The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The agenda and supporting staff reports can be downloaded at http://www.cityoflakeport.com/departments/docs.aspx?deptID=88&catID=102 .
City staff is taking to the council a final version of a memorandum of understanding, a previous version of which the council approved at its Nov. 3 meeting, as Lake County News has reported.
The agreement addresses, among other things, the construction of a water main to the 31-acre location at 2565 Parallel Drive that the college is purchasing for $1 million. The city and college are planning to each pay half of the $550,000 cost.
Redevelopment Director Richard Knoll's staff report for the agreement – which he said hasn't changed substantially – said the water main is expected to be completed in August 2010.
Also on the agenda is a request from Larry Sheffield of Arizona-based Goldwater Bank. The bank is selling the 2565 Parallel Drive location to Mendocino College. It purchased both that property and an adjacent 99-acre parcel in a foreclosure sale this summer after developer Tom Adamson defaulted on the land.
Sheffield is asking the city to support annexing the 99-acre property into the city limits and to initiate the application process through the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO).
Knoll's report to the council explained that Mendocino College's decision to select the site on Parallel Drive “came after negotiations between Goldwater Bank and Mendocino College resulted in the bank
lowering their asking price contingent on the City supporting the annexation of the adjoining 99-acre parcel to the west.”
His report stated that the property is within the city's sphere of influence but is within the third of four phases for the city's annexation plans. He said adopting the resolution to support the land's annexation is integral to allowing the college's Lake Center in Lakeport. Goldwater Bank would pay the annexation costs.
Knoll's report added, “There is still a lot of work that must be done as part of the application process to LAFCO, and there is no guarantee that annexation will be allowed as that decision is for the LAFCO Board.”
In other news, the council will discuss a request by Lakeport Disposal to change the terms of its franchise agreement to remove yearly audits and replacement them with monthly and yearly reports from the company's accountant.
Kevin Burke, the police chief and interim city manager, will present to the council a proposed ordinance that will prohibit the recreational use off-road vehicles within the city limits, a measure being taken in response to complaints from local residents.
Other items on the agenda will include a presentation by National Grant Services and authorization of hiring a grant writer to obtain Proposition 84 funding; a contract change order for the Martin and Forbes Street Sidewalk Project; approval of the facade improvement owner participation agreement with Ron and Rhea Beth Campos; approval of a proposal by PFM to complete the housing fund bond analysis with an agreement not to exceed $10,000; receipt of a report on housing activities; award of the Martin Street Improvement Project to Granite Construction in the amount of $14,623; and adoption of a resolution to allow police department employees to enroll in the PORAC health insurance plan through CalPERS.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss one case of pending litigation, City of Lakeport v. Vincent.
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