LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Board of Supervisors will continue discussions on whether to close the county's visitor center and options for assisting a local business with meeting Health and Safety codes.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live.
At 10:30 a.m. the board will continue its consideration of whether to close the Visitor Information Center in Lucerne, a discussion that began last week.
The proposal includes closing the center and shifting money to building the county's brand. “Right now we’re spending very little money on that,” County Administrative Officer Matt Perry told the board last week.
The County Administrative Office is suggesting five actions, including having the board direct staff to close the Visitor Information Center and analyze the alternatives, which would require meet and confer due to the reduction in two permanent positions; training tourism-oriented businesses as mini visitor information centers; purchasing five computerized kiosks; modifying the contract with the Lake County Chamber of Commerce to cover additional visitor services, with the chamber to receive additional funds; and reallocation of funds toward building Lake County's brand.
Perry said the plan includes keeping the Visitor Information Center open through the summer.
Also on Tuesday, at 10:15 a.m., the board will continue the discussion it began at the April 15 meeting regarding Harbor House Espresso, located near Grocery Outlet in Lakeport, which was closed due to not having a water supply hookup.
The board discussed the matter with Lake County Environmental Health officials and the business' owner and manager April 15 and agreed to come back this Tuesday to continue considering how to help the business deal with its water supply issues.
Specifically, the owner has been asked to come back with a proposal to hook up to a permanent water source to meet the requirements.
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 May 3 as Wildfire Community Preparedness Day and the week of May 4-10, 2014 as Wildfire Awareness Week in Lake County.
9:15 a.m., A-6: Public hearing, consideration of proposed ordinance amending Chapter 3, Article IV of Ordinance Code of the county of Lake regarding the Right to Farm Ordinance.
9:30 a.m., A-7: Public hearing, consideration of ordinance amending Article VI of Chapter 15 of the Lake County Code restricting the operation of bicycles, skateboards, scooters, roller skates, in-line skates, and/or roller blades on county property.
9:45 a.m., A-8: Discussion regarding non-permitted street vendors.
10:15 a.m., A-9: Continued from April 15, consideration of options to ensure compliance with appropriate Health and Safety codes in the future operations of Harbor House Espresso.
10:30 a.m., A-10: Consideration of recommendation to permanently close the Visitor Information Center in Lucerne and implement alternatives to provide visitor information services.
NONTIMED ITEMS
A-11: Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports.
A-12: Consideration of proposed agreement for architecture and engineering services for the Child Support Services Offices at Gard Street School.
A-13: (The Board of Supervisors adjourns and convenes as the Air Quality Management District Board of Directors.) Consideration of proposed letter to the California Air Resource Board in response to Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols letter dated November 21, 2013, regarding the Truck and Bus Regulation.
A-14: Consideration of proposed ordinance amending Article II of Chapter 18 of the Lake County Code relating to the Transient Occupancy Tax. Second reading.
CLOSED SESSION
A-15: 1. Conference with Labor Negotiator: (a) county negotiators: A. Grant, L. Guintivano, S. Harry, M. Perry, A. Flora and C. Shaver; and (b) employee organizations, Deputy District Attorney's Association, Lake County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Lake County Correctional Officers Association and Lake County Safety Employees Association.
A-15: 2. Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): Lakeside Heights HOA, et al. v. County of Lake.
A-15: 3. Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(d)(1): Fowler and Ford v. County of Lake.
CONSENT AGENDA
C-1: Approve minutes of the April 8 and 15, 2014.
C-2: Adopt proclamation designating May 3, 2014, as Wildfire Community Preparedness Day and the week of May 4-10, 2014, as Wildfire Awareness Week in Lake County.
C-3: Sitting as Lake County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, authorize the Air Pollution Control Officer to sign and submit an application for Carl Moyer Program Year 16 funding and other program documents.
C-4: Waive 900-hour extra help Mental Health Specialist I Monnie Smevold.
C-5: (a) Approve, in concept, the Classification and Compensation Committee recommendation to create a specialized District Attorney Office coordinator classification and reclassify an existing, vacant office manager position to the new position, and authorize the Human Resources director to initiate the meet and confer process with the appropriate employee association; and (b) adopt Resolution amending Resolution No. 2013-96 establishing position allocations for Fiscal Year 2013-2014, Budget Unit No. 1012, Administrative Office (reclassify existing Administrative Assistant position to Senior Administrative Assistant classification and create a new Administrative Assistant classification and reclassify the current Secretary I-Confidential incumbent to the new Administrative Assistant classification).
C-6: Approve plans and specification for the Soda Bay Rd at Cole Creek Bridge Replacement Project near Kelseyville, Bid# 13-31, and authorize the Public Works director/assistant purchasing agent to advertise for bids.
C-7: Approve third amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Quincy Engineering Inc., for Engineering Services for replacement of the St. Helena Creek Bridge, No.14C-0072, at Hilderbrand Drive near Middletown, California, an increase of $269,500 and authorize the chair to sign.
C-8: Adopt resolution temporarily authorizing a road closure, prohibiting parking and authorizing removal of vehicles and ordering the Department of Public Works to post signs (May 3, 2014, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Callayomi Street, from south side of Highway 29 to north side of Barnes Street).
C-9: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and www.PropertyRoom.com for public auction services of unclaimed property, term no less than one year, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-10: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and PJ Helicopters for helicopter services through Dec. 31, 2014, amount not to exceed $60,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
C-11: Approve agreement between county of Lake and Bid4Assets Inc. for FY 2013-14 tax default public auction services, retroactive to July 1, 2013, total amount of $25,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
C-12: Consideration of adoption of a resolution approving the application for state cost-share funds through participation in the state of California Department of Water Resources Flood System repair project for the purpose of Middle Creek project levee patrol road repairs, and designating the Water Resources Director as applicant’s official representative.
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