LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council is set to consider a request to annex 300 acres to the city and an agreement to provide supplemental policing services to the city of Lakeport.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 21, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEGTV YouTube Channel. Community members also can participate via Zoom or can attend in person.
The agenda can be found here.
Comments and questions can be submitted in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to City Clerk Melissa Swanson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To give the council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments before 4 p.m. Thursday, July 21.
Each public comment emailed to the city clerk will be read aloud by the mayor or a member of staff for up to three minutes or will be displayed on a screen. Public comment emails and town hall public comment submissions that are received after the beginning of the meeting will not be included in the record.
On Thursday, the council will meet one of the shelter’s adoptable dogs before holding a public hearing on adoption of Resolution No. 2022-48 approving the fiscal year 2022-23 fee schedule.
Under business, the council will consider a request from the owners of Lake Vista Farms to initiate a process to annex 300 acres at 2050 and 2122 Ogulin Canyon Road.
In May, the Board of Supervisors upheld an appeal by neighbors against the Lake Vista Farms cannabis project.
City Manager Alan Flora’s report to the council explained that the Lake Vista Farms project is no longer viable and the owners are analyzing other uses for the property, including cannabis, industrial and residential.
“The same owners have worked with the City on a few other projects within the City limits and at this point would prefer to work with the City on the development of the 2050 and 2122 Ogulin Canyon properties as well,” Flora wrote.
In other business, Police Chief Andrew White will ask for the council’s authorization to enter into an agreement with the city of Lakeport for either entity to provide supplemental law enforcement services.
White’s report said the proposal is in response to the Lakeport Police Department’s request for assistance from the Clearlake Police Department to cover patrol shifts due to temporary staffing challenges. “The Clearlake Police Department has sufficient staffing to provide this coverage on an overtime basis without negatively impacting coverage in Clearlake.”
The council also will consider a contract amendment to the state for additional funding for the Chelsea Investments/Clearlake Apartments project, and hold a first reading of an ordinance amending city code relating to appealing abatement orders to the city, with the second reading to take place Aug. 4.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; minutes of the June 8, 2022 Lake County Vector Control District Board Meeting; adoption of Development Agreement, DA 2022-01 for a commercial cannabis operation located at 2250 Ogulin Canyon Road, further described as Assessor Parcel Number 010-044-19; second reading of Ordinance No. 263-2022 amending Chapter 8, Section 8-6 of the Clearlake Municipal Code relating to traffic and parking regulations.
The council also will meet in closed session to discuss an ongoing lawsuit against the county of Lake and Treasurer-Tax Collector Barbara Ringen and an anticipated case of litigation.
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