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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors will discuss an amendment to a south county resort and housing development when it meets this week.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, 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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The meeting ID is 865 3354 4962, pass code 726865. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16694449171,,86533544962#,,,,*726865#. The meeting can also be accessed via phone at 669 900 6833.
At 10:30 a.m., the board will consider amending an ordinance that adopted the development for the Guenoc Valley Mixed-Use Planned Development Project, which the board approved in August.
The luxury resort project would, at full buildout, include up to 400 hotel rooms, 450 resort residential units, 1,400 residential estates and 500 workforce co-housing units on a portion of the 16,000-acre, 82-parcel Guenoc property. The project applicant is San Francisco-based Lotusland Investment Holdings.
On Aug. 26, 2025, the supervisors approved the environmental report and permits, as well as a resolution that approved the development agreement.
The staff report from Community Development Director Mireya Turner said the board later rescinded that resolution in order to approve another ordinance that was amended to add the encouragement from the board to the developer that the staff continue to work with the Callayomi County Water District regarding the district’s purchase of a portion of the offsite well site and the district’s operation of a well on that site.
Turner said in her report that this encouragement to work together was added to the development agreement, the second reading of which was approved on Oct. 21, 2025.
“Since adoption of the Ordinance, the Development Agreement was not executed within the specified timeframe of 10 days after approval, and minor modifications from the Applicant and CDD are requested. These include date corrections and modifying the timeframe in which the agreement is executed and recorded, for consistency with the Government Code,” Turner wrote.
In an untimed item, the board will consider the advanced salary step appointment of Brian Powers to public works construction project manager.
Powers, who currently is retired, previously worked as a county parks superintendent before he moved into the Public Works Department.
Interim Public Works Director Lars Ewing is recommending Powers be placed at the fifth salary step, the amount of which is not stated in his report to the board.
Lake County News asked the county on Friday what that salary step is. At the time of publication, that information was not provided.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt a proclamation designating April 2026 as Arts, Culture and Creativity Month in Lake County.
5.2: Adopt a proclamation designating April 2026 as Alcohol Awareness Month in Lake County.
5.3: Approve the Children’s Memorial Flag to be displayed at the County Courthouse building in Lakeport in honor of Child Abuse Awareness for the remainder of April 2026.
5.4: Approve travel exceeding 1,500 miles to Washington, D.C., and any associated costs for Supervisor Jessica Pyska to attend the National Association of Counties Disaster Task Force Fly-In meeting April 28-30, 2026.
5.5: Approve travel exceeding 1,500 miles to Chicago, Illinois, and any associated costs for Assistant County Administrator Stephen J. Carter Jr. and Deputy County Administrator Casey Moreno to attend the GFOA annual conference June 27 to July 1, 2026.
5.6: Adopt a resolution approving the application of the Lake County Arts Council for the California Arts Council State-Local Partners Grant for FY 2026-28 and authorizing the Lake County Arts Council to execute the grant contract.
5.7: Approve half-day office closures of the Auditor-Controller/Clerk Office on May 1, May 22, June 5 and June 21, 2026.
5.8: Adopt a resolution authorizing Standard Agreement No. 25-50257 between the county of Lake and the California Department of Health Care Services and authorize the Behavioral Health director to sign the agreement.
5.9: Approve Board of Supervisors meeting minutes from March 24, 2026.
5.10: Approve amendment of agreement between the county of Lake and 360 Junk Removal & Hauling, increasing annual compensation by $50,000 for a total not to exceed $150,000 for abatement services, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.11: Approve Amendment No. 4 to the services contract between the County of Lake and Mitchell Hauptman for indigent defense services and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.12: Adopt a proclamation designating the week of April 19-25, 2026, as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
5.13: Adopt a resolution approving County of Lake Health Services to apply for funding in the amount of $471,805 through the California Department of Public Health for fiscal years 2026 through 2031 and authorize the director of Health Services to sign the application.
5.14: Adopt a proclamation designating April 2026 as Celebrate Diversity Month in Lake County.
5.15: Adopt a proclamation designating the week of April 12-18, 2026, as National Public Safety Dispatcher Week in Lake County.
5.16: (Sitting as the Board of Directors of the Lake County Watershed Protection District) Adopt a resolution approving and adopting the 2025 Lake County Stormwater Resources Plan; authorizing staff to forward the plan to the State Water Resources Control Board and applicable Clean Water Program partner agencies; directing staff to use the plan to guide future stormwater and watershed planning, project development and grant applications; and authorize the director of water resources to sign the plan.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:03 a.m.: Pet of the Week.
6.3, 9:05 a.m.: Presentation of a proclamation designating April 2026 as Arts, Culture and Creativity Month in Lake County.
6.4, 9:10 a.m.: Presentation of a proclamation designating April 2026 as Alcohol Awareness Month in Lake County.
6.5, 9:15 a.m.: Presentation of a proclamation designating April 2026 as Celebrate Diversity Month in Lake County.
6.6, 9:20 a.m.: Presentation of a proclamation designating the week of April 19-25, 2026, as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
6.7, 9:25 a.m.: Presentation of a proclamation designating the week of April 12-18, 2026, as National Public Safety Dispatcher Week in Lake County.
6.8, 9:30 a.m.: Hearing, consideration of rescission of tax deed hearing for property located at 16068 34th Ave., Clearlake, CA (APN 041-182-200-000).
6.9, 10 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of an ordinance adopting Zoning Map Amendment PL-25-101 to bring three parcels into compliance with the existing Industrial General Plan land use designation, Kelseyville Area Plan and Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan; located at 4325, 4375 and 4425 Highland Springs Road, Lakeport (APNs 008-031-17, 20 and 44).
6.10, 10:30 a.m.: Consideration of amending Ordinance No. 3153, adopting Development Agreement 24-01 for the Guenoc Valley Mixed-Use Planned Development Project, as amended.
6.11, 1 p.m.: Consideration of enterprise resource planning project.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of the following advisory board appointments: Cobb Municipal Advisory Council; Lower Lake Waterworks District No. 1.
7.3: Consideration of advanced salary step appointment of Brian Powers to public works construction project manager.
7.4: Addendum, consideration of amendment four of the agreement between the county of Lake and PlaceWorks for General Plan update webpage and document accessibility improvements to comply with Department of Justice standards, increasing compensation by $29,873 for a total not to exceed $2,342,467.04.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Closed session, conference with labor negotiator: Chief negotiator S. Parker; county negotiators J. Sloan, S. Carter, C. Moreno, P. Samac and D. Rico; employee organization: Deputy County Counsel Association.
8.2: Closed session, conference with legal counsel: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2), (e)(1) — three potential cases.
8.3: Closed session, conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) — FERC Proceeding No. P-77, Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
8.4: Closed session, conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) — Wong v. County of Lake.
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