How to resolve AdBlock issue? The council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
At the start of the meeting, animal shelter staff will present August’s adoptable dogs.
The council’s main item of business in open session on Thursday is consideration of the first reading of Ordinance No. 233-2019, amending city rules to add locations near businesses to the public places – such as parks – where smoking is now restricted.
Council members also will consider setting a second reading and adoption of the ordinance at its Sept. 12 meeting.
The report from Administrative Services Director/City Clerk Melissa Swanson and Police Chief Andrew White explains, “State law regulates smoking and a local agency is also authorized to regulate smoking if the regulations are not inconsistent with state laws and the local agency makes findings and determinations that the regulations will reduce health risks associated with smoking and secondhand smoke and promote the public health and welfare. As Council is aware, Lake County was recently rated the least healthy county in the state.”
Swanson and White note that at the July 25 council meeting, staff was directed to bring forward an ordinance prohibiting smoking within 25 feet of any commercial building entrance/egress. Based on that July council discussion, staff has prepared an ordinance which defines those areas and sets regulations.
Their report explains that smoking is currently prohibited in any Clearlake park, which the council passed by ordinance in 2012. “This ordinance will amend that code section in its entirety to include the additional provisions of businesses.”
Some of the details and restrictions requested by the council previously included grocery stores and multi-unit commercial retail stores, bus stops and signage, the report said.
“The proposed ordinance prohibits smoking within twenty-five feet of businesses, such as grocery stores and strip malls, as well as public recreation areas, parks, hiking trails, and service areas, such as bus stops and ATMs,” Swanson and White wrote.
They said the ordinance’s enforcement will be under the current administrative penalties section of the municipal code. “The City will have the right to require the posting of ‘No Smoking’ signs for areas that have repeated violations of the ordinance.”
On the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers and minutes of the July 10 Lake County Vector Control District Board meeting.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Clearlake Management/Confidential Employees, Clearlake Police Officer Association, Clearlake Municipal Employees Association and Clearlake Middle Management Association, and a conference with legal counsel regarding an existing case of litigation against Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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082219 Clearlake City Council agenda packet by LakeCoNews on Scribd
