CLEARLAKE – Clearlake city staff is recommending the Clearlake City Council delay a decision on the Provinsalia subdivision plan rezone.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive. TV Channel 8 will broadcast the meeting live.

On the agenda is a second reading of the resolution – approved on its first reading on Feb. 26 – to rezone the land that's part of the Provinsalia project from resource protection to specific plan.

Lake County Resort Partners Inc. is proposing that the project's 665 housing units and nine-hole golf course be built at 17012, 17055 and 17065 Dam Road. The total project area encompasses 292 acres along Cache Creek.

The rezoning ordinance also was on the March 12 meeting agenda, at which time Vice Mayor Judy Thein asked for an opinion from Malathy Subramanian, the city's attorney, on whether or not the city had properly conducted a public hearing on the project on Feb. 26. The council agreed by consensus to seek the opinion.

The council had limited the scope of public comment on Feb. 26, leading to a public outcry and a grand jury complaint alleging Brown Act violations.

However, a brief report to the council from City Administrator Dale Neiman said Subramanian did not believe she could have a report for the Thursday meeting. He urges the council to continue the matter to the April 9 meeting, at which time Subramanian's report will be ready.

In other business, Neiman will take to the council a proposal for a redevelopment agency loan to Global Premier to finance developer impact fees and cost overruns for the low-income Olympic Village project. The proposed loan amount is for $700,000

The council also will consider selling surplus property and a portion of Davis Street; entering into an agreement with the North Central Counties Consortium to employ people between the ages of 16 to 24; look at authorizing the GAP grant application; review the city's insurance services office rating of the building department; and make presentations to Linda Gibson of St. Helena Hospital-Clearlake and Cathy Wilson for a street cleaning event planned for May 9.

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