The council will meet beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in closed session to discuss existing litigation with Pacific Gas and Electric and two cases of potential litigation before convening in open session at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
On the agenda is filling the seat left vacant when Planning Commissioner Nathalie Antus resigned from the commission last month.
Administrative Services Director-City Clerk Melissa Swanson said staff advertised and accepted applications with a Nov. 7 deadline, at which point two applications had been submitted from Fawn Williams and Erin McCarrick. Swanson said another application was submitted on Tuesday morning by David Goolsbee.
“It is staff’s recommendation to interview all applicants,” Swanson wrote in her report to the council. “The new Planning Commissioner would then be appointed by motion and majority vote of the Council to hold office for the term which ends in March 2023.”
In other business, the council will consider appointments to the Zoning Code Update Ad Hoc Committee, the Traffic Safety Committee and an ad hoc committee related to the public safety power shutoff events, and discuss public and private streets maintenance.
On Thursday, the council also will get a presentation on Clearlake Animal Control’s November’s adoptable dogs, and award certificates of appreciation to City Hall-oween contributors, 15-year employee Sgt. Dominic Ramirez of the Clearlake Police Department and city volunteers.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote – are warrant registers; minutes of the October council meetings; continuation of a local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action on Oct. 12, 2017; consideration of Resolution No. 2019-48, approving a temporary street closure for the annual Christmas parade and tree lighting; adoption of Resolution 2019-49 authorizing the city manager to apply for $160,000 in Senate Bill 2 grant funds; receipt and filing of the annual mayor’s appointments list; and receipt and filing of the City Hall holiday closure memo.
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