LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors is set to hear a report on the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance’s plans for a new training facility in Upper Lake.

The‌ ‌board will meet beginning ‌at‌ ‌9‌ ‌a.m. Tuesday, March 11, 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, ‌online‌ ‌at‌ ‌https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx‌‌ and‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌county’s‌ ‌Facebook‌ ‌page. ‌ ‌Accompanying‌ ‌board‌ ‌documents, ‌the‌ ‌agenda‌ ‌and‌ ‌archived‌ ‌board‌ ‌meeting‌ ‌videos‌ ‌also‌ ‌are‌ ‌available‌ ‌at‌ ‌that‌ ‌link. ‌ ‌

To‌ ‌participate‌ ‌in‌ ‌real-time, ‌join‌ ‌the‌ ‌Zoom‌ ‌meeting‌ ‌by‌ ‌clicking‌ ‌this‌ ‌link‌. ‌ ‌

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On Tuesday at 10 a.m. the board will get an update from the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance, or TERA, on its plans for a training facility in Upper Lake.

The staff report for the discussion explains that TERA, an intertribal nonprofit organization founded in 2019 and based in Upper Lake, is “a cross-cultural, multi-organizational collaborative,” that “seeks to revitalize ecology, economy and culture through Indigenous-led land stewardship.”

The report said TERA has been awarded $3.9 million through a Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Relief Program, in partnership with the Workforce Development Board of the North Bay.

That grant project includes the acquisition of a 140-acre parcel of land on Highway 29 near Upper Lake that it intends to use as a training facility “and homebase for administrative staff, its full-time stewardship crew, Native plant nursery, and an occasional training site to host groups to learn about wildfire resilience, prescribed fire, land stewardship, and tribal traditional ecological knowledge.”

The grant also will include offering wildfire resilience vocational training programs available at no cost to all Lake County low-income residents, the report said.

In other timed items, at 9:30 a.m. the board will consider a presentation on the 2025 Roads Projects and the 2026 Regional Transportation Plan/Active Transportation Plan Update,” to be followed at 10:30 a.m. by a public hearing to consider a proposed resolution to adopt an amendment to the Health and Safety Element of the Lake County General Plan.

At 11 a.m., the board will hear a presentation on the Lake County 2050 update, which is the process to create a new general plan.

In untimed items, the board will consider appointments to the Cannabis Ordinance Task Force and approving of a tax default property sale in May.

The full agenda follows.

CONSENT AGENDA

5.1: Adopt proclamation commending Operation Tango Mike for 22 years of service in supporting our military personnel deployed around the world.

5.2: Approve continuation of proclamation of the existence of a local emergency due to pervasive tree mortality.

5.3: Approve continuation of proclamation declaring a Clear Lake Hitch emergency.

5.4: Approve continuation of local emergency by the Lake County Sheriff/OES director for the 2024 late January, early February winter storms.

5.5: Approve continuation of proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County health officer for the Boyles Fire.

5.6: Approve continuation of a local emergency by the Lake County Sheriff/OES director for the 2024 Boyles Fire.

5.7: Approve continuation of local emergency proclamation by the Lake County Sheriff/OES director for the Glenhaven Fire.

5.8: Approve continuation of emergency proclamation declaring a shelter crisis in the county of Lake.

5.9: Approve addition of special meeting for Friday, March 21, 2025, to the board's annual meeting calendar.

5.10: Accept donation from Linda K. Warren in the amount of $25,094.69.

5.11: Approve update to the bylaws of the East Region Town Hall Advisory Board, or ERTH.

5.12: Approve and accept grant, 2024-3105 County of Lake-Sheriff’s Office-Search and Rescue from Direct Relief.

5.13: Authorize the closure of the Special Districts Administration Office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, March 28, 2025.

TIMED ITEMS

6.2, 9:03 a.m.: Pet of the Week.

6.3, 9:05 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation commending Operation Tango Mike for 22 years of service in supporting our military personnel deployed around the world.

6.4, 9:08 a.m.: Consideration of letter of support for the Lake County Historical Society application for grant funding.

6.5, 9:15 a.m.: Consideration of presentation by University of California Cooperative Extension of the Beneficial Burning and Land Stewardship Program.

6.6, 9:30 a.m.: Consideration of presentation to accept and file the “2025 Roads Projects and the 2026 Regional Transportation Plan/Active Transportation Plan Update.”

6.7, 10 a.m.: Consideration of presentation of the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance's training facility.

6.8, 10:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of proposed resolution to adopt amendment to the Health and Safety Element of the Lake County General Plan (GPA 25-XX).

6.9, 11 a.m.: Presentation of Lake County 2050 update.

UNTIMED ITEMS

7.2: Sitting as Lake County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, consideration of presentation regarding the Lake County Air Quality Management District requirements and current operational status.

7.3: Consideration of updates to the 2025 Board of Supervisors Committee Assignment list.

7.4: Consideration of (a) presentation of fiscal data and loan repayment status; and (b) resolution authorizing extension of loan term for Lake County Behavioral Health Services

7.5: Consideration of the following advisory board appointments: Animal Control Advisory Board, Lake County Child Care Planning and Development Council

7.6: Consideration of Cannabis Ordinance Task Force appointment(s).

7.7: Consideration of letter of support AB 418 (Wilson).

7.8: Discussion of delinquent property taxes, including (a) impacts of tax defaulted land sale deficit sales; and (b) development of a low-value ordinance

7.9: Consideration of resolution authorizing the chair of the board to approve and direct the tax collector to sell, at public auction via internet, tax defaulted property subject to the power to sell in accordance with Chapter 7 of part 6 of Division 1 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, and approving sales below minimum price in specified cases.

CLOSED SESSION

8.1: Public employee evaluation, Registrar of Voters Maria Valadez.

8.2: Public employee evaluation, Air Pollution Control Officer Doug Gearhart.

8.3: Conference with legal counsel, significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(2), (e)(1) – Two potential cases.

8.4: Conference with legal counsel, existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code section 54956.9(d)(1) – FERC Proceeding No. P-77, Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.

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