Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) Riley Brinkman, shown here with friends last Christmas in Peru, spent the majority of the COVID quarantine helping people in Peru, where she puts her nursing degree to good use.  Brinkman was able to come back to Clear Lake in the fall and she stayed through the holidays before returning to Peru.  “It’s been a time of sorrow and mourning, but it is returning to joy and celebrating the goodness of God, even in trials, that I am so eager and longing to get back to,” said Brinkman.

Infrastructure work for the new Clear Lake Wellness Center extends beyond the immediate building site.  During the month of December crews from Dean Snyder Construction, Clear Lake, moved earth across North 20th Street to build a retention pond for the facility.  Retention basins help to manage stormwater runoff.  This photo was taken from 20th Street looking southeast to Interstate 35.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.

by Rebecca Peter

Site plans for the new water treatment plant at Ventura were reviewed by the Ventura City Council, Dec. 14. City Engineer Jason Petersburg reported that the plans have been approved by the Department of Natural Resources.

by Marianne Gasaway

Current market conditions will yield some substantial savings for the City of Clear Lake in 2021.

Proposals for the City’s General Obligation debt financing for the $1.2 million Marriott Hotel and event center forgivable loan, and $600,000 for land acquisition to develop a park and facilitate library expansion, were received Monday, Dec. 21. Each note received interest rates of less than 1 percent.