Marijuana Advisory Panel

Researcher's note: Website is the panel's Laserfiche folder (agendas, summaries, charter, 2016-2019); no city web page for the panel was found in the Wayback Machine.

Legal basis

• Council motion of January 5, 2016 adopting the Marijuana Advisory Panel charter (amended to 11 members) (2016-01-05) · creates source source
• Charter for a Marijuana Advisory Panel (January 2016) (2016-01) · governs source source

Appointed by

City Manager, City Council. The city manager appointed the members with the advice and consent of city council; council approved the city manager's proposed appointments on January 5, 2016. source source as of 2016-01-05

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City Council appointed the members source

The panel's own protocols say council appointed the members; the charter and agenda item show council consenting to the city manager's appointments, and the first CLAB minutes call MAP a working group to the city manager. Both readings fit: council approved the manager's slate.

How

The city took applications until December 31, 2015; the city manager proposed appointments, announced January 5, 2016, for a balanced representation of interests named in the charter; council adopted the charter and approved the appointments the same night. Each member could designate a single alternate. · one-time (January 2016); later changes to the roster by the same process are not documented · city-council (advice and consent), motion carried 9:0 on January 5, 2016 source source source source as of 2016-01-05

Seats

11 source as of 2016-01-05

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10 source

The draft charter's limit; council amended it to 11 when adopting it.

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12 source

The protocols list 12 appointed members, apparently 11 plus the state Marijuana Enforcement Division member, whom the charter allowed as an ex officio member not counted toward the limit.

Seat types

• Marijuana consumers, recreational and medical designated
• Boulder Valley School District representative ×1 designated
• University of Colorado representative ×1 designated
• Physical and mental health perspectives (youth development, harm reduction) designated
• Chamber of Commerce representative ×1 designated
• Marijuana business representatives (medical, recreational, cultivation, retail, infused products) designated
• Attorney experienced in representing marijuana businesses ×1 qualified
• State regulations, preferably the state Marijuana Enforcement Division (may be ex officio, not counted) ×1 ex-officio

source source source as of 2016-01-05

Term

no fixed term: members served for the life of the panel; the charter set the end of June 2016, and the panel kept meeting into 2017-2019 at council's request source source source as of 2019-06-26

Term limit

none set in the 2016 charter (it sets no terms at all) source source as of 2016-01-05

Staggering

none: all members were appointed together in January 2016 for the panel's work source source as of 2016-02-18

Powers

advisory. Decides: Nothing: it reviewed state regulations and the city's marijuana code and made consensus recommendations (44 at the end of 2016).. To council: Recommendations for changes to the marijuana code provisions (BRC chapters 6-14 and 6-16 and related fees), and in 2019 a recommendation to create a Marijuana Licensing Authority. source source source source as of 2019-08

Council liaison

not applicable: The charter gives the panel no council liaison: it reported to council directly through regular updates, with city manager and city attorney staff support. source source

Staff liaison

City Attorney's Office and City Manager's Office (Licensing), with a professional facilitator · Sandra Llanes, Mishawn Cook source source source as of 2019-08

Relations

• City Manager appoints Marijuana Advisory Panel · with council's advice and consent source
• Marijuana Advisory Panel recommends to City Council source
• City Attorney's Office staffs Marijuana Advisory Panel · legal advice and background at every meeting (a senior assistant city attorney), with the City Manager's Office source source
• City Manager's Office staffs Marijuana Advisory Panel · staff support, with the City Attorney's Office (2016-2019) source
• Marijuana Advisory Panel succeeded by Cannabis Licensing Advisory Board source source

History

• 2016-01-05 · created · Council adopts the panel's charter, raised to 11 members, and approves the city manager's appointments. source
• 2018-05-21 · transitioned · Council directs staff to bring an ordinance, with the panel's input, to create a marijuana licensing authority; the panel keeps meeting into 2019. source
• 2020 · dissolved · By the CLAB's first meeting on May 4, 2020, the panel is 'now disbanded'; its last meeting found is June 26, 2019. No dissolving act was found. source source