LAKEPORT – The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider an ordinance which aims to discourage underage drinking, and continue a hearing on a zoning ordinance update on telecommunications facilities.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the board chambers at the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes. It will be broadcast on TV Channel 8.

At 9:45 a.m., the board will discuss and consider an ordinance that would add an article to Chapter 12 of the Lake County Code, making social hosts liable if they allow minors to obtain, possess or consume alcoholic beverages.

The board had looked at a draft of the ordinance in December but the issue was put off while it was developed further.

Last July, the Clearlake City Council approved an underage drinking ordinance crafted by Police Chief Allan McClain at the request of then-Mayor Judy Thein.

The ordinance gives law enforcement probable cause to investigate underage drinking if it takes place on private property, an issue that police “couldn't touch” before the ordinance, McClain said at a council meeting last year.

In December, the Lakeport City Council followed suit, adopting its own version of the ordinance.

Thein – who is a founder of Team DUI, a group that fights underage drinking – lost her daughter to a drunk driving crash and has made adoption of underage drinking ordinances in the cities and by the county a priority.

In other board business, they'll continue a public hearing held over from May 27 on changes to the Lake County Zoning Ordinance that relates to telecommunication facilities – such as cellular towers and antennae – and consider extending a temporary moratorium on applications for such facilities.

At 11:30 a.m., the board will make a visit to the Soper-Reese Community Theater at 275 S. Main St. to see the status of the theater's extensive renovations.

Other items on the agenda include:

Timed items:

9:15 a.m. – Nuisance abatement hearing, 16900 Big Bear Road owned by Stillman Bowden.

Untimed items:

– Consideration of request for out-of-state travel for Animal Control Officer Morgan Hermann to Upper Sandusky, Ohio, from July 23, through July 25, to attend the euthanasia by injection for horses training/certification.

– Update on emergency action taken on Sept. 11, 2007, regarding Mt. Hannah water tank replacement.

– Consideration of request to approve late travel expense claims from Social Services Director Carol Huchingson in the amount of $224 and Deputy Social Services Director Kathy Maes in the amount of $224, submitted after the 45-day claiming period.

– Discussion/consideration of proposed agreement between the County of Lake (CSA No. 21 – North Lakeport Water) and the city of Lakeport for the sale of potable water.

The board also will hold a closed session for labor negotiations, a performance evaluation for Animal Care and Control Director Denise Johnson and discussion of existing litigation.

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