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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
N.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CERTIFICATION OF AN INITIATIVE
ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO CANNABIS REGULATION, ADOPT ORDINANCE, CALL AN
ELECTION, OR ORDER A REPORT
CONTACT: ELEANOR MANZANO, CITY CLERK
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Offer Letter from the Economic Development Reform Coalition of Southern CaliforniaRedondo Beach (EDRCSC- Redondo Beach) N.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION
REGARDING CERTIFICATION OF AN INITIATIVE
ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO CANNABIS
REGULATION, ADOPT ORDINANCE, CALL AN
ELECTION, OR ORDER A REPORT
COUNCIL ACTIONS:
a) Receive & File the Certification of Sufficiency; and b) Adopt the Ordinance without alternation; or
c) Direct the CityClerk/Elections Official to prepare for the call of an election for either (EC1405 a,b):
1. Redondo Beach General Municipal Election on March 7, 2023 -or2. Statewide Direct Primary Election (a Special Election of the City of Redondo Beach in consolidation with the County of Los Angeles) on June 7, 2022
d) May (optional) direct the City’s Election Official to request City Attorney to prepare an Impartial Analysis of the measure (EC9280).
e) May (optional) request a report of the effect of the proposed initiative for presentation at the City Council Meeting of March 1, 2022. ➢The City Council will then have 10 days to:
1) adopt the ordinance without alteration; or
2) order a Special Election for June 7, 2022 (EC9215c)
From: Damian A. Martin
To: Bill Brand; Nils Nehrenheim; Todd Loewenstein; Christian Horvath; Zein Obagi; Laura Emdee Cc: Mike Witzansky; Michael Webb; Eleanor Manzano; CityClerk Subject: Offer Letter Regarding Agenda Item N.1 for the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Redondo Beach on February 1, 2022
Date: Monday, January 31, 2022 9:15:26 PM
Attachments: Offer Letter Regarding Agenda Item N.1 for the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Redondo Beach on February 1, 2022.pdf
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Honorable Mayor & City Council:
Please see the attached Offer Letter Regarding Agenda Item N.1 for the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Redondo Beach on February 1, 2022.
Respectfully,
Damian A. Martin, Esq., M.B.A.
Phone: 757-652-0460
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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REFORM COALITION
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - REDONDO BEACH
6700 S. Figueroa Street, Ste. 4050, Los Angeles, CA 90017 Phone: (757) 652-0460 | Email: [email protected]
January 31, 2022
VIA EMAIL:
Mayor & City Council
City of Redondo Beach
415 Diamond Street
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
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Mike Witzansky, City Manager
City of Redondo Beach
415 Diamond Street
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: (310) 937-5315
Email: [email protected]
Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk
City of Redondo Beach
415 Diamond Street
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: (310) 318-0656
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Michael W. Webb, City Attorney
City of Redondo Beach
415 Diamond Street
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: (310) 318-0655
Email: [email protected]
RE: Offer Letter (“Letter”) Regarding Agenda Item N.1 for the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Redondo Beach on February 1, 2022 Dear Honorable Mayor & City Council:
We are the Directors of The Economic Development Reform Coalition of Southern California - Redondo Beach (“EDRCSC - Redondo Beach”), the backer of The Redondo Beach Cannabis Regulation & Public Safety Measure (the “Measure”). The purpose of this Letter is for EDRCSC - Redondo Beach to make the following legally binding offer (the “Offer”) to the City of Redondo Beach (the “City”):
If the City Council calls and places the Measure on a special election in consolidation with Los Angeles County’s Statewide Direct Primary Election on June 7, 2022, EDRCSC - Redondo Beach will pay the City’s estimated costs of $244,000.00 for holding such special election for the Measure in consolidation with Los Angeles County’s Statewide Direct Primary Election on June 7, 2022.
Please place this Offer in the public record for Agenda Item N.1 for the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Redondo Beach on February 1, 2022 (the “Regular Meeting on February 1, 2022”). If unaccepted by the City Council during the Regular Meeting on February 1, 2022, this Offer shall terminate upon the adjournment of the Regular Meeting on February 1, 2022.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/
Barry Walker, Director
EDRCSC - Redondo Beach
/s/
Elliot Lewis, Director
EDRCSC - Redondo Beach