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City Council Meeting Minutes June 11 2019 Page 12 of 15 Mayor Muckle noted there are no specific proposed locations and it would require it all to be indoors He noted there are ways to do this that have less impact. This would only happen if the voters approve it and we decide to .enact it. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton supports for the ballot language as written and would like staff to bring back regulation details to discuss in July City Manager Balser asked if there is any direction on limiting the total amount of cultivation in the City, the staff report recommended 150,000 sf Director Zuccaro stated this is what size we think we have the staff capacity to regulate and address Councilmember Keany asked why it needs to go into effect on January 1 rather than take more time to do regulations and have the effective date be July 1 City Attorney Kelly stated if the tax doesn't pass then cultivation won't be allowed For the tax, TABOR requires an estimation of the first full fiscal year of tax revenue which if started July 1 would be 2021 This would make it difficult to estimate that far in the future Councilmember Keany noted CTC has said they will not allow this and does this create an issue with someone wanting to go into CTC City Attorney Kelly stated there is no conflict as CTC has private covenants that would take precedence Mayor Muckle stated perhaps go lower than 150,000 sf and include language about facilities being self-contained and controlling odor and water Staff will bring back the ordinance for ballot language and the regulations DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION — COLORADO COMMUNITIES FOR CLIMATE ACTION 2019-20 DRAFT POLICY PRIORITIES Deputy City Manager Davis stated the City joined Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA) in 2018 CC4CA is a coalition of 27 local governments working to strengthen state and federal climate policy Each year, CC4CA adopts policy priorities that set the group's state and federal policy agenda for the year CC4CA's policy priorities for 2019-2020 will reflect unanimous agreement among the coalition In late June, CC4CA will hold its annual retreat to finalize and adopt its policy priorities for 2019-20 Councilmember Stolzmann, the City's CC4CA representative, will attend the retreat along with staff There will be discussion by the many governments to reach 100% consensus, so Councilmember Stolzmann would like direction on which policies may allow for some flexibility and others that may not. She noted many of the goals relate to transportation, solid waste, community resilience, agriculture, and social justice