The council will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

Two items are scheduled for the closed session discussion – conference with legal counsel regarding Grant and Marilyn Meyers' lawsuit against the city, and an interim city administrator appointment.

Following the closed session, the council will have an open session in which it will consider authorizing Mayor Judy Thein to execute the consent decree with the Meyers.

On Nov. 12, the council had considered the $50,000 settlement with the Meyers, who sued the city in federal court over a code enforcement case against their property, as Lake County News has reported.

City officials said code enforcement staff entered the Meyers' property without a search warrant, and the council was urged to take the settlement out of concern that the city would lose in court and end up paying much higher fees.

At that time, local attorney Robert Riggs had offered to review the case for free in an effort to help the cash-strapped city keep its costs down. The council, by consensus, had accepted the offer and planned to bring it back for discussion at its Dec. 9 meeting.

However, Riggs said Monday that he had not received any of the case documents from the city.

On Nov. 12 he spoke to an attorney working on the case for the city, and on Nov. 15 Riggs said he was contacted by City Attorney Malathy Subramanian, who asked him to hold off on conducting a review.

He said Subramanian “was not particularly forthcoming” about the suit, and took the approach that the council's Nov. 12 discussion wasn't proper because the item hadn't been listed properly on the agenda.

Subramanian did not return a call from Lake County News seeking comment on Monday.

Riggs e-mailed Vice Mayor Joyce Overton on Nov. 15 regarding the conversation with Subramanian.

He got a response back from her on Monday, saying that the city would only have to pay $1,300 in the settlement and the rest would be covered by insurance.

Overton couldn't be reached for comment Monday evening.

Riggs said he felt he owed the community an explanation about what happened, since he publicly made the offer to help.

“I was not allowed to follow through on any of it,” he said.

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The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

At 9:15 a.m. U.S. Solar Solutions will present details of its proposed project in Lakeport to the board, which will then consider the company's request for a letter of support.

Craig Campbell, executive director and founder of the Clearlake-based US Solar Solutions and Affordable Housing Alternatives, told Lake County News the proposed 15-megawatt plant would create more than 150 long-term jobs with an annual payroll of between $10 million and $14 million.

He said he is looking at a few potential sites for the proposed plant, but isn't prepared to disclose them yet.

A turnkey technology partner is prepared to come in and set the plant up, Campbell said.

However, he noted, “We're primarily in the funding stage.”

He's currently seeking letters of support from the Board of Supervisors, as well as Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Mendocino College to pursue funding.

“The project has a huge educational component to it,” he said, which is what he'll be sharing with the board at the Tuesday meeting.

His introduction letter to the board said the company also intends to include an educational component, offering all interested schools, colleges and distance learning education institutions access to video coverage of the plants operations an onsite classroom for the purposes of training and learning.

Campbell is a former South San Francisco resident who was working on launching the project in Silicon Valley.

“I've pretty much been an entrepreneur all of my life,” he said.

At the start of this year he moved to Lake County to live in a house he had built here.

After he moved to the county, he started looking around at what it offered.

“I thought to myself, why not just do it here?” he said.

Campbell said the project will be supported by a community-based nonprofit with a local board of directors.

Everybody will have a voice in the project, he said, noting that it would have a huge impact on Lake County.

He said a lot of solar panels are being manufactured out of the country, and it would be good to help encourage more manufacturing here at home.

Campbell said he had three electric car demonstrators in 1992, and was known as “Mr. Electric Car” at one time. However, at the time the project didn't take off and he ran out of money.

In other news, the board will get a report on the Lucerne Hotel's roofing repairs and consider a proposed resolution authorizing execution of a notice of completion.

The repairs were completed earlier this month, and Paul Parlee, owner of Lucerne Roofing & Supply, donated power washing services to clean up the building's exterior, as Lake County News has reported.

The board also will hold a closed session to discuss a case of existing litigation regarding Boeger Land Development.

Other items on the agenda are as follows.

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.

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).

9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the month of December 2010 as AIDS Awareness Month in Lake County.

9:45 a.m.: Update regarding Clearlake Oaks Keys Slurry Seal Project.

10 a.m.: Consideration of request to release funds allocated for alternative water solutions for CSA #16 – Paradise Cove, to drill a fourth well.

10:15 a.m.: Hearing, consideration of proposed amendment to Section 4-14 of Chapter 4 of the Lake County Code (to allow for the modification/amendment/removal of an existing Vicious Animal Oder after three years).

10:30 a.m.: Consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Lucerne Alpine Seniors Inc. for health-related senior support services in the amount of $4,400; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Middletown Senior Citizens Inc. for health-related senior support services in the amount of $4,400; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Highlands Senior Service Center Inc., for health-related senior support services in the amount of $10,050; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Live Oak Senior Center for health-related senior support services in the amount of $6,211; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Lakeport Senior Center Inc. for health-related senior support services in the amount of $8,125; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Kelseyville Seniors Inc. to provide basic operating expenses in the amount of $2,000; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and Senior Support Services to provide basic operating expenses in the amount of $1,000; consideration of proposed contract between the county of Lake and the PSA 26 Area Agency on Aging (AAA) to provide matching funds to enable the AAA to continue to receive federal and state grant funds under the Older Americans Act in the amount of $48,360.

10:40 a.m.: Consideration of proposed ordinance establishing goals for hiring local workers.

Nontimed items

– Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.

– Consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Community Development Services to perform loan underwriting and packaging services relative to business loans funded by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) #09-EDEF-6539; consideration of request to approve the transfer of $5,000 from Activity Delivery to Business Loans and the transfer of future savings into the Business Loan line item; and consideration of request to amend Sections 2.1, 4.2 and 4.5 of the Program Guidelines to allow loan funds to be used for construction.

– Consideration of proposed agreement between the county of Lake and Gary Briggs, for rental properties located at 4960 Golf Avenue and 4960 Golf Avenue, Units A, C, D and E, in the amount of $2,725 per month (with a one-time security deposit of $5,400) for mental health facilities (including Addendum for future rental of 4960 Golf Ave., Unit B, when vacant, at an additional monthly rate of $475, and a one-time security deposit of $950).

– Update on emergency action taken on March 2, 2010, regarding the Southeast Regional Wastewater Collection System – Interim Collection System improvements.

Consent agenda

– Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held on Nov. 16, 2010.

– Adopt proclamation designating the month of December 2010 as AIDS Awareness Month in Lake County.

– Approve letter of support of the Clear Lake Area California Highway Patrol “Five Alive” grant project, to reduce the number of collisions involving alcohol or motorcycles, and authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement between the county of Lake and the city of Clearlake relative to the operation of a local Public, Educational, Governmental (PEG) Cable Television Channel, and authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Ray Hoffman for placement of a “Welcome to Blue Lakes” sign on property located at 5845 West Highway 20, Blue Lakes, and authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve adjustment in compensation for working above classification for interim Chief District Attorney Investigator Craig Woodworth (to reflect longevity salary increase due Oct. 3, 2010).

– Approve leave of absence without pay for Deputy Sheriff Francisco Rivero for the period from Dec. 3, 2010 to Jan. 5, 2011, and authorize the chair to sign.

– Adopt resolution approving the application for grant funds from the Habitat Conservation Fund Program.

– Adopt resolution temporarily prohibiting parking and authorizing removal of vehicles and ordering the Department of Public Works to post signs.

– Approve easement deed to the city of Lakeport and direct clerk to certify for recordation (a portion of APN 005-037-02 – county of Lake), and authorize the chair to sign.

– Adopt resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Aug. 6, 2010 (2005-06 Storm Damage Repair – Bartlett Springs Road PM 21.1, Lake County, Bid No. PW 11-01).

– Adopt Resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated May 18, 2010 (Lakeshore Boulevard Bikeway PM 1.53 to PM 1.88, PM 2.05 to 3.27 and PM 3.38 to 3.61, Lake County, Bid No. PW 10-03).

– Adopt resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Oct. 22, 2010 (2005/2006 Storm Damage Repair: Elk Mountain Road PM 33.3, Lake County, Bid No. 10-07).

– Adopt resolution authorizing the director, Public Works Department, to sign a notice of completion for work performed under agreement dated Aug. 17, 2010 (2005/2006 Storm Damage Repair – Morgan Valley Road PM 5.91, Lake County, Bid No. 10-11).

– Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Dazzling Janitorial Services, for janitorial services in the Social Services office, Children’s Services office, and Adult Housing Services office, through June 30, 2013, in the amount of $6,070.36 per month for the first year, with the possible subsequent addition of a cost of living adjustment equal to 90 percent of the Consumer Price Index, and authorize the chair to sign.

– Approve side letter of agreement to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) by and between the California United Homecare Workers Union Local 4034 and the Lake County In-Home Support Services (IHSS) Public Authority (extending the term of the agreement to Jan. 31, 2011), and authorize the chair to sign.

– Adopt resolution approving variance of sewer use regulations for property located at 4330 Cruickshank Road, Kelseyville (APN 008-061-43 - Greta Moreno).

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COUNTY OF LAKE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors, County of Lake, State of California, has set TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010, at 10:05 a.m., Board Chambers, Courthouse, Lakeport, as time and place to consider a proposed Resolution ordering the vacation of portions of public roadways, Washington Street (County Road #117L) and Douglas Street (County Road #117E), in the County of Lake. This hearing was previously scheduled for Tuesday, November 16, 2010, and has been continued to the date listed above.

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

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at said time and place any interested person may appear and be heard.

If you challenge the action of the Board of Directors on any of the above stated items in court, it may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Clerk to the Board at, or prior to, the public hearing.

KELLY F. COX

Clerk of the Board

By: Mireya G. Turner

Assistant Clerk to the Board

City Manager Margaret Silveira said this week that the proposed budget has about $14.6 million in expenditures – for redevelopment, general fund and enterprise funds, as well as Measure I sales tax projects. That's down from the $15.8 million budgeted last year.

The city also has $12.8 million in revenue estimated in this fiscal year, Silveira said.

Part of that deficit situation, she explained, is due to property purchases, including the Green Ranch property.

The city has leased the land, the source of two-thirds of its current water supply, and is now purchasing it for $600,000, she said.

The city also has got water enterprise funding to do a feasibility study on its water rates, she said.

“We have quite a bit of deferred maintenance and we have some projects coming up that the city has committed to,” said Silveira, with one of those projects including a water main extension on Parallel Drive to service the new Mendocino College Lake Center.

Silveira said the city is working with the US Department of Agriculture on loans to cover Green Ranch and the Parallel Drive project.

In a budget workshop for the Lakeport City Council on Tuesday – which also was attended by council members-elect Stacey Mattina and Tom Engstrom – Silveira presented the updated budget document. She and city finance staff worked to clean up the budget, which included making fund balance transfers.

There was good news in the updated budget, including city property tax revenues coming in $40,000 higher than anticipated, Silveira said, along with some salary savings.

Silveira said the city's budget had shown a $790,000 deficit until they did the necessary budget transfers to put money where it belonged.

Some funds were being balanced by one-time monies, which Silveira said the city needed to cut back on doing in the future.

She also said that the Measure I sales tax funds – derived from a half-cent sales tax in the city – “are sustaining the very basic services the city needs to operate the city.”

The city will address its deficit situation moving forward, she said.

In the meantime, cleaning up the budget with fund transfers showed the the city had more money in the general fund than previously thought, according to Silveira. While there is a gap, there is enough general fund revenue to get by for two to three years, but the difference between revenues and expenditures can't be sustained long-term.

During the Tuesday budget workshop, Silveira told the council that she was proposing they leave the police chief's position open for the remainder of the year. That position is being covered on an interim basis by acting Chief Brad Rasmussen following the departure of Kevin Burke for the chief's job in Healdsburg.

There also are two additional open, unbudgeted police officer positions. Silveira said she was proposing putting in half a year's salary to cover reserve officers, as well as backfilling a patrol position for half a year. With the police chief's job not being filled and reallocating the other funds for other uses, there would still be a $40,000 savings.

However, she directed staff that until the police officers association and the city resolves the dispute over the 3 percent at 50 retirement plan – which the council had previously agreed to but voted down over the summer – no new hires be made.

Utilities Director Mark Brannigan told the council during the workshop that his department has analytical equipment for its water operations that is more than 10 years old, which they've been pressured by the state to change out for some time.

Now, the equipment is starting to fail, Brannigan said. “We're at the point of emergency replacement.”

Equipment needing to be replaced includes chlorine monitors and chlorine gas injectors. Brannigan said to replace all of the equipment it will cost $12,000. To replace just the equipment in the worst shape will cost $7,000.

On Thursday, Silveira said, “My goal right now is to bring down the cost of our day-to-day operations.”

That includes looking at renewable energy options for city facilities and cutting anything that doesn't impede service to the community, she said.

She said the city recently cut staff in its utilities department. “We're pretty bare-bones right now,” she said, adding that the public works department is down to “a skeleton crew.”

Silveira said she has a wonderful staff that is pitching in and bringing to the table ideas to help make ends meet. Staff also has in recent years begun paying portions of medical and other benefits.

The city may need to look into furloughs in the future, Silveira said. The city had furloughs in late 2008 and in 2009, as Lake County News has reported.

“We're looking at everything we can possibly do to cut the budget,” she said.

They're also considering ways to assist in increasing future revenues, such as annexing the S. Main Street corridor, Silveira noted.

Overall, despite the challenges, “We're doing OK,” said Silveira.

The council has planned a special followup budget workshop for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30.

Silveira said a public hearing on the budget will then take place at the Dec. 7 regular council meeting, the same meeting at which Engstrom and Mattina will be seated on the council.

The budget could be accepted at that meeting or another meeting later in December, she said.

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On Thursday State Controller John Chiang released the results of an audit that found the city of Bell unlawfully spent at least $710,000 in state and federal funds without valid contracts in place, or made payments for services outside of the scope of an existing contract.

In addition, none of the contracts for goods or services examined were awarded through competitive bids, Chiang's office reported.

Bell's dealings, which came to light in recent months, have resulted in greater scrutiny of local governments across the state, including new wage and salary reporting guidelines Chiang instituted.

Chiang said the audit of Bell shows that former Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo's contracting and purchasing practices continue to expose the city to further financial liability.

“The fact that the former chief administrative officer was able to pick vendors and award contracts at will using state and federal funds raises serious questions about conflicts of interest, favoritism and other improprieties – at the expense of all taxpayers, not just local residents,” Chiang said.

The audit into the spending of state and federal funds brings the total amount of questionable spending by the city of Bell to more than $6 million.

Based on the findings, Rizzo is alleged to have violated provisions of the city charter that require city council approval for purchases of more than $50,000, and a competitive bidding process for contracts of more than $25,000.

An earlier audit by the controller noted that Rizzo also is alleged to have paid $222,000 to Urban & Associates Inc., owned by the current interim chief administrative officer, Pedro Carrillo. In this report, the auditors note that city staff and Carrillo still have not provided the controller’s auditors with a copy of any contract identifying the scope of services performed by the company.

The state and federal spending audit questioned $199,528 incurred for purchasing equipment from Great Western Park and Playground. The expenditures were not used for the purchase of equipment as required, but rather for site work, surfacing and installation of outdoor fitness equipment and shade covering at Debs Park.

In addition, city staff could not provide any documentation showing the services from Great Western were acquired through competitive bids.

Another $185,000 in state park grants intended for professional services, engineering and construction management services at Bell Community Health and Wellness Center were paid to MBH Architects and SMS Architects. Both companies listed the same individual as the signatory principal.

The original contract with MBH allegedly was approved by Rizzo but not the city council, Chiang's office reported. After the contract was terminated by Rizzo, payments were made to SMS without city council approval. The payments allegedly violated the city’s contracting and competitive bid requirements.

More than $50,000 in Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation and federal Community Development Grants were paid to Medina Construction for public works and general maintenance services, including repairs of residential homes, the audit found. However, those services were not authorized by the contract, and there was no documentation showing the City Council approved those services.

Almost $100,000 was paid to D& J Engineering, whose owner, Dennis Tarango, formerly served as the city’s director of planning services, the audit found.

The payments were made through the California Integrated Waste Management Board’s Used Oil Recycling grant, but one contract was for engineering services related to the development of traffic improvements projects and the other, which expired in 1997, was for preparing and administering benefits assessment, according to the audit.

No documentation could be found showing that the city council had approved either contract, nor was there any documentation showing the contracts had been awarded through competitive bids, officials reported.

Almost another $100,000 in federal funds administered through Los Angeles County was paid for graffiti removal services even after a contract with Graffiti Protective Coatings Inc. had expired, the audit found. No documentation could be found showing that the contract was approved by the city council, or that it was competitively bid.

Finally, more than $74,000 was used to purchase computer servers from Relia-Tech. The city had no documentation of a purchase order or approval from the Bell City Council, and the only document provided was a contract with Relia-Tech for maintenance of servers, not equipment purchase or installation.

The controller recommended that the city work with the following entities to recoup misspent funds:

• The California Department of Parks and Recreation to resolve the $199,528 in questioned costs related to Great Western Park and Playground;

• The California Department of Parks and Recreation to resolve the $180,368 related to MBH Architects and SMS Architects;

• The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation to resolve the $37,164 related to Debs Park, and the $19,690 in federal Community Development Block Grants related to residential home repairs;

• The California Integrated Waste Management Board to resolve the $99,882 in oil recycling grant monies paid to D&J Engineering;

• Los Angeles County regarding the $99,542 in questioned Community Development Block Grants funds spent on graffiti removal services after the contract expired;

• The U.S. Department of Justice regarding the $74,285 in COPS Technology Grant funds used to purchase computer servers, parts and labor without a valid purchase authorization.

A copy of the audit can be found on the controller’s Web site at www.sco.ca.gov.

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At its Nov. 9 meeting the board voted in favor of allowing the Plum Flat subdivision to move forward.

Plum Flat LLC proposes to build the 30-lot development on 105 acres at 10929 Point Lakeview Road, Kelseyville, near the Clear Lake Riviera.

The decision had been held over from the Oct. 26 meeting after Community Development Director Rick Coel asked for additional time to prepare a rezone ordinance, as Lake County News has reported.

Coel and Principal Planner Emily Minton brought to the board draft conditions for the subdivision, which included 75 foot buffers – modified from 150 feet – on the southern and eastern property lines.

County staff also was seeking a new community water system to support the subdivision, but they informed the board that the partnership wanted to be able to drill individual wells.

During the discussion, the size of required buffers for the property was a source of questions as well as disagreements amongst board members.

Supervisor Jeff Smith said he didn't want to see adjacent property owners have to implement a 225-foot buffer in order to make up for the reduced buffer width on the project. “We could be taking away from the property owner next door,” he said.

Board Chair Anthony Farrington queried staff about the 300 feet size that kept coming up related to the buffers. Minton said it was that distance that the agriculture commissioner suggested when separating agricultural and other uses. The land is adjacent to agricultural property.

Supervisor Rob Brown said there is also a recommended 100-foot fire break around all residences. “In this case there is not 100 feet to play with.”

Coel acknowledged, “This one is a bit of a challenge,” explaining that the project is on the edge of the growth boundary and is located in the transition between urban and rural lands. It also doesn't yet have a specific plan of development, so the county doesn't know the lot configuration or sizes.

Supervisor Denise Rushing was concerned about the buffers and the project's location in the urban-wildland interface. “This is an accident waiting to happen if we don't get it right.”

Coel suggested that the minimum 75-foot buffer be a draft condition for the general plan of development, which could be addressed again when the project is farther along in the process.

Brown said a wildland fire is of more concern to him that spray drift from agriculture. “That doesn't destroy a community like a fire will,” he said.

Rushing asked why they were pushing a 75-foot buffer if 300 feet was recommended. Minton said staff originally had suggested 300 feet, but at the last meeting they believed the board had reduced the distance.

“I don't think we did that,” said Rushing, adding she was uncomfortable with 75 feet.

“It's an arbitrary number,” said Brown.

“Then why set it?” asked Rushing.

Brown said the county has setbacks all over the place.

He went on to ask why they were getting hung up on 300 feet. Rushing said because it was an agricultural area. Brown said they had only used the 300-foot buffer on one project.

Rushing said she didn't know why they had to set the buffer length at that meeting.

Farrington pointed out that the general plan's agriculture element doesn't identify any one length for buffers.

Coel, who didn't have the general plan with him, said the requirement is based on each project. He proposed the board not define the buffer size then, but instead require that an appropriate and adequate buffer shall be based on current policies in effect at the time of the project's final approval. Coel said he wanted more information on what the project will look like.

Scott Bennett, a member of Plum Flat LLC, said they're happy to postpone the buffer decision, but he felt a precedent had been set in the area with a smaller, 75-foot buffer. Farrington said he wanted to wait on additional project specifics.

Bennett suggested it might be wise to go with the 75 foot buffers since the county has used that distance in other places. Farrington said it's a case-by-case decision.

County Counsel Anita Grant read requirements that included a 100-foot buffer for commercial agriculture.

Kelseyville resident Anna Ravenwoode said the planning commission hadn't approved of the project due to fire safety. She therefore suggested a full environmental impact report on the project to explore all of its concerns.

Minton noted that the planning commission voted down the project's mitigated negative declaration 4-1, and had sought more information about the overall proposal.

Rushing asked if the plan before the board was different than the one the commission considered. Coel said it was the same plan.

Coel said there is a somewhat confusing plan of development process in county code. In a perfect world, he said officials would look at a tentative map, use permit and master plan of development for a project all at once, but that's not how it's currently done.

The board went on to approve the project's mitigated negative declaration and rezone in 5-0 votes, with a 4-1 vote – with Rushing dissenting – on the general plan of development.

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