Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/18/2023 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: 825 Fifth Street Board of Supervisors Chambers Eureka, California
Regular Meeting - Hybrid
Published agenda: Agenda (PDF) Agenda (PDF) Published minutes: Action Summary Action Summary  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: 05.15.2023 - Ed Voice - Cook Valley Events, 10820 Lost Creek Farms Supplemental #1.pdf, 10821 Lost Creek Farms Supplemental #1.pdf, 18107 18108 Cook Valley Events Supplemental #1.pdf
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23-674 11. Informational ReportReview and approval of the May 4, 2023, Action Summary.approved  Action details Not available
23-677 12. Informational ReportBenbow Properties, Inc. Zoning Reclassification (ZR) Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 033-160-002 and 033-041-036. Record Number PLN-2021-17037 Garberville/Benbow areacontinued  Action details Video Video
23-678 13. Informational ReportRock and Sky, LLC General Plan Amendment (GPA) and Zoning Reclassification (ZR) Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: 033-101-011, 033-041-038, 033-091-025, 033-091-026, 033-091-027, 033-091-033, 033-091-034, 033-091-035, 033-101-001, 033-101-002, 033-101-003, 033-101-004, 033-101-005, 033-101-006, 033-101-007, 033-101-008, 033-101-010, 033-101-015, 033-101-021, 033-101-022, 033-101-028, 033-101-029, 033-101-031, 033-101-032, and 033-101-035. Record Number PLN-2021-17209 Garberville/Benbow areacontinued  Action details Video Video
23-676 14. Informational ReportMcKenny Zone Reclassification and Conditional Use Permit Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs): 203-211-008, 203-211-009, 203-211-010, 203-211-011, 203-211-012, 203-211-013, 203-211-014, 203-211-015, 203-211-016, 203-211-017, and 203-211-018 Record No.: PLN-2021-17439 Fortuna/Rohnerville areacontinued  Action details Video Video
23-669 15. ResolutionLost Creek Farms, LLC; Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit Record Number: PLN-10820-CUP (filed 08/04/2016) Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 211-184-006 Honeydew area A Conditional Use Permit for 10,800 square feet of existing, mixed-light, and 1,000 square feet of existing, outdoor, cannabis cultivation. Annual water usage is estimated to be 110,000 gallons/ year (9.3gal/sf). Water for irrigation is sourced from an existing, onsite, permitted groundwater well, which is likely hydrologically disconnected from surface water per analysis from a registered geologist. Water is stored in a bladder (20,000 gallons), and hard tanks (12,500 gallons) for a total of 32,500 gallons. Processing, including drying and trimming, occurs on-site in an existing pagoda. The applicant states that three seasonal employees are needed for operations. Electricity is sourced from a combination of generator and solar power and the project is recommended to be conditioned to transition more completely to solar power by January 1, 2026. A Special Permit is required to reduce the setback to public lands, BapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-671 16. Informational ReportLost Creek Farms, LLC; Conditional Use Permit and Special Permits Record Number: PLN-10821-CUP (filed 08/04/2016) Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 211-183-008 Honeydew area A Conditional Use Permit for 10,800 square feet of existing mixed-light commercial cannabis cultivation. Annual water usage is estimated to be 110,000 gallons/ year (10.2 gal/sf). Water for irrigation is sourced from an existing, onsite, permitted groundwater well, which is likely hydrologically disconnected from surface water per analysis from Lindberg Geological Consulting dated 12/29/2022. Water is stored in a bladder (20,000 gallons), and hard tanks (12,500 gallons) for a total of 32,500 gallons. Processing, including drying and trimming, occurs on an adjacent parcel under common ownership. The applicant states that three seasonal employees are needed for operations. Electricity is sourced from a combination of generator and solar power and the project is recommended to be conditioned to transition more completely to solar power by January 1, 2026. A Special Permit is required to address the setback to publicapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-675 11. Informational ReportCooks Valley Events (2023-2027) Conditional Use Permit & Special Permit Modifications Northern Nights Music Group, LLC - Application Number PLN-2023-18107 Mateel Community Center, Inc. - Application Number PLN-2023-18108 Cooks Valley area Assessor’s Parcel Number(s): (APN’s): (Humboldt County): 033-271-007, 033-271-009, 033-271-008, 033-271-004, 033-271-005, and 033-271-015 Modification and renewal of two Conditional Use Permits by two different applicants for events to occur annually at the County Line Ranch. PLN-2023-18107 Northern Nights Music Group Renewal and modification of a Conditional Use Permit to allow for two music festivals to be held annually. Both events feature live music, camping and various vendors, including cannabis-related concessions and consumption within discrete areas on the properties. The County Line Ranch and Cooks Valley Campground span both Humboldt and Mendocino Counties and will serve as the principal venue for all events. One event includes camping and parking at the County Line Ranch during a three or four-day, 8,000-person event,approvedPass Action details Video Video