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<br />WS – Item 8 <br /> <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 8 <br /> <br /> <br />Date: October 3, 2022 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: John Swenson, Public Safety Director <br /> <br />Re: Ordinance No. 03-22, Enacting Ordinance Chapter 619 Regulating Edible <br />Cannabinoid Products <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />During the 2022 Minnesota Legislative Session, Minnesota Statute 151.72 was changed <br />regarding the sale of certain cannabinoid (CBD) products. This law took effect on July 1, <br />2022. <br /> <br />The new law amends the scope of sale of any product that contains cannabinoids <br />extracted from hemp and that is an edible cannabinoid product or is intended for human <br />or animal consumption. <br /> <br />Previously adopted MN law authorized a product containing non-intoxicating <br />cannabinoids to be sold, but the authority to sell edible CBD products was unclear. The <br />new law expands the authority to include non-intoxicating cannabinoids, including edible <br />cannabinoid products, provided they do not contain more than 0.3% of any THC. An <br />edible cannabinoid product also cannot exceed more than five milligrams of any THC in <br />a single serving, or more than a total of 50 milligrams of any THC per package. <br /> <br />Given the significances of this law change and the lack of stakeholder involvement in the <br />legislative process resulting in this law change, staff has not had an opportunity to <br />properly research this topic, gather stakeholder input, and develop potential licensing or <br />zoning requirements; therefore, staff requested Council enact a one-year moratorium on <br />the sale, testing, manufacturing, and distribution of edible cannabinoid products for no <br />more than one year at the August 22, 2022 Council Meeting. <br /> <br />During the Council discussion on August 22, 2022, Council elected to enact a 120-day <br />moratorium on the sale, testing, manufacturing and distribution of edible cannabinoid <br />products with Resolution number 22-91. In order to have an ordinance in place prior to <br />the moratorium expires Council must enact an ordinance prior to December 20, 2022. <br />Below is a timeline for ordinance adoption that meets December 20, 2022 deadline: <br /> <br />1st Reading, October 10 <br />2nd Reading October 24 <br />Publication November 1