BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Lassen County Board of
Supervisors convenes in Regular Session at
PUBLIC COMMENT
1) Fred Nagel comments on the issue
of the Honey Lake Motocross Park (HLMP) owned by Larry and Lise
Wosick. He
states he has been following the matter for years, was a member of the Planning
Commission, and states most people wouldn’t understand the CEQA process. He believes Mr. Wosick was naďve and thought
the system was going to help him but his opponents knew how to manipulate and
use CEQA to their advantage. Believes that
until the County has the foresight to use CEQA to the benefit of the county residents,
economic progress (a broader more positive goal than economic development) will
have a tough road to follow. He feels
many applicants agree to conditions they do not understand and then later do
not know how to comply with the conditions.
Mr. Nagel states that unneeded ambiguous
mitigations were placed on the Wosick project to placate opposition without
understanding the effects on the applicant.
The administration of the noise monitoring issue was a serious mistake;
rather than working with the applicant to develop a program that met the
minimum required by the court and was economically justified to the applicant,
county staff chose to go above and beyond the minimum, freely and irresponsibly
spending the Wosick’s money. He further
states the issue of excessive cost should have been resolved when it arose, not
2 years later. He states that if
2)
Mr. Wosick
states he received a letter
Supervisor Keefer states
that he feels the root of the whole issue is the bill, and Mr. Wosick has
recently indicated to him that he would pay the bill. He reminds Mr. Wosick of past discussions
relating to the high cost of monitoring and the question of whether the County
was going overboard with too much monitoring.
Further discussion is held between Mr. Wosick and Supervisor
Keefer. Supervisor Keefer states that in
the past he has advised Mr. Wosick to have his attorney contact Mr. Settlemire
regarding the monitoring issue but that he also advised the bills needed to be
paid.
3) HLMP owner Lise Wosick states the April 24, 2007 issue of the Lassen County Times reports that CAO Ketelsen stated a third bill went overdue in November 2006. She states that information is incorrect and tarnishes the Wosick’s names. She states the County records do not show such a bill and she believes the Supervisors have received misinformation from county officials. She asks for an apology and to set the record straight.
4) In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Advisory
Committee Chairperson and IHSS consumer JoAnn Viscotha speaks for the Advisory
Committee and urges the Board to support an immediate $20 million state general
fund increase for the Adult Protective Services Program. This increase is being supported by the
California Welfare Directors’ Association.
Statewide statistics show a 24.2% increase in the occurrences and
reporting of elder or dependent adult abuse and neglect from 2001-2006. In
The statewide problem is expected
to grow dramatically as the population of CA seniors is expected to nearly
double in the next 20 years. Ms.
Viscotha asks the Board of Supervisors to contact state legislators, including
members of the budget committees, and state
The
Board recesses to Closed Session at
The
Lassen County Board of Supervisors reconvenes in Regular Session on
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITEMS
DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION
County Counsel Craig Settlemire announces the Closed Session dealt with
discussion on Conference
with Legal Counsel: Existing litigation
pursuant to Subdivision (a) of Government Code Section 54956.9: Citizens for a
Healthy Rural Environment, Richard & Mary Morgan vs.
AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS
AND/OR DELETIONS
Chairman Dahle requests the
meeting be adjourned in memory of Warren Chapman.
It is moved by Supervisor
Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to approve the agenda with the
noted change.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Fair Manager Jim Wolcott
presents an update on the fairgrounds livestock building fire last
weekend. He thanks the City of
Chief Jeff
Atkinson for a very thorough job. Mr. Wolcott
invites the Supervisors to a site committee meeting on Friday April 27 at
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Deputy Clerk Osgood
administers the oath to Code Enforcement Officer Lewis Dean, Building Official
Steve Fuller and Eileen Richmond, speaking on behalf of the property owner, for
testimony they may give before the Board of Supervisors.
Lewis Dean presents
information on the request to abate property owned by Alfredo Jiminez and
Manuel Cervantez located at
Ms. Richmond states the property
is owned by Alfredo Jiminez, not by her father Manuel Cervantez, and that she
has spoken with the people living on the property and told them they need to
clean it up. She asks questions
regarding the abatement and County Counsel Settlemire explains the procedure. Ms. Richmond states she is trying to have the
people living on the property removed and she intends to move back to the
property with her family this August.
Further discussion is held. Ms.
Richmond states she feels she can get the property cleaned up by June 30.
It is
moved by Supervisor Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to adopt
Resolution No. 07-020 requiring the property be cleaned up by June 30, 2007 and
at that time if it is not cleaned up, directing staff to administratively abate two
non-permitted, substandard mobile homes and miscellaneous junk items; and
assessment of abatement and administrative costs as provided in Chapter 1.18 of
the Lassen County Code.
PUBLIC WORKS /
TRAILS
Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Alturas Field Office Supervisor Tim Burke presents updates on
projects including the Modoc Line rail corridor, Hayden Hill, Northeast
California Resource Management Plans, and Sagebrush Steppe restoration
strategy.
Modoc Line rail corridor: Negotiations with Union
Pacific (UP) are underway. More than ten
years ago UP proposed to abandon the 85 mile rail corridor between Wendel and
Alturas affecting Modoc and
Hayden Hill:
BLM has practically exchanged out of any land ownership
responsibility with the Hayden Hill
Mine. There were some
hazardous material sites on BLM land, which Lassen Gold (LG) is interested in
taking ownership of so they could more efficiently clean up the acid
leakage. As part of their original EIS
to develop the mine, LG set aside a 640-acre parcel as a wetland preserve. There is still a $500,000 bond with
Other issues:
All three BLM field offices are completing Northeast California Resource
Management Plans at the same time. They are
long term planning documents for the next 20 years. It is for managing 2.9 million acres of
public lands within the
Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Plan:
Plan for a 6.5 million acre planning area is to restore the sagebrush
steppe by reducing the western juniper covers through the use of fire and
mechanical treatment. The ultimate goal
is to restore the ecosystem with possible side benefits of rural economic
development and domestic energy production.
The draft environmental impact statement is currently scheduled for
release in early July.
DR. HOMER CISSELL
Lassen College President Dr. Homer Cissell
presents a status report on Lassen Community College (LCC). States they have had problems (declining
enrollment, accreditation, the Chancellor’s visit) but
he feels the college is resilient and he is optimistic they will come
through. He assures they will be more
attentive to what the laws and regulations of
HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES
Deputy CAO for
H&SS Kevin Mannel presents history, design options and future program and
fiscal implications of each Family Resource Center (FRC) –
Lassen County
Children and Families Commission Director Laura Roberts presents
information on Option One which would continue the current level of Master
Settlement Agreement (MSA) Tobacco Control funding of $75,000 per year for each
location. FRCs would maintain their
current staffing pattern. Westwood and
Big Valley FRCs may have offsetting revenues but they would maintain the
revenues for expansion of services. Fort
Sage FRC lacks alternative revenues and is primarily reliant on MSA Tobacco
Control funds. If this option is chosen,
and additional funding was found, existing revenues would not be offset; the
funding would allow available services to be expanded.
Mr. Mannel and
Big Valley Community Alliance Director Lillian Arnold present information on
Option Two, which would reduce the level of MSA funding to $35,000 per year for
each location. This funding would be
provided to compensate for core services.
The FRCs need to develop alternative funding streams or reduce their
staff in order to cost contain all expenditures. If funds were unavailable, staffing costs
would need to be reduced. If new funding
were developed the FRCs could expand services and staffing hours.
Kevin Mannel
presents information on Option Three, which would provide no financial support
of FRCs through MSA funds. The FRCs
would have to have alternative funding streams as of
It is moved by Supervisor Pyle
and seconded by Supervisor Hanson to select Option 2 for three years and then
reevaluate. The motion was carried on a
roll call vote with Supervisor Keefer voting NO and Supervisor Chapman absent.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It is moved by Supervisor
Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Keefer, and carried to take the noted action on
the following Consent Calendar items:
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
ITEM - PERSONNEL
Receive and file
Personnel Movement report for March 2007.
HEALTH & SOCIAL
SERVICES ITEM - ALCOHOL AND DRUG
Approve FY
2006/2007 Funding Amendment to State Net Negotiated Amount Agreement for
Alcohol and Drug Programs and authorize the CAO to execute the program
documentation.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ITEM
Approve the "Agreement Between the County of
Lassen and Susanville Indian Rancheria" for Cultural Resource Monitoring
for Skyline Road East; and authorize the Director of Public Works to sign the
Agreement upon approval by
Award bid to Miller's Custom Work, Inc.,
Susanville, in the amount of $53.25/ton (not to exceed 3500 tons or $199,887.19
w/tax) for the Susanville and Standish areas; to Sierra Cascade Aggregate and
Asphalt Products, Chester, in the amount of $52./ton (not to exceed 1500 tons
or $83,655. w/tax) for the Westwood area; and to Eagle Peak Rock and Paving,
Inc., Alturas, in the amount of $52./ton (not to exceed 1000 tons or $55,770.
w/tax) for the Bieber area for "Asphalt Concrete (1/2" max. med. PG
Grade 64-10)," the lowest bidders meeting the requirements considering
transportation costs to haul the material from the plant to the individual job
sites.
MISCELLANEOUS
CORRESPONDENCE ITEMS
Receive
and file the following correspondence:
a. Susanville City Council meeting agenda for
b. PSA 2 Area Agency on Aging Advisory
Council meeting agenda for
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION
(Convene as Community
Development Commission)
It is moved by Supervisor
Hanson, seconded by Supervisor Keefer and carried to approve the Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with
Towne Development of Sacramento, Inc., for the development of a portion of
Offering A, as described in the Local Reuse Authority Request for Qualifications
dated September 15, 2006, Herlong Mixed-use Development project, and authorize
the CAO to sign.
(Adjourn
and reconvene as Board of Supervisors)
PROBATION DEPARTMENT – BID
Chief Probation Office
It is moved by Supervisor Pyle, seconded
by Supervisor Keefer to approve
lease with Environmental Alternatives (EA) for remodeled old juvenile hall
facility; approve Agreement with Environmental Alternatives for group home
services; and approve award of bid for the Group Home Remodel Construction
Project to DML Construction, Verdi, NV, the lowest bidder meeting the
specifications in the amount of $102,974; and authorize the Public Works
Director to authorize Contract Change Orders up to an amount of “not-to-exceed”
10% or $10,294. Funding is available
within the Criminal Justice Facility Construction Budget, Fund 126. The motion is carried on a roll call vote
with Supervisor Dahle voting NO and Supervisor Chapman absent.
(CAO
Ketelsen absent
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES – PERSONNEL
Personnel Director Ron Vossler presents information on the effort to bring
nursing positions in line with the current market.
It is moved by Supervisor Keefer,
seconded by Supervisor Hanson and carried to approve the reclassification of the position of
Psychiatric Nurse, UPEC, Mental Health Department, H&SS, from Range 24, to
Psychiatric Nurse I/II, Range 25/27, UPEC, and approve the new job description
for Psychiatric Nurse I/II, Range 25/27, UPEC.
CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
Child
Support Services Director Beth
Hyde presents information on her request to approve the layoff of the Office
Manager and approve additional conversion monies. A letter of support to the State is being
requested by the California Directors Association asking for a 3.5% increase at
local levels as the State passed a 3.5% cost of living raise for their people.
It is moved by
Supervisor Pyle, seconded by Supervisor Keefer and carried on a roll call vote
with Supervisor Chapman absent to approve layoff of the Child Support Services
Office Manager and approval of additional conversion monies; and request
approval of letter to State regarding additional funding for Local Child
Support Agency and authorize the CAO to sign.
HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES - MENTAL HEALTH
Information is presented by Director of Mental Health Services Ken Crandall on
request for additional positions to implement hiring of sufficient staff to get services out to more
remote communities.
It is moved by Supervisor
Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to approve the addition of one
FTE Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Therapist Supervisor, two FTE Mental Health
Therapists, two Mental Health Case worker positions, one FTE Senior
Administrative Clerk and one FTE Administrative Assistant/Fiscal Officer, all
within the existing county job descriptions and pay classifications.
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
Emergency
Services Officer Chip Jackson presents information to the Board on the request
to purchase a Specialty Vehicle that will serve as a mobile command post
and will meet Interoperability Communications needs.
It is moved by Supervisor Pyle, seconded
by Supervisor Keefer and carried to authorize the purchase of a Specialty Vehicle for Interoperability
Communications/Command Post from Frontline Communications Proposal #GLL041207
in the amount of $231,558.12 from the Emergency Services Trust Fund 136 to be reimbursed
by Homeland Security.
BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
CAO Ketelsen
reports on the April 10 Budget, Legislative and Facilities Planning Advisory
Committee meeting. The committee agreed
to accept the responsibility of outside annual audit oversight to the Budget,
Legislative and Facilities Planning Advisory Committee.
It is moved by
Supervisor Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to adopt Resolution
No. 07-021 changing the
charge of the Budget and Legislative Committee to Budget, Legislative and Audit
Committee.
CAO
Ketelsen discusses SAS112, a new auditing standard that may require
Letters
of support will be written on legislative issues that do not seem to be
controversial. SB 878 Cox is a very
helpful bill if it passes. Will look for
Budget Committee recommendation on whether or not to do a professional report
showing actual impacts prison have on the County.
Supervisor Hanson states Paul
Smith from RCRC requests the Board of Supervisors write a letter of support for
SB 878. CAO Ketelsen states he will
write a letter under his signature and bring back one for the Board.
There being no further business, the meeting is adjourned at
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ATTEST:
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JULIE BUSTAMANTE, CLERK OF THE
BOARD