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City Council Meeting Minutes February 27, 2018 Page 5 of 7 Councilmember Maloney asked why staff doesn't recommend allowing cultivation in the light industrial areas. Director Zuccaro stated some the concerns staff has heard for such a use are odor, security, and possible conflicts with use. Staff has not discussed this with the owner's association in that area either. Staff can look into what other cities have done to mitigate any of these issues if Council would like to pursue this change. Councilmember Maloney stated the 2013 rules were conservative for good reason, but perhaps now we should get more information before making this determination. Councilmember Loo stated some cities that have done this note it requires staff time with expertise in licensing and inspecting cultivation sites Mayor Muckle stated he supports increasing the store size. He does not support allowing grow operations mostly because we don't have a problem filling our industrial park and businesses there are a focused cluster of certain kinds of businesses such as aerospace and food production This use may not mix well with those businesses Councilmember Maloney stated he would like to see the City regulate marijuana and liquor as similarly as possible. Councilmember Keany stated he would support allowing everything except cultivation including production, testing, research and development, and retail. He supports not allowing it in the downtown area and leaving the hours as they are currently set. He is also supportive of increasing the square footage of a store up to 5000 sf. Mayor Muckle agreed with Councilmember Keany. He added it seems we may be looking to solve a problem that doesn't exist He stated we many not necessanly want to change the rules now when the Federal Government may be getting stricter on this Mayor Muckle asked if everyone supported the increase to 5000 sf; everyone in support. Mayor Muckle asked if everyone supported adding the all of the additional license types except cultivation. Members were in support of all the license types except cultivation. On cultivation, Council would like more information Mayor Pro Tem Lipton suggested reevaluating the distance requirements and the limit on the number of retail stores. He supported continuing the ban in downtown as it is surrounded by residential. He would like to continue the discussion on changing the hours Councilmember Leh stated he thinks the existing'/ mile distance regulations have worked well and don't need to be changed. He supports the downtown ban. He would like information on the other options.