CLEARLAKE, Calif. – This week the Clearlake City Council will meet and consider whether to attempt to place another sales tax measure on the November ballot and discuss a resolution to accept the plan for improving the Lakeshore Drive corridor.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 13, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
At its Feb. 27 meeting the council voted 3-2 to pursue a 1-percent sales tax on the June 3 ballot, as Lake County News has reported.
However, during a special March 6 meeting, City Manager Joan Phillipe informed the council that the city's legal counsel said a general tax can only be placed before voters in an election consolidated with the election of council members.
At that time, the council directed staff to bring the matter back for further discussion this week.
On Thursday the council will consider options which Phillipe said include planning to place a tax measure on the November ballot, forgoing a sales tax altogether or not pursuing it this year but aiming for 2015.
It was suggested to the council at the Feb. 27 and March 6 meetings that the council should hold a town hall meeting to get community input on the options, according to Phillipe's report.
“This is something for the council to consider and may want to do so before making a decision on the direction it desires to take,” Phillipe wrote in her report.
Also on Thursday, the council will receive a presentation on the final version of the Lakeshore Drive Downtown Corridor Plan.
At that time, the council will consider adopting a resolution approving the plan, the development of which began with a series of community meetings in late 2012, as Lake County News has reported.
Phillipe's report to the council notes that acceptance of the plan does not commit the city to constructing any of the projects identified in it.
“It simply acknowledges the completion of an important step in the City's ongoing effort to develop appropriate and effective safety and circulation improvements, and to stimulate healthy revitalization of the corridor,” Phillipe said in the report.
Items on the consent agenda – considered to be noncontroversial and accepted as a slate with one vote – include warrant registers; minutes of the Feb. 12 council meeting; consideration of acceptance of property located at 14930 Valley Ave.; and a report on the League of California Cities dues for 2014.
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031314 Clearlake City Council - Sales tax discussion.pdf
031314 Clearlake City Council - Lakeshore Drive Downtown Corridor Plan
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