Special City Council Joint Meeting - July 16, 2024
CALL TO ORDER
Council/Agency/Authority Members: Walter Allen, III, Patricia Cortez, Hector Delgado, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Victor Linares, and Mayor/Chair John C. King
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENTS
To address the Council/Agency/Authority please complete a yellow speaker request card located at the entrance and give it to the City Clerk. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. Those wishing to speak on a
LISTED AGENDA ITEM
will be heard at this time. State Law prohibits the Council/Agency/Authority Members from taking action on any item not on the agenda. Individual speakers are limited to five minutes each, unless, for good cause, the Mayor/Chairperson amends the time limit.
NEW BUSINESS
City Council Consideration of Appeal by Off the Charts Covina LLC at 906-908 Arrow Hwy., Covina, CA Related to the Rejection of its Proposal Under RFP 2023-02 – Establishment of a Commercial Cannabis Retail or Microbusiness
1. OTC.pdf
2. Attachment A - RFP, Sign in Sheet, Questions and Responses, and Addenda No. 1 and 2.pdf
3. Attachment B - City Rejection Letter OTC.pdf
4. Attachment C - Appeal Letter OTC.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Open the Appeal Hearing, Receive Public Testimony and Close the Hearing; Make finding that the appeal is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); Consider the appeal of the City’s Cannabis Evaluation Committee’s rejection of the application by Off the Charts Covina at 906-908 Arrow Hwy., Covina, CA under RFP 2023-02, with the following options:
If the City Council agrees with the decision of the City’s Cannabis Evaluation Committee, then sustain its decision.
If the City Council can make the findings to support the appeal, then reverse the City’s Cannabis Evaluation Committee’s decision and authorize Off the Charts Covina LLC to continue under the RFP evaluation process.
ADJOURNMENT
The Covina City Council/Successor Agency to the Covina Redevelopment Agency/Covina Public Financing Authority/Covina Housing Authority will adjourn to its next special joint meeting of the Council/Agency/Authority scheduled for July 16, 2024, at 6:15 p.m., for open session inside the Council Chamber at City Hall, located at 125 East College Street, Covina, California, 91723.