Board to hear appeal on Bottle Rock Power EIR Tuesday

LAKEPORT, Calif. – When it meets this week the Board of Supervisors will hear a community group's appeal of the final environmental impact report certification for Bottle Rock Power's steamfield expansion project.


The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.


At 9:30 a.m. the board will hold a public hearing on the Friends of Cobb Mountain's appeal of the Lake County Planning Commission’s certification Bottle Rock Power Steam's final EIR for its geothermal field development-expansion project.


The group also has appealed the commission's approval of a use permit and minor modifications to an existing use permit associated with traffic control and road maintenance plan for property located at

6743, 6825, 7358, 7385 and 7500 High Valley Road, Cobb.


In a related matter, at 11:30 a.m. the board will hold a public hearing to consider Bottle Rock Power LLC's request for a rezone of approximately 60 acres from Planned Development Residential-Frozen parcel size to Rural Lands-Frozen parcel size. The property is located within the Binkley Leasehold at 6743 and 7385 High Valley Road, Cobb.


In nontimed items, the board will consider the Mental Health Department's request to approve a lease for an office building at 6302 13th Ave. in Lucerne. The matter was carried over from Feb 15.


The board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations.


Consideration of appointments to the Sheriff’s Office of Quality Assurance Exploratory Committee, which originally was scheduled under nontimed items, is being carried over to the March 1 meeting.


Other items on the agenda include the following.


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.: Public hearing, consideration of appointment of a county road commissioner, pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 2006.


9:15 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the month of February 2011 as Children’s Dental Health Month in Lake County.


9:20 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of Feb. 20-26 as National Engineers Week in Lake County.


Nontimed items


Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.


Second reading of the proposed ordinance amending Section 721 of the Sewer Use Ordinance (Appendix A), of the Lake County Code – increasing charges for accepting discharge from septic haulers at the Southeast and Northwest Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilities.


Consent agenda


Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on Feb. 15, 2011.


Adopt proclamation designating the month of February 2011 as Children’s Dental Health Month in Lake County.


Adopt proclamation designating the week of Feb. 20-26 as National Engineers Week in Lake County.


Approve contract between the county of Lake and Mogavero Notestine Associated to produce a market development plan for Holiday Harbor and authorize the chair to sign (funded by a State CDBG grant).


Approve memorandum of understanding between the county of Lake and Richard Heath and Associates for installation of energy efficient upgrades to nonprofit organizations, in an amount not to exceed $10,000 (payable with PG&E Energy Watch Non-Profit Grant funds), and authorize the chair to sign.


Adopt resolution authorizing application to The Grant Project – Lake County DUI Intensive Response Team.


Adopt resolution authorizing application to The Grant Project – Lake County Domestic Violence Response Team Project.


Approve waiver of 1000-hour limit for extra-help Client Services Assistant I employee, David Ables, as per staff memorandum, dated Feb. 8, 2011.


Approve agreement between the county of Lake and the Lake County Office of Education Healthy Start Program, for Family-PRO Differential Response Program services, in an amount of $10,000, for

the period of Feb. 15, 2011, through Feb. 14, 2012 (paid with Child Welfare Services Outcome Improvement Project funds), and authorize the chair to sign.


Adopt resolution approving submission of a grant proposal by the Probation Department to the Corrections Standards Authority (to establish a Detention Reduction Differential Response Program.


Adopt Resolution amending Resolution No. 2010-228 establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2010-11, Budget Unit No. 2201, Sheriff-Coroner (deleting one sheriff-coroner assistant position).


Adopt resolution declaring intent to sell surplus real property owned by the county; and set the public hearing for the opening and consideration of bids as March 22, 2011, at 9:20 a.m.


Adopt Resolution authorizing redirection of Year 11 Carol Moyer grant funds to the Carl Moyer Rural Assistance Program.


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