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Consider Updated Regulation and Potential Taxation of Commercial Cannabis Activities. (Councilmember Oddie)
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Jim Oddie
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): October 20, 2016
Council Meeting date: November 1, 2016
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Consider Updated Regulation and Potential Taxation of Commercial Cannabis Activities
Providing direction whether the city council should request staff consider regulations to allow, or conditionally allow, any of the following commercial medicinal cannabis activities in Alameda: cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, transportation, and dispensing.
In November 2008, the Alameda City Council adopted a moratorium on the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries in the City of Alameda. In June of 2010, the current City of Alameda ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries became effective.
Earlier this year, the council moved to prevent any commercial cultivation of marijuana within the city limits by amending our zoning code in response to AB 243, part of MMRSA (Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act), but leaving the possibility to provide for "a more robust discussion" in the future about marijuana and dispensaries.
Moreover, the City's ordinances do not clearly speak to store-to-door delivery from locations outside Alameda to qualified patients and primary care givers in Alameda. Regardless of Alameda's current ordinance, a discussion should be held on possible regulation, permitting, and/or fees for delivery service.
Proposition 64, on the November 8 ballot would legalize recreational marijuana use. Should it pass, a further discussion is warranted on regulating the industry in Alameda.
Lastly, the ...
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