The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, 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.
At 9:45 a.m., the board will discuss and consider a draft urgency ordinance allowing temporary and limited registration of certain commercial adult use marijuana cultivation under specified conditions during a moratorium period.
That item resulted from a board discussion last week regarding a proposal to temporarily institute a moratorium on commercial marijuana operations recommended by planning staff.
Staff was seeking that moratorium while the county continues to work on commercial marijuana cultivation regulations necessary to meet the requirements of the state’s Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act.
In response to outcry from local growers who said they would in be shut down – because state rules only allow the state to issue a licence of a licensee’s activity is permitted by its local government – the board majority instead wanted to pursue a temporary urgency ordinance.
The urgency ordinance that would allow growers who have obtained the necessary written approvals from the State Water Resources Control Board to obtain a state cultivation license if they’ve gotten approval from Lake County Community Development Department.
The ordinance initially would be in effect for 45 days, and can be extended by the board.
In the meantime, county staff would be able to move forward with creating a permanent ordinance governing medical and adult use commercial marijuana.
In other business, at 9:30 a.m., the board will consider a staff recommendation for making the Lucerne Hotel available for purchase, lease to purchase or long-term lease agreement.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
7.1: Adopt resolution approving Agreement No. 17-0129 with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and authorizing execution of the contract and contractor certification clause and signatures for insect trapping activities for fiscal year 2017-18.
7.2: Approve request for advance step hiring of Mental Health Specialist II, Step 5 for Dr. Benjamin Burnette.
7.3: Adopt proclamation recognizing the retirement of Raymond Ruminski, Environmental Health director, and honoring him for more than 32 years of outstanding service and dedication to the county of Lake.
7.4: Approve financing agreement and addendum between the county of Lake and Cisco Capital for the purchase of yearly maintenance from Cisco Systems in the amount of $118,112.60 for five years, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.5: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, adopt resolution appropriating unanticipated revenue to Budget Units 8351, Lands End/South Lakeport Sewer and 8354, Lake County Sanitation District Southeast for 2017 winter storm expense reimbursements.
7.6: Sitting as Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, adopt resolution approving the intent to participate in the deferred maintenance program to receive state funds under section 6.10 of Senate Bill 826 (Stats. 2016, Ch. 23).
7.7: Approve Agreement with AshBritt Inc. for Redwood Valley fire debris disposal and reimbursement of costs at the Eastlake Sanitary Landfill and authorize the chair to sign .
7.8: Approve engineering / inspection agreement for Alvin Olea as a condition of a conditional certificate of compliance, Assessor's Parcel Nos. 004-065-17 & 004-66-12, for the county of Lake to provide engineering services for the review of plans, specifications and inspection of work; and authorize the chair to sign.
7.9: Approve the contract by and between the county of Lake and Bennet Omalu Pathology for pathology services in Lake County for an estimated cost of $300,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
8.2, 9:08 a.m.: Swearing In ceremony for newly appointed correctional officers.
8.3, 9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation recognizing the retirement of Raymond Ruminski, Environmental Health director and honoring him for more than 32 years of outstanding service and dedication to the county of Lake.
8.4, 9:12 a.m.: (a) Consideration of continuation of a proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County Health officer; and (b) update and discussion on Sulphur fire recovery.
8.5, 9:15 a.m.: Sitting as Kelseyville County Water Works District No. 3 Board of Directors, consideration of an agreement between North Coast Solar and KCWWD No.3 for the Installation of a 251kW Solar Array at the Kelseyville Wastewater Treatment Plant and authorize the chair to sign.
8.6, 9:30 a.m.: Consideration of staff recommendation for making the Lucerne Hotel available for purchase, lease to purchase or long-term lease agreement.
8.7, 9:45 a.m.: Discussion and consideration of a draft urgency ordinance allowing temporary and limited registration of certain commercial adult use cultivation under specified conditions during a moratorium period.
UNTIMED ITEMS
9.2: Consideration of the following appointment: Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board.
9.3: Consideration of a revised County Donations Policy, replacing section 10, subsection 40, and obsoleting section 10, subsection 33, and section 12, subsection 6, of the Lake County Policies and Procedures Manual.
9.4: Consideration of bid award for the purchase of 28 portable radios to Motorola Solutions in the amount of $49,527.
CLOSED SESSION
10.1: Conference with legal counsel: Existing Litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(1): Loberg v. County of Lake, et al.
10.2: Addendum, conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(4): One potential case.
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