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Lakeport City Council to discuss agreement for lakefront plan, possible revenue ballot measure
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week will consider approving an agreement to develop a lakefront revitalization plan and pursuing a revenue ballot measure.
The council will meet in closed session beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, to discuss negotiations for a utility easement at 818 Lakeport Blvd. Before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
At the start of the meeting the council will present proclamations designating the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen also will present to the council an update on his department's volunteer hours in 2015.
Under council business, Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will take to the council a proposed professional services agreement between the city of Lakeport and the Design Workshop Inc. for the development and implementation of the Lakeport Lakefront Revitalization Plan.
Ingram is asking the council to authorize the agreement and authorize City Manager Margaret Silveira to sign the agreement on behalf of the city of Lakeport.
Also on Tuesday, Finance Director Dan Buffalo will seek the council's direction to prepare a possible revenue ballot measure.
The council is being asked to authorize staff to issue two requests for proposal to select a consultant to assist with a feasibility assessment and select a consultant to develop and implement an education and outreach program.
In other business, the council will introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 2.22 of Title 2 of the Lakeport Municipal Code Regarding the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee and set a public hearing for April 19.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on March 15; the March 17 and March 30 warrant registers; and approval of applications for the annual Lake County Aids Walk on Sept. 10, the Wood & Glory Classic boating event at Library Park on June 5, the Walk Talk Autism event at the Library Park Gazebo on April 30 and the League of California Cities' Redwood Empire Division meeting reception on the Lakeport Yacht Club lawn on May 20; and approval of an amendment to the agreement between the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport and the county of Lake relative to operation of a local public, educational, governmental cable television channel, referred to as the PEG Channel.
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Lake County Time Capsule: Superior Middletown
"Unnumbered springs and rills that from the earth
Leap forth in melody,
And take, down mountain-side, and valley sweep,
Their graceful, sinuous way."
– From "In Lake County" by poet Carrie Stevens Walter
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Lake County's southernmost town, Middletown, sits near the heart of the Loconoma Valley on St. Helena Creek, with beautiful Mt. St. Helena standing watch.
The southwestern portion of Middletown is guarded by the Mayacamas Mountains, which range to southeastern Mendocino County and northeastern Sonoma County.
Our special part of Lake County hosts rocks of the Franciscan assemblage and the Great Valley sequence with their magnificent igneous rock groupings.
Over time, landslides have occurred in association with the unique serpentine terrain here. If you look carefully, evidence of the Tertiary age and its marine sedimentary rocks can be seen, along with Pliocene volcanic rocks, according to Brice 1953; Bedrossian 1980; Wagner and Bortugno 1982.
Middletown is 16 miles from the town of Calistoga and nearly as close to the town of Lower Lake. Since it sits at this halfway juncture it was given the moniker of Middletown. Once upon a time it was known as Middle Station, then it was called Middleton.
In 1871 we were furnished with our own post office. Later, in 1875 our town's name was changed to Middletown.
According to the USGS Geographic Names System, Middletown was founded in 1871. The first house constructed in Middletown was J.H. Berry's home, built in 1870.
Here in Middletown was a thriving mercury, or quicksilver mining industry which was ongoing until the conclusion of the 19th century.
The Bradfords once owned the Mirabel Mine, later selling it to three gentlemen: Mills, Randol and Bell, hence the name "Mirabel" which combined the first parts of the three names.
Mines such as the Great Western, Ida Clayton, Oat Hill and Yellowjacket were being worked. Some, such as the Mirabel mined silver, as well.
While driving in south Lake County, note the names of these old mines on street signs. Also seen on Middletown's street signs are the names Young, Armstrong and Berry.
O. Armstrong opened his saloon in 1870, then a brewery followed, by Muntz and Scott in 1875.
Charles March Young, who hailed from Illinois arrived in Coyote Valley in 1867, then settled in the Middletown region. He learned to plow at a tender age and once dragged 4,000 pounds of spuds to Sonoma.
Young constructed the first hotel in Middletown, a brick building, in 1875, which was the reason for the first brickyard here. He was the proprietor of a general store, as well, but unfortunately it burned down long ago.
The book entitled, “A Description of Lake County, California: Showing its Advantages as a Place of Residence,” published by Authority of the Board of Supervisors 1888, states, “This section possesses superior and peculiar advantages that recommend it to home and health-seekers. The atmosphere is exceedingly pure and bracing and remarkable for a softness caused by the entire absence of sea winds or fogs. Malaria does not exist, and gnats, bugs and mosquitoes are unknown.”
It further expounds on Middletown's wonders: “This location is undoubtedly the sanitarium for asthmatics, consumptives and persons affected with nervous diseases; and in this respect it has no superior on the continent.”
Kathleen Scavone, M.A., is an educator, potter, writer and author of “Anderson Marsh State Historic Park: A Walking History, Prehistory, Flora, and Fauna Tour of a California State Park” and “Native Americans of Lake County.” She also writes for NASA and JPL as one of their “Solar System Ambassadors.” She was selected “Lake County Teacher of the Year, 1998-99” by the Lake County Office of Education, and chosen as one of 10 state finalists the same year by the California Department of Education.
Animal Care and Control plans adoption event, discounts on microchips
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Next week Lake County Animal Care and Control is planning one of its special adoption events, which will give community members a chance to bring home a new friend at a discount or get pets microchipped at lower cost.
Director Bill Davidson said the adoption event will take place from Monday, April 4, through Saturday, April 9, at the shelter, located at 4949 Helbush in Lakeport.
The adoption events are held up to four times a year. The Board of Supervisors approved hosting the special adoption efforts – with lower costs – in 2012.
Davidson said during the event the county's portion of the adoption fee – $30 for dogs and $20 for cats – will be waived.
In addition, the shelter is waiving its $20 microchip fee for pets being adopted, thanks to still having microchips left over that were given to it by its supplier during last year's Valley fire.
Also, for those not adopting pets but wanting to get a microchip for their dog or cat, the shelter will offer that service for $10, rather than $20, Davidson said.
He said special emphasis is being placed on microchipping pets next week because of its importance in reuniting animals with their people.
Case in point: This week, a dog lost during the Valley fire last year turned up in Lakeport and was reunited with its family thanks to a microchip, Davidson said.
The shelter is filled with a large variety of dogs in many breeds and sizes. Among them are a few litters of puppies, according to Davidson.
Animals that are adopted will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, licensed and given a heartworm test if it's appropriate for their age.
Cat adoption fees – including spaying/neutering, vaccinations and microchipping – normally are $106 for females and $96 for males. With the discounts on the adoption fee and microchips, those costs should range from $66 for females to $56 for males.
For dogs, the overall adoption costs for females – normally ranging from $161 to $176, depending on weight – will be $111 to $126, while adoption of male dogs, normally totaling $151, will be reduced to around $101.
Visit Lake County Animal Care and Control online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm , call 707-263-0278 or drop by the shelter at 4949 Helbush Drive in Lakeport during kennel hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Board of Supervisors seeks applicants for boards, commissions
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors is seeking applicants to fill vacancies on a number of advisory boards and commissions.
Applications are available at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk of the Board Office, Room 109, 255 North Forbes Street, Lakeport, California, or online at www.co.lake.ca.gov on the Board of Supervisors page.
All memberships on the advisory boards are voluntary and are countywide unless otherwise stated.
If you have questions regarding a vacancy on one of these advisory boards, please contact the Clerk of the Board at 707-263-2368.
Interested community members are encouraged to apply for the following positions.
– Animal Control Advisory Board: Two vacancies – Supervisorial District 2 and member-at-large.
– Big Valley Groundwater Management Zone Commission: Seven vacancies – one member-at-large, four agriculture users category and two water district category.
– Building Board of Appeals: Four vacancies – one representative from Supervisorial Districts 1, 2, 3 and 5.
– Child Care Planning and Development Council: Nine vacancies – two consumer, one public agency, two community representative, two discretionary appointee and two child care provider.
– Emergency Medical Care Committee: Twelve vacancies – one community college district, one California Highway Patrol representative, two EMT representatives, one private ambulance company, one sheriff’s department representative, two fire departments, two emergency room-affiliated medical care coordinator and two consumer-interested group.
– Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee: One vacancy – Supervisorial District 2.
– Hartley Cemetery District: One vacancy – general membership (must live within the district boundaries and be registered to vote in Lake County).
– Heritage Commission: Seven vacancies – one representative from each supervisorial district and two member-at-large.
– In Home Support Services Public Authority Advisory Committee: Six vacancies – three senior consumer, two disabled consumer and one senior community representative.
– Kelseyville Cemetery District: One vacancy – general membership (must live within the district boundaries and be registered to vote in Lake County).
– Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board: Six vacancies – general membership.
– Mental Health Board: Two vacancies – one member-at-large and one family member of a present/past consumer.
– North Bay Cooperative Library Advisory Board: One Lake County representative.
– Parks and Recreation Advisory Board: Four vacancies – one representative from Supervisorial Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4.
– Public Defender Oversight Committee: Two vacancies – one member of the general public and one attorney.
– Section 8 Resident Advisory Board: Nine vacancies – general membership.
– Solid Waste Appeals Panel: Two vacancies – one public member and one technical expert.
– Solid Waste Task Force: One vacancy – public representative.
– Upper Lake Cemetery District: One vacancy – general membership (must live within the district boundaries and be registered to vote in Lake County).