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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 24, 2022 Page 9 358 359 Councilmember Groff noticed the background check was a little more thorough in 360 the Golden Valley ordinance. 361 362 Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the fee numbers provided by the Deputy Clerk who was 363 watching from home. 364 365 Public Comment 366 367 Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment. 368 369 Mr. Ben Lipkinand Brock Friesen, NorthStarHemp 370 Mr. Lipkin, Co-founder of NorthStar Hemp, reviewed the history of his business 371 with the City Council. He indicated to date his business only works with health 372 professionals, chiropractors, physical therapists, massage, acupuncture, and numer- 373 ous health sciences. He noted his business just entered terms with Rochester Mayo 374 Oncology Cancer Research and Treatment Center to help educate the community 375 and get the message across that there are more therapeutic options than opiates and 376 pain pills. He explained he was at the meeting to erase any stigma or unknown in 377 education that the Council may have. 378 379 Mr. Friesen, head of sales and education, explained the biggest thing is to educate 380 people to understand what THC is. Everyone keeps comparing this to tobacco and 381 liquor, and while there are some similarities, there are a lot of things that make it 382 different as well. He commented on playing safe and making sure it is safe for the 383 community and understanding the education that goes behind it so they know what 384 it is and how to use it and use it properly. He also commented on regulating the 385 packaging beingused, child proofing with no cartoon characters, or being see 386 through and knowing it is coming from a reliable company. Also, working with the 387 health and wellness community a $10,000 fee is a lot of money for them and they 388 will not be making nearly that much profit, especially on this product alone, if that 389 is what it is. They want to protect those businesses as well because this has been 390 helping people with certain pain elements to get through the day and not paying an 391 arm and a leg for out of pocket. 392 393 Mayor Roe asked if samples were prohibited, would there be an impediment in the 394 health and wellness side of things, being able to work with these products, or are 395 these businesses providing the products for people to take home and use in their 396 daily lives, noting consumption on the premises or free samples are big issues. 397 398 Mr. Lipkin explained with regard to CBD topicals, a lot of those products are used 399 in practice. With regard to THC products, they were not honestly going to. Carpe 400 Diem CBD is their holistic CBD brand and You Betcha Cannabis Company is their 401 legal THC products. On-premise usage of THC is not suggested because obviously 402 the person has to get home as well and the person is using it for that therapeutical