LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council will hold a special meeting this week to discuss a tribe’s appeal of the approval of the city’s new Burns Valley Development Project.
The council will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, 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 webinar ID is 889 1895 0080.
One tap mobile is available at +16694449171,,88918950080# or join by phone at 669 444 9171 or 720 707 2699.
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 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 7.
The only item on the agenda for the Wednesday special meeting is a public hearing to consider an appeal of the Clearlake Planning Commission’s April 25 approval of the environmental analysis of the Burns Valley Development Project, located at 14885 Burns Valley Road.
The Koi Nation of Northern California is asking the council to overturn the approval of the 25-acre project, which includes ballfields, a 15,000 to 20,000 square foot recreation center building with basketball and volleyball courts, a picnic site, walking areas, an Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible playground and a native plant demonstration area.
The tribe faults the approval for reasons including that the mitigations don’t reduce the impacts on tribal cultural resources to below a significant level.
The Koi tribe alleges that the city’s mitigated negative declaration has failed to properly consider the impact of the turf on the sports fields, water resources, traffic, lighting, air quality, wildlife, migration, noise and many other aspects of the project.
Therefore, the tribe is asking that its appeal be granted and that the city prepare a full environmental impact report.
Staff is recommending the council deny the appeal and uphold the Planning Commission’s decision.
The city is now in litigation with the Koi tribe over another project, the 75-room Fairfield Inn by Marriott hotel on 2.8 acres at 6356 Armijo Ave.
After the council denied the Koi’s appeal of that project in January, the tribe filed a writ of mandate at the start of March.
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Clearlake City Council plans special meeting for tribal appeal of Burns Valley project
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