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Recommendation to: 1) Receive a Semi-Annual Report on Cannabis, including an Update on the Request for Proposals (RFP) Process (Outcomes and Lessons Learned); 2) Provide Direction Regarding Potential Amendments to Local Law Concerning Cannabis, including (a) Maintain Cap on Testing Laboratories, (b) Allow Processing of Applications for Nursery Cultivation and Manufacturing on a First-Come, First-Served Basis, (c) Amendments Affecting Dispensaries and Nursery Cultivation Businesses, including Modify Buffer Zones, Dispersion Requirement, Zoning, and Adult Use, and (d) Confirmation of Use of RFP Process to Administer Cap; and 3) Receive Update Concerning Other Areas Relating to Cannabis, Including Regulation of Cannabis Delivery, and Cannabis Tax. (Community Development 209-481007)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Acting City Manager
Re: Recommendation to: 1) Receive a Semi-Annual Report on Cannabis, including an Update on RFP Process (Outcomes and Lessons Learned); 2) Provide Direction Regarding Potential Amendments to Local Law Concerning Cannabis, including (a) Maintain Cap on Testing Laboratories, (b) Allow Processing of Applications for Nursery Cultivation and Manufacturing on a First-Come First-Served Basis, (c) Amendments Affecting Dispensaries and Nursery Cultivation Businesses, including Modify Buffer Zones, Dispersion Requirement, Zoning, and Adult Use, (d) Confirmation of Use of RFP Process to Administer Cap; and 3) Receive Update Concerning Other Areas Relating to Cannabis, Including Regulation of Cannabis Delivery, and Cannabis Tax
BACKGROUND
On November 7, 2017, the City Council introduced two ordinances: (1) an ordinance covering all aspects of regulating the operations of cannabis businesses, including requiring an operator's permit and granting the Community Development Department the authority to adopt implementing regulations ("Regulatory Ordinance"), and (2) an ordinance amending...
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