LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors this week approved the membership of a newly formed municipal advisory committee to serve the Clearlake Oaks area.

On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved five board members for the East Region 3 Town Hall, or EaRTH, which the board had voted to form in May at the request of District 3 Supervisor Jim Steele.

EaRTH will represent residents living and working in the Clearlake Oaks area, including the communities of Kono Tayee, Paradise Cove, Glenhaven, Clearlake Oaks, Spring Valley, Long Valley, and Double Eagle, as well as Windflower Point and High Valley.

The makeup of the EaRTH Board includes one member each from the Spring Valley Property Owners Association, Clearlake Oaks Keys Property Owners Association and Clearlake Oaks Business Association, and two members-at-large.

On Tuesday, Steele proposed a slate of board members including Robert Hendrickson, Spring Valley Property Owners Association; Heather McFadden, Clearlake Oaks Keys Property Owners Association; James Burton, Clearlake Oaks Business Association; and members-at-large Denise Loustalot and Michael L. Herman.

The board vote on the five candidates was 5-0.

Steele told Lake County News on Wednesday that he plans to check with the newly appointed directors for the best meeting date, estimating that it is likely to be at least a month out, with the date and location to be announced.

At EaRTH's first meeting, the board will “consider elements of bylaws that set when and where they meet, and particularly contacting and creating public involvement,” Steele said.

He said he also will bring up the idea of forming a municipal advisory council for the Lucerne area at an upcoming Lucerne town hall set for Oct. 25.

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