The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
At 9:15 a.m. the board will hold a public hearing on the draft Konocti Regional Trails Master Plan, which is a countywide network of nonmotorized recreational and transportation trails.
Clearlake Oaks' Holly Harris and Chuck Lamb, who have been integral to the trails effort, will be presented proclamations for their efforts just before the hearing. Also honored for work on the plan will be Barbara Rice, program manager, National Park Service.
In another public hearing, scheduled for 10:30 a.m., the board will discuss a proposed ordinance
amending Article IX to Chapter 15 of the Lake County Code, establishing a fee-based inspection program for all water vessels launched in the county of Lake.
The ordinance's goal is to prevent invasive mussels – like the quagga and zebra – from invading the county's lakes and devastating the economy.
At 1:30 p.m., the board will discuss a citizens' request that a moratorium be instituted to prevent PG&E from installing Smart Meters in the county. The meters have caused controversy in other California communities as the company has rolled out their installation.
Supervisor Denise Rushing is taking the matter to the board. Her memo to the board explains that she was contacted by a number of county residents and asked to place the discussion on the agenda. She also included information shared with her by community members.
Rushing, who has worked in the energy industry, said she hasn't made up her mind on the issue. She said she has been a proponent of the Smart Grid and Smart Metering for most of her business career.
“I cannot, however, authoritatively speak to PG&E's choice of technology, its specific drawbacks or the specific benefits they may offer to their customers,” she wrote.
Rushing continued that she can speak to “the general consumer issues these projects must take into account as they deploy such systems,” including communicating customer choices, rate options, features and benefits to deploy, data privacy and security, and the technology's impact on the homes and the people living in them.
In other board business, the supervisors will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Lake County Deputy Sheriffs Association and hold performance evaluations for interim Animal Care and Control Director Bill Davidson and Water Resources Director Scott De Leon.
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, and contract change orders for current construction projects.
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 commending Holly Harris and Chuck Lamb for their volunteer service to Lake County in connection with the Konocti Regional Trails Master Plan; and presentation of certificate of appreciation to Barbara Rice, program manager, National Park Service, for her service to Lake County in connection with the Konocti Regional Trails Master Plan.
10:15 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation commending Jon Hopkins for his years of service to Lake County.
11 a.m.: Nuisance abatement hearing, 2598 S. Main St., Lakeport, CA (APN 008-001-01 – Kathleen Miller).
11:30 a.m.: Assessment appeal hearing, James Robello, Application Nos. 01-2010 and 76-2010, 2315
Eastlake Drive, Kelseyville, CA (APN 044-192-190-000).
2:30 p.m.: Closed session – public employee disciplinary appeal No. EDA 2010-03, Government Code Section 54957.
Nontimed items
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Consideration of request to extend leave of absence without pay for Animal Care and Control Director Denise Johnson.
Consent agenda
– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on Jan. 4, 2011.
– Adopt proclamations commending Holly Harris and Chuck Lamb for their volunteer service to Lake County in connection with the Konocti Regional Trails Master Plan; and adopt certificate of appreciation to Barbara Rice, program manager, National Park Service, for her service to Lake County in connection with the Konocti Regional Trails Master Plan.
– Adopt proclamation commending Jon Hopkins for his years of service to Lake County.
– Approve waiver of 900-hour limit for extra-help Account Clerk Lynnette Totorica, as per the memorandum from Auditor-Controller Pam Cochrane, dated Jan. 3, 2011.
– Adopt resolution to amend the adopted budget for FY 2010-11 by making various adjustments to Budget Unit 2113 – Victim Witness (appropriating $15,000 in unanticipated revenue to Object Code
28.30).
– Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2010-165 establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2010-11, Budget Unit No.6022, County Library (restoring a half-time Library Assistant I/II Tech position to full-time).
– Approve indemnification agreement between the county of Lake and Regina Legoski to allow emergency vehicles and certain members of the public to pass over a portion of her property knows as APNs 003- 047-05 and 003-047-07, due to an emergency situation caused by flooding of Scotts Valley and Eickhoff Roads, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt resolution authorizing participation in “Year 13” Carl Moyer Program, and authorizing the air pollution control officer to submit grant application and sign program documents.
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