The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
At 9:15 a.m. U.S. Solar Solutions will present details of its proposed project in Lakeport to the board, which will then consider the company's request for a letter of support.
Craig Campbell, executive director and founder of the Clearlake-based US Solar Solutions and Affordable Housing Alternatives, told Lake County News the proposed 15-megawatt plant would create more than 150 long-term jobs with an annual payroll of between $10 million and $14 million.
He said he is looking at a few potential sites for the proposed plant, but isn't prepared to disclose them yet.
A turnkey technology partner is prepared to come in and set the plant up, Campbell said.
However, he noted, “We're primarily in the funding stage.”
He's currently seeking letters of support from the Board of Supervisors, as well as Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Mendocino College to pursue funding.
“The project has a huge educational component to it,” he said, which is what he'll be sharing with the board at the Tuesday meeting.
His introduction letter to the board said the company also intends to include an educational component, offering all interested schools, colleges and distance learning education institutions access to video coverage of the plants operations an onsite classroom for the purposes of training and learning.
Campbell is a former South San Francisco resident who was working on launching the project in Silicon Valley.
“I've pretty much been an entrepreneur all of my life,” he said.
At the start of this year he moved to Lake County to live in a house he had built here.
After he moved to the county, he started looking around at what it offered.
“I thought to myself, why not just do it here?” he said.
Campbell said the project will be supported by a community-based nonprofit with a local board of directors.
Everybody will have a voice in the project, he said, noting that it would have a huge impact on Lake County.
He said a lot of solar panels are being manufactured out of the country, and it would be good to help encourage more manufacturing here at home.
Campbell said he had three electric car demonstrators in 1992, and was known as “Mr. Electric Car” at one time. However, at the time the project didn't take off and he ran out of money.
In other news, the board will get a report on the Lucerne Hotel's roofing repairs and consider a proposed resolution authorizing execution of a notice of completion.
The repairs were completed earlier this month, and Paul Parlee, owner of Lucerne Roofing & Supply, donated power washing services to clean up the building's exterior, as Lake County News has reported.
The board also will hold a closed session to discuss a case of existing litigation regarding Boeger Land Development.
Other items on the agenda are as follows.
Timed items
9 a.m.: Approval of consent agenda, which includes items that are expected to be routine and noncontroversial, and will be acted upon by the board at one time without discussion; presentation of animals available for adoption at Lake County Animal Care and Control; consideration of items not appearing on the posted 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 the agenda. Prior to this time, speakers must fill out a slip giving name, address and subject (available in the Clerk of the Board’s Office, first floor, courthouse).
9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the month of December 2010 as AIDS Awareness Month in Lake County.
9:45 a.m.: Update regarding Clearlake Oaks Keys Slurry Seal Project.
10 a.m.: Consideration of request to release funds allocated for alternative water solutions for CSA #16 – Paradise Cove, to drill a fourth well.
10:15 a.m.: Hearing, consideration of proposed amendment to Section 4-14 of Chapter 4 of the Lake County Code (to allow for the modification/amendment/removal of an existing Vicious Animal Oder after three years).
10:30 a.m.: Consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Lucerne Alpine Seniors Inc. for health-related senior support services in the amount of $4,400; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Middletown Senior Citizens Inc. for health-related senior support services in the amount of $4,400; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Highlands Senior Service Center Inc., for health-related senior support services in the amount of $10,050; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Live Oak Senior Center for health-related senior support services in the amount of $6,211; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Lakeport Senior Center Inc. for health-related senior support services in the amount of $8,125; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Kelseyville Seniors Inc. to provide basic operating expenses in the amount of $2,000; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Senior Support Services to provide basic operating expenses in the amount of $1,000; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and the PSA 26 Area Agency on Aging (AAA) to provide matching funds to enable the AAA to continue to receive federal and state grant funds under the Older Americans Act in the amount of $48,360.
10:40 a.m.: Consideration of proposed ordinance establishing goals for hiring local workers.
Nontimed items
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Community Development Services to perform loan underwriting and packaging services relative to business loans funded by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) #09-EDEF-6539; consideration of request to approve the transfer of $5,000 from Activity Delivery to Business Loans and the transfer of future savings into the Business Loan line item; and consideration of request to amend Sections 2.1, 4.2 and 4.5 of the Program Guidelines to allow loan funds to be used for construction.
– Consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Gary Briggs, for rental properties located at 4960 Golf Avenue and 4960 Golf Avenue, Units A, C, D and E, in the amount of $2,725 per month (with a one-time security deposit of $5,400) for mental health facilities (including Addendum for future rental of 4960 Golf Ave., Unit B, when vacant, at an additional monthly rate of $475, and a one-time security deposit of $950).
– Update on emergency action taken on March 2, 2010, regarding the Southeast Regional Wastewater Collection System – Interim Collection System improvements.
Consent agenda
– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on Nov. 16, 2010.
– Adopt proclamation designating the month of December 2010 as AIDS Awareness Month in Lake County.
– Approve letter of support of the Clear Lake Area California Highway Patrol “Five Alive” grant project, to reduce the number of collisions involving alcohol or motorcycles, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement between the county of Lake and the city of Clearlake relative to the operation of a local Public, Educational, Governmental (PEG) Cable Television Channel, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Ray Hoffman for placement of a “Welcome to Blue Lakes” sign on property located at 5845 West Highway 20, Blue Lakes, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve adjustment in compensation for working above classification for interim Chief District Attorney Investigator Craig Woodworth (to reflect longevity salary increase due Oct. 3, 2010).
– Approve leave of absence without pay for Deputy Sheriff Francisco Rivero for the period from Dec. 3, 2010 to Jan. 5, 2011, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt resolution approving the application for grant funds from the Habitat Conservation Fund Program.
– Adopt resolution temporarily prohibiting parking and authorizing removal of vehicles and ordering the Department of Public Works to post signs.
– Approve easement deed to the city of Lakeport and direct clerk to certify for recordation (a portion of APN 005-037-02 – county of Lake), and authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Aug. 6, 2010 (2005-06 Storm Damage Repair – Bartlett Springs Road PM 21.1, Lake County, Bid No. PW 11-01).
– Adopt Resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated May 18, 2010 (Lakeshore Boulevard Bikeway PM 1.53 to PM 1.88, PM 2.05 to 3.27 and PM 3.38 to 3.61, Lake County, Bid No. PW 10-03).
– Adopt resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Oct. 22, 2010 (2005/2006 Storm Damage Repair: Elk Mountain Road PM 33.3, Lake County, Bid No. 10-07).
– Adopt resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Aug. 17, 2010 (2005/2006 Storm Damage Repair – Morgan Valley Road PM 5.91, Lake County, Bid No. 10-11).
– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Dazzling Janitorial Services, for janitorial services in the Social Services office, Children’s Services office, and Adult Housing Services office, through June 30, 2013, in the amount of $6,070.36 per month for the first year, with the possible subsequent addition of a cost of living adjustment equal to 90 percent of the Consumer Price Index, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve side letter of agreement to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) by and between the California United Homecare Workers Union Local 4034 and the Lake County In-Home Support Services (IHSS) Public Authority (extending the term of the agreement to Jan. 31, 2011), and authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt resolution approving variance of sewer use regulations for property located at 4330 Cruickshank Road, Kelseyville (APN 008-061-43 - Greta Moreno).
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