LAKEPORT, Calif. – Just a week after giving final approval to a new ordinance governing the county's medical marijuana dispensaries, the Board of Supervisors is set this week to begin discussing an ordinance that will address how cultivation of the plant for medicinal purposes will be handled.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, August 23, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
The discussion regarding the proposed ordinance for medical marijuana cultivation will begin at 1:30 p.m.
The new ordinance comes after the board spent its two previous meetings wrapping up the dispensaries ordinance, which has been nearly two years in the making.
The cultivation document will govern cultivation both in homes in residential areas and on properties with an acre or more of land, puts in place performance and operation standards for sites growing for dispensaries and collectives, implements rules for where in homes cultivation can take place, and includes a clause to release the county from liability should arrests and prosecutions based on cultivation-related activities on approved sites take place.
Regarding the liability clause, Community Development Director Rick Coel told Lake County News in a previous interview that he wanted to make sure the county was protected from possible action by federal officials. Earlier this summer federal officials warned officials in other communities around the country about potential criminal liability as a result of approving medical marijuana-related operations.
The board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Lake County Employees Association, Lake County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Lake County Correctional Officer's Association and Lake County Deputy District Attorney's Association; conduct performance evaluations of Air Pollution Control Officer Doug Gearhart, Animal Control Officer Bill Davidson and Special Districts Administrator Mark Dellinger; and discuss an existing case of litigation, Alvarez et al.
v. Lake County Board of Supervisors et al.
A full agenda 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 designating Sept. 21, 2012, as the International Day of Peace, and June 22-Sept. 21, 2012, as Summer of Peace in Lake County.
9:15 a.m: Public hearing, consideration of an appeal of the Lake County Planning Commission’s partial denial of a modified version of the following project: GPAP 11-01, RZ 11-01 and MMU 10-06 proposing a general plan amendment of 0.8 acres from Service Commercial to Community Commercial and 4.2 acres from Agriculture to Service Commercial; a rezone from “C3" Service Commercial to “CH” Highway Commercial and “A” Agriculture to “C3" Service Commercial; and a Minor Modification to existing permits (Res. 69-83, UP 88-42 and MUP 09-23) to allow a convenience store and construction of a 30,000 gallon propane tank; appellant is Westgate Petroleum; project located at 3740 Highland Springs Road, Lakeport (APN 008-002-31). Carried over from Aug. 16.
10 a.m.: Public hearing, discussion/consideration of the formation of an energy and water efficiency assessment district and adoption of the California Property Assessed Clean Energy (California PACE)
Program.
10:25 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the month of September 2011 as Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Lake County.
10:30 a.m.: Hearing, nuisance abatement of 3210 Lee St., Nice, CA (APN Code Enforcement 030-194-17 - Kathleen Miller).
10:40 a.m.: Discussion/consideration of proposed ordinance rescinding Ordinance 2834 which established a public defender legal fee reimbursement program, registration fee and reimbursement fee schedule.
10:50 a.m.: Closed session, meeting with Lake County Grand Jury pursuant to Government Code Section 54953.1.
11:10 a.m.: Hearing, consideration of the recommendation of the Agricultural Grievance Committee regarding the enforcement of the Agricultural Abatement Ordinance; location 9275 N. State Highway 29, Upper Lake (APN 003-034-07 - Carpenter Orchard Inc.).
1:30 p.m.: Public hearing, discussion/consideration of proposed ordinance amending Chapter 21 of the Ordinance Code of the County of Lake adding Article 72A: Regulations for the Cultivation of Medical
Marijuana (AM 11-03).
NONTIMED ITEMS
– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
– Consideration of appointment to the Lake County/City Areawide Planning Council (alternate position).
– Consideration of proposed contract with R.E. West Construction for construction of Middletown Library and Senior Center facility per Bid No. 11-02; and consideration of proposed contract change order(s) for the Middletown Library and Senior Center project.
– Update and consideration of staff recommendation relative to the Redwood Empire Food Bank’s request for financial support (continued from July 12).
CONSENT AGENDA
– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on Aug. 16, 2011.
– Adopt proclamation designating Sept. 21, 2012, as the International Day of Peace, and June 22-Sept. 21, 2012, as Summer of Peace in Lake County.
– Adopt proclamation designating the month of September 2011 as Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Lake County.
– Approve remittance agreement between the county of Lake and the Lake County Redevelopment Agency, relative to Assembly Bill X127 Implementation, and authorize the chair to sign. (This agreement to be approved by the board sitting concurrently as the Lake County Redevelopment Agency.)
– Approve equitable sharing agreement and certification between the county of Lake and the U.S. Department of Justice, for the sharing of federally seized asset forfeiture monies, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and the Lake County Office of Education-Safe Schools Healthy Students Program, for FY 2011-12, specialty mental health services and authorize the chair to sign.
– Authorize the purchase of 13 NX700H Kenwood digital mobile radios (five for installation at the Sheriff’s offices, eight for installation in Marine Patrol boats), in the amount of $7428.24, to Advanced Communications; authorize the purchase of 70 NX200K Kenwood digital portable radios, in the amount of $36,743.70, to Advanced Communications, per sheriff’s memorandum dated Aug. 10, 2011.
– Approve submission of an Anti-Drug Abuse (Cal-Ema) grant application, in the amount of $124,194 (to be shared with the District Attorney's Office), to combat drug manufacturing and sales.
– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Redwood Children’s Services Inc. for FY 2011-2014 emergency shelter care and services, and authorize the chair to sign.
– Approve claims for excess proceeds from Tax Sale #149A (Group 1 Final), per Section 4675 of the Revenue and Taxation Code as recommended in the memorandum dated Aug. 9, 2011, from
Treasurer-Tax Collector Sandra Kacharos.
– Approve remittance agreement between the Lake County Redevelopment Agency and the county of Lake, relative to Assembly Bill X127 Implementation, and authorize the chair to sign. (This agreement to be approved by the board sitting concurrently as the Lake County Redevelopment Agency.)
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