LAKEPORT, Calif. – At its first meeting of 2018, the Board of Supervisors will elect its leadership for the year and consider a request to expedite the permitting process for the installation of a wall on a property burned by the Sulphur fire.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, 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 and online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
In an item timed for 10:02 a.m., outgoing Board Chair Jeff Smith will hold the election for the board’s new chair and vice chair for 2018.
That will be immediately followed by election of the chair and vice chair of the Lake County Local Board of Equalization and the chair and vice chair of the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors.
In an untimed item, the board will consider a request that all involved county departments expedite the permitting process for the emergency placement of a stone rubble wall at Holiday Island Mobile Home Park in Clearlake.
Water Resources Director Phil Moy’s report to the board on the request explains that the forecast is for weather conditions that are wetter and windier.
“Rising lake levels with concomitant wind-driven waves will place at risk the failure and sliding of the exposed fill at Holiday Island Mobile Home Park where the wooden seawall burned in the Sulphur Fire incident. This poses a potential significant risk to the quality of the drinking water supply for City of Clearlake residents,” Moy’s report explains.
As a result, the proposal is to replace the burned wooden wall with a rubble or rip-rap stone wall. Moy said the US Army Corps of Engineers is currently considering the federal permit for the replacement seawall.
“In order to protect the water quality of the lake, it is critical that the normal County permitting process not impede placement of the proposed rock wall that will contain the fine granular material behind the burned seawall,” Moy said.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
7.1: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meeting held Sept. 19 and Oct. 17.
7.2: Adopt resolution establishing salaries and benefits for employees assigned to the Management Unit for the period from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.
7.3: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approve the agreement between the county of Lake and Redwood Community Services Inc. for the MHSA funded Lake County Family Stabilization Program for Fiscal Year 2017-18 for a contract maximum of $141,698.40 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
7.4: Approve purchase of network switches for Lakeport Courthouse facility through NASPO (formerly CMAS) contract from ConvergeOne in the amount of $84,976.80.
7.5: Approve notice of project completion and authorize release of retention to Warner Enterprises Inc. for the Valley Fire Hazard Tree Mitigation Phase II Project completed on Aug. 30, 2017, in the amount of $25,742.31.
7.6: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, per Ordinance #2406, Purchasing Code 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods and services; and (b) approve service agreement between the county of Lake and the county of Mendocino to provide technical services for Lake County radio systems in the amount of $20,000; and authorize chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
8.1, 10:02 a.m.: Election of chair of the Board of Supervisors and vice chair of the Board of Supervisors for 2018 (outgoing chair conducts election).
8.2, 10:04 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County Board of Equalization, election of chair and vice chair of the Lake County Local Board of Equalization for 2018.
8.3, 10:05 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services, election of chair and vice chair of the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors for 2018.
8.4, 10:10 a.m.: (a) Consideration of continuation of a proclamation of a declaration of a local emergency due to wildfire conditions, pertaining to the Rocky, Jerusalem and Valley fires; and (b) update on Valley Fire Debris Insurance Collection Project.
8.5, 10:11 a.m.: Consideration of continuation of a proclamation of a declaration of a local emergency due to Clayton Fire.
8.6, 10:12 a.m.: Consideration of continuation of a proclamation of a declaration of a local emergency due to the atmospheric river storm.
UNTIMED ITEMS
9.2: Consideration of chairman's recommended 2018 committee assignments for members of the Board of Supervisors.
9.3: Consideration of the following appointments: Child Care Planning and Development IHSS Public Authority Advisory Committee, Law Library Board of Trustees, Vector Control District Board of Trustees.
9.4: Consideration of the request that all involved county departments expedite the permitting process for the emergency placement of a stone rubble wall at Holiday Island Mobile Home Park.
CLOSED SESSION
10.1: Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to Initiate Litigation Pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(4): County of Lake v. PG&E.
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Supervisors to elect board leadership, consider request for expediting permit on fire-damaged property
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