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The Southwest Portland Post
Volume No. 23 Issue No. 12
www.swportlandpost.com
Portland, Oregon
Complimentary
October 2015
Recreational marijuana legal to buy and sell, temporarily untaxed
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
Recreational marijuana will begin
being sold at licensed medical
marijuana dispensaries beginning Oct.
1. Oregon public health officials have
recently released rules for dispensaries
applying for licenses to sell legal
recreational pot.
Only adults age
21 and older will
be able to enter
the dispensaries,
which will verify
age via a state or
federally issued
identification. Each
purchase will be
recorded.
The products can
be purchased in
limited quantities,
including up to
one-quarter ounce
of marijuana
flowers or leaves
per day.
The Oregon
Health Authority
regulates medical
marijuana while
the Oregon Liquor
Control Commission will govern
recreational marijuana. Rules limit
the type of marijuana products sold
[during the initial phase] as seeds,
dried leaves, flowers and non-
flowering plants.
“Edibles will not be sold to
recreational users at medical
marijuana dispensaries,” said OLCC
enforcement coordinator Patrick
Owen, “until the liquor commission
resolves concerns allowing processors
to safely produce edible products
under the timelines described in
Measure 91.”
Lawmakers passed legislation
re c e n t l y t o t e m p o r a r i l y a l l o w
recreational sales at medical
dispensaries because full retail
marijuana sales are not to begin until
late in 2016.
Paul Rigby, owner of the Green
Cottage, a licensed medical
marijuana dispensary in Multnomah
Village, said business could be better
but he has been getting calls every
day whether he’ll sell recreational
marijuana beginning Oct. 1.
He has applied for a license and
still waiting for his paperwork. Since
he opened earlier this year, he has
had no issues with the Oregon Health
Authority which issues licenses.
“Many people thought there would
be skateboarders here on the premises
getting stoned,” Rigby grinned. “Far
from it. We are very discreet and have
had no problems with the neighbors
or the state.”
Rigby re-emphasized that there
is no tasting or consuming of any
product on the property. Rigby was
out during Multnomah Days handing
out coupons for 50 percent off for
products after Oct. 1.
“We have a great relationship
with the state,” Rigby boasted.
“They were here not too long ago
for hours examining our records,
video surveillance, and weighing
everything.”
Chloe White, a sales associate
at Healthy Pets, which recently
relocated adjacent from the Green
Cottage said they have been a great
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Bus rapid transit or light rail? Next public forum scheduled for Oct. 19 in Tigard
SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PLAN
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
N o e l l e D o b s o n , M e t ro s e n i o r
public affairs specialist assigned to
the Southwest Corridor Plan, has
been on the job for a little more than
a year now. Dobson has been the
buffer between community members
and large bureaucratic governmental
agencies to insure the process is fair,
well communicated, and transparent.
Getting her on the phone before a
meeting, Dobson wouldn’t speculate
whether the final mode of transportation
will be rapid bus transit or light rail. A
decision by the steering committee in
December will present which mode is
preferred.
When asked about concerns about a
Barbur Boulevard road diet (making
it one lane in each direction to allow
room for rail tracks or bus lanes),
Dobson replied that options are still
open for the high transit route to either
parallel Interstate 5 or go down Barbur
Boulevard.
“When all options are decided next
spring,” Dobson explained, “it’ll be
actually up to [Oregon Department of
Transportation and Portland Bureau of
Transportation] to configure the best
course.”
Several Post readers have asked this
reporter why the process is taking
so long. According to Dobson, there
are a lot of players involved from a
dozen governmental agencies and
institutions like Oregon Health &
Science University and Portland
Community College.
“The community must realize that
planning for the new MAX Orange
Line began in the early ‘90s,” Dobson
said.
This month the project steering
committee (consisting of elected and
appointed officials) will consider
which connection options are most
promising for further study.
Decision makers will need to balance
many factors including construction
costs, impacts on the Mount Sylvania
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neighborhoods (displacement, noise,
temporary traffic controls), and
community input.
Also in the mix are future
development plans for the PCC
Sylvania campus, ridership gains from
either light rail or rapid bus transit, and
finally implementing adopted land
use plans.
These include refining tunnel designs,
exploring alternate connections to
PCC Sylvania (shuttle buses, people
movers), input from students and
staff, and continuing to engage with
neighborhoods.
The next steering committee meeting
is Monday, Oct. 12 from 9 to 11 a.m. at
the Tigard Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd.
The public is invited to give testimony
at the beginning of the meeting.
A public forum is scheduled for
Monday, Oct. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Tigard Public Works Building, 13125
SW Hall Blvd. Metro and partners will
share updates and decisions about
Tigard options.
“These meetings are important
since the mode of transportation will
be discussed at length,” Dobson said.
“Southwest residents use this area for
shopping and getting to other parts of
the suburbs.”
According to Dobson, over 8,000
people work in the Tigard Triangle
bordered by Interstate 5, Highway 217,
and Oregon 99W (Barbur Boulevard in
Portland).
Reporter’s Note: An online public
comment period will be available at www.
swcorridorplan.org in mid-October.