CLEARLAKE — At the conclusion of two public hearing sessions, the Clearlake City Council voted Thursday to grant its approval on several aspects pertaining to the Provinsalia Project. The council heard more than four hours of public comment, accumulatively, before reaching its decision.
“The city staff that is here now has worked very hard to get to the point of presenting the information to the planning commission and the council,” project development consultant Dick Price said. “I”m ecstatic with tonight”s decision. Now we can move on with the rest of the required preparations.”
The council voted to approve the final Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) on a motion made by Vice Mayor Judy Thein. The motion passed 3-1 with Thein, Mayor Chuck Leonard and councilmember Curt Giambruno voting in approval. Councilmember Roy Simons voted against the motion and Councilmember Joyce Overton was absent from the meeting.
Amendment of the General Plan land use designation from managed development-resource protection area to specific plan; adoption of the draft Provinsalia specific plan; and rezoning of the property from resource protection to specific plan was also approved by the council. A 3-0 vote count was recorded as Simons had left the meeting prior to casting his vote in the matter.
The Provinsalia Project has been in the planning stages for several years. Although the council did vote to approve the recommendations pertaining to the project at hand, actual development is not expected to occur for several years to come. The project will require additional engineering analysis, environmental reporting and traffic studies as well as review and approval procedures that will occur throughout the construction process.
The Provinsalia Project proposes construction of several single-family and multi-family housing units, a golf course, trail system, clubhouse and interpretive center. The project site, which is located east of Dam Road, is 292 acres and has approximately 1.4 acres of waterways, 45.8 acres of land over 30-percent slope, 2.8 acres of valley oak woodland, 18.5 acres of blue oak habitat, 9.2 acres of known cultural resource sites and 31.2 acres comprised of wetlands or Cache Creek. The net developable acreage is 183.1 acres.
Contact Denise Rockenstein at drockenstein@clearlakeobserver.com or call her directly at 994-6444, ext. 11.
