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MATH will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Middletown Community Meeting Room/Library at 21256 Washington St., Middletown. The meeting is open to the public.
To join the meeting via Zoom click on this link; the meeting ID is 659 964 1209. Call in at 669-900-6833.
On Thursday, MATH will host guest speaker Scott Harter, administrator for Lake County Special Districts, who will discuss a proposal to increase Middletown sewer rates.
The rate report will be presented followed by discussion and question and answer session.
The bimonthly rate for single family homes is proposed to go from $32.60 to $59.36 in 2022-23, $62.93 in 2023-24, $65.13 in 2024-25, $67.41 in 2025-26 and $69.77 in 2026-27.
The Board of Supervisors will consider the proposed sewer rate increases on Dec. 6.
MATH also will take board nominations and discuss the process and procedures of the MATH chair and the board of directors.
The MATH Board includes Chair Monica Rosenthal, Vice Chair Ken Gonzalez, Secretary Todd Fiora, Rosemary Córdova and Bill Waite.
MATH — established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 — is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.
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The committee, or LEDAC, will meet via Zoom from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9.
The meeting is open to the public.
The meeting will be held via Zoom: Meeting ID, 896 2449 5254; pass code, 156781. Dial by your location, 1 669 444 9171.
Chair Wilda Shock said Lakeport City Manager Kevin Ingram and Community Development Director Jenni Byers will provide updates on the multitude of city projects completed during the summer and those that are currently underway.
Shock said it’s been a busy season for workers and contractors.
There also will be an update on the city’s business walks and status reports from the teams taking part, as well as a plan for making a presentation on the effort to the Lakeport City Council.
Shock said members and the public will have the opportunity for announcements about activities and programs in their respective organizations.
LEDAC’s next meeting will be Jan. 11.
LEDAC advocates for a strong and positive Lakeport business community and acts as a conduit between the city and the community for communicating the goals, activities and progress of Lakeport’s economic and business programs.
Members are Chair Wilda Shock, Vice Chair Denise Combs and Secretary JoAnn Saccato, along with Bonnie Darling, Candy De Los Santos, Bill Eaton, Monica Flores, Pam Harpster, Scott Knight, Alicia Russell, Laura Sammel and Marie Schrader. City staff who are members include City Manager Kevin Ingram and Community Development Director Jenni Byers.
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Speed and aggressive driving continue to be a major concern on California roadways, and the California Highway Patrol is receiving additional resources to combat these dangerous driving behaviors statewide.
The Speed Prevention, Education and Enforcement Deterrence, or SPEED, grant, through the California Office of Traffic Safety, aims to reduce the number of fatal and injury crashes related to speed by funding additional CHP enforcement patrols and public awareness campaigns throughout California through Sept. 30, 2023.
Speed is a factor in approximately 40% of all fatal and injury crashes in California.
Between Oct. 1, 2019, and Sept. 30, 2020, there were 26,256 speed-related crashes that killed 290 people and injured 38,157 others.
“Reducing dangerous driving behaviors continues to be a high priority for the CHP,” said CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray. “The SPEED grant provides the necessary funding to bolster resources and combat this growing trend of reckless and inexcusable driving behavior.”
From Jan. 1, 2020, through Sept. 20, 2021, the CHP used federal funding in a similar grant program to implement educational and enforcement efforts to combat dangerous driving behaviors by conducting enhanced speed enforcement operations on state routes.
During this time, the CHP issued nearly 50,000 citations to motorists exceeding 100 miles per hour, collaborated with allied law enforcement agencies and posted anti-speeding and aggressive driving behavior messages on social media.
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The Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified Corissa Marie Ramirez, 35, with addresses in Clearlake Oaks and Kelseyville, as the crash victim.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said the crash occurred at 11:35 p.m. Saturday.
Ramirez was driving a 1990 Toyota 4Runner northbound on Highway 53, approximately seven tenths of a mile south of the Highway 20 intersection — known as the “Y” — near Clearlake Oaks at an unknown speed, the CHP said.
For reasons yet to be determined, the CHP said Ramirez drove off the east road edge of Highway 53 and lost control of the Toyota.
The CHP report said the vehicle traveled back onto the roadway, crossed over the northbound and southbound lanes of traffic, rolled off the west road edge of Highway 53, and continued overturning down an embankment.
As the vehicle overturned, Ramirez — who the CHP said was not wearing her seat belt — was ejected from the vehicle.
When emergency personnel arrived at the scene, Ramirez was declared deceased, the CHP said.
The CHP said Monday that it was not yet known if drugs or alcohol contributed to the cause of the wreck.
The crash’s cause remains under investigation, the CHP said.
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