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CHERNIS LAW GROUP P.C.
2425 Olympic Blvd.Suite 4000-W
Santa Monica,CA 90404
Telephone:(310)56614388
Facsimile:(310)382-2541
Email:michaelachernislaw.com
April 14, 2020
VIA US MAIL AND EMAIL
City Council of Lake Elsinore
Attn: Candice Alvarez
City Clerk
City of Lake Elsinore
130 S. Main Street
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
calvarez@Lake-Elsinore.org
Re: IE Licensin -Age nd a Item No. 17
Dear Honorable City Council Members:
In light of the City of Lake Elsinore's Coronavirus Disease Advisory, and the fact the April 14
City Council meeting is not open to in-person participation, I am writing to provide prepared
remarks on behalf of IE Licensing LLC.
I am legal counsel to IE Licensing LLC and its sole-owner and member David Hargett. Mr.
Hargett is currently located in Puerto Rico and unable to return to Lake Elsinore due to the
Pandemic-he and his wife have a newborn baby girl and cannot travel for obvious reasons. Mr.
Hargett will be watching live and will be available for any questions at(951) 796-4949 and I can
be reached-at (917) 923-8658. We will both be watching on Zoom. My Hargett wanted to
convey his appreciation for your consideration of his application for expansion and looks
forward to growing his business and relationships in Lake Elsinore. He regrets not being able to
attend personally.
I have been counsel to Mr. Hargett for approximately eight years and prepared the CUP and
cannabis business application materials pending before the City Council. I am pleased to make
this application on behalf of Mr. Hargett and his company IE Licensing.
Mr. Hargett is a long-time resident of the Lake Elsinore community, having lived here for over
seven years. During that time, Mr. Hargett also operated a business that manufactured non-
cannabis CBD products and employed numerous local residents and has enjoyed a healthy
relationship with the City and many of its leadership. Mr. Hargett also has substantial more than
10 years of experience in the cannabis industry, having worked both at a retail medical cannabis
dispensary in San Diego and various medical cannabis cultivation facilities. Mr. Hargett built
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Michael Chernis, Esq.
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CHERNIS LAW GROUP P.C.
2425 Olympic Blvd.Suite 4000-W
Santa Monica,CA 90404
Telephone: (310) 566-4388
Facsimile: (310) 382-2541
Email: michael@chemislaw.cam
April 14, 2020
VIA US MAIL
City of Lake Elsinore Planning Commission
Cultural Center 183 North Main St
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
Re: Line of IE Licensing LLC Development Agreement
Dear Planning Commission Staff:
The undersigned is legal counsel to IE Licensing LLC and its sole-member David Hargett.
The City of Lake Elsinore previously approved a Development Agreement (2018-01) and
CUP (2018-05) with respect to IE Licensing LLC's cannabis distribution and manufacturing
operations to take place at Suite 140 of 31885 Corydon Road in Lake Elsinore.
On March 17, 2020,the City of Lake Elsinore Planning Commission is to consider the
application of IE Licensing and Mr. Hargett to amend the CUP to allow for expansion of the
operations at 31885 Corydon Road,to include cultivation in Suite 130 and ancillary
dispensary operations in Suite 150,which additional suites Mr. Hargett recently obtained
interestsin.
To that end,we have been working with Michael Bracken of Development Management
Group, Inc. on behalf of Planning Staff to draft a revised Development Agreement to amend
the project scope. Attached is a draft of the First Amended Development Agreement
provided by Mr. Bracken on March 11.
On behalf of IE Licensing, I write to confirm that the attached draft is acceptable to IE
Licensing LLC and Mr. Hargett will execute this draft prior to the upcoming City Council
hearing to address IE Licensing's application.
Sincerely,