LAKEPORT, Calif. – County staff will take to the Board of Supervisors a proposal to update county regulations regarding the placement of communications equipment such as cell towers.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, 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 untimed discussion continued from June 4, the board will consider amendments to Article 71 of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance regarding regulations for the placement of communications towers and antennae.
“Staff is making a series of recommendations for your Board’s consideration regarding communications tower placement in the County of Lake,” County Counsel Anita Grant wrote in the staff report for the meeting. “The purpose of these recommendations is to establish guidelines for the siting of all wireless, cellular, and other telecommunications towers and antennae and to distinguish, where appropriate, between macro communications towers and small wireless facilities.”
Grant said the goal of the amendments includes encouraging the location of towers in non-residential areas; joint use of new and existing tower sites among service providers; location of macro communications towers and antennae in non-viewshed areas; design and construction of towers, antennae and wireless facilities to minimize visual impacts; and enhancing the abilities of telecommunications service providers to deliver services to the public effectively and efficiently.
In other untimed items, the board will consider a memorandum of understanding between the county of Lake and Lake Transit Authority for the establishment of a limited bus route on Mount Konocti.
Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, the supervisors also will consider the proposed agreement for construction of Anderson Springs Sewer Project between Lake County Sanitation District and Mercer-Fraser Co. of Eureka.
In an item timed for 9:15 a.m., the board will discuss county action in response to Pacific Gas and Electric’s decision to withdraw its license application for the Potter Valley Project, a hydroelectric project on Lake Pillsbury.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve leave of absence request for substance abuse counselor III, Leroy Fields, from June 14, 2019 through Sept. 15, 2019, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.2: Adopt resolution correcting Resolution 2019-80 establishing new classifications and amending the position allocation table for Fiscal Year 2019-20 to conform to the recommended budget.
5.3: Adopt a resolution approving Cooperative Agreement No. 19-0098-000-SA with the California Department of Food and Agriculture State Organic Program for the county of Lake.
5.4: Adopt a resolution approving Agreement No. 19-0205-000-SA with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to provide reimbursement for weighmaster program inspections for fiscal year July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020.
5.5: Adopt a resolution adopting Agreement No. 18-0619-009 SF with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for compliance with the European Grapevine Moth Detection Program and authorization thereof.
5.6: Adopt resolution establishing 2019-2020 appropriations limit for the county of Lake and Special Districts governed by the Board of Supervisors.
5.7: Approve request to close Behavioral Health Services offices on Friday, June 28, from noon to 5 p.m. for summer all staff training meeting.
5.8: Approve Amendment No. 2 to the agreement between the county of Lake and Redwood Community Services Inc. Tule House for substance use disorder perinatal residential services for Fiscal Year 2018-19 for a new contract maximum of $270,000 and authorize the chair to sign the amendment.
5.9: Approve request to appoint Jack Smalley as interim chief building official at step one, retroactive to June 12, 2019.
5.10: Approve first amendment to the agreement for medical services in the Lake County Detention Facility, and authorize board chair to sign said amendment.
5.11: a) Adopt resolution authorizing the application for funding under the Proposition 68 Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program for Hammond Park in Nice and authorize the Public Services director to sign the application, grant agreement and other necessary documents; b) adopt resolution authorizing the application for funding under the Proposition 68 Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program for Kelseyville Community Park and authorize the Public Services director to sign the application, grant agreement and other necessary documents; c) adopt resolution authorizing the application for funding under the Proposition 68 Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program for Hammond Park in Nice and authorize the Public Services director to sign the application, grant agreement and other necessary documents.
5.12: Approve Amendment No. 2 to agreement between the county of Lake and Helix Environmental Inc. (formerly Foothill Associates) for Proposition 68 Statewide Park Development and community revitalization program support services in the amount of $57,125 and authorize the chair to sign.
5.13: Adopt resolution delegating to the county Public Works director the authority to negotiate and acquire a portion of certain parcels as required for Clayton Creek Road at Clayton Creek Bridge Replacement Project.
5.14: a) Waive the formal bidding process for the new excavators, per Ordinance #2406, Purchasing Code No. 38.4 Cooperative Purchases, with the determination Sourcewell meets the requirements of said purchasing code; and b) authorize the Public Works director/assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order not to exceed $187,023.44 for the John Deere 135G excavator and a purchase order not to exceed $89,664.38 for the John Deere 60G excavator to Pape Machinery Inc.
5.15: Approve memorandum of understanding between the county of Lake and the Mendocino - Lake Community College District for inmate programs and authorize the chair to sign.
5.16: Approve contract between the county of Lake and The Regents of the University of California for training services in the amount of $136,000 from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.17: Approve the third amendment to the lease between the county of Lake Department of Social Services and Lillian Allen for the premises known as 1216, 1222 and 1228 South Main Street, Lakeport, for an annual amount of $18,950.40 from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.18: Approve contract between the county of Lake and Lake Family Resource Center for Cal-Learn Teen Parenting Services in the amount of $38,899, from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.19: Approve contract between the county of Lake and JUMP Technology Services LLC for software in the amount of $9,504 per fiscal year, for a total of $28,512 from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2022, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.20: Approve budget transfer of $200,000 from BU 5011 - Social Services Admin to BU 5121 General Welfare for foster care payments for the month of June 2019 and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:15 a.m.: Discussion and consideration of county action in response to PG&E's Decision to withdraw its license application for the Potter Valley Project.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Continued from June 18, consideration of an agreement between the city of Clearlake, city of Lakeport and the county of Lake Relative to Operation of a local public, educational, governmental, or PEG, cable television channel.
7.3: Continued from June 4, discussion and consideration of amendments to Article 71 of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance, regulations for the placement of communications towers and antennae.
7.4: Consideration of changes to the Water Resources director recruitment.
7.5: Sitting as Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, consideration of proposed agreement for construction of Anderson Springs Sewer Project (Private Property Improvements) between Lake County Sanitation District (LACOSAN) and Mercer-Fraser Co. of Eureka.
7.6: Consideration of a memorandum of understanding between the county of Lake and Lake Transit Authority for the establishment of a limited bus route on Mount Konocti.
7.7: Consideration of contract between the county of Lake and Chabot-Las Positas Community College District for Title IV-E Training in the amount of $1,000,000 from July 2019 to June 2020 and authorize the chair to sign.
7.8: Consideration of the distribution of excess proceeds in the amount of $889,619.04 from tax defaulted land sale No. 155 held on June 9, 2017 (per R&T Code Section 4675).
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: 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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Supervisors to consider proposal for communications facilities placement
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