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Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative <br />July 1, 2014 <br />Page 4 <br />then select them based on a set of criteria. Staff does not recommend this approach due <br />to the strong potential for the selection process to be preferential and subject to challenge. <br />Potential Allocation of City Staff Resources for Enforcement <br />At the City Council meeting on June 17th the City Council directed staff to develop an <br />enforcement plan to address the negative effects resulting from medical marijuana <br />collective /cooperatives. A full enforcement plan is currently being developed in partnership with <br />the Police Department, Planning and Building Agency and City Attorney's Office and is scheduled <br />for City Council review on August 1, 2014. <br />For purposes of discussion, and considering that a full enforcement plan is still being developed, <br />staff has prepared the following preliminary staffing allocations based on three funding scenarios: <br />$1 million Scenario — The staffing allocation in this funding scenario focuses on enforcing <br />both legal and illegal medical marijuana collectives /cooperatives from a land use <br />perspective and as a result predominantly proposes the addition of Code Enforcement and <br />City Attorney staff. This scenario is developed to achieve compliance through the citation, <br />fines and litigation process and would include adding: <br />o (2) Code Enforcement Officers <br />o (1) Senior Code Enforcement Officer <br />o (1) Senior Office Assistant <br />o (2) Assistant City Attorneys <br />o (0.5) Combination Building Inspector <br />o (1) Police Officer <br />• $1.5 million Scenario —Similar to the above scenario, this funding allocation would serve <br />to enhance the land use enforcement model with additional Code Enforcement Inspectors, <br />Building Inspectors and Police Officers. This scenario would include adding: <br />o (3) Code Enforcement Officers <br />o (1) Senior Code Enforcement Officer <br />o (1) Senior Office Assistant <br />o (2) Assistant City Attorneys <br />o (1.5) Combination Building Inspector <br />o (2) Police Officers <br />$2 million Scenario —This funding scenario would provide sufficient resources to develop a <br />Vice unit within the Police Department to pursue investigations of illegal drug trafficking, <br />money laundering, and other related public safety issues in addition to the Code <br />Enforcement and Attorney's Office enforcement of land use violations. This scenario <br />would include adding: <br />o (3) Code Enforcement Officers <br />o (1) Senior Code Enforcement Officer <br />55D -4 <br />