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RESOLUTION Awarding the City of San Leandro's Third Medical Cannabis Dispensary Annual Permit to Blum San Leandro, to be Effective on June 1, 2017
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WHEREAS, in December, 2013, the City Council, to advance public health and welfare in the community by making access to medical cannabis available to City residents in a more convenient, safe, and legally compliant manner, approved a medical cannabis regulatory ordinance to facilitate the approval, regulation, and operation of one medical cannabis dispensary in San Leandro; and
WHEREAS, on June 4, 2016, the City Council subsequently adopted amendments to that ordinance in order to allow for the issuance of a second medical cannabis dispensary permit and conducted a second reading of said amendments on June 20, 2016, thereby making that modified ordinance effective on July 20, 2016; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2016, the City Council adopted further amendments to that ordinance in order to allow for the issuance of a third medical cannabis dispensary permit and to eliminate the requirement that dispensaries be located at least 1,000 feet from one another; a second reading of said amendments was then conducted on October 3, 2016; and
WHEREAS, as part of its selection process for the second dispensary permit, the City extensively vetted the application materials that were provided by Blum San Leandro and concluded that they had demonstrated the knowledge, skills, expertise, and access to capital to operate a successful dispensary in San Leandro; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does hereby RESOLVE as follows:
1. That said third medical cannabis dispensary annual permit is hereby awarded to Blum San Leandro, to be effective on June 1, 2017 and
2. That said permittee shall be subject to all of the requirements of Chapter 4-33 within Title 4 of the San Leandro Municipal Code; and
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