LAKEPORT – This Tuesday, the Lakeport City Council will discuss possibly revising its city manager ordinance as the council prepares to begin interviews to fill its vacant city manager position.

 

Also up for discussion will be a General Plan amendment related to a possible development at the city's sewer treatment City of Lakeport Municipal Sewer District (CLMSD).

City Attorney Steve Brookes said Friday that he'll review the city manager ordinance with the council at its meeting Tuesday. He'll familiarize new councilmembers Ron Bertsch and Jim Irwin with the ordinance, and ask the council if the ordinance should be changed or updated in any way to reflect the council's expectations of the post.

In a closed session during a special meeting the council held last Tuesday, Brookes reported that they met with Jim Antonen, former city manager of Davis.

Antonen is a senior manager with the executive search firm Bob Murray & Associates, which the city hired to conduct the city manager recruitment.

Brookes said 27 applications were submitted for the city manager job, and the firm has narrowed that down to a short list of six candidates.

Antonen has already conducted hour-long interviews with those six, said Brookes. During the closed session, council members were able to ask Antonen about the relative strengths and weaknesses of the final candidates, Brookes added.

The council has elected to interview all six individuals on Feb. 23, said Brookes, then deliberate and discuss their choices before making a final decision.

Also on the agenda, acting City Manager Richard Knoll will present a report to the council regarding a draft General Plan amendment proposed by consultant Dale Neiman. The amendment would accommodate the proposed golf course project on the CLMSD property.

Neiman, recently named Clearlake's new city administrator, has been working since last fall on a proposed development agreement between the city and Boeger Land Development for a residential development and golf course on the CLMSD property.

Boeger has not yet submitted its plan to the city, which has granted extensions of time for Boeger to finish the proposal. Neiman said previously that a land appraisal is still needed before it can be determined if the plan is financial viable.

Information on the specifics of what Neiman is proposing was not available by publication time.

Other topics for discussion at the Feb. 6 meeting:

 

 

– The council – convening as the city Redevelopment Agency – will approve an owner participation agreement with the Lake County Arts Council for funding of improvements to the Soper Reese Theater.

– Convening as the CLMSD, the council will discuss recommendations regarding the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board's Cease and Desist Order. That order, enacted last month, put a ban on hookups to the city sewer system because of an issue last spring, when treated wastewater ran off the CLMSD grounds.

– Police Chief Kevin Burke will introduce ordinances related to marijuana cultivation within the city limits and schedule a public hearing for March 1.

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