LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will discuss how to protect against a landslide at a north Lakeport subdivision and consider accepting a light armored vehicle from Sonoma County.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 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 9:10 a.m., the board will take up Public Works' request to consider actions to protect Hill Road East from potential land movement near the Lakeside Heights subdivision.
Last March, a landslide occurred at the subdivision, damaging a number of homes and leading to concerns that the nearby Hill Road East could be damaged or blocked.
The earth movement eventually stopped, and in an effort to keep the land stable last fall the county and the Lakeside Heights Homeowners Association paid a contractor to tarp about five acres of the slide area to protect it against moisture.
In an untimed item, the board will consider Sheriff Frank Rivero's request to receive from the county of Sonoma the gift of a 1994 Cadillac Commando V-150 light armored vehicle.
Rivero's report to the board explains that the Lake County Sheriff's SWAT Team has been in need of a highly mobile armored vehicle for some time.
Currently, the agency has a Vietnam-era tracked armored vehicle, a M113 personnel carrier, which is slow moving and has to be transported to sites due to the damage it does to pavement, according to Rivero.
The LAV-150 has tires instead of tracks and its armor will withstand a .50-caliber rifle cartridge, with a .308 rifle cartridge able to penetrate the M113's armor, Rivero reported.
Rivero said the vehicle can be rapidly deployed in emergency situations, including active shooter incidents, situations where there are wounded citizens or officers, or hostages.
“The type of operations LCSO SWAT performs routinely encounters subjects with lengthy violent criminal records and who are often armed with various caliber sized firearms,” Rivero wrote to the board.
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: Consideration of actions to protect Hill Road East from potential land movement near the Lakeside Heights subdivision.
NONTIMED ITEMS
A-6: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
A-7: Consideration of appointments to the In Home Support Services (IHSS) Advisory Committee.
A-8: Consideration of request to accept gift from county of Sonoma one 1994 Cadillac Commando V-150 light armored vehicle.
A-9: Consideration of proposed Agreement between the county of Lake and Praeses LLC for audit and reconciliation services of the inmate phone system, total amount $18,000.
CLOSED SESSION
A-10: 1.Conference with labor negotiator: (a) County negotiators: A. Grant, L. Guintivano, S. Harry, M. Perry, A. Flora and C. Shaver; and (b) employee organization: Deputy District Attorney's Association, Lake County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Lake County Correctional Officers Association, Lake County Employees Association and Lake County Safety Employees Association.
A-10: 2. Employee Disciplinary Appeal Hearing - EDA 2014-01.
CONSENT AGENDA
C-1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held on Jan. 28 and Feb. 4, 2014.
C-2: (a) Waive Travel Policy section regarding time limit for submitting travel reimbursement claims; and (b) approve late travel claims for four Grand Jury members to attend out-of-county training Nov. 1, 2013, per diem, total amount $34 each, total amount $136.
C-3: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Lake County Youth Services Inc. for facility improvements at the city of Clearlake-owned youth center building, located at 4750 Golf Ave., Clearlake, total amount $5,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-4: Waive 900-hour limit for extra help Buildings and Grounds maintenance worker Gary Arnold.
C-5: Adopt resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Sept. 24, 2013 (rehabilitation of three roads in Lake County, Bid No. 13-14).
C-6: Approve out-of-state travel for investigators John Drewrey and Eric Keener to Las Vegas, Nev., from March 3-7, 2014, to attend California Homicide Investigators Association conference.
C-7: Approve lease agreement between the county of Lake and Schall Investment LP for office space at 809 S. Main St., Lakeport, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-8: Approve lease agreement between the county of Lake and Law Offices of Ewing and Associates for parking space at 995 S. Main St., Lakeport, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-9: Approve advanced step hiring of Special Districts Deputy Administrator-Fiscal Tanya Michel due to applicant’s extraordinary qualifications (fifth step salary range).
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