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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 8, 2025 • Approve Fire Department Training as an Alternative Use for 2886 Centerville Road • Approve First Amendment to Agreement with Republic Services for Refuse Services • Approve Replacement of Keyless Entry System at Little Canada Fire Station The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Miller. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. STAFF REPORTS ADOPT ORDINANCES 902, 9032 904, AND 905, AMENDING THE CITY CODE AND ZONING CODE FOR CANNABIS BUSINESS ZONING AND REGULATIONS The Community Development Director provided background information on this topic, including the public hearing held by the Council on December 18th where additional direction was given to staff. He stated that since that time staff have removed the proposed buffers from daycares and residential treatment facilities in the ordinances as discussed and no other changes were made. He briefly recapped what the City is able to regulate for cannabis businesses and provided a summary of the proposed ordinance and buffer changes. Gutierrez appreciated the additional time that staff spent investigating locations of daycares and treatment facilities. Mayor Fischer acknowledged that the City will manage this through the number of allowed businesses, the zoning regulations, and buffers. Malone recognized that removal of the buffers would not impact existing daycares and treatment facilities because of other buffers that exist in those areas but asked how the removal of the buffers would impact new businesses. She referenced the daycare across the highway and asked if the odor would travel over the highway. The Community Development Director replied that would depend -upon the type of cannabis business as a retailer would likely not have an odor that would travel. He stated that for those growing, the odor could potentially travel regardless of whether it is within that buffer area or just outside of it. He explained that the buffer would not prevent a daycare from opening within that area, it would only prevent a cannabis business from opening within that buffer. Malone commented that if there is no buffer from a daycare a cannabis business could then come in within 500 feet of a daycare. She commented that 500 feet is not that far, and she would prefer to keep the 500-foot buffer, as it could be reduced in the past. Miller commented that cultivators would be within the 1-1 district, compared to retail. Gutierrez stated that the Council spent quite a bit of time a few months ago reviewing the different buffers and the areas of the city where these businesses could be, and the Council felt comfortable with the spaces that would be left for these businesses to open. 2