Western Region Town Hall April 16,2025 Present Chairperson Thomas Aceves Member David Eby Records Keeper Linda Alexander Member Claudine Pedroncell Member Lisa Benavides Supervisor E.J. Crandell Minutes 1. Roll call was taken. Co-chairperson Tim Chiara and Member Kate Parankema are absent. A quorum was met. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chairperson Thomas Aceves. 2. Minutes of March 19,2025 were reviewed. Motion was made by Member David Eby and seconded by Member Claudine Pedroncelli to accept the Minutes. The AYES have it, motion accepted. 3. Public Input; Liberty Francis, Public Health will be on the agenda next month. Public Health is located at 922 Bevins Court, Lakeport. 4. Subcommittees: (a) Upper Lake Levees; Thanks were given to the WRTH board for drafting a letter to the Board of Supervisors. Member John Laboyteaux held a discussion regarding the Clover Creek levee. Co-chair Julia Carrera suggested forming a committee of 4 citizens to assist in the levee problems. Board Member Lisa Benavides says formation of a separate committee should be separate and its own agenda item. (b) Upper Lake Traffic Safety; Chairperson Claudine Pedroncelli reports CHP has been issuing more citations in the area of the schools. She also reports traffic congestion is out of control. Chairperson Thomas Aceves wants Glen March at the next WRTH meeting. (c) Pyle Road; Co-chair David Hendricks reports Cal-Recycle and free dump days was highly successful. Out of 72 sites on his list, 12 are clean, 69 tons of trash removed first day and 90 tons the next. 5. WRTH; Holly Harris, ERTH Chairperson, proposed alliance with WRTH, ERTH and CERTH to meet as a District 3 Town Hall because problems in each area are similiar. Chairperson Thomas Aceves wants to put it on the agenda for next month for "action" Member Lisa Benavides made an informal proposal to assign 2 Board members to District 3 proposal. Member David Eby seconded the motion. Member David Eby made a motion to nominate Member Lisa Benavides. Member Lisa Benavides accepted the nomination. Member David Eby made a motion to nominate Chairperson Thomas Aceves as the second member. Chairperson Thomas Aceves accepted the nomination. The AYES have it, motion accepted. 6. WRTH BOS presentation; Supervisor E.J. Crandell gave updates on the following subjects; (a) levees (b) Pyle Road- very successful dump days, a highlite to Cal-Recycle and other successes. (c) School safety (d) Communication between county staff to respond to our communications within a reasonable amount of time. (e) Bio-char not on the BOS agenda yet. He wants to have a special meeting to work on the BOS agenda. Member David Eby made a motion for WRTH Council to work on a special presentation regarding issues to the BOS. There were no objections by the WRTH Council members. 7. Supervisor Report; Supervisor E.J. Crandell gave report on the following items (1) Cal-Recycle very successful. (2) Glen March County Roads states they are working on areas, bridges etc., Rodman Slough being actively pursued. Supervisor Crandell said PG&E have given up on the Potter Vally Project. Lake County wants to keep the dam at Lake Pillsbury. (c) Safe schools (d) Tax-defaulted properties; wants to put together an ordinance on properties no one wants to buy. (e) 'Sonoma Clean Power" wants Lake County to join. Supervisor E.J. Crandell will look into it to see if it's feasible to join (geo zone). (f) Code Enforcement needs new tracking system that works better than the current app. 8. Announcements; Food Distribution tomorrrow at the Nice Event Center from 0800 to 1000 a.m. On April 23, 2025, 1200 to 2:00 p.m. there will be a luncheon at the Upper Lake Senior Center. CalFire will do a presentation on "Know Your Zone". Member Lisa Benavides wants to thank the Upper Lake Community for making the Easter Egg Hunt successful. There were 160 baskets and 5000 eggs all funded by donations. Citizen Julia Carrera, there will be a road cleanup on April 22 at 0900 a.m., meet at Upper Lake Grocery. 9. Adjourn; Motion was made by Member David Eby and seconded by Member Claudine Pedroncelli to adjourn meeting at 7:20 p.m. The AYES have it, motion accepted.