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Local Licensing Authority Minutes July 22, 2013 Page 4 of 5 the applicant. Changes of location would be allowed, but the location would then have to meet the distance requirements already in place. Discussion centered on the impact to the current businesses and future impact if the businesses converted to retail marijuana. Carlson moved the Authority approve the proposed ordinance and direct staff to present it to City Council. Rommelfanger seconded. All in favor. Lipton absent. Authority Attorney Culley asked the members to consider fees to be charged for transfers and changes of location. Wilson moved the fee consideration be left up to staff with consideration for covering costs. Machado seconded. All in favor. C. Update/Discussion/Direction – Regulation of Retail Marijuana – Discuss setting a special meeting to review draft regulations on August 5, 2013 at 7:00 PM Authority Attorney Culley asked the Authority members if they had any recommendations before the draft ordinance is presented in August. The first item was distance requirements. Some members were okay with similarity to liquor with 500’ distance regulations. The conflict with actions by the Federal enforcement was mentioned; there were letters written to establishments within 1000’ of schools. Other members were more concerned about the distance from schools and suggested 1000’ from schools, etc. but expressed less concern with distance from other retail marijuana establishments. There was suggestion of a temporary cap on the number of establishments as a test. Currently, State law will only allow conversion of current medical centers and new licenses will not be issued until January 2015. Members were not in favor of rows of establishments in the downtown area. Authority members wanted to make sure the proposed taxes would be enough to support both the administrative and enforcement costs. Sergeant Lanphere was asked about increased burden on the Police Department. He stated there were many variables, but there could be an impact on enforcement needs. Authority Attorney Culley suggested to the members, fees for the application could be considered to recover some of the cost. Authority members preferred a cost analysis before any fees were set. Authority members did not see a need to repeat background checks if the State was conducting and sharing those results. They did see value in holding a public hearing on the license application at the local level. Machado moved the Authority hold a special meeting of the Local Licensing Authority on August 5, 2013 at 7:00 pm in the City Council Chambers. Carlson seconded. All in favor. Lipton absent.