- Elizabeth Larson
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Lake County Planning Commission to consider cannabis project at High Valley Ranch
The meeting will take place beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday, July 8, in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255
The agenda is here.
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At 9:05 a.m., the commission will hold a public hearing to consider planning’s staff’s recommendation to grant to applicants SourzHVR Inc., Elli Hagoel and Avi Pollack a major use permit and adopt a mitigated negative declaration based on the environmental analysis with the mitigation measure and conditions of approval to be incorporated.
The applicants are seeking the approvals for a major cannabis operation at High Valley Ranch, located at 11650 High Valley Road in Clearlake Oaks and formerly owned by PSI World, which sold the property to Aviona LLC. Online records show the ranch was sold in February for $8 million.
Aviona, formed to “own and manage real estate,” filed articles of organization with the California Secretary of State’s Office in January. Hagoel, who is involved with other cannabis businesses around the state, is listed as the manager, with Pollack also listed on the paperwork.
Pollack also has served as manager director of Pollack Trading, Avi Pollack Group and Pollack USA, and has been involved in commercial farming operations involving protea flowers and organic produce in other parts of California, including San Diego.
The staff report explains that the project property includes seven parcels totaling nearly 1,640 acres, with the cultivation and related activities to take place on a 649-acre parcel.
Altogether, the project, if approved, will include a total combined canopy area of 3,485,000 square feet and 11 buildings totaling 110,000 square feet for storage and drying of cannabis.
The ranch’s existing 13,000 square foot conference center will be used for packing, distribution (shipping and receiving), and other ancillary uses such as office space, with no internal or external improvements to this structure being proposed, the staff report said.
The water availability analysis states that only one of six wells on the property will be used for the operation, and that well was subjected to a step-drawdown test. An existing pond also won’t be used.
The project includes plans to add a new well near a proposed nursery and to have on-site water storage consisting of five 10,000-gallon water tanks to be pumped from the existing well.
Other timed items for Thursday’s meeting are as follows:
9:10 a.m.: Public hearing to consider approving Use Permit UP 19-41. Applicant/Owner: Voight Holdings LLC. Location: 425 and 500 Voight Road, Lakeport, CA on property consisting of 40+ acres. APNs: 008-043-02 and 008-032-65. The project proposes 124,800 square feet of cultivation area and 44,000 square feet. of canopy area to be completed in three phases. Greenhouse cultivation is proposed.
9:15 a.m.: Public Hearing to consider approving Use Permit UP 21-02. Applicant/Owner: Coastle LLC / Tyler Mitchell. Location: 6565 Wilkinson Road, 6620 State Route 29, 6213 Wilkinson Road, Kelseyville, CA on property consisting of 244+ acres. APNs: 007-015-13; 007-016-13 and 007-015-63. Approximately 487,922 square feet of outdoor cultivation is proposed.
9:20 a.m.: Continuation from Planning Commission hearing of June 24: Public Hearing to consider a Major Use Permit (UP 19-20). Applicant/Owner: LDM Operations Inc. Location: 7295 Adobe Creek Road, Kelseyville, CA; APN: 007-021-23. Due to a disagreement with the property owner, LDM Operations is no longer affiliated with the site and the application must be denied, according to the staff report.
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