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Clearlake City Council to discuss zoning ordinance update, water rate increase request
The council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.
Because of the county’s shelter in place order, Clearlake City Hall remains closed to the public, however, the virtual meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEG TV 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 prior to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7.
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.
At the start of Thursday’s meeting, the council will get presentations from the Blue Ribbon Committee for the Rehabilitation of Clear Lake and the Hope Center, present a proclamation declaring January 2021 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, make a presentation to Councilman Russ Cremer and review the city council’s norms and procedures.
Under business, the council will hold the first reading of Ordinance No. 249-2021, which updates the city’s zoning ordinance regarding revisions to cannabis regulations including removing the numerical cap for delivery-only dispensaries and other cannabis businesses, with the exception of retail storefront dispensaries.
In his report to the council, City Manager Alan Flora said those previously approved revisions were not included in the final zoning ordinance updates. “This inadvertent oversight,” he wrote, requires the council to amend the zoning ordinance to include the language it previously adopted related to cannabis businesses.
Also on the agenda is discussion and possible action related to Golden State Water Co.’s request for a rate increase. Over a three-year period – from 2022 to 2024 – the rates would rise in Clearlake by 30 percent, according to Flora’s report.
The council also will consider the mayor’s appointments for the coming year, appoint three members to the Measure V Oversight Committee and consider appointing councilmembers as representatives to the League of California Cities Redwood Empire Division.
Also on Thursday, the council will consider authorizing the purchase of a Graco Linelazer V 250DC Reflective Series self-propelled gas hydraulic airless line striper, model 25D343, from Interstate Sales of Auburn for $30,560.93.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote – are warrant registers; minutes of the Nov. 18 Lake County Vector Control District Board meeting; minutes of the Oct. 15, Nov. 5 and Nov. 19 meetings; consideration of continuation of declaration of local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action Oct. 12, 2017; consideration of continuation of declaration of local emergency issued on March 14, 2020, and ratified by council action March 19, 2020; consideration of Resolution No. 2021-03, approving amendments to the Clearlake Municipal Employees Association memorandum of understanding to be effective through June 30, 2021.
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