CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Councilman Russ Perdock will represent the city of Clearlake at the League of California Cities' annual conference, to be held Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 in San Jose.
Perdock gained the consensus of the council as to how the city will vote in regard to four policy resolutions to be considered during the business meeting, the result of which will determine the league's stance on the issues in the coming year.
The resolutions relate to issues of statewide importance that have a direct bearing on municipal affairs and are of broad municipal interest, according to City Clerk Melissa Swanson.
The city will support three of the four proposed resolutions, including:
– A resolution recommended by the Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee calling for the governor and legislature to work with the League of California Cities and others to explore options to address over concentration of alcohol and drug abuse recovery and treatment facilities in residential neighborhoods.
The resolution also calls for efforts to avoid the creation of institutional settings when multiple facilities are concentrated in a single location, while also reducing noise, congestion and other concerns often raised by residents in residential neighborhoods and to determine the appropriate balance between not-for-profit (including county) facilities and for-profit facilities in residential neighborhoods.
– A resolution recommended by the Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee and Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee in support of State Bill 593 (Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg), which would bolster local efforts to regulate and collect transient occupancy taxes from the temporary rental of residential houses, condominiums, rooms and apartments for tourist and transient use.
The resolution states the League of California Cities supports the bill because it recognizes and preserves local flexibility to address the temporary rental of residential units in a manner that best fits with the unique issues and conditions found in each local jurisdiction.
– A resolution recommended by the Environmental Quality Policy Committee calling upon the governor and the legislature to work with the League of California Cities to enact legislation or otherwise compel Southern California Edison to create a program to automatically provide direct compensation to its customers affected by a prolonged electrical power outage under specified circumstances, as there is no mechanism in place at this time for Southern California Edison to do so.
Swanson said while this issue does not affect the city of Clearlake directly, voting in favor of the resolution will show solidarity with League colleagues to enact legislation to assist constituents.
The city will not be support a resolution recommended by the Administrative Services Policy Committee proposing an amendment to League bylaws concerning presidential board appointments.
It seeks to allow the immediate past president to fill an unexpected vacancy in the office of president for the remainder of the vacating president's term.
It was the position of the council that the current bylaws calling for the placement of the first and second vice presidents, in succession, better serves the structure of the organization.
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Clearlake City Council decides on policy resolutions for state conference
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