LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council will consider requests from staff this week to approve an agreement for a state alcohol enforcement grant and the purchase of four generators to prepare the city for public safety power shutoffs.
The meeting will take place via webinar beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21.
The agenda can be found here.
To speak on an agenda item, access the meeting remotely here or join by phone by calling toll-free 877-309-2074 or 213-929-4221. The access code is 887-783-896; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
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On Tuesday, Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will ask the council to review and adopt a resolution accepting grant funding and joining into partnership with the State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control as part of the city being awarded a state grant.
Rasmussen said the Lakeport Police Department, in partnership with the Clearlake Police Department, applied for grant funding to conduct enforcement and training relative to the presence of alcoholic beverages.
The application secured $24,975 of grant funding for the implementation of “minor decoy” and “shoulder tap” programs and for the conducting of Informed Merchants Preventing AlcoholRelated Crime Tendencies, or IMPACT, inspections, targeting both ABC-licensed premises and individuals who furnish alcoholic beverages to underage subjects.
“This project is targeted to reduce underage drinking and the resultant DUI driving injuries and fatalities, and/or property damage, reduce youth access to alcoholic beverages through education of licensee, enforcement intervention and the impressions of omnipresence of law enforcement in and around the cities of Lakeport and Clearlake,” Rasmussen wrote in his report.
Public Works Director Doug Grider also will seek the council’s approval of the purchase of four standby generators funded by the $300,000 Public Safety Power Shutoff Resiliency Allocation Grant the city has received from the state.
“The generators will replace the existing units at city hall, police department and corporation yard. These all have a history of mechanical issues and are generally undersized. A new unit will be installed at the Silveira Community Center,” Grider said.
Grider said the city received five bids, only one of which met the EPA Tier 4 certification for California Air Resources Board compliance suggested by the Lake County Air Quality Management District.
Grider said that bid came from Leete Generators in the amount of $263,536.
In other business, Assistant City Manager Kevin Ingram will ask the council to approve a professional service agreement with 4LEAF Inc. for the provision of supplemental building services in the amount not to exceed $25,000 and the council will be asked to nominate its voting delegates for the League of California Cities Annual Conference to be held Oct. 7 to 9.
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 July 8; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the Mendocino Complex fire; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the February 2019 storms; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the October 2019 public safety power shutoff; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the COVID-19 public health emergency; and endorsement of the California Economic Summit’s efforts urging the governor to develop a statewide broadband action policy.
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Lakeport City Council to consider grant approval, generator purchases
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