TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Supervisor Williams and Supervisor Gjerde and Planning and Building Services
MEETING DATE: August 27, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor Williams
PHONE:
463-4221
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor Gjerde
PHONE:
463-4221
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 1 Hour
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Action Including Direction to Staff to Develop Cannabis Enterprise Zone Plan
(Sponsors: Cannabis Economic Development Ad Hoc Committee (Supervisors Williams and Gjerde) and Planning and Building Services)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Direct staff to develop Cannabis Enterprise Zone plan in collaboration with industry to allow for 1-10 acre cultivation, a fee schedule sufficient to generate revenue necessary to cover a project EIR for the zone and current/pending cultivators and explore feasibility of limiting zone participation to existing (County) license holders.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
None.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Cannabis Enterprise Zone is a mechanism to steer growth towards appropriately zoned and positioned parcels. A fee schedule can be crafted so that the participating applicants self fund a project EIR to cover both the enterprise zones and the small farms presently relying (and in some cases held up as provisional) on our CEQA Negative Declaration. The zones should support multi-use including cultivation, nursery, processing, manufacturing and ag worker housing. Placement should avoid traffic through residential areas. The plan should encourage colocation and shared facilities. The zone concept has potential to significantly grow jobs and generate county revenue.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION/MOTION:
No alternative action.
SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT: ALL
VOTE REQUIREMENT: Majority
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: N/A
FISCAL DETAILS:
SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A
BUDGETED IN CURRENT F/Y: N/A
CURRENT F/Y COST: N/A
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