I made an additional slide
that just kind of shows some of the other
businesses in town, the liquor stores, in regards
to their hours, so I just wanted you to
understand where I was coming from in regards to
why I requested the hours be what they are.
Here is our management team.
Obviously I am not going to go through each
person's bio here, but just to let you know that
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we have a very strong management team.
With that, I thank the staff for
putting everything together. I thank the
Planning and Zoning Commission for obviously
listening to us.
Obviously I am seeking a favorable
recommendation on all of the requests and, with
that, I would like to just say thank you, and our
full staff is here for any questions that anybody
may have.
Thank you very much.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you. All
right. Is there anyone who wishes to speak in
favor of the request?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Seeing as there are
none, are there anyone present who wishes to
speak in opposition of the request? All right.
Please step up to the podium.
JORDAN GASH,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. GASH: Hello, everyone. My name is
Jordan Gash. I am a Yorkville resident. Just
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want to start out by saying thank you to
everyone. I know some of you who are here and I
appreciate all that you do for the community.
I am here on behalf of Parkview
Christian Academy. I serve as the board
president at the school, and I actually met with
Mr. Weber on July 13th over the summer and we
voiced our objection at that time to the location
of the cannabis facility, and so at that time I
think the same things that I am going to share
tonight are the same things that we shared in our
conversation.
We are not objecting to the business
being in Yorkville, we are objecting to its
location and the close proximity that it is to
the school.
So I live here in Yorkville, my wife
Melissa and I have four kids. Three out of four
attend Parkview Christian Academy, and so, too,
my middle schooler and my high s chooler who is
currently enrolled at the school would be right
there at that upper campus, and so we have moral
objections as a family, moral objections as a
school, and my request tonight for those of you
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that are making this decision and taking this
decision up the chain to be voted on as it
relates to these variances, we respectfully ask
that these variances not be approved.
We feel like those standards are in
place for good reasons, and if they are approved,
I think my question would be who is looking out
for our kids, and so those standards are there
for the safety and the health and the well-being
of children and so to go against those standards
and against those variances, I 'd be personally
saddened as a resident because I feel like we
need to be looking out for our children, that's
the reason why those standards are in place, and
so for all of you that have an opportunity to be
a part of this decision, for our mayor,
ultimately for our aldermen, I ask you to look
out for the kids.
The other thing I think I 'd like to
bring up is, you know, not only looking out for
the kids, but I 'd ask the question if those
variances were to be approved, you know, what do
we value as a community.
I think that, again, Parkview
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Christian Academy, it's not just a 501(c )(3 )
non-profit, it's made of up of families,
Yorkville residents, taxpayers like myself who
have come together to teach their kids, so we've
got an a mazing staff, it's an amazing
organization.
We are teaching biblical values, we
are teaching service, community service, and I
think that if these variances are approved, it
makes me ask that question as a resident what do
we really value.
There is more to being a successful
community than our tax revenues, and I feel like
to take really the decision that is being made
it's between PTS and Parkview Christian Academy
because of these variance requests, and so I
think that that's a good question to ask, what do
we value, so I just want to propose that to you
tonight.
And, again, I am speaking on behalf
of our school board, on behalf of our school
community, we respectfully ask that the variances
not be approved, and then, too, that we ask our
ourselves some of those questions I think are
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good for all of us, who is going to protect our
kids. That's why those standards are in place.
We ask they be upheld. And then, two, what do we
truly value as a community.
So thank you for your time. I
appreciate it.
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you, sir.
Whoever would like to go next, please.
CORIN YOUNG,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MS. YOUNG: I have prepared my comments
on paper here just to make sure I am respectful
of everyone's time.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Could you state your
name for us, please?
MS. YOUNG: Oh, yes. Corin Young. I am
a parent at Parkview Christian School and I have
lived in Yorkville my entire life. So long time
resident.
Today I would urge you to increasing
the distance between cannabis dispensaries and
the schools for the sake of our children's health
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and safety.
Under Illinois law, as you are all
aware, cannabis dispensaries must be at least
500 feet from schools, and I will cite several
sources throughout my material.
I am not going to list them all for
you because I think that's probably a waste of
your time, but I do have the materials here if
you would like to see them.
Resident studies and insights from
public health organizations suggest that this
distance may not be sufficient to shield young
people from the negative effects from cannabis
exposure and marketing.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention highlights that cannabis use among
teens can interfere with brain development,
affect academic performance and increase the risk
of mental health issues like anxiety and
depression, and based on your comments, I 'm sure
that that's not something that you want and I
appreciate your effort to educate the communities
that you reside in.
However, as we examine the broader
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implications of cannabis dispensaries on our
communities, it becomes evident that the issues
extend beyond their proximity to schools .
Lax regulations, particularly in
terms of security and monitoring, which it sounds
like you make an effort to address, have raised
concerns about the relationship between these
establishments and local crime rates, as well as
homelessness.
Research from multiple sources
suggests that communities with high visibility of
cannabis dispensaries are seeing troubling
correlation with increased crime and
homelessness.
Many cannabis products are highly
potent, leading to cases where dependency or even
mental health crisis such as cannabis induced
psychosis are becoming more and more common.
In the case of Johnny Stacks' story,
it is a heartbreaking example of how this
dependency can spiral. Johnny's use of highly
concentrated THC products led him into a cycle of
addiction, ultimately resulting in severe mental
health struggles, and tragically his suicide.
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We know that many of Consume
Cannabis' products are edibles geared towards
children in both their flavoring and high
concentrations of THC. Moreover, many of these
packages contain 100 milligrams of THC, a dosage
level that is described as follows: Even in
seasoned consumers, negative side effects like
paranoia and rapid heart rate can occur.
Coordination is almost always impaired at this
stage, end quote.
Current regulations allow a consumer
to purchase 500 milligrams of T H C per day.
While we cannot change Illinois law
or the current city regulations, we can at the
very least enforce the lax requirements for
cannabis dispensaries.
A 202 1 national survey on drug use
and health found that among the 5 2 million
Americans 12 years and older who used marijuana
in the past month, 16 million were addicted.
One-third of the users can't quit despite the
drug's negative effects on their lives.
In closing, and on a personal note,
I would ask is this who we are as a community?
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The Yorkville I grew up in used to be a place of
nurturing, growth and care.
I watched my local church coordinate
with local business owners to build a gazebo in
Town Square Park. It was no small feat at the
time. I was there for the original duck race on
the Fox River.
I have watched businesses come and
businesses go, and I have watched community
members invest so much time into this community
because we believe in this community. We believe
in being here and in what's being done here. We
joined Parkview Christian Academy for that very
reason.
My family has not been the most
prominent or outspoken family in Yorkville, but
we have been the quiet servants of this
community, raising funds, bringing meals to those
in need, gathering supplies and raising our
family to leave things better than they found
them.
We work hard and pray even harder
for safe educational opportunities for our
children, something our local school district
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wasn't able to provide.
I ask you to consider the many
sacrifices of local families, many of whom are
unable to be present here tonight prior to making
our choice, what is the cost of our children's
future and our community's future?
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you. Who would
like to go next? Please step up to the podium,
sign in and then state your name for us, sir.
AL BLOMQUIST,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. BLOMQUIST: Yes, sir. My name is Al
Blomquist, and my piece is relatively brief here.
Just as a grandfather of three teenage boys here
in Yorkville, I would strongly urge that just as
we would not sell cannabis to children, so should
we avoid the marketing or selling of cannabis in
a neighboring location to a school.
I have nothing against a marijuana
store per se as long as it is kept in a normal
zoning distance from the school. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you, sir.
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Next.
FRANCIS KLAAS,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. KLAAS: My name is Francis Klaas. I
live at 205 East Kendall Drive in Countryside
Center Subdivision. I am here representing
myself, my wife and my family.
I am going to disagree just a little
bit with the president of Parkview Christian
Academy because I am speaking against this
petition, but not only for the reason that it's
in proximity to the school, but that it's in
Yorkville at all.
UNIDENTIFIED AUDIENCE MEMBER: Amen.
MR. KLAAS: I would encourage the board
to not approve the variances, and just as soon as
you can, increase the setbacks and every other
thing that is required of a dispensary and make
it so uninviting to Yorkville that none are ever
located here, and I say this, you know, for a
couple different reasons.
The proliferation of drugs and
alcohol in our country is not a good thing, and I
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think it sets a terrible example for our young
people, and it desensitizes them to drugs and
alcohol. Even if they are not allowed to do it,
they are affected by this.
We want Yorkville to be a wholesome
community, and just because other communities are
building dispensaries, that doesn't make it
right. There are thousands of stores that sell
cigarettes; I wouldn't say that's virtuous.
So I think I would encourage you to
choose to say no and make this an uninviting
thing. Vote no on the variances and simply say
no.
Just because Montgomery or Oswego is
doing it, it doesn't mean it's a good thing for
Yorkville.
UNIDENTIFIED AUDIENCE MEMBER: That's
right.
MR. KLAAS: I love this town, and I just
don't think that sort of thing should be here.
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you, sir.
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Have the podium.
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MOLLY KREMPSKI,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MS. KREMPSKI: My name is Molly
Krempski. I own properties in Yorkville. I have
a bunch of kids, but they don't go to Parkview, I
am just here speaking on behalf of myself and my
family.
I want to clear up a couple -- or
just one really misunderstanding about the
500-foot setback that keeps coming up in
conversations that I have been having and then I
will say what I came to say.
I feel like when the purposes for
specific ordinances are understood, there is a
tendency to have more respect for them.
So there is various types of
businesses that require setbacks from schools.
These setbacks are put in place to keep -- they
aren't put in place to keep the kids out of
businesses, we already have laws for that, but
these school setbacks are put in place to
mitigate the proven secondary effects that
various business types have on the community.
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The Secondary Effects Doctrine was
established about 15 years ago. We had the
Supreme Court ruling Young v . American Mini
Theaters , and it allows for setbacks to be
established to keep spaces around residential
areas, schools, parks, churches, from
deteriorating.
In subsequent decisions the court
added that a city does not have to conduct its
own study to justify its reliance on the
secondary effects argument; instead, the city
could rely on studies conducted in other cities
previously.
This is why Yorkville is able to
legislate cannabis setbacks from schools, because
the activities that have occurred in other towns
prove the need for such legislation.
Thought, planning, research and
discussion went into these ordinances. As you
know from your time spent on this committee and
perhaps if you served on other committees, it's a
deliberate and rational process that is entered
into with the aim of creating spaces where
children can safely learn and grow.
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I have always been in favor of
upholding ordinances put in place to protect
children, and I am still, after several years of
speaking before committees and the City Council
here in Yorkville, am in favor of upholding
ordinances put in place to protect children.
I realize that you guys might feel
some pressure to generate revenue for the city,
but I will ask, as many of these people have
asked tonight, what is the security of
Yorkville's children worth to the committee?
Because it's priceless to me.
I know it seems to make sense by the
reasoning of men that if we want to be prosperous
we need to facilitate the opening of as many
businesses as possible, but it doesn't always
work that way.
A city that prioritizes revenue over
the defense of the most defenseless among us will
never know true prosperity.
The Preamble to the Illinois
Constitution -- and, now, this is a document that
the aldermen have sworn an oath to uphold -- it
reads: We, the People of the State of Illinois,
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grateful to Almighty God, for the civil,
political and religious liberty which He has
permitted us to enjoy and in seeking his
blessings upon our endeavors, in order to provide
for the health, safety and welfare of the people;
maintain a representative and orderly government;
eliminate poverty and inequality; assure legal,
social and economic justice; provide opportunity
for the fullest development of the individual;
ensure domestic tranquility; provide for the
common defense; and secure the blessings of
freedom and liberty to ourselves and our
posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the State of Illinois.
So Illinois was established to
provide for people by honoring God. Putting kids
at risk by nullifying ordinances that were put in
place to ensure their safety, their welfare,
their fullest development, does not honor God or
secure his blessing.
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CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you.
By a show of hands, could you guys
let me know how many more people would like to
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say something?
(A show of hands.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Okay. In defense of
the amount of people that want to say something,
I am getting the point that the location of this
is going to be the main issue.
Am I correct with that?
UNIDENTIFIED AUDIENCE MEMBERS: No. No.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: That's what I am
getting with every one of them?
UNIDENTIFIED AUDIENCE MEMBERS: No.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: All right. So those
of you who have something to say other than its
proximity to Parkview, I am going to take you
guys next.
We've got a pretty good grasp on the
location issue. If you have any other concerns
outside of its proximity to Parkview, please grab
the podium.
DR. RAY EPPERSON,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
DR. EPPERSON: My name is Dr. Ray
Epperson. I am the superintendent at Parkview
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Christian Academy. I have lived in Yorkville
basically since I got married in the early 80's ,
my wife has lived in Yorkville since she was
born, so we are long-time residents of the
community.
Yes, the proximity is a major
concern, but you asked for additional things. In
your initial presentation you talked about the
fact that your company complies with all the
regulations, but the purpose of this meeting is
you are asking to change three things that are
currently regulations.
(Applause.)
DR. EPPERSON: More signage, more hours,
and closer to the school. Again, those
regulations are there for a reason. They weren't
just developed willy-nilly. A lot of time,
thought, effort, went into putting those
regulations in place.
So it's just a simple ask that they
are there for a reason, follow that reasoning of
why they are there in the first place.
You talked about the number of
dispensaries in the state. This isn't just a
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question of proximity to Parkview, but I don't
know the answer, and maybe I 'd be surprised by
the answer, how many of those dispensaries across
the state are within 500 feet of a school?
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DR. EPPERSON: I don't know the answer
to that. It might be a lot. I know I have
driven in all the surrounding communities just
from shopping and living in the area and every
one I drive by that has a dispensary, there is
not a school in sight anywhere in the vicinity of
those places, so my ask is simply the regulations
are there for a reason.
The last thing I am going to say is
you talked about marketing. Businesses spend
millions in marketing. They market for a
specific reason.
The name of this dispensary is
consume Cannabis, so there is going to be signs
the kids in our community and the families of our
community are going to be driving by every single
day that say consume Cannabis. I don't think
that's good for Yorkville.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you.
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CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Somebody else have
anything to say? Please, step to the podium,
sign in and state your name.
DAVE YOUNG,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. YOUNG: My name is Dave Young, I am
a resident of Yorkville. I have children and my
wife live here. Our children do attend Parkview,
but that's not the -- the variance is not the
reason.
I can tell you real world. I work
next to a cannabis dispensary and I can tell you
the negative effects it has had on the area in
which I work.
I am a mechanic. We service a lot
of police cars as part of our service to the
community, and I can tell you that talking to
them after the dispensary went in, the crime rate
went up.
I can tell you the vagrancy that's
happened in our area. The little things,
catalytic converters missing, things like that.
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Now, that may not directly be because of the
cannabis, but I can tell you the crime rate has
gone up.
It has directly affected the area in
which we work. I have been a mechanic for about
almost 30 years now and I can tell you that it
would be wonderful if cannabis was just used in
someone's home, but that's not the case. That's
not real world.
When I started in this business, it
was a rarity to see cannabis and cannabis
paraphernalia inside a car. Now that the law has
changed, it's probably one in every ten cars that
I work on, strong odors, paraphernalia, so I can
tell you that they are driving around using this
product.
There is absolutely nothing -- While
there are laws in place that keep these things
away from children, there is absolutely nothing
that stops someone who is legally able to go into
this dispensary, get the product and then sell it
to children.
Many of the products that they sell
are designed for children, edibles and things
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like that, that look like candy. There is
nothing that stops them from doing that.
So I am very much opposed to this
not only for the variance, but in Yorkville. It
is not the message we want to send our children
and it is certainly not the message that we want
to send the community, that we want drugs in our
community.
Thank you very much for your time.
Have a good day.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you.
(Applause.)
MARK VAN DENEND,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. VAN DENEND: Good evening. My name
is Mark Van Denend. I am a Yorkville area
resident only for the last three years. We
recently moved back to Illinois after a long, sad
time in California.
I am speaking to you today because I
have kids that attend a number of schools in
Yorkville, including Parkview Christian Academy.
I am also a football coach in the
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area, I have players on my team from Plano,
Yorkville, Oswego, Minooka, Montgomery, Aurora,
you name it, and so I am working with young
teenage men on a daily basis.
My wife and I are also licensed
foster parents. We did foster care for four or
five years out in California before we moved here
where we also got licensed, and I am just telling
you about all of those things because in all of
those different situations I have seen the
effects of marijuana use in the lives of
individuals.
So my main objection to this request
for a variance is not so much the proximity to
the school, but it's the fact that there is a
recreational sale of marijuana for any purpose.
I have never seen anything good from that.
Additionally, I forgot to mention I
am also an architect, and when I was an architect
in California, my firm did take on a number of
dispensaries and also manufacturing facilities
that dealt with marijuana processes, and while
they often do have pretty incredible security, I
have seen some of the drawings, and while there
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are significant regulations, just like some of
the -- like Dave shared a second ago, I have also
seen crime increase in the areas around those
facilities almost a hundred percent of the time.
What's shocking to me as well is
that even in California where we lived, we lived
in the far northern part of the state in the area
that's known as the Green Triangle, it is
well-known for how well marijuana can grow, even
there the proximity required was 1 ,000 feet to a
school or a daycare facility or something like
that, so just the fact that it's even smaller
here blows my mind.
In dealing with moms whose kids have
been taken away from them in f oster care,
oftentimes my wife and I have had the opportunity
to support those moms in some way, shape or form
while we were caring for their kids, and more
often than not those moms were using, and more
often than not, it was contributing to or
exacerbating underlying mental illness.
If anybody cares to look even a
little bit into regular marijuana use -- maybe
you can make an argument on the medicinal side,
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but recreational marijuana use, you know, I
encourage you to go to Pub Med and just pore
through any of the studies out there. It most
definitely contributes to or exacerbates mental
illness, psychoses, schizophrenia.
Those are things we don't need in
our community. They are certainly not things we
need for the young people in our community.
And then also again to Dave's point
about driving while under the influence of
marijuana, I don't know -- I mean, maybe people
what to show their hands, how many times you have
been driving the car and you can smell the car
ahead of you.
(A show of hands.)
MR. VAN DENEND: That happens to me on
almost a daily basis now and I can't even believe
that. It's not safe. It's not safe.
So I appreciate the graphic that
showed Montgomery, Oswego, Plainfield, and what I
appreciated most about it was Yorkville was not
on it, and I ask you to keep it that way.
(Applause.)
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having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. KREMPSKI: Hi. I am Mike Krempski.
I live in Yorkville, I have some properties in
Yorkville proper, and I actually have some nieces
and nephews that go to Parkview. My children do
not.
But I would like to point out, and I
hope you guys realize this -- I am assuming you
do -- look at this room. Every commission and
committee meeting and board meeting I go to,
there is nobody there. The room is empty. It's
me listening to the aldermen or commissioners or
trustees, right? So you can see the community
has an absolute concern of what's going on here.
One of the things that was brought
up was about security and communication with
their local police. Well, that's going to put a
burden on our police department for our
community, right?
So while they may be engaging in
that, they are taking away from something else in
the community or we are having to hire more
staff, police, to be able to regulate what's
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going on in the community, so I think there is
real concerns.
The secondary effects , if anybody
takes any time to look into it, they are real.
That's why this whole thing started with the
Secondary Effects Doctrine, that these are real
things that happen in communities, and it's
proven over and over again, and the Supreme Court
has ruled in favor of communities, towns,
villages, to regulate certain businesses based on
those effects.
So we just ask that you consider
that in your decision tonight. We know it's only
something that gets pushed forward, but your
decision does have weight going forward.
Thank you.
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Does anyone have any
other topics that haven't been discussed tonight,
any viewpoints on this that would like to come
up?
ANTONIO J . SENAGORE,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
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MR. SENAGORE: Good evening. My name is
Tony Senagore. I am an attorney at the law firm
of Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn,
counsel for the Parkview Christian Academy, and I
just wanted to make a couple points. These are
raised in my letter, but I just wanted to raise a
couple points that were raised in the two letters
sent to the City earlier.
First, the applicant has not shown
compliance with pertinent Illinois statutes on
advertising and signage located so close to
school grounds.
The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act
prohibits placing an advertisement of cannabis or
a cannabis infused product in any form or through
any medium within 1 ,000 feet of the perimeter of
school grounds.
The consume Cannabis company is not
the name of a registered company according to my
search of the Illinois Secretary of State in
Illinois, it's a trade name, and if the variance
for the signage is granted in this case, the
applicant would be effectively placing signage
literally encouraging onlookers to consume
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cannabis within 1 ,000 feet of a school.
Moreover, the applicant has not
demonstrated that they are -- how the applicant
would operate its business without any interior
signage or how the applicant can operate a
dispensary without any advertising. Therefore,
the applicant has not shown compliance with state
law.
In addition, the applicant has
failed to satisfy the requirements for a
variation. One of the requirements under the
ordinance is that the applicant must show a
particular hardship would result because of the
physical surroundings, shape or topographical
conditions of the subject property as
distinguished from a mere convenience if the
strict letter of the regulations were carried
out.
According to some of the case law
cited in the letter, a particular hardship does
not mean a self-imposed hardship or that a piece
of property is better adapted for the forbidden
use or that a variation would be for the owner's
profit.
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Here the applicant knew or should
have known of the signage requirements before it
sought to occupy the subject property.
The 500-foot distance requirement
a pplies generally to all properties that are
located 500 feet from a school, and the applicant
has not and cannot show any physical
surroundings, shape or topographical conditions
require variation. Therefore, on that basis the
variation request -- request for variation should
be denied.
In addition, the applicant must
establish that the variation will not be
detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to
other property or improvements in the
neighborhood in which the property is located.
There are several studies cited in
the letter showing the negative effects of
cannabis business, and the ten or so speakers
tonight and the additional people in the audience
are -- should receive credit from the Commission
as evidence that this would negatively impact
other properties in the neighborhood and the
public welfare.
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And, finally, relatedly, the
requirement for a special use also involves the
consideration of -- that the change -- the
special use I should say serves the public
health, safety, morals, comfort and general
welfare.
Again, based on the information
presented in the letter and the sincerely held
views of the speakers tonight, the Commission can
credit that as evidence that allowing the special
use to allow a dispensary would not serve the
general welfare.
Finally, granting the variation here
would create a slippery slope that would justify
the use of other a dult-oriented uses in other
parts of the city that are not desired.
This is a generally applicable
requirement and the Commission should not be
revisiting a generally applicable requirement,
such as the 500-foot distance requirement from
schools, in the context of the variation.
For these reasons and the other
reasons expressed in our letter, the Academy
would ask that the variations and the special use
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be denied.
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you, sir.
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: All right. So we are
going to move on with the -- Would you like to
say something? Sorry.
MS. LINNEMANN: I have something I would
like to say.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Yes, ma'am.
ANNELIESE LINNEMANN,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MS. LINNEMANN: Hi. My name is
Anneliese Linnemann. I am 16 years old and I am
a junior at Parkview Christian Academy, in Upper
Campus.
One thing that I worry about is the
kind of company that this would bring to the area
around the school. We have already had a
situation happen at school with a suspicious man,
and thanks to students that said something, the
person was stopped. I am worried that with a
place like this so close to school, more things
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like that could happen.
Another thing is natural human
curiosity. If I had never heard about this place
before, maybe I would want to see what it was
about, maybe I would become hooked on vape,
marijuana or something worse, and then my life
would rapidly down-spiral into something I
couldn't control, and I am worried that something
like that will happen to my classmates and
younger individuals at the school that wouldn't
know anything about it and the dangers of drugs.
Third, 1 Corinthians 15:33 from the
Bible says that bad company corrupts good morals.
What will happen to the area around the school if
this business is put into place?
What is Yorkville doing to make sure
that my classmates are safe, that my teachers are
safe, and I would personally like to know if
Yorkville has a plan for that, because I live in
Sugar Grove, just 15 minutes to Yorkville, and I
am already worried that maybe some seniors or
people that are able to buy drugs or alcohol will
become curious and then will get bad grades or
something bad might happen to them.
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Thank you for listening.
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Young lady. Hey,
young lady. That was very brave of you to get up
and do that. Thank you.
MR. REIS: She literally wrote that
right now, sitting here listening to all you guys
talk. It hit her that hard and she wrote that.
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you. Oh,
sorry, petitioners. Yes.
MITCHEL KAY,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. KAY: Hey, everyone. My name is
Mitch Kay. I am the attorney for the petitioner.
I am the bad guy tonight I guess.
I love these meetings. It's an
opportunity to see the community, to hear your
concerns. They are all well received.
I do want to go over a few items
because there is maybe a little confusion on some
perspectives. I want to go through very quickly
the standards for variation.
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First, particular hardship. This
property has been vacant for two, three years.
This is zoned correctly, we are permitted to
apply for a special use permit variance, go
through this entire process. We respect, you
know, the town listening to us and taking
everything we have submitted to heart and, again,
listening to the town.
There is no other similarly situated
property. I want to remind the town that the
church is a non-conforming use in this zone
without a variance, and to my knowledge the
church came in with a threat that they would be
able to work there, have a school there, under
the guise of suing the town if they didn't permit
them to operate. They also came in with another
letter threatening to sue.
We are data driven. We want to make
sure everyone is very well aware, there are
subjective opinions and then there are objective,
concrete facts.
One, we are not marketing anything.
A sign is a designation of our store, nothing
more than that. You cannot see into the store,
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so anything in the store cannot be seen from
outside. No one under the age of 2 1 that is
outside the -- anyone outside the store cannot
see what's going on inside the store.
Security is incredibly tight. We
are compliant with all regulations. These three
are variances. These are ordinances within the
town, they are not state regulations. We have to
be compliant with all state regulations in order
to operate.
In every municipality that we have a
store in, we have enhanced security, we have a
great relationship with the police department,
and, in fact, in our facility in Show Low,
Arizona, a heavily Mormon community, we have
extended our hours because it's been that
spotless, and that's how we act as a company.
That's what we do.
Your town passed a law to permit one
dispensary, we are asking for your consideration
that we be granted this opportunity. We are at
most de minimus distance from the required
500-foot setback, and I 'm not going to formally
ask you to look into it, but I did raise in my
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letter, by the black letter of your ordinance,
the measurement is from facility to property
line, which is over 500 feet, which you guys can
discuss on your own whether you want to look at
it differently, but that would put us out of even
needing a variance for that.
Slippery -- Is Mr. Senagore here?
Slippery slope argument, first year of law
school? It's not a valid argument. We can't go
on subjective Reefer Madness from the 1960's and
think this is the same thing.
MR. GASH: That's disrespectful.
MR. KAY: It's not.
UNIDENTIFIED AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yes, it
is.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Point of order.
MR. KAY: Respectfully, we want to have
concrete, objective facts. We want to discuss
with you what's going on. I also --
MS. KREMPSKI: Are you addressing the
board?
MR. KAY: I am addressing the entire
room.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Please.
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MR. KAY: I 'm letting you hear what's
going on, so -- I gave you guys time to speak,
please also be courteous to my time. Thank you.
We are not here in the 1960's in
Reefer Madness taking, you know, subjective
opinions on what a few individuals think is going
on.
There are 20,000 residents of
Yorkville. I am happy some showed up, that's
wonderful. That is a minority compared to the
total folks in this town that would have
otherwise shown up if there was that much
concern.
UNIDENTIFIED AUDIENCE MEMBER: Where are
the other ones speaking up for it?
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Point of order.
MS. LAMB: Let's keep the comments --
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Yeah, comments have
to keep to their -- You guys had your
opportunity, sorry.
MR. KAY: So going down the steps for a
variation, this owner cannot find another
suitable tenant. It's been two to three years
since anyone has been on the property.
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The conditions upon which the
petition for a variation is based are unique to
this property. It is in the correct zoning
district. We cannot build anywhere else in the
town to similarly situate ourselves to conduct
our business.
If we cannot receive these variances
or approval to operate, yes, we would have a
significant hardship in not being able to conduct
business.
And no, based on many other
studies -- and some of the studies cited were
based on Portland, Oregon, which legalized every
drug, open use of needles, heroin, which they are
now trying to call back, that's not Yorkville.
Those studies on secondary
environment are looking at drastically different
environments, and that needs to be considered
when we're looking at how this could impact or
not impact your community.
And, again, the proposed variation
will not impair any adequate supply of light or
air to the adjacent property.
I have submitted my letter in
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response to Mr. Senagore before. His last
letter, again, was filled with inaccuracies and,
you know, assumptions on what we do.
Consume Cannabis is a trade name.
We often mark with just Consume, that's just how
we do business, so I didn't really understand
that point.
But, again, we thank everyone for
your time and we -- again, sorry if you thought I
was being disrespectful, but we appreciate
everyone coming out to listen to us, and if you
have further questions, we are here to answer
them.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you. Are there
any questions from the commissioners for the
petitioner?
MR. WILLIAMS: Not at this time.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: All right. So we are
going to conclude the public hearing. Oh, I 'm
sorry, petitioner -- would you like to have your
responses to the standards entered into the
public record?
MR. KAY: Sure.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Very good. All
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right. Since all public testimony regarding this
petition has been taken, may I have a motion to
close the taking of testimony in this public
hearing?
MR. KRKLJUS: It's not all been taken,
though.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Excuse me?
MR. KRKLJUS: It's not all been taken.
I think there are other people that wanted to
speak, but you are closing arguments, so I don't
think you have taken all the arguments.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: So that's why I was
asking if anyone had any topics that weren't
already discussed. You had something that --
MR. KRKLJUS: I found something in
Illinois law that I 'd like to say.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Okay. We have
already moved on past that. I apologize for
that.
MR. KRKLJUS: So you are not taking --
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: I 'm sorry. Is there
any way we can -- Is there any way we can go
back?
MR. KRKLJUS: I would like to speak.
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MS. LAMB: Yeah, you can -- Let's --
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Hold on. Let me talk
to legal.
MS. LAMB: It's okay, you can go back.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: I can go back to
that?
MS. LAMB: Yes, we have not closed the
hearing yet. If there was somebody who had
something additional to say, that would be fine.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Then you have the
floor. My apologies. I am not a lawyer.
MIKE KRKLJUS, JR.,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MR. KRKLJUS: My name is Mike Krkljus, I
am a parent of a student at Parkview Christian.
We live in Montgomery. There is one point that I
wanted to make.
I am a contractor, and through the
course of my contracting career I have done some
commercial work. One of the things that I am
familiar with, sir, you mentioned HVAC. I 'm not
sure exactly what your HVAC upgrades are, but one
of the things that Illinois mandates for
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recreational use and the consumption areas,
private property, with owner's consent, so I
don't know if you are going to be buying that
building or you are going to be renting that
building.
The other thing is an approved
dispensary. An approved dispensary is an
approved consumption area. I don't know how your
HVAC works, but nail salons are required to have
above and beyond HVAC systems to expel all the
fumes and the gases that they generate. It goes
into the open air.
If we are -- if we mandate
1 ,000 feet for advertising, 500 feet from
schools, what do we do by smells and aromas that
make their way out of the business into the
surrounding area? If you can answer that
regarding HVAC.
But I did want to point out, was it
your opinion or was it fact to say that Parkview
had threatened Yorkville?
MR. KAY: It's my understanding.
MR. KRKLJUS: Okay. So that's your
understanding. Unless you have proof to back
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that up, that's hearsay. I am not a lawyer
either, but to come up and discredit a school
that is a pillar of the community, that raises
young people to be pillars of the community, to
give back through organizational structure,
through community service, you name it, Parkview
is doing it to help the community, so to attack a
school like that --
MS. LAMB: Okay. Let's stay on topic,
please. Thank you.
MR. KRKLJUS: Yeah, that was a personal
thing that I didn't like. But as a contractor,
you mentioned HVAC. I would be curious to know
what the HVAC abilities are of your business to
filter what's going to be coming out of that
business, because if advertising can't be within
1 ,000 feet, what do we do about the smell?
That's a pretty strong advertisement if you ask
me. So I 'd like to point that out.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: We will let you
readdress it.
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Ma'am, please write
your name down.
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COLLEEN MURPHY,
having been first duly sworn, testified from the
podium as follows:
MS. MURPHY: My name is Colleen Murphy.
I own a business in Yorkville. I also am the
founder of a non-profit organization that teaches
children five and up how to identify predators
online and in person.
The first point I would like to make
is I think roughly six years ago I had to go
before the City because I have a microblade
license, which falls under the category of tattoo
establishment, and the City of Yorkville told me
at that time that they do not allow tattoo
establishments in their town, that that is their
discretion, and that they did not like what that
would bring to the community. I just wanted to
make that known.
And then also, this summer, with the
non-profit work that I do, I went to the Crimes
Against Children conference in Dallas and had the
opportunity to sit down with the DEA who informed
me -- and I am not sure of the exact numbers, but
I can get them for you -- they are currently
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finding in our country that children who are in
states where cannabis is being sold are roughly
nine times more likely to purchase illegally,
where it's , quote, more affordable for them, and
those drugs are being laced with Fentanyl and
things much more deadly than what cannabis is
being sold from the dispensary, and I think
that's something we really need to take into
consideration, especially when you consider that
it could be placed near a school.
(Applause.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Thank you. Any
additions?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Anybody?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Going once, going
twice.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: All right. Would you
like to respond to that?
MR. KAY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Please.
MR. KAY: To your second question, just
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to be clear, the first letter said that you would
go through all avenues, including litigation.
This was not denied, so that was based on fact.
What you read from the regulation is
accurate language, but it's related to a
consumption lounge. We are not doing that.
There is no smoking allowed on premises.
So we have a normal -- well, we have
a high-end air filtration system in general for
all our facilities, but there is no smoking or
any consumption of any sort of product on
property at any time. It's strictly prohibited.
MR. KRKLJUS: Are you prepared to
enforce people who do it in their car?
MR. KAY: Oh, yeah. No, we shepherd
them off, off the property. We have our director
of retail operations here as well if you have any
additional direct questions, he is happy to
answer them, but we -- you know, there are
absolutely times when we get, you know, a few
people that are unsavory and Mike and his team
make sure they are not on our property and they
are gone, but it's few and far between.
UNIDENTIFIED AUDIENCE MEMBER: What
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about --
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Okay.
MS. LAMB: Folks, this is not a back and
forth.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Folks, yeah, this is
his opportunity. Sorry. All right.
Anybody else?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: All right. Are there
any questions from the commissioners?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: All right. And I am
assuming you would still like your responses
added? All right. Very good.
Since all public testimony regarding
this petition has been taken, may I have a motion
to close the taking of testimony in this public
hearing, please?
MS. LINANE: I will make a --
MR. WILLIAMS: So moved.
MS. LINANE: Oh.
MR. MILLEN: Second.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Second. All right.
Can I have a roll call vote on the motion?
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MS. YOUNG: Yes. Millen. Millen.
MS. NOBLE: To close the public hearing.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: To close the public
hearing.
MR. MILLEN: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: Linane.
MS. LINANE: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: Vinyard.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: Williams.
MR. WILLIAMS: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: Forristall.
MR. FORRISTALL: Yes.
MS. YOUNG: And Hyett.
MR. HYETT: Yes.
CHAIRMAN VINYARD: All right. Motion
passes. Seeing that there -- the public hearing
portion of tonight's meeting is now closed.
(Which were all the proceedings had
in the public hearing portion of
the meeting, concluding at 8 :06
p .m .)
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS:
COUNTY OF LASALLE )
I , CHRISTINE M . VITOSH, a Certified
Shorthand Reporter of the State of Illinois, do
hereby certify:
That previous to the commencement
of any testimony heard, the witnesses were duly
sworn to testify the whole truth concerning the
matters herein;
That the foregoing public hearing
transcript, Pages 1 through 68, was reported
stenographically by me by means of machine
shorthand, was simultaneously reduced to
typewriting via computer-aided transcription
under my personal direction, and constitutes a
true record of the testimony given and the
proceedings had;
That the said public hearing was taken
before me at the time and place specified;
That I am not a relative or employee or
attorney or counsel, nor a relative or employee
of such attorney or counsel for any of the
parties hereto, nor interested directly or
indirectly in the outcome of this action.
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I further certify that my certificate
attached hereto applies to the original
transcript and copies thereof signed and
certified under my hand only. I assume no
responsibility for the accuracy of any reproduced
copies not made under my control or direction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I do hereunto set my
hand at Leland, Illinois, this 15th day of
October, 2024.
__________________________________
CHRISTINE M. VITOSH,
C.S.R. Certificate No. 084-02883.
/s/
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19:9, 22:23, 23:3,
23:13, 23:16, 24:1,
24:12, 24:15, 24:17,
25:16, 27:18, 27:19,
31:15, 37:14, 38:2,
38:7, 38:11, 45:14,
45:15, 46:1, 47:19,
63:2, 63:6
Cannabis' [1] - 25:2
cannot [8] - 25:13,
47:7, 52:24, 53:1,
53:3, 55:22, 56:4,
56:7
car [4] - 38:12, 42:13,
64:14
care [3] - 26:2, 40:6,
41:15
career [1] - 59:20
cares [1] - 41:22
caring [1] - 41:18
carried [1] - 46:17
cars [2] - 37:18, 38:13
case [4] - 24:19, 38:8,
45:22, 46:19
cases [1] - 24:16
CASTALDO [1] - 3:2
catalytic [1] - 37:24
category [2] - 11:15,
62:12
Center [1] - 28:7
Centers [1] - 23:15
certain [2] - 7:23,
44:10
certainly [2] - 39:6,
42:7
certificate [1] - 68:1
Certificate [1] - 68:13
Certified [1] - 67:3
certified [1] - 68:4
certify [2] - 67:5, 68:1
chain [1] - 20:2
Chairman [1] - 2:2
CHAIRMAN [56] - 5:4,
6:2, 6:16, 7:1, 7:6,
8:12, 18:12, 18:16,
22:8, 22:16, 27:8,
27:24, 29:22, 29:24,
33:22, 34:3, 34:9,
34:12, 36:24, 37:2,
39:11, 44:18, 49:3,
49:5, 49:10, 51:3,
51:10, 54:16, 54:24,
55:16, 55:18, 57:14,
57:18, 57:24, 58:7,
58:12, 58:17, 58:21,
59:2, 59:5, 59:10,
61:20, 61:23, 63:12,
63:15, 63:17, 63:20,
63:23, 65:2, 65:5,
65:9, 65:12, 65:23,
66:3, 66:9, 66:16
chambers [1] - 9:21
change [4] - 16:18,
25:13, 35:11, 48:3
changed [1] - 38:13
Charles [1] - 8:21
chewing [1] - 10:19
Chief [1] - 12:16
child [1] - 10:21
Children [1] - 62:21
children [18] - 20:10,
20:13, 25:3, 26:24,
27:18, 31:24, 32:3,
32:6, 32:11, 37:9,
37:10, 38:19, 38:22,
38:24, 39:5, 43:6,
62:7, 63:1
children's [2] - 22:24,
27:5
chocolate [1] - 10:20
choice [1] - 27:5
choose [1] - 29:11
Christian [13] - 3:14,
19:5, 19:19, 21:1,
21:15, 22:19, 26:13,
28:10, 35:1, 39:23,
45:4, 49:16, 59:16
CHRISTINE [2] - 67:3,
68:13
church [3] - 26:3,
52:11, 52:13
churches [1] - 31:6
cigarettes [1] - 29:9
cite [1] - 23:4
cited [3] - 46:20,
47:17, 56:12
cities [1] - 31:12
CITY [1] - 1:6
City [6] - 3:5, 7:12,
32:4, 45:8, 62:11,
62:13
city [6] - 25:14, 31:9,
31:11, 32:8, 32:18,
48:16
civil [1] - 33:1
classmates [2] - 50:9,
50:17
clear [2] - 30:9, 64:1
clearly [1] - 5:18
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climates [1] - 11:6
close [8] - 14:21,
19:15, 45:11, 49:24,
58:3, 65:17, 66:2,
66:3
closed [2] - 59:7,
66:18
closer [1] - 35:15
closest [1] - 17:14
closing [2] - 25:23,
58:10
Cloud [1] - 17:10
coach [1] - 39:24
COLLEEN [2] - 4:17,
62:1
Colleen [1] - 62:4
comfort [1] - 48:5
coming [5] - 14:24,
17:20, 30:11, 57:11,
61:15
command [1] - 12:17
commencement [1] -
67:6
comments [4] - 22:13,
23:20, 55:17, 55:18
commerce [1] - 9:21
commercial [1] -
59:21
commission [1] -
43:10
Commission [6] - 5:9,
5:12, 18:4, 47:21,
48:9, 48:18
COMMISSION [1] -
1:10
commissioners [3] -
43:13, 57:15, 65:10
committee [3] - 31:20,
32:11, 43:11
committees [2] -
31:21, 32:4
common [2] - 24:18,
33:11
communication [1] -
43:17
communications [2] -
9:24, 10:2
communities [7] -
23:22, 24:2, 24:11,
29:6, 36:8, 44:7,
44:9
community [37] -
9:19, 9:21, 9:22,
12:21, 19:3, 20:23,
21:8, 21:13, 21:22,
22:4, 25:24, 26:9,
26:10, 26:11, 26:18,
29:6, 30:24, 35:5,
36:20, 36:21, 37:19,
39:7, 39:8, 42:7,
42:8, 43:14, 43:20,
43:23, 44:1, 51:19,
53:15, 56:20, 61:3,
61:4, 61:6, 61:7,
62:17
Community [1] - 2:11
community's [1] -
27:6
company [8] - 10:9,
12:15, 35:9, 45:18,
45:19, 49:19, 50:13,
53:17
Company [2] - 11:17,
13:17
comparable [1] - 16:5
compared [1] - 55:10
competitor [1] - 17:2
competitors [1] -
17:15
completed [1] - 11:3
compliance [7] - 10:7,
12:1, 13:2, 13:6,
13:10, 45:10, 46:7
compliant [4] - 10:4,
12:1, 53:6, 53:9
complied [1] - 12:5
complies [1] - 35:9
complying [1] - 8:6
computer [1] - 67:14
computer-aided [1] -
67:14
concentrated [1] -
24:22
concentrates [1] -
10:20
concentrations [1] -
25:4
concepts [1] - 12:10
concern [3] - 35:7,
43:15, 55:13
concerning [1] - 67:8
concerns [4] - 24:7,
34:17, 44:2, 51:20
conclude [1] - 57:19
concluding [1] - 66:21
concrete [2] - 52:21,
54:18
conditions [3] - 46:15,
47:8, 56:1
conduct [3] - 31:9,
56:5, 56:9
conducted [1] - 31:12
conference [1] - 62:21
conforming [1] -
52:11
confusion [1] - 51:22
consent [1] - 60:2
consider [3] - 27:2,
44:12, 63:9
consideration [3] -
48:3, 53:20, 63:9
considered [2] - 5:12,
56:18
constitutes [1] - 67:15
Constitution [2] -
32:22, 33:14
construction [1] -
14:16
consume [16] - 11:16,
12:13, 13:16, 14:4,
15:3, 15:5, 15:6,
15:8, 15:11, 15:15,
15:20, 36:19, 36:22,
45:18, 45:24, 57:4
Consume [4] - 13:17,
13:22, 25:1, 57:5
consumer [3] - 11:12,
14:6, 25:11
consumers [5] - 9:13,
9:16, 9:18, 10:3,
25:7
consumption [7] -
12:4, 12:8, 14:1,
60:1, 60:8, 64:6,
64:11
contain [1] - 25:5
context [1] - 48:21
continuous [1] - 9:14
contract [1] - 7:10
contracted [1] - 15:14
contracting [1] -
59:20
contractor [2] - 59:19,
61:12
contributes [1] - 42:4
contributing [1] -
41:20
control [2] - 50:8, 68:6
Control [1] - 23:15
convenience [1] -
46:16
conversation [1] -
19:12
conversations [1] -
30:12
converters [1] - 37:24
coordinate [1] - 26:3
Coordination [1] -
25:9
copies [2] - 68:3, 68:6
core [3] - 9:6, 9:7,
9:19
CORIN [2] - 4:5, 22:10
Corin [1] - 22:18
Corinthians [1] -
50:12
Corp [3] - 7:9, 8:9,
12:22
CORP [1] - 3:7
correct [2] - 34:7, 56:3
correctly [1] - 52:3
correlation [1] - 24:13
corrupts [1] - 50:13
cost [1] - 27:5
Council [1] - 32:4
counsel [3] - 45:4,
67:21, 67:22
count [1] - 15:20
country [3] - 11:6,
28:24, 63:1
Countryside [1] - 28:6
COUNTY [1] - 67:2
County [2] - 7:12, 8:21
couple [4] - 28:22,
30:9, 45:5, 45:7
course [2] - 9:14,
59:20
Court [2] - 31:3, 44:8
court [1] - 31:8
courteous [1] - 55:3
CPG [1] - 11:10
create [1] - 48:14
created [2] - 10:6,
10:12
creating [1] - 31:23
credit [2] - 47:21,
48:10
crime [5] - 24:8,
24:13, 37:20, 38:2,
41:3
Crimes [1] - 62:20
crisis [1] - 24:17
cultivation [3] - 10:10,
10:12, 12:24
curated [1] - 10:3
cure [1] - 11:23
curiosity [1] - 50:3
curious [2] - 50:23,
61:13
current [4] - 8:5, 8:18,
25:11, 25:14
customer [2] - 13:5,
13:7
customers [2] - 9:10,
15:15
cycle [1] - 24:22
D
daily [2] - 40:4, 42:17
Dallas [1] - 62:21
dangers [1] - 50:11
Danny [1] - 2:3
data [1] - 52:18
Dave [2] - 37:8, 41:2
DAVE [2] - 4:10, 37:5
Dave's [1] - 42:9
daycare [1] - 41:11
de [1] - 53:22
DEA [1] - 62:22
deadly [1] - 63:6
deal [1] - 10:9
dealing [1] - 41:14
dealt [1] - 40:22
decades [1] - 11:11
decision [6] - 20:1,
20:2, 20:16, 21:14,
44:13, 44:15
decisions [1] - 31:8
dedicated [2] - 10:7,
11:19
defense [3] - 32:19,
33:11, 34:3
defenseless [1] -
32:19
definitely [1] - 42:4
deliberate [1] - 31:22
demonstrated [1] -
46:3
DENEND [4] - 4:11,
39:13, 39:16, 42:16
Denend [1] - 39:17
denied [3] - 47:11,
49:1, 64:3
department [2] -
43:19, 53:13
dependency [2] -
24:16, 24:21
depict [1] - 12:11
depression [2] - 9:2,
23:20
described [1] - 25:6
desensitizes [1] - 29:2
designation [1] -
52:23
designed [2] - 12:19,
38:24
designs [1] - 10:16
desired [1] - 48:16
despite [1] - 25:21
deteriorating [1] -
31:7
detrimental [1] - 47:14
developed [1] - 35:17
development [4] -
11:11, 23:17, 33:9,
33:19
Development [2] -
2:12, 7:21
difference [1] - 10:8
different [9] - 13:9,
13:13, 13:14, 13:16,
15:4, 28:22, 40:10,
56:17
differently [1] - 54:5
difficulty [1] - 15:7
DiNOLFO [1] - 3:2
direct [1] - 64:18
directed [1] - 10:2
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direction [2] - 67:15,
68:6
directly [5] - 12:3,
12:9, 38:1, 38:4,
67:23
Director [1] - 2:12
director [1] - 64:16
disagree [1] - 28:9
discipline [1] - 13:1
discredit [1] - 61:2
discretion [1] - 62:16
discuss [2] - 54:4,
54:18
discussed [2] - 44:19,
58:14
discussion [2] - 7:8,
31:19
Disease [1] - 23:15
dispensaries [14] -
10:24, 12:23, 13:17,
14:15, 16:13, 22:23,
23:3, 24:1, 24:12,
25:16, 29:7, 35:24,
36:3, 40:21
dispensary [16] - 7:14,
7:22, 15:6, 15:11,
28:19, 36:10, 36:18,
37:14, 37:20, 38:21,
46:6, 48:11, 53:20,
60:7, 63:7
disrespectful [2] -
54:12, 57:10
distance [7] - 7:22,
22:23, 23:12, 27:23,
47:4, 48:20, 53:22
distinguished [1] -
46:16
distribution [4] -
10:11, 10:18, 10:23,
11:13
District [1] - 7:15
district [2] - 26:24,
56:4
Doctrine [2] - 31:1,
44:6
document [1] - 32:22
domestic [1] - 33:10
done [3] - 13:4, 26:12,
59:20
dosage [1] - 25:5
down [4] - 50:7, 55:21,
61:24, 62:22
down-spiral [1] - 50:7
DR [5] - 4:9, 34:20,
34:23, 35:14, 36:6
Dr [1] - 34:23
drastically [1] - 56:17
drawings [1] - 40:24
Drive [2] - 1:17, 28:6
drive [1] - 36:10
driven [3] - 11:19,
36:8, 52:18
driving [4] - 36:21,
38:15, 42:10, 42:13
drug [2] - 25:17, 56:14
drug's [1] - 25:22
drugs [6] - 28:23,
29:2, 39:7, 50:11,
50:22, 63:5
dry [1] - 11:23
duck [1] - 26:6
due [1] - 15:6
duly [16] - 8:14, 18:21,
22:11, 27:12, 28:3,
30:2, 34:21, 37:6,
39:14, 43:1, 44:23,
49:12, 51:13, 59:13,
62:2, 67:7
during [1] - 5:21
E
early [1] - 35:2
East [1] - 28:6
economic [1] - 33:8
economy [1] - 16:2
edibles [2] - 25:2,
38:24
educate [2] - 9:16,
23:22
education [3] - 9:7,
9:15, 13:21
educational [1] -
26:23
effectively [1] - 45:23
Effects [2] - 31:1, 44:6
effects [12] - 9:17,
14:7, 23:13, 25:7,
25:22, 30:23, 31:11,
37:15, 40:11, 44:3,
44:11, 47:18
effort [3] - 23:22, 24:6,
35:18
efforts [1] - 10:2
EISENHAMMER [1] -
3:11
Eisenhammer [1] -
45:3
either [1] - 61:2
eliminate [1] - 33:7
Emerson [1] - 3:8
employed [2] - 16:11,
16:13
employee [3] - 15:20,
67:20, 67:21
employees [4] - 12:20,
15:19, 15:24, 16:1
employers [1] - 16:5
employment [1] - 16:3
empty [2] - 15:12,
43:12
encourage [4] - 12:12,
28:16, 29:10, 42:2
encouraged [1] - 12:9
encouraging [1] -
45:24
end [2] - 25:10, 64:9
endeavors [1] - 33:4
enforce [2] - 25:15,
64:14
engaging [1] - 43:21
enhanced [1] - 53:12
enjoy [1] - 33:3
enrolled [1] - 19:21
ensure [3] - 12:19,
33:10, 33:18
entered [2] - 31:22,
57:21
entire [3] - 22:20,
52:5, 54:22
environment [1] -
56:17
environments [1] -
56:18
EPPERSON [5] - 4:9,
34:20, 34:23, 35:14,
36:6
Epperson [1] - 34:24
equates [1] - 16:24
especially [1] - 63:9
establish [3] - 7:14,
33:13, 47:13
established [4] - 11:9,
31:2, 31:5, 33:15
establishment [1] -
62:13
establishments [2] -
24:8, 62:15
evening [3] - 8:16,
39:16, 45:1
events [1] - 9:22
evidence [2] - 47:22,
48:10
evident [1] - 24:2
exacerbates [1] - 42:4
exacerbating [1] -
41:21
exact [1] - 62:23
exactly [1] - 59:23
examine [1] - 23:24
example [2] - 24:20,
29:1
excuse [1] - 58:7
executive [1] - 11:2
existing [1] - 7:23
expel [1] - 60:10
experience [2] -
11:12, 13:19
experienced [1] - 11:2
exposure [1] - 23:14
expressed [1] - 48:23
extend [1] - 24:3
extended [1] - 53:16
extending [1] - 7:24
extraction [1] - 11:23
F
facilitate [1] - 32:15
facilities [4] - 12:24,
40:21, 41:4, 64:10
facility [4] - 19:9,
41:11, 53:14, 54:2
fact [6] - 35:9, 40:15,
41:12, 53:14, 60:20,
64:3
factors [1] - 10:22
facts [2] - 52:21, 54:18
failed [1] - 46:10
falls [1] - 62:12
familiar [1] - 59:22
families [3] - 21:2,
27:3, 36:20
family [6] - 19:23,
26:15, 26:16, 26:20,
28:8, 30:8
far [2] - 41:7, 64:23
fast [3] - 9:5, 14:14,
16:3
favor [5] - 6:6, 18:14,
32:1, 32:5, 44:9
favorable [1] - 18:6
FD [1] - 7:10
feat [1] - 26:5
feature [1] - 12:24
feet [12] - 7:23, 7:24,
23:4, 36:4, 41:10,
45:16, 46:1, 47:6,
54:3, 60:14, 61:17
Fentanyl [1] - 63:5
few [4] - 51:21, 55:6,
64:20, 64:23
fill [1] - 15:12
filled [1] - 57:2
filter [1] - 61:15
filtration [1] - 64:9
finally [3] - 6:7, 48:1,
48:13
fine [1] - 59:9
firm [2] - 40:20, 45:2
first [21] - 8:14, 18:21,
22:11, 27:12, 28:3,
30:2, 34:21, 35:22,
37:6, 39:14, 43:1,
44:23, 45:9, 49:12,
51:13, 52:1, 54:8,
59:13, 62:2, 62:9,
64:1
five [2] - 40:7, 62:7
flavoring [1] - 25:3
floor [1] - 59:11
flowers [1] - 10:14
Folks [2] - 65:3, 65:5
folks [1] - 55:11
follow [1] - 35:21
followed [2] - 6:6,
13:7
following [1] - 5:1
follows [17] - 6:5,
8:15, 18:22, 22:12,
25:6, 27:13, 28:4,
30:3, 34:22, 37:7,
39:15, 43:2, 44:24,
49:13, 51:14, 59:14,
62:3
food [1] - 16:3
football [1] - 39:24
forbidden [1] - 46:22
foregoing [1] - 67:10
forgot [1] - 40:18
form [3] - 10:21,
41:17, 45:15
formally [1] - 53:23
formulations [1] -
10:16
Forristall [3] - 2:6,
6:18, 66:12
FORRISTALL [2] -
6:19, 66:13
Fort [1] - 7:10
forth [1] - 65:4
forward [4] - 9:5,
14:14, 44:14, 44:15
foster [3] - 40:6, 41:15
founder [1] - 62:6
four [6] - 13:14, 14:14,
15:3, 19:18, 40:6
Fox [1] - 26:7
Francis [1] - 28:5
FRANCIS [2] - 4:7,
28:2
free [1] - 13:1
freedom [1] - 33:12
Friday [2] - 17:5,
17:13
full [4] - 13:1, 13:23,
15:21, 18:9
full-time [1] - 15:21
fullest [2] - 33:9,
33:19
fumes [1] - 60:11
funds [1] - 26:18
future [2] - 27:6
G
gain [1] - 13:23
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gases [1] - 60:11
GASH [3] - 4:4, 18:20,
18:23
Gash [1] - 18:24
gASH [1] - 54:12
gathering [1] - 26:19
gazebo [1] - 26:4
geared [1] - 25:2
General [1] - 7:15
general [4] - 12:6,
48:5, 48:12, 64:9
generally [3] - 47:5,
48:17, 48:19
generate [2] - 32:8,
60:11
geographies [1] - 11:7
given [1] - 67:16
goal [1] - 14:6
God [3] - 33:1, 33:16,
33:19
goods [2] - 11:12,
15:13
government [1] - 33:6
grab [1] - 34:18
grades [1] - 50:23
grandfather [1] -
27:16
granted [2] - 45:22,
53:21
granting [1] - 48:13
graphic [1] - 42:19
grasp [1] - 34:16
grateful [1] - 33:1
great [1] - 53:13
Green [1] - 41:8
Greg [1] - 2:4
grew [1] - 26:1
grounds [2] - 45:12,
45:17
Group [2] - 6:11,
12:15
Grove [1] - 50:20
grow [2] - 31:24, 41:9
growth [1] - 26:2
guess [1] - 51:17
guidance [1] - 9:15
guise [1] - 52:15
gum [1] - 10:19
gummies [1] - 10:20
guy [1] - 51:17
guys [8] - 32:7, 33:23,
34:15, 43:9, 51:7,
54:3, 55:2, 55:19
H
Hall [1] - 17:2
hand [3] - 5:23, 68:4,
68:8
hands [4] - 33:23,
34:2, 42:12, 42:15
happy [2] - 55:9, 64:18
hard [2] - 26:22, 51:8
harder [1] - 26:22
hardship [5] - 46:13,
46:20, 46:21, 52:1,
56:9
harvests [1] - 11:3
HASENBALG [1] - 3:2
health [9] - 20:9,
22:24, 23:11, 23:19,
24:17, 24:24, 25:18,
33:5, 48:5
hear [2] - 51:19, 55:1
heard [3] - 5:16, 50:3,
67:7
HEARING [1] - 1:11
hearing [16] - 5:3, 5:7,
5:9, 5:22, 6:10, 7:7,
57:19, 58:4, 59:8,
65:18, 66:2, 66:4,
66:17, 66:20, 67:10,
67:18
hearings [1] - 5:6
hearsay [1] - 61:1
heart [3] - 13:21, 25:8,
52:7
heartbreaking [1] -
24:20
heavily [1] - 53:15
held [1] - 48:8
hello [1] - 18:23
help [2] - 8:24, 61:7
hereby [1] - 67:5
herein [1] - 67:9
hereto [2] - 67:23,
68:2
hereunto [1] - 68:7
heroin [1] - 56:14
hi [2] - 43:3, 49:14
high [4] - 19:20,
24:11, 25:3, 64:9
high-end [1] - 64:9
highlights [1] - 23:16
highly [2] - 24:15,
24:21
hire [1] - 43:23
hit [1] - 51:8
HODGES [1] - 3:11
Hodges [1] - 45:3
Hold [1] - 59:2
home [1] - 38:8
homelessness [2] -
24:9, 24:14
honor [1] - 33:19
honoring [1] - 33:16
hooked [1] - 50:5
hope [1] - 43:9
hourly [1] - 15:18
hours [12] - 8:1, 16:18,
16:21, 16:24, 17:3,
17:9, 17:14, 17:15,
17:19, 17:21, 35:14,
53:16
human [1] - 50:2
hundred [1] - 41:4
hundreds [1] - 11:3
HVAC [8] - 10:16,
59:22, 59:23, 60:9,
60:10, 60:18, 61:13,
61:14
HYETT [3] - 6:15,
6:21, 66:15
Hyett [3] - 2:5, 6:20,
66:14
I
identify [1] - 62:7
illegally [1] - 63:3
ILLINOIS [2] - 1:7,
67:1
Illinois [28] - 1:18, 3:4,
3:8, 3:13, 7:13, 8:7,
10:24, 11:15, 11:18,
13:2, 13:15, 14:10,
14:15, 14:17, 23:2,
25:13, 32:21, 32:24,
33:14, 33:15, 39:19,
45:10, 45:20, 45:21,
58:16, 59:24, 67:4,
68:8
illness [2] - 41:21,
42:5
imagery [1] - 12:11
impact [3] - 47:22,
56:19, 56:20
impair [1] - 56:22
impaired [1] - 25:9
implications [1] - 24:1
imposed [1] - 46:21
improvements [1] -
47:15
improving [1] - 11:24
IN [1] - 68:7
inaccuracies [1] -
57:2
inappropriate [1] -
12:8
include [2] - 10:14,
11:23
including [3] - 10:19,
39:23, 64:2
increase [3] - 23:18,
28:18, 41:3
increased [1] - 24:13
increasing [1] - 22:22
incredible [1] - 40:23
incredibly [1] - 53:5
indirectly [3] - 12:3,
12:9, 67:24
individual [1] - 33:9
individuals [3] -
40:12, 50:10, 55:6
induced [1] - 24:17
industry [2] - 10:5,
12:7
inequality [1] - 33:7
influence [1] - 42:10
information [1] - 48:7
informed [1] - 62:22
informing [1] - 9:9
infused [2] - 11:14,
45:15
inherently [1] - 15:16
initial [1] - 35:8
injurious [1] - 47:14
inside [2] - 38:12, 53:4
insights [1] - 23:10
inspiration [1] - 9:3
instead [1] - 31:11
institutions [1] - 7:23
integrated [1] - 10:9
intend [1] - 12:12
interactive [1] - 14:5
interested [2] - 16:15,
67:23
interfere [1] - 23:17
interior [1] - 46:4
invest [1] - 26:10
invite [1] - 5:10
involves [1] - 48:2
IP [2] - 11:8, 11:20
irrigation [1] - 10:15
issue [2] - 34:6, 34:17
issues [2] - 23:19,
24:2
Itasca [1] - 3:13
item [1] - 5:5
items [1] - 51:21
Ivy [1] - 17:2
J
James [1] - 12:16
Jensen [1] - 12:17
jobs [1] - 16:4
Johnny [1] - 24:19
Johnny's [1] - 24:21
joined [1] - 26:13
Jordan [1] - 18:24
JORDAN [2] - 4:4,
18:20
JR [2] - 4:16, 59:12
July [1] - 19:7
junior [1] - 49:16
justice [1] - 33:8
justification [1] -
16:20
justify [2] - 31:10,
48:14
K
Kane [1] - 8:21
KAY [14] - 3:7, 4:15,
51:12, 51:15, 54:13,
54:17, 54:22, 55:1,
55:21, 57:23, 60:22,
63:22, 63:24, 64:15
Kay [1] - 51:16
keep [7] - 30:19,
30:20, 31:5, 38:18,
42:22, 55:17, 55:19
keeps [1] - 30:11
Kendall [2] - 7:12,
28:6
kept [1] - 27:22
kids [13] - 19:18, 20:8,
20:18, 20:21, 21:4,
22:2, 30:6, 30:20,
33:16, 36:20, 39:22,
41:14, 41:18
kind [3] - 16:21, 17:17,
49:19
KLAAS [5] - 4:7, 28:2,
28:5, 28:16, 29:19
Klaas [1] - 28:5
knowledge [1] - 52:12
known [4] - 41:8, 41:9,
47:2, 62:18
Kohn [1] - 45:3
KOHN [1] - 3:11
Krempski [2] - 30:5,
43:3
KREMPSKI [7] - 4:8,
4:12, 30:1, 30:4,
42:24, 43:3, 54:20
Krkljus [1] - 59:15
KRKLJUS [11] - 4:16,
58:5, 58:8, 58:15,
58:20, 58:24, 59:12,
59:15, 60:23, 61:11,
64:13
Krysti [1] - 2:11
L
laced [1] - 63:5
lady [2] - 51:3, 51:4
LAMB [7] - 3:3, 55:17,
59:1, 59:4, 59:7,
61:9, 65:3
language [1] - 64:5
LASALLE [1] - 67:2
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PZC - Public Hearing - October 9, 2024
5
last [3] - 36:14, 39:18,
57:1
law [10] - 14:17, 23:2,
25:13, 38:12, 45:2,
46:8, 46:19, 53:19,
54:8, 58:16
laws [4] - 12:3, 13:24,
30:21, 38:18
lawyer [2] - 59:11,
61:1
lax [2] - 24:4, 25:15
leader [1] - 13:6
leading [1] - 24:16
learn [1] - 31:24
least [2] - 23:3, 25:15
leave [1] - 26:20
leaves [1] - 14:19
led [1] - 24:22
legal [2] - 33:7, 59:3
legalized [1] - 56:13
legally [1] - 38:20
legislate [1] - 31:15
legislation [1] - 31:17
Leland [1] - 68:8
lessee [1] - 7:10
lessons [1] - 14:5
letter [12] - 45:6,
46:17, 46:20, 47:18,
48:8, 48:23, 52:17,
54:1, 56:24, 57:2,
64:1
letters [1] - 45:7
letting [1] - 55:1
level [1] - 25:6
liberty [2] - 33:2,
33:12
license [1] - 62:12
licensed [3] - 12:14,
40:5, 40:8
licenses [1] - 15:8
life [2] - 22:20, 50:6
light [1] - 56:22
lighting [1] - 10:14
likely [1] - 63:3
LINANE [5] - 6:14, 7:5,
65:19, 65:21, 66:7
Linane [3] - 2:7, 7:4,
66:6
line [1] - 54:3
Linnemann [1] - 49:15
LINNEMANN [4] -
4:14, 49:8, 49:11,
49:14
liquor [1] - 17:18
list [1] - 23:6
listen [1] - 57:11
listening [6] - 18:5,
43:13, 51:1, 51:7,
52:6, 52:8
literally [2] - 45:24,
51:6
litigation [1] - 64:2
live [6] - 19:17, 28:6,
37:10, 43:4, 50:19,
59:17
lived [5] - 22:20, 35:1,
35:3, 41:6
lives [2] - 25:22, 40:11
living [1] - 36:9
LLC [1] - 7:11
local [9] - 9:21, 13:24,
15:16, 24:8, 26:3,
26:4, 26:24, 27:3,
43:18
locally [2] - 15:13,
16:1
located [5] - 7:16,
28:21, 45:11, 47:6,
47:16
location [6] - 15:12,
19:8, 19:15, 27:20,
34:5, 34:17
locations [3] - 13:13,
15:3, 15:11
Loizzi [1] - 45:3
LOIZZI [1] - 3:11
long-term [1] - 15:8
long-time [1] - 35:4
look [7] - 20:17, 39:1,
41:22, 43:10, 44:4,
53:24, 54:4
looking [5] - 20:7,
20:13, 20:20, 56:17,
56:19
lounge [1] - 64:6
love [2] - 29:19, 51:18
Low [1] - 53:14
LTD [1] - 3:2
M
ma'am [2] - 49:10,
61:23
machine [1] - 67:12
Madness [2] - 54:10,
55:5
main [2] - 34:6, 40:13
maintain [1] - 33:6
major [1] - 35:6
man [1] - 49:21
managed [1] - 11:5
management [3] -
11:7, 17:22, 18:1
mandate [1] - 60:13
mandates [1] - 59:24
manual [1] - 14:3
manufacturing [3] -
10:10, 10:17, 40:21
Marge [1] - 2:7
marijuana [10] - 25:19,
27:21, 40:11, 40:16,
40:22, 41:9, 41:23,
42:1, 42:11, 50:6
mark [1] - 57:5
Mark [1] - 39:17
MARK [2] - 4:11,
39:13
market [3] - 13:6,
17:7, 36:16
marketing [7] - 10:1,
10:4, 23:14, 27:19,
36:15, 36:16, 52:22
markets [1] - 11:9
Marlys [1] - 2:14
married [1] - 35:2
material [1] - 23:5
materials [2] - 10:4,
23:8
matters [1] - 67:9
mayor [1] - 20:16
meals [1] - 26:18
mean [3] - 29:15,
42:11, 46:21
means [1] - 67:12
measurement [1] -
54:2
mechanic [2] - 37:17,
38:5
Med [1] - 42:2
media [1] - 10:15
medical [2] - 9:10,
13:20
medicinal [4] - 9:13,
9:17, 14:12, 41:24
medicinal-only [1] -
14:12
medium [1] - 45:16
meeting [6] - 5:9,
35:10, 43:11, 66:18,
66:21
meetings [1] - 51:18
MEGAN [1] - 3:3
Melissa [1] - 19:18
member [1] - 5:22
MEMBER [5] - 28:15,
29:17, 54:14, 55:14,
64:24
MEMBERS [2] - 34:8,
34:11
members [3] - 5:10,
11:11, 26:10
men [2] - 32:14, 40:4
Mendez [1] - 2:13
mental [5] - 23:19,
24:17, 24:23, 41:21,
42:4
mention [1] - 40:18
mentioned [3] - 13:14,
59:22, 61:13
mere [1] - 46:16
message [2] - 39:5,
39:6
met [1] - 19:6
methods [4] - 10:13,
10:15, 11:24, 14:1
Michigan [4] - 11:1,
11:15, 11:18, 13:15
microblade [1] - 62:11
middle [1] - 19:20
might [3] - 32:7, 36:7,
50:24
MIKE [4] - 4:12, 4:16,
42:24, 59:12
Mike [3] - 43:3, 59:15,
64:21
military [1] - 8:24
Millen [4] - 2:4, 6:22,
66:1
MILLEN [3] - 6:23,
65:22, 66:5
milligrams [2] - 25:5,
25:12
million [2] - 25:18,
25:20
millions [2] - 13:5,
36:16
mind [1] - 41:13
Mini [1] - 31:3
mini [1] - 14:5
minimum [1] - 7:22
minimus [1] - 53:22
Minooka [1] - 40:2
minority [1] - 55:10
Minute [1] - 2:14
minutes [1] - 50:20
missing [1] - 37:24
misunderstanding [1]
- 30:10
Mitch [1] - 51:16
MITCHEL [3] - 3:7,
4:15, 51:12
mitigate [1] - 30:23
Molly [1] - 30:4
MOLLY [2] - 4:8, 30:1
moms [3] - 41:14,
41:17, 41:19
Monday [4] - 8:2,
16:22, 17:4, 17:8
money [1] - 15:16
monitoring [1] - 24:5
Montgomery [5] -
14:24, 29:14, 40:2,
42:20, 59:17
month [2] - 15:23,
25:20
monthly [1] - 15:22
moral [2] - 19:22,
19:23
morals [2] - 48:5,
50:13
moreover [1] - 46:2
Moreover [1] - 25:4
Mormon [1] - 53:15
most [7] - 16:5, 17:10,
26:15, 32:19, 42:3,
42:21, 53:22
Motion [1] - 66:16
motion [5] - 6:9, 6:17,
58:2, 65:16, 65:24
mounted [1] - 8:4
mouthful [1] - 7:7
move [2] - 5:4, 49:6
moved [6] - 6:13,
39:19, 40:7, 58:18,
65:20
moving [1] - 15:7
MR [48] - 3:7, 3:12,
6:13, 6:15, 6:19,
6:21, 6:23, 7:3, 8:11,
8:16, 18:23, 27:14,
28:5, 28:16, 29:19,
37:8, 39:16, 42:16,
43:3, 45:1, 51:6,
51:15, 54:12, 54:13,
54:17, 54:22, 55:1,
55:21, 57:17, 58:5,
58:8, 58:15, 58:20,
58:24, 59:15, 60:22,
60:23, 61:11, 63:22,
63:24, 64:13, 64:15,
65:20, 65:22, 66:5,
66:11, 66:13, 66:15
MS [31] - 3:3, 6:14,
6:18, 6:20, 6:22,
6:24, 7:2, 7:4, 7:5,
22:13, 22:18, 30:4,
49:8, 49:14, 54:20,
55:17, 59:1, 59:4,
59:7, 61:9, 62:4,
65:3, 65:21, 66:1,
66:2, 66:6, 66:7,
66:8, 66:10, 66:12,
66:14
multiple [4] - 10:21,
11:4, 11:22, 24:10
municipality [1] -
53:11
Murphy [1] - 62:4
MURPHY [3] - 4:17,
62:1, 62:4
must [3] - 23:3, 46:12,
47:12
N
nail [1] - 60:9
name [24] - 5:19, 8:17,
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PZC - Public Hearing - October 9, 2024
6
18:23, 22:17, 27:10,
27:14, 28:5, 30:4,
34:23, 36:18, 37:4,
37:8, 39:16, 40:3,
45:1, 45:19, 45:21,
49:14, 51:15, 57:4,
59:15, 61:6, 61:24,
62:4
Naper [1] - 3:3
Naperville [1] - 3:4
national [2] - 13:18,
25:17
natural [1] - 50:2
nature [1] - 15:7
near [1] - 63:10
nearest [1] - 17:2
need [8] - 16:8, 20:13,
26:19, 31:17, 32:15,
42:6, 42:8, 63:8
needing [1] - 54:6
needles [1] - 56:14
needs [2] - 15:14,
56:18
negative [5] - 23:13,
25:7, 25:22, 37:15,
47:18
negatively [1] - 47:22
neighborhood [2] -
47:16, 47:23
neighboring [2] -
9:24, 27:20
nephews [1] - 43:6
never [3] - 32:20,
40:17, 50:3
new [6] - 11:8, 15:15,
15:24, 16:1, 16:2,
16:9
next [5] - 5:5, 22:9,
27:9, 34:15, 37:14
Next [1] - 28:1
nieces [1] - 43:5
nilly [1] - 35:17
nine [2] - 17:6, 63:3
Noble [1] - 2:11
NOBLE [1] - 66:2
nobody [1] - 43:12
non [4] - 21:2, 52:11,
62:6, 62:20
non-conforming [1] -
52:11
non-profit [3] - 21:2,
62:6, 62:20
none [2] - 18:17,
28:20
normal [2] - 27:22,
64:8
North [3] - 3:3, 7:16,
7:17
northeast [1] - 7:17
northern [1] - 41:7
note [2] - 16:17, 25:23
nothing [5] - 27:21,
38:17, 38:19, 39:2,
52:23
novel [2] - 10:16,
11:23
nullifying [1] - 33:17
number [6] - 6:10, 9:7,
11:14, 35:23, 39:22,
40:20
numbers [1] - 62:23
numerous [1] - 11:5
nurturing [1] - 26:2
O
oath [1] - 32:23
objecting [2] - 19:13,
19:14
objection [2] - 19:8,
40:13
objections [2] - 19:23
objective [2] - 52:20,
54:18
obviously [3] - 17:23,
18:4, 18:6
occupy [1] - 47:3
occur [1] - 25:8
occurred [1] - 31:16
October [2] - 1:21,
68:9
odors [1] - 38:14
OF [3] - 1:6, 67:1, 67:2
offer [1] - 14:3
offering [1] - 16:2
offerings [1] - 9:14
often [4] - 40:23,
41:19, 41:20, 57:5
oftentimes [1] - 41:16
Ohio [3] - 11:1, 11:18,
13:15
old [1] - 49:15
older [1] - 25:19
onboarding [1] - 14:2
once [2] - 15:2, 63:17
one [25] - 5:7, 5:18,
7:21, 8:4, 9:8, 9:11,
11:14, 14:24, 16:6,
16:17, 17:11, 25:21,
30:10, 34:10, 36:10,
38:13, 43:16, 46:11,
49:18, 52:22, 53:2,
53:19, 59:17, 59:21,
59:23
one-third [1] - 25:21
ones [1] - 55:15
online [2] - 14:4, 62:8
onlookers [1] - 45:24
open [11] - 6:9, 14:18,
14:20, 17:1, 17:3,
17:4, 17:8, 17:9,
17:11, 56:14, 60:12
opened [2] - 16:7,
17:11
opening [1] - 32:15
operate [6] - 13:11,
46:4, 46:5, 52:16,
53:10, 56:8
operating [2] - 12:23,
14:23
operation [1] - 8:1
operational [1] - 11:17
operations [2] - 11:5,
64:17
opinion [1] - 60:20
opinions [2] - 52:20,
55:6
opportunities [1] -
26:23
opportunity [8] -
20:15, 33:8, 41:16,
51:19, 53:21, 55:20,
62:22, 65:6
opposed [1] - 39:3
opposition [2] - 6:8,
18:18
options [1] - 16:3
ordain [1] - 33:13
order [5] - 6:4, 33:4,
53:9, 54:16, 55:16
orderly [1] - 33:6
Ordinance [1] - 7:21
ordinance [4] - 14:11,
16:19, 46:12, 54:1
ordinances [6] -
30:15, 31:19, 32:2,
32:6, 33:17, 53:7
Oregon [1] - 56:13
organization [3] -
13:4, 21:6, 62:6
organizational [1] -
61:5
organizations [1] -
23:11
oriented [1] - 48:15
original [2] - 26:6,
68:2
originally [1] - 14:11
Oswego [5] - 14:23,
17:7, 29:14, 40:2,
42:20
otherwise [1] - 55:12
OTTOSEN [1] - 3:2
ourselves [4] - 13:6,
21:24, 33:12, 56:5
outcome [1] - 67:24
outlets [1] - 11:18
outside [4] - 34:18,
53:2, 53:3
outspoken [1] - 26:16
own [4] - 30:5, 31:10,
54:4, 62:5
owner [3] - 7:11, 15:9,
55:22
owner's [2] - 46:23,
60:2
owners [1] - 26:4
P
p.m [6] - 1:22, 8:2, 8:3,
17:5, 17:9, 66:22
packaged [1] - 11:12
packages [1] - 25:5
PAGE [1] - 4:2
Pages [1] - 67:11
pain [1] - 9:2
Palatine [1] - 3:8
paper [1] - 22:14
paranoia [1] - 25:8
paraphernalia [2] -
38:12, 38:14
parcel [1] - 7:15
parent [2] - 22:19,
59:16
parents [1] - 40:6
Park [2] - 3:12, 26:5
parks [1] - 31:6
Parkview [21] - 3:14,
19:4, 19:19, 20:24,
21:15, 22:19, 26:13,
28:10, 30:6, 34:14,
34:18, 34:24, 36:1,
37:10, 39:23, 43:6,
45:4, 49:16, 59:16,
60:20, 61:6
Parkway [1] - 7:17
part [4] - 15:22, 20:16,
37:18, 41:7
part-time [1] - 15:22
particular [3] - 46:13,
46:20, 52:1
particularly [1] - 24:4
parties [1] - 67:23
partners [2] - 9:20,
10:23
Partners [1] - 7:11
parts [1] - 48:16
passed [2] - 14:11,
53:19
passes [1] - 66:17
passionate [1] - 16:15
past [2] - 25:20, 58:18
patent [1] - 11:22
patient [1] - 16:9
paying [1] - 16:4
payroll [1] - 16:1
payrolls [1] - 15:23
pending [1] - 11:22
People [1] - 32:24
people [17] - 16:11,
16:14, 23:13, 29:2,
32:9, 33:5, 33:16,
33:24, 34:4, 42:8,
42:11, 47:20, 50:22,
58:9, 61:4, 64:14,
64:21
per [3] - 14:17, 25:12,
27:22
percent [1] - 41:4
performance [1] -
23:18
perhaps [1] - 31:21
perimeter [1] - 45:16
permit [3] - 52:4,
52:15, 53:19
permitted [3] - 8:1,
33:3, 52:3
person [4] - 12:12,
12:13, 49:23, 62:8
person's [1] - 17:24
personal [3] - 25:23,
61:11, 67:15
personally [2] - 20:11,
50:18
persons [2] - 5:13,
5:17
perspectives [1] -
51:23
pertinent [2] - 12:4,
45:10
Petition [1] - 6:10
petition [4] - 28:12,
56:2, 58:2, 65:16
Petitioner [1] - 3:10
petitioner [10] - 5:16,
5:22, 6:5, 7:10, 7:19,
8:8, 8:17, 51:16,
57:16, 57:20
petitioners [1] - 51:11
physical [2] - 46:14,
47:7
piece [2] - 27:15,
46:21
pillar [1] - 61:3
pillars [1] - 61:4
place [18] - 16:19,
20:6, 20:14, 22:2,
26:1, 30:19, 30:20,
30:22, 32:2, 32:6,
33:18, 35:19, 35:22,
38:18, 49:24, 50:3,
50:15, 67:19
placed [1] - 63:10
places [1] - 36:12
placing [2] - 45:14,
45:23
Plainfield [2] - 14:23,
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PZC - Public Hearing - October 9, 2024
7
42:20
plan [4] - 5:21, 12:16,
12:18, 50:19
Planner [1] - 2:13
planning [1] - 31:18
Planning [2] - 5:8,
18:4
PLANNING [1] - 1:10
Plano [1] - 40:1
platform [1] - 14:4
players [1] - 40:1
plus [1] - 15:23
podium [21] - 5:20,
8:15, 18:19, 18:22,
22:12, 27:9, 27:13,
28:4, 29:24, 30:3,
34:19, 34:22, 37:3,
37:7, 39:15, 43:2,
44:24, 49:13, 51:14,
59:14, 62:3
Point [2] - 54:16,
55:16
point [8] - 34:5, 42:9,
43:8, 57:7, 59:17,
60:19, 61:19, 62:9
Pointe [1] - 1:17
points [2] - 45:5, 45:7
police [5] - 37:18,
43:18, 43:19, 43:24,
53:13
Police [1] - 12:16
political [1] - 33:2
popsicles [1] - 10:19
pore [1] - 42:2
port [1] - 11:8
portion [2] - 66:18,
66:20
Portland [1] - 56:13
positions [1] - 15:18
possible [2] - 15:12,
32:16
posterity [1] - 33:13
potent [1] - 24:16
poverty [1] - 33:7
practices [1] - 12:7
Prairie [1] - 1:17
pray [1] - 26:22
pre [1] - 7:23
pre-existing [1] - 7:23
Preamble [1] - 32:21
predators [1] - 62:7
premises [1] - 64:7
prepared [3] - 8:9,
22:13, 64:13
present [4] - 5:14, 8:9,
18:17, 27:4
PRESENT [2] - 2:1,
2:10
presentation [3] - 6:5,
8:10, 35:8
presented [1] - 48:8
president [2] - 19:6,
28:10
pressure [1] - 32:8
pretty [3] - 34:16,
40:23, 61:18
Prevention [1] - 23:16
previous [1] - 67:6
previously [1] - 31:13
priceless [1] - 32:12
pride [1] - 13:5
prioritizes [1] - 32:18
priority [1] - 12:21
private [1] - 60:2
procedures [1] - 10:6
proceedings [3] - 5:2,
66:19, 67:17
process [2] - 31:22,
52:5
processes [3] - 10:6,
14:3, 40:22
produce [2] - 10:13,
10:17
product [7] - 9:1,
11:10, 11:14, 38:16,
38:21, 45:15, 64:11
products [5] - 13:24,
24:15, 24:22, 25:2,
38:23
profit [4] - 21:2, 46:24,
62:6, 62:20
program [1] - 13:23
prohibited [1] - 64:12
prohibits [1] - 45:14
proliferation [1] -
28:23
prominent [1] - 26:16
promote [1] - 16:8
proof [1] - 60:24
proper [1] - 43:5
properly [1] - 9:9
properties [4] - 30:5,
43:4, 47:5, 47:23
property [15] - 46:15,
46:22, 47:3, 47:15,
47:16, 52:2, 52:10,
54:2, 55:24, 56:3,
56:23, 60:2, 64:12,
64:16, 64:22
propose [2] - 12:3,
21:18
proposed [2] - 5:11,
56:21
proprietary [3] -
10:13, 11:20, 13:23
prosperity [1] - 32:20
prosperous [1] -
32:14
protect [3] - 22:1,
32:2, 32:6
Protection [1] - 12:15
prove [1] - 31:17
proven [3] - 12:22,
30:23, 44:8
provide [6] - 15:17,
27:1, 33:4, 33:8,
33:10, 33:16
provided [1] - 9:1
provides [2] - 14:5,
15:8
providing [2] - 9:13,
13:19
proximity [9] - 19:15,
24:3, 28:13, 34:14,
34:18, 35:6, 36:1,
40:14, 41:10
psychoses [1] - 42:5
psychosis [1] - 24:18
PTS [10] - 3:7, 6:10,
7:9, 8:9, 9:6, 10:8,
10:23, 12:22, 21:15
PTSD [1] - 9:2
Pub [1] - 42:2
PUBLIC [1] - 1:11
public [26] - 5:2, 5:5,
5:7, 5:10, 5:13, 5:23,
6:10, 7:7, 7:8, 9:14,
23:11, 47:14, 47:24,
48:4, 57:19, 57:22,
58:1, 58:3, 65:15,
65:17, 66:2, 66:3,
66:17, 66:20, 67:10,
67:18
purchase [2] - 25:12,
63:3
purchasers [2] -
12:20, 13:20
purchasing [1] - 9:15
purpose [4] - 5:9,
13:18, 35:10, 40:16
purposes [1] - 30:14
pursuit [1] - 13:7
pushed [1] - 44:14
put [9] - 30:19, 30:20,
30:22, 32:2, 32:6,
33:17, 43:18, 50:15,
54:5
putting [3] - 18:3,
33:16, 35:18
PZC [3] - 6:10, 7:8, 8:8
Q
quadrant [1] - 7:17
questions [7] - 5:15,
18:9, 21:24, 57:12,
57:15, 64:18, 65:10
quickly [1] - 51:23
quiet [1] - 26:17
quit [1] - 25:21
quote [2] - 25:10, 63:4
R
race [1] - 26:6
raise [3] - 5:23, 45:6,
53:24
raised [3] - 24:6, 45:6,
45:7
raises [1] - 61:3
raising [2] - 26:18,
26:19
range [1] - 10:24
rapid [1] - 25:8
rapidly [1] - 50:7
rarity [1] - 38:11
rate [3] - 25:8, 37:20,
38:2
rates [1] - 24:8
rational [1] - 31:22
RAY [2] - 4:9, 34:20
ray [1] - 34:23
read [1] - 64:4
readdress [1] - 61:21
reads [1] - 32:24
real [5] - 37:13, 38:9,
44:2, 44:4, 44:6
realities [1] - 9:16
realize [2] - 32:7, 43:9
really [5] - 21:11,
21:14, 30:10, 57:6,
63:8
reason [9] - 8:22,
20:14, 26:14, 28:12,
35:16, 35:21, 36:13,
36:17, 37:12
reasoning [2] - 32:14,
35:21
reasons [4] - 20:6,
28:22, 48:22, 48:23
receive [2] - 47:21,
56:7
received [1] - 51:20
receiving [1] - 6:4
recent [2] - 16:6,
17:11
recently [1] - 39:19
recommendation [1] -
18:7
record [4] - 12:23,
13:1, 57:22, 67:16
recreational [7] - 9:10,
9:12, 9:18, 13:20,
40:16, 42:1, 60:1
recruit [1] - 16:9
reduced [1] - 67:13
reducing [1] - 7:21
Reefer [2] - 54:10,
55:5
regarding [5] - 5:11,
5:16, 58:1, 60:18,
65:15
regards [2] - 17:18,
17:20
registered [1] - 45:19
regular [1] - 41:23
regulate [2] - 43:24,
44:10
Regulation [2] - 13:3,
45:13
regulation [1] - 64:4
regulations [15] - 8:5,
10:5, 24:4, 25:11,
25:14, 35:10, 35:12,
35:16, 35:19, 36:12,
41:1, 46:17, 53:6,
53:8, 53:9
regulatory [1] - 13:1
REIS [1] - 51:6
related [1] - 64:5
relatedly [1] - 48:1
relates [1] - 20:3
relationship [2] - 24:7,
53:13
relationships [1] -
9:23
relative [2] - 67:20,
67:21
relatively [1] - 27:15
relentless [1] - 13:7
reliance [1] - 31:10
religious [1] - 33:2
rely [1] - 31:12
remaining [1] - 14:19
remind [1] - 52:10
renting [1] - 60:4
repeat [1] - 5:24
reported [1] - 67:11
Reporter [1] - 67:4
represent [1] - 5:19
representative [1] -
33:6
representing [1] -
28:7
reproduced [1] - 68:5
request [13] - 5:11,
5:15, 5:16, 6:7, 6:8,
8:18, 16:20, 18:14,
18:18, 19:24, 40:13,
47:10
requested [1] - 17:21
requesting [2] - 6:11,
16:21
requests [3] - 16:17,
18:7, 21:16
require [2] - 30:18,
47:9
required [4] - 28:19,
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PZC - Public Hearing - October 9, 2024
8
41:10, 53:22, 60:9
requirement [5] -
47:4, 48:2, 48:18,
48:19, 48:20
requirements [4] -
25:15, 46:10, 46:11,
47:2
research [2] - 24:10,
31:18
reside [2] - 8:21,
23:23
resident [8] - 8:20,
18:24, 20:12, 21:10,
22:21, 23:10, 37:9,
39:18
residential [1] - 31:5
residents [3] - 21:3,
35:4, 55:8
respect [3] - 12:2,
30:16, 52:5
respectful [1] - 22:14
respectfully [3] - 20:3,
21:22, 54:17
respond [1] - 63:21
response [7] - 18:15,
57:1, 63:14, 63:16,
63:19, 65:8, 65:11
responses [2] - 57:21,
65:13
responsibility [2] -
10:1, 68:5
result [1] - 46:13
resulting [1] - 24:23
retail [8] - 10:11,
10:18, 11:13, 11:17,
13:18, 15:12, 16:4,
64:17
revenue [2] - 32:8,
32:18
revenues [1] - 21:13
review [1] - 10:6
revisiting [1] - 48:19
Rich [1] - 2:2
risk [2] - 23:18, 33:17
River [1] - 26:7
robust [1] - 12:18
Rodick [1] - 45:3
RODICK [1] - 3:11
roll [2] - 6:16, 65:24
room [3] - 43:10,
43:12, 54:23
roughly [2] - 62:10,
63:2
rule [1] - 8:7
ruled [1] - 44:9
rules [2] - 10:5, 13:10
ruling [1] - 31:3
Rusty [1] - 2:5
Ryan [1] - 2:6
S
sacrifices [1] - 27:3
sad [1] - 39:19
saddened [1] - 20:12
safe [6] - 10:21, 26:23,
42:18, 50:17, 50:18
safely [1] - 31:24
safety [6] - 12:19,
20:9, 23:1, 33:5,
33:18, 48:5
sake [1] - 22:24
salaried [1] - 15:17
sale [2] - 12:4, 40:16
sales [1] - 11:13
salons [1] - 60:9
Sara [1] - 2:13
satisfy [1] - 46:10
Saturday [4] - 8:2,
16:23, 17:5, 17:13
saw [1] - 8:24
scale [2] - 10:21, 11:8
scheduled [1] - 5:8
schemes [1] - 10:14
schizophrenia [1] -
42:5
School [1] - 22:19
school [30] - 19:6,
19:16, 19:21, 19:24,
21:21, 26:24, 27:20,
27:23, 28:13, 30:22,
35:15, 36:4, 36:11,
40:15, 41:11, 45:12,
45:17, 46:1, 47:6,
49:20, 49:21, 49:24,
50:10, 50:14, 52:14,
54:9, 61:2, 61:8,
63:10
schooler [2] - 19:20
schools [9] - 22:24,
23:4, 24:3, 30:18,
31:6, 31:15, 39:22,
48:21, 60:15
scientifically [1] -
11:19
se [1] - 27:22
search [1] - 45:20
seasoned [1] - 25:7
seated [1] - 6:3
Second [2] - 6:14,
65:23
second [6] - 6:15,
7:24, 9:19, 41:2,
63:24, 65:22
secondary [4] - 30:23,
31:11, 44:3, 56:16
Secondary [2] - 31:1,
44:6
Secretary [1] - 45:20
Section [1] - 7:20
secure [2] - 33:11,
33:20
security [10] - 12:14,
12:16, 12:18, 12:20,
24:5, 32:10, 40:23,
43:17, 53:5, 53:12
see [8] - 16:22, 23:9,
38:11, 43:14, 50:4,
51:19, 52:24, 53:4
seeing [3] - 18:16,
24:12, 66:17
seeking [3] - 7:19,
18:6, 33:3
self [1] - 46:21
self-imposed [1] -
46:21
sell [4] - 27:18, 29:8,
38:21, 38:23
selling [1] - 27:19
SENAGORE [4] - 3:12,
4:13, 44:22, 45:1
Senagore [3] - 45:2,
54:7, 57:1
send [2] - 39:5, 39:7
seniors [1] - 50:21
sense [1] - 32:13
sensors [1] - 11:24
sent [1] - 45:8
servants [1] - 26:17
serve [3] - 9:12, 19:5,
48:11
served [1] - 31:21
serves [1] - 48:4
service [6] - 13:8,
21:8, 37:17, 37:18,
61:6
services [1] - 15:14
set [2] - 10:5, 68:7
setback [2] - 30:11,
53:23
setbacks [6] - 28:18,
30:18, 30:19, 30:22,
31:4, 31:15
sets [1] - 29:1
seven [1] - 17:6
several [3] - 23:4,
32:3, 47:17
severe [1] - 24:23
shape [3] - 41:17,
46:14, 47:8
share [1] - 19:10
shared [3] - 12:16,
19:11, 41:2
shelf [1] - 10:13
shepherd [1] - 64:15
shield [1] - 23:12
shocking [1] - 41:5
shopping [1] - 36:9
Shorthand [1] - 67:4
shorthand [1] - 67:13
Show [1] - 53:14
show [7] - 16:21,
33:23, 34:2, 42:12,
42:15, 46:12, 47:7
showed [2] - 42:20,
55:9
showing [1] - 47:18
shown [4] - 11:7, 45:9,
46:7, 55:12
shows [3] - 13:12,
16:14, 17:17
side [2] - 25:7, 41:24
sight [1] - 36:11
sign [5] - 5:20, 8:4,
27:10, 37:4, 52:23
signage [8] - 8:5, 8:7,
35:14, 45:11, 45:22,
45:23, 46:5, 47:2
signed [1] - 68:3
significant [2] - 41:1,
56:9
signs [1] - 36:19
Silver [1] - 12:15
similar [1] - 8:6
similarly [2] - 52:9,
56:5
simple [1] - 35:20
simply [2] - 29:12,
36:12
simultaneously [1] -
67:13
sincerely [1] - 48:8
single [1] - 36:21
sit [1] - 62:22
sitting [1] - 51:7
situate [1] - 56:5
situated [1] - 52:9
situation [1] - 49:21
situations [1] - 40:10
six [1] - 62:10
size [1] - 10:21
SKUs [1] - 10:18
slide [1] - 17:16
slightly [1] - 16:18
Slippery [1] - 54:7
slippery [2] - 48:14,
54:8
slope [2] - 48:14, 54:8
small [1] - 26:5
smaller [1] - 41:12
smell [2] - 42:13,
61:17
smells [1] - 60:15
Smith [1] - 7:10
smoking [2] - 64:7,
64:10
snapshot [2] - 14:9,
15:2
social [1] - 33:8
sold [2] - 63:2, 63:7
solvent [1] - 11:23
someone [1] - 38:20
soon [2] - 14:24,
28:17
Sorry [1] - 49:7
sorry [6] - 51:11,
55:20, 57:9, 57:20,
58:21, 65:6
sort [2] - 29:20, 64:11
sought [1] - 47:3
sounds [1] - 24:5
sources [2] - 23:5,
24:10
space [3] - 9:4, 16:12,
16:16
spaces [2] - 31:5,
31:23
speakers [2] - 47:19,
48:9
speaking [6] - 21:20,
28:11, 30:7, 32:4,
39:21, 55:15
special [7] - 6:11,
7:13, 48:2, 48:4,
48:10, 48:24, 52:4
specific [2] - 30:15,
36:17
specified [1] - 67:19
spend [3] - 15:16,
16:1, 36:15
spent [1] - 31:20
spiral [2] - 24:21, 50:7
spotless [1] - 53:17
spots [1] - 16:8
Square [1] - 26:5
SS [1] - 67:1
St [1] - 8:21
stable [1] - 15:8
Stacks' [1] - 24:19
staff [6] - 12:17,
13:22, 18:2, 18:9,
21:5, 43:24
stage [1] - 25:10
stand [1] - 5:23
standard [1] - 12:7
standards [7] - 20:5,
20:8, 20:10, 20:14,
22:2, 51:24, 57:21
Star [1] - 12:15
start [1] - 19:1
started [2] - 38:10,
44:5
State [4] - 32:24,
33:14, 45:20, 67:4
state [12] - 5:18,
14:13, 14:18, 22:16,
27:10, 35:24, 36:4,
37:4, 41:7, 46:7,
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PZC - Public Hearing - October 9, 2024
9
53:8, 53:9
STATE [1] - 67:1
states [6] - 11:4,
13:11, 13:13, 13:14,
15:4, 63:2
statutes [1] - 45:10
stay [1] - 61:9
stenographically [1] -
67:12
step [3] - 18:19, 27:9,
37:3
steps [1] - 55:21
Steve [2] - 7:9, 8:17
STEVE [2] - 4:3, 8:13
still [2] - 32:3, 65:13
stopped [1] - 49:23
stops [2] - 38:20, 39:2
store [8] - 9:11, 27:22,
52:23, 52:24, 53:1,
53:3, 53:4, 53:12
stores [8] - 11:16,
14:12, 14:18, 14:21,
14:22, 16:6, 17:18,
29:8
story [1] - 24:19
strategy [1] - 11:10
Street [2] - 7:16, 7:18
strict [1] - 46:17
strictly [1] - 64:12
strive [1] - 9:16
strong [5] - 9:20, 9:23,
18:1, 38:14, 61:18
strongly [1] - 27:17
structure [1] - 61:5
struggles [1] - 24:24
student [1] - 59:16
students [1] - 49:22
studies [7] - 23:10,
31:12, 42:3, 47:17,
56:12, 56:16
study [1] - 31:10
Subdivision [1] - 28:7
subject [2] - 46:15,
47:3
subjective [3] - 52:20,
54:10, 55:5
submitted [2] - 52:7,
56:24
subsequent [1] - 31:8
subsidiary [1] - 11:21
suburbs [1] - 8:20
successful [2] -
11:12, 21:12
sue [1] - 52:17
suffer [1] - 9:2
sufficient [1] - 23:12
Sugar [1] - 50:20
suggest [1] - 23:11
suggests [1] - 24:11
suicide [1] - 24:24
suing [1] - 52:15
suitable [1] - 55:23
Suite [3] - 3:3, 3:8,
3:12
summer [2] - 19:7,
62:19
Sunday [4] - 16:23,
17:6, 17:8, 17:12
Sundays [1] - 8:3
superintendent [1] -
34:24
supplies [1] - 26:19
supply [1] - 56:22
support [2] - 9:21,
41:17
Supreme [2] - 31:3,
44:8
surprised [1] - 36:2
surrounding [2] -
36:8, 60:17
surroundings [2] -
46:14, 47:8
survey [1] - 25:17
suspicious [1] - 49:21
sworn [18] - 6:1, 8:14,
18:21, 22:11, 27:12,
28:3, 30:2, 32:23,
34:21, 37:6, 39:14,
43:1, 44:23, 49:12,
51:13, 59:13, 62:2,
67:8
system [1] - 64:9
systems [1] - 60:10
T
Taker [1] - 2:14
target [1] - 12:12
tattoo [2] - 62:12,
62:14
tax [1] - 21:13
Tax [2] - 13:3, 45:13
taxpayers [1] - 21:3
teach [1] - 21:4
teachers [1] - 50:17
teaches [1] - 62:6
teaching [2] - 21:7,
21:8
team [6] - 11:2, 17:22,
18:1, 40:1, 64:21
technologies [1] -
11:22
teenage [2] - 27:16,
40:4
teens [1] - 23:17
ten [5] - 8:23, 9:5,
12:22, 38:13, 47:19
ten-year [1] - 12:22
tenant [2] - 15:9,
55:23
tendency [1] - 30:16
term [1] - 15:8
terms [1] - 24:5
terrible [1] - 29:1
testified [15] - 8:14,
18:21, 22:11, 27:12,
28:3, 30:2, 34:21,
37:6, 39:14, 43:1,
44:23, 49:12, 51:13,
59:13, 62:2
testify [2] - 5:17, 67:8
testimony [9] - 5:10,
5:13, 6:4, 58:1, 58:3,
65:15, 65:17, 67:7,
67:16
THC [5] - 11:13, 24:22,
25:4, 25:5, 25:12
Theaters [1] - 31:4
themes [1] - 12:10
therefore [2] - 46:6,
47:9
thereof [1] - 68:3
third [2] - 25:21, 50:12
thousands [1] - 29:8
threat [1] - 52:13
threatened [1] - 60:21
threatening [1] -
52:17
three [10] - 7:19, 8:3,
15:1, 19:18, 27:16,
35:11, 39:18, 52:2,
53:6, 55:23
throughout [1] - 23:5
Thursday [2] - 17:4,
17:12
tight [1] - 53:5
today [2] - 22:22,
39:21
together [2] - 18:3,
21:4
Tonic [1] - 11:13
tonight [14] - 5:8,
5:12, 8:18, 16:17,
19:11, 19:24, 21:19,
27:4, 32:10, 44:13,
44:19, 47:20, 48:9,
51:17
tonight's [3] - 5:22,
7:8, 66:18
TONY [1] - 4:13
Tony [1] - 45:2
top [2] - 10:13, 16:22
topic [1] - 61:9
topicals [1] - 10:20
topics [2] - 44:19,
58:13
topographical [2] -
46:14, 47:8
total [3] - 17:9, 17:13,
55:11
towards [1] - 25:2
Town [1] - 26:5
town [11] - 17:18,
29:19, 52:6, 52:8,
52:10, 52:15, 53:8,
53:19, 55:11, 56:5,
62:15
towns [2] - 31:16, 44:9
track [1] - 12:23
trade [2] - 45:21, 57:4
traditional [1] - 16:4
tragically [1] - 24:24
training [3] - 13:23,
14:2, 14:3
tranquility [1] - 33:10
transactions [1] - 13:5
transcript [2] - 67:11,
68:3
transcription [1] -
67:14
Triangle [1] - 41:8
troubling [1] - 24:12
true [2] - 32:20, 67:16
truly [1] - 22:4
trustees [1] - 43:14
truth [1] - 67:8
trying [1] - 56:15
tutorials [1] - 14:5
twice [1] - 63:18
two [6] - 14:22, 14:23,
22:3, 45:7, 52:2,
55:23
types [2] - 30:17,
30:24
typewriting [1] - 67:14
U
ultimately [2] - 20:17,
24:23
unable [1] - 27:4
under [11] - 10:3,
14:16, 23:2, 42:10,
46:11, 52:14, 53:2,
62:12, 67:15, 68:4,
68:6
underage [2] - 12:12,
12:13
underlying [1] - 41:21
understood [1] -
30:15
UNIDENTIFIED [7] -
28:15, 29:17, 34:8,
34:11, 54:14, 55:14,
64:24
Unified [1] - 7:21
uninviting [2] - 28:20,
29:11
unique [3] - 10:15,
11:24, 56:2
UNITED [1] - 1:6
United [2] - 3:5, 7:12
University [1] - 14:4
unless [1] - 60:24
unsavory [1] - 64:21
up [23] - 7:7, 14:18,
16:7, 17:11, 18:19,
20:2, 20:20, 21:2,
26:1, 27:9, 30:9,
30:11, 37:21, 38:3,
43:17, 44:21, 51:4,
55:9, 55:12, 55:15,
61:1, 61:2, 62:7
upgrades [1] - 59:23
upheld [1] - 22:3
uphold [1] - 32:23
upholding [2] - 32:2,
32:5
upper [1] - 19:22
Upper [1] - 49:16
urge [2] - 22:22, 27:17
users [1] - 25:21
uses [1] - 48:15
V
vacant [1] - 52:2
vagrancy [1] - 37:22
valid [1] - 54:9
value [5] - 9:19, 20:23,
21:11, 21:18, 22:4
values [3] - 9:7, 21:7
Van [1] - 39:17
VAN [4] - 4:11, 39:13,
39:16, 42:16
vape [1] - 50:5
vapes [1] - 10:20
variance [8] - 21:16,
37:11, 39:4, 40:14,
45:21, 52:4, 52:12,
54:6
variances [12] - 6:12,
7:20, 20:3, 20:4,
20:11, 20:22, 21:9,
21:22, 28:17, 29:12,
53:7, 56:7
variation [12] - 46:11,
46:23, 47:9, 47:10,
47:13, 48:13, 48:21,
51:24, 55:22, 56:2,
56:21
variations [1] - 48:24
variety [1] - 11:6
various [2] - 30:17,
30:24
vertically [1] - 10:9
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veteran [1] - 8:24
Veteran's [1] - 7:17
veterans [2] - 9:1, 9:2
via [1] - 67:14
vicinity [1] - 36:11
viewpoints [1] - 44:20
views [1] - 48:9
villages [1] - 44:10
VINYARD [56] - 5:4,
6:2, 6:16, 7:1, 7:6,
8:12, 18:12, 18:16,
22:8, 22:16, 27:8,
27:24, 29:22, 29:24,
33:22, 34:3, 34:9,
34:12, 36:24, 37:2,
39:11, 44:18, 49:3,
49:5, 49:10, 51:3,
51:10, 54:16, 54:24,
55:16, 55:18, 57:14,
57:18, 57:24, 58:7,
58:12, 58:17, 58:21,
59:2, 59:5, 59:10,
61:20, 61:23, 63:12,
63:15, 63:17, 63:20,
63:23, 65:2, 65:5,
65:9, 65:12, 65:23,
66:3, 66:9, 66:16
Vinyard [3] - 2:2, 6:24,
66:8
virtuous [1] - 29:9
visibility [1] - 24:11
visuals [1] - 12:11
VITOSH [2] - 67:3,
68:13
voiced [1] - 19:8
vote [2] - 29:12, 65:24
voted [1] - 20:2
W
wall [1] - 8:4
waste [1] - 23:7
watched [3] - 26:3,
26:8, 26:9
WEBER [4] - 4:3, 8:11,
8:13, 8:16
Weber [3] - 7:9, 8:17,
19:7
Wednesday [1] - 1:21
weight [1] - 44:15
welfare [6] - 33:5,
33:18, 47:14, 47:24,
48:6, 48:12
well-being [1] - 20:9
well-known [1] - 41:9
western [1] - 8:20
WHEREOF [1] - 68:7
WHEREUPON [1] -
5:1
whole [2] - 44:5, 67:8
wholesome [1] - 29:5
wife [6] - 19:17, 28:8,
35:3, 37:10, 40:5,
41:16
Williams [3] - 2:3, 7:2,
66:10
WILLIAMS [5] - 6:13,
7:3, 57:17, 65:20,
66:11
willy [1] - 35:17
willy-nilly [1] - 35:17
wish [3] - 5:14, 6:6,
6:7
wishes [2] - 18:13,
18:17
wishing [1] - 5:17
WITNESS [2] - 4:2,
68:7
witnesses [2] - 6:1,
67:7
wonderful [2] - 38:7,
55:10
works [1] - 60:9
world [2] - 37:13, 38:9
worried [3] - 49:23,
50:8, 50:21
worry [1] - 49:18
worse [1] - 50:6
worth [1] - 32:11
wounded [1] - 9:1
write [1] - 61:23
wrote [2] - 51:6, 51:8
Y
year [2] - 12:22, 54:8
years [15] - 8:23, 9:5,
11:3, 14:14, 15:9,
25:19, 31:2, 32:3,
38:6, 39:18, 40:7,
49:15, 52:2, 55:23,
62:10
yields [1] - 11:24
YORKVILLE [2] - 1:6,
1:7
Yorkville [40] - 1:18,
3:6, 7:12, 7:20,
14:22, 15:6, 18:24,
19:14, 19:17, 21:3,
22:20, 26:1, 26:16,
27:17, 28:14, 28:20,
29:5, 29:16, 30:5,
31:14, 32:5, 35:1,
35:3, 36:23, 37:9,
39:4, 39:17, 39:23,
40:2, 42:21, 43:4,
43:5, 50:16, 50:19,
50:20, 55:9, 56:15,
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60:21, 62:5, 62:13
Yorkville's [1] - 32:11
YOUNG [19] - 4:5,
4:10, 6:18, 6:20,
6:22, 6:24, 7:2, 7:4,
22:10, 22:13, 22:18,
37:5, 37:8, 66:1,
66:6, 66:8, 66:10,
66:12, 66:14
Young [4] - 2:14,
22:18, 31:3, 37:8
young [7] - 23:12,
29:1, 40:3, 42:8,
51:3, 51:4, 61:4
younger [1] - 50:10
Z
zone [1] - 52:11
zoned [1] - 52:3
zoning [2] - 27:23,
56:3
Zoning [2] - 5:8, 18:4
ZONING [1] - 1:10