Planning Commission Meeting
Regular MeetingClearlake, CA · June 22, 2021
Minutes
PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING
Clearlake City Hall Council Chambers
14050 Olympic Dr, Clearlake, CA
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
6:00 PM
MINUTES
Zoom Link: https://clearlakeca.zoom.us
AGENDA REPORTS
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Chair Kathy Davis
Vice Chair Robert Coker
Commissioner Erin McCarrick
Commissioner Fawn Williams
Commissioner Lisa Wilson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MEETING PROCEDURES:
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Motion made by Commissioner Williams, Seconded by Commissioner McCarrick.
Voting Yea: Chair Davis, Vice Chair Coker, Commissioner McCarrick, Commissioner Williams,
Commissioner Wilson
PUBLIC COMMENT:
PUBLIC HEARING
1. Appeal AP 2021-01 of Administrative Use Permit AUP 2021-01 & Categorical Exemption, CE
2021-04
Recommended Action: Make a finding either motioning to deny Appeal application AP 2021-
01 or approving Resolution PC 2021-16 for Administrative Use Permit AUP 2021-01,
authorizing the installation of an oversized garage at 3006 Old Hwy 53, Clearlake, further
described as assessor’s parcel number 010-040-040-000.
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Senior Planner Mark Roberts read the staff report.
Applicant spoke in favor of the project.
Thomas McNicholas spoke against the project.
Dave Hughes spoke on the concerns from applicant's neighbors. Mr. Hughes gave parcel maps
to members of the public and staff/commission.
Chair Davis continued the hearing to a later date pending site plans
Consensus from Commissioners/Staff/Applicant to have an improved site plan drawn to scale
along with landscape/fencing, buffer plan.
CITY MANAGER AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Davis adjourned the meeting at 7:01pm
Justin Sturgill, Secretary/Permit Technician
Agenda
PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING
Clearlake City Hall Council Chambers
14050 Olympic Dr, Clearlake, CA
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
6:00 PM
On March 12, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-25-20, which allows Council
Members to attend Planning Commission meetings telephonically. Please be advised that some, or all,
of the Clearlake Planning Commission Members may attend this meeting telephonically.
Furthermore, on March 17, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20, which waives
the mandate of public, in-person accessibility to Council meetings provided there are other means for
the public to participate. Effective immediately and continuing only during the period in which state
or local public health officials have imposed or recommended social distancing measures, the
Clearlake Planning Commission meetings will be viewable via livestreaming on the City of Clearlake’s
YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyifT_nKS-3woxEu1ilBXA and the public
may participate through Zoom at the link listed below.
Balancing the health risks associated with COVID-19, while appreciating the public’s right to conduct
the people’s business in a transparent and open manner, the City wants you to know that you can
submit your comments and questions in writing for Planning Commission consideration by sending
them to the Assistant Planner at sgutierrez@clearlake.ca.us. To give the Planning Commission
adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments prior
to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
Beginning April 1st, 2021, the public may attend Planning Commission meetings in person. However,
the Council Chambers will have limited capacity and attendees must adhere to masking and social
distancing mandates. You may view the meeting live on YouTube at the City of Clearlake’s YouTube
Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyifT_nKS-3woxEu1ilBXA) or “Lake County PEG TV
Live Stream” at https://www.youtube.com/user/LakeCountyPegTV/featured.
AGENDA
Zoom Link: https://clearlakeca.zoom.us/j/99680916202
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT (ADA) REQUESTS
If you need disability related modification, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in this meeting, please
contact Melissa Swanson, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk at the Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic
Drive, Clearlake, California 95422, phone (707) 994-8201, ext 106, or via email at mswanson@clearlake.ca.us at
least 72 hours prior to the meeting, to allow time to provide for special accommodations.
AGENDA REPORTS
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Staff reports for each agenda item are available for review at www.clearlake.ca.us. Any writings or documents
pertaining to an open session item provided to a majority of the Planning Commission less than 72 hours prior to
the meeting, shall be made available for public inspection on the City’s website at www.clearlake.ca.us.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MEETING PROCEDURES: During this Planning Commission meeting, public comment will be accepted
via email. If you would like to comment remotely, please follow the protocols below:
-- Send comments via email to the Assistant Planner at sgutierrez@clearlake.ca.us prior to the
commencement of the Planning Commission meeting.
-- Identify the subject you wish to comment on in your email's subject line.
-- Each Public Comment emailed to the Assistant Planner will be read aloud by the Chair or a
member of staff for up to three minutes or will be displayed on a screen.
-- Public Comment emails which are received after the beginning of the meeting will not be
included in the record.
-- Any live comments will be accepted throughout the meeting via Zoom. Staff requests that
commenters please utilize Zoom’s “hand raise” feature to signify when they would like to speak.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Notice to the Public:
The Planning Commission, when considering the matter scheduled for hearing, will take the following
actions:
a) Open the Public Hearing
b) Presentation by Staff
c) Presentation by Applicant or Appellant (if applicable)
d) Accept Public Testimony
e) Applicant or Appellant Rebuttal Period (if applicable)
f) Close the Public Hearing
g) Commissioner Comments and questions
h) Commissioner Action
Once the hearing is closed, no further public comment will be taken. If you wish to challenge in court
any of the matters on this agenda for which a public hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to
raising only those issues which you, or someone else, raised orally at the public hearing or in written
correspondence received by the city at or before the public hearing.
Public hearings listed for continuance will be continued as noted and posting of this agenda serves as
notice of continuance. Any matter not noted for continuance will be posed separately.
PUBLIC COMMENT: This is the time for any member of the public to address the Planning Commission
on any matter not on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. The
Brown Act, with limited exceptions, does not allow the Commission or staff to discuss issues brought
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forth under Public Comment. The Commission cannot take action on non-agenda items. Concerns may
be referred to staff or placed on the next available agenda. Please note that comments from the public
will also be taken on each agenda item. Comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes per person.
PUBLIC HEARING
1. Appeal AP 2021-01 of Administrative Use Permit AUP 2021-01 & Categorical Exemption, CE
2021-04
Recommended Action: Make a finding either motioning to deny Appeal application AP 2021-
01 or approving Resolution PC 2021-16 for Administrative Use Permit AUP 2021-01,
authorizing the installation of an oversized garage at 3006 Old Hwy 53, Clearlake, further
described as assessor’s parcel number 010-040-040-000.
CITY MANAGER AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
POSTED: June 18, 2021
Melissa Swanson, Administrative Services Director/City Clerk
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