8. 21-320 9:40 a.m. Continued from April 8th, 2021 PC Hearing. Public Hearing to consider a Major Use Permit (UP 19-40) to consider approval of a commercial cannabis cultivation project on a 77+ acre property, and consideration of adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS 19-59) on Thursday April 22, 2021, 9:40 a.m., in the Board of Supervisors' Chambers, 255 N. Forbes Street, Lakeport, California. Applicant / Owner: CUA Enterprises. Proposed Project: Three (3) A-Type 3 medium outdoor cannabis cultivation licenses requesting 104,800 sq. ft. of cannabis cultivation area and one (1) A-Type 13 self-distribution license. Location: 25252, 25322, 25372 & 25312 Jerusalem Grade Road, Middletown, CA; APNs: 013-017-92, 013-017-74, 013-017-36 and 013-017-31. Environmental Evaluation: Mitigated Negative Declaration.
It seems only right that if the applicant is willing to forego their self-distro license they should be allowed to cultivate on their property if the commissioners feel this is a good project. Lake County has forced growers into areas such as this through many regulations. Many of these areas are only accessible through roads that go through BLM land. These areas avoid the nuisance and neighbor problems that so many other more centrally located projects seem to find themselves dealing with. The applicant is trying to follow all of the rules in place and the idea that they are now being subject to a new requirement that was never previously enforced seems completely unjust to me, especially since many grows in the area have already been approved.
I have heard that there was a potential issue raised w/ cultivation projects traversing through BLM land. I would like to point out that over the 3+ years there’s been no intervention in this county or any other county for grows that have the same access issues. Trinity county is a great example since the majority of the county is federally managed. BLM clearly has their hands full with illegal grows, environmental problems on their land, and fire prevention that there seems to be a very slim chance that they would take resources away from those important problems to go after LEGAL cannabis growers. There has been no indication that they have any intention to do so in any county since cannabis was fully legalized in 2018. I am involved in Northern California Cannabis Real Estate, and I have looked closely into this issue. Thanks.
Please accept this letter of support of Agenda items 8 and 9 on behalf of the Lake County Cannabis Alliance.
It seems only right that if the applicant is willing to forego their self-distro license they should be allowed to cultivate on their property if the commissioners feel this is a good project. Lake County has forced growers into areas such as this through many regulations. Many of these areas are only accessible through roads that go through BLM land. These areas avoid the nuisance and neighbor problems that so many other more centrally located projects seem to find themselves dealing with. The applicant is trying to follow all of the rules in place and the idea that they are now being subject to a new requirement that was never previously enforced seems completely unjust to me, especially since many grows in the area have already been approved.
I have heard that there was a potential issue raised w/ cultivation projects traversing through BLM land. I would like to point out that over the 3+ years there’s been no intervention in this county or any other county for grows that have the same access issues. Trinity county is a great example since the majority of the county is federally managed. BLM clearly has their hands full with illegal grows, environmental problems on their land, and fire prevention that there seems to be a very slim chance that they would take resources away from those important problems to go after LEGAL cannabis growers. There has been no indication that they have any intention to do so in any county since cannabis was fully legalized in 2018. I am involved in Northern California Cannabis Real Estate, and I have looked closely into this issue. Thanks.