City Council
MEETING DATE: 3/22/2017
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Report from the Cannabis Task Force
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FROM:
Charlie McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is provided for information, discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
Section 5.88.140 of the Municipal Code established the Cannabis Task Force and prescribes the composition of its membership. The ordinance provides for the appointment of the task force by the City Manager. After an open application period the appointments were made and were reported to the City Council on December 14, 2016. The members of the task force are:
-Charlie McClendon, City Manager
-Pat Milos, Community Development Director
-Paul Wilson, Fire Chief
-Commander Paul Herrera, Police (replacing original appointee Glen Haas)
-Roger Culbertson, resident and patient
-Robert Hargreaves, Mayoral appointment
-Alice Daby, resident at-large
-Maria Scagliotti, Dispensary owner
-Scott Lambert, Cultivation owner
-Bernard Steimann, Manufacturing owner
The task force met for the first time on January 9, 2017 and held additional meetings on February 13 and March 13.
Council asked the task force to discuss and provide feedback on a number of topics including tax rates for cultivation and manufacturing businesses, zoning districts north of I-10 where cannabis businesses might be allowed, comments received from the Planning Commission and the moratorium on additional dispensary applications. A moratorium is currently in effect having been adopted on November 23, 2016 and extended for up to six months on December 14, 2016.
DISCUSSION:
The task force met three times since the first of the year. There was time spent on general introductions, the roles of individual members related to the cannabis industry, and general concerns regarding the state of the industry in Cathedral City. The task force members have interacted with each other in a thoughtful and respectful manner and have learned from the perspec...
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