The Lynnwood City Council on Monday voted to end the city’s decade-long ban on retail cannabis sales and held a public hearing on a development agreement with the Lynnwood Public Facilities District (PFD).

The meeting opened with proclamations recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day (Oct. 13), Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Leadership Day (Oct. 14).

Cannabis

The council voted 5-2 to eliminate Lynnwood’s ban on retail cannabis sales . The city’s four license holders can now begin opening dispensaries inside city limits.

Councilmembers Josh Binda, Nick Coelho, Derica Escamilla, George Hurst and Robert Leutwyler supported the ordinance. Patrick Decker and David Parshall opposed it.

City Planning Manager Karl Almgren said after publishing the amendments councilmembers made to the

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