- Elizabeth Larson
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Clearlake City Council to discuss proposed property sale for housing development
The council will meet for a 5 p.m. budget preparation workshop before the regular meeting convenes at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 20, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The public may attend, however, the council chambers will have limited capacity and attendees must adhere to masking and social distancing mandates.
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 agenda can be found here.
Comments and questions can be submitted in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to Administrative Services Director/City Clerk Melissa Swanson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also visit the city’s town hall site and submit written comments at https://www.opentownhall.com/portals/327/forum_home. Identify the subject you wish to comment on in your email’s subject line or in your town hall submission.
To give the council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments before 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 20.
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.
Under council business, City Manager Alan Flora will ask the council to authorize him to execute an exclusive negotiation agreement with DANCO Communities for a portion of a property at 14795 Burns Valley Road.
The city previously closed escrow on a 31-acre property on Burns Valley Road with the intent of creating a mixed-use development, as Lake County News has reported.
Flora said staff have been working with the Burns Valley Sports Complex Ad Hoc Committee regarding designs for the recreation amenities at the property and have been in discussion with DANCO Communities, a housing developer from Arcata, about developing mixed income housing on a portion of the site.
“The project is still in the early design phase, but we currently expect development of approximately 85 units of mixed income housing. The project will be funded primarily with Disaster Tax Credits, which DANCO will be applying for on July 1st,” Flora said.
He said the city expects to commit a portion of the $7.5 million of the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funding that is allocated to the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport to this project.
Flora said the city and DANCO expect construction to begin in 2022.
Total investment in this project is expected to be approximately $50 million, Flora said.
In other business, Flora will ask the council, in its dual role as the Clearlake Redevelopment Successor Agency, to take action to declare a 29 acre property at 2890 Old Highway 53 as surplus so it can offer the property to developers.
In December, Flora said the successor agency approved an exclusive negotiating agreement with Summitt Development for future purchase of the property.
“Negotiations with the developer have been unfruitful and on May 9th Summitt Development notified the City they would like to withdraw from the agreement,” Flora wrote in his report.
To be able to reoffer the property, Flora said there are several steps that must be initiated, including declaring it surplus.
Also on Thursday, the council will get an update on May’s adoptable dogs, present proclamations declaring May 22 to 28 as Safe Boating Week and May as California Tourism Month, hear a presentation by Pacific Gas and Electric regarding the outlooks for its public safety power shut-offs and wildfire safety efforts, and get the Lake County Tourism Improvement District’s annual report.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; minutes of the April 14 Lake County Vector Control District Board meeting; and receive and file the Clearlake Waste Solutions notice of intent to adjust rates July 1.
The council will meet in closed session following the public portion of the meeting to hold another conference in ongoing negotiations with the Clearlake Municipal Employees Association, Clearlake Police Officers Association and Clearlake Middle Management Association.
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