LAKE COUNTY – The Board of Supervisors has a big agenda lined up for its Tuesday, Sept. 15, meeting, with items including the purchase of land on Mt. Konocti, consideration of the Shoreline

Communities Area Plan and a temporary moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries among the items they'll discuss.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St. TV Channel 8 will broadcast the meeting live.

The agenda can be downloaded at www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Board_of_Supervisors/BOS_Agendas.htm .

At 11:30 a.m., the board will hold a public hearing on the purchase of 1,344 acres of land on Mt. Konocti from Michael Fowler and Diana Madura of the Elsa Fowler Revocable Trust. The purchase price is $2.6 million.

The purchase, which has been in the works since late 2007, must be completed by year's end according to the terms of the deal, as Lake County News has reported. The property is expected to enter escrow this week.

At 1:30 p.m., the board also will consider the final Shoreline Communities Area Plan, a planning document for the Northshore which has been in the works for some time. They'll also consider rezoning of lands within the area plan and review, consider and recertify, if necessary, the plan's final environmental impact report.

In other board business, supervisors will consider and discuss an interim urgency ordinance imposing a

temporary moratorium on the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries in the county at 3:30 p.m., as Lake County News has reported, and consider the proposed response to the fiscal year 2008-09 Grand Jury Final Report in an untimed discussion.

Timed items:

9 a.m.: Approval of consent agenda.

9:05 a.m.: Citizen's input. Any person may speak for three minutes about any subject of concern,

provided that it is within the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors and is not already on today's agenda.

9:15 a.m.: Assessment Appeal Hearing for (a) Thomas Johnson - Application No. 2008-236 - Assessment Parcel No. 041-183-440, located at 16065 34th Ave., Clearlake; and (b) William Kenna - Application No. 2008-238 - Assessment Parcel No. 013-013-410, located at 21428 Jerusalem Grade, Lower Lake.

9:45 a.m.: Discussion/consideration of expansion of membership of the Seismic Monitoring Advisory Committee (SMAC) (adding one representative from the following: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, AltaRock Energy Inc., county of Lake Community Development Department, Bottle Rock Power Co., city of Santa Rosa and Western Geopower Co.), and approval of the amended supplemental

plan and membership of SMAC.

10 a.m.: (a) Consideration of proposed funding agreement between the county of Lake and the U.S. Department of Energy for the operation and management of the Geysers-Wide Seismic Monitoring Array (funding provided by a U.S. Department of Energy grant and cost share matching fund provided by Calpine Corp.); and (b) consideration of proposed service agreement between the county of Lake and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the operation and management of the Geysers-Wide Seismic Monitoring Array.

10:15 a.m.: Presentation of Proclamation designating the week of Sept. 20-26 as “Adult Day Services Week” in Lake County.

10:30 a.m.: Hearing, notice of nuisance abatement, 7120 Morton St., Nice (APN 030-182-30 - Edward J. Tiscornia Jr.).

11:15 a.m.: Hearing, notice of nuisance abatement, 6948 Juniper Ave., Kelseyville (APN 044-372-08 - Benjamin Espinoza III).

Nontimed items:

– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.

– Consideration of award of Bid No. 09-26 for the Kelseyville Wastewater Treatment Facilities Improvement Project.

Consent agenda:

– Adopt proclamation designating the week of Sept. 20-26 as “Adult Day Services Week” in Lake County.

– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and the Lucerne Alpine Seniors Inc. for the purpose of providing funding to make repairs to the Lucerne Senior Citizens Center building (not to exceed

$15,000), and authorize the chair to sign.

– Adopt Resolution No. _____ approving agreement 09-C0015 with the state of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation and authorizing execution and signature for the electronic submission of pesticide use data during Fiscal Year 2009-10.

– Approve contract between the county of Lake and SCS Engineers for Landfill Gas Feasibility Study (not to exceed $25,130), and authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve grant deed and direct clerk to certify for recordation (APN 002-025-36 - Vonna McCabe - Trustee), and approve purchase agreement between the county of Lake and Vonna McCabe for Elk

Mountain Road Storm Damage Project and authorize the chair to sign.

– Adopt resolution declaring intent to vacate a portion of a roadway, Ponderosa Lane, located along the westerly boundary of the Villa Blue Estates Subdivision (Blue Lakes), Upper Lake area, and set public

hearing at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6.

– Approve out of state travel for Senior Air Quality Specialist Elizabeth Knight to Nashville, Tenn. from Nov. 2-5 to attend the 2009 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference (all costs to be paid for by federal EPA grant funding).

– Approve easement deed and direct clerk to certify for recordation (APN 008-062-30 - Leah Palmer), and approve purchase agreement between the county of Lake and Leah Palmer for the new construction of a sanitary sewer line and authorize the chair of the Kelseyville County Waterworks District No. 3 to sign.

The board also will hold a closed session to confer with labor negotiators and conduct a performance evaluation of the director of Child Support Services

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