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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 7, 2023 Page 6 change the regulations that are outdated by the new law and then noting the change, substituting controlled substances for cocaine on line 107. Mr. Trudgeon suggested it would be easier to keep together in one package, noting State law speaks to regulation of cannabis items already in some respects. He wondered if it was the desire to have all the Council Members at the meeting to consider a narrower perspective just really focused on parks or public land owned by the City. He also asked if there was any desire to bring forth something banning smoking of tobacco products in the City parks. Councilmember Groff indicated he would lean towards looking just at public parks. He did not see the City banning everything such as smoking outside of a building and seemed unreasonable for something that is still a legal product. Mayor Roe thought individual businesses certainly could enforce their own requirements inside and on their premises and he knew a lot of businesses prohibit smoking within a certain distance of doorways so perhaps that is the best system related to the smoking side of it. He did not think the Council wanted to go down the road of prohibiting smoking in the City parks or a broad prohibition of smoking. He thought there was a distinction in terms of the effects of cannabis products and smoking that the Council might have a look at being consistent with alcohol in the parks. Councilmember Schroeder agreed that made sense because the high potency cannabis is like drinking and driving. That is where it is closer to the alcohol side of things versus the cigarette side of things. Mayor Roe was not sure on the "potency" of some of the low-potency items as to whether those are also included in terms of if you are under the influence or would a person have to consume so much. He thought the Council would need expert information on that to even understand it. City Attorney Cruz-Jennings explained there is not a specific standard for what intoxication looks like for marijuana; it can be any amount. She stated that is something the State is going to have to grapple with as this is figured out. She indicated the other thing she wanted to make sure was understood is that lower potency hemp edibles is anything that has less than .3 percent THC and beverages with five or ten milligrams of THC. Those are all classified as lower potency. Mayor Roe indicated he was not sure if the State law was treating those any differently other than how the sale is regulated and things like that. City Attorney Cruz-Jennings explained the only other thing the State law has that she can think of is a prohibition on vaporizing or smoking cannabis flower,