COBB AREA COUNCIL
ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday July 15, 2021 at 6:30pm
Little Red Schoolhouse 157890 Bottlerock Road
Hybrid Online via Zoom and Facebook
Draft Minutes
1. Meeting called to order at 6:31p By Cathy McCarthy
2. Roll Call
Present – Cathy McCarthy: Chairperson;, Cindy Leonard: Vice-Chairperson, Frank Lincoln: Treasurer, Chris Nettles: Secretary, Jake Stickler: Member-at-large
Not present
Joe Schneider – Alternate
3. Approval of Agenda and Minutes
Amended Agenda – Striking formal request to Jessica about purchasing parcel next to Harvesters
Motion to approve agenda by Cindy
Seconded by Chris
Unanimously approved
Motion to approve June minutes made by Cindy
Seconded by Chris
Unanimously approved
4. Short Announcements
Acknowledgement of the Cobb Area Council’s Five Year Anniversary
Door prizes at the end of the meeting
Congratulations to James Wenckus recognized as Kelseyville Unified School District Teacher of the Year
Eliot mentioned Cobb Lions Club will have Bingo on July 24, July 31st and August 7th at 7p
5. Public and Board Comment on Non-Agenda Items (3 mins./individual)
No items
6. Treasurer’s Report- Frank
Total Current balance is $15,106.03
General fund: $1,045.81
Blackberry Cobbler Festival $6,147.89
Cobb Resilient $1,456.28
Cobb Safe $851.23
Economic Development $1,300.00
Rebuild NorthBay $564.42
T-shirt fundraising $3,432.89
Wilder Than Wild fund $161.31
Broom Busters $146.20
7. Office of Emergency Services/Lake County Sheriff- Siren Testing
Corey Paulich from Lake County Sheriff’s office discussed siren testing. Moving forward siren tests will occur on the first Monday fo each month at 11am. Siren will sound for 30 seconds. Will put out an alert prior to the testing. Will not conduct the test if there is an active fire in the county or an adjacent county
Announced Zone Haven and encouraged us all to know our zone. Go to http://myzone.zonehaven.com and search for your address to determine your zone. Can also call the administration office at 707-262-4200 and they can look up your zone.
Jessica is looking into a full 3-minute siren test in January.
Suggestion was made to create posters about the monthly test.
8. Supervisor’s Comments- Jessica Pyska
Disaster Council met. Jessica asked them for the long (3-minute) test of the siren.
COVID report – Lake County has highest case positivity rate in the state. Delta variant is causing spike here in Lake County and in the state
Drought is an issue on Cobb. Cobb Water Board has reviewed their drought plans. It is important to conserve water.
Jessica stressed knowing your zone: http://myzone.zonehaven.com and search for your address to determine your zone. Can also call the administration office at 707-262-4200 and they can look up your zone.
Risk Reduction Authority has hired a coordinator and for COAD. Seeking additional grant funding.
PSPS may become more frequent and longer duration outages. PG&E is creating microgrids with backup generation.
Jessica answered a question about the new discretionary funds for county supervisor to spend in their districts.
9. 2021 Fire Season Update – Paul Duncan
Jessica has a short update from Jessica. New Firehawk is in Cobb. Visitors are welcome between 9a & 5p. Hire hired 2 new fire captain/paramedics.
Fire prevention tip: Mow early morning with water nearby. Use only string trimmers.
Chief Duncan requests that social media posts about fires be factual and not speculative.
10. Committee Reports- (Limit to 3 minutes each)
a. Firewise Communities: Magdelena, Cindy, Glenneth,
Magdalena Valderama – suggests printing a hard copy of zone map from Zonehaven
Announced South Lake Fire Safe Council is 20 years old on Monday July 19th.
Low cost chipping and information is available from South Lake Fire Council
$34,000 still available for vegetation clearing on lots less than 1 acre until March 2022.
SSCRA is working with Fire Adapted Communities learning network on leaning sit and home assessments.
Firewise community forming in Clearlake Oaks area
Harrington Flat Firewise community is still pending.
Magdalena shared new color coding for fire hydrants.
Wendy announced new tow chain covers – Available at the Hub
Glenneth announced Jones Creek Crossing meeting. – see their Facebook page.
b. Communications Committee- Mel
Now called Cobb Alert Net
Radios are available at the Cobb Resource Hub
Education event next Wednesday after check-in. Look for info in email
For more information contact Mel McMirrin kk6tmn@gmail.com
c. Cobbite of the year
Will be announced at the COBBler festival
d. Economic Development Committee
Eliot will be reporting on the AHEAD grant later in the meeting
e. Collaborative Marketing Initiative- Website Chris
KL Design is working on design ideas to share with the council
Expect website to be ready around the time of the COBBler festival
f. Creating two new committees: a Budget committee and an Emergency Preparedness committee.
Emergency Preparedness Committee: No need to create a standing committee, if one is needed, we can create an ad-hoc committee. The Firewise Community reports will help to keep us informed on emergency preparedness topics.
Tabling discussion of Budget Committee until September meeting.
g. Misc. item from floor
• Rich Curtola made a request for an ad-hoc committee to address siren issues.
• Cathy McCarthy has sent numerous emails to the Sheriffs Dept about this issue
• Jessica Pyska has been in communication with Sheriff Martin about the siren suggested setting up a meeting with Sheriff Marin, the Cobb Area Council, and others about this topic.
Motion from Cindy for Cobb Area Council to set to a meeting with Rich Curtola, Sheriff’s Dept, and any other will participants to discuss the ongoing siren issues.
Glenneth seconded motion
Motion is adopted with unanimous vote.
11. AHEAD Grant Final Update- Eliot
Eliot Hurwitz’s presentation on AHED grant update can be seen on Facebook Recording between 1:25:50 and 1:52:00
12. Blackberry COBBler Festival 2021
Cindy Leonard reported: Rosie has finished our poster for the COBBler festival and it is fantastic!
Thank you to our financial supporters:
CalPine – Platinum Sponsor
PG&E – Gold Sponsor
Hardester’s- Gold Sponsor
California Tendai Buddhists – Bronze sponsor
There are still sponsor forms available if people would be willing to donate to the festival.
In-kind donations:
SSCRA is our non-profit sponsor for the alcohol license
A big thanks to the Strickler family and Whispering Pines resort for providing the venue.
KL Design
Beer & Wine donors : Shannon Ridge; Boatique Winery, Kelsey Creek Brewing
Cobb Mountain Lions is hosting the Blackberry Cobbler Contest
Numerous vendors will be attending, including the County of Lake Parks & Recreation, who is looking or input on potential parks in the Cobb Mountain area.
Local business are have events related to the Blackberry COBBler Festival, see https://explorecobbca.com/ for more information
The festival still needs volunteers! Contact Cobb Area Council (cobbareacouncil@gmail.com) or on Facebook
13. Door prize drawing!!
14. Date of Next Meeting: August 19, 2021, 6:30p
15. 8:21p Adjournment
Cindy moves to adjourn
Frank seconds
Motion passes unanimously
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