The public portion of the meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive. A closed session with the city's labor negotiator will be held at 5:45 p.m.
TV Channel 8 will broadcast the meeting live.
A discussion about medical marijuana dispensaries that began late last year will continue Thursday.
Late last year, the issues of dispensaries arose when the city attempted to pull the business license of Liz Byrd's Lakeside Herbal Solutions because city staff alleged that she hadn't stated her intention to sell medical marijuana on her business license application, as Lake County News has reported.
In January the council held a lengthy debate on what course to take, with city staff urging them to not allow any dispensaries, which would have ended up in closing four of the businesses. The council set up a subcommittee to consider the issue that included Police Chief Allan McClain and Council member Joyce Overton.
That group has submitted its recommendations, which include regulating medical marijuana in the city's zoning ordinance, according to a report to the council from City Administrator Dale Neiman.
Neiman said the city also would require a use permit, which would allow neighbors to comment on any proposed dispensary; adopt regulations allowing dispensaries only in the city's C-4 commercial zoning areas – most of which are located along Highway 53 – and prohibiting them from being within 1,500 feet of a school, church, child care facility or group home.
Further, the subcommittee recommends adopting regulations related to dispensaries under the Compassionate Use Act, approved by voters in 1996. The city would charge an annual fee to pay for monitoring facilities for compliance on a yearly basis. Additional regulations would require that medical marijuana only be grown indoors.
Neiman said the Planning Commission would need to hold a public hearing and make a recommendation on the draft regulations, and then another public hearing would be required before the regulations would be adopted.
Also on Thursday's agenda, the council will hold a public hearing on the Clearlake Redevelopment Agency's 40-page Five Year Implementation Plan.
The plan, which covers 3,035 acres, lays out priorities for removing blight and providing a stronger economic base for the community.
Neiman reported that the council previously amended the plan in January 2008, adding a section allowing the plan to be amended to add 10 years and modifying text about repaying the housing fund.
The council will offer a proclamation to Joel Moore of the Friends of the Safe House for Youth designating May as Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Dr. Jamesina Scott of the Lake County Vector Control District will make a presentation on the proposed benefit assessment to support the district.
In other business, the council will consider the following:
– Providing financial assistance to support Mt. Konocti Facilitation;
– A proposed amendment to the disposition and development agreement with Clearlake Redev 29 LLC to add an additional year to the agreement for the Burns Valley Subdivision;
– A loan proposal for a senior housing project to be located at the southwest corner of Austin Drive and Old Highway 53 (Edgewater Project);
– An appeal to live in a travel trailer on a single-family residential lot;
– Authorization to solicit bids to rehabilitate Austin Road, Burns Valley Road, Arrowhead Road and Pomo Road;
– Priorities of the city redevelopment agency;
– Status report on the 2009-10 fiscal year budget preparation;
– A proposed payroll change.
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