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MAYOR IMigniel A. ftildo .MAYOR 'PRO TEM Mohele lMartinez iP. David Senauides `Vicente IF.:Sarmiento ,Jose:Solorio :Sal Ting1jeno Juan Villegas 0 0 A Clerk ofthe Council Office 20CivicCenter Plaza * PD &ax 1988 Santa -Ana, California 92702 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA '.INTERIM CITY'MANAOER Cynthia AJ Kuftz CITY ATTORNEY Sonia IR. Carvelho CLERK;OFTHE COUNCIL 'Maria '.D.Huizar NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana will hold a public hearing to consider adopting an ordinance amendment No. 2017-04 to amend certain sections of Chapters 18 and 21 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (Medical Marijuana Collectives/Cooperatives). On November 4, 2014, Santa Ana voters approved Santa Ana's Medical Marijuana Regulatory Program ordinance ("Measure BB") which was codified in sections of chapters 18 and 21 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). In November 2016, the majority of voters in California approved Proposition 64, the California Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AVMA). The AUMA immediately legalized the possession, use, and growing and keeping of up to six mature cannabis plants at a residence for personal use. To comply with the AUMA, the City Council approved a new commercial cannabis ordinance on October 17, 2017, allowing new forms of commercial cannabis business activity in the city's industrial areas. In order to comply with additional provisions of the AUMA, the City is required to amend additional portions of Chapter 18 relating to Medical Marijuana Collectives/Cooperatives. These amendments will update the ordinance to require filing of a regulatory safety permit (RSP) with the Planning and Building Agency and will authorize the Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency to approve or deny an RSP application. The amendments will also update certain definitions to comply with the AUMA and to ensure consistency with the City's new commercial cannabis ordinances contained in Chapter 40. In addition to the required amendments to Chapter 18, the City is proposing to amend Chapter 21 to increase the gross receipts tax rate for medical marijuana collectives/cooperatives. The amendment would increase the tax rate one percentage from 5 to 6 percent. Additional amendments would update the definitions in Chapter 21 to remove reference to collectives/cooperatives in accordance with State law, require a security for collection of business license tax, and include the allowance