MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Area Town Hall will host Lake County's new state Assembly representative when it meets on Friday, and also will hold a discussion and vote on a small box retailer's application to put a store in the town.

MATH will meet in the activity room at the Middletown Community Center, 21256 Washington St., beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, April 10.

Meetings are open to the community.

The main order of business is a meet and greet for District 4 Assemblyman Bill Dodd.

Dodd, who took office in December, is a former Napa County supervisor. Among his efforts so far on behalf of Lake County is a bill seeking $2.4 million for restoration efforts on Clear Lake and legislation that would create a low-income water rate assistance program to benefit communities like Lucerne.

He also has asked the state to stop the proposed closure of the Westamerica Bank branch in Upper Lake.

Other items on the agenda include a discussion regarding sending a letter to the Board of Supervisors seeking support for a multiuse trail from Twin Pine Casino to Central Park.

Up for a vote is Dollar General's major use permit application for a store at 20900 S. State Highway 29 in Middletown.

The Tennessee-based small box retailer so far has opened a store in Nice, will open a second store in Clearlake Oaks on Saturday and is exploring other locations around Lake County as well.

There also will be the opportunity for public input, approval of the March 12 meeting minutes, an update on MATH's May 16 chili cookoff, and consideration of the May 14 agenda, with proposed items including new business development, a dog park and EcoArts at Middletown Trailside Park.

The MATH board of directors includes Chairman Fletcher Thornton, Vice Chair Claude Brown, Secretary Ken Gonzales, and members Charlotte Kubiak and Mike Tabacchi.

MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.

Meetings are subject to videotaping.

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