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Approve and Authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute an Agreement with City of Seaside (City) for the provision of administrative and enforcement services by the County of Monterey (County) of the City's Tobacco Retail License (TRL) Ordinance, Ordinance No. 1076 under Chapter 7.80, retroactive from January 1, 2021, terminable by either party pursuant to Section 7 of the Agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and Authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute an Agreement with City of Seaside (City) for the provision of administrative and enforcement services by the County of Monterey (County) of the City's Tobacco Retail License (TRL) Ordinance, Ordinance No. 1076 under Chapter 7.80, retroactive from January 1, 2021, terminable by either party pursuant to Section 7 of the Agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The primary goal of the County Tobacco Retail License (TRL) Program and TRL ordinance is to reduce youth access to tobacco. The County TRL ordinance is structured so that cities can implement their own TRL program by adopting the county ordinance as their own ordinance.
The City of Seaside (City) adopted its own TRL ordinance, Ordinance No. 1076, that created a TRL program within the City's jurisdiction and provided that it "shall be enforced by any duly authorized employee or agent of the City and by the duly appointed representative of the County Department of Public Health." TRL Program staff has worked with County Counsel to develop an Agreement between the County and City which will allow the County to implement and administer the TRL program on behalf of the City. The City enacted the ordinance to encourage responsible tobacco retailing and to discourage violations of tobacco-related laws, particularly those which prohibit or discourage the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors.
Under the proposed Agreement, the County ...
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