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CityCouncil | 2017-11-07 | 17 | Mayor Spencer inquired whether staff confirmed whether other cities have less than 20 employees for labor peace. The Community Development Director responded the cities that she surveyed are all following the State requirement of 20 employees. Mayor Spencer inquired which cities were surveyed. The Community Development Director responded Union City, San Leandro and Berkeley; continued the presentation. Vice Mayor Vella inquired whether the question regarding labor peace was put to Hayward and San Francisco. The Community Development Director responded in the affirmative; stated she did not hear back from Hayward and did not pose the question to San Francisco. Councilmember Oddie inquired why the staff report has a different process for labs and an open Request for Proposal (RFP) for other businesses. The Community Development Director responded testing labs are excluded from the RFP process because there was a request to have labs up and operating as soon as possible; starting January 1st, everything needs to be tested. Mayor Spencer inquired what staff will do in the event six people drop off applications for a lab on the same day. The Community Development Director responded the applications will be processed in the order received; stated an RFP could be done if Council directs doing so. Vice Mayor Vella inquired how long an RFP process has to be. The Community Development Director responded the RFP process will take months; stated the RFP still has to be developed and issued. In response to Vice Mayor Vella's inquiry regarding the period of time for people to apply, the Community Development Director stated possibly the time period would be four to six weeks; staff will review what other jurisdictions are doing. Mayor Spencer inquired whether staff could wait and see how many applications are received to determine whether an RFP process is appropriate for cannabis businesses other than dispensaries. The Community Development Director responded the challenge would be how long Council wants to wait; continued the presentation. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council November 7, 2017 | CityCouncil/2017-11-07.pdf |