CLEARLAKE, Calif. – As part of the city of Clearlake’s continuing focus on road improvement, this week the Clearlake City Council will consider a list of road projects to submit for state funding and discuss staff’s road maintenance plan for the coming season.
The council will meet in closed session beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, to discuss a case of potential litigation, existing litigation against Pacific Gas and Electric and conference with labor negotiators before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
At the start of the meeting, adoptable pets from Clearlake Animal Control will be introduced and kennel technician Michelle Brooks will be sworn in.
On the agenda is consideration of approval of a list of projects to be submitted to the California Transportation Committee for funding from Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
A staff report from Adeline Brown, the city’s engineering technician, said SB 1 invests $54 billion over the next decade to fix roads, freeways and bridges in communities across California and puts more dollars toward transit and safety. “These funds will be split equally between state and local investments.”
Brown said the city is proposing the following projects for state funding, with estimated costs:
– Meadowbrook area pavement rehabilitation project: $1.1 million.
– Pearl Avenue/Emory Avenue pavement rehabilitation project: $1.3 million.
– Highlands Park frontage improvement project: $516,000.
– Airport Road regional connector improvements: $1.2 million.
– Modoc/Second Street pavement rehabilitation project: $550,000.
– San Joaquin drainage improvements and pavement rehabilitation: $1.4 million.
– Dam Road roundabout: $4.6 million.
Also on Thursday, the council will consider the city’s road maintenance plan for this year, which includes grading in the Avenues and streets where repairs are needed due to washouts, with the crews also following the Gravel Roads Maintenance and Design Manual, according to a report from Public Works Superintendent Michael Baker.
Baker’s report also explains that pothole repair, crack sealing and miscellaneous work will start on Lakeshore Drive and continue to Olympic Drive and Old Highway 53 before work moves to other streets, “depending on service requests and severity.”
The council will hold a public hearing to consider amendments to Sections 5 and 18 of the Clearlake Municipal Code related to cannabis businesses and consider commercial cannabis amendments to the city zoning code, and hold a public hearing for Konocti County Water District’s request for the city to abandon a street right-of-way on Ballpark Avenue.
In other business, the council will consider the New Clean Water Program agreement between the city of Clearlake, city of Lakeport, county of Lake and the Lake County Watershed Protection District; and consider a resolution certifying appointment of Wendy England as police dispatcher is necessary to fill a critically needed position and requesting an exception from CalPERS to the 180-day wait period and authorizing the chief of police to appoint.
On the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers; continuation of a declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action Oct. 12, 2017; adoption of Resolution No. 2019-19 regarding the digital signatures administrative policy; receipt of and response to the 2018-19 grand jury report regarding Lampson Field; second reading and adoption of an ordinance amending the Clearlake Municipal Code relating to abandoned vehicles.
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Clearlake City Council to consider proposed road projects list, road maintenance plan
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