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Board Of Supervisors — Tuesday, December 19, 2017

9:00 AM · Board Chambers

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1. Call to Order

2. Moment of Silence

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Presentations by County Departments: (a) Animal Care & Control - Animals Available for Adoption; (b) Human Resources - Current County Job Openings.

5. Consideration of Items Not Appearing on the Posted Agenda (Extra Items)

6. Current Construction Projects - Contract Change Orders

7. Approval of the Consent Agenda

7.1Adopt Resolution Approving Agreement No. 17-0129 with the State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture and Authorizing Execution of the Contract and Contractor Certification Clause and Signatures for Insect Trapping Activities for Fiscal Year 2017/18. Agreement passed on consent
7.2Approve Request for Advance Step Hiring of Mental Health Specialist II, Step 5 for Dr. Benjamin Burnette Action Item passed on consent
7.3Adopt Proclamation Recognizing the Retirement of Raymond Ruminski, Environmental Health Director and Honoring Him for More Than 32 Years of Outstanding Service and Dedication to the County of Lake Proclamation passed on consent
7.4Approve Financing Agreement and Addendum between the County of Lake and Cisco Capital for the purchase of yearly maintenance from Cisco Systems, in the amount of $118,112.60 for 5 years, and authorize the Chair to sign. Agreement passed on consent
7.5(Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District, Board of Directors) Adopt Resolution Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue to Budget Units 8351, Lands End/South Lakeport Sewer and 8354, Lake County Sanitation District Southeast for 2017 Winter Storm Expense Reimbursements Resolution passed on consent
7.6(Sitting as Lake County Watershed Protection District, Board of Directors) Adopt Resolution Approving the Intent to Participate in the Deferred Maintenance Program to Receive State Funds under section 6.10 of Senate Bill 826 (Stats. 2016, Ch. 23) Resolution passed on consent
7.7Approve Agreement with AshBritt, Inc. for Redwood Valley Fire Debris Disposal and Reimbursement of Costs at the Eastlake Sanitary Landfill and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement pulled on consent approved — Pass
Carried 5-0 — moved by Scott (recovered from the archived minutes by OCR)
Brown: aye Scott: aye Simon: aye Smith: aye Steele: aye
On motion of Supervisor Scott, and by vote of the Board, approved the Agreement with AshBritt, Inc. for Redwood Valley Fire Debris Disposal and Reimbursement of Costs at the Eastlake Sanitary Landfill and authorized the Chair to sign. The motion carried by the following vote:
Clerk’s notes: This item was pulled from the consent agenda for further discussion. Public Services Director Lars Ewing presented the item to the Board. Chair Smith asked if anyone present wished to speak. No one wished to speak and the public input portion of this item was closed.
7.8Approve Engineering / Inspection Agreement for Alvin Olea as a condition of a Conditional Certificate of Compliance (CCC), Assessor's Parcel Nos. 004-065-17 & 004-66-12, for the County of Lake to provide engineering services for the review of plans, specifications and inspection of work; and authorize the Chair to sign. Agreement passed on consent
7.9Approve the Contract by and between the County of Lake and Bennet Omalu Pathology for Pathology Services in Lake County for an estimated cost of $300,000 and authorize the Chair to sign. Agreement passed on consent approved — Pass
Carried 5-0 (recovered from the archived minutes by OCR)
Brown: aye Scott: aye Simon: aye Smith: aye Steele: aye
On motion of Supervisor Steele, and by vote of the Board, approved consent agenda items 7.1 through 7.9, with the exception of item 7.7, which was taken up immediately after. The motion carried by the following vote:

8. Timed Items

8.19:05 A.M. - Public Input
8.49:12 A.M. - (a) Consideration of Continuation of a Proclamation of a Local Health Emergency by the Lake County Health Officer; and (b) Update and Discussion on Sulphur Fire Recovery Proclamation approved — Pass
Carried 5-0 (recovered from the archived minutes by OCR)
Brown: aye Scott: aye Simon: aye Smith: aye Steele: aye
On motion of Supervisor Steele, and by vote of the Board, approved the Continuation of a Proclamation of a Local Health Emergency by the Lake County Health Officer. The motion carried by the following vote:
Clerk’s notes: (a) Health Services Director Denise Pomeroy presented the item to the Board. (b) Environmental Health Director Ray Ruminski gave an update regarding the Sulphur Fire recovery. There are a total of one hundred thirty six registered Right of Entry (ROE) contracts. Eighty five lots have had the fire related debris removed and thirty four lots have passed the soil tests. The Army Corps has changed their prime contractor to AshBritt, Inc. January 15, 2018 is the projected date to finish heavy equipment work and erosion control. A total of fifteen lots have been cleaned up by private contractors and there are seven lots that are subject to nuisance abatement proceedings. Chair Smith asked if anyone present wished to speak. No one wished to speak and the public input portion of this item was closed.
8.59:15 A.M. - (Sitting as Kelseyville County Water Works District #3, Board of Directors) Consideration of an Agreement between North Coast Solar and KCWWD#3 for the Installation of a 251kW Solar Array at the Kelseyville Wastewater Treatment Plant and authorize the Chair to sign. Agreement approved — Pass
no itemized roll call in the official record
On motion of Supervisor Brown, and by vote of the Board, approved the Agreement between North Coast Solar and KCWWD#3 for the Installation of a 251kW Solar Array at the Kelseyville Wastewater Treatment Plant and authorized the Chair to sign. The motion carried by the following vote:
Clerk’s notes: Special Districts Deputy Administrator Scott Harter presented the item to the Board. Chair Smith asked if anyone present wished to speak. No one wished to speak and the public input portion of this item was closed.
8.69:30 A.M. - Consideration of Staff Recommendation for Making the Lucerne Hotel Available for Purchase, Lease to Purchase or Long-Term Lease Agreement Action Item recommended for approval
Carried 4-1 — moved by Brown (recovered from the archived minutes by OCR)
Brown: nay Scott: aye Simon: aye Smith: aye Steele: aye
There was Board consensus to move forward with the staff recommendation for making the Lucerne Hotel available through a request for proposals (RFP) process for Purchase, Lease to Purchase or Long-Term Lease Agreement.
Clerk’s notes: County Administrative Officer Carol Huchingson presented the item to the Board. Chair Smith asked if anyone present wished to speak and the following people spoke: Tom Slate and Elizabeth Larsen. No one else wished to speak and the public input portion of this item was closed.
8.79:45 A.M. - Discussion and Consideration of a Draft Urgency Ordinance Allowing Temporary and Limited Registration of Certain Commercial Adult Use Cultivation Under Specified Conditions During a Moratorium Period. Ordinance Adopted, as amended
Carried 4-1 — moved by Steel
Brown: nay Scott: aye Simon: aye Smith: aye Steele: aye
On motion of Supervisor Steel, and by vote of the Board, waived the reading of the urgency ordinance, as amended, to be read in title only (Clerk so did). The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Supervisors Simon, Steele, Scott and Smith Nays: Supervisor Brown Supervisor Steele offered Urgency Ordinance No. 3070, and it was passed by roll call vote: Ayes: Supervisors Simon, Steele, Scott and Smith Nays: Supervisor Brown
Clerk’s notes: County Counsel Anita Grant presented the item to the Board. Community Development Department Director Bob Massarelli was present and spoke. Chair Smith asked if anyone present wished to speak and the following people spoke: Gene Paleno, Richard Darm, Jason Oram, Stephan, Bridget King, Mark Lewis, Brynna Sullivan, Toni Scully, Rod Zeller, Steve Hajik, Mary, Kaponno, Michael Green, Chris Jennings, Matt Graham, Mike Mitzel, Bobby Dutcher, Eric Skalar, David Lepert, Bob Scalla, Lance Williams, Alex Matthews and Charlene McNall.

9. Non-Timed Items

9.1Supervisors’ weekly calendar, travel and reports Motion carried
Carried 5-0 — moved by Scott (recovered from the archived minutes by OCR)
Brown: aye Scott: aye Simon: aye Smith: aye Steele: aye
9.2Consideration of the Following Appointment: Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Advisory Board Appointment approved — Pass
no itemized roll call in the official record
On motion of Supervisor Simon, and by vote of the Board, appointed Carly Swatosh to the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Board. The motion carried by the following vote:
Clerk’s notes: Chair Smith presented the item to the Board. Chair Smith asked if anyone present wished to speak. No one wished to speak and the public input portion of this item was closed.
9.3Consideration of a Revised County Donations Policy, replacing section 10, subsection 40, and obsoleting section 10, subsection 33, and section 12, subsection 6, of the Lake County Policies and Procedures Manual. Action Item Adopted — Pass
no itemized roll call in the official record
On motion of Supervisor Scott, and by vote of the Board, adopted the Revised County Donations Policy, replacing section 10, subsection 40, and obsoleting section 10, subsection 33, and section 12, subsection 6, of the Lake County Policies and Procedures Manual. The motion carried by the following vote:
Clerk’s notes: County Administrative Officer Carol Huchingson introduced the item. Deputy County Administrative Officer Matthew Rothstein presented the item to the Board. Chair Smith asked if anyone present wished to speak. No one wished to speak and the public input portion of this item was closed.
9.4Consideration of Bid Award for the Purchase of 28 Portable Radios to Motorola Solutions in the amount of $49,527 Action Item approved — Pass
Carried 5-0 — moved by Steele (recovered from the archived minutes by OCR)
Brown: aye Scott: aye Simon: aye Smith: aye Steele: aye
On motion of Supervisor Steele, and by vote of the Board, approved the Award of Bid for the purchase of portable radios in the amount of $49,527.00 to Motorola Solutions. The motion carried by the following vote:
Clerk’s notes: Sheriff Brian Martin presented the item to the Board. Undersheriff Chris Macedo was also present and spoke. Chair Smith asked if anyone present wished to speak. No one wished to speak and the public input portion of this item was closed.

10. Closed Session

10.1Conference with Legal Counsel: Existing Litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(1): Loberg v. County of Lake, et al. Closed Session Item
10.2ADDENDUM - Conference with Legal Counsel: Decision whether to Initiate Litigation Pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(4): One Potential Case. Closed Session Item Motion carried
Carried 5-0 — moved by Steele
Brown: aye Scott: aye Simon: aye Smith: aye Steele: aye
On motion of Supervisor Steele, and by vote of the Board, moved to authorize the County Counsel to engage California Fire Lawyers to appear for the county in initial proceedings. When and if action is formally commenced, the title and nature of the action, defendants, and other details shall be disclosed to anyone upon inquiry to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors unless to do so would jeopardize the County's ability to effectuate service of process or conclude settlement. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Supervisors Simon, Steele, Scott, Brown and Smith
Clerk’s notes: The Board reconvened into Regular Session at 1:51 p.m. having taken the following action.

11. Adjournment