LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to discuss new state rules that are expected to have significant impacts on water uses in the Clear Lake Watershed.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 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.
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At 1:30 p.m., the board will hold a discussion regarding the state’s draft emergency information order regulations for the Clear Lake Watershed.
Public Works Director Scott De Leon’s memo to the board explains that on Sept. 5, the State Water Resources Control Board issued draft emergency information order regulations together with a notice of opportunity for public comment and staff workshop.
He said the proposed regulations are in response to the Governor's Executive Order N-5-23.
“These regulations, if enacted, give the State the authority to require every water right holder or ‘water user’ in the Clear Lake Watershed to submit reports of water usage,” De Leon wrote. “The information they could collect includes: groundwater well location and depth, extraction rates or volumes, timing and frequency of extractions, beneficial uses, and any other information that the State deems relevant to their hitch protection efforts. As written, these regulations would apply to all municipal water system operators, all landowners with wells — including individual private and/or agricultural water supplies — and littoral property owners who draft water from water bodies such as creeks or Clear Lake. These regulations could apply to every property in the Clear Lake Watershed, regardless of its proximity to the lake, creeks or streams where Hitch could exist.”
De Leon said the regulations “have the potential for significant impacts.”
He said the state has scheduled two public workshops, at 2 p.m. Oct. 19 in the board chambers at 10 a.m. Oct. 24 via Zoom — for the purposes of public participation.
In other business, during an item timed for 9:45 a.m., the supervisors will receive a presentation by North Coast Opportunities on the Lake County Home Hardening Program.
In an untimed item, the board will consider a response to the 2022-23 Lake County Civil Grand Jury Final Report.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: (a) Appoint Supervisor Jessica Pyska to the National Association of Counties, or NACo, Steering Committee; and (b) Appoint Supervisor Bruno Sabatier to the National Association of Counties Steering Committee.
5.2: Adopt resolution of the county of Lake Board of Supervisors approving, authorizing and directing execution of a joint exercise of powers agreement relating to the California Cannabis Authority and authorize the chair to sign.
5.3: Approve award of bid for the Chalk Mountain Bridge Replacement Project, Bid No. 23-34, Federal Aid Project No. BRLO-5914(094), with Stewart Engineering Inc. in the amount of $6,176,906, and authorize the chair to execute the agreement and the notice of award.
5.4: Waive the competitive bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 2-38.2 based on the unique nature of the goods; b) authorize Special Districts administrator/assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order not to exceed $136,000 to WesTech for the purchase of a 480 CUF of Media AC.
5.5: Waive the competitive bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 2-38.2 based on the unique nature of the goods; b) authorize Special Districts administrator/assistant purchasing agent to issue a purchase order not to exceed $91,000 to WesTech for the purchase of a 320 CUF of Media AC.
5.6: Approve contract between county of Lake and People Services Inc. for yard maintenance, in the amount of $9,656.87 per fiscal year from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:15 a.m.: Presentation of Employee Service Awards.
6.3, 9:30 a.m.: Hearing, consideration of requested hearing (appeal) by Thomas Armitage for a notice of nuisance and order to abate and notice of violation issued against 180 Schindler Street, Clearlake Oaks APN# 035-391-08. Property owner: Thomas Armitage.
6.4, 9:45 a.m.: Consideration of presentation by North Coast Opportunities on the Lake County Home Hardening Program.
6.5, 10:30 a.m.: (a) Consideration of presentation of the summary of hitch spawning 2023 from the Lake County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee; (b) consideration of Lake County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee’s recommendation to Approve $5,400 to Support the Robinson Rancheria & California Department of Fish and Wildlife Program to eradicate carp from Clear Lake.
6.6, 11 a.m.: Public hearing, continued from Sept. 19, consideration of draft ordinance amending Chapter 5 of the Lake County Code relating to permitting agriculture-exempt and temporary cannabis processing structures, and amending Chapter 27 of the Lake County Code regarding mitigation fees, and amending Article 68 of the Zoning Ordinance regarding definitions of temporary building types.
6.7, 1 p.m.: Consideration of Chapter 8 agreement sale of tax defaulted properties with city of Clearlake.
6.8, 1:30 p.m.: Consideration of discussion regarding the state’s draft emergency information order regulations for the Clear Lake Watershed.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of and direction to staff to develop video in support of Oct. 5 Presentation to the Lake County Board of Supervisors.
7.3: Consideration of response to the 2022-23 Lake County Civil Grand Jury Final Report.
7.4: Consideration of presentation on broadband initiatives.
7.5: Consideration of a) request for exemption from competitive bidding pursuant to Section 38.1 of the County of Lake Purchasing Ordinance; and b) agreement between county of Lake and Resource Development Associates for consultation and support in the Community Program Planning, or CPP, process in the amount of $310,920 for fiscal years 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 and authorize the board chair to sign.
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Supervisors to discuss new rules for Clear Lake Watershed
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