LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal to form a new committee to begin anew the process of drafting a marijuana cultivation ordinance for the county.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

At 10 a.m. the board will consider forming the new marijuana cultivation ordinance committee.

Last year the board accepted a marijuana cultivation ordinance that it withdrew this past January after a referendum effort was started by the Lake County Citizens for Responsible Regulations and the Lake County Green Farmers Association.

The groups have since put forward their own Measure D, which will appear as an initiative on the June ballot. Unlike the previous county ordinance, Measure D would allow grows as large as 12 plants on residential-zoned lots of a half-acre or less.

Measure D also invokes the Lake County Right to Farm Ordinance, which states that its purpose and intent is “to reduce the loss to the County of its agricultural resources by limiting the circumstances under which agricultural operations or activities may be deemed to constitute a nuisance.”

At a meeting earlier this year Supervisor Denise Rushing had suggested using Measure D as a starting point to redrafting a new ordinance.

In other business, Lakeport resident Dawn Ingalls is appealing a nuisance animal abatement order for her dog Wolfman. That matter will be heard at 10:30 a.m.

At 10:45 a.m., the board will continue a discussion from its April 3 meeting on a proposed ordinance relating to the sale, use and display of fireworks in the unincorporated areas of the county.

The full agenda follows.

TIMED ITEMS

9 a.m., A-1 to A-4: 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).

9:10 a.m., A-5: Presentation of proclamation designating the week of April 15-21, 2012 as Mediation Week.

9:15 a.m., A-6: Presentation of Clear Lake Advisory Committee Quarterly Report Committee.

9:45 a.m., A-7: Hearing, nuisance abatement of 12800 Bottle Rock Road, Kelseyville, CA (APNs 011-068-43 & 011-068-45 - HSBC Bank USA National Association).

10 a.m., A-8: Consideration of the formation of a committee to review draft marijuana cultivation ordinance for Lake County.

10:30 a.m., A-9: Appeal of a nuisance animal abatement order located at 855 Oak Park Way, A-13, Lakeport, CA (Dawn Ingalls – Wolfman).

10:45 a.m., A-10: Continued from April 3, public hearing, consideration of proposed ordinance amending Article 1 Section 5-f.2 of Chapter 5 of the Lake County Code relating to the sale, use and display of fireworks in the unincorporated areas of the county of Lake.

NONTIMED ITEMS

A-11: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.

A-12: Consideration of appointments to the Lower Lake Water Works Board of Trustees and North Bay Cooperative Library Advisory Board.

A-13: Consideration of classification and compensation committee recommendations for Area Agency on Aging requests.

A-14: Consideration of proposed first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Lake County Office of Education-Safe Schools Healthy Students Program for FY 2011-12 specialty mental health services.

A-15: Consideration of proposed agreement between the Lake County Watershed Protection District and Stetson Engineers Inc., for engineering services for water availability analysis-Middle Creek
Watershed Protection District Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project.

CLOSED SESSION

A-16: 1.Conference with Labor Negotiator: (a) County Negotiators: A. Grant, S. Harry, L. Guintivano, M. Perry and J. Hammond; and (b) Lake County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Lake County Correctional Officer's Association and Lake County Deputy District Attorney's Association.

A-16: 2. Employee Disciplinary Appeal EDA 2012-03.

CONSENT AGENDA

C-1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings held on April 3, 2012.

C-2: Adopt proclamation designating the week of April 15-21, 2012 as Mediation Week.

C-3: Approve bill of sale between county of Lake and Pacific Bell Telephone Co. for transfer of underground conduit to Pacific Bell on Washington Street in Middletown in connection with the
Middletown Library Project, and authorize the chair to sign.

C-4: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and DNA Diagnostics Center, for paternity testing services through April 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $25,000 annually, and authorize the chair to sign.

C-5: Approve request to waive 900 hour limits for extra help Office Assistant I Sally Lambeth and Mental Health Specialist Ellen Bourne.

C-6: Accept irrevocable offer of dedication for roadway and public utility purposes (a portion of APN 044-340-24 - Riviera-West Country Club, a California Corporation), located at 8520 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville; and direct clerk to certify for recordation.

LAKE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

C-7: (a) Approve easement deed and direct clerk to certify for recordation (APN 039-371-04 – Robin Freeman), and approve right of way agreement between the county of Lake and Robin Freeman for the construction of the wastewater force main sanitary sewer line; (b) approve easement deed and direct clerk to certify for recordation (APN 039-332-09 – Brett Freeman), and approve right of way
agreement between the county of Lake and Brett Freeman for the construction of the wastewater force main sanitary sewer line; and (c) approve easement deed and direct clerk to certify for recordation
(APNs 039-485-51 and 54 – Christopher Ferrigno and Virginia Ferrigno), and approve right of way agreement between the county of Lake and Christopher Ferrigno and Virginia Ferrigno for the construction of the wastewater force main sanitary sewer line; and authorize the chair to sign agreements.

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