CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A grant for a boat launch improvement project proposed by the city of Clearlake will go before a state commission next week.

The California Boating and Waterways Commission will meet on Wednesday, March 14, in San Diego to consider $1.49 million in boat launching facility grants.

The meeting is open to the public and will convene at 9 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel, 333 West Harbor Drive.

Items being considered by the commission include Clearlake's proposed Redbud boat launching facility upgrades.

The city is seeking a $945,000 grant to complete improvements to the Redbud boat launching facility.

The proposed project includes lengthening one existing boarding float, replacing two suspended boarding floats, incidental dredging required for dock installation, parking lot rehabilitation and lighting.

Also on the agenda is a $540,000 grant to the county of San Luis Obispo to repave and restripe access way and parking areas to the Santa Margarita Lake boat launching facilities, install a new fish cleaning station, and remove overhead electrical power lines across the lake and replace with a solar power system.

A detailed agenda of the meeting and information on the commission may be found at http://www.dbw.ca.gov/Commission/ .