The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 6, for a closed session to discuss property negotiations related to 800 N. Main St., 810 N. Main St. and 910 Bevins St. before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The council on Tuesday will present a proclamation honoring Harold Taylor for his 14 years of service on the Lakeport Planning Commission.
That will be followed by the proposed appointment of Kipp Knorr to the Lakeport Planning Commission, to fill Taylor’s term, which expires Dec. 31 2018.
The council also will appoint Pamela Harpster, Dan Peterson and Andy Lucas, to the Lakeport Economic Development Committee effective immediately, with those terms expiring Dec. 31, 2019.
In other business, staff will introduce an ordinance to amend the Lakeport Municipal Code regarding the Parks and Recreation Commission.
“During the most recent recruitment for positions to the Parks and Recreation Commission, staff received feedback from interested applicants that the number of meetings was creating a bigger commitment than these volunteers were willing to make given the types of matters under discussion,” City Clerk Kelly Buendia wrote in her report to the council. “This spurred conversations about the necessity of once per month meetings and also about making meetings later in the day or in the evening which would open this opportunity to more residents who might be interested in participating. While the staff assigned to the Park and Recreation Commission could accommodate evening meetings for members, the frequency of meetings would require changes to the ordinance.
“Additionally, since the parks are enjoyed by non-residents, the proposed ordinance would allow one (1) non-resident on the board, as the Council has done with other committees,” Buendia said.
Buendia said staff is requesting that the council set the commission’s regular meetings to quarterly meetings with the ability to cancel if needed. “Special meetings can also be called when needed, to conduct more urgent business. This would create a more reliable schedule for both staff and Commission, as well as, give staff needed time to follow up on discussion items.”
In other business, Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will present a request for staff direction pertaining to the request for proposals for a remodel of a portion of City Hall to create a “one-stop customer service center” to assist in providing greater customer service to the public.
Proposed changes are meant to make the space more user-friendly for customers of the various departments – including the Finance Department and Community Development Department. The council chamber doors also are proposed to be relocated beyond the entry to the conference room to reduce conflicts between the users of those space, according to Ingram’s report.
Ingram said the city’s capital improvement projects listing includes some additional identified improvements to City Hall, “that although not budgeted, should be at a minimum considered as part of the RFP as there will likely be significant cost savings if they are made a part of this project.”
He said those improvements include upgrading City Hall’s security system, constructing a fur wall along the north building concrete wall in order to achieve greater energy efficiency within the entire building, and repairing the exterior building coating to prohibit water seepage through concrete exterior walls currently creating efflorescence in the council chambers.
Also on Tuesday, Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will take to the council a proposed resolution authorizing the conducting of criminal background checks for commercial cannabis licensing purposes.
Rasmussen notes in his report that his agency is tasked with conducting those background checks as part of the ordinance the council recently enacted to govern the licensing of commercial cannabis activities in the city.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the council’s regular meeting on Jan. 16; the Jan. 23 warrant register; approval of Application 2018-003, with staff recommendations, for Cinco de Mayo event to be held in Library Park on May 6; authorization for the city manager to sign Contract Change Orders No. 8 and 9, as well as sign and file the Notice of Completion with Granite Construction Co. on the Lakeshore Blvd ER Project; approval of the Resolution accepting Exhibit 13-A, stating the Lakeshore Boulevard Roadway Repair project has no acquisition of right of way associated with it; and receipt and filing of the draft minutes of the Jan. 17 Measure Z Advisory Committee.
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