LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council is set to consider giving the green light to a plan to develop a new downtown walking trail and will take up the appointment of a new planning commissioner.
The Lakeport City Council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
Public Works Director Mark Brannigan will seek approval for the Parks and Recreation Commission's Downtown Walking Trail plan and authorization of the development of trails from Library Park to 16th Street and High Street.
Brannigan's report to the council explained that the Parks and Recreation Commission has been working on developing a plan to encourage healthy exercise in the downtown/Library Park area since the city of Lakeport received a donation of $5,000 from the Sutter Lakeside Active Living Grant program.
The commission at its Jan. 21 meeting approved motions defining the walking trails and a priority list of items to fund with the $5,000 grant, including medallion stamps to be placed on the sidewalk at quarter-mile intervals along the path, an informational sign, two park benches and a stretch station near the Lakeport Yacht Club.
The meeting also will include the presentation of a proclamation honoring retiring city Planning Commissioner Ross Kauper for his years of dedicated service to the city.
The council also is set to consider appointing George Spurr as Kauper's successor on the commission, with the term expiring Dec. 31, 2018.
Also on the agenda is the proposed appointment of Spurr and Frank Dollosso as voting members to the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee, effective immediately for terms expiring March 1, 2017.
In other business, Brannigan will ask the council to approve the Parks and Recreation Commission’s request to have the new Fifth Street bathroom at Library Park established and signed as unisex.
Brannigan also is seeking the approval of a purchase order and the lease/purchase agreement paperwork required in the lease/purchase of the replacement patch truck.
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 on Feb. 2; the Feb. 8 warrant register; rejection and return of claims of of Nine Green on the advice of REMIF; and approval of sending a letter to the California Court Facilities Advisory Committee supporting additional funding for the new Lakeport courthouse project.
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Lakeport City Council to discuss walking trail plan, appoint new planning commissioner
- Elizabeth Larson
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