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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 11, 2025 <br />Page 2 <br />2 A. Approve February 25 2025 Council Meeting Minutes. <br />3 B. License and Permits. <br />4 C. Claims. <br />5 D. Resolution 25-021 — Authorizing City Aolication for a Cannabis DiVensM Retail <br />6 License. <br />7 <br />8 Motion by Councilmember Elnagdy, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve the <br />9 Consent Agenda items. <br />10 <br />11 Motion carried 5-0. <br />12 <br />13 VII. PUBLIC HEARING. <br />14 <br />15 A. Ordinance 2025-01 — Regplating, the Sale of Tobacco and Related Devices and Products <br />16 First Reading). <br />17 <br />18 Ms. Emily Anderson, representing the Association of Nonsmokers -MN reviewed a PowerPoint <br />19 of Commercial Tobacco Prevention: Overview of Proposed Ordinance Updates. The <br />20 presentation included Who We Are, Swiss Cheese Model of Commercial Tobacco Prevention, <br />21 Commercial Tobacco is Still a Problem, All Minnesotans Pay the Price for Tobacco's Harm, Use <br />22 of Any Commercial Tobacco Products in the Last 30 Days, I Don't Smoke, I just Vape, <br />23 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey 2023, The Impact of Nicotine on the Adolescent Brain, How <br />24 can Minnesota Communities Address These Issues, Best Practice: Policy Options to Address <br />25 Appeal, Access, & Affordability, Don't Discount My Life: Price Discounting, What is Price <br />26 Discounting, How Do People Receive Coupons, What Happens at the Retail Level, Are Coupons <br />27 Effective, How Do Discounts Impact Use, What About Price, Capping the Number of Tobacco <br />28 Licenses, Capping: What Have Other Cities Done, Increasing Penalties for Retailers, MN Statute <br />29 Updates: Penalties, and Why Address Commercial Tobacco Locally. <br />30 <br />31 Also provided for Council consideration were Price Discounting Fact Sheet 2025, Citations for <br />32 SAV, Price Fact Sheet, Price Key Points, Ordinance 2025-01 and Notice of Public Hearing. <br />33 <br />34 Mayor Webster opened the public hearing at 7:33 p.m. <br />35 <br />36 Ms. Jeanne Weigum, 1647 Laurel, St. Paul, is a volunteer with the Association of Nonsmokers. <br />37 She stated that price is one of the most influential factors about young people starting and getting <br />38 adults to quit smoking. Price matters. Tobacco manufacturers try to influence people with a <br />39 "good price". There is a minimum price for cigars in St. Paul. In 2021, St. Paul placed a similar <br />40 ordinance to what Council is considering this evening. She distributed some advertising <br />41 information for Council consideration. The sellers are adhering to the Ordinance very well. <br />42 There is no outdoor advertising in St. Paul at this time for tobacco. She encouraged Council to <br />43 adopt the ordinance. <br />44 <br />