CLEARLAKE, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council is planning to hold a special meeting regarding a sale of property and the proposed purchase of two parcels next to the former airport.
The council will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, 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 12 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16.
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 the agenda is a public hearing to discuss a resolution approving an agreement to sell 29 acres at 2890 Old Highway 53.
City Manager Alan Flora’s written report to the council explains that the former successor agency to the former redevelopment agency owns the property.
“Several years ago, a subdivision was started, and tentative map adopted, but the project fell apart due to the Great Recession,” he wrote.
A year ago the city received interest from the previous developer in restarting the project, at which time another developer had come forward. Those proposals were taken up at a special meeting last December, Flora said.
The city selected the proposal from TJG/Summitt Development, but in May the company informed the city it would not pursue the project.
In May, the property was noticed as surplus property by the city to public agencies and through Housing and Community Development’s database for affordable housing development, as required by state law, Flora said.
Initially, the city received no interest, but over the summer four developers expressed interest and two submitted proposals. Since then, Flora said negotiations have resulted in a purchase and sale agreement with DANCO Communities.
DANCO also is working on an apartment project on Burns Valley Road near the location of the city’s proposed sports complex.
The sale price would be $100,000. Escrow would be opened with a $5,000 deposit. DANCO would have the tentative map reapproved, which Flora said would be substantially consistent with the previously adopted map resulting in 22 lots on approximately 1.25 acre lots. Escrow would close after the tentative map is recorded.
“DANCO believes that this project is feasible due to the efficiency of construction of the homes happening at the same time as the mixed income apartment project on Burns Valley Road, which is anticipated next year,” Flora wrote.
In other business, the council will consider purchasing property at 6461 Manzanita Ave. and 6452 Francisco Ave., which will be part of the city’s larger commercial development at the former Pearce Field airport.
Flora’s report said the proposal is to purchase the two properties for $550,000 from Edwin Jinks. Both of them are used for self-storage facilities.
“This purchase would allow the 18th Avenue road construction to be started next year. Mr. Jinks would deliver the property free of tenants and personal property before closing,” Flora wrote in his report.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote — are a resolution approving the applications for the Per Capita Grant Funds; award of contract for the purchase and installation of new traffic signal controllers at Old Highway 53 and Lakeshore Drive; authorization of the purchase of a submersible pump and related equipment to provide irrigation water to Redbud Park; adoption of a resolution opting to affirm an exemption from the requirements of mandatory organics collection services associated with SB 1383; approval of design services contract with California Engineering Co. for the 18th Avenue Road and Infrastructure Project; continuation of declaration of local emergency issued on March 14, 2020, and ratified by council action on March 19, 2020; continuation of declaration of local emergency issued on Aug. 18, 2021, and ratified by council action on Aug. 19, 2021; continuation of declaration of local emergency issued on Aug. 23, 2021, and ratified by council action on Sept. 16, 2021; continuation of declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action Oct. 12, 2017; and continuation of authorization to implement and utilize teleconference accessibility to conduct public meetings pursuant to Assembly Bill 361.
The council also will hold a closed session after the public portion of the meeting to discuss a liability claim from Glen Gillham.
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Clearlake City Council to hold special meeting to discuss property sale and purchase
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