LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors is set to consider accepting new supervisorial district boundaries and discuss the crop report this week.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
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At 9:30 a.m., the board will consider a resolution supporting the launch of the Blue Zones Project, which is aiming to improve Lake County’s health outcomes.
In other business, the board will discuss a resolution to adopt the new supervisorial district boundaries. That item is timed for 9:35 a.m.
The board is now in the final step of this redistricting process, carried out every 10 years once the U.S. Census Bureau released its final count data.
At 9:45 a.m., the board will receive a presentation from the agriculture department on the 2020 Crop Report.
In an untimed item, the board will consider sending a letter to the California Department of Water Resources opposing the Sonoma County Water Agency’s grant application requesting funding for Potter Valley Project-related matters.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Approve public defender contract amendment No. 6 between the county of Lake and Lake Indigent Defense LLP for a maximum monthly compensation of $135,000.
5.2: Approve Board of Supervisors meeting minutes for Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7.
5.3: Approve amendment six to the agreement between the county of Lake and the Kelseyville Motel for COVID-19 emergency isolation housing and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.4: Approve closure of the library to the public from Tuesday, Dec. 21, through Saturday, Dec. 25, to observe the county holiday.
5.5: Approve amendment four to agreement between the county of Lake and Quincy Engineering Inc. for final design and right-of-way services for the South Main Street and Soda Bay Road Corridor Improvement Project in Lake County, California, for an increase of $412,458.53 to the contract amount.
5.6: Approve award of bid for the FEMA FMAG Culvert Replacement No. 3 Project, Bid No. 21-04, Federal Aid Project No. FEMA-5189-FM-CA, to Wylatti Resources Management Inc., of Covelo, California, in the amount of $255,861.78.
5.7: (A) Approve the FY 2021 Homeland Security application in the amount of $103,488, (B) authorize Sheriff Brian Martin to sign the grant subaward face sheet, the authorized agent document and the subrecipient grants management assessment form; (C) authorize County Administrative Officer Carol J. Huchingson to act as the authorized agent on behalf of the county to sign the standard assurances and initial each page, the lobbying certification and the FFATA financial disclosure document and (D) authorize the chairperson of the Board of Supervisors to sign the certification of the governing body resolution.
5.8: Approve the second amendment to the agreement between the county of Lake and Management Connections for temporary staffing support services completed during fiscal year 2021-22 for a sum not to exceed $120,000 and authorize the board chair to sign the amendment.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:30 a.m.: Consideration of resolution supporting the launch of the Blue Zones Project.
6.3, 9:35 a.m.: (a) Consideration of a resolution adopting supervisorial district boundaries for the county of Lake, Pursuant to Sections 21500 Et. Seq. of the California Elections Code; (b) consideration of an ordinance rescinding Ordinance Number 2958 which amended Article II, Section 2-4, Of Chapter 2 of the Lake County Code establishing the boundaries of the supervisorial district for the county of Lake, pursuant to sections 21500 Et Seq of the California Elections Code.
6.4, 9:45 a.m.: Presentation and consideration of the 2020 Crop Report.
6.5, 10 a.m.: Discussion and consideration of board action in response to a gate on a public roadway — six month review.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of appointments of a director and alternate to the California State Association of Counties Board of Directors for 2022.
7.3: Consideration of letter to the California Department of Water Resources in opposition to the Sonoma County Water Agency’s grant application requesting funding for Potter Valley Project related matters.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Public employee evaluation: Title: Director: Agricultural commissioner.
8.2: Public employee evaluation: Title: Director: Child Support Services director.
8.3: Public employee evaluation: Title: Director: Public Services director.
8.4: Public employee evaluation: Title: Director: County librarian.
8.5: Public employee evaluation: Title: Director: Interim Health Services director.
8.6: Public employee appointment Pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957(b)(1): Appointment of Public Health officer.
8.7: Conference with legal counsel — existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(1): In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL No. 2804/Case No. 17-MD-2804.
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