[Neighbors] Cannabis retail conditional use request

Fri Jul 29 16:59:03 MDT 2022

 Neighbors, stay informed and be safe. Listed below arelinks to issues regarding public safety and recreational cannabis, and why I amopposed to the conditional use. Dispensaries that are in close proximity to oneanother in an over saturated market have a propensity to attract more crime toan area.  With ART in place, drivers zoomthrough residential streets, and there are still the countless horrificaccidents on Lead/Coal.  A combination ofseveral drinking establishments in an area and cannabis presents huge safetyissues.  In October, 2021, a druggeddriver lost control of his vehicle which jumped the curve and ended up in myfront yard hitting a tree.  If anyone hadbeen out walking, they would have been seriously injured or killed. Informative sources arelisted below:
Marijuanas Impacton Public Safety – Kansas City Missouri Police Chief

Intoxicated Driving   -  Marijuanalegalization has a negative impact on intoxicated driving. (After recreationalmarijuana was legalized in California, marijuana-related traffic deathsincreased 151%.) Marijuana’sImpact on Public Safety – Kansas City Missouri Police Chief   https://kcpdchief.blogspot.com/2019/09/marijuanas-impact-on-public-safety.html

The Legalization ofMarijuana in Colorado: The Impact

Volume6, September 2019   Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug TraffickingArea program
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913861/

·       Since recreational marijuana was legalized, traffic deaths inwhich drivers tested positive for marijuana increased 109 percent while allColorado traffic deaths increased 31 percent.

·       Since recreational marijuana was legalized, traffic deathsinvolving drivers who tested positive for marijuana more than doubled from 55in 2013 to 115 people killed in 2018.

·       This equates to one person killed every 3 days in 2018 comparedto one person killed every 6½ days in 2013.

·       Since recreational marijuana was legalized, the percentage ofall Colorado traffic deaths that were marijuana-related increased from 15percent in 2013 to 23 percent in 2018.

Colorado Warns NM, This story airedin KOB TV  on Sept. 7, 2018, reporter wasKassi Nelson
Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith said since Colorado decriminalizedmarijuana, Fort Collins has become a magnet for transients.  “A large percent of those come to us withserious criminal histories,” Sheriff Smith said. “It's very typical to hearfrom them, ‘You know what? We came here for the marijuana.”   Sheriff Smith said 1/3 of the county jail’sinmates are homeless transients.  “We sawan increase in jail population up until this year, every year by just about 50inmates,” he said.

Video Link:  ER doctor in Pueblo, CO, talks about impactof recreational cannabis in her community.

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/social-costs-recreational-marijuana-colorado

Flora Silva, Nob Hill Resident

    On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 04:41:49 PM MDT, Charles Gallagher via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:  

 Support this.

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On Jul 28, 2022, at 11:48 AM, mike via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

Enough already with cannabis outlets at nob hill...

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-------- Original message --------From: Greg Weirs via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> Date: 7/28/22 9:14 AM (GMT-07:00) To: jana quintero <dukecityherbs at gmail.com>, neighbors <neighbors at nobhill-nm.com> Subject: [Neighbors] Cannabis retail conditional use request 
Neighbors,
The Board of the NHNA will soon be reviewing a request for a conditional use to allow for cannabis retail within 600ft of another cannabis retail location. Because cannabis retail has only recently been legalized by the state, the NHNA has not heard neighbors' opinions on this topic and does not have a policy for cases like these. We would like neighborhood input. In particular, we would like to understand the neighborhood's views on the density of cannabis retail locations along Central, from Girard to Washington.
Here are some details about this case and the process.
>From the ZHE, the details of the request are:VA-2022-00155 Project# PR-2019- 002179 Jana Quintero requests a conditional use to allow for cannabis retail within 600 ft of another cannabis retail location for Lot 6, Block 8, Mesa Grande Addn, located at 4012 Central Ave SE, zoned MX-M [Section 14-16-4- 3(D)(35)(c)]
A facilitated meeting with the applicant was held on July 18th, and the meeting report is attached. As part of the meeting, the NHNA proposed the applicant could have an open house so people could understand the business. The applicant has responded by offering a shop tour on August 5th.
As a reminder, the NHNA has no legal authority to approve or deny a conditional use; that is the role of the Zoning Hearing Examiner (ZHE). However, the NHNA does provide input on all ZHE requests that fall within the NHNA's boundaries. 
The applicant will present their request at the regular meeting of the NHNA Board of Directors on August 10th.

You can send feedback by replying to this thread, emailing the Board directly at theboard at nobhill-nm.com, or in person at the NHNA Board meeting on August 10th.

Greg WeirsNHNA Urban Planning Committee

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