[CPN] INC NEWSLETTER

INC MONTHLY MEETING
DATE: Saturday, January 12, 2013
LOCATION: West End Flats
1490 Zenobia (SE Corner, Colfax & Zenobia) – 2nd Floor Community Room
This is a facility of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and home to the West Colfax Cop Shop

HOSTS: Sloan's Lake Neighborhood Association and Sloan's Lake Citizen's Group. 

830am Coffee & Networking
900am INC Business – two voting matters – see below
1000am Featured speaker – Paul Washington, Director Economic Development

VOTING MATTERS
Notice to the voting delegates of INC.  The following two items will be presented for approval at the January 12 monthly meeting.

The ZAP committee discussed and passed the following motion regarding regulations of retail marijuana stores for presentation to the INC Delegation on January 12:

Whereas, the voters of Colorado passed Constitutional Amendment 64 on November 6, 2012, which,  among other things, permits persons over the age of 21 to possess and consume one ounce or less of  marijuana and allows the establishment of retail marijuana stores and other marijuana establishments;
Whereas Amendment 64 requires the Colorado Department of Revenue to adopt regulations to implement the constitutional amendment not later than July 1, 2013;
Whereas Amendment 64 requires local governments to enact ordinances or regulations relating to marijuana establishments and to begin accepting license applications not later than October 1, 2013;
And whereas the philosophy articulated by the proponents of Amendment 64 and the summary of the amendment in the "blue book" indicated that "the use of marijuana should  be regulated in a manner similar to alcohol;" 
Therefore, Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation should communicate with the Governor, the members of the General Assembly, the Mayor and City Council that the following elements should be incorporated into any statutes, regulations and ordinances to implement Amendment 64, based on the manner in  which alcohol is regulated in Colorado and Denver:

1. Retail marijuana stores should not be allowed within 1000 feet of a school;
2. Retail marijuana stores should not be allowed within 1000 feet of another retail marijuana store;
3. Registered neighborhood organizations must be notified of applications for all marijuana  establishments;
4. Criminal background checks should be required of all applicants for all marijuana establishments;
5. Hearings should be required to determine whether a marijuana establishment is needed or desired within the neighborhood of a proposed marijuana establishment;
6. Registered neighborhood organizations and neighborhood residents or business owners or managers should be allowed to testify at such hearings;
7. Consumption of marijuana should not be allowed in parks, sidewalks, streets, alleys or other public places.
8. Any task forces established to consider these issues should include residents and neighborhood organizations

The Board and the Executive Committee approved the following to be presented for approval by the delegates at the January 12 monthly meeting.

 ARTICLE IV. — MEMBERSHIP

A. There shall be four classifications and levels of membership as defined by the Board of Directors which shall include voting and nonvoting members.  Only delegates from Registered Neighborhood Organizations (RNO) as set forth in Chapter 12, Article III of the Denver Revised Municipal Code that have delivered a complete application form with dues paid in full shall be Member Organizations (MO), which shall be voting members.

 Other membership classifications shall be non-voting members having paid the appropriate stated dues.

 "Member Organization" (MO), "Member Organization Patron", "Associate", and "Associate Patron".

1.    "Member Organization(s)" (MO) shall be any "Registered Neighborhood Organization" (RNO) as set forth in Chapter 12, Article III of the Denver Revised Municipal Code that has delivered a complete application form with dues paid in full.

2.    "Member Organization Patron" is any MO as described in Article IV, A, 1 having paid the appropriate 'Patron' dues.

3.    "Associate" is any individual, civic group, non-profit group, or government agency having paid the appropriate 'Associate' dues.

4.    "Associate Patron" is any entity from Article IV, A, 3 having paid the appropriate 'Patron' dues.

5.    "Associate" and "Associate Patron" shall be non-voting members.

B.  Dues.

1.    The amount of dues to be paid, by any member classification, shall be established by the Board of Directors and shall be due and payable annually by January 1, except that the dues for a new Member Organization  joining after the Annual Meeting shall be pro-rated on a quarterly bi-annual basis.

2.    The current rate of dues shall be as quoted in the Membership Application and published in the newsletter and/or other media used to communicate with members.

3.    A grace period, for receipt of MO dues paid in full, shall be given until the start of the Annual Meeting. Any MO not paid in full by such time shall be dropped from membership and their Delegates shall not be allowed to vote or run for offices until such time as the dues are paid in full, thereby reinstating membership.

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