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Cannabis-related hearings on city council agenda

Public hearings will be held during this Monday night's city council meeting for two cannabis-related items. One is to to rezone a portion of the old Sears department store in Pine Centre Mall to make way for a B.C. Cannabis Store.
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A floor map where showing where a B.C. Cannabis Store will be opened at Pine Centre Mall, subject to the outcome of a public hearing on Monday night.

Public hearings will be held during this Monday night's city council meeting for two cannabis-related items.

One is to to rezone a portion of the old Sears department store in Pine Centre Mall to make way for a B.C. Cannabis Store.

The other is to amend the city's zoning bylaw to allow cannabis production on land zoned heavy industrial, subject to a public hearing for each specific application. 

That rezoning will make way for an application to rezone sites at 7250 and 7574 Willow Cale Rd. measuring 14.9 hectares (37 acres) for a cannabis production facility. A public hearing on that proposal will be held at a later date.

Also up for hearings:

- A proposal to establish a commercial kitchen and catering service at the Aboriginal Housing Society of Prince George's headquarters at 1919-17th Avenue (at Winnipeg Street).

The Canadian Mental Health Association would run the kitchen.

- To vary three requirements related to a 28-home development at 5567 Chief Lake Road.

The variances include replacing curb and gutter with open channel drainage for the road system, replacing cement sidewalk with trail-grade pathways, and replacing a storm runoff collection system with an open channel drainage system.

- An application to allow a duplex to be constructed at 3840 Westwood Drive.

Hearings start at 7 p.m.

Also on the agenda:

- Council will consider a $2,000 increase to their expense allowance.

If approved, it will boost the allowance to $8,000 which is used to cover the cost of attending the annual conferences for the North Central Local Government Association, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities.

Attending all three is project to cost a council member $7,775 according to a staff report.

- Council will be asked to provide up to $38,000 in support of a bid to host the 2021 Esso Cup national girls midget hockey championship.

The tournament is considered the equivalent of the Telus Cup national boys midget hockey championship for which council provided $58,000 of in-kind support when it was held in Prince George in 2017.

The Telus Cup generated about $1.82 million in economic impact, and the Esso Cupis expected to give a $1.17-million boost, according to a staff report.