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City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2013 Page 8 of 15 Option 1: Require background checks on all employees. Option 2: Ban marijuana manufacturing facilities in the City. Option 3: Ban retail marijuana stores in downtown Louisville. Option 4: Ban retail marijuana stores within 1000' of the future site of the St. Louis Parish School. Option 5: Set maximum size for retail marijuana stores at 2,000 SF. Option 6: Remove the clustering requirement. Option 7: Limit signs to the name and trademark of the business. Option 8: Requires same buffer from preschools, pools, child care facilities (1,000`Buffer). Option 9: Sets a limit of the number of retail marijuana businesses in the City. City Manager Fleming stated the ordinance is the result of input from the Planning Commission, Local Licensing Authority and City Council direction. He noted there are many options before the City Council including a moratorium until the 2014 Election, where the matter could be decided by the voters. PUBLIC COMMENTS The following members of the public spoke in opposition to marijuana establishments: Dan Waldrip, 1172 Grove, Court, Louisville, CO Teresa Peck, 1316 Franklin Avenue, Louisville, CO Richard MacKay, 884 W. Tamarisk, Louisville, CO John Nardoyl, 2333 Dogwood Circle, Louisville, CO Tom Dietz, 119 Walnut Street, Louisville, CO Mike Leonard, 222 W. Walnut Street, Louisville, CO Darlene Nahody, 2333 Dogwood Circle, Louisville, CO Debby Hanssen, 350 W. Spruce Lane, Louisville, CO Leslie Spong, 423 W. Spruce Street, Louisville, CO April Porterfield, 103 Harper Street, Louisville, CO Denise Power, Broomfield resident, Louisville Main Street Business Owner COUNCIL COMMENTS Council member Jasiak thanked the public who spoke this evening and brought forward their concerns. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton explained the voters in the State of Colorado and the City of Louisville overwhelming approved Amendment 64 and he has tried to process the will of the voters. He thanked the staff for their work on the ordinances and resolutions. He favored a moratorium on recreational marijuana until the November 2014 election. Council member Keany reported receiving emails from residents on both sides of the issue. He stated with 62% of the voters in Louisville favoring recreational marijuana, he felt the sale of recreational marijuana in Louisville was appropriate. He stated it is not a