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Staff Report TO:Mayor Fischer and Members of City Council FROM:Heidi Heller, City Clerk/HR Manager DATE:December 18, 2024 RE:2025 Cannabinoid/THC Licenses ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED: Approve new Cannabinoid (THC) Product licenses for January 1 – December 31, 2025. Cannabinoid/THC Licenses Gotta Go Gotta Throw – 2900 Rice Street, Suite 440 Little Canada Smoke Shop – 27 Little Canada Road E. CV Liquor – 2760 Rice Street Tierney’s Liquor – 2770 Rice Street Naya bp Gas Station – 300 Little Canada Road E. BACKGROUND: The City Council adopted Ordinance 899 on October 9, 2024, which added new City Code Chapter 826 to require licensing of businesses that sell any cannabinoid (THC) products. The code allows up to eight cannabinoid product licenses issued at a time. Staff contacted businesses that potentially were selling cannabinoid products to inform them of the new licensing requirement and have received applications from five businesses. These new licenses will run from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. All but one of the businesses that have applied for a cannabinoid license, already have either a tobacco or liquor license that was issued on July 1. Background checks and fire inspections for the businesses with liquor and tobacco licenses will stay on that license schedule and not be repeated for this license unless staff determined there is a need to do either step again for the cannabinoid license. Staff will have a background check done by the Sheriff’s Department and the Fire Inspector will do a fire inspection at the new applicant’s business, Gotta Go Gotta Throw. They are a new Little Canada business that sells disc golf supplies. RECOMMENDATION: City staff recommends approval of the Cannabinoid Product licenses as requested, subject to receiving all application materials and fees, and a satisfactory background check and fire inspection of the new applicant, Gotta Go Gotta Throw.