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be free of specifically identified felony convictions for the application to be <br />considered for review. Moreover, the State requires the licensing authority to <br />review of the nature of the crime, conviction, circumstances, and evidence of <br />rehabilitation to evaluate the owner’s suitability if the licensing authority <br />determines that the owner is otherwise suitable to be issued a license and <br />granting the license would not compromise public safety. The City’s proposed <br />regulations additionally require consideration of managers and employees’ <br />criminal conviction record during the application process and do not require <br />review of the circumstances of the conviction. <br /> <br />2. Employment by a Cannabis Business in Redwood City: The City’s proposed <br />regulations for employees who work for a cannabis business (after the business <br />has obtained its cannabis business permit) are consistent with the existing <br />fingerprint and background check process conducted for employees of pedalers <br />and ice cream vendors, and for massage licenses. In all of these circumstances, <br />a potential employee must complete a background check for specific criminal <br />convictions. <br />While there was much discussion during the public hearing about the possibility of <br />removing the employee criminal history check from the Cannabis Business Permit <br />application process, as this exceeds State law, the final motion did not include this <br />amendment. Therefore, the proposed ordinance still contains the requirement for <br />criminal history checks for all employees during the Cannabis Business Permit <br />application process; this can be changed if the Council so chooses. <br />Logs and Records – Questions were raised about whether the City would be retaining <br />personal information on customers. Staff reviewed the ordinance and the proposed City <br />Manager regulations language and confirmed that no records would be routinely <br />retained by the City, and no customer information would be kept by the City as part of <br />any regulatory compliance review, unless a selected record(s) is preserved as evidence <br />to an administrative hearing for non-compliance with regulatory provisions. <br />There was also some concern that an in-field inspection of a delivery driver’s manifest <br />would reveal sensitive protected medical information about the customer because <br />medical cannabis would be distinctively identified and segregated from recreational <br />adult use cannabis. <br />The customer name, delivery address, and signature receipt requirements are <br />consistent with State Law. Also, the cannabis business is responsible for maintaining <br />those logs in their possession, and they are not transferred to the City unless part of an <br />on-going investigation. <br />6.4.A. - Page 4