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HomeMy WebLinkAboutagenda.council.worksession.20160524 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 24, 2016 4:00 PM, City Council Chambers MEETING AGENDA I. Council Goal Update - Discussion II. Valley Marijuana Council Update III. Limiting the number of marijuana licenses P1 Page 1 of 1 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Richard Pryor & Valley Marijuana Council DATE OF MEMO: May 17th 2016 MEETING DATE: May 24th 2016 RE: Valley Marijuana Council (VMC) Update REQUEST OF COUNCIL: No request of council PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: None BACKGROUND: The VMC (Valley Marijuana Council) was formed in late 2013 to bring together community representatives and provide: • A forum for discussion on the topic of marijuana legalization. • A means to coordinate fundamental marijuana education to local schools and the wider community. • Create a dialog with marijuana industry representatives. The purpose of this work session is to provide council with an update on the goals of the VMC and demonstrate it’s availability as a community resource. Please reference “Attachment A – VMC Overview” for more information. P2 II. The Valley Marijuana Council 5/24/2016 P 3 I I . Valley Marijuana Council History In 2012, 75% of Pitkin County voted to pass Amendment 64; 57% Garfield; 55% Colorado •Pitkin Public Safety convenes a brainstorm •Community leaders meet, define shared goals •The Valley Marijuana Council, Pitkin is formed, late 2013•The Valley Marijuana Council, Pitkin is formed, late 2013 •The Aspen Community Foundation adopts VMC as a donor advised initiative, late 2014 •The Pitkin VMC is expanded; Glenwood/Garfield chapter is formed, mid 2015 P 4 I I . Stages and Community Considerations (Conceptual Example) Deliberation • Framing honest, informed and constructive conversations • Voter/Council decisions Implementation • Zoning/land use & locations • Mitigation strategy • Financial modeling • Local regulation & compliance Community Preparedness and Proactive Leadership • Responsible & safe consumption • Youth prevention – schools, teachers, parents, kids • Mental health • Targeted health risks • Community identity & culture •Industry /community Industry Development • Product quality • Product type controls • Product markers/look • Marketing guidelines • Packaging rules • Education responsibilities • Operating regulations • Finance facilities •Environment impacts Stage Triage & Ongoing Considerations V M C F o c u s •Industry /community collaboration • Key metrics identification and needs monitoring • General health • Employer, employee policy and education • Environmental impact awareness • Recommendations for policy modification and development • Economic benefit strategy •Environment impacts Longer Term Considerations •Local partners need to orient/influence state resources, implement locally, get info to targets •Proactive Leadership, earlier the better, enables community influence in both directions P 5 I I . Strategic Focus & Participants Overarching Priorities: 1. Delay/prevent youth use and encourage pursuit of healthy alternatives 2. Identify and address health, safety and community identity issues as a collaborative group of community leaders 3. Develop best practices and collaborate with other communities to improve health, safety and responsibility related to legalized marijuana in the community •Public Health Leadership •Chamber of Commerce Leadership•Public Health Leadership • Sheriffs • Police Chiefs • County and City/Town Managers • Community Health Agencies & Non-Profits • School District Superintendents • Educators • Hospital Executives • Corporate Senior Executives •Chamber of Commerce Leadership • Faith/Family Services Leaders • Marijuana Retailers • Mental Health Agency Leaders and Practitioners • Healthcare Providers • Youth Services Agency Heads • Prevention Specialists • Responsible Vendor Organizations P 6 I I . Examples of Work to Date •Hospitality service worker training program •Visitor education materials in racks, chamber, service businesses •Retailer partnership - voluntarily removal of look-alikes and high risk products; VMC retail education program in shops •Amnesty Box at ASE •Panel discussions/public education (schools/parents; town council; community) •CME coordination for state provider guideline to regional physicians•CME coordination for state provider guideline to regional physicians •Local cash business escorts by public safety •Outreach to support other communities seeking a community-based model (Lincoln County, OR) •Glenwood/Garfield chapter formed •Other work In process – •policy recommendations on edible marijuana •Education & Retailer Responsibility (Point of Sale; field trips; sector training & updates) •Youth Gold Standard for Substance Prevention/Intervention “Steering Committee” •Revenue & allocation review P 7 I I . For Additional Information or Questions Brad Stevenson brad@alignedinsight.com; (970) 618 2806 www.valleymjcouncil.org P 8 I I . Appendix •CO Early Findings •Metrics P 9 I I . Colorado Early Findings - Context Major Disclaimer: •The majority of the information presented here should be considered pre-commercialization, baseline data because much of the information is available only through 2014, and data sources vary considerably in terms of what exists historically •Consequently, it is too early to draw any conclusions about the potential effects of marijuana legalization or commercialization on public safety, public health, or youth outcomes, and this may always be difficult due to the lack of historical data •Information presented here should be interpreted with caution - The lack of pre-commercialization data, the decreasing social stigma, and challenges to law enforcement combine to make it difficult to translate these early findings into definitive statements of outcomes •The decreasing social stigma regarding marijuana use could lead individuals report more use •Law enforcement officials and prosecuting attorneys continue to struggle with enforcement of complex and sometimes conflicting laws P 1 0 I I . Colorado Early Findings – Public Safety Key Findings of Interest: •Public Safety - Arrests •Arrests and court filings for possession and sale of marijuana appear to be down significantly (ie. avg 46% +) – especially for white Americans… arrests for African Americans is still 3x that for whites •Arrests for production aren’t significantly changed •Traffic Safety (data is limited, but the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) found: •Traffic Safety (data is limited, but the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) found: •The overall summons for intoxicated driving went down very slightly (1%) •Of all summons, marijuana as a detected component of impairment increased slightly (3%) 2014-15 •The Denver Police Department found summons where marijuana was a component increased more significantly since 2013 (33 to 73 between 2013 and 2015 •Fatalities with THC-only or THC-in-combination positive drivers increased significantly (44%, from 55 in 2013 to 79 in 2014) •Note that the detection of any THC in blood is not an indicator of impairment but only indicates presence in the system. Detection of delta‐9 THC, one of the psychoactive properties of marijuana, may be an indicator of impairment. P 1 1 I I . Colorado Early Findings – Public Health Key Findings of Interest: •Public Health •Past 30 Day use ages 18-26 – up from 21% in 2006 (pre commercialization) to 31% in 2014 (post) •Current use by adults (age 26+) up from 5% to 12% in same period •Hospitalizations with possible marijuana exposures, diagnoses, or billing codes per 100,000 hospitalizations increased from 803 per 100,000 before commercialization (2001-2009) to 2,413 per 100,000 after commercialization (2014-June 2015)commercialization (2014-June 2015) •The period of retail commercialization showed a significant increase in ER visits, from 739 per 100,000 (2010– 2013) to 956 per 100,000 ED visits (2014–June 2015) •The number of calls to poison control mentioning human marijuana exposure has increased over the past 10 years. There were 44 calls in 2006 and 227 in 2015. P 1 2 I I . Colorado Early Findings - Youth Key Findings of Interest: •Public Health Data on youth marijuana use is available from two sources, the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey,with 40,000 students responding in 2013 and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, with fewer than 1,000 respondents •The HKCS results indicate a slight decline in “past 30 day use” of marijuana while the NSDUH shows a gradual increase over time. Other findings: •(HKCS) In 2013 80% of high school students did not use marijuana in the past 30 days •(HKCS) Marijuana use increases by grade level, (NSDUH) youth use in Colorado above nat’l average •(Both) Perception of health risk is declining among youth in Colorado •Juvenile marijuana arrests increased 5%, from 3,234 in 2012 to 3,400 in 2014 •The rate of juvenile marijuana arrests per 100,000 increased from 598 in 2012 to 611 in 2014 (+2%) •Drug related school disciplinary referrals has fluctuated over time without a clear trend •Note that Senate Bill 12-046 and House Bill 12-1345 targeted reform of “zero tolerance” policies in schools, and appear to have decreased expulsions, suspensions, and referrals to law enforcement P 1 3 I I . Colorado Early Findings – Industry / Other Key Findings of Interest: •Other Information •In December 2015, there were 2,538 licensed businesses in Colorado •Seventy percent of the licenses for marijuana businesses are concentrated in the counties of Denver (1,112), El Paso (308), Pueblo (202), and Boulder (169). •Total revenue from taxes, licenses, and fees increased from $76,152,468 in 2014 to $135,100,465 in 2015 (+77%) •Excise tax revenue dedicated to school capital construction assistance was $35,060,590 in 2015 •In November 2015 there were 109,922 individuals registered as medical marijuana cardholders •The most common conditions reported were severe pain (93%), muscle spasms (20%), and severe nausea (12%) •Colorado’s property crime rate decreased 3%, from 2,580 (per 100,000 population) in 2009 to 2,503 in 2014 •Colorado’s violent crime rate decreased 6%, from 327 (per 100,000 population) in 2009 to 306 in 2014 P 1 4 I I . Specific Examples – Programmatic Teams Conversations Facilitating reduction of horizontal/vertical silos in awareness: challenges, doubts, issues, needs and interests: •Schools •What keeps us from even deeper ways to assess kids and proactively identify risk? •What alternatives do we have for intervening with at risk kids, are they what we need and what critical success factors influence selection? •What key questions, topics, data or information would any presentation on these topics need to cover in order to be compelling for you? For others with whom you depend/work with on these topics?order to be compelling for you? For others with whom you depend/work with on these topics? •Who else needs to be involved or influenced, and how? •Public Safety •What alternatives exist for kids when we intervene, beyond criminal path •What are the csf or issues around using those alternative paths? •Do we feel they work today, why/why not? •What key questions, topics, data or information would any presentation on these topics need to cover in order to be compelling for us? For others with whom we depend/work with on these topics? •Who else needs to be involved or influenced, and how? P 1 5 I I . Metrics That Matter Most - Kids Metric Source Notes Substance use past 30 days (marijuana focus, but also monitoring alcohol, and others available by survey) Healthy Kids CO As a selected region, this survey will be conducted across all of our districts – all have opted in. Administrators can select which schools participate, and can request school level data for a small fee. Average age at which first used (marijuana focus, but also monitoring alcohol, and others available by survey) Usage frequency and amount (marijuana focus, but also monitoring alcohol, and others available by survey) Youth community belonging/engagement CCI or Gallup This is a metric associated with ACF Cradle to Career Parent attitudes, awareness and intended actions Child Health Have you talked to your child? Do you plan to talk to your Parent attitudes, awareness and intended actions Child Health Survey Have you talked to your child? Do you plan to talk to your child? Action Research/Case Study Metric: Context of interventions related to Pitkin / ASD MJ related interventions and subsequent trajectory (diversion or criminal) TBD interviewer/ analyst Improve capacity to intervene with diversion/PYD vs. criminal paths for at‐risk youth; Better understand context of issues at school, and solutions,to refine available tools & responses Qualitative / Action Research: Degree to which indicators of a PYD organizational culture are present in public safety agencies within our sphere of influence TBD agency & consultant To be collaborativelydeveloped with agencies. Examples: agency leadership attitudes/awareness; operating protocols specific to PYD interventions; staff trainings; performance mgmt systems reinforcing PYD; continuous improvement loops with PYD resources % of youth encounters resulting in a credible mental health, risks and liabilities assessment and referral to appropriate diversion programming TBD Need to develop the rationale, process,tools and expectation – and define means for measurement These metrics should be monitored to generally understand MJ legalization and its impact in our community Some may also to be selected to measure progress of specific proposed Objectives/Actions undertaken by the VMC P 1 6 I I . Metrics That Matter Most – Public Safety & Health Metric Source Notes Case Study: Understand intensity and context of Emergency Department visits related to MJ AVH data ER doc to the Council, and periodic interviews Actions and attitudes of women who are pregnant or planning to be PRAMS Actions and attitudesof breastfeeding women/new mothers BRFSS Rates of current use by Colorado adults (18+) Colorado Dept Health & Dept Health & Environment Amount of MJ related revenue generation, disbursement and impact profile City/County City/County/State Treasury Changes in quantity/quality of MJ related public safety complaint, disturbances or encounters Public Safety In process with agency heads; new drop down added to distinguish alcohol vs. MJ contacts Define an approach to measuring negative economic impacts State? City/County? If/WhenDriving Under MJ Influence testing/data becomes credible, would like to measure DUI MJs, accidents, fatalities - Rate of fatalities involving alcohol only, marijuana only, alcohol and marijuana Currently will measure drivingfatalities P 1 7 I I . P18 III. P19 III. P20 III.