How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors this week will consider dissolving the Scotts Valley Water Conservation District, and review a Behavioral Health Services agreement worth about $1 million for programs addressing substance use disorders.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, August 12, 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 1:30 p.m., the board will consider initiating dissolution proceedings for the Scotts Valley Water Conservation District.
The district was formed in 1972 to address water conservation and flood control. While the district has had minimal activity in recent years, it holds approximately $25,000 in the county treasury, according to the staff memo. Records on how the funds were generated are unclear.
The memo also noted that no additional service reviews have been conducted since the district’s initial review 53 years ago.
Supervisor Brad Rasmussen is asking the board to consider whether the district should be dissolved or if it can still provide service to the area.
Under the untimed items, the board will consider a $960,281.57 Behavioral Health Services agreement with a clinical social worker corporation, Sierra Pathways, to operate two programs addressing substance use disorders for youth and adults.
The contract amount “will be administered on a reimbursement basis over two years and will fund program startup and operational costs,” the staff memo said.
In the closed session, the board will interview candidates for the county’s Animal Care and Control Director position, and meet with legal counsel regarding existing litigation on the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve continuation of proclamation declaring a Clear Lake hitch emergency.
5.2: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to pervasive tree mortality.
5.3: Approve continuation of emergency proclamation declaring a shelter crisis in the County of Lake.
5.4: Approve joint lease termination notice and release of liability of Geothermal Agricultural Park Lease (No. 015254) between the County of Lake and S-Bar-S Quarry located at 7765 S State Hwy 29, Kelseyville, APN 009-022-56 (formerly -50) and authorize the chair to sign.
5.5: Adopt proclamation designating the thirty-first day of August 2025 as International Overdose Awareness Day.
5.6: Approve agreement for professional services to provide alternate public health officer services with Anju Goel, MD, MPH, for a term of twelve months for an amount not to exceed $95,000 for the term of the agreement and authorize the Health Services director to sign.
5.7: Approve agreement for professional services to provide alternate public health officer services with Amy B. Garlin, MD LFD LLC, for a term of twelve months for an amount not to exceed $95,000 for the term of the agreement and authorize the Health Services director to sign.
5.8: Approve the award of Bid No. 251072 to Cupples and Sons Construction, Inc., for the Hammond Park Improvement Project in the amount of $2,952,474.00, and authorize the chair to sign the agreement.
5.9: Approve the plans and specifications for the Kelseyville Senior Center Improvement Project and authorize the Public Services director to advertise for bids.
5.10: Adopt resolution approving the grant application for the Land and Water Conservation Fund for development of Cobb Community Park.
5.11: Approve supplemental services agreement #8 between the County of Lake and SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists, Inc., for the implementation of the corrective action plan for Cleanup and Abatement Order R5-2015-0713 in the amount of $291,870.00 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.12: Waive the competitive bidding process pursuant to section 2-38.2(2) for the purchase of hot mix asphalt from Granite Construction for the 2025 road crew chip seal projects as the unique nature of the goods or services precludes competitive bidding.
5.13: a) Approve rental agreement between the County of Lake and Kevin Soto for storage hanger #1 at Lampson Field for the monthly amount of $300 and authorize the chair to sign; and b) approve rental agreement between the County of Lake and Kevin Soto for storage hanger #2 at Lampson Field for the monthly amount of $500 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.14: a) Approve governing body resolution; and b) authorize the chair to sign – FY 2023 EOC grant and FY 2022 HMGP.
5.15: (Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors) Adopt resolution revising the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 adopted budget of the County of Lake by appropriating unanticipated revenue for Fund 251 in the amount of $38,000 to Budget Unit 8351, Object Code 783.23-80 to pay for prior year sewer treatment costs.
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.: New and noteworthy at the library.
6.4, 9:05 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation designating the thirty-first day of August 2025 as International Overdose Awareness Day.
6.5, 9:30 a.m.: Consideration and presentation of Public Defender Office policy on sex offender office visits.
6.6, 10:15 a.m.: Consideration of presentation by UC Cooperative Extension and Lake County 4-H youth members.
6.7, 1:00 p.m.: Consideration of presentation by LIME Foundation of the NextGen Trades Academy.
6.8, 1:30 p.m.: Consideration of direction to staff to take steps necessary to proceed with a notice of intent to file an application with Lake Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) to initiate dissolution proceedings for Scotts Valley Water Conservation District.
NON-TIMED ITEMS
7.1: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
7.2: 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.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1, 3:00 p.m.: Public employee appointment pursuant to Gov. Code section 54957(b)(1): Interviews for Animal Care and Control director; appointment of Animal Care and Control director.
8.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) – FERC Proceeding No. P-77, Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
8.3: Public employee evaluations: Title – Interim Public Works Director / Public Services Director.
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