LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week will consider ordinances related to commercial marijuana operations and personal cultivation.

The council will meet in closed session to discuss labor negotiations and a potential case of litigation beginning at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, before convening in open session at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will introduce the new ordinance to permit and regulate commercial marijuana, or cannabis, operations, with a public hearing to be set for Dec. 19.

Ingram also will present to the council an ordinance amending current rules permitting and regulating personal cannabis cultivation, with a Dec. 19 public hearing also to be set for that ordinance, which Ingram has reported is necessary due to changes in state law.

In other business, the council will consider a budget adjustment for an additional $25,000 for the purchase for the Public Works Department of a 10-wheeler dump truck and authorize the city manager to sign the associated purchase order and purchase agreement.

Police Chief Brad Rasmussen also will ask the council to authorize the city manager to sign a purchase order and supporting documents to buy two fully equipped 2018 Dodge Charger police vehicles Thurston Auto along with mobile audio visual units.

City Manager Margaret Silveira will present to the council amendments to Application No. 2017-015 for the Lakeport Main Street Association to close Main Street between Second and Third streets at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24 until the conclusion of the Dickens’ Faire event on Saturday, Nov. 25.

Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the council’s regular meeting on Nov. 7; the Nov. 14 warrant register; adoption of the proposed resolution accepting construction of the Downtown Tree Installation Project by Neary Landscape Inc. and authorize the filing of the notice of completion; reject Claim No. 2017-005, filed by Laurel Garabiles, as recommended by REMIF; and receive and file draft minutes of the Nov. 6 Measure Z Advisory Committee.

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