LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council is set to hold a public hearing on adopting updated speed limits in the city and discuss a resolution to oppose Proposition 57 when it meets this week.

The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

At the start of the meeting, during presentations, Konocti Challenge Ride Director Jennifer Strong will give an update on this year's event, which took place early in October.

On Tuesday, the council will hold a public hearing and consider approving an ordinance revising the city's speed zones. The council had its first discussion on the matter at its Oct. 18 meeting.

An updated speed zone study that the city was required to have completed proposes changes to Bevins Street from Lakeport Boulevard to Bevins Court; Hartley Street from 20th Street to the northern city limits; Martin Street from Bevins Street to the western city limits; Parallel Drive from old city limits (near Chester Avenue) to Lakeport Boulevard; 20th Street from Alden Avenue to Hartley Street.

Also on Tuesday, Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will present to the council a proposed resolution opposing Proposition 57, the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act.

Rasmussen also spoke to the Clearlake City Council on Thursday about opposing the act, which that council voted to do.

His report to the Lakeport City Council for its Tuesday meeting explained that the board of the League of California Cities has urged cities to oppose the proposition due to public safety-related concerns.

Rasmussen's report said Proposition 57 “is likely to only compound the effects of Proposition 47, the 'Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,' which passed in November 2014. Proposition 47 reduced many felonies to misdemeanors, including theft and drug offenses, that directly affect the quality of life in our community. Prior to the passage of Proposition 47, California was experiencing a 10-year trend of decreasing crime, as was the rest of the nation. After the passage of Proposition 47, crime rates in California have increased while the rest of the country has seen property crime reductions.

He said Proposition 57 labels the following to be non-violent crimes that are eligible for early parole: rape by intoxication; rape of an unconscious person; drive-by shooting; assault with a deadly weapon; domestic violence involving trauma; supplying a firearm to a gang member; lewd acts with a child; arson causing great bodily harm; felon obtaining a firearm; and discharging a firearm on school grounds, among others.

In other business, Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will take to the council a proposed resolution revising the prohibited parking zones within the city to expand the no parking zone to include the entire frontage of the Gateway Business Park at 975 Bevins St., along the street's west side.

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 Oct. 18 and the special council meeting of Oct. 25; the warrant register of Oct. 26; Application No. 2017-001 with staff recommendations for the 2017 Home Wine and Beer Makers event to be held June 17, 2017, in Library Park; Application No. 2017-003 with staff recommendations for the annual Child Festival in the Park to be held April 22, 2017, in Library Park; and approve and authorize the city manager to execute the first amendment to the professional services agreement with JJACAP Inc. for independent auditing services.

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