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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2016-137 RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO'S THIRD MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARY ANNUAL PERMIT TO BLUM SAN LEANDRO, TO BE EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 1, 2017 WHEREAS, in December, 2013, the City Council, to advance public health and welfare in the community by making access to medical cannabis available to City residents in a more convenient, safe, and legally compliant manner, approved a medical cannabis regulatory ordinance to facilitate the approval, regulation, and operation of one medical cannabis dispensary in San Leandro; and WHEREAS, on June 4, 2016, the City Council subsequently adopted amendments to that ordinance in order to allow for the issuance of a second medical cannabis dispensary permit and conducted a second reading of said amendments on June 20, 2016, thereby making that modified ordinance effective on July 20, 2016; and WHEREAS, on September 19, 2016, the City Council adopted further amendments to that ordinance in order to allow for the issuance of a third medical cannabis dispensary permit and to eliminate the requirement that dispensaries be located at least 1,000 feet from one another; a second reading of said amendments was then conducted on October 3, 2016; and WHEREAS, as part of its selection process for the second dispensary permit, the City extensively vetted the application materials that were provided by Blum San Leandro and concluded that they had demonstrated the knowledge, skills, expertise, and access to capital to operate a successful dispensary in San Leandro; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does hereby RESOLVE as follows: 1. That said third medical cannabis dispensary annual permit is hereby awarded to Blum San Leandro, to be effective on June 1, 2017 and 2. That said permittee shall be subject to all of the requirements of Chapter 4-33 within Title 4 of the San Leandro Municipal Code; and 3. That said permittee shall be subject to the following additional conditions of approval: a. Permittee shall comply with, effect, or further all of the commitments, statements of intent, and promises, including but not limited to its community benefits commitments, contained in its application to operate a medical cannabis dispensary (including the voluntary contribution of a portion of the dispensary's gross receipts to the City), which are incorporated herein and made a part hereof as an attachment to this resolution. b. If a tax on the gross receipts of cannabis businesses is authorized by San Leandro RESOLUTION NO. 2016-137