CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council is set to discuss a proposal to place a moratorium on car washes, a ballot measure to support code enforcement and the status of enforcement on the city's marijuana cultivation ordinance.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 10, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
Among the council's first actions Thursday will be a presentation to Charlotte Griswold Tergis to thank her for her donation to the Clearlake Police K9 program.
Regarding the proposed car wash moratorium, City Manager Joan Phillipe's report to the council explains that at the council's June 26 meeting Councilwoman Joyce Overton had sought consensus to pursue the moratorium in the city limits due to the year's drought concerns.
If the council decides to implement such a moratorium, Phillipe said it would need to be done by enacting an emergency ordinance at the July 24 council meeting.
The council also will hold the first reading on an ordinance to place a sales tax initiative on the November ballot. The measure would benefit fund citywide cleanup and improvement efforts.
City staff also will present to the council a one-year status report on the implementation of the city's marijuana cultivation ordinance.
Phillipe notes in her report that the city is enforcing the ordinance, however it lacks an eradication provision, and she is proposing that the council needs to consider amending the ordinance to allow the eradication of plants not within the bounds of what is allowed.
Also on the agenda is an amendment to the agreement for animal control services between the city and the SPCA of Clear Lake, award of a bid for the Olympic Drive and Old Highway 53 street maintenance project and a request for consideration of concerns regarding the intersection of Moss and Davis streets.
Items on the consent agenda – considered to be noncontroversial and accepted as a slate with one vote – include warrant registers, consideration of Resolution No. 2014-14 supporting the designation of a recycling market development zone and authorization of the city manager to executive a professional engineering contract with Omni Means Engineer Planners to perform a feasibility study for construction of a roundabout at the Dam Road and Dam Road Extension intersection.
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