The council will meet beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive, for a workshop on the 2019-20 midyear budget review and adoption of a resolution to amend the budget.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss existing litigation involving Pacific Gas and Electric Corp., one potential case of litigation and negotiations involving property at 2890 Old Highway 53 owned by the Clearlake Redevelopment Successor Agency.
The open portion of the meeting will begin at 6 p.m.
On Thursday staff will take to the council a review of plans and a request for direction regarding the proposed Public Works corporation yard.
Consulting City Engineer David Swartz’s report to the council explains that the city’s corporation yard currently is located on the city’s airport property, which is deemed as valuable property for commercial development.
“The site facilities, namely the Public Works office, and shop are antiquated and in many respects beyond their useful lives to be an asset to the department. Additionally, the sharing of some of the facilities with Animal Control significantly limits the department from performing many operations that are vital to the department’s efficient operation,” he wrote.
Swartz’s report, on page 40 of the agenda packet published below, suggests moving the corporation yard to a site on the 21.25-acre property the city owns on Ogulin Canyon Road.
“This area is well suited, as it is an industrial area with similar type uses as would resemble the operations of the department,” he explained.
He said there are two areas located on the property which are flat enough to consider development: the hilltop and a portion of the hill bottom.
“Staff has conducted several visits to the site, to assess the opportunities and constraints with developing a new corporation yard on this property. After consideration of several factors, chief among which includes the access roadway to the hilltop, and the amount of land area that could reasonably be developed, we prepared a site plan in the best available location for consideration and discussion by the City Council,” Swartz wrote.
The council will further discuss that site plan on Thursday.
In other business, the council will consider a resolution adopting the official right-of-way map for the streets and roads within the city limits.
Also on Thursday’s agenda, the council will get a presentation by Clearlake Animal Control of February’s adoptable dogs, meet new Clearlake Police Department office assistant Katelind Brown, receive the Clearlake Police Department Annual Report, hear the Lake County Tourism Improvement District’s progress report and also get an update from Jim Steele on the Senior Summit.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote – are warrant registers; receipt and filing of the minutes of the Jan. 8 meeting of the Lake County Vector Control District Board; receipt and filing of the January meeting minutes; the second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 237-2020 to amend Section 9-1.4, Subsections (a) and (b) of Chapter 9 of the Clearlake Municipal Code adopting the 2019 California Building Standards Code; and the second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 238-2020, an ordinance amending Chapter VIII, Section 5 “Pavement Cuts
in New Pavement” of the Traffic Code of the Clearlake Municipal Code.
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022020 Clearlake City Council meeting agenda packet by LakeCoNews on Scribd