How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors this week will discuss a proposal to pause commercial cannabis permitting while zoning rules are developed, and review Behavioral Health contracts totaling more than $19 million.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 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, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
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At 9:30 a.m., the board will hold a public hearing on Northshore Fire Protection District’s request to raise fire mitigation fees with annual inflation adjustments.
At 10:30 a.m., the board will consider Supervisor Helen Owen’s proposal to place a moratorium — a temporary pause — on issuing permits for commercial cultivation of cannabis within the county’s unincorporated area. The item was held over from the July 15 meeting.
The staff memo noted that in March, the board disbanded a task force working on the county’s zoning ordinance that comprises the “Cannabis Ordinance.” Now, the Community Development Department staff is drafting a new article of the zoning ordinance.
Owen is proposing a temporary halt to permit issuance while the new regulations are developed.
“I have significant concern moving forward with additional permitting of Cannabis operations in the absence of appropriate regulation is not in the interest of our county and the residents we were elected to serve,” said Owen in the staff memo. “Pausing permit issuance and taking reasonable time to amend and adopt zoning regulations, as needed, make good sense.”
At least four votes from the five supervisors are required to adopt this interim urgency ordinance, according to the staff memo.
In the untimed items, the board will consider multiple county agreements on Behavioral Health services totaling $19,392,301.47.
Also under review is a three-year contract with Redwood Community Services for services to foster children and their families, in the amount of $485,000 per fiscal year, starting July 1, 2025.
The board will also be asked to officially accept the responsibility for the water and sewer systems in the Westlake Homes subdivision, after 32 years of not doing maintenance for the area, due to a “technicality.”
"Over the years Special District has not performed general maintenance inside the subdivision due to a technicality related to the actual acceptance of the water and wastewater lines and the piping materials that were installed may not have met County specifications," the staff memo noted.
In the closed session, the board will evaluate the Water Resources director and conduct interviews for the Public Works director position. The board will also discuss existing litigation regarding the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt proclamation designating the month of August 2025 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month in Lake County.
5.2: Adopt proclamation designating the month of August 2025 as Child Support Awareness Month.
5.3: Adopt the final Lake County Housing Action and Implementation Plan (HAIP), as amended.
5.4: Approve agreement between County of Lake—Lake County Behavioral Health Services as Lead Agency for the Lake County Continuum of Care and Adventist Health Clear Lake Hospital, Inc. in the amount of $184,000 for the period June 1, 2025, through October 31, 2026, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.5: Approve the second amendment to the agreement between the County of Lake and June Wilson-Clarkin, LMFT for Fiscal Year 2024–2025 to (1) authorize the contractor to initiate 5150 psychiatric holds upon designation and completion of required training, and (2) increase the contract maximum by $25,000 for a revised total of $110,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.6: Approve the updated bylaws of the Middletown Area Town Hall (MATH).
5.7: Approve Board of Supervisors meeting minutes June 3, 2025, June 17, 2025, July 8, 2025, and July 15, 2025.
5.8: Approve Fiscal Year 2025/2026 renewal of Veterans Subvention Certificate of Compliance and Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance Program Certificate of Compliance and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.9: Adopt resolution approving right of way certification for the Willow Tree Monitoring and Reporting Project for 14C-0048 N. Fork Cache Creek Bridge (Chalk Mountain Rd) Replacement Project, Federal Project No. BRLO-5914(135).
5.10: a) Adopt resolution approving right of way certification for Kelseyville Sidewalk Project, Federal Project No. HIPL-5914(133); and b) approve the plans and specifications for the Kelseyville Sidewalk Project and authorize the Public Works Director to advertise for bids.
5.11: (Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors) Authorize Special Districts Administrator/Assistant Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order not to exceed $220,000 to Sealing Systems, Inc. for the purchase of HDPE manhole inserts.
TIMED ITEMS
6.1, 9:02 a.m.: Public input.
6.2, 9:03 a.m.: Pet of the Week.
6.3, 9:04 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the month of August 2025 as Child Support Awareness Month.
6.4, 9:06 a.m.: a) Presentation of proclamation designating the month of August 2025 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month in Lake County; and b) consideration of presentation by Mother-Wise.
6.5, 9:10 a.m.: Consideration of presentation of Community Development – CalRecycle Illegal Disposal Grant activities and results.
6.6, 9:30 a.m.: Public hearing – Consideration of resolution approving Resolution No. 2025-5 submitted by Northshore Fire Protection District and making findings and requesting the County of Lake to implement fire mitigation fees with the automatic inflation pursuant to the Lake County Fire Mitigation Fee Ordinance FY 2025/2026.
6.7, 10:00 a.m.: Consideration of presentation on the UC Cooperative Extension Diversified Agriculture Program.
6.8, 10:30 a.m.: (Continued from July 15, 2025 meeting) Consideration of an interim urgency ordinance placing a moratorium on the issuance of use permits for commercial cultivation of cannabis within the unincorporated area of the County of Lake (recommendation to continue to a future date/time).
6.9, 11:00 a.m.: Consideration of an update on County Economic Development and Housing Initiatives.
6.10, 11:30 a.m.: Presentation of Community Development Department – Code Enforcement on Body Worn Camera Policies.
NON-TIMED ITEMS
7.1: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
7.2: Consideration of Amendment No.1 to the agreement between the County of Lake and Vista Pacifica Enterprises, Inc. for adult residential support services and specialty mental health services in the amount of $745,000 for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
7.3: Consideration of the agreement between County of Lake and California Psychiatric Transitions, Inc. for inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation services, inpatient competency restoration services, and professional services associated with inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation in the amount of $350,000 for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
7.4: Consideration for approval of Amendment No.1 to the agreement between County of Lake and Lake County Office of Education-Safe Schools Healthy Students Program for school-based specialty mental health services in the amount of $825,000 for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
7.5: Consideration of the agreement between the County of Lake and Hilltop Recovery Services for ASAM Residential Level 3.1 & 3.5 and Intensive and Outpatient Levels of Care 1.0 & 2.1 in the amount of $2,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
7.6: Consideration of agreement between County of Lake and New Life Health Authority DBA New Life, LLC for substance use disorder outpatient drug free services, intensive outpatient treatment services, and narcotic treatment program services in an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
7.7: Consideration of agreement between County of Lake and Willow Glen Care Center for adult residential support services and specialty mental health services in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
7.8: Consideration of agreement between County of Lake and Women’s Recovery Services ASAM Level 3.1 residential treatment services to continue vital SUD treatment services for Lake County residents in the not-to-exceed amount of $300,000 for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
7.9: Consideration of the agreement between County of Lake and Archway Recovery Services, Inc. for ASAM Levels 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, and Withdrawal Management Levels 1 and 2 in the amount of $500,000 for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
7.10: Consideration of the agreement between County of Lake and Redwood Quality Management Company, Inc. in the amount of $1,212,019.90 for Fiscal Years 2025-2029.
7.11: Consideration of the agreement between County of Lake and Sierra Pathways, a licensed social worker corporation, in the amount of $960,281.57 for Fiscal Years 2025-2027.
7.12: Consideration of update regarding Public Guardian Conservatee “BB”.
7.13: Consideration of contract between County of Lake and Redwood Community Services, Inc. for Wrap Around Services, in the amount of $485,000 per fiscal year from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.14: Consideration to a) accept the water distribution system (previously known as the Western Mutual Water Company) inside the Westlake Homes subdivision; and b) accept the wastewater collection system inside the Westlake Homes subdivision.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1, 2 p.m.: Public employee evaluation: Water Resources director.
8.2, 4 p.m.: Public employee appointment pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957(b)(1): Interviews for Public Works director and appointment of Public Works director.
8.3: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9 (d)(1) – FERC Proceeding No. P-77, Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
8.4: Employee grievance complaint pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54957.
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