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HomeMy WebLinkAboutmarsh letterMoghannam, Kathleen From: Yamaguchi, Kim Sent: Thursday, Apri121, 2D'11 4:D7 PM To: Moghannam, Kathleen Subject: FW: Not in favor of the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance AS IS FYI From: RONALD & GRETCHEN MARSH jmailto:ronaldlmarsh@sbcglobal.net1 Sent: Wednesday, April 2D, ZD11 5:44 PM Ta: BOS District 4 Cc: Kirk, Maureen; Connelly, Bill; Yamaguchi, Kim; Wahl, Larry Subject: RE: Not in favor of the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance AS IS Apri120, 2011 Dear Supervisor Lambert, Thank you for your caring patriotic service in behalf of us citizens of Butte County. My family and I appreciate all your time and energy devoted to deciding extremely critical issues that deal with the health, safety and constitutional privileges we enjoy in this wonderful place to live. Many friends and I have learned recently that agenda for the May 4, 2011 Board of Supervisors meeting includes the potential adoption and enactment of a Medical Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance, drafted by County Staff I believe the intentions of the Board have the good of the citizens in mind, however I am writing to respectfiilly and sincerely request that the ordinance not be approved as written. My reasons are as follows: 1. The County we love, call home, and speak so proudly of, is much better than the drafted ordinance represents. We can do better than this. As it stands now the ordinance language ordinance is so weak that there may as well be no ordinance at all. 2. The expressed purpose and intent of the MMCO is to balance the needs of patients, AND the health safe and welfare of residents and businesses of Coun .The proposed regulations heavily favor patients and do not protect the interests of the rest. 3. The expressed purpose and intent of the MMCO states that it does not allow non-medicinal or illegal cultivation, distribution or consumption of marijuana. The land use allowances granted by the current language in fact enables marijuana production to become a huge illegal business venture, reaching well beyond easing the bodily pain suffered by legitimately ill citizens. 4. Section 34-AS Describes the registration and documentation requirements of persons who wish to produce marijuana. Then item (c) of the same section declares that persons cultivating ~~ - ~~<~ ~ certain numbers of mature and ox immature plants are NOT to be required to meet these requirements! 5. Section 34A-18 states that nothing in the MMCO will require the enforcement of any provision of the ordinance dealing with unlawful cultivation of marijuana. It makes no sense to have an ordinance that is not meant to be enforced! To us the ordinance proposed to strengthen the County's position in controlling the use of marijuana does the opposite: It enables more people to take advantage of the County's WEAKENED ability to control it. This ordinance is actually unenforceable. Butte County will find the production of marijuana mushrooming out of control with the acceptance of this ordinance. We have been residents of this community for over 33 years. We raised our children here and our grandchildren growing up here. I am retired and my wife is still teaching in the Oroville City Elementary Schoal District. It is important to all of us that this community remains a safe and healthy place for all of us to live. Please keep this in mind when discussing this ordinance -will this be something you want for your family? Is this going to healthy for your children and grandchildren? We sincerely hope that more time will be granted to strengthen the proposed ordinance before it is adopted. Thank you for your timely consideration. RONALD & GRETCHEN MARSH 119 WORTHY AVE. OROVILLE, CA 95965 PH. # 530-533-7526 FAX. # 530-532-9416 ROWS CELL # 530-370-0870 z