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Staff Report for a Resolution Awarding the City of San Leandro's Second Medical Cannabis Dispensary Annual Permit Following the Effective Date of the Revised Medical Cannabis Dispensary Ordinance
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The City Manager presents to the City Council the following analysis of the two applications that were received from business teams seeking to operate the second medical cannabis dispensary to assist the Council in selecting between the two teams to award the permit. The City Manager also presents for the City Council's adoption, should it so choose, a resolution representing the permit and conditions of approval written into said permit. The draft resolution awarding the permit, if approved, would be effective July 20, 2016, the effective date of the recently amended medical cannabis dispensary permits ordinance.
BACKGROUND
Following extensive dialogue with the community and numerous City Council discussions over several years, in December 2013, the City Council approved a medical cannabis regulatory ordinance to facilitate the approval, regulation, and operation of one medical cannabis dispensary in San Leandro. That ordinance, in conjunction with the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act of 2015, imposes strict zoning, security, and operational requirements on the operation of medical cannabis dispensaries.
To assist in developing a process to implement that ordinance, following a publicly announced Request for Proposals, the City contracted with ICF International, an independent third-party consultant with expertise assisting governmental agencies across a wide range of subject areas, including medical marijuana program implementation, application review, business plan analysis, public health, safety and security. ICF also directly supported the statewide medical marijuana dispensary application review process for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As part of this work, ICF assisted the Massachusetts Depar...
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