CLEARLAKE – Honors for local veterans, the city's redevelopment plan, a formal response to the Lake County Grand Jury and a proposal to form a redevelopment project area committee will go before the Clearlake City Council at its Thursday meeting.

The meeting will be held in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. for a closed session with its labor negotiator before opening up the public session at 6 p.m.

The Clearlake Rotary Club is asking the council to offer its support for the club's pan to seek a Veterans Memorial Highway designation on Highway 53, from its junction with Highway 20 to its junction with Highway 29.

The club – which received support for the request from the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday – said Caltrans has said the highway is available for adoption. Assemblyman Wes Chesbro's staff has indicated his willingness to introduce the legislation in the Legislature's next session.

In redevelopment news, City Administrator Dale Neiman will take to the council a request for authorization to file a request with the California Department of Housing and Community Development to amend the redevelopment plan to add 10 years to its implementation period.

“We want to file the request early in the process so we know if there are any problems before we spend a substantial amount of money on the amendment,” Neiman wrote.

He'll also ask the council to adopt a resolution that will establish a redevelopment project area committee related to the redevelopment plan's amendment.

In July the Lake County Grand Jury issued its annual report, which references the city in four places. Neiman will ask the council to review and approve his three-page response, which addresses everything from the grand jury's suggestions that the city eliminate or reduce council members' benefits and health coverage to questions about assess forfeitures and petty cash adjustments.

The council also will receive a quarterly report from the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce, hold public hearings to confirm administrative penalties on nuisance abatement cases, set priorities for the federal stimulus grant funding for energy savings improvements and consider establishing a job description and salary level for the public works director and city engineer positions.

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