CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake City Council this week will consider accepting a speed zone study that would raise speeds on some city streets and continue a discussion about the possibility of taking another sales tax measure to city voters.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
In council business, the June 2013 speed zone study – completed for the city by Phil Dow of the Lake County Area Planning Council – will be presented, with a request that the city adopt a resolution accepting the study.
Cities and counties are required to perform the speed zone studies every five years, according to city officials.
The study proposes changes including raising the speed from 30 to 35 miles per hour for 40th Avenue from Highway 53 to Wilkinson, Austin Road from Redwood to Old Highway 53, Burns Valley Road from Rumsey to Arrowhead, and Moss Avenue from 40th to Davis; from 35 to 40 miles per hour for Dam Road from Dam Road Extension to Lake; and from 25 to 30 miles per hour for Lakeshore Drive from Olympic to Old Highway 53, according to Galusha's report.
The council also will continue a discussion that began at its Feb. 13 meeting about the possibility of presenting a new sales tax measure for roads and code enforcement to voters. Two such measures have failed in the previous two November elections.
Also on Thursday, the council will get an update from Lake County Youth Services on participation in the San Francisco Giants Youth Baseball Program.
Items on the consent agenda – considered to be noncontroversial and accepted as a slate with one vote – include warrant registers; minutes of the Jan. 8 Lake County Vector Control Board meeting; consideration of adoption of Resolution No. 2014-4, authorizing the surplus of a 1998 Ford Crown Victoria Volunteer in Policing vehicle and transfer to the Lake County Fire Protection District for training purposes; and request to authorize the city manager to execute a professional engineering contract with Coastland Civil Engineering for design of the Olympic Drive and Old Highway 53 street maintenance project for an amount not to exceed $25,000.
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