CLEARLAKE, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council on Thursday will discuss a proposed action in which the city would take eminent domain action to acquire a portion of a property needed for a road repair project and also will consider an updated fire map completed by the state.

The council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

The agenda can be found here.

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. The webinar ID is 862 3977 6660, the pass code is 268411. One tap mobile is available at +16694449171,,86239776660#, or join by phone at 669-444-9171 or 253-205-0468.

At the start of the meeting the council will meet one of February’s adoptable dogs from the city shelter, host the swearing in of new and promoted police department employees, receive the Clearlake Police Department Annual Report and offer a presentation to departing Recreation and Events Coordinator II Tina Viramontes.

On the agenda is a hearing to consider a resolution of necessity to acquire a property at 12105 San Joaquin Ave. through eminent domain. The resolution also finds that the acquisition is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

The property in question includes a single family home and dock on the lake. However, the report to the council on the topic explains that the city is only seeking to acquire a small portion of the property, about 790 square feet out of a total property size of 17,860 square feet. An offer for that property based on fair market value has been offered to the owner.

The acquisition is meant to support the city’s Gooseneck Landslide Emergency Repair Project because of a storm event last February that caused a landslide that threatened the integrity of Lakeshore Drive, the city reported.

“Lakeshore Drive is one of the main routes for thousands of residents, who if this area of roadway failed would have to take an approximately one-hour detour to get to their homes,” City Manager Alan Flora and City Attorney Dean Pucci explained in their report to the council.

Flora said the project’s required work included removing landslide debris, installing two soil nail walls to permanently stabilize the landslide areas, new guardrail installation on Lakeshore Drive, hydro seeding disturbed soil and restoring the areas to as close to their original condition as possible.

“A large portion of the land slide was in the City Right of Way, but it was impossible to repair only the area of the land slide in the City Right of Way and not encroach onto private property,” Flora and Pucci wrote. “If only the City Right of Way portion of the land slide was repaired, it would have failed because an area of the landslide on the Subject Property would have still been unstable. As a necessary part of the stabilization of the slope encroaching onto the Subject Property a permanent retaining structure was constructed.”

They added, “It is necessary to acquire the Subject Property so that the City may maintain this area and the permanent retaining structure to prevent further landslide events to the extent feasible.”

Also on Thursday, the council also will receive an update on the fire hazard mapping from the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Thousands of acres of property in Lake County have been added to the high fire severity zones based on this latest action.

In other business, the council will consider amending a contract with California Engineering for the Community Development Block Grant Stormwater Master Plan Project in the amount of $60,574.47.

On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; City Council minutes; minutes of the Jan. 8 Lake County Vector Control District Board meeting; and authorization of an amendment of contract with California Engineering for additional engineering support for the airport environmental impact report in the amount of $70,776.60.

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