LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will consider sending a letter to state officials urging a reduction in the bag limit for crappie on Clear Lake.

The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 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 timed for 9:20 a.m., the board will consider sending the letter to the California Fish and Game Commission suggesting revision to the Clear Lake crappie bag limit.

A proposed letter to the commission notes that the board had first approached the state in 2005 with a similar request.

There has been a resurgence of a very strong crappie fishery on Clear Lake this spring, which has resulted in “an overwhelmingly strong public response” that has led the board to make the request, the letter notes.

The current bag limit of 25 crappie per angler per day, in possession, “is highly excessive in light of the number of individuals fishing and impacting the resource,” the letter says.

The letter says the board's contention is that revising the bag limit to 10 fish per angler per day, in possession, will achieve three objectives: anglers would be more selective about the fish that are kept; the reduced bag/possession limit would immediately reduce the impact to the current resources and ensure future sustainability; and stop fish being caught and illegally sold.

The request, the letter notes, is restricted to Clear Lake, not the balance of the state, and adds that crappie bag limits below the number 25 have been set elsewhere around California.

The full agenda follows.

CONSENT AGENDA

7.1: Adopt proclamation designating the week of May 15-21, 2016 as Police Officers Week in Lake County, Calif.

7.2: Adopt proclamation commending Louise Olney, Public Works Analyst, upon her retirement for her 21 years of service.

7.3: Adopt proclamation designating the month of May 2016 as Military Appreciation Month in Lake County, Calif.

7.4: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Mendocino Private Industry Council for support of services provided to Lake County residents, in the amount of $15,000 and Authorize the chair to sign.

7.5: Approve rental agreement between the county of Lake and John Tanti for two storage units to be used by the Lake County District Attorney's Office in the Amount of $700 per month and authorize the chair to sign.

7.6: Waive 900-hour limitation for extra help District Attorney Investigator Aide Robert McPherson and extra help District Attorney Investigators Michael Curran and Louis Riccardi.

7.7: Adopt resolution authorizing Special districts administrator to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Aug. 25, 2015.     

7.8: Sitting as Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, approve notarized dedication and conveyance for sewer mainline extension to serve Assessor's Parcel Number 039-375-0200/3100 Robin Lane, Clearlake and authorize the chair to sign.

TIMED ITEMS

8.2, 9:10 a.m.: (a) Presentation of proclamation designating the week of May 15-21, 2016, as Police Officers Week in Lake County, Calif.; (b) presentation of proclamation commending Louise Olney, Public Works analyst, upon her retirement for her 21 years of service; (c) presentation of proclamation designating the month of May as Military Appreciation Month in Lake County, Calif.; (d) presentation of proclamation recognizing and honoring Wanda Gray, Manager of Paratransit Services, Lake Transit Authority.

8.3, 9:15 a.m.: Sheriff's Activities League presentation.

8.4, 9:20 a.m.: Consideration of letter to California Fish and Game Commission suggesting revision to crappie bag limit on Clear Lake.

8.5, 9:30 a.m.: Consideration of a proposed ordinance amending Article X of Chapter Two of the Lake County Code to revise local procurement procedures to state and federal standards.

8.6, 9:35 a.m.: Consideration of a resolution to amend the Lake County Policies and Procedures Manual to establish a disaster procurement policy.   

8.7, 9:45 a.m.: Continued from May 3 and April 26, consideration of letter of opposition to AB 2395, which provides a framework for telecommunication providers to relinquish landline phone service; and authorize chair to sign.

UNTIMED ITEMS

9.2: Recovery update from staff, assisting agencies and/or community groups, consequent to 2015 wildland fires.

9.3: Second reading, consideration of proposed ordinance amending certain provisions of Ordinance No. 2776 Establishing the First Five Lake Commission and Trust Fund Pursuant to Proposition 10, the California Children and Families First Act of 1998.     

9.4: (a) Consideration of Ratification of contract between the county of Lake and the Middletown Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians for tribal cultural monitoring; and (b) consideration of amendment one to the contract between the county of Lake and the Middletown Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians for tribal cultural monitoring.

CLOSED SESSION

10.2: Public employee appointment pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957(b)(1): Appointment of Community Development director.

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