LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Board of Supervisors will consider continuing the declaration of a local emergency after getting a update from staff on drought conditions this Tuesday.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport. TV8 will broadcast the meeting live, with the archived video to be available online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Boards/Board_of_Supervisors/calendar.htm .
In untimed items, the board will get an update from the recently formed Drought Task Force, which had its last meeting Aug. 7, and give staff direction to address drought conditions.
The board also will consider continuing an emergency declaration for drought conditions that it originally passed March 4 and has since extended four times. State law requires that the board review the emergency every 30 days.
“Although we experienced some rainfall this spring, annual rainfall levels remain well below average and the severity of drought conditions will continue to worsen in the summer and fall months,” according to the written report to the board from Lake County Emergency Services Manager Marisa Chilafoe.
Chilafoe reported that the Governor's Office of Emergency Services continues to conduct weekly drought conference calls in order to monitor conditions statewide while Lake County Special Districts is monitoring Lake County water table levels in several community water systems due to critically low levels.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
7.1: Approve advance-step hiring request for Barbara Drew, M.F.T., as deputy director of Behavioral Health at step five.
7.2: Approve late travel claim for June Culbertson, SW I-CPS, for payment of $64.
7.3: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Hilltop Recovery Services for Lake County residents for fiscal year 2014-15 in the amount of $40,000, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.4: Adopt resolution approving Lake County Health Services Department to submit acceptance paperwork from the California Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Control Branch for real-time allotment funding for tuberculosis cases in Lake County, in the amount of $1,757 and authorize the director of Health Services to sign said paperwork.
7.5: Adopt resolution approving the 2014-2017 CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness, State General Fund Pandemic Influenza and HHS Hospital Preparedness Program contract, and authorize the board chair to sign a non-supplantation certification.
7.6: Award Bid No. 13-31 for Soda Bay Road at Cole Creek Bridge Replacement Project near Kelseyville to J.F. Shea Construction in the amount of $1,181,211.80, and authorize the chair to execute the notice of award and agreement.
7.7: Adopt resolution of the Board of Education of the Lakeport Unified School District ordering an election to authorize the issuance of school bonds, establishing specifications of the election order, and requesting consolidation with other elections occurring on Nov. 4, 2014.
7.8: Approve the first amendment to the lease agreement between the county of Lake and Marymount California University, Palos Verdes, California for lease of buildings and grounds located at 3700 Country Club Drive, Lucerne; and authorize the chair to sign.
7.9: Approve amendment one to agreement for engineering services for water availability analysis - Middle Creek Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project with Stetson Engineers, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.10: Sitting as the Board of Directors of the Lake County Sanitation District (LACOSAN), approve the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between LACOSAN and the Highlands Mutual Water Co. relating to the LACOSAN Fillmore Tank Antenna Project and authorize the chair to sign the MOU.
7.11: Authorize the Registrar of Voters to provide the election services necessary for the consolidation of election services for the city of Clearlake for the General Municipal Election on Nov. 4, 2014, a measure seeking voter approval of a transactions (use) and sales tax of one-half percent for citywide cleanup and improvement; provide the election services necessary to implement the election on the ballot measure; and prepare the official canvass of votes cast (pursuant to city's Resolution 2014-15).
7.12: Adopt resolution amending approved recommended budget for FY 2014-15 to appropriate money in Budget Unit 8482 – CSA #22- Mt. Hannah for a New Well and add the purchase of this well to the list of fixed assets authorized to be purchased prior to the adoption of the final budget.
NONTIMED ITEMS
9.2: Consideration of letter of opposition for SB1139 (Hueso) - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
9.3: Consideration of the request from Konocti Broadcasting Co. for the temporary reduction or waiving of tower rental fees.
9.4: Drought Task Force Update and board direction to address drought conditions.
9.5: Continuing the proclamation of emergency declaration for drought conditions.
9.6: Consideration of resolution approving submission of application for Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) for fiscal year 2014-15.
9.7: Workshop on FY 2014-15 budget and discussion of Board of Supervisors priorities and allocation of financing resources.
CLOSED SESSION
10.1: Conference with labor negotiator: (a) county negotiators: A. Grant, 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.
10.2: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956(d)(1): Rattanavong v. County of Lake, et al.
10.3: Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(d)4: Two potential cases.
10.4: Employee Evaluations Title: Behavioral Health Director Kristy Kelly.
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