IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING COVID 19

Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California

Governor’s Office, in order to minimize the spread of the COVID 19 virus, please do

the following:

1. You are strongly encouraged to join the Cannabis Committee meeting via Zoom at:

https://montereycty.zoom.us/j/97759321318

If you do not have access to a computer, you may call into the meeting and participate

by calling the following number: 1-669-900-6833 and entering the following meeting

ID: 977 5932 1318.

2. If you choose not to attend the Cannabis Committee meeting but wish to make a

comment on a specific agenda item, please submit your comment via email by 5:00

p.m. on the day prior to the meeting. Please submit your comment to Misti Muramatsu

at MuramatsuM@co.monterey.ca.us. Your comment will be placed into the record at

the meeting.

3. If you are watching the live stream of the Cannabis Committee meeting and wish to

make either a general public comment or a comment on a specific agenda item as it is

being heard, please select the “raise hand” option on the Zoom screen, and your

microphone will be unmuted so you can speak. To select the “raise hand” option, click

on the ‘participants’ icon at the bottom of your Zoom screen, then click the “raise

hand” icon next to your name.

4. If you attend the Cannabis Committee meeting in person, you will be required to

maintain appropriate social distancing, specifically you must maintain a 6-foot distance

between yourself and other individuals.

Pursuant to Governor Newsom's Executive Order No. N-25-20, some or all

Supervisors may participate in the meeting by telephone or video conference.

NOTE: All agenda titles related to numbered items are live web links. Click on the

title to be directed to corresponding Committee Report.

PUBLIC COMMENT: Members of the public may address comments to the

Committee concerning each agenda item. Timing of the public comment shall be at the

discretion of the Chair.

Call to Order

Additions and Corrections

Public Comment Period

Approval of Action Minutes

Consider approval of action minutes from the July 7, 2022 Cannabis Committee meeting.

Regular Agenda

Receive a report on the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Regulatory Update.

Presenter: Henry Gonzales, Agricultural Commissioner

Receive a Cannabis Program memoranda on current cannabis cultivation square footage, land use

permits, cannabis business permits, and other updates.

Presenter: Myles Echenique, Management Analyst II

Receive a Sheriff’s Office memoranda requesting training funds from the Cannabis Program

contingency fund.

Presenter: David Vargas, Sheriff Investigative Sergeant

a. Receive a report regarding the current Cannabis Program “Good Standing” Criteria and

which operators it applies to; and

b. Review the Monterey County cannabis industry’s proposed commercial cannabis business tax

rates, including fiscal impacts; and

c. Direct staff to present the Cannabis Committee’s recommendations to the Board of

Supervisors; and

d. Provide further direction as appropriate.

a. Receive the proposed Cannabis Program commercial cannabis business shutdown procedure

for business entities that either have submitted a cessation of business to the Cannabis

Program or are found ineligible to continue operations; and

b. Direct staff to present the Cannabis Committee’s recommendation to the Board of

Supervisors; and

c. Provide further direction as appropriate.

Committee Members: Supervisor Mary Adams, Chair; Supervisor Chris Lopez, Vice Chair

Copies of staff reports or other written documentation relating to items referenced

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on this agenda and/or submitted after distribution of the agenda packet are on file and

available for public inspection at the County Administrative Office, Monterey County

Government Center, 168 West Alisal Street, 3rd Floor, Salinas.

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Meetings of the Cannabis Committee are accessible to individuals with disabilities.

The Administration Building and Monterey Conference Room are wheelchair

accessible. Please contact the Monterey County Civil Rights Office at 831-755-5117 if

you need assistance or accommodations to participate in a public meeting or if you

need the agenda and public documents modified as required by Section 202 of the

Americans with Disabilities Act.

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The following services are available when requests are made by 5:00 p.m. of the

Friday before this noted meeting: American Sign Language interpreters during a

meeting, large print agenda or minutes in alternative format.

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If you require the assistance of an interpreter, please contact the Cannabis

Program in the County Administrative Office at 831-796-3049. Every effort will be

made to accommodate requests for translation assistance. Requests should be made

as soon as possible, and at a minimum 24 hours in advance of any meeting.

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Si usted requiere la asistencia de un intérprete, por favor comuníquese con las

oficinas de Administración localizada en el Centro de Gobierno del Condado de

Monterey, (Monterey County Government Center), 168 W. Alisal, Tercer Piso,

Salinas - o por teléfono llamar al Programa de Cannabis 831-796-3049. La asistente

hará el esfuerzo para acomodar los pedidos de asistencia de un intérprete. Los pedidos

se deberán hacer lo más pronto posible, y a lo mínimo 24 horas de anticipo de

cualquier junta.