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The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said the wreck occurred at 4:42 p.m. Thursday on Highway 20 east of Bachelor Valley Road.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the person who died as John Steven Alvarez Sr., 68, of Nice.
The CHP report said that at 4:45 p.m. Thursday CHP Clear Lake units responded to the wreck.
The officers arriving on scene found a 2019 Volvo tractor trailer combination driven by 75-year-old Caroll Landers of Yuba City and a 2000 Ford Ranger pickup truck driven by Douglas Warren, 64, of Lucerne, were involved in the crash.
The CHP said Warren’s passengers were Alvarez and 58-year-old William Hughes of Willits.
Warren and Hughes sustained major injuries and were transported via air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, the CHP said.
Authorities said Alvarez died at the scene.
Landers sustained minor injuries. The CHP said she was not transported to a hospital.
Based on the investigation so far, the CHP said it appears that Warren was traveling eastbound on Highway 20 and for unknown reasons crossed over the centerline and into the westbound lane of traffic, where his pickup collided with the front of the tractor trailer driven by Landers.
The CHP said Caltrans responded to the scene and assisted with traffic control.
The crash caused Highway 20 to be closed for approximately three hours, the CHP said.
Scotts Valley Road was used as a detour route until all lanes of Highway 20 reopened at 8:10 p.m. Thursday, according to the CHP.
All four of the crash victims were wearing their seat belts, the CHP said.
The CHP said the crash remains under investigation.
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The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, 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.
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At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, the board will take up an appeal that the supervisors themselves approved filing regarding the Lake County Planning Commission’s approval last month of a major use permit and initial study for a cannabis cultivation project for Bottle Rock Farms FJA Trust, located at 9900 and 100300 Bottle Rock Road, Kelseyville.
Supervisor Bruno Sabatier had raised the matter with the board at its Aug. 2 meeting due to several violations on the property which he said contradicted the commission’s approval action based on the county’s zoning ordinance.
At 1 p.m., the board will consider a license agreement between the county of Lake and PG&E for the temporary use of a portion of Lucerne Harbor Park as a community resource center in the event of a public safety power shut-off.
In an untimed item, staff is asking the board to discuss giving possible direction regarding the continuing operations of the homeless shelter at the county’s former juvenile hall in the wake of the announcement that Elijah House is ceasing operations of the facility in September.
Also in an untimed matter, the board will hear a presentation and discuss direction regarding a request for support for a plan for a behavioral health treatment facility for youth.
The proponents are planning to submit later this month for a $16 million grant. The presentation documents do not indicate where the facility would be located.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to pervasive tree mortality.
5.2: Approve travel exceeding 1,500 miles for Stephen Carter, assistant county administrative officer, to attend Municipal Engineering Fundamentals for Non-Engineers in Madison, Wisconsin, from Nov. 15 to 16, 2022.
5.3: Approve memorandum of understanding describing a population-based cost-sharing agreement between the county of Lake, city of Clearlake and city of Lakeport for facilitation of community visioning forums promoting tolerance, respect, equity and inclusion in Lake County, led by Nicole Anderson and Associates, LLC and authorize the chair to sign.
5.4: Approve agreement between county of Lake and Redwood Community Services Inc. for the Tule House perinatal residential services in the amount of $31,000.00 for fy 2022-23 and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.5: Approve Amendment No. 2 to the agreement between the county of Lake — Lake County Behavioral Health Services as lead agency for the Lake County Continuum of Care and World Wide Healing Hands for fiscal years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.6: Approve Amendment No. 2 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 $853,130.00 and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.7: Approve agreement between county of Lake and Redwood Community Services Inc. for the Mental Health Services Act Transitional Age Youth Drop-In Center and peer support services for fiscal year 2022-23 in the amount of $202,000 and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.8: Approve Board of Supervisors minutes for meetings on Aug. 9 and Aug. 16, 2022.
5.9: Approve continuation of resolution authorizing teleconferenced meetings during a state of emergency continue to exist.
5.10: Approve continuation of a local health emergency related to the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) as proclaimed by the Lake County Public Health officer.
5.11: 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.
5.12: Approve amendment to the county of Lake COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Worksite Protocol.
5.13: Approve continuation of a local emergency due to COVID-19.
5.14: Approve continuation of a local emergency In Lake County in response to the LNU Lightning Complex wildfire event.
5.15: Approve continuation of an emergency declaration for drought conditions.
5.16: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and the county of Tehama, to house Lake County Juvenile Wards for the Term of April 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024, for an amount not to exceed $250,000 in any single fiscal year and authorize the chair to sign.
5.17: Approve the agreement between the county of Lake and BluePoint Planning for countywide parks, recreation, and trails master plan professional services in an amount not to exceed $174,930 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.18: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2021-115 to amend the Adopted Budget for FY 2021-22 by canceling reserve designations to provide interim financing to maintain financial solvency in Budget Unit 8109.
5.19: Approve the Sun Ridge Systems Software Support Services agreement for the FY 2022/23 in the amount of $50,119 for the support of its law enforcement software suite, and authorize the chairman to sign.
5.20: (a) Approve electronic submission of the FY22 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, or JAG, program application in the amount of $15,004, to provide funding for an extra help employee to assist with forensic processing and data collection services; and (b) authorize the chairman to sign all grant documents including (JAG) certifications and assurances.
5.21: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation Board of Directors, approve sewer mainline extension agreement between the county of Lake and IDC Clearlake LLC for the installation of a sewer collection line to serve parcels 041-141-350, 041-141-080, 041-141-070, 041-141-340, 041-141-510, and 041-141-460, and authorize the chair so sign.
5.22: Approve long distance travel for Lake County Water Resources Technician Corey Hustead to participate in the 2022 Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species taking place in Anchorage, Alaska, Sept. 21 to 23, 2022.
TIMED ITEMS
6.3, 9:10 a.m. Consideration of Lake County Health Services monthly update.
6.4, 9:20 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of recommendations from the Cannabis Task Force and Planning Commission regarding amendments to the zoning code pertaining to early activation of use permits.
6.5, 9:30 a.m.: Public hearing, on account and proposed assessment for 725 Bass Lane Clearlake Oaks.
6.6, 9:45 a.m.: Presentation on Lake County Behavioral Health Services Mental Health Services Act Annual Update for Fiscal Year 2022-23 and approval of modifications to the three year plan spanning 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23.
6.7, 10:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of appeal (AB 22-05) of Planning Commission's approval of Major Use Permit (UP 19-42) and Initial Study (IS 19-61) for cannabis cultivation. Applicant: Bottle Rock Farms FJA Trust; Located at 9900 & 100300 Bottle Rock Road, Kelseyville (APNs 011-057-22 & 23).
6.8, 1 p.m.: Consideration of license agreement between the county of Lake and PG&E for the temporary use of a portion of Lucerne Harbor Park as a community resource center in the event of a public safety power shut-off.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Discussion and possible direction to staff on continuing homeless shelter operations in old juvenile hall.
7.3: Consideration of presentation, discussion and direction regarding Behavioral Health treatment facility for youth and grant opportunity.
7.4: Discussion and consideration of supervisor coverage of District 4 in the event of future emergencies.
7.5: Consideration of letter of support for the Meadow Point/ Upper Lake County Water District Consolidation Project.
7.6: Consideration of the following Advisory Board Appointments: Lower Lakes Waterworks District, Emergency Medical Care Committee.
7.7: Consideration of confirmation of a special meeting on Aug. 30, 2022.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Public employee appointment pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957(b)(1): Interview of Community Development director; appointment of Community Development director.
8.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing Litigation Pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(1) — Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. County of Lake.
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City Manager Alan Flora asked for, and received, the council’s approval to purchase the parcel at 6540 Old Highway 53 from AmeriGas for the appraised value of $110,000.
Flora explained that the property will be used for the construction of a new public roadway and future commercial development at the city’s former Pearce Field airport off of Highway 53.
He referred to the city’s purchase, approved in December but completed early this year, of some old mini storage buildings at 6461 Manzanita Ave. and 6452 Francisco Ave. for $550,000.
The parcels are located to the west of the Highway 53 and 18th Avenue intersection, on the edge of the Pearce Field property. A new road will be constructed through one of those parcels.
As part of that development, Flora said city staff had been trying to negotiate for the property for quite some time.
He said it had been a challenge to get responses from AmeriGas, which is located on the East Coast. “We believe we’re on the right track at this point.”
The city had performed an appraisal and got a title report to speed up the process, Flora said.
“This piece of property is necessary for the 18th Avenue road construction that we’re trying to finalize the plans on right now and hope to initiate construction on that project yet this year,” he said.
He said that AmeriGas had agreed to sell property to the city for $110,000. He hadn’t yet received the final agreement from them, which he said the company had been promising for a couple of weeks by that point.
In order to keep things moving, Flora said he wanted the council to authorize him to execute the documents needed to purchase the property as soon as he gets the documents from AmeriGas.
There was no public comment before Councilman Russ Cremer moved to approve the purchase, which was seconded by Councilman David Claffey and approved in a 5-0 vote.
The council on Thursday also held the first introduction for the first reading of an ordinance to update the municipal code to reflect the city’s migration from a traffic engineer to a city engineer model, approved the use and retention of the development impact fees for fiscal year 2021-22, and discussed the proposed bylaws amendments for the 2022 League of California Cities Annual Conference.
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The commission will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The agenda can be found here.
Submit comments and questions in writing for commission consideration by sending them to Administrative Services Director/City Clerk Melissa Swanson at
Community members also can participate via Zoom.
Community members also can participate via Zoom. The meeting also can be watched on the city’s YouTube account.
To give the planning commission adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit written comments before 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23.
On the agenda is a proposal to build a new adult residential care facility for mentally ill adults at 14139 Konocti St.
The property previously was the location of the San Sousee adult residential facility, which was destroyed in January 2017 due to a fire set by a resident, as Lake County News has reported.
Gary Shimotsu, a representative of property owner Be April Importante, is applying for a
conditional use permit and associated environmental filing, categorical exemption in accordance with Section 18-18.020 to allow the development and operation of a residential care facility in the medium density residential land use district.
A public hearing on the city’s Burns Valley Development Project that was scheduled for Tuesday is being continued to the meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
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