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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 24,2023 Page 6 and this was occurring,what would be the ramifications at this point. She explained the item in the store she was at was listed as cannabis. City Attorney Tierney explained if it is over.3 percent THC,then it is cannabis and is not legal to sell without a license and since there is no such thing as a license, the best thing to do would be to call someone with authority in that City. Councilmember Strahan explained she was curious because there was a restaurant in Roseville that was selling THC beverages and the restaurant was advertising externally that the beverage was above a certain percentage but now the restaurant has indicated that in Roseville, they are not allowed to do that anymore. She thought there was much misinformation about what is allowed and what is not allowed. She was also curious about the regulation of potency and such. She wondered if there will be any type of proposed ruling on how cannabis is sold and if it will be a certain percentage of potency. She also wondered if there will be some sort of quality control on this. City Attorney Tierney thought the Office of Cannabis Management was going to be involved in that. Mayor Roe thought it would be similar to producing alcoholic beverages and there will be regulations in place that control and check that. Mr. Trudgeon explained he knew that with THC products, those have to be below a certain potency and are supposed to be labeled as such with really strict restrictions on how it is labeled. Although,he thought that looking at it will be hard to determine what it is unless you are trained so having guidance from the State will be beneficial for them. Mr. Trudgeon thought the Council needed to discuss a moratorium as well as licenses allowed in the City for THC. He indicated THC licenses are currently capped at 8. The law now allows liquor stores to have THC so maybe it is a matter of right or a separate process. He indicated the City is at the cap of 8 licenses now with businesses calling weekly about licensing. He thought the Council should have a discussion about the number of licenses for THC and if the number should be increased or lifted altogether. City Attorney Tierney noted as of October 1, 2023 the State is requiring any business that is selling THC edibles to register with the State. She noted there are no regulations with that. Mayor Roe indicated he had a question on the exclusive liquor store definition. To his mind, it sounds like that is all the liquor store sells, essentially. So if off-sale, it is a liquor store and on-sale is probably a bar as opposed to what the City allows but he would like information on this.