What to say except there it is !
The Barren County Economic Authority Board of Directors unanimously voted to disallow medical marijuana growing or processing facilities.
President and CEO of the authority Maureen Carpenter presented the board members with the “South Cooper Industrial Park Restrictive Covenants,” which outlines things like the location of loading docks, parking, signage, landscaping and property uses, during the regular monthly meeting on Dec. 13. She recommended adding to the covenants a line prohibiting “marijuana growing or processing facilities” from the allowable uses. She said the facilities would likely be seen as a negative for other prospective companies.
Attorney Rich Alexander recommended prohibiting such facilities in all the authority’s restrictive covenants, which would include Highland Glen and Capatcha Park in Cave City, for consistency. Carpenter agreed with Alexander.
Here’s Mr Alexander’s very light on Linked in profile
As his firm doesn’t have a website according to google this is where his firm works from… Richardson Gardner & Alexander Attorneys at Law: T. Richard Alexander II 117 E Washington St, Glasgow, KY 42141, United States
The motion to accept the recommendation was made by Terry Bunnell and seconded by Larry Glass.
During the inaugural medical marijuana license lottery, two businesses that filed for the licenses in Barren County were awarded a cultivator and a processor license. There were no dispensary licenses issued to Barren County-based businesses.
The board members also discussed the “release of the right of first refusal,” which was unanimously approved following the explanation by Carpenter.
A right of first refusal means, in this case, that the authority has the right to be the first purchaser if a current property owner is trying to sell land. By approving this release the authority is foregoing that right in the case of 4.56 acres currently owned by QMS.
In 2017 the authority conveyed the property, located on Carroll Knicely Drive, to local company QMS, which now intends to sell the property to SpanTech for $1.1 million.
