Memorandum
Date: August 12, 2025
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Brad Rasmussen, District 4 Supervisor
Subject: Consideration of Direction to Staff to Take Steps Necessary to Proceed with a Notice of Intent to File an Application with Lake Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) to Initiate Dissolution Proceedings for Scotts Valley Water Conservation District
Executive Summary:
On September 11, 1972 the Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) passed resolution 72-173 approving the petition for formation of Scotts Valley Water Conservation District (SVWCD) consisting of approximately 100 parcels with three divisions within the Scotts Valley area. On the same day, the BOS also passed Resolution 72-174 calling for a special election for the formation of the SVWCD and to elect the first directors thereof if the District was formed. An election was held on October 17, 1972 and the District was formed and the first three directors were seated.
The original petition requesting the formation of the District stated the property owners/registered voters within the boundaries of the proposed SVWCD believed having the district would:
1) Allow them to conserve and enhance water supply and riparian rights;
2) Proposed projects such as the Scotts Creek Dam, flash dams and preservation of vital water bearing gravels in the creek beds could be better promoted by group action;
3) a District would provide a legal entity for government agencies to consult with in the solution of mutual and area water and flood control problems and projects and without such a district agreements arrived with individuals could adversely affect the far greater majority of the properties involved;
4) Concerns over water rights with the City of Lakeport and that a district was vital to the resolution of present water problems if an understanding, other than court action, was to be reached;
5) a District would enable the area to act in concert to solve p...
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