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The board will meet in closed session at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 11, to be followed at 5 p.m. by the regular session at Yuba College, 2088 N. Beale Road, Building 300-Flavors, Marysville.
Members of the public can attend the meeting virtually through this Zoom link.
The Zoom Meeting ID is 892 1509 1087; the call-in number is 1-669-900-6833.
On the college board’s regular agenda is the memorandum of understanding between Yuba Community College District and the Konocti Unified School District.
The agreement establishes a partnership to provide, among other things, classroom space for Konocti Unified School District students and staff at the Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College, which is part of the larger Yuba Community College District.
“Konocti Unified School District and Yuba Community College District-Lake County Campus as part of Woodland Community College will partner to provide adult basic education, career and technical education, and professional development programs for adult learners. This partnership will include use of space at the Lake County Campus and shared resources,” the document states.
Konocti Unified Superintendent Dr. Becky Salato said the agreement arose as the district was seeking extra space during a construction project.
“We are modernizing our high school,” Salato said.
This summer, the district — which Salato said is experiencing a lot of growth in student numbers — is tearing down the main administration building and six classrooms at Lower Lake High School.
Salato said the administration building was incredibly old, and the classrooms at the back of it had been rebuilt repeatedly, but there was nothing more that could be done to bring them up to modern standards.
The project to modernize that building is covered by the district’s 2016 bond measure. Salato said it had been put off repeatedly but now is getting underway.
“It’s going to be absolutely beautiful when it’s done,” she said, explaining the new two story building will have classrooms on the top floor, administration on the bottom floor, with a student store, more safety measures and a totally different look.
“We’re going to be under construction for about a year and a half,” she said.
While that project is underway, Salato said the district needs additional classroom space. “I knew the college was not using all of their rooms,” she said.
Salato reached out to Dr. Lizette Navarette, the new Woodland Community College president, to discuss the idea.
At first, the college needed some convincing. However, the plan came together as Salato explained that she wants to locate the district’s independent study program there.
Those independent study students will then be encouraged to pursue dual enrollment with the college, Salato said.
She said the agreement and the use of the college campus is a great opportunity to streamline independent study students into a dual enrollment program.
The agreement will be in effect from June 24, 2024, to June 30, 2027.
The district will provide classrooms 901, 903, 904 and 905 at the campus, located on Dam Road Extension in Clearlake.
In exchange, Konocti Unified will pay $7,500 a year, which the agreement said Woodland Community College will invest into support for the partnership with Konocti Unified, including outreach and pathway development.
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The Bookmobile will be there from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Mercantile is located at 4350 Thomas Dr., Lakeport.
The new Bookmobile has been sidelined by mechanical issues, which the library is working to resolve.
Unfortunately, some of these issues are still present, but the Bookmobile will be putting its best tire forward for this special event.
Even without full functionality the Bookmobile will be able to check books out to patrons, sign patrons up for the Summer Reading Program, issue library cards (including limited time, 50th Anniversary Library cards) and answer any questions about library services.
In honor of the event, there will also be signups for prizes printed by a 3-D printer. There will also be giveaways of unique bookmarks.
Come visit the Bookmobile at this special event to be included in the fun.
The Lake County Library Bookmobile’s purchase was supported, in part, with California State funds, administered by the California State Library.
An American Rescue Plan Act allocation from the Lake County Board of Supervisors also helped support the purchase.
To get the latest news on the Lake County Library, including updates on the bookmobile, visit the library online.
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Among those awards was a grant for a zero emission vehicle plan in Lake County.
Caltrans said the selected projects will help reduce planet-warming pollution, improve resiliency of the state highway system, enhance access to safe walkways and bike paths, and expand natural disaster preparedness.
Nearly $29 million comes from one-time state and federal sources made possible by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $15 billion clean transportation package in the 2022-23 state budget to further the state’s ambitious climate goals.
Another $12.4 million comes from Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The awards will fund project planning and conceptual design efforts, helping move the projects closer to construction.
“California is at the forefront of planning transportation projects built to help underserved communities withstand the effects of climate change,” said Caltrans Director Tony Tavares. “By working closely with local partners, we can maintain a sustainable, adaptable and resilient transportation system that will serve all Californians far into the future.”
In total, Caltrans will fund:
• $28.8 million in Climate Adaptation Planning Grants – all from Gov. Newsom’s clean transportation infrastructure package – to 30 local, regional and transit agencies to identify transportation-related climate vulnerabilities through the development of climate adaptation plans, as well as project-level adaptation planning to address climate impacts to transportation infrastructure. Ninety-seven percent of these projects will benefit disadvantaged communities.
• $19.2 million in Sustainable Communities Competitive and Technical Grants to 50 local, regional and transit agencies for transportation and land use planning, as well as planning for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. This includes more than $6 million to fund planning for 16 projects that improve safety and access for people who walk and bike. Ninety-two percent of these projects will benefit disadvantaged communities.
• $3.4 million in federally funded Strategic Partnerships Grants to nine projects that will plan for managed lanes, training and certification for local elected officials, comprehensive multimodal corridors, transit network and comprehensive operational analyses, improve interregional ADA paratransit coordination, develop airport passenger transportation recommendations, develop a zero-emissions bus fleet, coordinate multimodal transportation and land use compatibility.
Among the Sustainable Communities Competitive and Technical Grants is the Lake County/City Area Planning Council’s Lake County Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Plan, which will receive $177,060.
The project aims to develop a zero emission vehicle, or ZEV, charging/fueling infrastructure plan. It will allow Lake County to join a larger energy network with neighboring jurisdictions that have already developed an electric vehicle charging network with future expansion, while Lake County’s budget constraints have limited such progress, according to the grant information.
Aligned with the State’s 2021 Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure, the project emphasizes investment in ZEV infrastructure, especially in rural areas. It involves collaboration with local Lake County agencies, including planning and public works, as well as tribal governments, to assess ZEV infrastructure needs and integrate these into land use and planning tools.
The project also is supported by the 2022 Regional Transportation Plan for the Lake County region, which include policies and objectives that support the purpose of this project, including support for planning projects that further greenhouse gas reducing efforts and plans that facilitate a transition to ZEV consistent with Newsom’s executive order N-79-20.
Caltrans awards transportation planning grants each year through a competitive process to encourage local and regional projects.
Applications are evaluated on how projects advance state transportation and climate goals by identifying and addressing statewide, interregional, or regional transportation deficiencies on the highway system.
The grant program began in the 2015-16 fiscal year. Since then, Caltrans has awarded 685 planning grants totaling $266 million, and more than 60 percent of those projects have been completed.
SB 1 provides $5 billion in transportation funding annually that is shared between state and local agencies. Road projects progress through construction phases more quickly based on the availability of SB 1 funds, including projects that are partially funded by SB 1.
Find more projects that are building California’s climate-friendly future at https://build.ca.gov/ and https://rebuildingca.ca.gov/.
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Several of those emergencies, extending back to 2017, were for incidents in Lake County.
The full list is below, including the name of the emergency, the date proclaimed and the counties where the incidents occurred.
• I-10 Bridge Fire, Nov. 11, 2023: Los Angeles County.
• Humboldt Earthquake, Dec. 20, 2022: Humboldt County.
• Mill Fire, Sept. 2, 2022: Siskiyou County.
• McKinney, China 2 and Evans fires, July 30, 2022: Siskiyou County.
• Alisal Fire, July 1, 2022: Santa Barbara County.
• 2021 December Winter Storms, Jan. 8, 2022: Trinity County.
• 2021 December Winter Storms, Dec. 30, 2021: Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sierra and Yuba counties.
• River, French, Washington, Windy, KNP Complex and Hopkins fires, Oct. 22, 2021: Siskiyou, Trinity, Kern, Tuolumne, Tulare and Mendocino counties.
• Fawn Fire, Sept. 27, 2021: Shasta County.
• Cache Fire, Sept. 7, 2021: Lake County.
• Caldor Fire, Aug. 30, 2021: Alpine, Amador and Placer counties.
• Caldor Fire, Aug. 17, 2021: El Dorado County.
• River and Antelope Fires, Aug. 5, 2021: Siskiyou, Placer and Nevada counties.
• Lava and Beckwourth Complex Fires, July 16, 2021: Siskiyou, Plumas and Lassen counties.
• High Winds,June 22, 2021: Madera and Mariposa counties.
• Glass and Zogg Fires, Sept. 28, 2020: Napa, Shasta and Sonoma counties.
• Slater and Other Siskiyou Fires, Sept. 10, 2020: Siskiyou County.
Creek, El Dorado and Valley fires, Sept. 6, 2020: Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.
• Hill and Woolsey Fires, Nov. 9, 2018: Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
• Carr Fire, July 26, 2018: Shasta County.
• Thomas Fire, Dec. 7, 2017: Santa Barbara County.
• February 2017 Storms, March 7, 2017: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa,
Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo and Yuba counties.