OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

 

CHERYL L. BROWN                                                                                                                               117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425

            DIRECTOR                                                                                                                                                    4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL

   OFFICE (904) 630-1452                                                                                                                                 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA  32202

     FAX (904) 630-2906                                                                                                                                                                                 

  E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net

 

 

LUZ COMMITTEE WORKSHOP MINUTES

 

August 18, 2015

4:00 p.m.

 

City Council Chamber

1st Floor, City Hall

117 West Duval Street

 

Attendance:  Council Members Scott Wilson (Chair), Lori Boyer, Danny Becton, Aaron Bowman, Jim Love, and Joyce Morgan

 

Also: Council Members Anna Lopez Brosche and Sam Newby; Mike Bruno – Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office; Chris Hagan, Lara Dietrich, Daniel Blanchard, Nate Day, Jerry Friley III, Joey McKinnon, Tony Robbins – Planning Commission; Folks Huxford, Bruce Lewis and Helena Parola – Planning and Development Department; Susan Grandin – Office of General Counsel; Philip Zamarron – Legislative Services Division; Yvonne Mitchell – City Council Research

 

Chairman Wilson called the combined meeting between the LUZ committee and Planning Commission to order at 4:07p.m.  

 

2015-485 (Location & Development Criteria for low-THC Facilities

Ms. Susan Grandin provided a review of the topic. Each member received a copy of Zoning Code, Chapter 656, Part 1 – 4. This will assist with determining location and development criteria for the cultivating, processing and dispensing facilities for low-THC cannabis. She explained that the moratorium provides Council time to determine location of facilities should an applicant in Duval County is selected to produce the low-THC. Ms. Grandin thoroughly reviewed the guidelines, application and process for a nursery submitting to State of Florida to be an official facility.

 

Cultivating requires growing the product; processing requires making the product into the medicine; and dispensing requires the distribution of the medicine. There was extensive discussion in regards to the one applicant having contractual components to assist with the overall process, zoning areas and applicable restrictions by the Council. It should be noted that low-THC is not FDA approved and cannot be dispensed from a facility like CVS or Walgreens. There were two major concerns: the rules for the Compassionate Use may require that a doctor is present a dispensing facility; and if doctors are allowed to dispense from their offices which requires a different zoning. The Department of Health is currently working on the rules and regulations. It was suggested the committee consider reviewing Fort Collins, Colorado code for information regarding dispensing facilities.

 

A combined meeting will be scheduled in a month. If there are any changes, Chairman Wilson will call the meeting sooner.

 

Assignment:

PDD staff requested to forward the panel a map of all current areas with AGR Zoning and list the type of zoning next to it.

 

PDD staff will submit a map to committee with CCG-2 zoning showing footage and buffers from residential areas.

 

There being no further business, the workshop was adjourned at 5:06 p.m.

 

Yvonne P. Mitchell, Council Research Division (904) 630-1679

 

Posted 08.21.15

5:00 p.m.