A bill for an ordinance amending the Denver medical marijuana code of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to regulate and implement medical marijuana research and development facilities and to modify provisions to conform with state statute. Amends the Denver Medical Marijuana Code of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to authorize a new local medical marijuana license to regulate and implement medical marijuana research and development facilities and to modify provisions to conform with state statute. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 3-17-20.
Well, I have confirmation that Janet can see all of us. I'm not sure that they can see the Zoom people. So I'm going to go ahead and call it out and we'll see what happens. So I'm secretary. Please put the next item on our screens. Councilmember Black, will you please vote? Council Bill 262 on the floor. Yes, I move that council bill 20 dash 0 to 60 to be placed upon final consideration and do pass. Thank you. It has been moved and seconded, so this was called out by Council Member C to walk into my understanding that they are not going to be able to be seen by generally and so are not going to be up. So unless there are other comments on this item tonight, then we are going to. Vote. I can hear people. We can hear them a little bit there, but they're not they're not going be able to be heard by the public, is my understanding. So just to get clarification from our secretary and legal. So we are just voting on this item now probably. May I ask a point of order? This is a council bill and it is on final consideration and do pass. Can you talk about the time sensitivity of this and whether we should delay it for the council member who chose to vote on it and hope that our technology works next time? DeLay it to a date certain of next week as a courtesy to ensure that she has the chance to make the case about the concerns she had. So I will make a motion to delay. Council vote 20 dash 262 for one week. Is that you seconding or Councilmember Flint or did you want to make a comment on that? Okay. All right. So we have a motion on the floor to delay for one week. A second for that. Skye, do you want to come up from and just answer? Is there any time sensitivity on this that would that we should consider before a postponement? Sure. Sky Stuart Mayor's office. There is not a huge time sensitivity, but we do have an applicant that is waiting. I will remind people that this is a license that the state passed in 2017. So it's been a couple of years. And there is an applicant out there who I believe has spoken with many of you about their work to get prepared for this license to move forward. I know they've put a significant amount of capital into being able to move forward. So while one week is not a delay that will, you know, kill the license from being available to people, it will cause an additional week before we can get this up and running for the applicant that has been anxiously awaiting us moving forward. Okay. Thank you. All right, Councilman, are you still in the queue for making the motion or did you have something else you want to do? I want to. Comment. Okay. Go ahead. So I am fully in support of this bill. I believe that the concerns expressed last week were about the equity program not being in place, but the fact that we have one equity applicant, this is very difficult. And so but I believe that because this is the first time we are trying this form of democracy, it is critical for us, even if we can anticipate that the votes will be here to pass it this week, as they were last week, that we cannot have technology be the barrier in a situation like that, because I think it's so important that the trust be in this form of democracy that we are evolving. So for that reason, even though I'm fully in support, I don't want that applicant to wait a week. Our democracy needs to be as robust as we have promised the community it will be. And so hopefully a week we'll solve the technology issue or we can get council members back in the chamber. So I'm sorry for that applicant, but I do, you know, and obviously if the motion fails, it fails. But that is why I'm going to I'm going to keep the motion in, even though it potentially impacts an applicant. And I regret that. Thank you, Councilmember. And I'll just add that I agree with you. I am in support of this. It would be a yes vote and will be a yes vote next week. But I agree with everything that you said and I think we should postpone for one week. So with that, Madam Secretary, roll call. Okay. So the motion would be for Council Bill 22, 62 to be postponed until Monday, April 13th? That's correct. Black I. Flynn. I but my system is not. I wasn't able to log in. Gilmore, I. Herndon. I can each. Torres, I Council President. Hi, Madam Secretary. Please close the voting in both the results. Seven days. Seven eyes council bill 262 has been postponed to April 13th. That concludes the items to be called out this evening. All bills for introduction are ordered published. Council members remember that this is a consent or block vote and you will need to vote. Otherwise, this is your last chance to call out an item for a separate vote. Councilmember Black, will you please put the resolutions for adoption and the bills on final consideration for final passage on the floor? Yes, I move that resolutions be adopted and bills and final consideration be placed upon final consideration and do pass in a block for the following items. 20 Dash zero 290 1027602890065019702050256027702260283028402870294029503130261025102530267. Back I. When. I. Gillmor. I. Herndon. I. Can each Torres. I. Council President. Hi, Madam Secretary. Please cause voting and notes results. Seven eyes. Seven eyes. The resolutions have been adopted and the bills have been placed upon final consideration and do pass. We will not take a recess this evening and see no other business before this body. This meeting is adjourned.