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The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
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.
The meeting ID is 883 9520 6748, pass code 377409. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16694449171,,88395206748#,,,,*377409#.
In an item timed for 11 a.m., the board will consider a resolution to approve the purchase of the Kelseyville Senior Center, located at 5245 Third St., then lease it back to Kelseyville Seniors Inc. for continued use as a senior center.
The board had planned to discuss the purchase at its Nov. 28 meeting but held it over. On Dec. 14, the Lake County Planning Commission approved a general plan conformity report, upon which the purchase is contingent.
The proposed purchase price is $117,795, which will come from American Rescue Plan Act.
This is the second time the county has been involved with a purchase of the building. The county provided funds to allow the nonprofit that runs the senior center to purchase it providings $165,000 for the purchase and $35,000 for renovations in 2002.
In other business, in an untimed item, the board will hear the result of an audit of the operations of Elijah House, which ran the county’s emergency homeless shelter for two years, beginning in July 2020.
The Oroville-based nonprofit was out of compliance with state reporting rules for nonprofits throughout the time it was in contract with the county of Lake, and in February, the California Attorney General’s Office suspended Elijah House’s nonprofit registration for failure to bring its reporting current.
At 10:30 a.m., the board will consider a three-year, $1.5 million contract for LG Sonic technology to abate toxic algae blooms in the Clearlake and Clearlake Oaks arms of Clear Lake.
The proposal will include 28 LG Sonic buoys to treat the lake for algae, with eight of those buoys collecting data to help Water Resources and other agencies with early cyanobacteria level detection.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve letter of support for the Konocti Fire Safe Council’s “Wildfire Prevention Education and Safety in the Soda Bay Corridor Communities” and authorize the chair to sign.
5.2: Ratify letter of support for CSA-2 Spring Valley application for BRIC funding for the Spring Valley Drought Resiliency Project.
5.3: Ratify the following advisory board appointments for District 3 from the Jan. 10, 2023, Board of Supervisors meeting: East Region Town Hall, Pamela Kicenski; Upper Lake Cemetery District, Lynne Kary-Rana.
5.4: Approve letter regarding termination of Blue Shield contract with Adventist Health and authorize the chair to sign.
5.5: a) Approve Budget Transfer in Budget Unit 1781 – for $10,432 from account 717.23-80 to Capital Asset account 717.62-74; and b) amend the list of capital assets of Budget Unit 1781 for the 2023-2024 budget to include two washer/dryer combo units and c) create a capital asset in Budget Unit 4014 – Behavioral Health, account 740.62-72, for a Wolf Stove in the amount of $17,644.50 and authorize the chair to the Board of Supervisors to sign.
5.6: Approve long distance travel to Washington DC for Katherine VanDerWall to attend the California Agricultural Commissioner and Sealers Association’s DC delegation trip serving as the North Group Representative from March 16 to 22, 2024, for an amount not to exceed $4,600.
5.7: Approve Board of Supervisors meeting minutes from Nov. 14, 2023, and Nov. 28, 2023.
5.8: Approve addendum to agreement between the county of Lake and Tyler Technologies to add additional services for an amount of $15,000; and authorize the chair to sign.
5.9: Approve a letter of opposition to AB 702, which proposes changes to the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act and local juvenile justice coordinating councils and authorize the chair to sign.
5.10: Approve the 2023-2024 Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant Plan.
5.11: Adopt resolution authorizing the Public Services director to sign the notice of completion for work performed under the agreement for the Courthouse Roof Replacement Project.
5.12: (a) Approve Lake County Sheriff’s Office application for the Cal Fire Wildfire Prevention Grant (Education) in the amount of $100,000 for “Operation Lake Co Ready,” a joint partnership between Lake County Sheriff’s Department Office of Emergency Services and the Lake County Fire Chief’s Association to fund prevention and preparedness outreach materials and community education events at local fire districts; (b) authorize County Administrative Officer Parker to sign forms: STD19, STD21 and STD204.
5.13: Approve first amendment to contract between county of Lake and Lake County Office of Education for differential response services in the amount of $107,000 from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, and $129,200 per fiscal year from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.14: Adopt resolution authorizing the department head and/or deputy director of LCDSS to apply for and accept the county allocation award under Round 5 of the Transitional Housing Program and Round 2 of the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:07 a.m.: Pet of the Week.
6.3, 9:10 a.m.: Consideration of report to the Board of Supervisors explaining the emergency conditions that necessitated the summary abatement for the property located at 3025 Spring Valley Road / APN# 062-331-04.
6.4, 9:20 a.m.: Consideration of presentation on the multi-county agency full functional evacuation shelter exercise.
6.5, 10 a.m.: Consideration of presentation for overview of grant award from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research under the Adaptation Planning Grant Program.
6.6, 10:30 a.m.: Consideration of LG Sonic proposal.
6.7, 11 a.m.: a) Consideration of resolution authorizing purchase of real property located at 5245 Third St., Kelseyville, CA 95451 for the continued purpose of a Kelseyville Senior and Event Center; and b) consideration of real property purchase and sale agreement contingent upon approval of the general plan conformity report; and c) consideration of lease agreement between the county of Lake and Kelseyville Seniors Inc. and authorize chair to sign.
6.8, 11:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of proposed negative declaration (IS 23-03), general plan amendment (GPAP 23-01) and rezone (RZ 23-01) for Reynolds System Inc., to change the general plan designation of a portion of the parcel from rural lands to industrial, and rezone a portion of the parcel from rural lands to heavy industrial; location: 18649 CA State Highway 175, Middletown (APN: 013-046-04).
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of presentation of the compliance and fiscal audit of the Elijah House Foundation.
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The council will meet Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The agenda can be found here.
The council chambers will be open to the public for the meeting. Masks are highly encouraged where 6-foot distancing cannot be maintained.
If you cannot attend in person, and would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the Zoom meeting remotely at this link or join by phone by calling toll-free 669-900-9128 or 346-248-7799.
The webinar ID is 973 6820 1787, access code is 477973; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
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On Tuesday, the council will hold its annual reorganization, and elect the 2024 mayor and mayor pro tem.
The council also will consider adopting the cellphone policy for management and City Council members.
In other business, City Manager Kevin Ingram will present a proposed amendment to the Westside Community Park, Phase II Master Plan to include a designated area for the future development of pickleball courts.
Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will ask the council to approve the license agreement between the city of Lakeport and Lake County Behavioral Health staff to work out of the Lakeport Police Department station.
On the consent agenda — items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the City Council’s regular meeting on Dec. 5; and the Nov. 30 warrant register.
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The National Weather Service is forecasting several days of rain this week leading up to the Christmas holiday.
The storm system moving over the region started to drop heavy rain on Lake County throughout the day Sunday and into the night.
Rainfall totals in inches for the 24-hour period ending at 2 a.m. Monday are as follows:
• Cobb: 0.32;
• Hidden Valley Lake: 0.35.
• Indian Valley Reservoir: 0.18;
• Kelseyville: 0.42.
• Lake Pillsbury: 0.37.
• Lower Lake: 0.33.
• Lyons Valley: 0.27.
• Middletown: 0.28.
The forecast is calling for rain and possible thunderstorms on Monday and Tuesday, as well as more rain on Wednesday.
Conditions are forecast to clear on Thursday, with chances of rain on Friday, followed by another day of clear weather on Saturday.
Chances or rain are again in the forecast for Sunday, Christmas Eve.
Nighttime temperatures this week will dip into the high 30s, with daytime conditions in the mid to high 50s.
Wind, with gusts of close to 30 miles per hour, are forecast for Monday, with lighter winds of around 10 miles per hour expected on Tuesday.
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They offer a special thanks to the Clear Lake Gleaners for the generous donation of turkey and other items.
Turkey, ham, potatoes, vegetables, rolls and dessert will be served at the Presbyterian Church at 5340 Third St. in Kelseyville from 3 to 5 p.m. on Christmas Day.
All seniors in the Kelseyville area, as well as anyone who finds themselves without a meal on Christmas Day, are welcome to drop by to enjoy a meal and good company at the Friendship Hall.
Piano music will be provided by Julianne Carter.
They can also bring the meal to your vehicle to take home and enjoy.
Contact them by phone at 707-349-2628 or by email at