LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council has given the go ahead for city staff to come back with a resolution to designate a portion of Highway 29 as a business route.
The council voted unanimously to give staff that direction at its Aug. 19 meeting.
The proposal was taken to the council by the Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee, or LEDAC, which gave a report to the council at last week's meeting.
LEDAC Chair Wilda Shock told Lake County News that Kelly Cox, Lake County's retired administrative officer, discussed the matter with the committee at its July 9 meeting.
LEDAC, established by the council in 2010, works to bolster the area's economy, and takes a regional economic development approach, which includes allowing members who are not city residents.
Shock and her vice chair, Mireya Gehring Turner, presented the business route to the council.
The proposal is for the city to work with Caltrans and the county of Lake to designate the Highway 29 business route, which City Manager Margaret Silveira – an ex officio member of LEDAC – noted during the meeting has as its goal getting more people off the main highway and into town.
LEDAC presented to the council three options for the proposed business route: option one, the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff to Highway 175; option two, Park Way to Highway 175; and option three, 11th street to Highway 175.
While LEDAC didn't formally recommend a route, Turner said the longer route represented in option one was a favorite. She noted that it's a beautiful route and she can't imagine anyone complaining about the chance to drive along Clear Lake.
Councilwoman Stacey Mattina moved to support option one as the business route, with the council voting 5-0.
City Clerk Janel Chapman told Lake County News that the matter will return on a future agenda, possibly for a September meeting.
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City of Lakeport to pursue business route designation for portion of Highway 29
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