FORT BRAGG, CA., 9/14/26 — The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday in the Fort Bragg Veterans Memorial Building, and one agenda item is whether to turn over the running of that building to the city.
The board will consider a license and operations agreement that would put the city of Fort Bragg in charge of running and maintaining the county-owned hall and grounds at 360 N. Harrison St. for three years, with an option for up to three more one-year terms, according to the agenda.
The city would pay for routine maintenance and utilities and keep all rental revenue. The American Legion Sequoia Post 96 and the county Veterans Service Office would keep about 310 square feet of their own space, and veterans’ use would still be prioritized under the hall rules the county board adopted Sept. 1. Either the city or the county could end the deal on 90 days’ written notice, though the exit would take effect only when the current term ends.
The Fort Bragg City Council is set to approve its side of the agreement Monday night as a consent item, the routine items usually approved in one vote, according to the council agenda.
Board Chair Bernie Norvell, whose district includes Fort Bragg, said in the Sept. 1 board of supervisors meeting that he had been meeting with veterans’ representatives about the proposal. “They are not completely sold on that, but we are hoping to have that worked out and brought back to the board for the next meeting in Fort Bragg,” he said, according to a recording of the meeting.
Norvell also said he hoped to bring the board answers Tuesday about “some changes” that could be coming to the Ten Mile courthouse in Fort Bragg, though no courthouse item is on the agenda. The Superior Court said in November it had no plan to close the Fort Bragg courthouse after Judge Clayton Brennan’s retirement. Norvell could include an update in his supervisor’s report.
Planning staff will also update the board on sea level rise policies. The Planning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 20 to recommend amendments to the coastal general plan that would make developers factor sea level rise into how far from a bluff edge they can build. Builders would also have to accept the risk in a deed restriction. Tuesday’s item is informational, with a board vote expected in October, according to the staff memo.
The board will decide whether to seek proposals from an architectural historian to review the town of Mendocino’s inventory of historic structures, a 1979 list of 180 buildings and sites that planners say has gaps. Supervisor Ted Williams will present a possible voluntary composting-toilet pilot, drawing on a 25-participant program in Santa Cruz County. Tuesday’s item authorizes no pilot and no money, according to his presentation.
Other business includes a report on the state’s amnesty law for unpermitted accessory dwelling units built before 2020, and a three-year contract with the county’s confidential employees’ union with a 3% raise in the first year.
The county’s consent calendar includes a retroactive $496,616 contract with Owl Check to manage the first phase of the county’s wildfire community resilience project, $3.7 million in engineering for the Little River and Round Valley airports, $1.1 million in design work for a Covelo Safe Routes to School project and the 2026-27 tax rates.
The meeting also includes a health summit on eligibility and impacts, with Partnership HealthPlan, coast clinics, Adventist Health and emergency medical services presenting.
The meeting begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Fort Bragg Veterans Memorial Building, 360 N. Harrison St. Comments can be made by Zoom or by voicemail at 707-234-6333. The agenda is at mendocino.legistar.com.