City Council Agenda and Packet 2019 08 06

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City Council Meeting Minutes July 23, 2019 Page 8 of 14 Mike Deborski, 601 Pine Street noted most folks know someone in the marijuana business. He was not disparaging of those in the industry. He noted he has driven by several cultivation facilities and felt the regulations are behind actual issues. Someone has to live with issues while until a complaint is entered. He urged Council to add a special review and a setback to consider neighborhoods. Mayor Muckle closed the public hearing. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton said the idea we have not looked at the numbers is false. Revenue would be available to support staff as well as drug education and other general purposes. The amount of revenue will be dependent on the cultivation facilities opened. We are not considering this to just break even. He suggested a conversation about setbacks from residential areas perhaps at 1000 feet. He asked if that would still provide industrial land for cultivation. Director Zuccaro felt the Lock Street storage would be excluded and the old City shop area would be excluded at 1000 feet. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton wanted to talk about using an SRU process providing public opinion and criteria being met. Director Zuccaro noted there is an administrative SRU allowance and it should be specified if there needs to be public hearings. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton noted he toured a cultivation facility in Boulder. Early on there were some odor issues. Now it was well regulated, this facility didn't use pesticides, and energy use is highly automated. Councilmember Stolzmann noted a daycare could choose to come in after a marijuana business was in place. The residential buffer of 1000 feet is a well -reasoned approach. Councilmember Maloney wondered about a buffer at CTC; there are homes there. Councilmember Stolzmann noted those are not zoned for residential. Councilmember Maloney wondered if special review was valuable once a buffer was in place. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton felt it would give all property owners an opportunity to weigh in. Councilmember Keany addressed comments from residents and noted the limit on cultivation would be 150,000 total square footage. Grow operations are not allowed outside. The excise tax would cover expenses and there would be additional use tax. He noted the old City shops are still owned by the City. He supported a 1000 foot setback from residentially zoned areas and agreed an SRU is not necessary with a buffer but would not disagree with requiring a special review. He was not going to support this. He noted this would only leave the CTC area and they have already said it was a use they would not allow. He saw no benefit to having cultivation in Louisville. 25