LAKEPORT, Calif. – The chair of the Board of Supervisors is asking his colleagues this week to consider rescinding a resolution passed earlier this year that called for putting a proposal to join the State of Jefferson before county voters in 2016.

The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 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.

In an item scheduled for 9:30 a.m., Board Chair Anthony Farrington will ask the board to discuss and consider a request to rescind Resolution No. 2015-22, which the board voted 3-2 on March 3 to approve.

The resolution calls for a November 2016 advisory measure asking Lake County residents if they wish to adopt a declaration of support for the county's separation from California in order to join the State of Jefferson, which would be made up of several Northern California and Southern Oregon counties.

“I am asking this Board to reconsider this decision based upon a myriad of reasons with the most compelling being the obvious reliance on the State of California during catastrophic events,” Farrington wrote in his memo to the board.

“This Board should recall that the proponents of the State of Jefferson at this Board's request failed to provide a clear and competent financial analysis as to how the poorest 7-8 counties in California and Oregon could create the tax base necessary to provide the most basic of public services,” Farrington wrote.

“Their financial analysis conveniently only considered property and sales tax revenues generated within our county jurisdiction and annual expenditures, while failing to take into consideration the following monies that come back from the state: realignment funding for public safety; social services, mental health services; AODS, and public health; funding that the state provides by way of grants for law enforcement and infrastructure; and low interest loans for water and sewer infrastructure, to name a few. These examples do not include the financial harm that would be realized by our farmers who rely on the branding of California agricultural crops and produce,” Farrington's memo said.

He noted that State of Jefferson proponents also failed to quantify the amount of financial support that Lake County realizes for everything from courts to public schools to law enforcement, and support for fire suppression during wildland fires, among other services.

“These wildfires that our county has endured, and our dependence on state financial resources and assets requires this Board to reconsider its previous position; and in so doing, this Board should request that the proponents of the State of Jefferson engage in democracy from the bottom up by reaching out to the great people of our community by collecting signatures for petitions to place this issue before the electorate on the November 2016 ballot,” Farrington wrote. “This endeavor and approach would be consistent with a showing of whether there truly is support by the people to carve out Lake County from the Golden State of California.”

In another timed item, at 11:45 a.m. Farrington will ask the board to consider a formal resolution opposing the city of Lakeport's goal of annexing the South Main Street/Soda Bay Road Corridor.

Farrington said the annexation would provide “zero benefit to the county,” and cause an estimated $500,000 loss in tax revenue on an annual basis.

Also on Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m. the board will host a swearing-in ceremony for Correctional Officers Susan West and Wesley Besgrove, and at 11 a.m. consider the request for proposals for community choice aggregation development and operations services.
 
The full agenda follows.

CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS

5.1: Contract Change Order No. 1 - Paradise Valley Intertie Pipeline Construction Contract with O.C. Jones & Sons Inc., cost reduction of $31,022.85.   

5.2: Contract Change Order No. Three with Statewide Traffic Safety & Signs Inc for HR3 sign replacement and striping project.

5.3: Contract Change Order No. Two with Statewide Traffic Safety & Signs Inc for HR3 sign replacement and striping project.

CONSENT AGENDA

7.1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held April 7, 2015, April 21, 2015, April 28, 2015, May 5, 2015, November 17, 2015, and special meeting on November 20, 2015.

7.2: Approve late travel claim for Assessor-Recorder Richard Ford, in the amount of $327.28.    

7.3: Approve reissuance of tax refund check to F and C Investment in the amount of $1,366.62.

7.4: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Redwood Community Services Inc. for AOD Perinatal Program Services for Fiscal Year 2015-16, in the amount of $299,655 and authorize the chair to sign.   

7.5: Approve first amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and Community Care HIV/AIDS Program for provision of HIV/AIDS counseling and case management services for Lake County residents for fiscal year 2015-16, changing the location of four of the 10 workshops and authorize the chair to sign.

7.6: Approve second amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Breezy Bill Pay and Errands for janitorial services, contract maximum of $29,100 and authorize the chair to sign.          

7.7: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2015-120 establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2015-2016, Budget Unit 2110, District Attorney.

7.8: Adopt resolution authorizing the Public Services director or his designee to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement for construction of the Holiday Harbor sheet pile wall.   

7.9: Adopt resolution delegating to the Lake County Public Works director authority to initiate negotiations for the purchase of a portion of certain parcels (APN 008-664-010, 008-664-120, 008-665-010, 242-042-010, 242-041-010, 242-041-020 and 242-041-030) as part of the Konocti Road Safe Routes to School project.

7.10: Adopt resolution delegating to the Lake County Public Works director authority to initiate negotiations for the purchase of a portion of certain parcels (APN 050-471-080, 050-471-090, 050-471-150, 050-471-100 and 050-471-140) as part of the bridge replacement on Foard Road.

7.11: Adopt resolution delegating to the Lake County Public Works director authority to initiate negotiations for the purchase of a portion of a certain parcel (APN 013-031-240) as part of the bridge replacement project on Dry Creek Road.

7.12: (a) Waive the normal sealed bid process under Ordinance No. 2406, section 38.2, for the purchase of two F-250 pick-ups; and (b) authorize the sheriff/coroner or his designee to issue a purchase order to Downtown Ford in the amount of $57,310.     

7.13: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2015-120 establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2015-2016 for Budget Unit Number 5012 – Social Services Special Programs.

7.14: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2015-120 establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2015-2016 for Budget Unit Number 5164 – Housing.

TIMED ITEMS

8.2, 9:15 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of appeal (AB 15-04) of Planning Commission's denial of Cobb Vista Subdivision Unit No. 1 SD-14-01 and Initial Study IS 14-11; project located at 15385 Stonefield Court, Middletown (APN 014-11-21); applicant is Damon Fanucchi.

8.3, 9:20 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of request for general plan amendment (GPA 15-01) of one parcel from low density residential to high density residential and a rezone (RZ 15-02) from "PDR-SC" Planned Development Residential-Scenic Combining to "R3" multi-family residential; project applicant is Mark Tanti; located at 500 Whalen Way, Lakeport (APN 029-371-01).

8.4, 9:30 a.m.: Discussion and consideration of a request to rescind Resolution No. 2015-22, a resolution to put an advisory question concerning the adoption of a declaration calling for state split pursuant to Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution on the Ballot for the next general election so to determine the will of the voters regarding support for the State of Jefferson.

8.5, 10:30 a.m.: Swearing-in ceremony for Correctional Officers Susan West and Wesley Besgrove.

8.6, 11 a.m.: Consideration of the request for proposals for community choice aggregation development and operations services.

8.7, 11:05 a.m.: Consideration of a letter of opposition to the California Public Utilities Commission regarding the proposal by Pacific Gas & Electric to increase the power charge indifferent adjustment.

8.8, 11:30 a.m.: South Main Street, Lakeport, Water Project Update.

8.9, 11:45 a.m.: Consideration of resolution opposing annexation by the city of Lakeport of South Main Street/Soda Bay Road Corridor.

UNTIMED ITEMS

9.3: Ratification of Valley fire-related contracts entered into between September 12, 2015, and December 1, 2015, over $10,000 for services and over $25,000 for materials, supplies and equipment.    

9.4: Consideration of using Juvenile Hall for Probation Department’s Day Reporting Center and for Behavioral Health programs and eventual re-location of Emergency Operations Center to Alternative Work Program building.

9.5: Consideration of (a) resolution authorizing an increase in the county’s cash contribution to the proposed adult local criminal justice facility project; and (b) resolution amending Resolution No. 2015-119 to amend the Adopted Budget for FY 2015-16 by canceling obligated fund balance in fund 153 and transferring funds for the SB 1022 jail expansion project to appropriate money in Fund 960 to provide the necessary cash contribution.

9.6: Consideration of salary adjustment for certain classifications in Social Services Department and Child Support Services Department.     

9.7: Consideration of revision to sick leave policy.

9.8: Consideration of applicant interview travel expense reimbursement policy.

9.9: Consideration of resolution adopting amendment number two to the memorandum of understanding by and between the county of Lake and the Lake County Safety Employees Association, for the period from July 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2015.

9.10: Consideration of amendment number two to the memorandum of understanding by and between the county of Lake and the Lake County Correctional Officer's Association, Unit 6, for calendar years 2014 and 2015.

9.11: Consideration of amendment number one to the memorandum of understanding by and between the county of Lake and the Lake County Sheriff's Association, Unit 16, for Fiscal Years 2014-15.

9.12: Consideration of approval of correspondence to the Robinson Band of Pomo regarding an obstruction to a public roadway.

9.13: Consideration of resolution approving an application for funding under the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Community Facilities Program for the Lakeport Library Modernization Project.

9.14: Consideration of agreement between the county of Lake and Kitchell CEM Inc. for construction management services for the Hill Road Correctional Facility Expansion Project.   

CLOSED SESSION

10.2: Conference with legal counsel: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9 (d)(2) (e) (3) - Claim of Gilmore.

10.3: Public employment pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54957 – Interviews. Title: County Administrative Officer.

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