LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council is set to consider an agreement with the Konocti Unified School District to offer a variety of programs at the city’s youth center.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEGTV YouTube Channel. Community members also can participate via Zoom or can attend in person.
The agenda can be found here.
Comments and questions can be submitted in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to City Clerk Melissa Swanson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To give the council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments before 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20.
Each public comment emailed to the city clerk will be read aloud by the mayor or a member of staff for up to three minutes or will be displayed on a screen. Public comment emails and town hall public comment submissions that are received after the beginning of the meeting will not be included in the record.
On Thursday, the council will consider a joint use agreement with the Konocti Unified School District for the use of the Clearlake Youth Center at 4750 Golf Ave. for youth- and recreation-oriented activities.
Administrative Services Director/City Clerk Melissa Swanson’s report explains that in June the council approved the formation of the Recreation and Events Division of the Administrative Services Department “with the intent to increase public engagement and activities through the creation of recreation programs and community events.”
Since then, she said city staff have met with community groups and potential collaborators to develop the best and most effective means to serve the community.
Swanson said staff has formed a valuable partnership with Konocti Unified School District to jointly bring youth and recreation programs to the youth center.
The school district “has agreed to assist with funding and completing much-needed repairs and remodeling in return for cooperative use of the Youth Center for planned after-school activities, youth camps, and City and District employee daycare. Additionally, the City would retain the flexibility to allow use by many other youth activity groups such as the South Shore Little League, scout troops, and Children’s Museum of Art and Science.”
Swanson said if the council approves the agreement, it will be presented to the Konocti Unified School Board for approval.
In another business item, the council will consider amendments to the city's environmental guidelines to include internal guidance for management of tribal cultural resources and consultation.
City Manager Alan Flora’s report to the council explains that in 2016 the city adopted a set of environmental guidelines in order to implement the requirements of AB 52, adopted the previous year by the state Legislature, which requires public agencies to consult with Native American tribes and consider tribal cultural resources.
Flora explained that, historically, there have been three tribes with ancestral lands within the city’s boundaries: the Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, the Koi Nation of Northern California and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California.
“While in large part consultation and coordination between the City as lead agency and the tribes has worked quite well, more recently new staff within the tribal environmental community have resulted in a inconsistent, confrontational, and difficult approach to complete projects. Staff believe that by adopting a more comprehensive policy framework related to tribal cultural resources would result in more predictability, less room for disagreement, and a more streamlined and economic project completion,” Flora explained.
He said the draft policy is adapted from several similar policies adopted within the past few years by various California municipalities.
“While this policy framework is well vetted with tribes in California, it has not been discussed with any Lake County tribes. The Council may wish to pursue this discussion, however staff believe at a minimum an interim policy is needed to guide staff in tribal relations,” Flora wrote.
Also on Thursday, the council will meet one of the adoptable dogs from the city’s shelter, receive a presentation by the Health and Social Policy Institute on second and third-hand smoke and
aerosol exposure and their health effects on community members, and hear from the Scotts Valley Energy Corp. on bioenergy and wildfire mitigation.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are warrants; consideration of acceptance of the property located at 16331 6th Ave.; authorize the city manager to sign the certificate of acceptance; authorization of the subrecipient agreement with Lake County Rural Arts Initiative to receive $474,700 of the Clean California grant; the minutes of the August and September meetings; award of the bid for roofing repairs at 6805 Airport Road; and authorization of the Main Street Project Agreement with Lake County Rural Arts Initiative for an art project development.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss a lawsuit against the county of Lake and liability claims against the city.
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Clearlake City Council to consider youth center agreement
- Elizabeth Larson