LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will look at an option to purchase property to provide for an alternate road through Mt. Konocti Park.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. The meeting will be broadcast live on TV8.
At 11 a.m., the board will discuss the proposed acquisition from a property owner adjacent to the park.
Mike Fowler and Emily Ford, who sold the county the park property on top of the mountain, recently filed suit against the county and Lake Transit over bus tours to the mountaintop park that used an easement road through their property, as Lake County News has reported.
Public Services Director Caroline Chavez’s report to the board explains that staff has been preparing to grade 4,000 feet for an alternate road that would wrap around the Fowler property, “and take the road completely off their residential property and eliminate their concerns for the easement use by our staff and contractors’ vehicles and by specially permitted vehicles.”
She said County Roads Superintendent Steve Stangland found an old road adjacent to the Fowler property that could be upgraded and used for a new road. Chavez said most of that road is on county-owned property, with 20 to 25 percent of the road on an adjacent 130-acre property that is privately owned.
On Oct. 25 the Lake County Planning Commission found the proposed alternative road to be in conformity with the Lake County General Plan. Chavez said next steps include an initial California Environmental Quality Act study, a determination of how much additional property is required and beginning negotiations with the adjacent property owner.
Chavez is seeking the board’s approval to begin negotiations for a construction easement, which “will allow us to ascertain how much property is required for the road and for eventual purchase of that portion of property.”
She said the “most likely source” of funding is from the proceeds of surplus land on Mt. Konocti’s eastern side that the Bureau of Land Management is set to purchase based on the memorandum of understanding between BLM and the county, developed at the time the county bought the Mt. Konocti property.
In other business, in a matter held over from Nov. 6, the board will consider a request from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office to approve the purchase of 10 Glock 17 duty weapons, 12 Glock 34 SWAT weapons, 10 Glock 17 magazines, 1 Model 40-XS .308W tactical weapon, 1 Mark 4, Leupold scope and 12 TREK 5.56mm suppressors.
At the same time the board will consider a request to award the bids for the weapons to All State Police Equipment Co. in the amount of $6,565.10, LC Action Police Supply in the amount of $8,461.61, ProForce Law Enforcement in the amount of $2,643.11 and GemTech in the amount of $5624.55.
In an item timed for 11:15 a.m., the board will consider giving conceptual approval to enter into negotiations with Aramark for the provision of food services at the Lake County Jail and Juvenile Hall facilities.
The full agenda follows.
TIMED ITEMS
9 a.m. A-1 to A-4: 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., A-5: (a) Presentation of proclamation designating the month of November 2012 as National Hospice Month.
9:15 a.m., A-6: (a) Presentation of Clear Lake Advisory Committee Quarterly Report; (b) consideration of board direction regarding Clear Lake Advisory Committee; and (c) consideration of appointment to the Clear Lake Advisory Committee.
10 a.m., A-7: Presentation of Domestic Violence Services FY 2011-2012 Final Center Report.
10:15 a.m., A-8: Public hearing, consideration of proposed ordinance amending Chapter Three of the Lake County Code concerning the Commercial Weighing and Measuring Device Program and the annual registration fees for inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices.
10:30 a.m., A-9: Consideration of proposed Lake County Weed Management Plan Resources/Public Works (covering both aquatic and terrestrial invasive weeds).
10:45 a.m., A-10: (a) Consideration of request for waiver of construction traffic road fees for Robert Cramer; and (b) consideration of request for waiver of Construction Traffic Road Fees for Melvin and Lynn Goos.
11 a.m., A-11: Consideration of proposed property acquisition for alternate road on Mt. Konocti.
11:15 a.m., A-12: Consideration of request for conceptual approval to enter into negotiations with Aramark for the provision of food services at the Lake County Jail and Juvenile Hall facilities.
NONTIMED ITEMS
A-13: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
A-14: Consideration of request to send letter to state legislators requesting the repeal or amendment of AB 109 Public Safety Realignment.
A-15: Consideration of proposed Agreement between the County of Lake and BHC Sierra Vista Hospital for FY 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 psychiatric inpatient hospital services.
A-16: Public Works Presentation of the Completed Work Summary of road maintenance projects funded by the General Fund.
A-17: Carried over from Nov. 6, (a) consideration of request to approve purchase of fixed assets: 10 Glock 17 duty weapons, 12 Glock 34 SWAT weapons, 10 Glock 17 magazines, 1 Model 40-XS .308W tactical weapon, 1 Mark 4, Leupold scope and 12 TREK 5.56mm suppressors; and (b) consideration of request to award bids to All State Police Equipment Co. in the amount of $6,565.10, LC Action Police Supply in the amount of $8,461.61, ProForce Law Enforcement in the amount of $2,643.11, and GemTech in the amount of $5624.55.
A-18: Consideration of policy regarding media releases and release of public information.
CLOSED SESSION
A-19: 1.Conference with labor negotiator: (a) county negotiators: A. Grant, L. Guintivano, M. Perry, J. Hammond and A. Flora; and (b) employee organization: Lake County Deputy District Attorney’s Association, Lake County Correctional Officer’s Association and Lake County Employees Association.
A-19: 2. Conference with legal counsel: Consideration of whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Government Code Sec. 54956.9 (c), by intervening In the Matter of the Application of California Water Service Company (U-60-w) before CPUC, Application 12-07-007.
A-19: 3. Conference with legal counsel: Consideration of Whether to Initiate Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Sec. 54956.9(c), by joining in the Qui Tam Lawsuit Filed Under Seal - Plaintiff Under Seal v. Defendant Under Seal.
A-19: 4. Conference with legal counsel: Consideration of whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Government Code Sec. 54956.9(c) against Roy Fields.
A-19: 5. Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Government Code Sec. 54956.9(a) - Beland v. County of Lake.
A-19: 6. Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation Pursuant to Government Code Sec. 54956.9c – Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association et al. v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, et al.
CONSENT AGENDA
C-1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held on Nov. 6, 2012.
C-2: Adopt proclamation designating the month of November 2012 as National Hospice Month.
C-3: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Anthony Wong DVM, for FY 2012-2013 veterinary services, total amount not to exceed $80,200, (superseding previous agreement and adding veterinary services for the Community Cat Spay/Neuter Project for the Kelseyville area), and authorize the chair to sign.
C-4: Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Modesto Residential Living Center for FY 2012-13 adult residential services (reduction of total maximum compensation to $35,000, and removal of modification clause allowing for increase to the agreement of 25 percent by mutual written consent of contractor and county), and authorize the chair to sign.
C-5: Adopt resolution supporting a CalRecycle Grant Application and authorization for the director of Public Works to be designated as applicant’s official representative.
C-6: Adopt resolution authorizing the chairman of the board to approve and direct the tax collector to sell, at public auction via Internet, tax defaulted property which is subject to the power to sell in accordance with Chapter 7 of Part 6 of Division 1 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code and approving sales below minimum price on specified cases.
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