- Elizabeth Larson
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Supervisors to get update on use of former juvenile hall for homeless housing hub
The board will meet virtually beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 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, please join the Zoom Meeting, by clicking this link at 9 a.m. The meeting ID is 944 1613 9176, password 960977.
Because the meeting will be held virtually, members of the public are asked to submit comments on items to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Please note the agenda item number addressed.
In an untimed item, the board will get a report from the County Space Use Committee regarding the use of the county juvenile hall facility for a temporary support shelter targeting Lake County’s chronically homeless population.
County Administrative Officer Carol Huchingson’s report to the board explained that at its meeting last week, the board approved the release of a request for proposals for daily operations and fiscal management of a temporary support shelter targeting Lake County’s chronically homeless population.
She said the discussion made reference to the potential use of the county’s juvenile hall facility, which closed as a detention facility on Oct. 15, 2015.
Huchingson said the board also discussed using juvenile hall as a “housing navigational hub” during its May 19, meeting, at which time the board approved the use of staff time to research the cost and needs.
“Given that the RFP had to be issued on an urgent basis, on June 18, 2020, the Space Use Committee met to discuss use of the Juvenile Hall for a temporary support shelter as described above,” Huchingson wrote.
Huchingson said the committee is supportive of using the former juvenile hall facility on a temporary basis for continued compliance with the governor’s COVID-19 bed requirements and recommends a duration of 6 months, with further consideration during that time as to long-term uses of the facility.
In other untimed items, the board will consider a resolution amending Resolution No. 2018-118, which established temporary alternative office hours for county offices located in and surrounding the Lake County Courthouse or give alternative direction to staff, and get a demonstration of a virtual/in-person hybrid approach to Board of Supervisors meetings.
In an item timed for 1 p.m., the board will hold a workshop on infrastructure with department heads.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt resolution approving unanticipated revenue to fund Aquatic Weed Control Program.
5.2: Adopt resolution approving Amendment A02 to the standard agreement for the multi-year contract between the county of Lake and Department of Health Care Services for Substance Abuse Block Grant funds for the contract period between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2020, and Authorizing the Behavioral Health administrator to sign the amendment.
5.3: Adopt resolution to authorize Lake County Behavioral Health Services director to sign the standard agreement between the county of Lake and the Department of Health Care Services for the period between July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2021.
5.4: Approve minutes of the Board of Supervisors meetings on May 4, 18 and 26.
5.5: Approve contract between the county of Lake Health Services and Trina Maia for physical therapy services in support of the California Children’s Services Program and the Medical Therapy Program for a term starting July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, and a maximum amount of $135,408.00; and authorize the board chair to sign.
5.6: Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, approve Amendment No.1 to the agreement between the Lake County Watershed Protection District and Davis Environmental for environmental site assessments for the Middle Creek Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project and authorize the chair of the board of directors to sign the agreement.
5.7: a) Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, authorize Special Districts administrator to sign zero cost agreements with Tesla Energy for power pack systems at critical infrastructure locations for the Lake County Sanitation District; and b) authorize Special Districts administrator to sign zero cost agreements with Tesla Energy for power pack systems at critical infrastructure locations for Lake County Special Districts.
5.8: Approve Budget Transfer in Budget Unit 7011 from Object Code 18.00 Maintenance to Object Code 63.13, Park Improvements for $7,100.
5.9: Approve late travel claims in the amount of $250 to Joshua Morris for meal reimbursement while attending STC approved training.
5.10: Approve Amendment No. 1 for agreement between county of Lake on behalf of CSA-20, Soda Bay and PACE Engineering dated August 28, 2018.
TIMED ITEMS
6.1, 9:01 a.m.: Public input.
6.2, 9:02 a.m.: Consideration of update on COVID-19.
6.3, 9:30 a.m.: Public hearing, consideration of resolution approving resolutions and capital fire facility and equipment plans submitted by lake county fire agencies and updating the Lake County Capital Fire Facility and Equipment Plan.
6.4, 1 p.m.: Board of Supervisors workshop with department heads.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of a resolution amending Resolution No. 2018-118 establishing temporary alternative office hours for county offices located in and surrounding the Lake County Courthouse or alternative direction to staff.
7.3: Demonstration of virtual/in-person hybrid approach to Board of Supervisors meetings.
7.4: Report from the County Space Use Committee Regarding the use of the county juvenile hall facility for a temporary support shelter targeting Lake County’s chronically homeless population.
7.5: Consideration of (a) waiving the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) approval of the agreement between the county of Lake and Crestwood Behavioral Health for adult residential support and specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for a contract maximum of $1,200,000 and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Conference with legal counsel: Existing litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9 (d)(1) – FERC Project No. 77, Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
8.2: Conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4): One potential case.
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