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BAR & PC Hearing Minutes <br />July 25, 2013 <br />Commissioner Mann <br />seconded the motion. <br />All commissioners were in approval. <br />Chair McLeod <br />congratulated the applicant and closed the BAR hearing. <br />Chair McLeod <br />called for a short break <br />7:26 pm Chair Mcleod <br />called to order the Planning Commission Hearing for the following: <br />CASE: L13-035 <br />APPLICANT: Department of Community Development, City of Tukwila <br />REQUEST: Zoning Code amendment in response to I-502 to adopt development regulations <br /> pertaining to producers, processors, and retailers of recreational marijuana. <br />LOCATION: City-wide <br />Stacy MacGregor, <br />Assistant Planner, Departmentof Community Development, explainedthatthis is a <br />legislative hearing for the Planning Commissionto make and recommend policy to forward to City Council <br />for decision. There are no Appearance of Fairness questions for a legislative hearing. <br />Ms. MacGregor <br />briefed the Commission on the history of medical cannabis and the law that was approved <br />by Governor Gregoire in 2011 and how portions of that law were then vetoed. It was explained how this law <br />allowed collective gardens for medical cannabis and generally vetoed dispensaries for acquiring medical <br />cannabis. <br />The vetocreatedinconsistencies within the law itself. This prompted the City Council of Tukwila to pass a <br />moratorium against allowing medical cannabis in the City of Tukwila while waiting fordirection from the <br />state as to how to regulate medical cannabis. <br />The 2012 LegislativeSessiondid not provide any direction from the state level as to how to regulate medical <br />cannabis. A vote of the people inNovember of2012, adopted I-502, decriminalized the possession of <br />recreational marijuana, and creating a licensing mechanism for marijuana retailers, processors, and producers. <br />Ms. MacGregor <br />clarified some key points: <br />I-502 does not address Medical Cannabis <br />Medical Cannabis is overseen by a different licensing agency than recreational marijuana <br />It is the same substance <br />City Council extended the moratorium on Medical Cannabis in summer of 2012 <br />Washington State Liquor Control Board(WSLCB)is the agency in charge ofdrafting the <br />rules to enact the law for I-502 <br />rd <br />July 3 <br />,WSCLB came out with a draft of theproposedrules, and is expected to adopt the <br />th <br />final rules for recreational marijuana on August 14, 2013 <br />WSLCB is expected to start accepting applications for producers, processors, and <br />th <br />retailers of recreational marijuana on September 14, 2013 <br />Recently, staff brought before Community Affairs and Parks (CAP) and Committee of the Whole <br />(COW) a request to continue the moratorium on medical cannabis and arequest for a moratorium on <br />recreational cannabis. The State has directed the WSCLB to harmonize the cannabis and recreational <br />marijuana laws in the 2014 Legislative Session budget. <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />3 <br /> <br />