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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 17, 2016 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:16-530 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:City Council <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution Awarding the City of San Leandro’s Third <br />Medical Cannabis Dispensary Permit to Blum San Leandro, to be Effective on <br />June 1, 2017. <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Per the direction of the City Council provided at its September 6, 2016 and September 19, <br />2016 meetings, the City Manager presents to the City Council for its consideration the below <br />analysis and attached draft resolution awarding the City’s third medical cannabis dispensary <br />permit to Blum San Leandro. The resolution awarding the permit, which includes relevant <br />conditions of approval, would be effective on June 1, 2017. If the resolution is approved, the <br />applicant could secure the required Conditional Use Permit, building permits, and carry out <br />tenant improvements prior to June 1, 2017 but would not be permitted to dispense to patients <br />until after that date. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Following extensive dialogue with the community and numerous City Council discussions over <br />several years, in December 2013, the City Council approved a medical cannabis regulatory <br />ordinance to facilitate the approval, regulation, and operation of one medical cannabis <br />dispensary in San Leandro. That ordinance, in conjunction with the Medical Marijuana <br />Regulation and Safety Act of 2015, imposes strict zoning, security, and operational <br />requirements on the operation of medical cannabis dispensaries. <br />To assist in developing a process to implement that ordinance, following a publicly announced <br />Request for Proposals, the City contracted with ICF International, an independent third-party <br />consultant with expertise assisting governmental agencies across a wide range of subject <br />areas, including medical cannabis program implementation, application review, business plan <br />analysis, public health, safety and security. ICF also directly supported the statewide medical <br />marijuana dispensary application review process for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As <br />part of its contract with the City, the ICF consultant team worked with an inter-departmental <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/11/2016