LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week will get an update on the Westshore Pool and hold a public hearing on a grant application.
The council will meet for a closed session beginning at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St., to discuss labor negotiations before convening in open session at 6 p.m.
City Manager Margaret Silveira will present to the council an update on the Westshore Pool, which is located on Lakeport Unified School District property.
Silveira's report to the council explains that the city and the school district have a 20-year operating agreement for the pool.
The pool has remained closed past its anticipated February opening due to safety concerns raised by the Division of the State Architect in a December 2003 letter which was discovered by district officials over the Christmas holiday. The state has said the concerns were not addressed in the 10-year interim.
During a special March 27 meeting, the Lakeport Unified School District Board approved a contract with SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists of Willits to do soil stability testing around the pool, as Lake County News has reported. The story on the meeting can be found here: http://bit.ly/1jCsBYN .
“The School Board, City, and County have been working together to address the DSA concerns,” Silveira wrote in her report.
Also on the Tuesday agenda, the council will present a proclamation designating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and California Safe Digging Month, and April 1 as National Service Recognition Recognition Day.
The council will present the Mayor's Plaque recognizing city of Lakeport mayors from 1988 to present.
A public hearing is planned to discuss approval of a resolution of application and direct staff to proceed with the submission of the 2014 Community Development Block Grant Planning and Business Assistance Grant application.
City Engineer Scott Harter will take to the council a proposed resolution ordering the summary vacation of a public service easement located on parcel G within the Del Lago Subdivision, and a request to authorize Silveira to enter into a contract for the purchase of a truck for the Engineering Department.
Public Works Director Mark Brannigan will seek the council's approval to authorize Silveira to sign a sales contracts for the purchase of one equipment trailer.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances, minutes of the regular March 18 meeting and the March 20 warrant register.
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