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Develop and Manage the Process to Select a Single Medical Cannabis Dispensary I City of San Leandro <br />A. STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTEREST <br />In December 2013, the City of San Leandro <br />approved a medical cannabis regulatory <br />ordinance to facilitate the approval, regulation, <br />and operation of a medical cannabis dispensary. <br />The ordinance, in conjunction with the California <br />Attorney General's Guidelines for the Security <br />and Non -Diversion of Marijuana Grown for <br />Medical Use (August 2008), imposes strict <br />zoning, security, and operational requirements. <br />Unlike several nearby Bay Area communities that <br />The ICF Advantage <br />✓Unique experience on highly regulated <br />Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Program <br />application process <br />✓Relevant experience in publicly -sensitive state <br />and federal application programs <br />✓Multidisciplinary technical expertise in financial, <br />regulatory, public health, safety, security, <br />environmental, and community outreach projects <br />have medical marijuana programs with limited ✓Committed local team having extensive <br />regulatory authority (such as San Jose, San experience with many California communities, <br />Francisco, and Oakland), San Leandro has backed by a broad national perspective. <br />appropriately chosen to set more restrictive ✓Deep staff expertise with more than 4,500 total <br />requirements that will protect public safety while ICF staff, including over 400 staff based in 12 <br />providing patients access to high-quality medical California offices. <br />cannabis. Some communities in the Bay Area <br />that have had dispensaries for several years are <br />now tightening local requirements, as evidenced by the recent decision by the San Jose City <br />Council to pass a restrictive set of zoning rules for medical marijuana businesses, which will <br />force many dispensaries to close. As demonstrated in this proposal, ICF International (ICF) <br />brings directly relevant application processing experience on highly visible projects, including <br />the Medical Marijuana Program in Massachusetts, one of the most highly regulated and <br />restrictive programs in the United States. <br />Since 1969, ICF has been serving government at all levels, major <br />corporations, and multilateral institutions. ICF currently has more than <br />4,500 employees serving these clients from over 60 offices worldwide. <br />We have over 400 staff working from 12 offices in California, including <br />three Bay Area offices (San Francisco, San Jose, and San Rafael). <br />These and other ICF staff bring expertise across a wide array of subject <br />areas, including medical marijuana, program implementation, application <br />review, business plan analysis, public health, safety and security, <br />community outreach, and stakeholder facilitation. Approximately one-quarter of our company <br />serves the environmental and public health sectors. <br />ICF brings time -tested program and application support procedures that we can adapt to San <br />Leandro's needs to identify regulatory requirements and develop a rigorous two-phase <br />application process. Our qualifications also highlight Bay Area projects that demonstrate our <br />understanding of working, communicating, and meeting the needs of our local clients. In <br />addition to our current support of the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Program, ICF has <br />worked with municipal clients across the country to develop scientific technical reports and <br />implement statewide and municipal public health and emergency management exercises. We <br />have also worked directly with several California municipalities, including the City of Livermore, <br />Alameda County, the City and County of San Francisco, and many more. <br />Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to <br />the restrictions on the title page of this proposal LM Page 1 <br />