Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

The Clear Lake City Council unanimously approved reassigning the development agreement for the McKesson warehouse project during its regular meeting Monday night.

The action comes more than a year after the city entered into a development agreement with Windmill Realty LLC for the construction of a 340,000  square foot regional warehouse and distribution center in the Larry Luker Memorial Industrial Park.  

A mock-up of a proposed veteran’s memorial has been moved to a third potential location for the public to review.  It is now stationed at the corner of 8th Street and Main Avenue.

The local Veteran’s Memorial Task Force identified three potential locations to place the display, constructed to scale. In January it was at the Seawall in downtown Clear Lake and in early February it was moved to the former City Beach water tower area. 

In other business Monday, City Administrator Scott Flory said he has received notification that city property valuations are up 4.5 percent.  That will translate to roughly $19 million for the city’s budget.  The number is consistent with trends in recent years.

The valuations will form the basis for the city’s 2016 fiscal year budget.

Flory also said City Hall renovations are nearing completion and should be completed this month.  An open house will be scheduled at a later date to showcase the project.

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura School Board plans to make a final decision on which grade levels will be housed at the consolidated district’s two elementary buildings when they hold their December school board meeting.  

The board asked the administrative team from the two schools for a recommendation, based on the best educational setting for all students.  The team’s recommendation was to have the elementary building in Garner be a pre-kindergarten to grade four building and the elementary building in Ventura to house grades five and six.