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[0:01] Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call the Planning Commission meeting for April 8, 2020 to order.
[0:14] Roll call, please.
[0:18] Commissioner Williams.
[0:22] Here.
[0:23] Commissioner Porter.
[0:24] Here.
[0:25] Commissioner Acomora.
[0:28] Here.
[0:28] Is there a way of making that matter? I could bear to hear, Chairman.
[0:38] Yes, he'll speak more into the mic. Commissioner Frazier.
[0:43] I'm here.
[0:45] Commissioner Brazell.
[0:47] Here.
[0:48] Vice Chairman Donnelly.
[0:51] Here.
[0:52] And Chairman Stanish.
[0:54] Here.
[0:54] Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
[1:19] Public comment.
[1:23] I have nothing.
[1:26] Chairman Stanish, what you might have to do is to get real close to the mic and speak up.
[1:31] I get dogged about this a lot.
[1:33] Okay.
[1:33] I know this.
[1:34] Can everybody hear me?
[1:38] I can't, yes.
[1:39] Yeah.
[1:41] I can't speak up.
[1:44] Okay.
[1:45] It just sounds a little muffled.
[1:49] Okay, we will do our best.
[1:51] All right.
[1:53] Disclosure of ex parte communications.
[1:55] Does anyone have anything to speak about in regard to this?
[2:00] Okay.
[2:02] Then we go on to approval of the minutes for February 12, 2020.
[2:07] Do we have a motion?
[2:12] I, Edwin Okamura, make a motion to accept the minutes of Wednesday, February 12, 2020.
[2:18] Do we have a second?
[2:20] Robbie Williams seconding the motion.
[2:24] We have a first and a second.
[2:25] Roll call, please.
[2:31] Commissioner Williams?
[2:34] Yes.
[2:35] Commissioner Porter?
[2:36] Yes.
[2:37] Commissioner Okamura?
[2:39] Yes.
[2:40] Commissioner Frazier?
[2:42] Yes.
[2:43] Commissioner Brazell?
[2:45] Yeah Vice Chairman Donnelly yes and Chairman Stanis yes okay we're on to
[2:53] action items 5.1 public hearing consider making a recommendation to the City
[2:58] Council regarding an ordinance amending title 17 of the real VISTA
[3:02] municipal code regarding cannabis and hemp regulations staff thank you Mr.
[3:09] Chairman let me to do a little bit of recap of the staff report of the
[3:13] The City prepared a draft ordinance and conducted a joint study session with the Planning Commission
[3:19] and the Council back in January.
[3:22] During the meeting, Council members and commissioners directed staff to present additional information
[3:27] and amendments to the Planning Commission related to hemp, delivery regulations, signage
[3:32] on cars, and volatile solvents in cannabis manufacturing.
[3:38] As it concerns hemp and cannabis, they're both from the cannabis sativa plant but are regulated separately under state and federal laws.
[3:47] Industrial hemp is part of the cannabis sativa plant with THC concentrations of 0.3% or less.
[3:56] If the concentration is higher, then it would be defined as a cannabis and have to fall under those rules.
[4:07] California is in the process of creating some rules regarding hemp, but it's not there yet.
[4:15] I believe last year the federal government pretty much deregulated hemp and the only requirement
[4:21] we have in the state is at the point prior to them selling it, once they grow it and harvest it,
[4:27] prior to selling it, they must have it tested
[4:31] to make sure that the THC level is at the 3.10 percent or less.
[4:38] But for us, and during the joint session,
[4:42] we did have a proponent that wanted to move from cannabis to hemp,
[4:47] and it was discussed at the meeting,
[4:49] and it was decided that it would be fine to do it,
[4:52] but that we probably would like to incorporate it
[4:55] And at least make sure that we're using the same stringent rules with hemp that we are with cannabis.
[5:02] And therefore, working with the city attorney, we've incorporated the hemp aspects into this upgrade.
[5:10] So it's now a cannabis slash hemp ordinance.
[5:16] The proposed ordinance treats industrial hemp in the same way as cannabis for the purpose of local regulation.
[5:22] The proposed ordinance also prohibits cannabis businesses from existing on the same premises
[5:28] as a business handling industrial hemp.
[5:31] However, this does not apply to textiles, cosmetics, or other non-consumable goods
[5:37] that are derived in whole or part from cannabis, but containing a THC concentration of 0.3 or less.
[5:45] Such products are permitted without regulation.
[5:48] I believe that, since I said cannabis, I think it's supposed to be hemp.
[5:53] Specifically, the proposed ordinance applies local regulations in the same way to businesses handling the industrial hemp as it does to a cannabis business.
[6:04] However, since there is no state program to regulate industrial hemp, the proposed ordinance says that there is a state law or regulation applicable to cannabis businesses,
[6:13] businesses, but not to industrial hemp businesses, only the local regulation applies to industrial
[6:19] hemp businesses.
[6:21] If and when the state adopts hemp-specific regulations, a business would be required
[6:26] to comply with those as well, and that way we're consistent.
[6:31] Delivery regulations, that was one of the other items that came up, and cannabis
[6:35] delivery operations are regulated by the state now.
[6:40] While all cannabis businesses are required to track and trace any commercial cannabis
[6:44] activity, only cannabis retailers or micro-businesses with a retail component may deliver cannabis
[6:50] goods to a customer.
[6:52] Every delivery employee is required to carry a government-issued ID, an employee ID badge
[6:58] provided by the employer, a copy of the retailer's cannabis business license, and
[7:04] In a copy of the retailer's QR code certificate, delivery is limited to the hours between 6AM
[7:10] and 10PM and must be done directly to the delivery customer after confirming their identity
[7:16] and age.
[7:18] Delivery vehicles must have a GPS tracker reporting to the retailer at all times during
[7:24] delivery, must have a ledger of all cannabis goods in the vehicle, may not have any
[7:30] marking indicating the vehicle delivers cannabis goods or any goods visible to the public,
[7:36] the vehicle may not carry more than 5,000 worth of cannabis goods, including no more
[7:41] than 3,000 worth of not yet ordered goods at any time.
[7:46] The proposed ordinance requires compliance with state laws and regulations.
[7:52] Concerning signage on cars, another subject that came up during the joint session,
[8:00] state
[8:00] cannabis and delivery from having any marking or any other indication of their business on
[8:05] the outside of the vehicle.
[8:07] No delivery vehicle may have any marking or other indication of the business on the
[8:13] outside of the delivery vehicle, so I think we're good there.
[8:19] Volatile solvents, certain cannabis manufacturing licenses may use volatile solvents.
[8:25] The proposed ordinance requires licensed cannabis manufacturing businesses using solvents to
[8:32] have a backup power generator.
[8:35] Occupancies seeking to utilize volatile solvents are highly regulated by the Reavista Fire
[8:40] Department and are subject to quarterly fire and life safety inspections.
[8:45] Volatile solvents generally refer to the use of butane and propane to extract, divide
[8:51] the cannabis or hemp plants into parts.
[8:54] The process uses heat and pressure in a closed-loop system and vacuum to remove.
[9:00] The butane or propane solvents, the system is highly regulated under the California Fire
[9:05] Code for quantities of storage on site.
[9:08] Most occupancies will fall within an F occupancy class and will store less than 120 gallons
[9:14] or pounds in a controlled area.
[9:16] Anything above that would be considered an H occupancy and additional rules and
[9:22] would kick in. Fire systems in the facilities will include sprinkler systems
[9:27] when required by the California Fire Code and Reinvested Municipal Code.
[9:34] Employee
[9:34] safety is also examined at these facilities. The equipment or systems used
[9:39] in these facilities require specific fire department approvals and
[9:43] are required to be UL Underwriter Laboratories approved. No homemade
[9:50] systems or alterations are allowed. The employees are subject to additional
[9:53] education and training delivered by the fire department at the discretion of the
[9:59] fire chief or fire marshal. So that's I think the the guest of there but just a
[10:06] few other notes this particular ordinance reduces the number of retail
[10:10] outlets from four to three and does a prop provide a more defined appeals
[10:14] process if there's an issue that staff notices there's a process where we
[10:21] can identify it and have it come back to Planning Commission.
[10:27] Okay. If anybody has any questions, what I
[10:29] think the easiest thing to do would be to go down the list and start with the Vice
[10:33] Chairman. That way we're not all talking over each other.
[10:37] So Vice Chairman Donnelly, do you have any questions?
[10:41] I'm just kind of a concern of one aspect
[10:45] of the delivery regulations here. This part, the last
[10:49] paragraph of that section saying the vehicles may not carry more than $5,000 worth of cannabis
[10:54] goods, including no more than $3,000 worth of not-yet-ordered goods at any time.
[11:00] So just understanding that the cannabis businesses are still functioning financially outside of
[11:07] our banking system, this means that cash transactions are happening, vehicle driver.
[11:18] I guess my concern is that if there are specific orders that they are filling, that's one
[11:23] that, you know, kind of carrying around some more to this two kind of, you know,
[11:29] orders that happen if somebody walks by and,
[11:37] exactly,
[11:40] I'm a little concerned.
[11:41] I mean, I think the delivery idea is good, but I'm just concerned with these vehicles,
[11:46] even if they're on mark traveling around with a lot of cannabis and a lot
[11:54] of...
[11:55] This is Rob. It's a good concern and a good topic to discuss.
[12:00] I think that the amount they have here, the 5,000 worth of goods and the 3,000 worth of non-ordered goods is probably a good balance.
[12:09] If you think about this in terms of if they're delivering in town, it's probably not an issue because they could always go back and get it.
[12:17] But the concept here, and I think in practice that some of the businesses out there will put product into an unmarked van, for example,
[12:25] they may drive to another city, a city that may be a couple hours away.
[12:30] And so I think that they're going to want to have a little bit of flexibility
[12:32] to have some products so that it can be ordered and dropped as part of that process.
[12:39] Tom, any more questions?
[12:41] Okay.
[12:48] Anything else, Tom?
[12:52] I think that's really my primary concern here.
[12:55] I think the other pieces make sense, the signage of cars.
[12:58] You know, I think that the fire codes and the safety that was talked about like that is well considered. So I think that pretty much covers me
[13:09] Okay, thank you Tom commissioner Brazil. Thank you
[13:15] My question was just answered. So I have some more question. I know further questions. Okay. Thank you commissioner Frazier
[13:24] Yes, thank you first I have kind of a process question
[13:30] Well, this will take two readings at the City Council.
[13:35] That's correct.
[13:37] That's correct.
[13:39] Okay.
[13:40] Then I have a question about the industrial hemp, which is really kind of difficult to comprehend what you're doing.
[13:53] But I think my question is, if a company wants to come in and just create or do industrial
[14:03] hemp textiles below 03,
[14:11] would they still be required to get a state license for cannabis
[14:17] manufacturer?
[14:18] Fair question.
[14:19] That's a fair question.
[14:21] I believe that within here we did specify that for textiles and things like that,
[14:26] this ordinance would not apply. So the focus of hemp in this ordinance is if somebody wants
[14:32] to extract the hemp oil and to use that in some other product. It's that part of this
[14:40] that we would want to regulate under this ordinance.
[14:46] Okay. That's helpful. So it's really just products that would be really difficult to
[14:53] determine what the content level, whether it's below or above 0.303.
[15:00] That's correct. And the fact that they're doing an extraction process, because the extraction process, as I understand it for the hemp, is the exact same for cannabis.
[15:10] And so that's why we've, I think, as a city and a staff, we're recommending that we take the much more stringent approach to any kind of extraction, whether it be hemp.
[15:22] I mean, if they want to extract hemp, we want to have the same strict standards in place.
[15:27] If somebody wanted to come in here and have hemp rope hemp clothing or another product, it would not apply. This this
[15:35] Disordinates would not apply at all
[15:37] Okay, that's good. I just don't want to discourage a
[15:40] company that might be providing those types of products that are clearly not
[15:46] not cannabis products from from being able to get in and
[15:50] if we happen to have someone who would be interested in and starting the business like that
[15:56] I wouldn't want to discourage them from being able to come in.
[16:01] Absolutely, absolutely.
[16:02] And under this ordinance, they would not be.
[16:05] Then I have one other minor, fairly minor thing
[16:09] on the backup generator.
[16:13] And I think it would be, it might be best
[16:17] to try to clarify that by saying a backup generator
[16:20] with a power rating capable of operating the ventilation
[16:30] It's easy to go and buy a very cheap generator that might not be appropriate for the job.
[16:39] So just a suggestion that maybe you want to clarify that the backup generator is capable of operating,
[16:46] of powering the equipment.
[16:49] Good question.
[16:51] I think that we're trying to leave it a little bit flexible because you're saying generator,
[16:56] We're saying backup power.
[16:57] They could have a battery backup system if that works for them.
[17:01] I think that what we would have to do as staff is to look at the,
[17:05] or have them give us information from the appropriate engineers on the power requirements of their equipment
[17:11] and then match that against the power requirements of the backup power system.
[17:18] Yeah, that's a good point.
[17:19] It doesn't have to be a generator.
[17:21] No, but I think that we have enough guidance here that you just can't come in and say,
[17:26] Hey, I got a backup generator from Sam's Club and it's at 10KW.
[17:32] It's like, well, that doesn't matter.
[17:34] What does your engineering team say your requirements are?
[17:37] And then you're going to have to show probably our building
[17:40] inspection people, four leaf as they're going through this,
[17:43] that you have a backup power that's
[17:46] capable of operating the safety aspects of your process.
[17:53] Right, as long as city staff or whoever's
[17:57] reviewing that piece of it understands that. We do.
[18:05] Okay that's really all I have.
[18:07] It's a good observation. Thank you. Okay thank you. Commissioner Okamura.
[18:14] Thank
[18:14] you Chair Stanish. I have a comment on page two and you read through it
[18:19] already and it starts out however the proposal ordinance does not apply to
[18:23] textiles, cosmetics, and other non-consumable goods that are derived dot
[18:28] And the question is with regards to non-consumable goods.
[18:34] So that would imply that consumable goods does fall under this regulation, correct?
[18:42] Not necessarily. I think what really applies to this regulation is if somebody wants to come in here
[18:49] and they want to extract oils from the hemp plant, that's the focus of this ordinance.
[18:58] Okay, I mean, I think this would be, it might be all in the wording in that CBD is derived
[19:06] from hemp, correct?
[19:08] Correct.
[19:08] And as a result, I know a number of stores or shops within Reavista are selling CBD
[19:14] types of products.
[19:16] And therefore, it might be if you have non-consumable goods that does make the assumption that
[19:21] implies that consumable goods, they would fall under that.
[19:26] and then they would be regulated in the same fashion.
[19:30] At least that's how I read it.
[19:32] I understand, but they would not be regulated.
[19:35] The focus here is if you're doing any kind of extraction
[19:39] and you're using butane and things like that,
[19:41] then you need to follow the same safety rules.
[19:43] Once you have it extracted,
[19:46] I think that CDBD in the state is not regulated.
[19:50] And if they wanted to infuse or mix it,
[19:53] in a food product they would have to follow state rules
[19:55] or other guidelines concerning those food products like you would any other
[20:00] any other ingredient you want to put into a food and then sell it. Okay so once it's
[20:05] a finished product and it doesn't it this does not apply. This ordinance does
[20:11] not apply it to a food product finished. Okay and then I had a follow-up
[20:17] comment with regards to a Commissioner Donnelly was talking about this is a
[20:22] question, do the drivers now use debit, take debit cards? I know that the dispensary uses
[20:30] or takes, accepts debit cards in their facility. I'm wondering if they do that in their cars
[20:36] as well. That would alleviate some of the tension there.
[20:42] That's a question where I don't think I can answer off the top of my head. You got
[20:47] me on that one. I think that the problem there is, and I would say first of all, I hope and
[20:53] or if we're going to that or not going to that, but I think that we're trying to migrate
[20:57] or the industry is trying to migrate to that way. But I think the challenge there is what
[21:01] they can take in terms of the electronic transfer and through the traditional banking
[21:08] systems. So that might still be a bit of a challenge. But I'm sure that just as
[21:13] as soon as they have a bank that can actually be set up to accept cash from a cannabis transaction
[21:21] that's going to make everybody's lives a lot easier.
[21:24] Right. Well, I mean, I believe that Reavista Farms is doing that right now.
[21:29] I don't know what bank they're using, but I know they take debit cards there
[21:33] or they have a machine there.
[21:36] Okay. I guess I need to go visit them again.
[21:40] It was strictly research.
[21:42] Okay. Thank you for clarifying that. I was worried.
[21:49] Any other questions?
[21:50] That was it.
[21:51] Okay. Thank you.
[21:52] That was it for me.
[21:53] Thank you.
[21:53] Commissioner Porter.
[21:55] Oh, thank you.
[21:56] I assume the business owner would be here today,
[21:59] so I've phrased my questions talking to the business owner.
[22:04] But the first one is, how many employees do you think you will have
[22:08] and will they have background checks?
[22:12] Commissioner Porter, you might be looking at the next item, which is about a specific
[22:17] business coming in.
[22:19] This is still on the draft ordinance.
[22:23] So are you talking about the Darrington Project?
[22:27] That's the next item on the agenda?
[22:33] Is it regarding the sub lease on St. Francis?
[22:36] Is that the one you're referring to?
[22:37] Yes.
[22:38] Yeah, that's the next item.
[22:40] Yeah, okay.
[22:40] It's not this one.
[22:41] Okay.
[22:41] Okay.
[22:41] Do you have anything – any questions pertaining to this?
[22:47] Well, shall I move on to my second question?
[22:49] If – is it pertaining to this one, or is it pertaining to the business again?
[22:53] No, it's pertaining to the – what we're talking about.
[22:56] Okay.
[22:56] First question.
[22:57] Sure.
[22:57] Go ahead.
[22:58] So should I – okay.
[23:00] The agreement with the city calls for security in and around the facility.
[23:05] Can you tell me about the security you plan to have?
[23:09] Okay.
[23:09] I would but I think that still is applicable to to the lease. That's the next item on the agenda
[23:15] Okay, this particular item is strictly on the draft
[23:20] Ordnance or the third rewrite of the ordinance the city has and so soon as we finish with that we'll move on to the lease one
[23:26] Should I hold my questions till later? I would hold those questions until that item comes up. Yeah, okay
[23:34] Commissioner Williams you have any questions?
[23:40] I couldn't find my unmute button
[23:44] The only comment I had was in regards to, well, two comments now.
[23:51] One, in regards to being able to do debit cards, most cannabis facilities have an ATM machine
[23:59] so that you can get cash out in case you didn't bring enough with you.
[24:04] So that's extremely common.
[24:07] And, yes, that was research.
[24:11] Additionally, in regards to the $5,000 amount on what the vehicles can carry, it sounds like a lot.
[24:22] Put $5,000 worth of cannabis products can theoretically fit in your very small glove box.
[24:31] So it's not like they're bringing tons and tons with them.
[24:35] That might only be enough for a very few customers.
[24:39] That was it.
[24:41] Just clarification, those were all research statements.
[24:46] They definitely were. Thank you for reminding me.
[24:55] Does anybody else have any other questions before we move on?
[25:00] Okay. I'll open it up to public comment.
[25:03] Do we have any public comment tonight, Judy?
[25:06] We do not.
[25:07] Okay.
[25:07] We do not.
[25:08] Public comment is closed.
[25:11] All right. Any further recommendations from anybody?
[25:18] Okay. I think we're done with 5-1.
[25:22] Next item is...
[25:23] Hold it.
[25:25] I think that now at this point in time you have to bring it back
[25:28] and you guys have to take action on that.
[25:33] Okay. Sorry.
[25:34] I need a motion.
[25:35] Do we have a motion?
[25:42] I'll make a motion to...
[25:43] to, oh, was that Edwin?
[25:47] Go ahead, Jennifer.
[25:48] It was, go ahead.
[25:49] This is Jennifer, okay.
[25:50] I was just gonna make a motion to adopt resolution 2020-06
[25:56] to repeal chapter 1770 as the Reavis said municipal code
[26:02] relating to cannabis regulations
[26:05] and replacing it with chapter 17.70 relating to cannabis
[26:10] and hemp regulations.
[26:11] Do we have a second?
[26:14] Commissioner Frazier, I'll second.
[26:17] Oh, sorry, Edwin.
[26:18] No, go ahead.
[26:21] Who's on first, here?
[26:22] Commissioner Frazier.
[26:23] Okay, thank you.
[26:24] Thank you, Mary.
[26:26] All right, now we need a real call.
[26:31] Commissioner Williams.
[26:34] Yes.
[26:35] Commissioner Porter.
[26:36] Yes.
[26:37] Commissioner Akamura.
[26:39] Yes.
[26:40] Commissioner Frazier.
[26:42] Yes.
[26:43] Commissioner Brazell.
[26:45] Yes Vice Chairman Donnelly yes and Chairman Stanis yes thank you all right
[26:55] 5.2 public hearing consider approval of the conditional use permit to operate a
[27:00] type 12 cannabis micro business for the cultivation manufacturing distribution
[27:05] and non-storefront retail of cannabis and review and recommendation on
[27:10] development agreement by and between the City of Rio Vista and Dorington
[27:14] Holdings, LLC.
[27:20] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You're welcome. This is
[27:23] Doington, LLC, and he is seeking to lease a small section of the
[27:30] COLE project, or the Georgia project, and to move in there and to do a small type
[27:37] 12 operation, non-storefront. They cannot do any more storefronts here. And so we
[27:44] have you have here the basic information I think this is pretty standard on what's
[27:49] come before the Planning Commission before to include the the development
[27:52] agreement.
[27:55] What can I add? The the square footage of this area is going to be
[27:59] 2,240 feet and wastewater disposal is not going to be permitted to introduce
[28:06] any any chemical or any anything into our wastewater system without any
[28:11] requisite permits. Distribution of cannabis goods will only be conducted by
[28:17] applicant or applicants employees in accordance with the Bureau of Cannabis
[28:21] Control Regulations. The analysis, the property owner has received site and
[28:27] architectural review, so all that's been accomplished this is a lease of that.
[28:32] Security, security is two things. The initial owner of the building has gone
[28:40] through security approvals with the police chief and every applicant has to submit a
[28:47] security plan to the police chief and the police chief has to approve it and that would
[28:51] also the police chief has to determine, has to approve the number of cameras, the position
[28:55] of the cameras, the fact that all cameras will need to be fed to the internet and
[29:00] the police chief has to have unfettered access to those cameras and the feeds
[29:05] and they have to keep the feeds for as long as the police chief determines, and he doesn't reveal that.
[29:11] I mean, that's in the security plan that he keeps locked up in the police department.
[29:18] I
[29:20] think there was a question regarding employees.
[29:22] Employees, according to our current code, have to be a background check, and so we do that here.
[29:30] odor control, while odor controls are not to be expected, we do need to make sure that the people here are good neighbors.
[29:39] The applicant has agreed and the development agreement will require the applicant to consult a mechanical engineer
[29:44] and work with the city to adopt any recommendations of the mechanical engineer.
[29:50] And the development agreement provides that they have to do this.
[29:53] They have to have a signed design stamped system that's been done by a California.
[30:00] California licensed mechanical engineer. And that no later than six months after receiving
[30:04] the certificate of occupancy, they have to go through and, and in addition, anytime the
[30:10] city receives an order complaint from the property or surrounding areas, then we'll be
[30:15] permitted to enter the property and to evaluate order controls. And if necessary, we can
[30:20] direct that the, that he gets an engineer, an engineering firm to come out and to
[30:26] review the the mechanical handling units area handling units and determine if
[30:32] there's any problems. So we have additional safeguards that we put into
[30:37] the the DA to to ensure that we can do that.
[30:46] And I think that's really I mean
[30:50] there's there's a few more things to this but it's this is pretty much kind
[30:54] of identical to what's been through the Planning Commission before. Let me
[30:57] Let me stop there and see if there's any questions that we can answer.
[31:00] Okay, we'll do it the same way. We'll start from the top.
[31:02] Vice Chairman Donnelly, any questions?
[31:06] I don't have any.
[31:08] Okay. Commissioner Brazil?
[31:11] No questions.
[31:12] Commissioner Frazier?
[31:16] One question.
[31:18] Ron, do you know if the applicant is planning to have any outdoor signage
[31:24] or is it possible to have outdoor signage?
[31:27] It is not.
[31:28] For the tenants?
[31:29] It is not possible to have outdoor signage.
[31:32] But we want, the ordinance is clear that we want no outdoor signage advertising cannabis within these facilities.
[31:44] That's all I have.
[31:46] Okay.
[31:46] Commissioner Okamura.
[31:49] Thank you.
[31:51] I do have one question, or yeah, I have a question with regards to the non-scope front retail of cannabis.
[31:58] This is a type 12, so is this for clarification?
[32:02] Is this the second type 12 license that we'll be issuing?
[32:08] I believe this is probably the third.
[32:12] Okay. And with the non-storefront retail operation,
[32:18] does that count as one of the four dispensaries
[32:22] or places that could retail cannabis?
[32:25] No. In fact, the clarification here was this is a type 12 with no retail.
[32:32] So they cannot have a walk in and the ordinance itself that was just passed by the Planning Commission
[32:41] actually takes this from a total of four retails down to three.
[32:47] So we can have no more, and we already have those three are spoken for.
[32:53] And so this one here is he can grow, he can manufacture, and he can distribute to other approved facilities.
[33:04] That would be it.
[33:09] I'm sorry, I think I missed that.
[33:12] So you're saying this is one of the four or this is not one of the four?
[33:18] No, this is not one of the four.
[33:21] In fact, this one cannot have a walk-in or retail component.
[33:27] Okay, so the four are walk-in.
[33:30] The current ordinance allows for a total of four walk-ins to retail.
[33:36] Okay, got it.
[33:38] Great.
[33:39] That was what I asked.
[33:40] Perfect.
[33:40] Thank you.
[33:42] Okay.
[33:43] Commissioner Porter.
[33:44] Okay.
[33:45] Thank you.
[33:46] I had my questions.
[33:48] How many employees do you think you will have and you answered the background check portion of it?
[33:54] The employees, it's hard to say.
[33:58] I think it's kind of early.
[34:01] I think when we first had Real Vista Farms come up and we talked to them,
[34:06] I asked how many employees they have and they said, oh, we're going to have 20.
[34:09] I think right now they're 98.
[34:12] But they also have the retail component and they're expanding.
[34:16] This is a very small facility, 2240 square feet.
[34:22] And so I think that they're going to come in with a very small footprint at this to start off with
[34:28] Thank you very few employees
[34:31] Yeah
[34:32] The agreement with the city calls for security in and around the facility
[34:36] Can you tell us about the security you plan to have?
[34:40] the
[34:42] Again what they have to do is they have to have a security plan that's approved by the police chief and
[34:48] You know part of that is going to have to have
[34:51] security inside and possibly outside. Now outside may be having a firm security
[34:59] firm come out and do checks of some sort. In this particular case if you have
[35:03] multiple tenants in the same building they can get together and they could
[35:07] kind of work something like that the city would find that acceptable.
[35:13] Thank
[35:14] Thank you.
[35:15] Will you be selling anything from your facility?
[35:19] I'm sorry?
[35:20] Will you be selling anything from your facility?
[35:26] No, I will not be.
[35:29] And in this particular case, this person here, what they will do is they will process orders
[35:37] for delivery.
[35:39] When I say delivery, it's not to the home.
[35:42] They can only deliver, for example.
[35:43] They can deliver it to another cannabis license facility such as a delivery a retail store
[35:50] They can take their product and then
[35:52] Deliver it to that store. So they can only deliver to another location that has a cannabis license
[35:59] So they're not they're not in the home delivery or a kind of business
[36:04] Yeah, so there'd be no no walk-in business
[36:08] No, no walk-in business on it. We can't have that
[36:13] And my last question, will anything be consumed on the property?
[36:19] What I was thinking about was, would they have like a cigar store,
[36:27] would have a big cigar place in the back with couches and that sort of thing?
[36:33] Will they have something like that?
[36:35] I think that our ordinance prohibits that.
[36:38] Okay. Thank you. That's all I had.
[36:41] Thank you. Commissioner Williams.
[36:46] No questions.
[36:51] All right. Do we have any public comment, Judy?
[36:57] Okay. No public comment.
[36:59] All right.
[37:01] So do we have a motion for the conditional use permit type 12,
[37:07] cannabis, microbusiness, development agreement between the
[37:10] City of Real Vista and Darrington Holdings, LLC?
[37:15] May I make one more comment? This is that one, Okamora.
[37:18] Oh, sure.
[37:18] Sure.
[37:21] So my question comment is that if this is a non-store fund retail and they're going to
[37:26] be, they have the opportunity to distribute their product to other retail outlets, then
[37:33] actually the $5,000 limit would seem like, would seem too little.
[37:38] Does this fall under that ordinance or is this a different one because they're not
[37:45] a dispensary?
[37:48] It would not fall under this because the part that you're talking about is if they were delivering to like a residential address.
[37:58] So that's a delivery. These people are doing distribution to like a retail cannabis store. So it's totally different.
[38:10] That's what I figured.
[38:11] Yeah, thank you.
[38:13] Anybody else have any questions?
[38:16] OK.
[38:18] Do we have a motion?
[38:25] Mr. Admiral, I'll make a motion to accept
[38:30] the resolution of the Planning Commission of the City
[38:32] of Rio Vista, approving the conditional use permit
[38:34] that will allow operation of a cannabis type 12 micro
[38:38] business.
[38:40] Oh, I actually read the wrong part.
[38:44] Should I reread it?
[38:45] for the record please okay where I say I make a motion to accept the application
[38:52] that has been filed by Dornton holding LLC to operate a cannabis type 12
[38:57] micro business full-faceted manufacturing distribution non-storefront
[39:02] retail facility at 1000 safe Francis way to achieve realistic California thank
[39:08] Thank you. Do we have a second?
[39:11] This is Robbie Williams.
[39:14] Go ahead, Robbie.
[39:18] Okay, Tom did.
[39:21] Okay, Tom, thank you.
[39:24] Who did we get?
[39:26] We had Edwin and Tom.
[39:28] Tom.
[39:28] Yes.
[39:31] We have backups if you need them.
[39:35] Excuse me.
[39:36] This is Lamont Thompson, planning manager.
[39:39] I do have a question.
[39:40] You mentioned one resolution which was 2020-007 and then you also have a recommendation for
[39:49] the DA to the city council which is 2020-008.
[39:53] Could you amend your motion and include that as well, please?
[39:58] I can't.
[40:00] Just say yes.
[40:02] Yes.
[40:03] Okay.
[40:04] We got it.
[40:07] Thank you, Lamont.
[40:11] So we're ready for vote, right?
[40:13] Yes.
[40:13] Okay, Commissioner Williams.
[40:17] Yes, Commissioner Porter. Yes, Commissioner Okamura. Yes, Commissioner Fraser. Yes, Commissioner Brazil. Yeah, Vice Chairman Donnelly.
[40:33] Yes.
[40:34] And Chairman Stannish.
[40:35] Yes.
[40:36] Thank you.
[40:38] Okay.
[40:39] I'm sorry.
[40:39] Just clarification.
[40:40] That was resolution 2020-007.
[40:46] And I think LeMont was referencing was the companion resolution 2020-008.
[40:53] And that has to do with the DA.
[40:55] So I would ask that you take that up as a separate resolution.
[41:01] Okay.
[41:01] Okay.
[41:10] Okay.
[41:11] So I'm asking for the Planning Commission to take action on Resolution 2020-008, a resolution
[41:20] of the Planning Commission of the City of Rio Vista, approving and recommending that the
[41:24] City Council approve the development agreement by and between the City of Rio Vista and
[41:29] Dorenton Holdings.
[41:33] Do you see that?
[41:34] I don't see it.
[41:36] I mean, I have this, but I don't have a 008.
[41:39] the
[41:56] last two pages of that I don't
[42:09] know
[42:16] okay I'm sorry is there something that
[42:25] we're supposed to be doing right now yes we're just verifying the the the
[42:31] the resolution 2020 0 0 8 you have it in your.
[42:56] It's not on my agenda either 2020 0 0
[42:59] it's page 17. Excuse me. That's my mom again.
[43:05] Say again. It's page 17. Yeah.
[43:15] See it. Yeah.
[43:16] Okay, it wasn't on the agenda. That's why I guess I
[43:22] Worked them together. Okay
[43:24] All right
[43:27] All right, we need to discuss the resolution
[43:30] 2020-008 between the city of real Vista and Dorrington Holdings LLC. We'll do the questioning the same way
[43:39] Rob
[43:41] This is a, again, this is a very, very similar development agreement that's come before the
[43:48] Planning Commission before.
[43:49] The main difference here is the adjusting of the size of the project to 24, 2240.
[43:58] And so it would provide $2,240 the first year, the second year would be double that
[44:05] and then third year third three times that in trying to find it here and then
[44:11] also it would allow for 1% of gross profits first year 2% second year and
[44:17] 3% the third year and other than that it has the everything else in here is
[44:28] pretty much identical to the other DA's that have come before the Planning
[44:32] Commission. All
[44:35] right, Chairman Donnelly, do you have any questions? I'm Vice Chairman Donnelly.
[44:39] No questions. Okay. Commissioner Brazil.
[44:45] No questions. Commissioner Frazier.
[44:49] No questions.
[44:50] Commissioner Okamura. No questions. Commissioner Porter. No questions. Commissioner Williams.
[45:00] No questions. And I don't have any questions either. Okay. Do we have a motion?
[45:08] Sure. This is
[45:08] Commissioner Frazier. I'll move that we approve resolution number 2020-008, resolution of the
[45:16] Planning Commission of the City of Rio Vista, approving and recommending that the city council
[45:21] approve the development agreement by and between City of Rio Vista and Darrington Holdings,
[45:27] LLC. Do we have a second? I'll second it.
[45:34] We have a first and a second.
[45:38] Commissioner Williams.
[45:43] Yes.
[45:44] Commissioner Porter.
[45:45] Yes.
[45:46] Commissioner Acomora.
[45:48] Aye.
[45:49] Commissioner Frazier.
[45:52] Yes.
[45:53] Commissioner Brazell.
[45:55] Yes.
[45:56] Vice Chairman Donnelly.
[45:58] Yes.
[45:59] Chairman Stanis.
[46:00] Yes.
[46:03] All right.
[46:04] We're on number six discussion, child care.
[46:06] I'm
[46:14] looking.
[46:19] Carried over.
[46:21] Yeah, the only thing I know is I can say is that I think we're moving forward with the ordinance on child care.
[46:26] It's basically it's, it's, it's come down from the state and so.
[46:31] Hi, this is Lamont Thompson.
[46:33] Go ahead.
[46:34] Again, basically, the reason I put this on the agenda is because they had five questions about things like licensing inspections for safety.
[46:48] And just things that the city could do have
[46:56] looked into it by
[47:00] the commission on their questions is that
[47:03] it's regulated by the state and the city of Rio Vista will not be enforcing any of the child care laws.
[47:13] We're basically going to be treating them as if it was just a large family
[47:21] is not discriminating against any child care.
[47:32] Anybody else have any questions or comments about the childcare?
[47:41] Okay.
[47:42] Do we have anything for future agenda items?
[47:49] Anybody?
[47:52] Okay.
[47:54] I'd like to take this time to wish everyone a happy Passover and a happy Easter and please
[48:00] be safe and healthy.