CLEARLAKE — The City of Clearlake Community Development and Engineering departments provided an update on capital projects and programs for the month of September. The report was accepted by the council Thursday night as a consent calendar item.
The report includes an update on the formation of street maintenance district. Staff is reportedly working on the final guidelines, which will later be presented to the council for consideration. A legal opinion was received in June and staff is to begin work on the policy to offer street maintenance districts to residents. The task has been delayed due to other priorities.
Lakeshore/San Joaquin Emergency Slide Project is currently underway. Coastland Civil Engineering is reportedly preparing plans for the widening of Lakeshore and San Joaquin drives and stabilization of the slide area. Coastland has completed the biological assessment for the project and Caltrans has accepted the report. According to staff, the city needs to obtain an additional 10 to 12 feet of right-of-way along the north side of Lakeshore/San Joaquin to widen the road. Staff also sites that the property is not buildable.
The city has requested that property owners Douglas and Beverly Briggs donate the right-of-way; however, according to the staff report, the property owners are unwilling to donate the property. Staff is awaiting Caltrans approval to conduct an in-house appraisal and plans to send the project out to bid in January.
An update on the Highlands Park project is also included in the monthly report. Demolition of the building that housed the Community Patrol was complete in October of last year following asbestos removal. The council agreed to a conceptual plan in January of this year. A topographical survey was completed in March. Money has been included in the city”s draft budget for Fiscal Year 2008-09 to complete engineering and landscaping design work, according to the report.
Developer impact fees round out the report on capital projects and programs. According to the report, the Area Planning Council funded a study that would allow the city to adopt traffic impact fees. The city completed a study in 1994 to establish drainage impact fees and a study in 2007 to establish park impact fees. The concept was discussed with the council and Planning Commission in July. Staff is reportedly in the process of developing specific recommendations for the council to consider.
Contact Denise Rockenstein at drockenstein@clearlakeobserver.com.
