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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters pushed containment still higher on the LNU Lightning Complex on Monday, continuing to hold the third-largest fire in the state’s history to no new growth.
The complex, which has been burning for two weeks following a round of lightning storms, remained at 375,209 acres on Monday, with containment up to 66 percent, Cal Fire said.
The fires on the complex include the 317,609-acre Hennessey, burning in Colusa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Yolo counties, which is 64-percent contained; the Walbridge fire west of Healdsburg, at 54,940 acres and 70-percent contained; and the Meyers fire north of Jenner, which remains at 2,360 acres and 99-percent containment, according to Cal Fire’s Monday evening report.
Assigned resources have begun to be reduced slightly. On Monday, Cal Fire said there were 2,730 personnel, 277 engines, 59 water tenders, 19 helicopters, 46 hand crews and 59 dozers.
Cal Fire reported that the number of structures threatened by the complex is down to 3,375 – about a tenth of what it was at its height – with structures destroyed remaining at 1,209 and those damaged at 193.
Much of the structure damage has been in Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties. To date, nine structures – eight of them homes – have been reported destroyed in Lake County.
Evacuation orders and warnings for parts of southern Lake County remained in place on Monday night, Cal Fire reported.
Those included evacuation orders for part of Jerusalem Valley and east of Hidden Valley Lake, east of Middletown and the Lower Lake area west of the Lake County line, while evacuation warnings are still in effect for Middletown and Lower Lake.
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The complex, which has been burning for two weeks following a round of lightning storms, remained at 375,209 acres on Monday, with containment up to 66 percent, Cal Fire said.
The fires on the complex include the 317,609-acre Hennessey, burning in Colusa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Yolo counties, which is 64-percent contained; the Walbridge fire west of Healdsburg, at 54,940 acres and 70-percent contained; and the Meyers fire north of Jenner, which remains at 2,360 acres and 99-percent containment, according to Cal Fire’s Monday evening report.
Assigned resources have begun to be reduced slightly. On Monday, Cal Fire said there were 2,730 personnel, 277 engines, 59 water tenders, 19 helicopters, 46 hand crews and 59 dozers.
Cal Fire reported that the number of structures threatened by the complex is down to 3,375 – about a tenth of what it was at its height – with structures destroyed remaining at 1,209 and those damaged at 193.
Much of the structure damage has been in Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties. To date, nine structures – eight of them homes – have been reported destroyed in Lake County.
Evacuation orders and warnings for parts of southern Lake County remained in place on Monday night, Cal Fire reported.
Those included evacuation orders for part of Jerusalem Valley and east of Hidden Valley Lake, east of Middletown and the Lower Lake area west of the Lake County line, while evacuation warnings are still in effect for Middletown and Lower Lake.
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, and the National Interagency Fire Center have coordinated with the Department of Defense for the deployment of approximately 200 soldiers plus command staff to help with wildfire suppression efforts in Northern California.
The soldiers are due to arrive early this week from the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, I Corps, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
The soldiers will be deployed on the August Complex on the Mendocino National Forest after conducting additional ground training and fireline certification.
The August Complex started on August 17, 2020, from 37 different lightning fires. Many of those fires have been contained or have merged to form larger fires. As of Monday night, the Complex was 236,288 acres and 20-percent contained.
“This support will provide additional capacity to ensure firefighting resources are available to respond to ongoing and emerging wildfires in California,” said Randy Moore, regional forester for the Pacific Southwest Region. “I thank the U.S. military for their continued support with these soldiers, as well as C-130 aircraft, equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems units. Their assistance with wildfire suppression efforts for California’s wildfires is greatly appreciated.”
This is the first active-duty military mobilization for wildfire support in California since the Mendocino Complex Fire in 2018.
U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command (JFLCC) will oversee the operations, providing personnel and command and staff support.
“For more than four decades, the Department of Defense has maintained an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of the Interior to provide firefighting support to wildland fire management agencies when requested,” said Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and JFLCC commander. “During that time, federal military ground forces have mobilized 37 times to support wildland firefighting response efforts, and it is an honor to oversee such a mobilization again in support of our partners and America.”
There are 38 large wildfires currently burning in California, with more than 1.5 million acres burned so far this year.
August Complex incident information is posted on InciWeb.
The soldiers are due to arrive early this week from the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, I Corps, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
The soldiers will be deployed on the August Complex on the Mendocino National Forest after conducting additional ground training and fireline certification.
The August Complex started on August 17, 2020, from 37 different lightning fires. Many of those fires have been contained or have merged to form larger fires. As of Monday night, the Complex was 236,288 acres and 20-percent contained.
“This support will provide additional capacity to ensure firefighting resources are available to respond to ongoing and emerging wildfires in California,” said Randy Moore, regional forester for the Pacific Southwest Region. “I thank the U.S. military for their continued support with these soldiers, as well as C-130 aircraft, equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems units. Their assistance with wildfire suppression efforts for California’s wildfires is greatly appreciated.”
This is the first active-duty military mobilization for wildfire support in California since the Mendocino Complex Fire in 2018.
U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command (JFLCC) will oversee the operations, providing personnel and command and staff support.
“For more than four decades, the Department of Defense has maintained an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of the Interior to provide firefighting support to wildland fire management agencies when requested,” said Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and JFLCC commander. “During that time, federal military ground forces have mobilized 37 times to support wildland firefighting response efforts, and it is an honor to oversee such a mobilization again in support of our partners and America.”
There are 38 large wildfires currently burning in California, with more than 1.5 million acres burned so far this year.
August Complex incident information is posted on InciWeb.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday night announced that he has signed legislation to protect millions of tenants from eviction and property owners from foreclosure due to the economic impacts of COVID-19.
These protections apply to tenants who declare an inability to pay all or part of the rent due to a COVID-related reason.
“COVID-19 has impacted everyone in California – but some bear much more of the burden than others, especially tenants struggling to stitch together the monthly rent, and they deserve protection from eviction,” said Gov. Newsom. “This new law protects tenants from eviction for non-payment of rent and helps keep homeowners out of foreclosure as a result of economic hardship caused by this terrible pandemic.”
Newsom added, “California is stepping up to protect those most at-risk because of COVID-related nonpayment, but it’s just a bridge to a more permanent solution once the federal government finally recognizes its role in stabilizing the housing market. We need a real, federal commitment of significant new funding to assist struggling tenants and homeowners in California and across the nation.”
On Friday, the governor, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced an agreement on the legislation, AB 3088, co-authored by Assemblymembers David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) and Senators Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) and Anna Caballero (D-Salinas).
Under the legislation, no tenant can be evicted before Feb. 1, 2021, as a result of rent owed due to a COVID-19 related hardship accrued between March 4 and Aug. 31, 2020, if the tenant provides a declaration of hardship according to the legislation's timelines.
For a COVID-19-related hardship that accrues between Sept. 1, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2021, tenants must also pay at least 25 percent of the rent due to avoid eviction.
Tenants are still responsible for paying unpaid amounts to landlords, but those unpaid amounts cannot be the basis for an eviction. Landlords may begin to recover this debt on March 1, 2021, and small claims court jurisdiction is temporarily expanded to allow landlords to recover these amounts. Landlords who do not follow the court evictions process will face increased penalties under the Act.
The legislation also extends anti-foreclosure protections in the Homeowner Bill of Rights to small landlords; provides new accountability and transparency provisions to protect small landlord borrowers who request CARES-compliant forbearance; and provides the borrower who is harmed by a material violation with a cause of action.
Additional legal and financial protections for tenants include:
– Extending the notice period for nonpayment of rent from 3 to 15 days to provide the tenant additional time to respond to landlord’s notice to pay rent or quit.
– Requiring landlords to provide hardship declaration forms in a different language if rental agreement was negotiated in a different language.
– Providing tenants a backstop if they have a good reason for failing to return the hardship declaration within 15 days.
– Requiring landlords to provide tenants a notice detailing their rights under the Act.
– Limiting public disclosure of eviction cases involving nonpayment of rent between March 4, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2021.
– Protecting tenants against being evicted for “just cause” if the landlord is shown to be really evicting the tenant for COVID-19-related nonpayment of rent.
Existing local ordinances can generally remain in place until they expire and future local action cannot undermine this Act’s framework.
Nothing in the legislation affects a local jurisdiction’s ability to adopt an ordinance that requires just cause, provided it does not affect rental payments before Jan. 31, 2021.
These protections apply to tenants who declare an inability to pay all or part of the rent due to a COVID-related reason.
“COVID-19 has impacted everyone in California – but some bear much more of the burden than others, especially tenants struggling to stitch together the monthly rent, and they deserve protection from eviction,” said Gov. Newsom. “This new law protects tenants from eviction for non-payment of rent and helps keep homeowners out of foreclosure as a result of economic hardship caused by this terrible pandemic.”
Newsom added, “California is stepping up to protect those most at-risk because of COVID-related nonpayment, but it’s just a bridge to a more permanent solution once the federal government finally recognizes its role in stabilizing the housing market. We need a real, federal commitment of significant new funding to assist struggling tenants and homeowners in California and across the nation.”
On Friday, the governor, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced an agreement on the legislation, AB 3088, co-authored by Assemblymembers David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) and Senators Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) and Anna Caballero (D-Salinas).
Under the legislation, no tenant can be evicted before Feb. 1, 2021, as a result of rent owed due to a COVID-19 related hardship accrued between March 4 and Aug. 31, 2020, if the tenant provides a declaration of hardship according to the legislation's timelines.
For a COVID-19-related hardship that accrues between Sept. 1, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2021, tenants must also pay at least 25 percent of the rent due to avoid eviction.
Tenants are still responsible for paying unpaid amounts to landlords, but those unpaid amounts cannot be the basis for an eviction. Landlords may begin to recover this debt on March 1, 2021, and small claims court jurisdiction is temporarily expanded to allow landlords to recover these amounts. Landlords who do not follow the court evictions process will face increased penalties under the Act.
The legislation also extends anti-foreclosure protections in the Homeowner Bill of Rights to small landlords; provides new accountability and transparency provisions to protect small landlord borrowers who request CARES-compliant forbearance; and provides the borrower who is harmed by a material violation with a cause of action.
Additional legal and financial protections for tenants include:
– Extending the notice period for nonpayment of rent from 3 to 15 days to provide the tenant additional time to respond to landlord’s notice to pay rent or quit.
– Requiring landlords to provide hardship declaration forms in a different language if rental agreement was negotiated in a different language.
– Providing tenants a backstop if they have a good reason for failing to return the hardship declaration within 15 days.
– Requiring landlords to provide tenants a notice detailing their rights under the Act.
– Limiting public disclosure of eviction cases involving nonpayment of rent between March 4, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2021.
– Protecting tenants against being evicted for “just cause” if the landlord is shown to be really evicting the tenant for COVID-19-related nonpayment of rent.
Existing local ordinances can generally remain in place until they expire and future local action cannot undermine this Act’s framework.
Nothing in the legislation affects a local jurisdiction’s ability to adopt an ordinance that requires just cause, provided it does not affect rental payments before Jan. 31, 2021.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department said it has arrested a local woman for homicide in the death of her boyfriend.
Wynona Starr Anderson, 29, of Nice, is being held for the murder of 29-year-old Yancy McCloud Jr. of Nice, said Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said that at 1:15 a.m. Sunday the California Highway Patrol responded to the 3400 block of Lakeshore Boulevard in unincorporated north Lakeport to investigate the report of a vehicle hitting a utility pole.
Initial radio reports on the incident described the vehicle as a Dodge Durango, with the crash shearing off a utility pole and leaving debris across the roadway.
When the officers arrived at the scene, they found Anderson, the vehicle’s driver, with McCloud, the passenger, unresponsive in the car, Rasmussen said.
Lakeport Fire Protection District personnel tried to resuscitate McCloud, who was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, according to radio reports. Rasmussen said McCloud was pronounced dead at the hospital.
While at the crash scene, Rasmussen said the CHP arrested Anderson for driving under the influence, driving without a license, being under the influence of controlled substances and an unrelated misdemeanor arrest warrant. Booking records show that the arrest took place shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday.
Rasmussen said investigators determined that McCloud did not have injuries consistent with a vehicle crash and they believe he was dead prior to the wreck.
He said information developed during the course of the initial investigation pointed to the couple being in an altercation in the city of Lakeport prior to the crash taking place, with McCloud dying of injuries inflicted during that fight.
Based on that information, CHP officers contacted the Lakeport Police Department, which immediately began a homicide investigation, Rasmussen said.
During the course of the investigation that took place throughout the day on Sunday, Rasmussen said Lakeport Police officers developed information confirming the investigation’s earlier conclusions.
“Based on the facts and circumstances known to us, officers believed that McCloud was the victim of homicide committed by Anderson,” Rasmussen said in his Monday report.
At approximately 2 p.m. on Sunday, Lakeport Police officers arrested and booked Anderson for murder, Rasmussen said.
At the time of the homicide arrest, Anderson remained in custody at the Lake County Correctional Facility, where she had been booked after her early Sunday morning arrest, Rasmussen said.
Anderson remains in custody on bail of $1 million, according to jail records.
Rasmussen confirmed that Anderson and McCloud were in a dating relationship and said his department has had previous contacts with both of them.
Online booking records show that Anderson has had previous arrests in Tehama County for alcohol- and drug-related offenses, and a 2009 arrest in Lake County for grand theft.
Rasmussen said the investigation is ongoing. The work still to be done includes an examination of the vehicle, which is in police custody, along with evidence processing and an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of McCloud’s death.
He said his department is working with the coroner’s office to schedule McCloud’s autopsy for this week.
Anyone with information regarding the activities of McCloud and Anderson during the day prior to this incident is asked to contact Lakeport Police Lt. Dale Stoebe at
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighters held the LNU Lightning Complex to no new growth on Sunday, a milestone in the two-week-long effort to contain the massive incident.
The complex started out the day at 375,209 acres burned and that was still its recorded size by nightfall, with containment increasing two percent to 58 percent, Cal Fire reported.
The Hennessey fire in Colusa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Yolo counties remains at 317,909 acres with containment up to 57 percent.
In Sonoma County, the Walbridge fire west of Healdsburg remains at 54,940 acres with containment at 58 percent, while the 2,360-acre Meyers fire north of Jenner is at 99 percent, unchanged from Saturday.
The improving conditions on Sunday led to officials reducing the evacuation order to a warning for areas south of Butts Canyon Road, west of Callayomi Road (extending to the intersection of Highway 29 and Western Mine Road), east of Saint Helena Creek Road (extending south to the intersection of Highway and East Road) and Highway 29 between East Road and Western Mine Road.
The evacuation warning for the area south and west of Highway 29 and west of Saint Helena Road, extending to the intersection of Highway 29 and East Road, was at the same time fully lifted, officials said.
Other orders and warnings for south Lake County remain in place, officials said.
The number of structures the complex continues to threaten was reduced to 5,378 on Sunday, while the number of destroyed and damaged structures, at 1,209 and 193, respectively, did not change, based on Cal Fire’s latest report.
Officials said nine structures in Lake County – eight of them homes – have been destroyed in the complex.
Cal Fire said approximately 2,839 firefighters remain assigned to the incident, along with 296 engines, 75 water tenders, 18 helicopters, 43 hand crews and 75 dozers.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider ongoing concerns about the performance of the treasurer-tax collector, and will discuss a proposed vote of no confidence as well as whether to seek her resignation.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.
The supervisors will meet in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport, for a hybrid meeting format which also will include the opportunity for community members to continue to participate virtually.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link at 9 a.m. The meeting ID is 991 6753 3305, password 946209.
To submit a written comment on any agenda item please visit https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and click on the eComment feature linked to the meeting date. If a comment is submitted after the meeting begins, it may not be read during the meeting but will become a part of the record.
In an item timed for 11:15 a.m., the board will get a presentation on continuing issues regarding Treasurer-Tax Collector Barbara Ringen’s office, and consider giving her a vote of no confidence and asking for her resignation.
Supervisor Bruno Sabatier is bringing the issue to the board, citing ongoing problems including delayed deposits, the inability to implement new taxes or enhance the collection of current taxes, the inability to solve the department’s issues whether through creative staffing strategies or the addition of new technology, lack of follow-through to make necessary changes and the “inability to trust that change will occur in a meaningful way or that the answers we are given are honest or truthful,” Sabatier wrote in his report.
Sabatier’s memo to the board said he will provide greater detail at the meeting, and that “these problems are what lead me to believe that there is no other choice but to move forward with a Vote of No Confidence as there is no evidence to show us that these things will change in the near future.”
Last year Ringen, after meeting with an ad hoc committee that included Sabatier, had offered to retire early, which the board voted to accept. She later retracted that resignation.
In a related item, during closed session, the board will discuss a newly filed lawsuit by the city of Clearlake against the county, the Board of Supervisors and Ringen, which is seeking injunctive relief due to issues including the county’s lack of tax-defaulted property sales, which has been an ongoing concern for the city.
Ringen, who originally was appointed to the office in 2013 before later being elected, has only held two tax sales, in 2017 and 2018.
Also on Tuesday, at 9:02 a.m. the board will get an update on COVID-19 from Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace and at 10 a.m. will hear from Pacific Gas and Electric about its Community Wildfire Safety Program, which has included the implementation of public safety power shutoffs.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Clover Valley Guest Home for adult residential support services and specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for a contract maximum of $116,800 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
5.2: (a) Waive the formal bidding process pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Remi Vista Inc. for specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 in the amount of $75,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: Adopt a resolution to authorize Lake County Behavioral Health Services director to sign the standard agreement between the county of Lake and the Department of Health Care Services for the period between July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2021.
5.4: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Konocti Senior Support Inc. for senior support counseling services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for a contract maximum of $120,062 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
5.5: (a) Approve the district attorney's equitable sharing agreement and certification for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, and authorize the chair to sign; and (b) authorize Doris Lankford to electronically submit the report.
5.6: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No 2020-72 establishing position allocation for Fiscal Year 2020-2021.
5.7: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of directors approve Proposed Private Lateral Grant Program to assist property owners for the replacement costs of private laterals to reduce inflow and infiltration.
5.8: Approve the continuation of a local health emergency and order prohibiting the endangerment of the community through the unsafe removal, transportation, and disposal of fire debris for the Mendocino Complex fire.
5.9: Approve the continuation of a local health emergency related to the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) as proclaimed by the Lake County Public Health officer.
5.10: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Mendocino Complex fire incident (River and Ranch fires).
5.11: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Pawnee fire incident.
5.12: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to COVID-19.
5.13: Approve the continuation of a local emergency In Lake County in response to the LNU Lightning Complex wildfire event.
5.14: Approve agreement between the county of Lake, Probation Department and Hilltop Recovery Services, beginning Sept. 1, 2020, for an amount not to exceed $50,000 in any single fiscal year and authorize the chair to sign.
5.15: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and DBT Transportation Services for maintenance and repair of AWOS III System at Lampson Field in the amount of $27,600 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.16: Approve engineering inspection agreement between the county of Lake and 5400 Gaddy Lane, LN, LP/Lori Koester and authorize the chair to sign.
5.17: Approve Task Order No. 2 with MGE Engineering Inc. for on-call construction management services for various HBP-Funded Bridge Projects in Lake County for $180,625.27 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.18: (A) Approve the FY 2019 Emergency Management Performance Grant COVID-19 Supplemental application in the amount of $79,967; (B) authorize Sheriff Brian Martin to sign the grant subaward face sheet, the authorized agent document and the subrecipient grants management assessment form; (c) authorize County Administrative Officer Carol J. Huchingson to act as the authorized agent on behalf of the county to sign the standard assurances and initial each page, the lobbying certification and the FFATA financial disclosure document and (d) authorize the chairperson of the Board of Supervisors to sign the certification of the governing body resolution.
5.19: Approve contract between county of Lake and Pacific Quest Investigations for guardianship investigation services, in the amount of $20,000 per fiscal year, from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.20: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and CivicSpark in the amount of $26,000 for one Civic Spark Fellow to develop and implement an ArcGIS-based asset management program and authorize the Special Districts administrator to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.1, 9:01 a.m.: Public input.
6.2, 9:02 a.m.: Consideration of update on COVID-19.
6.3, 10 a.m.: Consideration of PG&E Community Wildfire Safety Program update for Lake County.
6.4, 11:15 a.m.: Presentation on continuing issues regarding Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office, vote of no confidence and request for resignation of Barbara Ringen.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of public release of tax-defaulted property GIS application.
7.3: (a) Consideration of recommendation to rescind Lake County Personnel Rules Section Eleven 28. County Employee Scholarship to Marymount California University for Professional Growth and Educational Development, and (b) consideration of a recommendation to add a new section to Lake County Personnel Rules Section Eleven 28. Disaster Service Worker Policy.
7.4: Consideration of advisory board appointment: Mental Health Board Child Care Planning and Development.
7.5: (a) Consideration of purchase of one 2020 Chevy Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle from Matt Mazzei Chevrolet in the amount of $42,980.56 from the Sheriff/Pursuit Replacement Budget Unit 2217, Object Code 62.72 and (b) waiving the county purchasing ordinance section 41.3(b) allowing the 10 percent local vendor preference, and (c) authorize the sheriff to issue a purchase order.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Conference with labor negotiator: (a) Chief Negotiator: M. Long; County negotiators: C. Huchingson and P. Samac; and (b) employee organizations: LCDDAA, LCDSA, LCCOA, LCEA, LCSEA and LCSMA.
8.2: Conference with (a) temporary representatives designated to meet with county department heads regarding salary and benefits and (b) unrepresented management employees.
8.3: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) – Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Lake, et al.
8.4: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) – City of Clearlake v. County of Lake, et al.
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The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.
The supervisors will meet in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport, for a hybrid meeting format which also will include the opportunity for community members to continue to participate virtually.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link at 9 a.m. The meeting ID is 991 6753 3305, password 946209.
To submit a written comment on any agenda item please visit https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and click on the eComment feature linked to the meeting date. If a comment is submitted after the meeting begins, it may not be read during the meeting but will become a part of the record.
In an item timed for 11:15 a.m., the board will get a presentation on continuing issues regarding Treasurer-Tax Collector Barbara Ringen’s office, and consider giving her a vote of no confidence and asking for her resignation.
Supervisor Bruno Sabatier is bringing the issue to the board, citing ongoing problems including delayed deposits, the inability to implement new taxes or enhance the collection of current taxes, the inability to solve the department’s issues whether through creative staffing strategies or the addition of new technology, lack of follow-through to make necessary changes and the “inability to trust that change will occur in a meaningful way or that the answers we are given are honest or truthful,” Sabatier wrote in his report.
Sabatier’s memo to the board said he will provide greater detail at the meeting, and that “these problems are what lead me to believe that there is no other choice but to move forward with a Vote of No Confidence as there is no evidence to show us that these things will change in the near future.”
Last year Ringen, after meeting with an ad hoc committee that included Sabatier, had offered to retire early, which the board voted to accept. She later retracted that resignation.
In a related item, during closed session, the board will discuss a newly filed lawsuit by the city of Clearlake against the county, the Board of Supervisors and Ringen, which is seeking injunctive relief due to issues including the county’s lack of tax-defaulted property sales, which has been an ongoing concern for the city.
Ringen, who originally was appointed to the office in 2013 before later being elected, has only held two tax sales, in 2017 and 2018.
Also on Tuesday, at 9:02 a.m. the board will get an update on COVID-19 from Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace and at 10 a.m. will hear from Pacific Gas and Electric about its Community Wildfire Safety Program, which has included the implementation of public safety power shutoffs.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Clover Valley Guest Home for adult residential support services and specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for a contract maximum of $116,800 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
5.2: (a) Waive the formal bidding process pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Remi Vista Inc. for specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 in the amount of $75,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: Adopt a resolution to authorize Lake County Behavioral Health Services director to sign the standard agreement between the county of Lake and the Department of Health Care Services for the period between July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2021.
5.4: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Konocti Senior Support Inc. for senior support counseling services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for a contract maximum of $120,062 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
5.5: (a) Approve the district attorney's equitable sharing agreement and certification for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, and authorize the chair to sign; and (b) authorize Doris Lankford to electronically submit the report.
5.6: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No 2020-72 establishing position allocation for Fiscal Year 2020-2021.
5.7: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of directors approve Proposed Private Lateral Grant Program to assist property owners for the replacement costs of private laterals to reduce inflow and infiltration.
5.8: Approve the continuation of a local health emergency and order prohibiting the endangerment of the community through the unsafe removal, transportation, and disposal of fire debris for the Mendocino Complex fire.
5.9: Approve the continuation of a local health emergency related to the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) as proclaimed by the Lake County Public Health officer.
5.10: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Mendocino Complex fire incident (River and Ranch fires).
5.11: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to the Pawnee fire incident.
5.12: Approve the continuation of a local emergency due to COVID-19.
5.13: Approve the continuation of a local emergency In Lake County in response to the LNU Lightning Complex wildfire event.
5.14: Approve agreement between the county of Lake, Probation Department and Hilltop Recovery Services, beginning Sept. 1, 2020, for an amount not to exceed $50,000 in any single fiscal year and authorize the chair to sign.
5.15: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and DBT Transportation Services for maintenance and repair of AWOS III System at Lampson Field in the amount of $27,600 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.16: Approve engineering inspection agreement between the county of Lake and 5400 Gaddy Lane, LN, LP/Lori Koester and authorize the chair to sign.
5.17: Approve Task Order No. 2 with MGE Engineering Inc. for on-call construction management services for various HBP-Funded Bridge Projects in Lake County for $180,625.27 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.18: (A) Approve the FY 2019 Emergency Management Performance Grant COVID-19 Supplemental application in the amount of $79,967; (B) authorize Sheriff Brian Martin to sign the grant subaward face sheet, the authorized agent document and the subrecipient grants management assessment form; (c) authorize County Administrative Officer Carol J. Huchingson to act as the authorized agent on behalf of the county to sign the standard assurances and initial each page, the lobbying certification and the FFATA financial disclosure document and (d) authorize the chairperson of the Board of Supervisors to sign the certification of the governing body resolution.
5.19: Approve contract between county of Lake and Pacific Quest Investigations for guardianship investigation services, in the amount of $20,000 per fiscal year, from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.20: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and CivicSpark in the amount of $26,000 for one Civic Spark Fellow to develop and implement an ArcGIS-based asset management program and authorize the Special Districts administrator to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.1, 9:01 a.m.: Public input.
6.2, 9:02 a.m.: Consideration of update on COVID-19.
6.3, 10 a.m.: Consideration of PG&E Community Wildfire Safety Program update for Lake County.
6.4, 11:15 a.m.: Presentation on continuing issues regarding Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office, vote of no confidence and request for resignation of Barbara Ringen.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of public release of tax-defaulted property GIS application.
7.3: (a) Consideration of recommendation to rescind Lake County Personnel Rules Section Eleven 28. County Employee Scholarship to Marymount California University for Professional Growth and Educational Development, and (b) consideration of a recommendation to add a new section to Lake County Personnel Rules Section Eleven 28. Disaster Service Worker Policy.
7.4: Consideration of advisory board appointment: Mental Health Board Child Care Planning and Development.
7.5: (a) Consideration of purchase of one 2020 Chevy Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle from Matt Mazzei Chevrolet in the amount of $42,980.56 from the Sheriff/Pursuit Replacement Budget Unit 2217, Object Code 62.72 and (b) waiving the county purchasing ordinance section 41.3(b) allowing the 10 percent local vendor preference, and (c) authorize the sheriff to issue a purchase order.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Conference with labor negotiator: (a) Chief Negotiator: M. Long; County negotiators: C. Huchingson and P. Samac; and (b) employee organizations: LCDDAA, LCDSA, LCCOA, LCEA, LCSEA and LCSMA.
8.2: Conference with (a) temporary representatives designated to meet with county department heads regarding salary and benefits and (b) unrepresented management employees.
8.3: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) – Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Lake, et al.
8.4: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) – City of Clearlake v. County of Lake, et al.
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