The workshop will start at 5 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St. The regular meeting will follow at 6 p.m.
The agenda and supporting staff reports can be downloaded at http://www.cityoflakeport.com/departments/docs.aspx?deptID=88&catID=102 .
The 5 p.m. workshop will be held for the purpose of discussing the Redevelopment Housing Program and development of a strategy for the expenditures of redevelopment set aside for low and moderate income housing funds, according to the agenda.
During the regular meeting, the council will discuss establishing a local vendor preference policy in awarding bids and contracts.
Over the past month local business representatives have spoken to the council about sending large projects out of county, particularly the $316,000 engineering contract for phase two of the city's Downtown Improvement Project, which went to a Ukiah firm.
Mayor Jim Irwin asked the vendor preference policy to be placed on the agenda, and the council is expected to give City Attorney Steve Brookes direction to draft a resolution to establish such a policy for the city.
Also at the meeting, the council is expected to award the Forbes Street Overlay project to North Bay Construction of Petaluma in the amount of $521,217.
In other business Tuesday, the council will present a proclamation for the 2010 Census Partnership with the United States Census Bureau and is expected to adopt Resolution No. 2381 (2010) ordering vacation of a portion of Tunis Street between Martin and Armstrong Streets.
Convening jointly as the council and Lakeport Redevelopment Agency, they will receive and file the Redevelopment Agency 2009 Year-End Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2008/09 activities.
The council also will hold a closed session to discuss a pending case of litigation, City of Lakeport v. Vincent, discuss negotiations with the Lakeport Police Officers Association and hold property negotiations for 50 Fifth St.
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