LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Planning Commission will hold a special meeting this week in which it will welcome a new commissioner and discuss an affordable housing project.

The commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

Documents for the meeting can be found here.

On the agenda is the swearing-in of new Planning Commissioner Mark Mitchell.

The commission also will honor outgoing member, Suzanne Russell, hold a Brown Act workshop and get an an overview from city staff on the commission’s roles and responsibilities.

One of the evening’s main agenda items is the application from AMG & Associates for an architectural and design review for a 48-unit multifamily apartment complex at 1255 Martin St.

The affordable housing project is slated to be built on a four-acre portion of a property where a 24-unit apartment complex currently is being built.

The report to the commission from Associate Planner Dan Chance explains that there is a statewide shortage of affordable housing, and it’s a primary objective of legislators to increase such housing projects.

In other business, the commission will continue a discussion regarding the Planning Department and the commission’s goals and work program.

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