LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council is set to decide this week on placing a sales tax measure before voters on the November ballot.
The council will meet in closed session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, to discuss labor 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 Tuesday the council will discuss placing on the Nov. 8 ballot a one-cent sales tax – “Measure Z” – that is anticipated to generate $1.5 million annually for public safety and essential city services.
The council's consideration this week follows several months of discussion, research and analysis.
In the spring, a firm hired by the city conducted a public opinion survey that noted a general satisfaction in public safety but a 76 percent dissatisfaction rating for paving and repairing of the city's roadways, according to a report to the council from City Manager Margaret Silveira.
The council will consider approving an ordinance introducing the sales tax, which would be administered by the State Board of Equalization, and approve a resolution placing it on the ballot, establishing deadlines for direct and rebuttal arguments, providing for the preparation of an impartial analysis, and requesting approval of the Lake County Board of Supervisors for election services to be provided by the Lake County Elections Official.
Also on Tuesday the council will consider accepting the Westside Community Park Committee's recommendation to name the park's dog park the “Ron Raetz Dog Park” and authorize staff to work with the committee in placing the appropriate signage.
Raetz is the former committee chairman, a retired Upper Lake High School teacher and former school board member in Upper Lake. He personally took on the goal of creating the dog park, which has proved popular with both Lakeport residents and community members from outside of the city.
The council also is expected to approve the city's participating in the National Night Out event on Aug. 2, and additionally will consider changing the start time for its Aug. 2 meeting to 5 p.m. so that council members can attend the event.
In other business on Tuesday, the council will hold a public hearing to approve and adopt a proposed resolution approving a 2016 application for funding to the state Community Development Block Grant program; consider adopting a proposed resolution rescinding Resolution No. 2538 (2015) and designating the locations of prohibited parking zones within the city; and approve canceling the Oct. 2 meeting and nominating council members as voting delegates for the League of California Cities Annual Conference to be held Oct. 5 to 7 in Long Beach.
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 of July 5; warrant registers for July 11; approval of Application No. 2016-019 with staff recommendations for the SUP with the People Paddle Board Demo to be held Aug. 15 in Library Park at the First Street boat launch; adoption of a proposed resolution approving the compensation and benefits program the Lakeport Unrepresented Employees for the period July 19, 2016, through July 18, 2017, and authorizing its execution.
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071916 Lakeport City Council agenda packet by LakeCoNews on Scribd
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