CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Planning Commission on Tuesday will hold a public hearing on a proposed development project and choose its new leadership.
The commission will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The Tuesday public hearing is related to Monte Vista Homes, which developers Owen O'Donnell and Ashwin Gulati propose to build at 3595 Old Highway 53.
In January 2008 the Clearlake Planning Commission approved the project's tentative map, which subdivides the parcel into 23 residential and four commercial lots, allowing for duplexes or single family homes.
O'Donnell requested in August 2013 that the tentative map be extended, at which time city staff found that the use permit had expired and that other necessary time extensions and issues needed to be handled.
The public hearing will be for the purpose of adopting a mitigated negative declaration, extending the use permit and adding or amending conditions of the project approval.
City staff have told the commission that they consider the proposed project an asset to the community.
Also on Tuesday, the commission will select its new chair and vice chair for the remainder of the calendar year.
Alvaro Valencia currently chairs the commission, with Bill Perkins serving as vice chair. Other commissioners are Al Bernal, Cheryl Hutchinson and Carl Webb.
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