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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 - CC-6 - Resolution Authorizing City Access State - 2/7/2017CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 7, 2017 ITEM NUMBER: CC -6 SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ACCESS STATE AND LOCAL SUMMARY CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION FOR LICENSING PURPOSES AND FEDERAL LEVEL CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION DATE: January 26, 2017 FROM: City Manager's Office/City Attorney's Office PRESENTATION BY: Richard L. Francis, Assistant City Manager FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Green, City Clerk, (714) 754-5221 RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution in order to be able to access both local summary criminal history information and federal level criminal history information as required to process applications for Medical Marijuana Business Permits pursuant to Measure X. BACKGROUND: The people of Costa Mesa approved Measure X, the Costa Mesa Medical Marijuana Measure, at the November 8th, 2016 election. Measure X requires that owners, managers and all employees undergo a criminal background check prior to a business being issued a Medical Marijuana Business Permit. Applicants are required to submit fingerprints and other information to the Costa Mesa Police Department. Penal Code section 11105(b)(11) authorizes a city, county or special district to request criminal record information from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in order to assist in fulfilling employment, certification, or licensing duties, and if the access is specifically authorized by the city council, board of supervisors, or governing board of the city, county, or district if the criminal history information is required to implement a statute, ordinance, or regulation that expressly refers to specific criminal conduct applicable to the subject person of the state summary criminal history information, and contains requirements or exclusions, or both, expressly based upon that specified criminal conduct. In addition to state level summary criminal history information, a city, county or special district may request federal level summary criminal history information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Accordingly, the attached resolution is based on the template provided by the DOJ, and will provide the required authorization from the City Council as required by Penal Code section 11105(b)(11). 1 FISCAL REVIEW: There is no cost to the City to submit this resolution to the DOJ. Applicants for Medical Marijuana Business Permits are required to pay the cost of the Livescan procedures. LEGAL REVIEW: The City Attorney's Office has drafted the attached resolution and approves it as to form. CONCLUSION: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. XX in order to enable the Police Department to complete background investigations as required by Measure X. RICHARD L. FRANCIS Assistant City Manager ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution No. xx 2 RESOLUTION NO. 17-xx A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ACCESS STATE AND LOCAL SUMMARY CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION FOR LICENSING PURPOSES AND FEDERAL LEVEL CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION BY TRANSMITTING FINGERPRINT IMAGES AND RELATED INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WHEREAS, Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11) authorize cities, counties, districts and joint powers authorities to access state and local summary criminal history information for employment, licensing or certification purposes; and WHEREAS, Penal Code Section 11105(b)(11) authorizes cities, counties, districts and joint powers authorities to access federal level criminal history information by transmitting fingerprint images and related information to the Department of Justice to be transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and WHEREAS, Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11) require that there be a requirement or exclusion from employment, licensing, or certification based on specific criminal conduct on the part of the subject of the record; and WHEREAS, Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11) require the city council, board of supervisors, governing body of a city, county or district or joint powers authority to specifically authorize access to summary criminal history information for employment, licensing, or certification purposes. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Costa Mesa is hereby authorized to access state and federal level summary criminal history information for licensing purposes of medical marijuana business owners, managers, supervisors and employees and may not disseminate the information to a private entity. Resolution No. 17-xx Page 1 of 2 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this xx day of xx, 2017. Katrina Foley, Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Brenda Green, City Clerk Thomas Duarte, City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 16-86 and was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of December, 2016, by the following roll call vote, to wit: YES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Costa Mesa this xxth day of xx, 2017. Brenda Green, City Clerk Resolution No. 17-xx Page 2 of 2