TO: RULES AND OPEN
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
FROM: Jennifer Schembri
SUBJECT: See Below DATE: October 25, 2024
Approved Date:
10/29/24
SUBJECT: Update to the August – December 2024 Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee Work Plan
RECOMMENDATION
Approve an amendment to the August – December 2024 Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee Work Plan to drop the following item from the November 21, 2024, Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee meeting agenda:
Regulation of Vape and Smoke Shops Status Report.
Purpose: Provide a status report on establishing vape and smoke shops as an enumerated use within the City’s land use tables and creating related regulatory programs to reduce illegal cannabis sales.
(Police/Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement)
BACKGROUND
Staff requests to drop the Regulation of Vape and Smoke Shops Status Report from the November 21, 2024, Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee meeting to streamline efforts regarding vape and smoke shops. The Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement Department provided the Citywide Planning Activities Semi-Annual Status Report, including zoning ordinance changes to regulate vape and smoke shops, to the Community and Economic Development Committee on September 23, 2024, and to the City Council on October 22, 2024. Additionally, Code Enforcement intends to include an update on this work as part of the Flavored Tobacco Ban and Nitrous Oxide Status Report scheduled for June 12, 2025, on the January – June 2025 Neighborhood Services and Education Committee Work Plan.
RULES COMMITTEE: 11/6/2024
ITEM: B.2
RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
October 25, 2024
Subject: Update to the August-December 2024 Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee Work Plan
COORDINATION
This request has been coordinated with the City Manager’s Office of Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations, the Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement Department, and the Police Department.
/s/
Jennifer Schembri
Deputy City Manager
City Manager’s Office
For questions, please contact Rachel Roberts, Deputy Director, Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement Department, at [email protected].