LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors will elect its new chair and vice chair when it holds its first meeting of 2016, and also will discuss the impact of new state legislation regarding medical marijuana.

The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 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 untimed items at the start of the meeting, outgoing Board Chair Anthony Farrington will conduct the election of the board's new chair and vice chair for 2016, as well as the chair and vice chair of the Lake County Board of Equalization and Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors.

On the agenda is a discussion of impacts to current local regulation of medical marijuana in light of the passage of the State Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act last year.

As part of that discussion, the board will consider supporting urgency legislation to be introduced by Assemblyman Jim Wood to strike the legislation's March 1, 2016, deadline and maintain a local jurisdiction's ability to create their own regulation.

Separately, the board is expected to form an ad hoc committee to assess impacts of the State Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act and make recommendations to the board.

In other business on Tuesday, at 9:10 a.m. the board will present a proclamation celebrating Calpine's 55th year of geothermal power operations at The Geysers and at 9:12 a.m. will hold a swearing-in ceremony for correctional officers Efren Jauregui Jr., Shelby Crawford and Frank Gudmundson.

In an untimed item, the board will consider a resolution of intent to sell Holiday Harbor in Nice and establishing a minimum bid price of $1.2 million.

The full agenda follows.

CONSENT AGENDA

7.1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held May 19, 2015; May 26, 2015; June 2, 2015; June 16, 2015; June 23, 2015; and special meeting on Dec. 22, 2015.

7.2: Adopt proclamation celebrating Calpine's 55th Year of Geothermal Power Operations at the Geysers.

7.3: Approve Amendment No. 2 to agreement with Karen MacDougall to research and prepare grant applications for an amount not to exceed $50,000 for the period of January to December 2016.     

7.4: Approve amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Richard Bachman DVM, to provide veterinary services and registered veterinary technician services, an increase of $3,000, and authorize the chair to sign.     

7.5: Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and North American Mental Health Services for FY 15/16 TelePsychiatry services, an increase of $50,000 for a new contract maximum of $220,000, and authorize the chair to sign.   

7.6: Approve the statement of votes cast for the Nov. 3, 2015 General District Election.        

7.7: Authorize interim Public Services director to appoint Katie Galvani as interim deputy Public Services director-project administrator at Step 1, retroactive to Nov. 30, 2015.

7.8: Adopt resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to submit applications for 2016 FAA Airport Improvement Program Grant Funds for Lampson Field and designating the Public Works director as sponsor's (county of Lake's) official representative, authorize the chair to sign the resolution.

7.9: (a) Waive Normal Bidding Requirements per Ordinance #2406, Purchasing Code No. 38.2, competitive bidding would produce no economic benefit to the county and it is in the public’s interest to waive the normal bidding requirements for the purchase of the vehicles and (b) authorize the Public Works director/assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order not to exceed $168,050 to for procurement of vehicles through the statewide bid contract.

7.10: Approve contract between the county of Lake and North Coast Opportunities for FY 15-16 Medi-Cal outreach and enrollment services, in the amount of $70,000, and authorize the chair to sign.        

7.11: Approve lease agreement between the county of Lake and Ronn and Montie Westhart for warehouse and workshop space in Lower Lake, in the amount of $12,650 annually for three years, and authorize the chair to sign.  

7.12: Approve the purchase of Cisco Network Equipment as part of department’s Tech Refresh, in the amount of $38,115.31 from Nexus IS, a CMAS contractor, and authorize the Social Services director to sign purchase order.   

7.13: Approve lease agreement between the county of Lake and Ronn and Montie Westhart for additional warehouse and workshop space in Lower Lake, term of this lease is Jan. 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018, the cost for the remainder of the fiscal year is $4,950 with an annual cost thereafter of $9,075, and authorize the chair to sign.

7.14: Approve out-of-state travel to Las Vegas, NV, for Lt. Corey Paulich and Investigator John Drewrey, to attend the CHIA conference between March 1 to 4, 2016.

7.15: (a) Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Megabyte Systems Inc., for FY 2015-16 MPTS property tax system maintenance and Online Business Property Filing Licensing/Support, in the amount of $177,558.00, and authorize the chair to sign; and (b) approve web services addendum to the agreement between the county of Lake and Megabyte Systems Inc., for FY 2015-16 online tax bills and e-payment processing services, in the amount of $4,204.73, and authorize the chair to sign.      

TIMED ITEMS

8.1, 9:02 a.m.: Election of chair and vice chair of the Board of Supervisors for 2016 (outgoing chair conducts election).

8.2, 9:04 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County Board of Equalization, election of chair and vice chair of the Lake County Local Board of Equalization for 2016.   

8.3, 9:05 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services, election of chair and vice chair of the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors for 2016.   

8.4, 9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation celebrating Calpine's 55th year of geothermal power operations at The Geysers.

8.5, 9:12 a.m.: Swearing-in ceremony for correctional officers Efren Jauregui Jr., Shelby Crawford and Frank Gudmundson.

8.7, 10 a.m.: Public bid opening for sale of county surplus real property: (a) three bedroom, two bathroom single-family manufactured home located at 6322 Seventh Ave., Lucerne, Calif., also identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 034-122-34-00, at the minimum bid price of $75,000; (b) three bedroom, two bathroom single-family manufactured home located at 5957 Grove St., Lucerne, Calif., also identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 034-315-17-00 at the minimum bid price of $70,000; (c) two bedroom, one bathroom single-family manufactured home located at 6825 Floyd Way, Lucerne, Calif., also identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 031-173-68-00, at the minimum bid price of $68,000.

UNTIMED ITEMS

9.2: Consideration of chairman’s recommended 2016 committee assignments for members of the Board of Supervisors.

9.4: Consideration of continuing the proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County health officer.      

9.5: Consideration of continuing the proclamation of emergency declaration for wildfire conditions.

9.6: Consideration of appointing county representatives to meet with the city of Lakeport representatives to negotiate an out-of-area service agreement to provide water to the South Main Street/ Soda Bay Road corridor.

9.7: Consideration of letter to Assemblyman Bill Dodd and Sen. Mike McGuire to request special legislation to overturn the decision of the California Public Utilities Commission Regarding Pacific Gas and Electric’s increase of the power charge indifferent adjustment.

9.8: Discussion and consideration of (a) impacts to current and local regulation of medical marijuana in light of the passage of the State Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act; (b) support of urgency legislation to be introduced by Assemblyman Wood to strike the March 1, 2016, deadline and maintain a local jurisdiction's ability to create their own regulation; and (c) formation of an ad hoc committee to assess impacts of the State Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, and make recommendations to this board.

9.9: Consideration of (a) resolution amending Resolution No. 2015-119 adopting the FY 15-16 final budget to appropriate funds for Animal Care and Control Crematory; and (b) resolution approving an application for funding under the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Community Facilities Program for the Animal Care and Control crematory.

9.10: Consideration of resolution of intent to sell real property not required for public use, known as Holiday Harbor, located at 3605 and 3655 Lakeshore Boulevard, Nice, and establishing a minimum bid price of $1,200,000, and other terms and conditions.

9.11: Sitting concurrently as the Board of Supervisors and the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, consideration of extension of “Fee Waiver and Deferral Policy for Economic Development Projects” through Dec. 31, 2016.

9.12: Consideration of the following appointments: Lake County Audit Committee Glenbrook Cemetery District Board of Trustees Lower Lake Cemetery District Board of Trustees Lower Lake Waterworks District One Board of Directors Vector Control District Board of Trustees.

CLOSED SESSION

10.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(d)(1): Lakeside Heights HOA v. County of Lake.

10.3: Public employee evaluation: Title: Human Resources Director.

10.4: Public Employment pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54957 – interviews: county administrative officer, Public Services director.

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