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The California Highway Patrol is bringing awareness to the role we all play in ensuring students throughout the state travel safely to and from school as part of National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 17 to 21.
“School bus safety is part of the CHP’s mission, and we take our mission very seriously,” CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray said. “This week is a reminder that everyone should do their part each day to remain alert behind the wheel, particularly when you see a school bus or children at bus stops.”
With few exceptions, California law requires drivers to stop in both directions when a school bus has flashing red lights on.
Drivers must stop until the red lights are off, and school bus drivers are trained to only turn their flashing red lights off when they are certain the children are safely out of the road and seated on the bus.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, riding a school bus is the safest way for students to get to school — 70 times safer compared to other modes of transportation. School buses are one of the most regulated vehicles on the road.
On average, more than 50,000 certified school bus drivers transport more than one million students each year in California, traveling approximately 243.5 million miles.
To help ensure the safety of students, the CHP inspects more than 20,000 school buses annually and launched the Vehicles Illegally Passing a School Bus, or VIPS, enforcement project in 2017.
During VIPS enforcement operations, CHP officers ride on school buses and patrol bus routes, watching for vehicles that do not stop for flashing red school bus lights.
The VIPS enforcement project also encourages people to report drivers who illegally pass a school bus — a violation that last year resulted in citations to 218 motorists.
For nonemergency complaints, you can contact your local CHP Area office at https://www.chp.ca.gov/find-an-office or call 1-800-TELL-CHP.
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The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 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 931 6832 0280, pass code 852821. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16694449171,,93168320280#,,,,*852821#.
All interested members of the public that do not have internet access or a Mediacom cable subscription are encouraged to call 669-900-6833, and enter the Zoom meeting ID and pass code information above.
To submit a written comment on any agenda item 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.
At 9:06 a.m., the board will receive a presentation from BluePoint Planning on the preparation of a countywide parks, recreation and trails master plan.
Public Services Director Lars Ewing’s report to the board explains that earlier this year his department “solicited proposals to analyze opportunities and constraints of the County’s parks, recreation, and trails system; assess existing facilities, potential locations, recreation programs, and trail components; and develop a comprehensive countywide parks, recreation, and trails master plan.”
The board awarded the contract to BluePoint Planning, with the work now underway, Ewing said.
“The final plan will serve as an implementation tool and operational guide for management of county parks, recreation programs, and trails,” he wrote.
Ewing said BluePoint staff and Public Services wants to “take a brief opportunity to ‘kickoff’ the project with an introduction to your Board to provide an overview of the work plan and the events that will occur over the next year.”
At 11:30 a.m., the supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider an ordinance rescinding specified sections of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance relating to early activation.
At 1 p.m., there will be a discussion regarding retention of specialized legal services to address PG&E's wildfire mitigation activities.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve the Updated Bylaws of the Lucerne Area Town Hall.
5.2: Approve Amendment No. 2 to the lease agreement between the county of Lake and the Middletown Senior Citizens Inc. for lease of buildings and grounds located at 21256 Washington St., Middletown, California and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to pervasive tree mortality.
5.4: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2202-118 adopting Final Budget for FY 22-23 to provide a temporary loan from the non-departmental revenue (Fund 001) to Community Development Block Grant Program Income Capital Projects Fund (Fund 936).
5.5: Adopt resolution approving Agreement No. 22-0998-004-SF with California Department of Food and Agriculture for compliance with the Sudden Oak Death Quarantine program for period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 in the amount of $4,695.26.
5.6: Approve Amendment No. 2 to the agreement between Sierra Vista for acute inpatient psychiatric hospital services and professional services associated with acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations for fiscal years 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 for a new contract maximum of $81,572.00 and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.7: (a) Adopt resolution authorizing the agreement between the county of Lake and Advocates for Human Potential for the Department of Care Health Care Services for the Period of April 19, 2022 through Dec. 31, 2022 and authorize the Behavioral Health director to sign the agreement and (b) waive competitive bidding in accordance with Section 2-38.2 of the Lake County Code and (c) approve the agreement in the amount of $294,000 between COAR Design Group for facility design services and the county of Lake for the Behavioral Health Clearlake Facility Expansion Project and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
5.8: Adopt resolution authorizing Lake County Behavioral Health Services to Increase the rates for substance use disorder drug medi-cal services effective fiscal year 2022-23. not available not available
5.9: Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement between county of Lake and Hilltop Recovery Services for FY 2022-23 to reflect drug Medi-Cal rate changes and authorize the board chair to sign the amendment.
5.10: Approve purchase order for Heritage Oaks Hospital for acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalization and professional services associated with acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations in the amount of $50,000.00 and authorize the department head to sign.
5.11: (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 county of Lake and Kings View Professional Services for MIS support services for fy 2022-23 in the amount of $158,469.00 and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.12: Approve Board of Supervisors minutes Sept. 13, 2022, Sept. 20, 2022, and Oct. 4, 2022.
5.13: Approve amendment to the purchase amount of a New 2023 Ford Explorer for the Building & Safety Division, from $33,298.15 to $40,184.06.
5.14: (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 or goods or services; (b) approve purchase of 2023 Ford Bronco Sport base four door; and (c) authorize the department head/assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order for total amount $28,899.91.
5.15: Approve continuation of resolution authorizing teleconferenced meetings during a state of emergency to continue to exist.
5.16: Approve continuation of a local health emergency related to the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) as proclaimed by the Lake County Public Health officer.
5.17: Approve continuation of a local health emergency and order prohibiting the endangerment of the community through the unsafe removal, transport, and disposal of fire debris for the LNU Complex wildfire.
5.18: a) Waive the formal bidding requirement pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.1, as it is an extension of an annual agreement and the county purchasing agent has determine such action to be a cost advantage and in the best interest of the county; and b) authorize the IT director to issue a purchase order to Zoom Video Communications, Inc. for Zoom Video Conferencing licenses in the amount of $27,581.96.
5.19: Approve continuation of a local emergency due to COVID-19.
5.20: Approve continuation of a local emergency in lake county in response to the LNU Lightning Complex wildfire event.
5.21: Approve continuation of an emergency declaration for drought conditions.
5.22: Approve agreement by and between the county of Lake and G.D. Nielson Construction, Inc. for Installation of Standby Generator at Hill Road Correctional Facility in the amount of $507,456 and authorize the chair to sign the agreement for award of Bid No. 22-08.
5.23: Approve purchase orders for the purchase of six vehicles for the Central Garage Fleet, and authorize the Public Works director/assistant purchasing agent to sign the purchase orders.
5.24: Approve Supplemental Services Agreement No. 2 between the county of Lake and Armstrong Consultants for consulting services related to Lampson Airfield and authorize the chair to sign the agreement.
5.25: Approve destruction of records, paper, or documents which are more than two years old or document that is not expressly required by law to be filed and preserved.
5.26: Approve Amendment No. 1 for the continuation of agreement with Zonehaven for SaaS software in the amount of $8,400 per year and a total agreement price of $25,200 for three years and authorize the chair to sign.
5.27: Adopt resolution to affirm the establishment of the Lake County Housing Commission office located at 16170 Main St., Suite F, Lower Lake, CA, 95457.
5.28: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, authorize Special Districts administrator/assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order not to exceed $60,000.00 to Thomas & Associates for the purchase of a Gorman-Rupp 4” self-priming sewage pump.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:06 a.m.: Presentation of BluePoint Planning for the preparation of a countywide parks, recreation and trails master plan.
6.3, 9:30 a.m.: Public hearing, hearing of notice of violation and notice of nuisance and order to abate; property owner: Thomas Carter; location: 1622 Hunter Point Road, Upper Lake (APN 022-001-05).
6.4, 9:35 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of appeal of notice of nuisance and order to abate for 200 Hoover St., Clearlake Oaks (APN# 035-404-180); appellant: Brett Hill.
6.5, 10:30 a.m.: Continued from Sept. 27, 2022, public hearing, consideration of proposed rezone (RZ 22-02) and negative declaration (IS 22-19). Applicant: Daniel Sosa. Project Location: 3774 and 3794 E. Highway 20, Nice (APNs 032-181-02 and 03).
6.6, 11:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of ordinance rescinding specified sections of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance relating to early activation.
6.7, 1 p.m.: Consideration of retention of specialized legal services to address PG&E's wildfire mitigation activities.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of an advocacy letter requesting urgent state action in support of Lake County’s tree mortality emergency.
7.3: Consideration of county representation for Oct. 27 meeting with California Public Utilities Commissioner Darcie Houck and Rural County Representatives of California; discussion to gather board member and public input in preparation for this meeting.
7.4: Consideration of resolution authorizing an amendment to the standard agreement between the county of Lake and the Department of Health Care Services for the period of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023, and authorizing the Behavioral Health director to sign the amendment to the standard agreement.
7.5: Consideration of Amendment No. 3 to the agreement between county of Lake and North Valley Behavioral Health LLC for acute inpatient psychiatric hospital services and professional services associated with acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalization for fiscal year 2021-22 in the amount of $911,380.00 and authorize the board chair to sign.
7.6: Consideration of (a) waiving 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) agreement between county of Lake and the Regents of the University of California, Davis in the amount of $510,981.00 for early psychosis intervention program evaluation services for fys 2022-23 through 2025-26 and authorize the board chair to sign.
7.7: Consideration of the following Advisory Board appointments: Lucerne Area Town Hall.
ASSESSMENT APPEAL HEARING
8.1: Consideration of request by the Lake County Assessor's Office to continue the following assessment appeal applications: 03-2020 through 10-2020, Earthways Foundation Inc., a Delaware Nonprofit Corporation to the May 2, 2023 Board of Supervisors meeting.
8.2: Consideration of request by the appellant to continue the following assessment appeal applications: No. 68-2022 Worldmark to the May 2, 2023 Board of Supervisors meeting.
8.3: Consideration of withdraw on the following assessment appeal applications: a) No. 05-2021, Charles E.Bellig TRS.; and b) No. 06-2021, Lakeshore Drive, LLC; and c) No. 09-2021, Transform SR Holding Management, LLC; and d) No. 01-2021, 03-2021, Geysers Power Co. LLC.
8.4: Consideration to deny the following assessment appeal applications on timeliness, as no request for hearing received: a) No. 02-2021, Norman Winters Trustee; and b) No. 08-2021, Patricia Gage.
8.5: Consideration of stipulation on the following assessment appeal applications: No. 07-2021, Bakhtiara, Deborah Ann (TE),Karl Eric (TE).
CLOSED SESSION
9.1: Conference with legal counsel: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9 (d)(2) (e)(1) – One potential case.
9.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(1): In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL No. 2804/Case No. 17-MD-2804.
9.3: 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 council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 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 meet new Public Works employees Cody Morland and Lucy Avilez, present a proclamation declaring October 2022 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and offer a plaque in appreciation of former Council Member Mireya Turner’s contributions to the city.
The council will hold public hearings to close out several Community Development Block Grants, adopt a draft resolution authorizing the city manager to sign the necessary amendment
documents for the State Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
and Economic Security Act, Rounds 2 and 3, and introduce a draft ordinance related to outdoor dining design guidelines with the second reading to be set for Nov. 2.
Under business, the council will consider approving a professional services agreement with WMH for the Lakeport Blvd at Bevins Street Project study report equivalent as well as a mutual aid agreement for emergency assistance among the cities of Lakeport, Clearlake, Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Willits and Point Arena.
Also on Tuesday, Assistant City Manager and Finance Director Nick Walker will present a request for approval of amendments to the fiscal year 2022-23 City budget and Public Works Superintendent Ron Ladd will ask for approval of an on-call professional service agreements
with 15 contractors.
On the consent agenda — items usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on Sept. 20; the warrant register of Sept. 27; adoption of a resolution authorizing continued remote teleconference meetings of the Lakeport City Council and its legislative bodies pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e); approval of application 2022-024, with staff recommendations, for the 2022 Clear Lake High School Homecoming Parade; approval of application 2022-025, with staff recommendations, for the 2022 Halloween Parade; receipt and filing of the Community Development Department quarterly report for the first quarter of the 2022-23 fiscal year; adoption of a resolution authorizing the city manager to apply for PLHA funding allocations in accordance with the five-year plan; adoption of the resolution accepting construction of the Martin Street Apartments Off-Site Improvement Project by Pacific West Builders and authorize the filing of the notice of completion; approval for the mayor to sign the letter of support for Pacific West Communities, Inc. to apply for an Infill Infrastructure Grant for the Bevins Street Senior Apartments.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss property negotiations with the Lakeport Fire Protection District regarding 445 N. Main St. and 901 Larrecou Lane and employee negotiations with the Lakeport Police Officers’ Association.
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Call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278 or visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm for information on visiting or adopting.
The following cats at the shelter have been cleared for adoption.
Female domestic shorthair
This 2-year-old female domestic shorthair cat has a Siamese coat with reddish points and blue eyes.
She is in cat room kennel No. 73, ID No. LCAC-A-4090.
‘Mama’
“Mama” is a 2-year-old domestic shorthair cat with an all-black coat.
She is in cat room kennel No. 7, ID No. LCAC-A-3884.
Female domestic shorthair
This 2-year-old female domestic shorthair cat has a gray tabby coat.
“She is an adult cat with some playful kitten tendencies when toys are brought out. She has a sweet little meow and likes to have playful chats with you,” shelter staff said.
She is in cat room kennel No. 10, ID No. LCAC-A-3661.
Male domestic shorthair
This 3-year-old male domestic shorthair cat has an orange tabby coat.
“This guy can be shy at first, but once he knows that you are all about the pets, he will roll right over and start his purr machine. He has a unique curly tail which he flicks around when curious,” shelter staff said.
He is in cat room kennel No. 13, ID No. LCAC-A-4021.
Male domestic shorthair kitten
This 2-month-old male domestic shorthair kitten has a white coat and blue eyes.
He is in cat room kennel No. 36A, ID No. LCAC-A-4081.
Male domestic shorthair kitten
This 2-month-old male domestic shorthair kitten has a light orange coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 36B, ID No. LCAC-A-4082.
Male domestic shorthair kitten
This 2-month-old male domestic shorthair kitten has an orange coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 36C, ID No. LCAC-A-4083.
Male domestic longhair cat
This 1-year-old male domestic longhair cat has a black and white coat.
“This guy had a hard start, but has a lot of love to give once he warms up to you,” shelter staff said.
Staff said he also loves brushing and shows his appreciation with purring and head bumps.
He is in kennel No. 107, ID No. LCAC-A-4023.
Female domestic shorthair kitten
This 2-month-old female domestic shorthair kitten has a white coat with orange markings.
She is in kennel No. 129a, ID No. LCAC-A-4084.
Female domestic shorthair kitten
This 2-month-old female domestic shorthair kitten has a gray coat with white markings.
She is in kennel No. 129b, ID No. LCAC-A-4085.
Female domestic shorthair kitten
This 2-month-old female domestic shorthair kitten has a tortoiseshell coat.
She is in kennel No. 129c, ID No. LCAC-A-4086.
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