Title
a. Receive report on results of the Board of Supervisors directed community engagement process for use of cannabis tax revenue over and above program operation costs;
b. Provide direction to staff.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Receive report on results of the Board of Supervisors directed community engagement process for use of cannabis tax revenue over and above program operation costs;
Provide direction to staff.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
As a result of a Board of Supervisors referral, staff was directed to implement a 3-faceted community engagement process with the intention of gaining public input on potential uses of cannabis tax revenue over and above program operating costs. In January 2018, the Board of Supervisors approved the staff proposal for community engagement and authorized the use of up to $50,000 of cannabis tax revenue to implement the engagement process.
The community engagement process consisted of 3 components:
1. A random telephone survey of 625 registered voters in Monterey County of Monterey
2. An on-line survey
3. A series of 5 facilitated community forums, are held in each supervisorial district of the County.
The overall program design was intended to use and build upon information collected previously as part of the Impact Monterey County program developed by United Way Monterey County. The random telephone survey was conducted as the first stage of the engagement process and was completed in February 2018. High level results of the random telephone survey are shown in Attachments "A" and "B".
The community forums and on-line survey were developed and conducted in March 2018. To date the on-line survey has had 760 completed responses. High level results are also shown in Attachments "A" and "B".
Approximately 70 community members attended each of the 5 meetings held in the Supervisorial districts.
High level results of the community forums are provided in Attachment "C" and ...
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