“Implementing the Revised Marijuana Statute – What ...



“Implementing the Revised Marijuana Statute – What Municipal Officials Need to Know Now”Holy Cross College, October 3, 2017(Rev.2 - 9.30.17)PROGRAM DETAILS AND SCHEDULE8:00 – 8:50 AM: Continental breakfast and registration8:50 – 9:00 AM: Welcome – Angela D. Atchue, MMLA President9:00 – 9:35 AM: Overview of Statutory Provisions Affecting Municipal RegulationGeorge A. Hall, Jr., Anderson & Kreiger, LLP9:35 – 10:10 AM: The Attorney General’s Perspective on Municipal Regulatory OptionsMargaret J. Hurley, Attorney General’s Office, Municipal Law Unit10:10 – 10:45 AM: Land Use Planning Issues in Implementing the StatuteJeffrey Bagg, Principal Planner, Central MA Regional Planning Comm.10:45 – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break11:00 AM – Noon: Roundtable Discussion with Questions and AnswersPROGRAM MATERIALSRecreational Marijuana – Updates on ImplementationRevised Marijuana Statute (c. 334, Acts of 1016, as amended, c. 351 Acts of 2016 and 55 of 2017Cannabis Commission Advisory Board - ScheduleG.L. c. 94G as amended by c. 55, Acts of 2017 (redlined)Recreational Marijuana at the Local LevelMMLA Summary for Local OfficialsMMLA Summary for Municipal CounselsMMLA Letter to Legislative CommitteeLegislative Amendments – Excerpts, Senator BrownsbergerEast Bridgewater AGO Letter – Case # 8338Middletown AGO Letter – Case # 8415Williamstown BylawMilford BylawHalifax BylawOUR PRESENTERSAngela D. Atchue is the Senior Legal Officer for the City of Boston Public Facilities Department (PFD), where she provides counsel on design and construction of buildings, public works, and acquisition and disposition of real property. In addition, Ms. Atchue is a Special Assistant Corporation Counsel to the City of Boston Law Department whereby she represents the City in litigation and administrative proceedings. Before joining the City, Ms. Atchue served as Deputy General Counsel for the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General (OIG). While working for the OIG, Ms. Atchue provided advice to local officials regarding the public bid laws for design and construction of buildings and real property acquisitions and dispositions. She reviewed and resolved bid protests and served as an instructor in its Massachusetts Certified Public Purchasing Official Program (MCPPO). On behalf of the OIG, Ms. Atchue traveled throughout Massachusetts speaking on public procurement to municipalities, public agencies, colleges and professional associations. Prior to joining the OIG, Ms. Atchue clerked for the trial judges of the Connecticut Superior Court. Ms. Atchue received her B.A. in History and Women’s Studies from the University of Vermont and J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. Ms. Atchue is a member of the Massachusetts Bar and the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, and is President of the Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association (MMLA) where she, also, serves as the managing editor of The Municipal Law Quarterly. Jeffrey Bagg is a Project Manager at the Central Mass Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC). As part of the agencies goal of providing technical assistance to its member communities regarding the new law, Jeff has been implementing a multi-pronged program since the passage of Question 4 in the November of 2016. After initiating an informational event in December 2016 in Worcester, he has been working diligently on following, deciphering, collecting, and sharing information on the law from a land use perspective. He has been working with a Central Mass Town Working Group, presented at the CPTC annual conference, participated with MMLA in information sessions, and, formed a working group of the state’s 13 Regional Planning Agencies (via the Mass Association of Regional Planning Agencies [MARPA]) to share evolving information, and, ultimately prepare a best practices or model bylaw in the spring. Prior to joining CMRPC July, Jeff was a Senior Planner in the Town of Amherst where he worked with the Planning Board in creating and sending a Medical Marijuana Zoning Bylaw to Town Meeting in 2013. He was the point person for entities with interest in locating in Amherst in 2015/2016.? During that time, he provided guidance to the Select Board in their complex role in issuing a total of four letters of non-opposition, and providing professional staff support to the ZBA in their consideration and granting of two Special Permits for medical marijuana dispensaries.Margaret J. Hurley serves as the Chief of the Attorney General’s Central Massachusetts Division located in Worcester. Ms. Hurley is also the Director of the Attorney General’s Municipal Law Unit, which is charged with review and approval of all town bylaws and all municipal charters. Before joining the Attorney General’s Office, Ms. Hurley worked in private practice with the firms of Morrison, Mahoney & Miller in Boston, and Mirick, O’Connell in Worcester.?While in private practice, Ms. Hurley represented various cities and towns as Special Litigation Counsel and Acting Town Counsel, and defended numerous medical malpractice and other civil cases through trial. Ms. Hurley currently serves on the Executive Committee of the City Solicitor and Town Counsel Association and is a Past-President of the Worcester County Bar Association. Ms. Hurley is a former Co-Chair of the Public Law Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association. She is a Fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and a Hearing Committee Member of the Board of Bar Overseers. Ms. Hurley is a graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School.? She is a resident of Grafton, where she has served on the Planning Board and Town Administrator Screening Committee.George A. Hall, Jr. counsels and represents clients on local government issues, particularly real estate, zoning, and other land use matters, but also including the full range of state and federal laws pertaining to the structure and operations of local government. He also advises and represents public and private clients in connection with zoning, land use and state environmental regulatory matters. He has over 30 years experience in these areas. George has appeared on behalf of private clients before dozens of municipal boards across Massachusetts, and has counseled may others, on residential, institutional and commercial development matters and the siting of utility projects and wireless communications facilities. He has successfully defended board decisions in court and before state agencies. His experience in town government also includes service to his own communities as a Town Moderator (Topsfield), conservation commission member and chair (Topsfield and Newburyport) and in other committee roles. He received his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, and his A.B. History degree from Georgetown University. ................
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