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City staff to release revised dispensary application with multi-site option, new scoring
Summary
Redmond staff said the city will release a revised cannabis dispensary application within a week, with changes to scoring, an option to submit multiple land-use verifications, a $1,500 business-license application fee and a May 23 initial site submission deadline.
Steve Ashworth, deputy city manager, told the Redmond City Council on May 6 that staff will release a revised dispensary application within about a week and send a press release announcing the process.
The revised application reduces the relative weight of the subjective community-benefit score and increases points for the business plan so that applicants who score strongly on business criteria are not automatically eliminated. “You have to have some community value or community benefit to play, but it doesn't have to be a high maximum to get into the discussion,” Ashworth said.
Under the process described by staff, prospective operators will first submit a land‑use property verification for each site they want considered. The council heard that the verification fee was described during the meeting as about $84–$86 per site. Once sites are found eligible,…
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