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The commission will meet virtually beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26.
The agenda can be found here.
Submit comments and questions in writing for commission consideration by sending them to
Community members also can participate via Zoom.
To give the planning commission adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit written comments prior to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26.
The meet will be broadcast live on the Youtube channels for the city of Clearlake or Lake County PEG TV.
The commission is set to determine general plan consistency and determine whether environmental review is necessary for the conveyance of two properties.
The first is 0.120 acres located at 16564 Fourth Ave. which is being donated to the city by the only surviving owner who is part of Crown Holding Co., according to the staff report from City Manager Alan Flora. The city intends to include the property in its new Homestead property, in which it will be used for residential development.
The second property is 16.28 acres of county-owned property located at 15837 18th Ave.
The property is part of a proposed land swap between the county of Lake and the state of California. The county will receive the state-owned Lakeport Armory, which it intends to use for the new headquarters for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
In turn, Flora said the state will use the 18th Avenue property to facilitate the “City of Clearlake Affordable Housing and Economic Development Project.”
“This mixed-use development would potentially include multilevel income housing, recreational/open space areas, and commercial retail/medical offices (but will ultimately go through its own entitlement process),” Flora said in his report.
Also on the agenda is the consideration of appointments to fill the vacant positions on the Zoning Code Update Ad Hoc and Burns Valley Park Committees.
The commission’s members are Chair Kathryn Davis, Vice Chair Robert Coker and commissioners Lisa Wilson, Erin McCarrick and Fawn Williams.
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Caltrans reported that it is installing reflective backplates at more than 5,500 signalized intersections across California.
These retroreflective bordered backplates – yellow reflective strips placed around the perimeter of traffic signals – increase traffic signal visibility during morning hours, at night, or during a loss of power.
Caltrans began installing the backplates in 2019 following an increase in power outages due to weather and wildland fire danger.
So far they have installed the backplates at nearly 900 intersections along state highways.
The backplates also make it easier to see the signals during the day.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration reports that reflective backplates have reduced late night and early morning collisions at intersections by 50 percent.
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The following cats at the shelter have been cleared for adoption.
Call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278 or visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm for information on visiting or adopting.
‘Simon’
“Simon” is a young male domestic medium hair cat with a gray and black tabby coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 111, ID No. 14302.
‘Alvin’
“Alvin” is a young male domestic medium hair cat with a black and brown tabby coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 111, ID No. 14304.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office, in cooperation with Cal Fire Sonoma Lake Napa Unit, plans to conduct prescribed fire operations in the Black Forest along Soda Bay Road, on the northeast side of Mount Konocti in Kelseyville.
Pile burn operations are scheduled to start the week of Jan. 24 and may continue periodically through the winter and spring.
Burning will take place only when weather and fuel moisture allow for safe and successful burning.
The prescribed fire is part of a shaded fuel break initiated in 2008 and is designed to improve landscape health and to remove hazardous fuels that could feed wildland fires within this wildland-urban interface, where public lands meet urban development.
Approximately 18 acres of undergrowth and small trees were hand-thinned by firefighters and piled last summer.
The Black Forest encompasses approximately 200 acres of BLM-managed public lands and supports many sensitive plants and animals as well as important watershed ecosystems, including a pristine Douglas fir forest.
The BLM is committed to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive. More information is available from the BLM Ukiah Field Office at 707-468-4000.