CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The agenda for the Clearlake City Council's first meeting of 2014 will include consideration of a requested donation for a homeless warming center and discussion on ending a local emergency declared in response to a fall windstorm.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

At the start of the meeting Clearlake Police Chief Craig Clausen will introduce new employees and present department commendations.

During council business, Lake Family Resource Center Executive Director Gloria Flaherty will present an update on the overnight warming center opened last month for the homeless at the nonprofit's Clearlake office, 15312 Lakeshore Drive.

Flaherty is asking the council to consider a financial contribution of $1,000 to the warming center, which she has indicated she intends to keep open into February.

Last month Flaherty asked the Board of Supervisors for $7,500 to match $7,500 Lake Family Resource Center is raising to keep the center open on freezing winter nights.

Also on Thursday, the council will consider terminating the city emergency declaration that resulted from a damaging windstorm on Nov. 21 and 22.

In other business, the council will consider awarding a contract for the city's state-mandated housing element update for the 2009-2014 period – plus an optional task to update the zoning code as necessary to meet housing element requirements – to Price Consulting Services.

The contract amount is for $19,515, with the optional zoning code update priced at $4,940, for a total of $25,455, according to City Manager Joan Phillipe's report to the council.

The council also will hold a first reading of an ordinance amending the city's purchasing system in order to provide for local vendor preference, consider appointments to the League of California Cities Redwood Empire Division and receive Mayor Denise Loustalot's appointments.

Items on the consent agenda – considered to be noncontroversial and accepted as a slate with one vote – include warrant registers; minutes of the Dec. 3 and Dec. 12 council meetings; Lake County Vector Control District Board meeting minutes from Nov. 19; receipt of the Mediacom video franchise application with the California Public Utilities Commission; and approval of the Fair Political Practices Form 806 reporting public official appointments.

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