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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 18, 2016 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:16-371 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.B <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution Awarding the City of San Leandro’s Second <br />Medical Cannabis Dispensary Annual Permit Following the Effective Date of <br />the Revised Medical Cannabis Dispensary Ordinance <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The City Manager presents to the City Council the following analysis of the two applications <br />that were received from business teams seeking to operate the second medical cannabis <br />dispensary to assist the Council in selecting between the two teams to award the permit. The <br />City Manager also presents for the City Council’s adoption, should it so choose, a resolution <br />representing the permit and conditions of approval written into said permit. The draft <br />resolution awarding the permit, if approved, would be effective July 20, 2016, the effective <br />date of the recently amended medical cannabis dispensary permits ordinance. <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 marijuana 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 this work, ICF assisted the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in evaluating <br />the most qualified applicants for registration as medical marijuana dispensary, cultivation, and <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/13/2016 <br />400