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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board Cannabis Committee:
a. Receive a status report on the Retirement, Remediation and Relocation (RRR) incentive concept;
b. Consider options for the development of a program; and
c. Provide direction to staff as appropriate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On January 22, 2020, staff presented an overview of the Humboldt County Retirement, Remediation and Relocation (RRR) program, its criteria, and requirements to qualify. Staff was directed to continue its research for Monterey County and present the Committee with additional information and options to discuss and consider.
Staff continued research and identified the following.
1. The concept of a retirement, remediation and relocation process for the Monterey County Cannabis Program (Program) could be vastly different from Humboldt County.
a. Monterey County did not require registration of existing cultivators at the outset of cannabis regulation efforts.
b. RRR represents a much bigger opportunity in Humboldt County with site proposals totaling relocation maximums of over 500,000 sq. ft, while the amount for sites satisfying the proposed criteria for an RRR program in Monterey County total just 24,000 sq. ft.
2. Staff considered several options to formulate possible criteria for an RRR Program. Staff recommends the Committee consider the following criteria:
a. Property owner applied for and was issued a building permit to construct a greenhouse before January 1, 2016.
b. The property owner would need to provide proof of cannabis taxes paid during the period of July 2016 - June 2018.
c. Property owner would be allowed an exception to relocate the greenhouse structure to an allowable cannabis zoning area.
a. The transferred permit would represent the original footprint of the greenhouse(s)
b. The relocation site will not be allowed to begin to operate while diligently pursuing all required.
The development of an RRR Program in Monterey County would require ...
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