How to resolve AdBlock issue? The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Community Development Director Kevin Ingram will present the annexation update to the council, along with a requested budget adjustment in the amount of $17,980 for the completion of an annexation fiscal analysis study.
The council also will be asked to direct staff to finalize the required application for annexation with the Local Area Formation Commission, or LAFCO, and prepare a resolution of application for the city council’s approval.
That commercial corridor is reported to be the most lucrative in county jurisdiction, and nearly a decade ago was the source of a clash between the city and county when the city had previously moved forward with an attempt to annex the area, as Lake County News has reported.
Ingram’s report explains that the proposed annexation area includes approximately 125 acres and consists of 52 individual properties along South Main Street and Soda Bay Road south of the existing city limits.
He said the area has been within the city’s recognized sphere of influence – a planning boundary outside of the city’s limits – since at least the mid-1980s.
“There are number of reasons that this area of unincorporated South Lakeport is recognized as an area of logical expansion for the City but perhaps the greatest reason is the fact that Lakeport’s municipal sewer district already provides service to these properties,” Ingram wrote. “The need to annex this area into the City in the near future exists for two primary reasons: 1) the need to provide public drinking water and adequate fire suppression (fire hydrants) to this highly developed commercial and industrial area, and 2) the need to install necessary public water system infrastructure (water main, individual service laterals and fire hydrants) prior to the completion of a planned road widening project in this area.’
He continued, “Additionally, it should be noted that the current out of district provision of sewer service to this area creates a precarious situation whereby the City of Lakeport does not have
control over land use development decisions that have direct impacts upon the City’s municipal sewer service district.
Ingram’s report explains that city staffers have been working “over the past several months on the necessary studies and documents to formally submit an annexation application for this area of South Lakeport.”
He said the city intends to submit this formal application this spring to LAFCO.
Also on Tuesday, Public Works Director Doug Grider will present to the council a request to approve the concept of a “black box”theater in Westside Community Park Phase III, to be developed by the Lake County Theater Co.
In other business, Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will give the council an update on the department’s calls for service, response times, arrest numbers and investigations data, and Finance Director Nick Walker will present the city’s quarterly financial statement and mid-year report.
The council also will consider adopting a resolution accepting grant funds from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, for oil spill response
equipment, and authorize the city manager to sign a purchase order with Global Diving & Salvage Inc. for the construction and delivery of the oil spill response trailer.
On the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the council’s regular Jan. 15 meeting and its special meeting of Jan. 22; the Jan. 29 warrant register; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency in the city of Lakeport; receipt and filing of the draft minutes of the Jan.16 Measure Z Advisory Committee meeting; introduction of an ordinance amending Chapter 9.80 of Title 9 of the Lakeport Municipal Code regarding the hours of use of city parklands, and set a public hearing for Feb. 19.
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