The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive. A special closed session to discuss labor negotiations will convene at 5:15 p.m.
City Administrator Dale Neiman will ask the council for authorization to negotiate a cooperative agreement with the Lake County Sanitation District (LACOSAN).
He said the city's lack of sewer system capacity presents a problem both to Clearlake and to LACOSAN. In the case of the Meadowbrook area, it's resulted in an effluent spill from a manhole.
That problem could get worse; Neiman reported that there are 5,663 parcels in the area, of which only 1,653 are so far developed.
Preliminary engineering work has determined that a sewer lift station needs to be constructed to pump sewage in a forced main along Highway 53 to Weyland and then to another pump station to bypass 2,275 feet of sewer line that Neiman reported is causing the problem.
Cost estimates for the alternatives looked at to date run between $1.3 million and $2.4 million, according to Neiman.
He suggested a “global solution” would be a $5 million project that would build a pump station to pump effluent to the treatment plan or to the lift station near the senior center.
If something isn't done about the collection system, Neiman said the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board could order LACOSAN to construct improvements to solve the problems. LACOSAN also could be fined by the board, as recently happened when LACOSAN was hit by a $60,000 penalty.
The board also could impose a moratorium on new development. “I believe a moratorium will be imposed if the problems are not solved in the near future,” Neiman said in his report.
The city has been working with County Counsel Anita Grant and LACOSAN Administrator Mark Dellinger to find a solution, according to Neiman, who is recommending the city's redevelopment agency commit $2.5 million of its bond proceeds to help solve the problem.
“We would recoup our money by adopting a developer impact fee for the area that is benefited by the improvements,” he said.
In other council business, council members will accept the annual audit for the city and redevelopment agency for the year ended June 30, 2008 and look at selecting auditors for the city and redevelopment agencies for the years ending on June 30 of 2009, 2010 and 2011.
The report on the audits, from Finance Director Michael Vivrette, was on the May 28 agenda but was pulled by Vice Mayor Judy Thein, who wanted more time to look over the materials.
Vivrette's report notes that the city's general fund balance showed an increase of just over $1 million in fiscal year 2008, due primarily to the sale of land to the redevelopment agency.
Total revenues for the city has nearly doubled since 2005, rising to $15.5 million in fiscal year 2007-08, Vivrette reported.
From fiscal year 2005 to 2008, property tax in the city has risen from $1.8 million to $5.7 million, with sales tax dropping from just over $2 million to $1.6 million in the same period of time. The city's operating and capital grants also have grown in that three-year period, from $2.2 million to more than $5 million.
Since fiscal year 2005, city expenses have grown from $7.9 million to $9.5 million in fiscal year 2008, with administration costs dropping while community development and roads increase.
The council also will consider establishing the work study sessions for the 2009-10 draft fiscal year budget; consider confirming nuisance abatement and special assessments on public nuisance properties; and review the city's insurance rating.
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