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REQUEST FOR' <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 3, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />DIRECT STAFF TO PLACE A PROPOSED <br />COMMERCIAL CANNABIS BUSINESS <br />LICENSE TAX MEASURE FOR PUBLIC <br />CONSIDERATION ON THE NOVEMBER 6, 2018 <br />BALLOT; APPROVE RESOLUTION, <br />AUTHORIZE AND DESIGNATE CITY <br />COUNCILMEMBERS TO AUTHOR AND FILE <br />ARGUMENT IN FAVOR; AND OTHER RELATED <br />DOCUMENTS CALLING FOR GENERAL <br />MUNICIPAL ELECTION ACCORDINGLY <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 1) <br />� r <br />CITY 0, NAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct staff to move forward with placing a commercial cannabis business license tax measure on <br />the ballot as provided for in staff report, and approve actions accordingly. <br />Adopt Resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana Calling for a General Municipal <br />Election on November 6, 2018 and the Placement on the Ballot of a Measure for the <br />November 6, 2018 General Municipal Election for the Submission to the Qualified Voters of a <br />Proposed Ordinance Regarding a Commercial Cannabis Business License Tax and <br />Requesting that the Orange County Board of Supervisors Consolidate the City's General <br />Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election to Take Place on November 6, 2018; <br />and Providing for the Filing of Argument and Rebuttal Statements <br />2. Authorize the filing of Arguments and Rebuttal Statements <br />a. Designate up to five (5) Councilmembers to author an Argument and Rebuttal <br />Statement. <br />3. Direct City Attorney to prepare Impartial Analysis. <br />4. Direct Clerk of the Council to publish legal notices as required by law. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On November 4, 2014, Santa Ana voters approved Santa Ana's Medical Marijuana Regulatory <br />Program ordinance ("Measure BB") with an overwhelming 66% approval, making Santa Ana the first <br />jurisdiction in Orange County to license and relate riedical marijuana collectives. The Ordinance <br />