1 CITY OF BLUE LAKE
CALIFORNIA
111 Greenwood Road
P.O. Box 458
Blue Lake, CA 95525
(707) 668-5655
Fax: (707) 668-5916
www.bluelake.ca.gov
Blue Lake City Council Minutes
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 ~ 6:30pm ~ Special Council Meeting Skinner Store Building ~ 111 Greenwood Rd., Blue Lake ~ Behind City Hall 1 1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Sawatzky called the meeting to order at 6:31pm 2 3 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4 5 3. ROLL CALL AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL
6 7 COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: City Clerk Green established a quorum of council 8 members- Present: Mayor John Sawatzky, Mayor Pro Tem Elise Scafani, Council 9 Member Kat Napier, Council Member Terri Bayles, Council Member Michelle Lewis10 Lusso 11 12 COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: None
13 14 STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Jennie Short, City Clerk Samantha Green, and 15 Videographer Justin Goad.
16 17 4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
18 Motion by Council Member Bayles to approve the agenda. Second by Mayor Pro Tem 19 Scafani.
20 Voice vote: Motion passed unanimously
21 22 5. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
23 • Kevin Fisher: Announced that the Mad Scramble event secured a total of 24 $5,090.01 in donations for the Bike Park. *This will be presented to the Council at 25 the next Regular Meeting*
26 27 6. CONSENT AGENDA: None
28 29
30 ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR ACTION
31 32 7. Approval of Resolution No. 1257, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute 33 Agreement To Convey An Easement and Joint Escrow Instructions between the 34 City of Blue Lake and Erin McClure, in her capacity as Trustee of the Patricia 35 Charley Trust.
36 Beginning in 2011, John Berchtold as City Manager began negotiating with the McClure 37 Trust to renew the 100-year lease for the 400,000-gallon tank site easement, ten-foot 38 waterline easement, and an ingress/egress access easement. At long last, an 39 Agreement to Convey and Easement and Joint Escrow Instructions including the 40-year 40 lease of the easement has been agreed to by Ms. McClure. On Friday, April 3, 2026, Ms. 41 McClure signed the agreement, and her attorney provided an electronic copy which is 2 CITY OF BLUE LAKE
CALIFORNIA
111 Greenwood Road
P.O. Box 458
Blue Lake, CA 95525
(707) 668-5655
Fax: (707) 668-5916
www.bluelake.ca.gov
Blue Lake City Council Minutes
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 ~ 6:30pm ~ Special Council Meeting Skinner Store Building ~ 111 Greenwood Rd., Blue Lake ~ Behind City Hall 42 attached. As part of the last-minute details, Ms. McClure requested that the annual lease 43 payment of $6,000 be paid to her by the City once the agreement had been signed, but 44 before Escrow had closed, because she needed it quicker than escrow could close. As a 45 concession, City Manager Short agreed to such payment and informed her attorney via 46 email that the check could be provided on April 10, 2026, once the agreement was 47 executed.
48 49 Public Comment: None received
50 51 Motion by Council Member Lewis-Lusso to Approve Resolution 1257 Authorizing the City 52 Manager to Execute the Subject Agreement and Direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of 53 Exemption with the County Clerk and State Clearinghouse, Second by Council Member 54 Bayles.
55 56 Roll Call Vote:
57 Aye: Sawatzky, Scafani, Napier, Lewis-Lusso, Bayles
58 Noes: None
59 Motion passed unanimously
60 61 Adjourn at 6:43
62 63 Prepared by: Samantha Green
64 City Clerk, City of Blue Lake