The council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St. At 4 p.m. the council will convene a special workshop with staff to review and update the city's business plan.
Councilman Ron Bertsch is taking an emergency ordinance to the council establishing an inspection program for all water vessels launched in the city.
Bertsch sat on a county task force which just completed crafting a similar ordinance accepted last Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. The inspection program is part of an effort to protect Clear Lake from becoming infested with quagga and zebra mussels.
The mussels, which were confirmed last year in Southern California waterways, have been known to cause havoc in other ecosystems where they've appeared, including the Great Lakes areas.
Bertsch said the ordinance he's proposing to the council is exactly the same as that adopted by the county.
“The county would just like us to do the same thing they're doing,” he said.
Previous to working on the county ordinance, Bertsch said he has served on the Clear Lake Advisory Subcommittee over the past year, which also has extensively explored the issues involving the mussels.
Other items on the Tuesday agenda include:
– Consideration of an application for the Center for Life Choices Walk on April 26, which proposes beginning at Library Park, going down Main Street and circling back for one hour.
– Update by city Utilities Superintendent Mark Brannigan on a standby fee, a fixed monthly fee that would help recover costs of service when a water account is closed or put on hold.
– Authorize letters to state legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger regarding delays in paying the highway user's tax.
Following the open portion of the meeting the council will meet in closed session to discuss employee negotiations and a potential case of litigation.
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