LAKEPORT, Calif. – A funding request for a housing project in the redevelopment area and a rehabilitation project for Library Park's bathrooms are among the items on the Lakeport City Council's agenda for its first meeting in March.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The full agenda and staff reports for the meeting can be downloaded at http://www.cityoflakeport.com/departments/home.aspx?deptID=88 .
In redevelopment business, City Redevelopment, Housing and Economic Development Director Richard Knoll will take to the council – sitting jointly as the redevelopment agency board – a request for redevelopment housing set-aside funds.
The Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority is seeking $120,000 to construct two affordable homes within the Lakeport Redevelopment Project Area, according to Knoll's report.
Under council business, Public Works Director Doug Grider is asking for authorization to proceed with requesting quotes for installing city-purchased plumbing materials as part of the Library Park Restroom rehabilitation project.
Grider's staff report to the council explains that Public Works staff is rehabilitating the restrooms with funding from a Per Capita Park Bond. He said a project manager has been hired to oversee the project, and staff is in the process of purchasing the materials from local suppliers in order to complete the project.
“Plans for the rehabilitation project include a change of layout, new stalls and urinals, skylights, updated lighting, wall treatments, and new plumbing fixtures,” according to Grider. “The existing sinks will remain.”
He said a plumbing contractor is needed to install the materials, the installation of which will be according to all building codes and will make the restrooms compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
Grider also will ask the council to approve the purchase of a new fuel cardlock system and give him the go-ahead to return with a contract with final details for council authorization.
City Engineer Scott Harter will seek council approval of the South Main Street Pedestrian
Improvement Project's contract change order No. 9, in the amount of $1,500.
The change order will cover the cost of having contractor North Bay Construction relocate a water meter from its originally planned position on Main Street to a location on E Street.
Harter's report to the council said the move will better accommodate a vault installed check valve and allow for a single lateral to serve the irrigation meter and any future domestic meter to 562 S. Main St.
The council will hold a closed session to discuss labor negotiations with the Lakeport Employees Association and Lakeport Police Officers Association; conduct a performance evaluation of City Attorney Steve Brookes; and discuss a case of employee discipline.
E-mail Elizabeth Larson at
How to resolve AdBlock issue? 
