LAKEPORT, Calif. — On Tuesday the Lakeport City Council will host a reception for its committee and commission members, hold a public hearing for an affordable housing development and consider a contract to demolish the former Natural High building.
The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The agenda can be found here.
The council chambers will be open to the public for the meeting. Masks are highly encouraged where 6-foot distancing cannot be maintained.
If you cannot attend in person, and would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the Zoom meeting remotely at this link or join by phone by calling toll-free 669-900-9128 or 346-248-7799.
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The council will meet beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a reception for council members and city committees and commissions.
At the start of the regular meeting at 6 p.m., Mayor Stacey Mattina to read proclamations designating April 2023 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Arts, Culture & Creativity Month.
Mattina also will read a proclamation honoring city committee and commission members.
The council also will hear a presentation from the Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee, or LEDAC, on the 2022 Business Walks.
One of the meeting’s main agenda items is a public hearing to adopt a resolution approving a mitigated negative declaration for the Martin Street Phase III Project general plan amendment and zone change, as well as an ordinance to amend city zoning maps to facilitate the project.
The project, which received Lakeport Planning Commission approval on Jan. 11, is a 40-unit “affordable housing community” to be built by AMG & Associates LLC on a 3.7-acre site at 519 S. Smith St., next to the Phase I and II of the Martin Street Apartments, also built by AMG.
Another key city project to be discussed on Tuesday is the demolition of the structure at 800 N. Main St., formerly known as the Natural High Continuation School, next to the new Lakefront Park.
Public Works Director Ron Ladd will ask the council to award a $79,000 construction contract to Unlimited Environmental Inc. for the Natural High demolition and authorize the city manager to execute the construction contract for the bid amount.
Ladd’s report said the building foundation, underground utilities, fencing and several trees will also be removed.
He said bids were opened March 20 with 12 bids received. Unlimited Environmental Inc. was the low bidder at $79,000, followed by Walberg Inc. at $85,525. The engineer’s estimate for this project was $125,000.
“Demolition is anticipated to begin in mid-June and be complete by the end of July 2023,” Ladd wrote.
In other business, City Attorney David Ruderman will give the council an update on the national opioid litigation, including the city’s involvement and status of prior settlements with three distributors and Janssen, and proposed settlements with Teva, Allergen, Walgreens, Walmart and CVS. The council also is set to hold a closed session to discuss the opioid litigation.
City Manager Kevin Ingram will present to the council a resolution to submit the recreation/community center project for consideration as a community project funding proposal in Congress.
Assistant City Manager Nick Walker will take to the council the second quarter financial update.
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 March 21; approval of
application 2023-009, with staff recommendations, for the 2023 Bicoastal Media Summer Concerts in the Park; and authorization for out-of-state travel for three utility staff members to attend the California Rural Water Association Expo.
After the open portion of the meeting, the council will have a closed session to discuss property negotiations with the Lake County Tax Collector’s Office and a case of ongoing litigation, City of Lakeport, California et al v. AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation et al.
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Lakeport City Council to hold public hearing on Martin Street development and consider Natural High demolition contract
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