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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 8, 2022 Page 6 Eight and Delta Ten do not have the same strength as Delta Nine and this law ac- tually will restrict what is available to consumers. He thought passing a moratorium was dangerous, only in that the City is going to stop sales of existing products that are being sold in the community, noting the likelihood of those consumers is not that they will stop using these products. Rather, the consumer will go outside of Roseville or onto the internet and purchase them. He agreed this is a new concept and asked the Council to take their time. He thought licensing is the way to go and keeping it only in businesses over 21 is the way to go but a moratorium could have unintended consequences, especially on local businesses. Mr. Steven Brown, Owner of Nothing But Hemp and Board Member of the Minnesota Cannabis Association and Advisory Board Member of Noxious Weed Advisory Board in Minnesota Mr. Brown explained he was interested in opening a shop in Roseville. His busi- ness has ten locations and he is a multi-state operator and also a distribution and manufacturing company as well. His background has been in cannabis for the last ten years in a legal market. He stated this new law has helped retailers and manu- facturers understand what they can and cannot do. Prior to this law, there was a hundred milligram Delta Nine THC, Delta Eight THC, being sold in stores and was highly dangerous in the way of having such high milligrams out there. What this law has done is actually brought back the amount of milligrams that are allowed to be sold. He asked the Council to allow the sale of these products. He did not understand why the City would want to hinder local businesses from being able to have a brick and mortar in the City and selling these products. He asked the Council to consider licensing over a moratorium. Ms. Carol Moss, Attorney from Helmuth and Johnson, Edina Ms. Moss wanted to highlight for the Council that the goals of protecting the public and educating City staff and the public regarding these products would not be served with this moratorium. This industry is in full support of reasonable regula- tions for these products but the moratorium does not serve the CityÓs interest. Ms. Moss noted, as Mr. OÓRourke had stated, these products have been sold, will con- tinue to be sold, and if there were a moratorium that would most likely result in these products to be sold without any of the regulations that were inputted by the State of Minnesota. She indicated she has already started drafting regulations re- garding the licensing of these products and talked a little about the licensing of tobacco. She has already provided a copy of a draft to the City Manager, noting they are being considered throughout the State. She did not think it would take the City a considerable amount of time to draft and pass its own ordinance, if that is the route the City wants to go. Because it would not be a long amount of time, the safety and education of the public would not be served by a moratorium. Ms. Moss noted the City of Golden Valley, for example, is drafting ordinances but has de- clined to pass the moratorium because the goals are not served. She asked the City to decline passing a moratorium in its consideration of its regulations.