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Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, June 8, 2010
Minutes of a Study Session meeting of the TOWN BOARD of the Town
of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held at Town Hall in
Rooms 202 & 203 in said Town of Estes Park on the 8th day of June,
2010.
Board: Mayor Pro Tem Levine, Trustees Blackhurst, Elrod, Ericson,
Koenig and Miller
Also Attending: Town Administrator Halburnt, Town Attorney White, Director
Joseph, Chief Kufeld, Town Clerk Williamson
Absent: Mayor Pinkham, Deputy Town Administrator Richardson
Mayor Pro Tem Levine called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
CIRSA LIABILITY PRESENTATION.
Tami Tanoue/CIRSA provided a presentation to the Board on suggestions to reduce the
risks of liability.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CENTERS.
Attorney White provided the Board with background history on Amendment 20 to the
Colorado Constitution and the recent passage of House Bill 10-1284, as it pertains to
the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture and sale of medical marijuana and medical
marijuana-infused products. Amendment 20 did not legalize the sale of medical
marijuana in any form to any person including a patient and/or primary caregiver. The
House bill creates a state licensing authority and authorizes that authority to promulgate
regulations governing the licensing of medical marijuana. Municipalities may adopt a
local ordinance between July 1, 2010 and July 1, 2011 licensing, regulating or
prohibiting the cultivation or sale of medical marijuana. Licensing would be similar to
liquor licensing requiring dual licensing by the state and the municipality. The Town and
Larimer County passed a temporary moratorium that expires on June 24, 2010;
therefore, there are no centers located within the Town or the unincorporated portion of
the valley. Options available to the Board include extending the moratorium through
June 30, 2011 to provide the Board time to consider options and to hear public
comment, adopt an ordinance to ban centers, growing operations, and infused product
sales, or allow the moratorium to terminate and possibly have centers locate in Estes
Park. The bill has allowed the local authority the ability to restrict centers through land
use, hours of operation, modify distance requirements, local licensing requirements, etc.
The Board discussed the extension of the moratorium, taxation of the product, the need
to gather public comment, and continuation of the moratorium in the county in
conjunction with the Town’s moratorium. Staff would contact Larimer County to
determine whether or not the County would continue a moratorium for the valley. Staff
would contact CML to determine if federal and state grants could be in jeopardy if the
Town allows the centers and grow operations.
Trustee Koenig reviewed information she gathered from the local facilities in Town,
including Timberline Medical, Family Medical and Salud. There are no doctors in Estes
Park that prescribe medical marijuana or monitor such patients; therefore, if centers
were located in Town patients would still need to seek medical attention in the valley.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
The Board agreed to review the issue at the first Town Board study session in July.
Staff would invite a representative of the state historical society to provide further
information. The Board reached consensus that staff has provided a thorough review of
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the subject and further work was not needed. The Board also agreed to invite Historic
Laurette Pickering to the meeting.
PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION.
This item would be discussed at the next study session.
There being no further business, Mayor Pro Tem Levine adjourned the meeting at 6:37
p.m.
Jackie Williamson, Town Clerk