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Home My WebLink AboutBC Fiscal Impact Statement of Measure E, G & H Sweenex, Kathleen From: Bennett, Robin Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 1:30 PM To: Hahn, Paul Cc: Sweeney, Kathleen Subject: FWFiscal Impact Analyses for Measure E, G & H Attachments: Fiscal Impact Analyses for Measure E, G & H.pdf FYI, see attached email and report. Robin Bennett, FxecutiveAssistarp ttoSu)ervisor,l)ougl'ceter f1teeter@bmt I ----------- (530)872-6304 6gnnw@huf&cQj1W.ynj�1 5th District Supervisors,Office, County qf'Butte,Board of'Supervisors, Chair 747 Elliott Road Paradise, CA 95969-3939 From: Liu,Annie Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 2:43 PM To:Grubbs, Candace<CGrubbs@buttecounty.net>; Connelly, Bill<BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; Kirk, Maureen <M Kirk@ buttecounty.net>; Lambert, Steve<SLambert@buttecounty.net>;Teeter, Doug<DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Wahl, Larry<LWahl@buttecounty.net>; Hahn, Paul <PHahn@buttecountynet>; Alpert, Bruce <BAlpert@buttecounty.net>; Stephens, Brad J. <BStephens@buttecounty.net>; Mendoza, Louie <LMendoza@buttecounty.net>; Cassady, Laurie<LCassady@buttecounty.net>; Snelfings,Tim <TSnellings@buttecounty.net>; Banner, Brad <BBanner@buttecounty.net>; Honea, Kory<KHonea@,buttecounty.inet>; Gosselin, Paul <PGosselin@buttecounty.net> Cc: Houser, David <DHouser@buttecouinty.net> Subject: Fiscall Impact Analyses for Measure E, G & H Greetings All- Per request by County Clerk-Recorder/Elections' Office and upon direction from the Butte County Board of Supervisors, our office has prepared the attached fiscal impact analyses of Measure "E" (Hydraulic Fracturing Initiative), Measure "G" (Referendum on Amendments to "Right to Farm Ordinance"), and Measure "H" (Referendum on Amendments to the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance), pursuant to Election Code Section 9160. We have based our analyses of the resulting costs and revenues of such measure on what we believe would be required to fulfill the intent of the measure. Thank you all for the help in providing information for our analyses. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank You, Annie Liu, CPA Manager, GovernmentalAccourating Butte County A uditor- on trollerface ")0 K05 FInteroLice Officeod the di 8 - of f hll Ft1N MBaw TO: Candace T Grubbs, ounty 1erk-Recorder FROM: Davi Ae ous,er, Audi or-�ontrol er SUBJECT: Fiscal Impact Statement of Measure E, H&C DA"T"E® March 25, 2016 Per request by your office and upon direction from the Butte County Board of Supervisors, our office has prepared the attached fiscal impact analyses of Measure"E"(hydraulic Fracturing Initiative), Measure"G" (Referendum on Amendments to"Right to Farm Ordinance"), and Measure`SIT"(Referendum on Amendments to the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance), pursuant to Election Code Section 9160. We have based our analyses of the resulting costs and revenues of such measure on what we believe would be required to fulfill the intent of the measure. Thank you all for the help in providing information for our analyses. Please let me know if you have any questions, DAH/AL CC: Members, Board of Supervisors Maul Hahn, County Administrative officer Bruce Alpert, County Counsel Brad Stephens,Assistant.County Counsel Louie Mendoza, Agricultural Commissioner Laurie Cassady, Assistant C,ourity Clerk-Registrar of Voters Tim Snellings, Director of Development Services Brad Banner,Environmental Health Director Dory Honea, Sheriff-Coroner Paul Gosselin, Director of Water&Resource Conservation.Department Enclosure;.. COUNTY AUDT°TOR-CONTROLLER'S FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT OF MEASURE E COUNTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER'S FISCAL IMPACT STArEME, T OF MEASURE COUNTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER'S FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT OF MEASURE H COUNTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER'S FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT OF MEASURE E The Butte County Auditor-Controller has prepared the following fiscal impact analysis of Measure "E"(Hydraulic Fracturing Initiative)pursuant to Election Code Section 9160. This analysis of the resulting costs and revenues of the proposed measure is based on projected requirements to fulfill the intent of the measure. Fiscal Impact: This Measure would have no effect on either revenues or expenditures of the County. COUNTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER'S FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT OF MEASURE G The Butte County Auditor-Controller has prepared the following fiscal impact analysis of Measure"G"(Medical Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance)pursuant to Election Code Section 9160. This analysis of the resulting costs and revenues of the proposed measure is based on projected requirements to fulfill the intent of the measure. Fiscal Impact: This Measure would have no direct effect on revenues of the County. However,there is an indirect effect on County's expenditures. In previous public meetings regarding marijuana-related ordinances,individuals reported that marijuana grown in residential backyards resulted in an invitation to criminal activity for persons who would steal marijuana plants out of backyards. County law enforcement continues to respond to numerous calls for service that involve the illegal cultivation,distribution, use,and sale of marijuana; and the County continues to expend resources to arrest and prosecute those involved. If cultivation of marijuana is categorized as an agricultural commodity,it could reasonable be suspected that crops targeted for thefts would result in increased law enforcement costs. For the reasons described above, Ordinance 4106 -confirming cultivation of marijuana is not an agricultural operation subject to the benefits of the Right to Farm Ordinance-would indirectly affect County's enforcement costs. COUNTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER'S FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT OF MEASURE H The Butte County Auditor-Controller has prepared the following fiscal impact analysis of Measure "H" (Referendum on Amendments to the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance) pursuant to Election Code Section 9160. This analysis of the resulting costs and revenues of the proposed measure is based on projected requirements to fulfill the intent of the measure. Fiscal Impact: The intent of this Measure is to repeal the amendments to the revised enforcement and hearing process adopted by the Board of Supervisors in January 2016,which was intended to make the County's Code Enforcement process for the abatement of Cultivation of Medical Marijuana Ordinance violations more efficient, resulting in cases arriving at a Hearing Officer more quickly. It also clarified that penalties are recoverable costs for Hearing Officers to apply in their judgements. Under this Measure,the County would be required to follow the Ordinance in place before the January 2016 amendments which provided that upon confirmation of a violation,a 72 Hour Notice to Abate and Citation up to $500 per day may be issued. If a violation exists after 72 hours as confirmed in a follow up inspection,the Code Enforcement Officer may issue a new 'Citation with fines up to $1,000 per day until the violations are abated and schedule the case for a Nuisance Abatement Hearing. Prior to the Hearing,the Code Enforcement Officer must validate that the violation still exists for the Hearing Officer. This Measure would further allow the County to recover its costs and penalties in cases where the owner/tenant failed to timely correct the violation after receiving the 72-Hour Notice to Abate. It would also allow the County to recover costs and penalties awarded by a Hearing Officer by placing a lien on the property. County expenditure under the Measure would be the same;however, a streamlined hearing process would likely lead to slightly higher revenues for the County from improvements in cost recovery. The amount of the increase of revenues is difficult to quantify and project, due to the uncertainties that may arise during the hearing process. `