LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Lakeport City Council will meet a new police officer and staff interns, and consider awarding a bid for design and construction documents needed to move forward on upgrades for the city-owned Carnegie Library.
The council will begin with a closed session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, for labor and property negotiations before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
On the meeting's agenda is the introduction of new employees, including Lakeport Police Officer Joe Medici, police intern Natalie Sylar and Administrative Services intern Savannah Rasmussen.
Carolyn Ruttan of Lake County Water Resources also will give the council a presentation on the latest quagga and zebra mussel prevention grants awarded to the Lake County Watershed Protection District.
Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will take to the council the proposed award of a bid to Garavaglia Architecture Inc. and approval of a professional services agreement between the firm and the city.
The bid and agreement is for the development of design and construction documents for Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant accessibility upgrades to the Carnegie Library building.
Garavaglia Architecture, based in San Francisco, is estimating the cost will be $34,900 to complete the documents, according to Ingram's report to the council.
Ingram said the city has $140,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds for the project, including design, construction and contingency.
The firm has experience working with the city regarding the library, having completed the building's reuse feasibility study, as Lake County News has reported.
In other business, the council will consider approving the issuance of refunding bonds in order to refund certain outstanding bonds of the dissolved Lakeport Redevelopment Agency along with the necessary associated actions; consider authorizing City Manager Margaret Silveira to execute a professional services agreement with JJACPA for independent auditing services; and is expected to approve having Silveira execute the second amendment to the professional services agreement with NHA Advisors for independent, registered municipal financial advisory services.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the regular Lakeport City Council meeting on June 21; the warrant registers for June 22 and 23; approval of application No. 2016-018 with staff recommendations for the annual Rodeo Parade to be held July 9; approval of a right of entry agreement between the city of Lakeport and the county of Lake to allow the city to carry out all necessary work required by the proposed resolution approving the memorandum of understanding between the city of Lakeport and the Lakeport Police Officers’ Association for the period July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2018, and authorizing its execution.
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Lakeport City Council to meet new staff, consider agreement for Carnegie Library project design documents
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