Lake County supervisors rescind resolution, advance ordinance to adopt Guenoc Valley development agreement

Lake County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to rescind Resolution 2025-102 and advanced an ordinance on first reading to adopt Development Agreement 24-01 for the Guenoc Valley Mixed Use Plan Development Project, after staff told the board the original approval used the wrong legal mechanism.

Maria Turner, Lake County community development director, told the board the item before them was a procedural correction: the Lake County Zoning Ordinance requires approval of a development agreement by ordinance rather than by resolution. “The item that you have before you today is a correction item to make sure that we are presenting to you the approval of the development agreement using the correct mechanism, which is an ordinance,” Turner said.

The amended ordinance presented to the board includes language added at the August 26 meeting and incorporated as section 12.5 of the development agreement. That language “states the county encourages the developer to continue to work with the Calliomi Water District regarding the District’s purchase of a portion of the off‑site well site and the District’s operation of a well thereon pursuant to the existing term sheet between the developer and the district,” Turner said. County counsel summarized the staff recommendation as two motions for purposes of the first reading: (1) approve the first reading to be read in title only, as amended; and (2) advance the draft ordinance as amended to the next board meeting for consideration and possible adoption.

Supervisor Sabatier raised concerns about the procedural sequence and recordkeeping. Sabatier said the prior resolution’s approval “is completely being canceled because the resolution is being canceled,” and asked staff to display and circulate the updated agreement showing the inclusion of section 12.5. Sabatier also requested a signed copy of the final ordinance and developer agreement after corrections. Turner and staff agreed to pull up the amended document on screen and to provide a signed copy.

Board members also identified typographical and factual corrections staff will address before final adoption. Staff acknowledged a typographical acreage error for the Santa Clara property (reported on the agenda as 3.5 acres but noted in the meeting as closer to 12.75 acres) and located an instance in the materials that still referenced 100 on‑site workforce housing/cohousing units; staff said they would confirm and correct the Santa Clara total and any inconsistent counts in the document.

On formal action, a motion to rescind Resolution 2025-102 carried unanimously (tally recorded as 4–0). The board then approved the first reading of the ordinance (to be read in title only) as amended and voted to advance the draft ordinance as amended to the next Board of Supervisors meeting for consideration and possible adoption; both motions carried with no recorded opposition.

The ordinance and corrected development agreement will return to the board at a future meeting for final consideration. Staff will provide the board a signed copy of the ordinance and the developer agreement and will correct the typographical items identified in the meeting.