LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council on Thursday evening approved contracts for two road projects and agreed to a property sale.
The meeting began with several proclamations, followed by public comment in which several community members called out North Bay Animal Services for its performance in handling the city’s animal shelter.
In recent weeks the organization, based in Petaluma, has been coming under fire for a variety of issues related to housing and handling of animals and treatment of volunteers.
City Manager Alan Flora said he’s given directives for improvement in treatment of animals to the organization and Clearlake Police Lt. Ryan Peterson has been assigned to investigate the allegations about the conditions in the shelter.
After the meeting, Lake County News reached out to North Bay Animal Services about the situation for an article on the city’s plans to address the shelter’s operations.
On Thursday’s agenda were two road projects.
The first was for the 18th Avenue Improvement Project, which the council voted unanimously to award to Argonaut Constructors, which was the low bidder at $4,632,295. The highest bidder was Granite Construction at $7,234,337.50.
The council approved a second contract with Argonaut Constructors for the Dam Road Extension/South Center Drive Improvement Project in the amount of $989,009.85. Ghilotti Construction was the high bidder at $1,386,441.25.
Both contracts allow Flora to approve up to 10% in additional cost due to unforeseen contract amendments.
Lake County Superintendent of Schools Brock Falkenberg, who was at the meeting for a proclamation presentation, said there is a school immediately adjacent to the Dam Road Extension area and he hoped in the next few years the city can address the need for a sidewalk there.
Public Works Director Adeline Brown said that is part of the project, to have curb, gutter and sidewalk on both sides of the road.
Flora added that there is a section of the project that extends to the southern boundary of a planned housing development on 18th Avenue, with the developer required to do the rest of those improvements along that property.
In other business, the council approved selling a vacant, city-owned lot at 16178 35th Ave. to an adjacent property owner for $6,950.
The council on Thursday appointed an alternate member to the Lake County Recreation Agency JPA Board of Directors; offered proclamations for Child Abuse Prevention Month; Sexual Assault Awareness Month; Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month; Public Safety Telecommunicators Week; and hosted a presentation by the Lakeshore Lions Club to the Highlands Senior Service Center.
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Clearlake City Council approves road projects, property sale
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