Policy

MCA Memos for 12-12 GGC Meeting

In advance of tomorrow’s 12-12-2022 General Government Committee meeting at 9am where they will be hearing four cannabis agenda Items, MCA has shared several memos with the Board of Supervisors.

– Agenda Item 2a – Mendocino County – State Legislative Platform – where we make recommendations for inclusion to the County’s 2023 State Legislative Platform

– Agenda Item 2b – MCD Update – Where we raise questions and seek clarification on many of the items in the report.

– Agenda Item 2c – County Equity Grant Application – Where we support the County applying for 5 Million in additional Equity Grant funding.

***CLICK HERE to read the Memos!***

– Agenda Item 2d – Vegetation Modification – It’s possible that the memo will not be shared until tomorrow, so it’s possible you will not be able to see it until it’s shared. In the event you want to comment in general on this item, you could include your personal opinions on the issues with the Veg Mod program, and advocate that the GGC, the Board and County Counsel adopt the broadest possible reading of the Ordinance to enable as many operators as possible who have not conducted egregious Tree Removal to fall under the allowed exceptions in the Ordinance for disease and safety concerns.

This is the first time the Veg Mod proposals from CoCo will be heard, and they are not scheduled to be discussed by the full Board until sometime in January at the earliest.

If you support our recommendations, we urge you to share that support with the General Government Committee via written AND verbal comment. YOUR VOICE MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

To leave any written public comment, first you must CLICK HERE to register with Granicus. Once you have registered, you will be able to sign in and make comments and upload files for all agenda items. You can CLICK HERE to find upcoming meeting agendas.

YOU MUST MAKE AN INDIVIDUAL COMMENT FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM YOU WANT TO ADDRESS. CLICK THE AGENDA ITEM BELOW FOR THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT:

– Agenda Item 2a – Mendocino County – State Legislative Platform – where we make recommendations to the County to include in their lobbying of the State next year.

– Agenda Item 2b – MCD Update – Where we raise questions and seek clarification on many of the items in the report.

– Agenda Item 2c – County Equity Grant Application – Where we support the County applying for 5 Million in additional Equity Grant funding.

If you would also like to make a verbal comment (we recommend it!) on any or all of these items, there are two options.

Voicemail

Call 707-234-6333 and leave a voice message, up to 2 minutes in length, to be played during public expression/public comment, as it relates to the published agenda.
Speak clearly, being sure to leave your full name and the agenda item upon which you are making comment.
Anonymous phone messages will not be played back during the meeting – nor will phone messages received prior to publication of the agenda.
The deadline for voicemail comment submittal is 7:30 AM the day of the meeting. Voicemails received after that time will not be played back during the meeting.

YOU MUST LEAVE ONE MESSAGE PER AGENDA ITEM. WE RECOMMEND LEAVING MESSAGES BY 730AM ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING TO BE SAFE.

2. Join the Zoom Webinar for the meeting and use the “raise hand” feature when Public Comment is called. For details and complete list of the latest available options by which to engage with agenda items, please CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE to Join Zoom Webinar

Zoom Webinar ID: 893 7803 8056