LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors this week will honor a volunteer group that assisted with animal rescues during this year's wildland fires and consider proposed policies to assist with finding new homes for animals impacted by the Valley fire.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8 and online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Board_of_Supervisors/calendar.htm . Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
At 9:10 a.m., the board will offer a proclamation commending Lake County Animal Care and Control and Lake Evacuation and Animal Protection, or LEAP.
The board is honoring the volunteer group – which works under the auspices of Lake County Animal Care and Control – for its animal rescue efforts during the recent wildland fires. The county reported that the volunteers and Animal Care and Control helped nearly 4,000 animals.
On Oct. 15, Animal Care and Control and LEAP received the 2015 Governor’s Volunteering and Service Award for Governmental Agency of the Year for its efforts during the Rocky fire, as Lake County News has reported.
At 9:12 a.m., the board will discuss several recommendations from Animal Care and Control staff related to helping animals impacted by the Valley fire.
In particular, Animal Care and Control Director Bill Davidson's report to the board suggests reducing adoption fees for fire animals.
“The number of fire related animals remaining at the shelter is minimal, approximately 10 dogs and 25 cats. All the other fire related animals at the Lakeport shelter, have been reunited with their owners,” he wrote in his memo to the board.
Davidson said all animals that Animal Care and Control has received from any of the fire areas have been and will be held for the purpose of returning them to their owners through Wednesday, Oct. 28, which he pointed out is 30 days past the lifting of the last evacuation order.
“Most surrounding agencies have agreed that this is a generous amount of time to offer for owner redemption,” he said.
As of Thursday, Oct. 29, any animals from the fire area that haven't been redeemed will be available for adoption, Davidson said.
“Many local community members have shown an interest in these animals and we would like to help facilitate their immediate rehoming with a reduced price offering,” he said.
In addition to waiving the adoption fee as already approved by the Board of Supervisor for special events, Davidson is recommending waiving all the remaining fees, with the exception of the spay or neuter cost.
As such, Davidson recommended that adoption fees for fire-related animals would be as follows:
– Male dogs: $80;
– Male cats: $55;
– Female dogs, 60 pounds or less: $90;
– Female dogs, 60 pounds or more: $105;
– Female cats: $65.
Davidson said Merck, the microchip provider for his agency, has generously donated a couple hundred microchips for fire-related animals, so each animal offered for adoption would receive a free microchip as well.
“As these animals have been displaced from their homes for some time, we would like to help them return to a normal a life as soon as possible,” Davidson said. “Reducing our normal adoption fee will help facilitate this process.”
The shelter's Web site features galleries of the dogs and cats found in the wake of the fire that are waiting to be reclaimed or rehomed.
The full agenda follows.
CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER
5.1: Contract Change Order #1, sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, Seigler Creek Pipeline Replacement and Hitch Improvement Project, Bid No. 15-07, Pacific Underground Services.
CONSENT AGENDA
7.1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held Sept. 3, 2014 (FY 14/15 Budget Hearing), Sept. 2, 1015 (FY 15/16 Budget Hearing) and July 28, 2015.
7.2: (a) Waive the competitive selection process; and (b) approve agreement between the county of Lake and This is Crowd USA Inc., for online advertising campaign creation, monthly management, optimization and reporting, amount not to exceed $14,640 and authorize the chair to sign.
7.3: Adopt proclamation commending Lake County Animal Care & Control and Lake Evacuation and Animal Protection (LEAP).
7.4: Adopt resolution to establish Agency Fund 660 “Lake Evacuation and Animal Protection (LEAP)” and provide for the administration of the fund.
7.5: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2015-119 to allow temporary transfers from fund 151 to Fund 1.
7.6: Adopt resolution amending Resolution no. 2015-119 to amend the FY 2015-16 Adopted Budget by canceling obligated fund balance in the Building and Infrastructure Reserve to provide interim financing to BU 8476, Paradise Valley, CSA#16, to complete a water system project.
7.7: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Redwood Community Services for the Lake County WRAP program Specialty Mental Health Services for Fiscal Year 2015-16, in the amount of $550,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.8: Approve budget transfer from Account 770.01-11 - Salaries and Wages to Account 770.62-79 Prior Year, BU 7011- Parks, in the amount of $19,582, to cover the cost of a John Deere commercial mower, approved by your board in June FY14-15, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.9: Approve Cooperative Law Enforcement Agreement between the Lake County Sheriff’s Office of the USDA Forest Service Mendocino National Forest, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.10: Approval of the FY 2015/16 support services agreement with SunRidge Systems Inc., in the amount of $29,445, for the support of its law enforcement software suite.
TIMED ITEMS
8.2, 9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation commending Lake County Animal Care and Control and Lake Evacuation and Animal Protection (LEAP).
8.3, 9:12 a.m.: Consideration of (a) staff's recommendation to reduce adoption fees for animals related to wildland fires;. and (b) board direction regarding a variety of policies addressing cats who survived the wildland fires.
8.4, 9:15 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of Lake County Planning Commission's recommendation to approve a two-year extension for a tentative subdivision map SDX 15-03, previously approved by Subdivision SD 05-04; Rezone RZ 15-04 and Deviation DV 06-03; and re-adoption of a mitigated negative declaration based on Initial Study IS 05-70; applicant is John Van Eck; project located at 3640 Lakeview Estates Drive, Kelseyville (APN 009-008-10).
8.5, 9:30 a.m.: Status reports/updates of response and recovery efforts from county departments, assisting agencies and/or community groups consequent to 2015 wildland fires.
UNTIMED ITEMS
9.2: Consideration of board appointment to CSAC Board of Directors.
9.3: Consideration of resolution amending Resolution No. 2015-28 to correct a typographical error and to request direct state assistance in debris removal operation related to the Valley Fire.
9.4: Sitting as the Lake County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, request to authorize the APCO to sign and submit the FY 14/15 Year-End Financial Report and FY 15/16 subvention applications.
CLOSED SESSION
10.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): Lakeside Heights HOA, et al. v. County of Lake.
10.3: Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(d)(4): One potential case.
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