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Home My WebLink AboutPublic Comments - Item 02 (Applicant Responses)Subject: Re: FW: [External]Opposition to the building of a new Cannabis facility on Third street. From: LECANNA Manager <mgr@lecanna.cc> Date: 1/31/2022, 3:29 PM To: Damaris Abraham <dabraham@lake-elsinore.org> CC: Justin Kirk <jkirk@Lake-Elsinore.org> Hi Damaris, Thank you for this feedback. I would now be happy to Matt's concerns. Crime: I can certainly sympathize with Matt's crime concerns. We have owned this property for almost 30 years and there have always been car break-ins and other crime in our area at night. Our area is a bit off the beaten path... but not so much anymore... Even when my Dad had a truck parked within our walled/gated rear yard area 10+ years ago we had the truck get badly vandalized (dashboard ripped out). I can totally understand Matt's concerns. As Justin and the Mayor knows, we recently had a break-in at our building. Thankfully our alarm system caught it right away and a Sheriff deputy showed up in a few minutes. He then waited for me to show up to secure the building. (I am very thankful) I spoke with the Deputy for over an hour. The officer told me that homelessness was a big problem in our area and the two folks who entered our building likely broke in seeking shelter or to find something to steal and sell. I further understand that the storage yard at Pasadena and 3rd street is a safe zone for homeless folks and a source of problems in our area. However, homelessness is a general problem throughout the City and everywhere in SoCal. Nobody can deny this is a continuing problem and the City is doing the best it can to cope with this difficult situation. Re: FW: [External]Opposition to the building of a new Cannabis faci... imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 1 of 3 1/31/2022, 3:35 PM A while back I asked Justin about increases in crime from cannabis operations. He said that no such increase was observed and that this could be attributed to the fact that each cannabis facility is required to have increased security and extensive video monitoring. I would like to assure Matt that our required video surveillance will be a deterrent to crime in our area. On 1/31/2022 12:43 PM, Damaris Abraham wrote: FYI Damaris Abraham Senior Planner City of Lake Elsinore (951) 674‐3124, ext. 913 From: Matt Doll | American Fire Glass <matt@americanfireglass.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 11:35 AM To: Damaris Abraham <dabraham@lake-elsinore.org> Subject: [External]Opposition to the building of a new Cannabis facility on Third street. Message from external sender. Use Caution. Hi, my name is Matt Doll and I am the CEO of a business located at 570 Third Street, Lake Elsinore, ca 92530 In the last 30 or so months since Lake Elsinore allowed the current dispensary on our street we have seen a large uptick in theft. Our yard has been broken into multiple times and most recently one of our trucks was stolen. Re: FW: [External]Opposition to the building of a new Cannabis faci... imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 2 of 3 1/31/2022, 3:35 PM I cannot say for sure if this was due to the dispensary or not. It is just an observation. I would like to issue my opposition to the building of a new Cannabis facility on Third street. Thank you, Matt Doll President/CEO American Fire Glass, Inc. 570 Third St. Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 Office: 888.264.1017 x 806 Text: 951.757.4729 ‐‐ - ================================================================ Paul Cadaret, Manager LECANNA LLC Voice: 951-674-1435 EMAIL: mgr@lecanna.cc ================================================================ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and may contain proprietary data or information; any unauthorized use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have or suspect you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender. If you are the intended recipient you should not disclose all or any part of the contents except in accordance with applicable nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements. Thank You. P7VM2 Re: FW: [External]Opposition to the building of a new Cannabis faci... imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 3 of 3 1/31/2022, 3:35 PM Subject: Re: FW: [External]2/1/22 PUBLIC HEARING/Planning App No 2018-46 (LECANNA) From: LECANNA Manager <mgr@lecanna.cc> Date: 1/31/2022, 3:16 PM To: Damaris Abraham <dabraham@lake-elsinore.org> CC: Justin Kirk <jkirk@Lake-Elsinore.org> Hi Damaris, Thank you for this feedback. I would now be happy to Robin's concerns. Traffic/Parking: There is no doubt that 3rd Street traffic has increased over the last few years during the construction work for the new Marshalls shopping center up the street. Detours have often caused much traffic to come to 3rd Street. The car dealer up the street has caused some traffic increase as well. With surrounding development comes a bit of a traffic increase; this is inevitable. I would certainly not attribute the referenced traffic increase to the existing cannabis facility at 480 3rd Street or any of the Re: FW: [External]2/1/22 PUBLIC HEARING/Planning App No 20... imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 1 of 5 1/31/2022, 3:34 PM surrounding cannabis facilities. I also note that the property at 570 3rd Street is not in our business park. It is a significant distance up the street. Our ability to affect this property from a car or foot traffic perspective is a stretch. Our ability to affect this property from a parking perspective is an even bigger stretch considering that we own 14 parking spaces on the north side of our property alone. (and 14 more on the south side) The Traffic Report we submitted to the City shows that our cannabis operations will have no significant change to traffic patterns from prior non-cannabis uses on our property. I would like to remind Robin that the major focus of a cannabis facility is not always a dispensary. In our case our focus will initially be on non-retail business activities. Crime: I can certainly sympathize with Robin's crime concerns. We will have female employees as well. There have always been car break-ins in our area at night. Our area is a bit off the beaten path... but not so much anymore... Re: FW: [External]2/1/22 PUBLIC HEARING/Planning App No 20... imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 2 of 5 1/31/2022, 3:34 PM Even when my Dad had a truck parked within our walled/gated rear yard area 10+ years ago we had the truck get badly vandalized (dashboard ripped out). As Justin and the Mayor knows, we recently had a break-in at our building. Thankfully our alarm system caught it right away and a Sheriff deputy showed up in a few minutes. He then waited for me to show up to secure the building. (I am very thankful) I spoke with the Deputy for over an hour. He told me that homelessness was a big problem in our area and the two folks who entered likely broke in seeking shelter or to find something to steal and sell. I further understand that the storage yard at Pasadena and 3rd street is a safe zone for homeless folks and a source of problems in our area. However, homelessness is a general problem throughout the City and everywhere in SoCal. Nobody can deny this is a continuing problem and the City is doing the best it can to cope with this difficult situation. A while back I asked Justin about increases in crime from cannabis operations. He said that no such increase was observed and that this could be attributed to the fact that each cannabis facility is required to have increased security and extensive video monitoring. I would like to assure Robin that our required video surveillance will be a deterrent to crime in our area. Homeless Traffic: Re: FW: [External]2/1/22 PUBLIC HEARING/Planning App No 20... imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 3 of 5 1/31/2022, 3:34 PM I am glad to see that Robin has also noticed the increase in homeless folks around our area as well. Perhaps if Robin's company and our company make our video cameras readily available to the City this will help the City to address our neighborhood crime issue. On 1/31/2022 12:40 PM, Damaris Abraham wrote: FYI Damaris Abraham Senior Planner City of Lake Elsinore (951) 674‐3124, ext. 913 From: Robin Ellis | American Fire Glass <robin.ellis@americanfireglass.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 12:25 PM To: Damaris Abraham <dabraham@lake-elsinore.org> Subject: [External]2/1/22 PUBLIC HEARING/Planning App No 2018-46 (LECANNA) Message from external sender. Use Caution. Hello, I’m sending this email to express my concern for the above-referenced Public Hearing for a new Cannabis facility requesting to open at 540 Third Street. I have been employed by American Fire Glass, located at 570 Third Street, for over 7 years. During the last year or two, we have had an increase in car and foot traffic to this area and seen an increase in crime. At our facility alone, we have had the fence surrounding our yard cut a couple times and have recently had a company truck stolen from the back. While we can’t say this is directly as a result of the several cannabis shops that have already been permitted to open in our area over the last several years, my fear is the addition of yet another shop will increase what we have seen as of late. Our office employees are largely comprised of females who are the first here in the morning and the last to go at night and depending on the time of year, it is often dark outside. I feel that the safety of employees in the area and other companies properties/materials should be a consideration. I also feel that the surrounding businesses do not have enough parking to sustain their own employees and customers and there will not be enough for more consumer/guest parking. Adding a potential new Cannabis shop, which in all likelihood doesn’t have enough parking to sustain employees and consumers, will cause their consumers to use parking marked for other businesses. Please note, Third Street has no street parking available. I am opposed to the opening of yet another Cannabis shop in this area. Perhaps instead of trying to fill every corner with a Cannabis shop in this industrial area, someone should try to improve the area to better serve it’s current businesses. For example, the north side of Third Street, has a barren ditch/gulley that could use some improvement. Weeds grow through half the year, trash is left down in it and homeless have been spotted there. Thank you, Re: FW: [External]2/1/22 PUBLIC HEARING/Planning App No 20... imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 4 of 5 1/31/2022, 3:34 PM Robin Ellis Customer Service Manager American Fire Glass, Inc. 570 Third St. Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 Office: 888.264.1017 x 812 ‐‐ - ================================================================ Paul Cadaret, Manager LECANNA LLC Voice: 951-674-1435 EMAIL: mgr@lecanna.cc ================================================================ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and may contain proprietary data or information; any unauthorized use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have or suspect you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender. If you are the intended recipient you should not disclose all or any part of the contents except in accordance with applicable nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements. Thank You. P7VM2 Re: FW: [External]2/1/22 PUBLIC HEARING/Planning App No 20... imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 5 of 5 1/31/2022, 3:34 PM Subject: Re: FW: [External]Planning Application No. 2018-46 (LECANNA) From: LECANNA Manager <mgr@lecanna.cc> Date: 1/31/2022, 2:31 PM To: Damaris Abraham <dabraham@lake-elsinore.org> CC: Justin Kirk <jkirk@Lake-Elsinore.org> Hi Damaris, Thank you for this feedback. I am certain that the Lee & Associates realty company is one of the realty agencies that I rejected during my leasing efforts a few years ago due to their highly unreasonable lease broker contract terms. As I recall, if I leased our property through them they had a clause that said that at any point in the future if I should decide to sell the property I would be required to use them to list it. I rejected their proposal. I would now be happy to address Lawrence's interesƟng theories on cannabis properƟes. Traffic: First, the property he refers to is not even in our business park. Our ability to affect this property from a car or foot traffic perspecƟve is a stretch. Crime: There have always been car break‐ins in our area at night. Our area is a bit off the beaten path... Even when my Dad had a truck parked within our walled/gated rear yard area 10+ years ago we had the truck get badly vandalized (dashboard ripped out). As JusƟn and the Mayor knows, we recently had a break‐in at our building. Thankfully our alarm system caught it right away and a Sheriff deputy showed up in a few minutes. He then waited for me to show up to secure the building. (I am very thankful) I spoke with the Deputy for over an hour. He told me that homelessness was a big problem in our area and the two folks who entered likely broke in seeking shelter or to find something to steal and sell. I further understand that the storage yard at Pasadena and 3rd street is a safe zone for homeless folks and a source of problems in our area. However, homelessness is a general problem throughout the City and everywhere in SoCal. Nobody can deny this is a conƟnuing problem and the City is doing the best it can to cope with this difficult situaƟon. Re: FW: [External]Planning Application No. 2018-46 (LECANNA) imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 1 of 3 1/31/2022, 3:32 PM A while back I asked JusƟn about increases in crime from cannabis operaƟons. He said that no such increase was observed and that this could be aƩributed to the fact that each cannabis facility is required to have increased security and extensive video monitoring. This realtor should be happy our area will have more local video surveillance! Property Value DegradaƟon: When I asked JusƟn about degraded property values due to cannabis he said that property values have in fact gone way up due to the approved cannabis faciliƟes. Even the prospect of approvable cannabis business sites has elevated property values. I can tell you that I have been offered >3x our previous appraised value (cash) and that is even without an approved cannabis CUP. A savvy real estate broker should be keenly aware of this. On 1/31/2022 12:40 PM, Damaris Abraham wrote: FYI Damaris Abraham Senior Planner City of Lake Elsinore (951) 674‐3124, ext. 913 From: Larry Null <lnull@leeriverside.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 12:05 PM To: Damaris Abraham <dabraham@lake-elsinore.org> Cc: Matt Doll - American Fireglass, Inc. (matt@americanfireglass.com) <matt@americanfireglass.com>; brianhall@cbskyridge.com Subject: [External]Planning Application No. 2018-46 (LECANNA) Message from external sender. Use Caution. Damaris, I am composing this email to strongly object to the approval of this Application. Mr. Hall and I own the building next door at 570 Third Street in the name of our partnership, Third Lake Partners, LLC. Matt Doll, copied on this email, is our long-term tenant. His company is American Fireglass. Matt related to me that he seriously considered moving his business from Lake Elsinore due to the proliferation of cannabis related companies surrounding his building. He has seen a remarkable increase in crime, break ins and thefts, including a truck parked in his rear yard, since the neighborhood has degenerated. It is not good for his business or for our real estate value to be surrounded by cannabis operations. Enough is enough! Please reject this Application and if you must have another cannabis related company in Lake Elsinore move it somewhere else. Thanks for your consideration. Regards. Lawrence C. 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Thank you. ‐‐ - ================================================================ Paul Cadaret, Manager LECANNA LLC Voice: 951-674-1435 EMAIL: mgr@lecanna.cc ================================================================ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and may contain proprietary data or information; any unauthorized use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have or suspect you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender. If you are the intended recipient you should not disclose all or any part of the contents except in accordance with applicable nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements. Thank You. P7VM2 Re: FW: [External]Planning Application No. 2018-46 (LECANNA) imap://mgr%40lecanna%2Ecc@imap.1and1.com:143/fetch%3E... 3 of 3 1/31/2022, 3:32 PM