- Elizabeth Larson
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Clearlake City Council to ratify Sulphur fire emergency, discuss marijuana regulations
The council will meet in closed session starting at 5:30 p.m. to discuss a case of anticipated litigation before the open portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
One of the main items of business Thursday will be the ratification of a local emergency due to the Sulphur fire, which began shortly before 1 a.m. on Monday and has burned 2,500 acres and destroyed an as-yet unconfirmed number of structures in and around the city.
City Manager Greg Folsom told Lake County News he declared a local emergency due to the fire early on Monday. The council must now take action to ratify it.
Also on the agenda, the council will hold a public hearing to consider two ordinances, one relating to commercial marijuana, or cannabis, and the second to update the city’s existing marijuana dispensary ordinance.
The draft commercial ordinance includes, among other things, creation of a commercial cannabis business overlay zone, allowance for up to 12 cannabis business use permits and the requirement for a development agreement, while the new marijuana dispensary rules call for allowing deliveries without dispensary storefronts and includes changes to allow for the business overlay zone.
Other items on Thursday’s agenda are proclamations declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a presentation by City Clerk Melissa Swanson on the city’s Halloween trick-or-treat party.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers, Resolution No. 2017-77 to declare surplus property and consideration of a second reading setting procedures for expediting permitting processing for electric vehicle charging stations.
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