LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council is scheduled this week to consider purchasing a piece of property that is to be used for a new road as part of the commercial development of the city’s former airport site.
The council will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, in closed session to discuss a potential case of litigation before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. 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, Aug. 18.
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 August’s adoptable dogs from the city shelter, and get presentations on the Sulphur Fire Roadway Disaster Repair Project and ZoneHaven.
Under council business, staff will present a proposed agreement for the city to purchase property at 6540 Old Highway 53.
City Manager Alan Flora’s report to the council explains that the property is to be used for the construction of a new public roadway and future commercial development at the former Pearce Field airport.
“The City has been actively engaged in development of the former Pearce Field airport over the past few years. The project will include a new roadway, developed by the City, that connects Old Highway 53 and Highway 53 from the 18th Avenue intersection,” Flora wrote.
He said that proper development of this road and connecting it with the existing improvements at 18th Avenue required the acquisition of some privately owned land.
“Earlier this year a transaction was completed near the Highway 53 intersection to accommodate the new roadway. For over a year the City has been working with Amerigas to complete the purchase of property near Old Highway 53 to accommodate the road construction on the western side of the property,” Flora wrote.
Flora said city staffers have negotiated with Amerigas and reached a proposed agreement that would allow the city to purchase the property for the appraised value of $110,000.
“This purchase would allow the 18th Avenue road construction to be started later this year,” Flora said.
In other business, the council will hold the introduction for the first reading of an ordinance to update the municipal code to reflect the city’s migration from a traffic engineer to a city engineer model.
The council also will review and consider approving the use and retention of the development impact fees for fiscal year 2021-2022 and discuss the proposed bylaws amendments for the 2022 League of California Cities Annual Conference.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; authorization of an amendment of contract with E4 Utility Design for dry utility planning services related to the Burns Valley Development Project, for a not-to-exceed amount of $24,900; discontinuation of declaration of local emergency issued on Aug. 23, 2021, and ratified by council action on Sept. 16, 2021; and discontinuation of declaration of local emergency issued on Aug.18, 2021, and ratified by council action on Aug. 19, 2021.
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Clearlake City Council to consider property purchase as part of commercial center development
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