Month: August 2020

COBB AREA COUNCIL
Special Meeting
ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING
Friday August 7, 2020 at 6:30pm
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Draft Agenda
CALL TO ORDER at 6:33
Roll Call: Cindy Leonard Secretary, Cathy McCarthy Chair, Frank Lincoln Treasurer, Jessica Pyska Vice Chair, Jake Strickler (not here), Chris Nettles all present
Eliot Hurwitz, Karen Pavone, Paul Duncan, Tom Slaight, Buelah Farquar
Cobb Economic Development Committee- hear and approve proposed subcontracts for work to be done in accordance with AHEAD grant.
Abby Leutholdt – project manager: collaborative marketing initiative
Kim Lewis – web design and logo
Karen Pavone – photography
Cobb Area Council
Marketing Collaborative Initiative
August 7, 2020
Summary:
The Cobb Area Council (CAC) received a $200,000 grant from the Federal Homeloan Bank of San Francisco in September 2019 for the economic development of the Cobb Area following the Valley Fire.
The Marketing Collaborative Initiative:
The CAC allocated $25,000 for a marketing campaign to draw visitors to the Cobb Area to support the local economy. The Marketing Collaborative Initiative will work through the economic development sub-committee, and include business owners, artists, and community members who will develop and steer an inclusive campaign that will benefit and elevate all of the Cobb Area community.
Proposal:
Engage a team of local experts to build the marketing strategy through September 6, 2021 (Labor Day 2021) by developing a website, photography assets, social media campaigns, market research, and outreach, to be coordinated with local business owners, artists and events.
Abby Leu Presents
Abby Leatholdt
Project Manager (see proposal)
$1,200 retainer, $800 monthly (13 months) $10,800
KL Designs
Kim Lewis
Website and Logo Design $2,570
Hosting/Domain (3 years) $480
InkFarm Creative
Karen Pavone
Photography (see shoot list) $6,000
TOTAL $19,850
Chris Nettles requests that it is written into the contract that any additional fees need to be pre-approved.
Eliot makes a motion from the floor that the Cobb Area Council approve the contract for Abby Leu Presents, Chris Nettles seconds the motion. All approve.
The team that will be working with the three project experts will be the Economic Development Committee. Any financial changes to the contracts will need to be approved by the Cobb Area Council.
The website content is up to us to deliver to Kim Lewis. We have a few optional items that we can discuss later (like adding advertising to the website).
Cindy motions to approve the contract with Kim Lewis design, Chris Nettles seconds. All approve.
Chris Nettles makes a motion to accept the contract with Karen Pavone, Frank Lincoln seconds, all approve.
Jessica will reach out to them to get contracts signed and Eliot and Cathy will get checks signed.
Eliot says that we had 10 people viewing the meeting on Facebook live.
Cathy makes a motion to adjourn, Chris motions, Frank seconds, all approve. Meeting adjourned at 7:23.

COBB AREA COUNCIL ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday July 16, 2019
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CALL TO ORDER at 6:33
Roll Call: Cindy Leonard Secretary, Cathy McCarthy, Frank Lincoln Treasurer, Eliot Hurwitz Chair, Jessica Pyska Vice Chair, Jake Strickler all present
Approval of Agenda motion to approve with one modification to approve the two contracts: Cindy , seconded Cathy: all in favor, motion passes
Approval of Minutes from June 18, 2020 motion to approve: Cindy, seconded Jessica, all in favor.
TREASURER’S REPORT, Frank Lincoln
Cobb Area Council General fund: $3,974.35
Blackberry Cobbler Festival $3,316.53
Cobb Resilient: $1,456.28
Cobb Safe: $851.23
Economic Development (from Calpine): $1,300
Rebuild NorthBay (for Hub office): $2,008.41
Science Camp 0
T-Shirt Fundraiser: $4,343.89
Wilder than Wild: $161.31
AHEAD Grant: $164,283.27
Community Reports/Updates
Annual Council Election for Board
Eliot will be stepping down from the CAC board. He says he is grateful for the opportunity and he has been happy to be part of the establishment of the CAC. And he says we are just getting started!
Jessica thanked him for all the work he has done. She asks for nominations for the position. Glenneth nominated Chris Nettles.
All were in favor of Chris Nettles to join the Cobb Area Council
Nominations for Chair: Cathy nominated
Jessica has a couple of announcements:
There were some nesting birds so the Rainbow Bridge was delayed, but now it is back on track.
The pipeline project at Pine Summit is on a 10 day stop work because of COVID-19 infection of one of the worker’s wife.
Chris Nettles says the Census will be starting up again in August, going door-to-door. They will be coming to houses that have not submitted and also to houses at addresses they did not expect.
Dottie is opening True Grit Coffeeshop in Loch Lomond. She is waiting for the final visit from the Health Department to hear what day they can open. She hopes it is by the end of the month.
2. 2020 Fire Season Update –
Chief Mike Wink: We are in the summer hot weather and so the incident activity is increasing. So far it is in a normal amount. All equipment is now available. The incidents so far have been taken care of very quickly.
Please be aware of conditions and prepare as best you can.
Question from Jessica: Is there a new goal to keep the size below a certain amount? The goal is to keep 95% of the fires at 10 acres or less. Was there a contract helicopter at Boggs recently? It was there, then to Santa Clara, then was back, then up North to a fire, then back to Cobb. They put additional resources at Cobb when conditions require it. Our new helicopter is in training and will arrive in Cobb in the fall.
Response to fires has been much quicker. Where we used to send 5 engines, now they send 8, etc. Last summer two fire cameras were added in Lake County and that has helped a lot.
Go to: Alert wildfire North Bay to see the cameras.
The crews are taking extra PPE care to deal with the job during a pandemic
Glenneth says he heard about a fire on Wildcat today and is wondering about the alarm system
The fire on Wildcat did not turn into a fire.
The Sheriff can request the siren activation for 3 minutes to increase situational awareness in the community in case of a large incident.
Please keep your phone on at night so that you can receive alerts in the night.
All 4 of the sirens were activated successfully during the test last week.
Test will be the first Monday of every month at 11:00.
The lookout tower is not abandoned, it is being evaluated for repairs. The volunteers are doing the lookout from the top of the mountain.
Magdalena says that folks in her neighborhood are planning to stay in place and not evacuate.
Chief Paul Duncan says they would like folks to be out of the fire danger. If they wait till the fire is on top of them then it puts themselves at risk, plus the firefighters at risk. He is willing to go talk to people who really are afraid of the COVID-19 danger
3. Report on the formation of the Lake County COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disaster) – Cindy Leonard
The Lake COAD is working on a new website to help all the organizations in Lake County be stronger together when planning for and responding to disasters.
Please make sure you are prepared with your GoBag or your StayBox because it is fire season! Do not forget to prepare items for your pet.
If you need a helpful list or other documents for emergency preparedness, please visit the Cobb Resource Hub on Tuesdays or Thursdays from noon to 4:00.
Committee reports:
local community businesses: Pine Grove talks about how busy they have been with people from the Bay Area.
Jake says that Whispering Pines Resort is different this year. 20% down from the regulars, but a LOT of new people are coming up. It isn’t the usual long rentals, but more 4-7 days. It has been a good thing. First timers have been very impressed with Lake County.
Raoul from Mandala Springs resort: They are finding a lot of people just wanting to get out of the city and it is very busy. They are family oriented and spread out, so that makes people feel comfortable. The mini-golf is now open and other day-use for the community. Rack cards or other brochures. Rates are $15
Joe from Pine Grove: They have been very busy. Three different parties that have already come back within a 3 week timespan.
Jessica says that we have a budget for marketing. We would like to gather photos and videos in a library to use for marketing. We talked about hiring a photographer to get some of the photos of our assets.
The next meeting of the Economic Development Committee is the 27th.
Cathy says the Communication Committee is doing their regular check-ins.
Eliot says that they will have some radios at the Resource Hub.
Mike Wink says that he received a call about a group that wants to do the same as our CAVERN group. CAVERN.MOBI
4. Cobb Economic Development Plan and AHEAD Grant update – Eliot Hurwitz
Eliot shared his slide show which recapped the scope of work for this grant.
This month we will be switching the accounting part of the report to separate it from the Cobb Area Council bank account.
Please look at the Cobb Area Council website to find the tab for up to date information about what is happening with the AHEAD grant.
They are looking for 4-5 people to become part of the data analysis team looking at the interviews. Chris Nettles will help the team have a structured review. Facilitator-led process to come up with consensus as a group to feed that into a report.
The contracts for both revised scopes of work have been presented to the Economic Development committee. The contract with Jeff Lucas stays intact, with an addendum to do the Broadband work. Chris Nettles motions to adopt the contract, Cindy seconds. All agree and it passes unanimously.
The contract with Eliot with SSCRA is more detailed in the changes. Cathy makes a motion to accept the new contract as amended, Chris seconds, all agree. Motion carries.
5. Endorse California Forward request to Governor for a Statewide Broadband Action Policy – Jessica Pyska
Glenneth motions that we endorse, Eliot seconds. All are in favor and the motion carries.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 by Jessica, seconded by Chris, all approve, motion carries.