MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Area Town Hall this week will hear from the county's new Community Development Department director and host updates on fire- and mine-related cleanup work in the south county area.

MATH will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Middletown Community Center, 21256 Washington St.

Meetings are open to the community.

On the agenda is a presentation from Robert Massarelli, who joined the Lake County Community Development Department earlier this summer as its new director.

Massarelli, who came to California from Florida, has extensive planning experience on projects around the globe, and is now taking on the challenging task of overseeing the department that deals directly with the rebuilding process.

Also on Thursday, Bob Ellenberg, president of the nonprofit Policy Holders Recovery, will give an update on debris removal related issues in the wake of the Valley fire.

Ellenberg's organization has held workshops in the south county on the topic.

In addition, MATH will host Stephen McCord, who works on mine cleanup projects around Northern California.

There also will be a discussion regarding recognition for donors to Middletown Square Park and proposed agenda items for the Sept. 8 meeting.

The MATH Board includes Chair Fletcher Thornton, Vice Chair Claude Brown, Secretary Margaret Greenley, and members Linda Diehl-Darms and Gregg Van Oss.

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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