LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week will discuss the general plan, the dog park and maintenance of the Westshore Pool.
The council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will give the council a report on police volunteer hours for 2013 at the start of the meeting.
Under council business, Planning Services Manager Andrew Britton will introduce an ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Lakeport Municipal Code to establish provisions for implementing density bonuses and affordable housing incentives in accordance with state law. A date for a public hearing also will be set.
He'll also take to the council a recommendation from the city’s consultant selection board to negotiate a professional services contract with De Novo Planning Group to prepare the state-mandated update to the Lakeport General Plan's housing element.
Public Works Director Mark Brannigan will present to the council a recommendation from the Lakeport Parks and Recreation Commission to provide fencing and gates to separate the large dogs from the small ones at the city's dog park, located at Westside Community Park.
The council also will be asked to direct staff regarding possible funding if they accept the commission's dog park proposal.
City Manager Margaret Silveira will give the council an update on the Westshore Pool and request direction on maintaining the pool pump, which the council previously had agreed to replace.
Silveira also will present to the council a resolution to initiate the 2014 review, update and amendment of the Lakeport General Plan.
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 Jan. 7 meeting and the Jan. 8 warrant register.
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