LAKEPORT – The county's Rivieras Plan, which the Board of Supervisors are studying now with a view to final adoption, will affect thousands of parcels in the Kelseyville area, according to District 5 Supervisor Rob Brown.

The plan's possible effects on Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa is a concern for the resort's owners, the UA Local Convalescent Trust Fund, said Peter Windrem, who represents the fund.

The fund has owned Konocti Harbor since 1959, Windrem said in a Wednesday interview. Now that they are in talks to sell the resort to  Sacramento developer Darius Anderson's firm Kenwood Investments, concerns about zoning changes around the resort and impacts on future use are magnified.

Windrem addressed the board at Tuesday night's meeting on the plan. Community Development Director Rick Coel said Windrem requested the board designate a 22-acre parcel between Riviera West and Soda Bay Road as resort commercial in the General Plan.

Windrem said he expressed his client's concern that the General Plan designation and the rezoning of that property, which belongs to the resort, be consistent with the remainder of the resort, he said. That will enable its facilities to be expanded “when the time comes,” while remaining consistent with the policies expressed in the draft area plan.

If the zoning isn't consistent, said Windrem, it could harm Konocti Harbor's standing as a significant employer and source of transient occupancy taxes -- which the county uses for marketing purposes – because the proposed zoning would prevent the property's being used for resort purposes.

It could also impact the possible sale, said Windrem.

“The trust fund is contracted to sell Konocti Harbor and that transaction is pending,” Windrem said.

Kenwood Investments is going through a three-month due diligence period, Windrem said, before the sale becomes final. “They want to know as well that they'll be able to utilize all of the property that makes up Konocti Harbor.”

The due diligence also includes exploring possible use restrictions on the resort and the General Plan's impact.

At the end of that period, the sale will then be finalized – or not, he said – depending on Kenwood's conclusions.

In the meantime, Windrem said he will continue to be at the hearings to represent the resort's owners and comment on the county's zoning plans.

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