The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 12, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
At 10:15 a.m. Supervisor Rob Brown and County Administrative Officer Kelly Cox will take to the board a proposal to acquire the Gard Street School property.
The Kelseyville Unified School District, currently facing steep budget cuts, is considering selling the 7.44-acre school property.
A report from Brown and Cox said the site includes classrooms, a large multipurpose cafeteria/gymnasium/theater building with a kitchen facility, a bus barn, a modular restroom building that meets Americans with Disabilities Act standards, tennis courts, a ballfield and a building under long-term lease with the American Legion.
They propose that the board authorize county staff to further evaluate the option of buying the school – including potential funding sources.
The property, which has been appraised at $990,000, could be used for several county departments, with the report noting that the Special Districts administrator, agriculture commissioner and University of California Cooperative Extension director have all expressed interest in relocating their departments to the site.
“The campus layout of the buildings appear to be very functional for a County Agricultural Center and the Kelseyville location is appropriately surrounded by one of the County's prime agricultural areas,” the report explains.
Cox and Brown also suggest that the relocation “would be of significant benefit to the businesses in Kelseyville” and would further promote economic development in an unincorporated area of Lake County, which would increase County tax revenues.”
In other board business, at 9:30 a.m. the board will receive an informational presentation on the local impacts of Gov. Jerry Brown's signing of a realignment bill that will send some felony offenders to serve their terms in county jails and require county probation departments to take over supervision of some state prison parolees.
At 10:30 a.m., the board will discuss the latest on the “opt-out” proposal PG&E filed with the California Public Utilities Commission, which would allow customers to have radio transmitters disabled inside SmartMeters. The board passed a moratorium against the installation of SmartMeters last month.
The proposal requires upfront and ongoing fees, which Supervisor Anthony Farrington called an “extortion plan” as he addressed the Lakeport City Council last week during its discussion on taking action against the devices.
At 11 a.m., the board will get an update and presentation regarding the proposed Walker Ridge Wind Farm Project and consider a request for a letter of support for proposed project.
The board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Lake County Employees Association, Lake County Deputy Sheriffs' Association and Lake County Deputy District Attorneys' Association.
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).
9:15 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of April 10-16 as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in Lake County.
9:45 a.m.: Carried over from April 5, assessment appeal hearing for Elizabeth Eleen - Application No. 18-2010 - 8640 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville, CA (APN 044-340-270-000).
1:30 p.m.: Forum on sources of algae nutrient levels in Clear Lake and mitigation options.
Nontimed items
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Consideration of proposed ordinance amending the charges and fees for County Service Area No. 2 - Spring Valley Lakes (second reading).
– Consideration of proposed findings of fact – appeal (AB 10-05) of Robert and Becky Parker of the Planning Commission’s allowance of a Residential Second Unit on property owned by Michael Macy;
located at 13210 Ridge Road, Loch Lomond, CA (APN 011-067-42).
– Consideration of proposed findings of fact – appeal (AB 11-01) of Friends of Cobb Mountain of the Planning Commission’s certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the Bottle Rock Power Steam, geothermal field development-expansion project and further appeals the Planning Commission’s approval of the use permit (UP 09-01) and minor modifications to existing Use Permit 85- 27 and associated Traffic Control and Road Maintenance Plan (MMU 01-01); located at 6743, 6825, 7358, 7385 and 7500 High Valley Road, Cobb, CA (APNs 011-012-97, 013-002-01, 013-002-03, 013-002-04 and 013-002-05).
– Discussion/consideration of request to waive the formal bidding process and make a determination that competitive bidding would produce no economic benefit to the county; and consideration of request to approve a one-year agreement between the county of Lake and SHN Engineers & Geologists Inc. for monitoring and reporting services at the Eastlake Landfill, as required by the Regional Water Quality Control Board.
– Consideration of declaring/confirming a vacancy on the Kelseyville Cemetery District Board of Trustees, pursuant to Government Code Section 1770 (g).
Consent agenda
– Adopt Proclamation designating the week of April 10-16 as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in Lake County.
– Approve letter of support for Science Island Proposed Concept to Floating Islands West (to collaborate on a project utilizing BioHaven floating islands for educational purposes), and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Gallina LLC in the amount of $189,745 for county audit services for fiscal years ending 2011, 2012 and 2013, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve, in concept, the recommendation of the Classification and Compensation Committee to change the classification of the physical therapist position from Grade A26 (Entry step: $24.7384) to Grade B32 (Entry step: $33.9807), and direct the human resources director to initiate the meet and confer process with the appropriate employee association, as per staff memorandum dated March 30, 2011.
– Approve cooperative contract between the county of Lake and the California Department of Rehabilitation for vocational rehabilitation services, at no cost to the county, for fiscal year 2011-2012, and authorize the mental health director to sign.
– Adopt resolution in support of the Comprehensive Multi-Agency Juvenile Justice Plan modification and application to be submitted to the Corrections Standards Authority.
– Approve waiver of 900-hour limit for extra help Juvenile Correctional Officers Sally Boughton, Salvador Re and Robert C. Krentz, as per staff memorandum, dated March 24, 2011.
– Approve out of state travel for Utility Area Superintendent Robert Saderlund to attend Cityworks Asset Management User Conference, in St. George, Utah, May 15-19, 2011.
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