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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes December 13, 2018 Page 6 of 21 of control. Nothing else in town had that much oversight. Cultivation also requires large amounts of capital. He asked the Commission to look at the constraints that may be imposed on size and consider the limitations those might set on any business that wanted to come to Louisville. Nick Broderick, 5515 Racquet Lane in Boulder, founder of 14er Holistics, a vertically integrated cannabis business that included cultivation and retail operations in Boulder. He had education and experience in environmental engineering and air pollution control technology. He stated that the popular filters now were primarily activated carbon. At first in 2009 with few regulations, a lot of people tried to open startups in their basements. With added regulations, a number of businesses folded. Now, the motto in the business is that they were in the business of compliance and happened to grow cannabis. In Boulder when there were not a lot restrictions, a lot of small startup companies came in and a number of them were not upstanding business owners, which caused a strain on the enforcement staff. He recommended no size restrictions since the market pressures were severe and caused consolidation in businesses as marijuana became less expensive. He recommended allowing market forces to push the best cultivators to the top. In the City of Boulder there were annual inspections from the City and the state with high pressure to comply. He stated that for odor compliance it came down to the community using their senses. His company has never had an odor complaint in the nine years they have been in operation. Cyndi Thomas, 1245 Grant Avenue in Louisville, a partner at the largest property owner in the CTC, President of the CTC Owners' Association, and a frequenter of CTC businesses. She noted that there were children -focused businesses within the CTC and stated that there was a tenant base that was not coherent with the cultivation of marijuana. For example, one tenant that did government work expressed concern that it would be difficult to keep their government contracts with cultivation in the park. Children -focused businesses were also concerned about the odor. Thomas stated that CTC is a covenant -controlled business parks and she was not aware of other such parks that allow cultivation. She added that the CTC Owners' Association had solicited a legal review, which found that cultivation would not be compliant with their covenant. Finally, she stated that while the technology was getting better to mitigate the smells, she was worried that the odor concerns would land with the CTC if the City did not have the resources to do odor enforcement. Teresa Saint -Peter, 1235 East 12t" Avenue Apartment 21 in Denver, represents the Green Solution, one of the businesses that had recently inquired about applying for license from the City. She responded to the concerns of odor enforcement, suggesting that tax revenue generated from the marijuana businesses could go to odor enforcement. She stated that Green Solution was a family -owned business that offered good jobs and the owners would be happy to give the commissioners a tour of their facilities. Eric Fowles 625 Fairfield Lane in Louisville, owner of Voltage Advertising in town, stated that Council needed to be transparent about why they wanted to increase these regulations. As a father of six and a brand expert, he did not think marijuana was the brand that they wanted for the City. He added that it was an issue for high schoolers and that making marijuana more available was not a good idea. As a business owner