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i <br />,410111 ON I 111111F.11" 9 <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 21, 2015 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />TITLE: I APPROVED <br />RECEIVE AND FILE THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA 0 As Recommended <br />As <br />DISPENSARY ENFORCEMENT PLAN UPDATE E3 OrAmended <br />REPORT [] Ordinance on 9" Reading <br />� Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO, 1, 1) 0 Implementing Resolution <br />C7 Set Public Hearing For <br />Receive and file the Medical Marijuana Dispensary Enforcement Plan update report. <br />D Si CUSSION <br />On November 4; 2014, the voters of the City of Santa Ana approved Measure BB (Ordinance No. <br />NS -2884) to regulate the establishment, operation and taxation of Medical Marijuana Collectives <br />and Cooperatives. On November 18, 2014 and in response to the voter approved measure, the <br />City Council approved the Medical Marijuana Dispensaries (MMD) Enforcement Plan to <br />effectively provide for the closure of illegal medical marijuana dispensaries and to ensure the <br />monitoring of permitted collectives /cooperatives operating legally under Measure BB. <br />Since the adoption of Ordinance NS -2884, the City's Planning and Building Agency, Police <br />Department, and the City Attorney's Office have been working collectively on the implementation <br />and enforcement policies of Measure BB, As adopted last November, the various forms of <br />enforcement include the investigation of illegal medical marijuana dispensaries, the regulation of <br />permitted medical marijuana collectives /cooperatives, the imposition of administrative fines when <br />appropriate, and the disconnection of utilities when warranted. <br />In addition to issuing citations for violations of the law, the Santa Ana Police Department has <br />participated in the implementation of Measure BB and will complete undercover Investigations <br />related to illegal medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives, seek the apprehension of <br />criminals, and sere illegal contraband. Since February 2015, the Santa Ana Police <br />Department's medical marijuana task force, in collaboration with the Community Preservation <br />Division, has investigated and closed six illegal marijuana grow operations and seized an <br />estimated $8 million of marijuana. <br />29A -1 <br />