NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the County of Lake, State of California, will hold a public hearing on application UP 07-03 proposing a use permit to allow the upgrade and improvement of an existing water treatment plant, including the replacement of an existing building and a lakebed permit to allow replacement of an intake pier and pipe system.

The project applicant is California Water Service Company.

The Planning Commission will consider a Mitigated Negative Declaration for this project based on Initial Study conducted by the California Department of Health Services (SCH# 2003122123.)

The project is located at 6125 East Highway 20, Lucerne and further described as APN 034-111-15.

The proposed mitigated negative declaration will be available for review at the California Department of Health Services, Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management 1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 7416, P.O Box 942896, Sacramento, CA 95899-7413, and at the Community Development Department in the Lake County Courthouse, 255 North Forbes Street, Lakeport, California twenty (20) days before the hearing, and the staff report will be available 10 days before the hearing.

The Planner processing this application is Terri Persons who may be reached at (707) 263- 2221.

The public hearing will be held in the Board of Supervisors’ Chamber in the Courthouse on April 26, 2007 at 10:15 a.m. at which time and place interested persons may attend and be heard.

If you challenge the action of the Planning Commission on any of the above stated items in court, it may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Lake County Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Richard Coel, Director

By: _______________________________________

Danae Bowen, Office Assistant III