LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will consider whether to close the Visitor Information Center and discuss recent actions taken against a Lakeport business related to water supply.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, 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 9:15 a.m., the board will consider the recommendation to permanently close the Visitor Information Center in Lucerne and implement alternatives to provide visitor information services.
During a March workshop, tourism consultant John Poimiroo advised the county to immediately close the center, which employs several people and costs $174,681 annually to run – or about 46.5 percent of the county's total marketing budget, according to a report from the County Administrative Office.
Poimiroo recommended that the county reallocate the funds to other forms of marketing “which will have a greater impact on branding and attracting out-of-county visitors to Lake County, such as creating a bolder online presence,” the report said.
Services currently offered through the Visitor Information Center would instead shift in part to electronic kiosks, with the Lake County Chamber of Commerce – which has a $50,000 annual contract with the county for marketing services – proposed to pick up handling the phone calls and email inquiries the center currently is handling, according to the report.
At 10:40 a.m., the board will discuss Lake County Environmental Health's recent actions against Harbor House Espresso, which Environmental Health Director Ray Ruminski told Lake County News has operated for many years without a water hookup.
Despite giving the business numerous notices to have a connected water supply, rather than just using bottled water, it has continued to operate with out the required changes. Ruminski said the state also is taking action against the business due to water-related issues.
Relating to Harbor House, the board will consider options to ensure compliance with appropriate Health and Safety codes in the future operations of Harbor House Espresso.
The full agenda follows. The agenda is out of order due to an addendum.
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).
9:06 a.m., A-5: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of April 13-19, 2014, as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week in Lake County.
9:10 a.m., A-6: Public hearing, consideration of proposed ordinance amending Article II of Chapter 18 of the Lake County Code relating to the Transient Occupancy Tax.
9:15 a.m., A-7: Consideration of recommendation to permanently close the Visitor Information Center in Lucerne and implement alternatives to provide visitor information services.
9:30 a.m., A-8: Public hearing, consideration of intention to name a certain existing unnamed road in the County of Lake (Poppy Lane).
9:45 a.m., A-9: Presentation of Kindergarten Entry Developmental Profile for Lake County.
10 a.m., A-10: Consideration of System Capacity Fee Evaluations and proposed adjustments for CSA #21 - Water System and LACOSAN-Northwest Regional Wastewater System.
10:30 a.m., A-11: Nuisance abatement hearing for 875 Round Mountain Road, Clearlake Oaks, CA (APN 006-560-20 - Cindy Laudero).
10:40 a.m., A-14: (a) Discussion regarding recent county actions taken against Harbor House Espresso; and (b) Consideration of options to ensure compliance with appropriate Health and Safety codes in the future operations of Harbor House Espresso.
NONTIMED ITEMS
A-13: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports
Supervisor to discuss Visitor Information Center closure, Harbor House Espresso issues
A-14 (agenda also shows this item as numbered identically to item above): 1.Conference with Labor Negotiator: (a) County Negotiators: A. Grant, L. Guintivano, S. Harry, M. Perry, A. Flora and C. Shaver; and (b) employee organizations, Deputy District Attorney's Association, Lake County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Lake County Correctional Officers Association and Lake County Safety Employees Association.
CONSENT AGENDA
C-1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on April 8, 2014.
C-2: Adopt proclamation designating the week of April 13-19, 2014, as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week in Lake County.
C-3: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2013-96 establishing position allocations for Fiscal Year 2013-2014, Budget Unit No. 1781, Special Projects (remove the double asterisk (**) pertaining to the Deputy County Administrative Officer-Special Projects I/II/III allocation).
C-4: Approve letter supporting SB 1410 (Wolk and Nielsen) requesting appropriation of funds to fulfill outstanding Department of Fish and Wildlife PILT obligations and begin making on-going PILT payments, and authorize the chair to sign
C-5: Approve memorandum of understanding between the county of Lake and St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake to authorize psychiatrists available via telepsychiatry to conduct 5150 assessments and make recommendations for placement to designated facilities.
C-6: Approve second amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and California Psychiatric Transitions for FY 2013-14 mental health rehabilitation center support and specialty mental health
services, increase of $104,820, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-7: Approve second amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Redwood Creek Community Living Center for FY 2013-14 adult residential support services, a decrease of $7,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-8: Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Community Health Care HIV/AIDS Program for FY 2013-14 HIV/AIDS counseling and case management services, an increase of $405.64, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-9: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Dixon Backhoe Service and General Engineering for Abatement of Nuisance Conditions in the amount of $15,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
C-10: Approve purchase of the 3-D laser scanning system and the maintenance and update service, total amount of scanning system $66,000, and maintenance service and updates rate of $4,526.33 and
$699.50 per year, and authorize the district attorney/assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order.
C-11: Approve Library Use Policy.
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