LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council this week will discuss a new feasibility study on a utility program that may lower electricity rates, consider measures to address delinquent utility accounts and hold a workshop on next year’s budget.

The council will meet Tuesday, June 17, at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.

The agenda can be found here.

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Under council business, the council will hear a presentation from Sonoma Clean Power evaluating the feasibility of expanding their Community Choice Aggregation program, or the CCA program, into Lake County.

The staff report said that the CCA model “allows local governments to procure cleaner, often more affordable electricity on behalf of their communities.”

In 2019, the company did a first feasibility study and concluded that the program would not be “financially viable” for the county as it would project rates 5% to 8% higher than the PG&E rates.

Their new report, however, suggests that the program could now offer “competive, and potentially lower, electricity rates for Lake County customers compared to PG&E,” the staff report said.

The council will also consider adoption of the city’s Active Transportation Plan.

The city council approved participation in the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant program in 2022, and was awarded $229,415 with a local match of $29,723 to develop its first citywide Active Transportation Plan, according to the staff report.

The consulting firm Nelson Nygard was selected to prepare a plan tailored to the city’s needs while meeting state planning requirements. Their analysis includes existing conditions, assessment of infrastructure gaps and a prioritized project list.

The council will then consider authorizing application for the state’s Permanent Local Housing Allocation program, or the PLHA — and adopting the city’s PLHA plan.

The PLHA program is administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development — known as the HCD. The program provides financial assistance to local governments in addressing unmet housing needs, the staff report explained.

The city’s five-year application plan for 2019 to 2023 was allocated $475,835, according to the staff report. But recently, HCD notified the city that it has been revised upward to $501,872.

“To remain eligible for future PLHA disbursements, the city must adopt and submit a new resolution reflecting this updated allocation,” the staff report said.

The council is also asked to order a report listing all properties that still owe water, sewer, or garbage bills, along with how much they owe from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025.

As authorized by the state law, city staff recommended collecting these unpaid bills through the tax roll, according to the staff report.

Currently, delinquent utility accounts totals $33,000.

Final notices will be sent to account holders around June 30. They will have time to pay before a public hearing on August 5, to approve the final list.

The council will receive the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget workshop presentation and give direct staff to prepare for final budget adoption at the special meeting on June 30.

On the consent agenda — items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the previous meeting on June 3; approval of application 2025-032, with staff recommendations, for the SafeRx Overdose Awareness Day event; approval of application 2025-033, with staff recommendations, for the Sponsoring Survivorship Fun Walk/Run; approval of application 2025-034, with staff recommendations, for the Rotary Time Capsule Celebration; acceptance of the Annual Military Equipment Report and renewal of the original Ordinance No. 933 (2022); authorization of the cancellation of the regular meeting of July 1, 2025; and adoption of an ordinance designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the Local Responsibility Area of the City of Lakeport.

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