LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors will continue a discussion on a new Mental Health Department lease and a community group's appeal of a geothermal project on Cobb when it meets this week.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
At 2:30 p.m., supervisors will return to the matter of considering a proposed lease for a new office building at 6302 13th Ave. for a Mental Health Department facility.
Last week, Cliff and Nancy Ruzicka, owners of the building on Parallel Drive in Lakeport where Mental Health is currently based, offered to “gift” the county the building after the county pays them more than $4.1 million over the next 15 years, which County Administrative Officer Kelly Cox said is essentially a lease option.
Previously, the Ruzickas submitted two purchase option proposals to the county, offering to sell the building for $1,750,000 in both. In one, the county would pay $750,000 down with a monthly payment of $11,880 per year for 10 years, for a total of $2,175,000; or no down payment with 20 years of monthly payments of $20,790, for a total of $2,494,800.
At 11:30 a.m. the board will continue its public hearing on the Friends of Cobb Mountain's appeal of the Lake County Planning Commission’s certification of the final environmental impact report prepared for the Bottle Rock Power Steam, geothermal field development-expansion project and appeals by the planning commission’s approval of the use permit and minor modifications to an existing use permit and associated traffic control and road maintenance plan. The project is located at 6743, 6825, 7358, 7385 and 7500 High Valley Road, Cobb.
Scheduled at 11:45 a.m., the board will hold a public hearing and consider Bottle Rock Power LLC's request for a rezone of approximately 60 acres from “PDR-BF,” Planned Development Residential-Frozen parcel size to “RL-BF,” Rural Lands-Frozen parcel size. That project is located within the Binkley Leasehold at 6743 and 7385 High Valley Road, Cobb.
The board also will hold two closed sessions, one that's untimed to discuss labor negotiations and two cases of existing litigation, County of Lake v. Bouchey and Rogers v. County of Lake, et al.; and another scheduled for 1:30 p.m. to interview applicants for the animal control director position.
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).
9:15 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating March 15 as National Agriculture Day and the week of March 13-19 as National Agriculture Week in Lake County.
9:30 a.m.: Presentation of employee service awards.
10 a.m.: Presentation by Mendocino National Forest Supervisor Tom Contreras regarding the budget, projects and other issues related to the Mendocino National Forest.
10:30 a.m.: Presentation by Buxton of Lake County Retail Development Report.
11:15 a.m.: Presentation of activities and services of Lake County Mediations.
Nontimed items
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Consideration of appointments to the Planning Commission, District 3, continued from March 1; and the Sheriff’s Office of Quality Assurance Exploratory Committee.
– Consideration of proposed resolution urging the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to keep Lake County, Napa County, Sonoma County, Mendocino County and Yolo County within the same U.S. Congressional District.
– Consideration of request to appoint Richard Hinchcliff as chief deputy district attorney (retroactive to Dec. 13, 2010).
Consent agenda
– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on March 1 and March 8, 2011 (March 1, minutes carried over from March 8).
– Adopt proclamation designating March 15 as National Agriculture Day and the week of March 13-19 as National Agriculture Week in Lake County.
– Approve waiver of 900-hour limit for extra-help Janitor employee, Diana Hasty, as per staff memorandum, dated March 3.
– Approve in concept the Classification and Compensation Committee Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2011-12 and authorize the Human Resources Director to begin the meet and confer process necessary to implement the recommendations.
– Approve the second amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and Hilltop Recovery Services, for an increase of $15,000, and to add Hilltop Recovery for Women to the contract, and
authorize the chair to sign.
– Adopt resolution changing mileage in county maintained road system.
– Award Bid No. 11-07 to Steiny and Company, for construction of the Middletown Decorative Lighting Project, in the amount of $106,215, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve waiver of 900-hour limit for extra-help Deputies Jim Campbell, Dane Hayward, Robert Piveronas Lloyd Wells, Wes Frey, David Jones, Steve Jones and Assistant OES Coordinator Willie Sapeta, as per staff memorandum, dated March 1, 2011.
– Approve Boating Safety and Enforcement Financial Aid Program contract between the county of Lake and the California Department of Boating and Waterways, for boating safety and enforcement
activities, in the amount of $315,312, for Fiscal Year 2011-12, and authorize the sheriff to sign.
– Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Lexipol LLC for policy manual development services, for an increase of $8,925, and authorize the sheriff to sign.
– Adopt resolution rescinding Resolution No. 97-229 and designating the Welfare Fraud Investigator Supervisor and Welfare Investigator positions as peace officers, authorized to carry firearms while acting in the scope of their duties.
– Adopt resolution authorizing the destruction of records in the custody of the Water Resources Department (expired encroachment permits from 2009 and earlier).
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