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6c. 24-5319:35 AM- PUBLIC HEARING - (Continued from March 14, March 28, and Rescheduled from April 25, 2024) Consideration of a proposed Major Use Permit (UP 20-33), and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS 20-39), for commercial cannabis cultivation including 304,710-sf of outdoor cannabis canopy and a Type 13 Cannabis Distributor Transport Only, Self-Distribution license for cannabis transportation; Applicant: Meili Liu; Location: 8531 High Valley Road, Clearlake Oaks (APN 006-003-34).
There are no residences, employee housing or wastewater treatment facilities and it is assumed that all 16 employees will be commuting to and from this remote site everyday between the hours of 5:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Therefore, 8 acres of cannabis (although 13 acres is still shown on the site plan) and a solar electric facility will be unattended every evening.
It is ridiculous to assume that a large cannabis operation such as this and a $100K solar electric system will be left unattended and that employees will not be illegally “camping” on the property to protect their designated 1 acre crops. The Conditions of Approval should very clearly state that overnight stays/camping is a violation of the use permit and subject to revocation.
As a discretionary body, if the Planning Commission believes that the project cannot succeed without employee lodging/camping then they should deny the permit as the application does not address lodging/camping.
Also, how many portable bathrooms (blue rooms) will be transported to and from the site per day to accommodate the employees wastewater needs? Does the US Forest Service have restrictions on transporting waste/hazardous waste on their roads?
Please note on Huffman-Broadway 2021 Plant Survey July 2021,pg 12 not included in on line materials CNDDB...,3.5 Special Status Habitats with a Potential to Occur in the Region Habitats documented as occurring within a 10-mile radius of the Study Area: 1. Clear Lake Drainage Cyprinid/ Catostomid Stream, HITCH 2. Clear Lake Drainage Seasonal Lakefish Spawning Stream, HITCH
There are no residences, employee housing or wastewater treatment facilities and it is assumed that all 16 employees will be commuting to and from this remote site everyday between the hours of 5:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Therefore, 8 acres of cannabis (although 13 acres is still shown on the site plan) and a solar electric facility will be unattended every evening.
It is ridiculous to assume that a large cannabis operation such as this and a $100K solar electric system will be left unattended and that employees will not be illegally “camping” on the property to protect their designated 1 acre crops. The Conditions of Approval should very clearly state that overnight stays/camping is a violation of the use permit and subject to revocation.
As a discretionary body, if the Planning Commission believes that the project cannot succeed without employee lodging/camping then they should deny the permit as the application does not address lodging/camping.
Also, how many portable bathrooms (blue rooms) will be transported to and from the site per day to accommodate the employees wastewater needs? Does the US Forest Service have restrictions on transporting waste/hazardous waste on their roads?
Please note on Huffman-Broadway 2021 Plant Survey July 2021,pg 12 not included in on line materials CNDDB...,3.5 Special Status Habitats with a Potential to Occur in the Region Habitats documented as occurring within a 10-mile radius of the Study Area: 1. Clear Lake Drainage Cyprinid/ Catostomid Stream, HITCH 2. Clear Lake Drainage Seasonal Lakefish Spawning Stream, HITCH