CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Selecting two planning commissioners and an update to the city's housing element are among the items on the Clearlake City Council's agenda this week.

The council will meet for a 5:30 p.m. closed session to discuss a case of potential litigation before convening in public session beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.

At the start of the meeting, the council will present proclamations designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month, and April 2 as Autism Awareness Day.

Continued from a discussion earlier this month, the council will discuss applications from three people for the two expired seats on the Clearlake Planning Commission.

Applicants for the three seats include Mike Vandiver, who currently sits on the commission; former city planner Nathalie Antus, who now works as an associate planner for the county of Lake; and Dirk Slooten, owner of a local firm specializing in surveying and engineering.

Alvaro Valencia, the other commission incumbent whose seat is up for reappointment, did not submit an application to remain on the commission.

Also on Thursday night the council will hold two public hearings, the first to confirm assessments for administrative penalties for failure to abate public nuisances, with the second regarding the city's housing element update.

Other items under council business will include acceptance of the annual audit for fiscal year 2013-14, a presentation on the code enforcement process and consideration of an adopt-a-park policy recommended earlier this month to the council by the Clearlake Planning Commission.

On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers, minutes of the Feb. 26 and March 12 regular meetings, and consideration of adoption of Resolution 2015-05, designating applicant's agent for California Disaster Assistance Act funding for the 2014 Statewide December Winter Storms.

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