Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERING INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 18-1824 APPROVING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 18-2018 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CARSON AND CALIFORNIA PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC, FOR A PROPOSED COMMERCIAL CANNABIS OPERATION CENTER LOCATED AT 2403 E. 223RD STREET (APN: 7315012900, 7315012804) AND;
INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 18-1823 FOR ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 30-2018 TO EXPRESSLY PERMIT COMMERCIAL CANNABIS USES WITHIN COMMERCIAL ZONES SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT; AND, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 18-161 CERTIFYING ASSOCIATED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On October 30, 2018, the Planning Commission recommended approval of this request with a 5-4 vote, Exhibit No. 1. California Processing Company, LLC ("Applicant" / "Developer") is requesting approval of a Development Agreement ("DA") by and between the City of Carson and Applicant, a Zoning Text Amendment ("ZTA"), and an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. (Exhibit Nos. 2, 3, AND 4) The proposed development is the construction of an approximately 220,000 sq. ft., four-story tilt-up concrete building on a 3.7 acre vacant lot located at 2403 E. 223rd Street. The building will be used for commercial cannabis operations including manufacturing, distribution, testing, and small-scale cultivation. The term of the DA is twenty years.
Public benefits include no less than $4 million in cannabis tax revenues to the City over first three years of operation (and no less than $1.75 million annually thereafter), payment of $440,000 in development impact fees to the City, participation in a community facilities district to provide funding for public safety services and infrastructure, social justice hiring and a commitment to local hiring.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends Council DISCUS...
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