BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF LAKE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ORDINANCE NO. 2963

AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE CHARGES AND FEES FOR COUNTY

SERVICE AREA NO. 16 -- PARADISE VALLEY

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Lake ordains as follows:

Section 1: The following charges and fees for C.S.A. No. 16 are hereby approved and adopted:

1. Charges for Water Service.

a. Metered water service:

(1) A base charge of $50.00 per month per connection.

(2) A charge of $4.00 for each 100 cubic feet up to 500 cf per month.

(3) A charge of $6.00 for each 100 cubic feet in excess of 500 cubic feet and less than 1,001 cf per month.

(4) A charge of $10.00 for each 100 cubic feet used over 1,000 cf per month.

(5) Charges for metered water service shall be due once every two months.

b. Capital Improvement Program – A charge of $6.00 per month per connection.

c. Loan Repayment- A Charge of $22.05 per month per connection. When the loan is repaid in 2014, this amount will remain on the bill and be included in CIP fees.

d. Water hydrants:

(1) A charge of $75.00 to set meter.

(2) A base charge of $250.00 up to and including 1,500 cubic feet.

(3) A charge of $10.00 for each 100 cubic feet in excess of 1,500 cubic feet.

(4) Charges for water hydrants shall be due upon receipt of billing.

2. Miscellaneous Charges.

a. Late Charge - A monthly late charge of 10% of any portion of bill that is past due. Payment is considered past due if not received within 30 days following the mailing of notice that payment is due.

b. Shut off and turn on charges:

(1) A charge of $20.00 to shut off or turn on service made upon advance request of

recipient of service.

(2) A charge of $40.00 when the District is required to shut off service

because of the failure to pay charges.

c. Collection Fee – A charge of $48.00 will be added to any account that is referred to an outside collection agency or requires a lien to be filed for non payment.

d. Rental deposit - When service is made to property being rented or leased, the tenant shall be required to deposit with the District the amount of $185.00. The deposit made pursuant to this provision is refundable to the depositor thereof, upon the complete payment by tenant of the closing statement of charges.

Section 2: All charges set forth in Section 1, Paragraph 1, items a. through b. and Paragraph 2, items b. through d. shall be adjusted for inflation according to the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor statistics. The first adjustment will be January 1, 2012 and will be updated on January 1st each year thereafter. In the event of a negative CPI. No adjustment will be made.

Section 3: All ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and no further.

Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect on the 24th day of November, 2011, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the County of Lake.

The foregoing Ordinance was introduced before the Board of Supervisors on the 18th day of October, 2011 and passed by the following vote on the 25th day of October, 2011.

AYES: Supervisors Smith, Rushing, Farrington, Brown and Comstock

NOES: None

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: None

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF LAKE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ORDINANCE NO. 2964

AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE CONSTRUCTION CHARGES AND FEES

FOR COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO. 16 -- PARADISE VALLEY

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Lake ordains as follows:

Section 1: The following charges and fees for C.S.A. No. 16 are hereby approved and adopted:

1. Line Connections

a. Metered line connections:

(1) A charge of $809.75 for the installation of a water meter.

(2) A charge of $400.00 for each additional meter installed on the same property and at the same time.

(3) The cost for the installation of a water meter and tap to a main line is as follows:

(A) A charge of $1,200.00 for a five-eights by three quarter inch meter.

(B) A charge of $900.00 for a one inch meter.

(4) A charge based on the cost of material and labor shall be due for any meter or meters and taps not covered by the provisions of subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) above. Any person or entity requesting the installation of a meter or meters

pursuant to this subdivision shall deposit the amount of $1,000 with the CSA. In the event the total cost, as determined by the CSA exceeds said deposit; the deposit shall be credited to the total amount due for such costs. In the event that the total cost is less than such deposit, the difference between the deposit and the total cost shall be refunded within a reasonable amount of time of the completion of work.

2. Capacity Expansion Fee.

a. There shall be fees for any new construction or additions to existing structures and facilities in the following amount:

(1) Single family residence $13,740.00

(2) Residential construction of 720 sq. ft. or less of conditioned living space $ 6,870.00

b. When a specific connection type is not addressed, fees will be calculated on the flow data provided in an approved capacity analysis on the basis of 210 gallons per day per single family dwelling unit equivalent.

c. All fees and charges set forth in Section 1 and Section 2, shall be adjusted for inflation on July 1st of every year. Beginning July 1, 2012, these charges will be adjusted using the Engineering News Record – Construction Index (ENR)

Section 2: All ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and no further.

Section 3: This project is exempt from CEQA requirements in that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question will have a significant impact on the environment.

Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect on the 24th day of November, 2011, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the County of Lake.

The foregoing Ordinance was introduced before the Board of Supervisors on the _____________ day of ________________, 2011 and passed by the following vote of the ______________ day of ________________, 2011.

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING:

______________________________

Chairman, Board of Supervisors

ATTEST: Kelly F Cox, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

By:______________________________

APPROVED AS TO FORM: Anita Grant, County Counsel

By:________________________________

Supervisor Denise Rushing had brought the resolution to the board after she said she was approached by a group of citizens.

The resolution asks state and national legislators to enact legislation requiring mandatory labeling for all food ingredients made of genetically engineered – or genetically modified – plants.

Thurston Williams, a member of that group that approached Rushing, told the board, “We're not here today to ask you to ban genetically engineered plants,” but rather to ask the board to support labeling rules, which he said didn't require them to agree on the use of GE.

Williams said the United States is the only industrialized country outside of Canada that doesn't require such food labeling.

Upper Lake resident Haji Warf said that as a consumer she's concerned about the health, environmental and ethical concerns of GE foods. She asserted that the “overwhelming majority” of processed foods on grocery shelves contained genetically engineered materials, “Yet this fact is not revealed.”

She added, “We're dining in the dark.”

Consumers have a right to choose what they consume, said Warf. “Labeling empowers the buyer.”

Craig Shannon, president of the Lake County Farm Bureau, said the group strongly supports the ability to use biotechnology, which he said is recognized as a private property right. He said it also makes farmers competitive, and they are opposed to any limits.

Shannon said the organization supported the Food and Drug Administration's voluntary product labeling.

Supervisor Rob Brown said the resolution was generic, and he wanted to know what actions were taking place on the legislative level. Williams said the Center for Food Safety had petitioned the FDA for mandatory labeling.

The Center for Food Safety said it filed the legal petition on Oct. 4 on behalf of the “Just Label It” campaign composed of consumer, environmental, health and farming organizations.

Brown said if food was to be labeled, it should be labeled for everything, not just GE foods.

Williams said food labeling “needs to be uniform and it needs to be science based.”

Brown said he was concerned about people selling products as organic when they're not. “There should be some truth in labeling all around.”

Cheri Holden of the Sierra Club Lake Group told the board that the Sierra Club's local, state and national group supported food labeling.

Brown said he wouldn't support the resolution as presented, but would support labeling all food.

Board Chair Jim Comstock asked county Agricultural Commissioner Steve Hajik to weigh in, but Hajik said he was neutral and couldn't comment.

Williams said there already were a lot of food labeling laws, and the request was to add GE foods to those laws.

“It's not that simple,” Brown argued, adding he wanted transparency on all food labeling.

County Environmental Health Director Ray Ruminski, who was at the board meeting for another item, said he had a professional interest in GE foods, which have “a raging controversy” surrounding them. He said it was his understanding that the European Union was rethinking its GE food stances because of being blocked from exporting food to Africa.

Williams disagreed with Ruminski's comments, telling the board that a 2010 report contradicts what Ruminski said.

“The issue is a consumer's right to know,” said Williams.

Comstock supported putting the matter off a week to bring back a revised resolution that covered labeling all foods.

A resolution supporting labeling of all foods, said Williams, was not of interest to the group.

Comstock said Williams didn't know what the new resolution was going to say. Williams responded, “I am suspicious that it will not mention genetically engineered foods.”

Rushing said she believed consumers have the right to know what's in their food.

Supervisor Jeff Smith said he felt it was worthwhile to change the resolution a little in order to get the entire board's support.

A revised version of the resolution is set to be discussed at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1.

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COUNTY OF LAKE

SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 2962

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Supervisors, County of Lake, State of California, adopted Ordinance No. 2962, extending Discretionary Planning Entitlements approved pursuant to Chapter 21 of the Lake County Code.

This ordinance proposes to grant a temporary, two-year time extension to entitlements such as use permits, general and specific plans of development, variances and design review permits that have been approved but have not yet been vested.

A certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance is posted for public review on the First Floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 North Forbes Street, Lakeport, California. For further information, contact the Office of the Clerk of the Board, at 707-263-2371.

This ordinance was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, by the following vote:

AYES: Supervisors Smith, Rushing, Farrington, Brown and Comstock

NOES: None

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: None

This ordinance will take effect on November 24, 2011.

KELLY F. COX

Clerk of the Board

By: Mireya G. Turner

Assistant Clerk to the Board

From left to right, Linda Herndon, president of the Hidden Valley Lake Community Services District Board; Judy Mirbegian, board vice president; Reef Atwell of the US Department of Agriculture; Bob Barton, Frances Bunce and Lyle La Faver, community services district directors; Brad Onorato of Congressman Mike Thompson's office; Jim Comstock, Lake County Board of Supervisors, Mel Aust, Hidden Valley Lake Community Services District general manager; Tasha Klewe, project manager; Brian Costa, Real Goods Solar; and Wendy Ziegler of Winzler & Kelly. Photo courtesy of Hidden Valley Lake Community Services District.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Lake County’s abundant sunshine is a valuable resource. It keeps crops, but not energy rates, growing.

Hidden Valley Lake’s water reclamation plant is going solar, which will provide both environmental and economic benefits to the south county community of about 7,000 residents.

The Hidden Valley Lake Community Services District hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its Photovoltaic Sustainability Energy Project on Monday, Oct. 24, at the water treatment facility at 18896 Grange Road in Middletown.

The $1,967,132 project is funded by a combination of sources that include a US Department of Agriculture Rural Development grant of $885,209, a $640,000 USDA loan that will be offset by energy savings and $441,992 that will come from district reserves provided by new customer connection fees, said Tasha Klewe, the district's controller.

“We are the first solar project that has been funded from Rural Development” aid, Klewe said.

According to USDA Rural Development's Web page, “program assistance is provided in many ways, including direct or guaranteed loans, grants, technical assistance, research and educational materials.”

According to the district, the US Department of Agriculture may use it as a demonstration project for other water districts throughout the nation.

The contract for the work was awarded to San Rafael-based Real Goods Solar Inc. The engineering firm Winzler & Kelly, a subsidiary of GHD – “an international network of engineers, architects and environmental scientists” – developed the project.

Real Goods will supply and install an array of 1176 Sharp 240W solar panels that will cover one acre at the water reclamation plant. The panels will produce 420,000 kWh per year; enough power for about 75 homes.

The new solar installation will reportedly reduce the community’s carbon emissions by approximately 120 tons per year.

The company is now employing staffed labor, but will use “local labor through our hiring firm as the project momentum increases,” said Real Goods Commercial Project Manager Brian Costa.

“We have used two laborers for about a week who are local Lake County guys,” said Costa, with more expected to be employed as the project progresses.

The solar project will add to other sustainability efforts in Hidden Valley, which also reuses all of its treated wastewater for golf course irrigation.

The district’s Web site, www.hiddenvalleylakecsd.com/, will provide a monitoring system to allow customers to view power production and demand online.

The project is expected to fix energy prices for treating wastewater for the next three decades, according to the district.

The current schedule to go online, Klewe said, is Dec. 7.

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COUNTY OF LAKE

SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 2961

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Supervisors, County of Lake, State of California, adopted Ordinance No. 2961, ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF LAKE PERTAINING TO CARGO CONTAINERS, AND REESTABLISHMENT OF LEGAL NON-CONFORMING COMMERCIAL USES.

This ordinance allows for the use of cargo containers as accessory storage buildings, provided they are completely screened from public view by buildings, fences or walls, or are covered with wood siding and a roof, and meet with other certain restrictions.

This ordinance also increases the time allowance to reestablish legal non-conforming commercial uses from one (1) year to two (2) years.

A certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance is posted for public review on the First Floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 North Forbes Street, Lakeport, California. For further information, contact the Office of the Clerk of the Board, at 707-263-2371.

This ordinance was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, by the following vote:

AYES: Supervisors Smith, Rushing, Farrington, Brown and Comstock

NOES: None

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: None

This ordinance will take effect on November 24, 2011.

KELLY F. COX

Clerk of the Board

By: Mireya G. Turner

Assistant Clerk to the Board