[Music] welcome to agenda Edina a program summarizing the actions taken at City Hall that affect you most I'm your host dorothia Marty City staff is working on an ordinance to control where cannabis is sold in Edina when the state's office of cannabis management or ocm begins issuing licenses in 2025 adults 21 and older have been allowed to use cannabis since since last August however cannabis cannot be sold in Minnesota until the ocm is able to issue licenses expected on or around January 1st 2025 municipalities are required to allow cannabis licenses issued by the state the city May adopt an ordinance covering some specific local regulations including the maximum number of licenses to be issued cost of registration and Zoning District cannabis businesses will be allowed to operate in state law also allows cities to establish buffers from schools dayc carees residential treatment facilities or attractions within a public park that are regularly used by miners including playgrounds and athletic fields at least once a year cities are required to conduct compliance checks of every cannabis and hemp business at a work session last month City staff presented its initial recommendations it's been an interesting thing uh we've had a group of Staff working on it a small like Committee of Staff working on it from planning to health to Administration um and other departments um so we've gotten input from lots of places um and we're trying to we're trying to make a a good decision for the current time and this is a new thing for the state so um hopefully we we we hit The Sweet Spot the city is required to allow one license per every 12,500 residents so Edina could limit the number to five or allow more the city council directed staff to draft the ordinance with a maximum of five a City May impose an initial retail fee of $500 or up to half the amount of the state's license fee whichever is less staff recommended charging the maximum amount for registration until the city fully understands the staff work associated with the process many cities choose to Zone cannabis retailers similar to tobacco and liquor stores any Dina those stores are permitted in the planned commercial districts or PCD examples of pcd1 zoned areas for smaller neighborhood businesses are Valley View and Wooddale 44th in France 70th in Cahill and Lincoln and London Dairy PCD too allows for more and slightly larger commercial businesses examples are Grand View and 50th in France PCD 3 allows the most and largest commercial businesses and is limited to the Southdale District to best scatter such businesses across the city the council directed staff to draft an ordinance including all three pcds the public will be invited to weigh in on the draft order during a public hearing later this year residents can provide testimony at that time online at betterto together.org by voicemail or by attending the meeting when the matter is considered