HomeMy WebLinkAboutChris Henry- Comment letter_RedactedFrom:Cheryl Weeks
To:Public Comments (publiccomments@sbcity.org)
Subject:FW: Comment letter
Date:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:32:15 PM
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From: Valerie Montoya On Behalf Of Council
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:00 PM
Subject: FW: Comment letter
FYI……from Council inbox.
From: Chris Henry
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 11:57 AM
To: Council
Subject: Comment letter
Mayor, City Council and Staff Good Day,
My name Christopher Henry and I represent Empire Connect. I would urge you to consider Mr.
Ledoux recommendation of allowing the conversion of both Empire Connect and Blunt Brothers, Inc
to a micro license. This will allow the responsible operators to speedily generate more tax revenue
for the city.
Empire Connect resides at 764 Inland Center Drive and that property currently has 2 licenses on that
parcel. Orange Show Cultivators is in the process of finalizing submittal for final building permits.
This being the easiest conversion and will open the oppturnity to transfer our license within the
guidelines of section 5.10.200 to another parcel within the city. Please make it clear that this
change will allow all micro at any time the ability to execute all 4 functions of micro that the state
allows (retail, distro, mfg & cultivation). We currently own multiple properties within in the city and
would love to revamp them and beautify with new storefronts.
We are in support of the “use it or loose it” timelines proposed and push you to approve those
timelines. One additional thing to consider is when the license is determined to be lost or
abandoned it would be in the cities best interest to consider the tax paying operators to be fist in
line to have the oppturnity to obtain these newly additional licenses.
These operators have demonstrated positive performance in executing the process of opening its
doors. You have a responsibility to ensure the license holders begin to generate revenue for the city
as soon as possible.
Finally, when discussing the future of the Cannabis, I urge the council to strongly consider removing
the residential buffer. The state currently has no buffer constraints. My recommendation is to
adopt something similar to what Riverside County has done; put a reasonable buffer of 60-250 ft in
place and a guideline that the approval can be reviewed on as a case by case bases. As developers
come into the city, especially the downtown area, the city has mixed use zones. The current buffers
will deem many of these buildings out of zone. If a developer wants to build a mixed use, high end
work/live condo complex, one of the first things to consider is if there will be restrictions on what
business I can rent to. Second is you have many properties in northern San Bernardino that are
deemed out of zone due to residential zone constraints, but are separated by the highway. If you
have a case by case process you would be able to approve some of these properties to allow
cannabis use in a greater area of San Bernardino as a whole.
Thank you for your time and consideration
Best Regards,
Christopher Henry
Chief Operation Officer
Sc4 Investments