As you may recall, a proposed ordinance placing a one year moratorium on medical cannabis dispensaries was presented to you for your consideration at your meeting on February 7, 2017.  The agenda item spurred a lot of discussion from members in the community regarding the need for medical marijuana.  Although City Council ultimately adopted the proposed ordinance with a six month moratorium instead of the initially proposed one year at the following meeting on February 21, 2017, Council directed staff to work on assembling information about medical marijuana that Council could review at a work session.  Staff has prepared the attached agenda which highlights the points to be discussed.  In addition, information from the Office of Compassionate Use under the Department of Health website is attached which provides some background on the types of medical marijuana available, patient and doctor information and implementation.

Staff has worked diligently on this matter and has worked closely with members of the community to ensure they were invited to attend to provide input on the matter.  It is the request of staff that City Council move forward and conduct the work session and receive public input.