The council will meet for a closed session at 5:30 p.m. regarding property negotiations before the open session of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 18, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
On Tuesday Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will present the Lakeport Economic Development Strategic Plan for the years 2017 to 2022 to the council.
He said the plan is a way for the city to reexamine its “economic development methods for achieving strategies and goals” since redevelopment ended in 2011.
Ingram explained in his report that in December 2015 the Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee “realized the limited financial resources available for the achievement of economic development goals.”
As a result, the committee began to identify the many local groups and organizations with shared economic development interests. “In examining several community plans and studies already in place, LEDAC determined that a comprehensive strategy could be developed from
these reports,” he wrote.
Ingram said the strategic plan identifies three core goals for the focus of the city’s economic development efforts over the next five years: promote and participate in regional economic development initiatives; expand and support business retention and attraction efforts; and strive to enhance the historic downtown and lakefront area.
In other business on Tuesday, a donation to support the city’s annual July 4 fireworks will be made to the Lakeport Main Street Association and Finance Director Nick Walker will ask for approval of the agreement with JJACPA for independent auditing services.
The council also will consider adopting a resolution to have delinquent utility charges collected on the tax roll for fiscal year 2016-17, fixing the time and place of a hearing on the charges.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on June 20, the regular adjourned council meetings of June 27 and June 29, 2017, and the special council meeting of July 11; the warrant register of June 23; approval of Application No. 2017-025, with staff recommendations, for the annual Clear Lake High School Homecoming Parade to take place on Main Street on Sept. 22; approval of Application No. 2017-026, with staff recommendations, for the Sponsoring Survivorship Run/Walk to take place on Oct. 7; approval of Application No. 2017-027, with staff recommendations, for the annual Splash-In event to take place on Sept. 15 and 16; rejection of Claim No. 2017-002, filed by James Kuzyk, as recommended by REMIF; and approval of proposed memorandum of understanding between the Lakeport Unified School District and the city of Lakeport for the services of a school resource officer and authorize the city manager to sign.
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