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The committee recommended updating city ordinance wording for the Columbus Day holiday so that the ordinance read as Indigenous Peoples’ Day (item 5). The motion to recommend the change passed in committee and will be forwarded to the full City Council for consideration. The committee’s roll-call discussion recorded yes votes from several members and no votes from others; committee minutes should be consulted for the official roll-call record submitted to the council.

Several orders were given leave to withdraw or were tabled: an order to create a housing committee addressing tenant protections and returning-citizen liaison roles (item 3) was given leave to withdraw; an order requesting a grant manager position (item 7) and an order to begin drafting a local cannabis-equity program modeled on Boston’s ordinance (item 8) were given leave to withdraw; and an order to permit overnight sleeping in city parking lots (item 9) was similarly given leave to withdraw for now.

The committee received and archived a citizen letter describing a mistaken emergency response caused by duplicate or confusing house numbers on County Road (item 4). Committee members noted the incident appeared to be a human error stemming from boundary awareness and that no practical city action was apparent from the 2021 complaint; the committee voted to receive and archive the letter.

Other items:
- An order to add a stop-street designation (item 2) was recommended to be placed in the orders book; committee members asked staff to confirm the direction-of-travel language with an engineer before final placement.
- An order to review draft telecommunications ordinance changes (item 11) was marked “complied with,” with members noting prior revisions addressed most constituent concerns.
- A handicap-parking application for 120 Oak Street (item 12) was approved pending DPW measurements; the committee approved the spot contingent on DPW confirming dimensions at the next council meeting.
- A request for a PVTA bus stop on Appleton Street (item 10) was tabled pending further information and applicant presence.

Committee members moved several older or contested items off the docket to clear the committee’s calendar and encouraged any councillor wishing to refile these matters to do so with current sponsorship and supporting materials.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Holyoke City Ordinance Committee 6/4/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Holyoke’s Ordinance Committee on June 4 handled a slate of orders, recommending some for council action, archiving others and allowing several to be withdrawn.","taxTitle","Holyoke City, Hampden County, Massachusetts","taxId",52807,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6548115,"Ordinance committee continues public hearing on cannabis cooperative takeover of 1 Cabot Street",1602,48000,1650000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3679029-8d7db92a1e672560cfce41e62cca9778&start=48&end=1650","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3679029-8d7db92a1e672560cfce41e62cca9778/thumbnail_48000.jpg","/articles/6548115/Holyoke-City/Hampden-County/Massachusetts/Ordinance-committee-continues-public-hearing-on-cannabis-cooperative-takeover-of-1-Cabot-Street","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6548115-c5c1a8ce545c9596a1bb2940cc6e1db8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771189683&Signature=fR21~2YIw~Ktv7mTwGQFKCN6l8Ea26r4v1feNlNlwukMVKT~5WbSeaySIuyMDUljIFIQgIBG~NFsrgy80x9aoSn02HWLrqqKuiRjYFGjr9H4EqAwGCt9duiDmgSHmiOJJrmAgGxRzfroN5ZwKJCPfIavX5nAsT9OL1DJQd5kdyQbBaqwGSH6IZNkcJzDvRTK7f2TcD22i4CkjU4rQRhI5Uh3mXtlqnkfQ8AP5IyKJjN6oNa4AYBjWq6pVVyVh8-0yfyQi-~n4od7lCyrA384m1dz3ggK39DGCd~Aic92-N1sw7PBvNz5PDTLWW51dIW4zBALO11llQCHbbpFKKfSvg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Holyoke’s Ordinance Committee on June 4 opened and then continued a public hearing on a special-permit application from Mass Cannabis Growers Cooperative LLC to operate a marijuana cultivation facility at 1 Cabot Street.

The committee paused consideration and continued the hearing to Monday, June 16, at 6:30 p.m., after members and the applicants discussed a May 28 planning-board letter that, according to the committee chair, stipulates the application “has to be treated like a brand new application.”

The applicants, consultant Ezra Parzybock and cooperative founder Brandon Gates, told the committee they plan no exterior or interior construction at the site and seek only a change in lessee and license-holder. “No changes to the site in the exterior or the interior are going to change,” Parzybock said, adding the cooperative will occupy the portion of the building that Milltown Agriculture previously used and will close a doorway that led to the area no longer leased by Milltown. The applicants said the operation will remain an indoor cultivation farm with no extraction activities onsite.

Applicants described the cooperative as a collection of small “micro” grow teams under a single umbrella license. Gates said the cooperative’s umbrella entity will handle testing, sales, delivery and compliance, while individual member teams will manage cultivation in separate rooms. He said the cooperative has about 15 member-owners but expects only two to five workers present on a typical day. “Instead of 15 employees that were there every day, full time workers as part of the previous operation, we’re reducing that at least threefold to maybe 5 workers that will be there on any given day,” Gates said.

Committee members asked about traffic and parking. The applicants showed a site plan indicating roughly 7 to 8 parking spaces allocated to the cooperative’s portion of the facility; they said Milltown’s prior full operation had about 15 employees onsite. Parzybock acknowledged the building uses a shared sally port, shared hallway and shared parking and said any change in traffic would be a reduction compared with the previously permitted operation. The applicant also noted that a gravel service road alongside a nearby train track has been suggested as a possible secondary entrance but said that corridor is state-owned and would require coordination with MassDOT and other agencies.

Committee members and applicants also discussed the planning-board letter, and Parzybock said the applicants would respond by submitting clarifications and would request waivers for items such as a new survey where a master survey already exists for the site. The committee said it did not expect the planning board to make the final decision and that the ordinance committee’s recommendation will go to the full city council.

The committee voted to continue the public hearing to June 16 at 6:30 p.m.; the continuation motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The committee also instructed staff and the applicants to coordinate with the planning department and provide responses to the planning-board comments prior to the continued hearing.

The matter will return to the Ordinance Committee on June 16 for further review and possible recommendation to the full council.","Holyoke’s Ordinance Committee continued a June 4 public hearing on a special-permit change-of-ownership application from Mass Cannabis Growers Cooperative LLC for an indoor marijuana cultivation facility at 1 Cabot Street after the planning board’s May 28 letter asked that the matter be treated as a new application.","actionData","errors"]

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