LAKEPORT, Calif. – In its final meeting of 2013 the Lakeport City Council will choose its leadership for the upcoming year and discuss temporary signage rules that recently went before the city's planning commission.
The council will meet in closed session beginning at 5:30 p.m. to discuss a case of anticipated litigation before convening in public session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
At the start of the meeting, the council will appoint its mayor and mayor pro tem for the coming year.
Another of the meeting's main items for discussion relates to time limits for temporary signs in the city.
Planning Services Manager Andrew Britton will ask for direction regarding the enforcement of the city's temporary sign regulations.
Britton had taken the matter to the Lakeport Planning Commission at its Nov. 13 meeting, as Lake County News has reported.
The commission at that time unanimously voted to send out a letter asking business owners to comply with city rules and to upgrade from temporary signs, such as banners, to permanent signs by May 1.
In his written report to the council, Britton asks if staff should begin enforcement as recommended by the planning commission, or consider several other options.
Those alternatives, based on Britton's report, include amending Lakeport Planning Commission Resolution No. 54 to increase the allowable time limit for temporary signs from 30 days to 60 or 90 days or longer; preparing individual letters to be sent to all businesses displaying temporary signage with specific information detailing the existing sign ordinance violations and requesting compliance; preparing letters to businesses who are displaying feather flags in excess of the 30-day limit and request compliance with the 30-day display limit beginning in 2014; or enforcing the temporary sign regulations only if the city receives a citizen complaint regarding the temporary sign’s appearance or length of display.
The meeting also will feature the presentation of the winners of the 2013 Holiday Decorating Contest, sponsored by the Lakeport Main Street Association, the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and the city of Lakeport.
Under council business, council members will make appointments to the Lake County Vector Control District Board of Trustees, Lakeport Economic Development Committee and Lakeport Parks and Recreation Commission, with all appointments effective Jan. 1, 2014, and expiring at the end of 2015.
The council will consider awarding the contract for the USDA storage tank repair and recoating project to Farr Construction of Sparks, Nev., and will discuss purchase agreements for two utility trucks.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the council's Nov. 19 meeting; warrant registers dated Nov. 14 and 20, and Dec. 4; approval of Application 2014-001 for the NorCal Air Cooled Group’s 2014 Lakeport Camp and Shine VW Car Show to be held June 14, 2014; and receipt and filing of report from city clerk in conformance with the California Maddy Act.
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