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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 8, 2024 Page 2 1 H.Resolution 24-068 – Approving the Agreement with Ramsey County for the Maintenance 2 and Operation of Certain Traffic Control Signal Systems Within the City of St. Anthony 3 Village. 4 5 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the Consent 6 Agenda items. 7 8 Motion carried 5-0. 9 10 VII.PUBLIC HEARING - NONE. 11 12 VIII.REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 13 A.14 Ordinance 2024-05 – Amending Section 154.188 of the St. Anthony City Code 15 Regulating Cannabis Businesses – 2nd Reading. 16 17 City Planner Steve Grittman reviewed the City Council considered the initial draft of a cannabis 18 regulation ordinance as a first reading on September 10, 2024. At that first reading, the Council 19 discussed a number of alternatives that, under the legislation, the City has some discretion to 20 consider. The discussion resulted in the following edits to the first reading, which are now 21 reflected in the draft ordinance. These updates are summarized as follows: 22 23 Subp. (H): The language was edited to select the option to waive a re-registration fee for licensed 24 cannabis businesses that are moving from one legal location in the City to another legal location. 25 26 Subp (L): Although not discussed in detail, staff updated this language to improve the method of 27 measurement for the prescribed buffer distances between cannabis facilities and affected land 28 uses. 29 30 Subp (N): Language was inserted to specify that the City would permit hours of operation at the 31 State law’s maximum hours, as the consensus of the City Council was to leave this language as 32 written from the law, although several other options were tested in discussion. 33 34 Subp (P)(1)(d)5: This highlight does not reflect a change from prior language but confirms the 35 Councils direction that Cannabis Events would have to abide by the same locational 36 requirements as “brick and mortar” stores for purposes of zoning and buffers from other uses. 37 38 Subp (P)(2): The Council discussed issues of enforcement and the likely nature of Temporary 39 Cannabis Events and suggested that while smoking of products could be a nuisance, other 40 ingestible products such as edibles or infused beverages would not carry the same threat of 41 nuisance. As such, the language prohibits “smoking” of cannabis products at a licensed event. 42 43 Subp (3): An internal City Code reference is added here. 44 45 Subp(P)(5) and (6): The Council agreed that these optional limitations on Cannabis Event 46 locations or hours were not necessary given other restrictions in the City’s regulations.