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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — OCTOBER 14, 2024 10 Councilmember Fabel asked if Mike Wilhelmi is familiar with the draft ordinance presented in the agenda packet. Mike Wilhelmi confirmed. It is Xcel's draft ordinance. Councilmember Fabel said the draft ordinance outlines Xcel will have authority over location facilities, field locations, street opening, and restoration. He wondered if they have that authority now. Mike Wilhelmi confirmed. They have statutory authority and there is a franchise agreement in place. This would be an update to that agreement. Councilmember Fabel stated that there isn't anything new here. Mike Wilhelmi said that because there are no existing franchise fees, they pay permit fees. Typically in cities where there are franchise fees, they ask to be excluded from permit fees and that is in there. Councilmember Fabel said the ordinance might suggest to residents that for the privilege of collecting a tax on behalf of the City, Xcel is getting this authority, is not true. Mike Wilhelmi confirmed. There is no additional authority granted with this ordinance. Interim City Administrator Jagoe said that with this council item on the 28th, there will be an update of the agreements, as well as, the renewal of the gas franchise agreement. The memo will outline what agreements exists today and what the changes will be. B. Adult Use Cannabis Zoning Discussion Interim City Administrator Jagoe highlighted the main points of the draft ordinance, included in the agenda packet. Cannabis business is defined in state statute. There are a variety of different cannabis businesses that corelate to the types of businesses that the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) will facilitate. The license types and types of uses are provided. The Micro- and Mezzo- businesses are unique within the cannabis use list because they are similar to wineries and breweries. The City Attorney verified the Micro -Business allows for on -site consumption. The Micro- and Mezzo- businesses can operate multiple locations and they can also have multiple types of uses, to include retail, manufacturing, etc. all in the same facility. The City will register businesses and the OCM will license them. Previous council direction was to limit this to one single registration. State statute says the City can limit for retailers, the Micro - businesses and Mezzo -businesses. That only applies to the retail component. The City is not allowed to limit the registrations for the other non -retail uses. Councilmember Monson asked for clarification that a Micro -business or a Mezzo -business one of those would meet our retail requirement.