Good afternoon everyone.

The Second Minister, Council, please come to order.

Would the clerk call the roll please to establish a quorum.

Thank you, Councilmember Kaeplin.

Councilmember Tau.

Mayor Pro Tem Telemontes.

Councilmember Valenzuela.

Vice Mayor Maple.

Councilmember Gatta.

Councilmember Jennings.

Councilmember Vang.

Mayor Steinberg.

I am here.

Councilmember Tau, would you please lead us in the land acknowledgment in the pledge

of allegiance?

Dr. Minnows indigenous people in tribal lands.

Through the original people of this land, the Nisanan people, the southern Maidu Valley

and Plains Mewalk, the wet wind to peoples and the people of the Warton, Rattoria, Sacramento's

only federally recognized tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside

us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today and the active practice

of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous peoples history, contributions

and lives.

Thank you.

Please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the problem for

which it stands, formation and our God, indivisible, and the regime just for our own.

Thank you, Councilmember Tau.

Good afternoon, everyone, colleagues, members of the city staff, members of the public in

the audience and those watching from other places.

We have two important items here this afternoon.

And let us get right to it.

Number one is the proposal for a cannabis social consumption pilot program.

And let us begin with a staff presentation.

We'll then take public testimony of which I think it's extensive.

I know the city clerk is counting.

Thirty-seven.

And then we will have a discussion and debate and maybe some action by the city council.

Right, please.

Good afternoon, Mayor and Council members.

My name is Fiona Matson.

I'm the program specialist for the Office of Cannabis Management.

I have a brief presentation as Council considers establishing a pilot program to permit cannabis

social consumption lounges.

This is an abbreviated timeline with some key meeting dates of the development of the pilot

social consumption proposal.

Staff engage the community and other jurisdictions to gauge community preferences and best practices

and work through the law of legislation committee to develop this proposal.

On September 17th, the law and legislation committee advanced the pilot program to

council with the direction that staff have a public health expert present to the full

council about statewide cannabis health impacts prior to council considering the pilot

program.

On October 22nd, council heard from doctors, Ryman and Shik.

Staff is proposing two permit add-on types.

Type 1, ingestibles only and type 2, inhable and ingestibles.

The permit add-ons will only be available to a permitted storefront dispensary and type

2 permits will need to meet additional ventilation requirements.

Staff is recommending a five year pilot program to enable the city to evaluate the impacts

of social consumption including the impacts on the local cannabis industry and surrounding

businesses, public safety and transportation.