LAKEPORT — The Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) addressed several water-related issues among its regular business during Tuesday”s meeting at the Lake County Courthouse.
The BOS approved the county entering into agreements with three companies (Aquatic Environments, Inc., Clean Lakes, Inc., and Pestmaster Services) for summertime aquatic weed abatement services.
The contractors will work on separate areas of Clear Lake, as part of the county”s first year implementing a widespread program to control weed growths, Public Works Director Scott De Leon said.
The types of techniques used across the 200-acre treatment area will vary, De Leon said, adding that any herbicides to be applied have been approved for use in California.
District 4 Supervisor Anthony Farrington led a discussion on issues pertaining to the county”s application to the State Water Resources Control Board “to secure surface water supplies to the waters of Clear Lake in connection with the Middle Creek Restoration Project.”
During the conversation, Farrington asked the BOS to consider responding to a petition/appeal to the county”s application filed by the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
Farrington suggested the filing violated a memorandum of understanding between Lake County and the Yolo district.
The BOS opted to invite the Yolo district”s board of directors to Lake County to allow the two bodies the chance to discuss the application, the restoration project and other relevant issues.
The BOS also directed staff to make the application a priority, and take all necessary steps to ensure the application is processed in a timely manner, and to develop a request for proposals for hydrological modeling work associated with application.
Special Districts Administrator Mark Dellinger described a proposed ordinance to amend the charges and fees for County Service Area (CSA) No. 22, Mount Hannah.
Dellinger said CSA No. 22 is the smallest system, servicing just 37 customers, who each had the right to protest the proposed changes. The county received only one written protest, he said.
The increased charges would fund general operation costs as well as allow reserves for future improvements to be built up, Dellinger said.
The BOS indicated support for the changes by voting unanimously to waive reading of the entire ordinance, having it read it title only, and advance the second reading to June 7.
The second reading of an ordinance pertaining to the transient occupancy tax (TOT) occurred Tuesday.
The ordinance would amend the Lake County Code by clarifying certain definitions and strengthening enforcement provisions for TOT delinquency, according to Lake County Treasurer-Tax Collector Sandra Shaul.
District 3 Supervisor Denise Rushing presented a proclamation recognizing May as Older Americans Month. “The older adults in Lake County should be commended for their role in creating and bolstering the fiber of our community and nation,” the decree stated.
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