HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2019 1218 REG CCSA ITEM 09A CORRESPONDENCE
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
SUPPLEMENTAL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Troy Brown, City Manager
Kevin G. Ennis, City Attorney
Nicholas R. Ghirelli, Assistant City Attorney
DATE: 12/08/2019 Regular Meeting
SUBJECT: Consider Adoption on an Urgency Ordinance to Prohibit the
Cultivation, Manufacturing, Testing, Storing, and Certain Sales of
Industrial Hemp in the City of Moorpark, Declaring the Urgency
Thereof and the Immediate Effectiveness of the Ordinance Pursuant
to Government Code Section 65858, 36934 and 36937, and Making a
Determination of Exemption under the California Environmental
Quality Act
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
Subsequent to the preparation of the staff report, the attached correspondence was
received from members of the public.
Attachments
Item: 9.A.
SUPPLEMENTAL
From:John Novi
To:City Council & City Manager
Subject:Support of urgency ordinance to prohibit industrial hemp cultivation
Date:Saturday, December 14, 2019 7:26:12 AM
My name is John Novi and I live at 14967 Marquette Street and I wanted to provide my
support of the urgency ordinance on the December 17th City Council agenda for the
prohibition on the cultivation of industrial hemp in the City limits. While I am not opposed to
industrial hemp all together, I do believe the odor nuisance of outdoor cultivation should
require at a minimum a 1 mile buffer from residential properties. I also believe that indoor
cultivation may be acceptable, if the project is conditioned to have sufficient air filtration
systems to prevent odors from escaping the facility.
Thank you for your consideration and, I support the urgency ordinance.
-John Novi
From:Barbara Loczi
To:City Council & City Manager
Subject:Hemp Issue
Date:Wednesday, December 18, 2019 9:49:32 AM
We reside in the Seranata development, immediately adjacent to the unincorporated area where there are currently
90 acres of medcinal hemp planted.
The invasion of our air quality/ability to be outside or have open windows is pronounced, pervasive and
unavoidable, causing us to experience breathing problems (particularly to an asthmatic condition requiring
medication) and headaches.
We were never informed of the proposed planting by the county, when it is well-documented that having close
proximity of this crop to residential areas and schools in other Ventura County communities such as Carpenteria,
has had a profound, detrimental effect on the quality of life and health of the residents and minor children in those
areas.
We appreciate every council member taking this issue seriously, and we appreciate their vote to enforce no less than
a year moratorium on ANY planting of medicinal hemp within city limits, and to insist that the moratorium be
honored by the County Agricultural Commissioner that affects any unincorporated areas immediately adjacent to
Moorpark residential areas.
We respectfully ask to be informed and apprised of any consideration/permitted allowance for additional planting in
the Tierra Rejada site that may have preceded the actions taken by the Moorpark City Council or the Ventura
County Board of Supervisors to limit such planting until such time as the health and other detrimental affects on
such a decision are fully vetted and determined.
Thank you for your consideration and action to protect Moorpark's residents and children.
Respectfully,
Barbara & Geza Loczi
14554 Delaware Drive
Moorpark, CA 93021
loczi@sbcglobal.net
805 990-7036