LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors this week will discuss with staff how to move forward with meeting new state requirements regarding groundwater management.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, 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 with the video available online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Board_of_Supervisors/calendar.htm . Accompanying board documents and the agenda also are available at that link.
At 9:15 a.m. County Counsel Anita Grant will take to the board a discussion of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
The act is a three-bill legislative package signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last September which, according to the Governor's Office, creates “a framework for sustainable, local groundwater management for the first time in California history. The legislation allows local agencies to tailor sustainable groundwater plans to their regional economic and environmental needs.”
According to Grant's report, the legislation prioritizes groundwater basins that are currently overdrafted and sets a following timeline for implementation: 2017, local groundwater management agencies must be identified; 2020, overdrafted groundwater basins must have sustainability plans; 2022, other high and medium priority basins not currently in overdraft must have sustainability plans; and 2040, all high and medium priority groundwater basins must achieve sustainability.
The legislation authorizes local agencies to become a groundwater sustainability agency. A county within which an area unmanaged by a groundwater sustainability agency lies is presumed to be the groundwater sustainability agency for that area, Grant's report said.
The California Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board are allowed to intervene when local agencies have not moved forward to sustainably manage their groundwater resources, Grant said.
“Given that by January 1, 2017, local agencies with high and medium priority groundwater basins must identify their governance structure for those groundwater basins, the Board of Supervisors may wish to direct staff to begin formulating a timeline and a strategy for moving forward,” Grant wrote to the board.
Also on Tuesday, at 9:45 a.m. the board will get a presentation and update on the county's destination marketing efforts.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
7.1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held Feb. 3, 2015.
7.2: Approve first amendment to agreement between the county of Lake and Breezy Bill Pay & Errands for Janitorial Services commencing 7/1/2014 and shall terminate upon the move of DCSS from 525 N. Main St., Lakeport, CA 95453, or Dec. 31, 2015, whichever occurs first, for an amount not to exceed $24,000.
7.3: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2014-112 establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2014-2015, Budget Unit No. 4012, Health Services Administration to be effective Feb. 11, 2015.
7.4: Adopt resolution establishing county-maintained mileage for 2014 and authorization for the chair to sign.
7.5: Sitting as Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, approve easement deed for sewer mainline extension, APN 004-002-23/10375 Elk Mountain Road, Upper Lake.
7.6: Waive 900-hour limit for Sheriff Marine Patrol staff members, Dane Hayward, Dennis Ostini, Lloyd Wells; Sheriff Court Security staff members James Everhart, Hart Gall, Mike Powers, Duayne Emis; and sheriff jail staff members Terry Norton and June Waller.
7.7: Approve late travel claim and waiver of county policy for Correctional Officer Anthony Bracisco in the amount of $1,187.31.
7.8: Approve purchase of a temporary construction easement and fee title on a portion of a certain parcel (APN 008-020-25) as part of bridge replacement projects on Ackley Road, in the amount of $3,100 and authorize the County Administrative Officer to execute the necessary documents.
7.9: Approve purchase of a temporary construction easement and fee title on a portion of a certain parcel (APN 008-020-05) as part of bridge replacement projects on Ackley Road, in the amount of $4,700 and authorize the county administrative officer to execute the necessary documents.
7.10: Approve purchase of a temporary construction easement and fee title on a portion of a certain parcel (APN 008-020-50) as part of bridge replacement projects on Ackley Road, in the amount of $4,300 and authorize the county administrative officer to execute the necessary documents.
7.11: Approve purchase of a temporary construction easement and fee title on a portion of a certain parcel (APN 007-006-24) as part of the bridge replacement project on Highland Springs Road, in the amount of $8,100 and authorize the county administrative officer to execute the necessary documents.
7.12: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District, adopt resolution declaring surplus certain real property (APN 007-006-24) valued at less than $25,000 and authorizing its sale to the county of Lake.
7.13: Adopt resolution approving an agreement for the purchase of right-of-way (APN 008-020-23) for the Manning Creek Bridge Project and authorizing the chair to execute the purchase agreement on behalf of the county of Lake.
7.14: Approve budget transfer in BU 2709 from account 38-00 to account 62-71, in the amount of $6,000 for the purchase of an HP LaserJet Enterprise M806 Printer.
TIMED ITEMS
8.2, 9:06 a.m.: Consideration of (a) request to waive the policy for review and selection of professional consultants and other contract service providers; and (b) approval an agreement with Oscar Larson & Associates for Department of Energy Grant Program consulting services and authorize chair to sign the agreement.
8.3, 9:15 a.m.: Discussion surrounding the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
8.4, 9:45 a.m.: Lake County destination marketing presentation and update.
UNTIMED ITEMS
9.2: Consideration of agreement between the county of Lake and PulsePoint Inc. for content marketing services for the Lake County Marketing Program.
9.3: Consideration of agreement between the county of Lake and Steve Denero for project management and consulting services related to destination marketing.
9.4: Consideration of staff's recommendation to approve the authorization to order Calnet3 services under the statewide contract.
9.5: Consideration of request for bid approval for the purchase of five Utility Police Interceptors from Ukiah Ford and to waive the normal sealed bid process.
9.6: Consideration of request for bid approval for the purchase of six Sedan Police Interceptors from Ukiah Ford and to waive the normal sealed bid process.
9.7: Consideration of (a) request for bid approval for the purchase of seven Ford Taurus' from Ukiah Ford and to waive the normal sealed bid process; and (b) resolution to cancel reserves in BU 2216 and appropriate $27,000 for purchase of vehicles.
9.8: Consideration of resolution to amend position allocation for BU 2602 for the Code Enforcement Program and consideration of resolution to amend the FY 2014/15 adopted budget to appropriate additional money for code enforcement positions.
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Supervisors to discuss groundwater management act
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