What: Int. 383, authorizing an agreement with Bloom Rock for cannabis dispensary wayfinding: an education library for prospective entrepreneurs, liaison with the City on licensing, compliance and security readiness, and community info sessions.
Where it stands: Carried in the Budget, Finance and Governance Committee on November 4.
Next: Full Council vote; the agreement start date is not yet set, and staff owe written answers on expungement outreach and youth-consumption education.
Sources
YouTube captions (manual) of the November 4 Council committee meetings; the City's posted agenda for the November 4 committee meetings.
The administration said Bloom Rock will take over the conversations about viable dispensary locations (state distance rules from churches and schools), host info sessions and roundtables, and report quarterly on clients served and applications supported. The work is overseen out of the Mayor's Office, with applications flowing through the Neighborhood and Business Development department.
Questions: Vice President Harris asked about expungement education for legacy cannabis sellers; Martin asked about reporting timing and whether Council will get quarterly reports (staff will work on it); Leslie-Smith asked what the City is doing about social responsibility and youth consumption and asked for a written response. Patterson said Bloom Rock has done youth and faith-community outreach in the past, including with the state Office of Cannabis Management.