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The commission will meet virtually beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The agenda can be found here or viewed below.
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 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The meet will be broadcast live on the Youtube channels for the city of Clearlake or Lake County PEG TV.
On the agenda, the commission will welcome its newest member, Fawn Williams, appointed by the Clearlake City Council on Oct. 1 to succeed Richard Bean, who retired as the commission’s chair.
City Clerk Melissa Swanson will administer the oath of office to Williams, who will join commissioners Kathryn Davis, Robert Coker, Lisa Wilson and Erin McCarrick.
Once sworn in, Williams and the rest of the commission will take up a discussion to determine the general plan consistency for the conveyance of property located at 15886 18th Ave.
City Manager Alan Flora’s report to the commission explained that the city must make the general plan consistency and environmental determination associated with a potential transfer of the property. The city acquired the 0.12-acre property with a 1,022 square foot, two-bedroom, one-bathroom home with an attached garage in 2018 due to a loan default.
The city has listed the property for $125,000.
Also on Tuesday, the commission will consider the general plan consistency for the conveyance of a 31.12-acre property at 14795 and 14885 Burns Valley Road, 14760 Olympic Drive, and 3359, 3367 and 3334 Washington St.
Flora’s report said the city is working to acquire the property, located behind the Burns Valley Shopping Center. The property is mostly undeveloped, with an old walnut orchard. A home and garage on the land recently were demolished.
“The City intends to utilize this property as the potential new site for a public works yard, as well as provide outdoor recreation and additional housing opportunities to the public,” Flora said. “While residential development meets current zoning regulations, some changes in relevant land use regulations might be necessary to accommodate the entire envisioned project. The City would like to purchase the property for a mixed-use project including residential, commercial and recreational uses.”
He said most neighboring properties are developed, including PG&E’s work yard to the south.
The Redbud Library, Orchard Park Senior Living Community, Clearlake Post Office and Clearlake Senior Center also are located next to the various parcels included in the overall property.
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Planning Commission Special Meeting November 3, 2020 by LakeCoNews on Scribd
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The Lakeport Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security and the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center released a message to describe the role of law enforcement to protect public safety during elections.
“Although we have no known threats at this time, we are asking for the public’s assistance with addressing crime and threats in our community from those that may be planning violence or attempting to disrupt the election,” the agencies said. “Public safety measures can only be effective when they involve strong collaboration between law enforcement and the communities that we serve. All federal, state, and local public safety and election officials are united in efforts to make this election safe.”
One of their efforts is suspicious activity reporting. Law enforcement, homeland security and elections professionals want to ensure that the public understands how to report suspicious elections-related activity.
The public should contact law enforcement via 9-1-1 when an immediate response is needed regarding suspicious activity for any type of crime, including terrorism. Your local law enforcement agency will share your reporting with the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, or NCRIC, and FBI.
They ask the public to call 9-1-1 if they see any of the following suspicious behavior:
– Breach/attempted intrusion: Unauthorized personnel attempting to enter or actually entering a restricted area, secured protected site, or nonpublic area. Impersonation of authorized personnel (e.g., police/security officers, janitor, or other personnel).
– Misrepresentation: Presenting false information or misusing insignia, documents and/or identification to misrepresent one’s affiliation as a means of concealing possible illegal activity.
– Theft/loss/diversion: Stealing or diverting something associated with a facility/infrastructure or secured protected site (e.g., badges, uniforms, identification, emergency vehicles, technology, or documents {classified or unclassified}), which are proprietary to the facility/infrastructure or secured protected site.
– Sabotage/tampering/vandalism: Damaging, manipulating, defacing or destroying part of a facility/infrastructure or secured protected site.
– Cyber attack: Compromising, or attempting to compromise or disrupt an organization's information technology infrastructure.
– Expressed or implied threat: Communicating a spoken or written threat to commit a crime that will result in death or bodily injury to another person or persons or to damage or compromise a facility/infrastructure or secured protected site.
– Weapons collection/discovery: Collection or discovery of unusual amounts or types of weapons*, including explosives, chemicals, and other destructive materials, or evidence, detonations or other residue, wounds or chemical burns, that would arouse suspicion of terrorism or other criminality in a reasonable person.
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The library has recently added two new resources, Lynda.com and BrainFuse to its array of print and digital resources for job seekers.
Lynda.com offers more than 5,000 on-demand video courses to help you build professional skills across a vast range of job functions.
Brainfuse's JobNow and VetNow features live online assistance, resume lab help and a wide range of academic tools to help job seekers and veterans reach their goals. All you need is a Lake County Library card and access to the library’s website to benefit from these exciting resources.
County librarian Christopher Veach said, “There is a focus in our county right now on economic development and I want to make sure the library has quality resources to help people trying to find jobs or succeed in their career.”
JobNow, VetNow and Lynda.com can be found on the library website under Digital Content.
JobNow and VetNow are supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the state librarian.
The library’s physical and digital books are a great resource for people looking for a job, learning a new skill, or brushing up their resumes. With the resources of three counties to draw from, job seekers can explore a wide selection of books on job hunting, career development and resume writing.
The library has free public access computers at all library branches where people can apply for jobs and write resumes. Lakeport and Clearlake are open, and the small libraries in Middletown and Upper Lake require appointments to use the library.
The library’s website gives information about library programs, services and policies. To speak to a library employee, call 707-263-8817.
Jan Cook is a library technician for the Lake County Library.
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Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who died as Anthony Christopher Wolfsmith, 32, of Clearlake.
The CHP Clear Lake Area office’s Monday report on the crash said it occurred at 5:20 p.m. Thursday on Highway 29 near Lower Lake.
Wolfsmith was driving a silver 2007 Honda Ridgeline pickup northbound on Highway 29, south of C Street, at 55 miles per hour, the CHP said.
The CHP said Lloyd Hoisington, 48, of Marysville was following behind Wolfsmith in his 2007 Chevrolet. Freddy Gonzalez, 37, of Santa Rosa was ahead of Wolfsmith in his 2006 Lexus and Keneth Feola, 49, was ahead of Gonzalez in his 2005 Subaru.
Nicholas Hough, 31 of Hidden Valley Lake, was driving a silver 2016 Dodge Ram pickup southbound at 55 miles per hour, approaching Wolfsmith’s location from the opposite direction, the CHP said.
Feola came to a stop in the northbound lane, due to stopped traffic ahead, and Gonzalez was slowing to a stop behind him, the CHP said.
As Wolfsmith was approaching the stopped traffic, the CHP said he swerved to the left, into the path of Hough, resulting in a head-on collision.
After the initial collision, Wolfsmith’s Honda was pushed to the right, near the center double yellow lines, at which point Hoisington, who was behind Wolfsmith, collided with Wolfsmith’s Honda. The CHP said this impact pushed the Honda into the rear of Gonzalez, which pushed Gonzalez into the rear of Feola.
After the collision, all involved parties remained on scene for emergency personnel, the CHP said.
The CHP said Wolfsmith was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Hough and Hoisington both suffered minor injuries and were treated at Adventist Health Clear Lake Hospital, while Gonzalez and Feola were uninjured, the CHP said.
The report said all five drivers were wearing their seat belts.
Neither drugs nor alcohol are suspected to be factors at this time, the CHP said.
The CHP said the cause of the collision is under investigation.
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