- Elizabeth Larson
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Clearlake City Council to host police leadership swearing-in, select planning commissioners
The council will hold a police leadership reception at 5 p.m. before the regular meeting begins at 6 p.m. March 2, 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 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 4 p.m. Thursday, March 2.
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 the meeting, the council will hold a formal swearing in for newly appointed Police Chief Tim Hobbs and Lt. Ryan Peterson.
The council also will present a proclamation declaring March 2023 as March for Meals Month.
Under business, council members will consider appointments for two seats on the Clearlake Planning Commission for terms ending in March 2027.
The seats in question currently are held by Lisa Wilson and Erin McCarrick. Wilson does not plan to seek reappointment but McCarrick has submitted a letter asking to be reappointed.
In addition to McCarrick, applicants for the seats include Jamie DeWalt; Chris Jennings; Christopher Inglis; Carlos Eduardo Ramos; and Jack Smalley.
The council also will consider a resolution opposing voter initiative 21-0042A1 proposed by the California Business Roundtable.
“The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act would amend the California Constitution with provisions that limit voters’ authority and input, adopt new and stricter rules for raising taxes and fees, and may make it more difficult to impose fines and penalties for violation of state and local laws,” City Manager Alan Flora’s report explained/
“The measure puts billions of local government tax and fee revenues at risk statewide with related core public service impacts. The measure would have significant negative impacts on City of Clearlake operations and core service delivery,” Flora added.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; authorization for payment of connection fees to Highlands Mutual Water Co. in the amount of $35,221.25 for a water tie-in related to the Burns Valley Development and Public Works Yard; and second reading of Ordinance No. 268-2023 Amending Chapter X, Section 10-1.12 of the Clearlake Municipal Code relating to method of service for property maintenance, nuisance and vehicle abatement.
The council also will hold a closed session following the public portion of the meeting to discuss property negotiations for 6820, 6840 and 6860 Old Highway 53; a case of existing litigation, City of Clearlake v. Testate & Intestate Successors of Bailey Lumbers Co., et al., Lake County Superior Court; and a potential case of litigation.
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