The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Board of Supervisors chamber on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.

County Water Resources Director Scott De Leon's report to the board states that he and his staff believe that, in order to strengthen the county's quagga mussel prevention program, State Fish and Game Code 2300 needs to be modified, and he's asking for the county to send state representatives letters to that effect.

That particular section of code governs aquatic invasive species and is up for reauthorization in January 2012, De Leon reported.

De Leon is proposing the addition of a requirement that all out-of-state boats or boats that have launched in infested areas have a “dirty boat sticker” that could only be countered by a “clean sticker” given by a Fish and Game or other authorized inspector.

He also is suggesting that county agencies, including the sheriff, be provided expanded citation authority to enforce the code.

A third proposal includes having Fish and Game establish requirements for a special certification in which boat builders and renovators would compete to design a “vector-free” boat that, through special paints, coatings and hull design, wouldn't pose a risk for transporting invasive mussels.

During the discussion De Leon also will seek the board's approval of a proposed ordinance amending Article IX to Chapter 15 of the Lake County Code establishing a fee-based inspection program for all water vessels launched in the county of Lake, and will request the county send letters to state representatives requesting funding support for invasive species information to be included with state boat registrations.

On Tuesday the board also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Lake County Employees Association, Lake County Deputy Sheriffs' Associations, Lake County Correctional Officers' Association and Lake County Deputy District Attorneys' Association and California United Homecare Workers Union Local 4034 on behalf of the county's In-Home Supportive Services workers, and will discuss a case of existing litigation, in re: Boeger Land Development.

Other items on the agenda include the following.

Timed items

9 a.m.: Approval of consent agenda, which includes items that are expected to be routine and noncontroversial, and will be acted upon by the board at one time without discussion; presentation of animals available for adoption at Lake County Animal Care and Control; consideration of items not appearing on the posted agenda, and contract change orders for current construction projects.

9:05 a.m.: Citizen's input. Any person may speak for three minutes about any subject of concern,

provided that it is within the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors and is not already on the agenda. Prior to this time, speakers must fill out a slip giving name, address and subject (available in the clerk of the board’s office, first floor, courthouse).

9:15 a.m.: Public hearing, appeal of Peter La Monica of the Lake County Planning Commission’s decision to deny a request for deviation from conditional certificate of compliance and the county

subdivision ordinance requirement that a 50-foot right-of-way be irrevocably offered for dedication to the public; located at 18764 Grange Road, Middletown, CA (APN 014-270-48). Staff has

requested this item be carried over two weeks, to Tuesday, May 3 at 9:15 a.m.

9:45 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation commending LeRoy Daggett for his years of service to Lake County.

9:50 a.m.: Update concerning status of long-range planning projects, and request for board direction regarding the preparation of mapping revisions/corrections to the Lakeport Area Plan.

11 a.m.: Assessment appeal hearing: Elizabeth Eleen - Application No. 18-2010 - 8640 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville, CA (APN 044-340-270-000).

Nontimed items

– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.

– Consideration of appointment to the Kelseyville Cemetery District Board of Trustees.

– Consideration of request to waive the 900-hour limit for extra help Deputy District Attorney Catherine Walker, extra help Office Assistant Darla Lewis, extra help Office Assistant Sharon Parks and extra help Victim Advocate Geraldine Brown, as per staff memorandum, dated March 31, 2011.

– Consideration of proposed county information security policy discussion/consideration of proposed resolution of intention to have the name of an existing named road (Konocti Road) extended from its

current length and to name an existing unnamed road in the county of Lake (Buckingham Peak Road); and set hearing for May 24 at 10 a.m. Continued from March 22 and April 5.

– Consideration of proposed Resolution of support and availability of local match for the Lakeshore Boulevard Bikeway Phase IV grant application.

– Consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Pestmaster Services in the amount of $45,000, for herbicide application services

Consent agenda

– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on April 12, 2011.

– Adopt proclamation commending LeRoy Daggett for his years of service to Lake County.

– Approve waiver of 900-hour limit for extra help Accounting Technician Eldra King, as per staff memorandum dated April 5, 2011.

– Adopt resolution appropriating unanticipated revenue to Budget Unit 1231, County Counsel.

– Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Clover Valley Guest Home for residential services, an increase of $15,000 (maximum amount not to exceed $59,000), and authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Remi Vista Inc., for an increase of $30,000 (maximum amount not to exceed $70,000), for specialty mental health services in Fiscal Year 2010-2011, and authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Casa Pacific (maximum amount not to exceed $30,000), for specialty mental health services for Fiscal year 2010-2011, and authorize the chair to sign.

– Adopt resolution to appropriate unanticipated revenue to Budget Unit 2205 for Marine Patrol for the installation of a re-power unit and replacement of two severe duty suspension seats for a Sheriff’s Patrol boat.

– Adopt resolution approving the California Emergency Management Agency FY 10 Interoperable Emergency Communication Grant Assurances and authorizing the chair to sign.

– Approve waiver of 900-hour limit for extra help Air Quality Specialist Tiffany Angel, as per staff memorandum dated April 1, 2011.

– Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement between the Lake County Redevelopment Agency and Aaron Branine for caretaker services at the Lucerne Hotel property (relocating Caretaker to modular unit at 6607-B 14th Ave., with storage to be moved to 6607-A 14th Ave.), and authorize the chair to sign.

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The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

The full agenda and staff reports for the meeting can be downloaded at http://www.cityoflakeport.com/departments/home.aspx?deptid=88 .

The consent agenda will include approval of a memorandum of understanding between the city and the Lakeport Employees Association for compensation and benefits for the period of July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2012; approval of draft letters to Senator Noreen Evans and Assemblyman Wes Chesbro regarding invasive species; and approval of a resolution providing Lakeport Redevelopment Agency Housing Set-Aside Funds for Habitat for Humanity, Lake County.

In council business, Public Works Director Doug Grider will take to the council an application for Latinos United Lake for a Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The application includes closure of Park Street between Second and Third streets.

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Positions available include the following.

Pool office assistant: Applicants must be 15 years of age and provide current CPR and First Aid certifications.

Lifeguard: Applicants must be 15 years of age or older, provide current Title 22 Lifeguard certification and current First Aid/CPR for the professional.

Applications can be obtained at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St., or the city's Web site, www.cityoflakeport.com.

The following must be included with applications in order to be considered for an interview:

• Copies of your certifications/or notification of current enrollment in lifeguard course.

• A signed copy of job description. (You can obtain this at city hall or the city's Web site.)

All applicants must be able to work early morning, nights and weekends.

The last day to file for these positions is Friday, April 29, by 4 p.m.

This meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

The purpose of the meeting is to identify support for this project and organize committees to begin the ground work needed to move this project forward.

People will be asked to share ideas and offer their vision on what this “discovery center” might look like.

Volunteers will be needed to serve on the project's board, develop a business plan, investigate possible sites and locations, and organize fundraisers.

Interim City Administrator Steve Albright will provide a brief overview about the use of redevelopment money. The Clearlake Chamber of Commerce and the Lake County Chamber of Commerce have both been invited to send representatives.

The Lake County Board of Supervisors has allocated $100,000 for a south county visitor center. CMAS has allocated $5,000 as seed money for a fund to pay for grant writing. Grant providers will require local matches of funds and/or in-kind donations so widespread community support is vital to the success of this project.

CMAS envisions a facility where there is a mix of commercial/business activity – a gift shop, kayak and canoe rentals or perhaps an ice cream parlor – a hands-on children's museum which features Lake County wildlife, geology and history, and a visitor's desk which would highlight local points of interest and businesses.

This facility would be a draw not only for local families and schools, but would be a destination for tourists as well.

CMAS also hopes to include Lower Lake High School students enrolled in the Construction Pathway as part of the workforce involved.

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Following 10 months of negotiating, the district declared impasse on March 23, according to Holley Luia, president of Chapter 638 of the California School Employees Association.

District Superintendent Dave McQueen confirmed that the district was at impasse.

“We're starting the process,” he said.

However, McQueen said he did not want to get into the specifics of what hung up the negotiations, noting that a mediator will be getting involved.

“I've never done it, so it's a whole new experience to me,” he said.

Luia, however, offered details of how negotiations shut down, saying that the district declared impasse after the classified employees wouldn't offer a counter proposal to the district's most recent officer.

She said the situation is like “starting from square one again.”

Even so, Luia said the district's classified employees have not closed talks and would welcome another offer from the district.

According to Luia, classified employees traditionally get “the sharp end of the stick.”

They're seen as expendable when times get tough, and she said they've been asked to accept much more stringent terms than other bargaining units, including teachers and administration.

Most recently, the district has asked them to cap health benefits at $10,000 annually, down from the current $17,700 cap for classified, which is already below the cap of $19,000 that teachers and administrators receive.

That $10,000 health benefits cap proposal was part of the district offer the union rejected last month, Luia said.

The classified employees also had entered the school year willing to consider furlough days and a 2-percent rollback in pay, which Luia said other bargaining units wouldn't discuss.

As a result, “We're the ones getting all the layoffs,” she said.

Classified employees have been hit particularly hard by layoffs in recent years, she said.

Luia said classified employees – which includes support staff such as custodians, librarians and secretaries, among other job descriptions – had numbered over 100 just a few years ago. But in the 2007-08 school year, they saw a loss of 45 positions, leaving them now at 69 classified employees countywide.

Last year, classified was left alone, with no layoffs. “We were thrilled,” she said, adding, “We're doing double jobs here and we're all stressed out.”

Due to several retirements, Kelseyville Unified was able to avoid teacher layoffs this year. But with the district now in “qualified” status with the state due to concerns it may not meet its financial obligations in the coming two school years, the district board approved a financial recovery plan last month that approved cutting classified positions totaling 19 full-time jobs, McQueen said.

McQueen said the board passed a resolution on Tuesday accepting those layoffs.

“Everything that we're doing is part of the fiscal recovery plan,” McQueen said.

He added that the impasse doesn't affect the district's ability to go forward with classified layoffs.

Luia said the layoffs will result in only one secretary at Rivera Elementary School, where there are 274 children. Likewise, Kelseyville Elementary, which has 500 children attending, also will have to do with one secretary. She said custodial staff suffers from similarly slim ratios of employees to students.

Luia, a secretary at Kelseyville High School, added, “I'm one of the ones slated to be laid off.”

She said the classified union's entire local executive board is on that layoff list.

The classified union is faulting the district for using its dwindling funds to pay an attorney to represent them through mediation and fact-finding rather than settling with the classified employees, “who provide valuable service to students and campuses.”

With the governor calling a halt to budget negotiations last month, and with no special June election likely to extend some taxes that would benefit schools, the district is going to have to cut $2.3 million from its budget, rather than $1.6 million, said McQueen.

“We've got to go with the worst case scenario,” he said.

The school district board on Tuesday also voted to continue discussing the possible sale of the Gard Street School site to the county, McQueen said.

Earlier that day, the Board of Supervisors voted to also continue its exploration of purchasing the 7.44-acre property – appraised at $990,000 – for use as a campus for several county departments, as Lake County News has reported.

Luia said the sale could help save district jobs.

The possibility of selling the property arose last fall out of a configurations discussion, but McQueen cautioned that, currently, “It's just in the talking stage.”

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The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

Interim City Administrator Steve Albright and city staff have drafted the ordinance.

Albright told the council at its March 24 meeting that staff intended to bring forward the ordinance for consideration, saying that he believes the proposed document is a good compromise that can work for the city.

The city currently has three medical marijuana dispensaries that are allowed to operate. The city council last year passed a moratorium on the opening of new dispensaries, with that moratorium set to expire this November, the city reported.

The proposed ordinance would limit the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, establish criteria for their location and create a procedure for permitting a certain number of dispensaries, according to a report from the city.

The three existing dispensaries would be given preference in applying for and meeting the criteria established by the new ordinance, the goal of which is to conform to state law while, at the same time, protecting the health and safety of Clearlake’s citizens, the city reported.

Following the Clearlake Planning Commission’s public hearing and recommendations to the Clearlake City Council, city officials said the council also will consider adopting the ordinance following public hearings that are anticipated to take place in May.

The proposed ordinance is available for review in the City Hall offices. Normal office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The city offices can be reached at 707-994-8201.

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