The council will meet virtually beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 7. Council members will be participating telephonically and will not be physically present in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall.
If you would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the meeting remotely. Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/1359917069095029262 or by phone at 1-877-309-2074 (toll-free) or 415-930-5229, access code 620-529-293.
Comments also can be submitted via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . To give the city clerk adequate time to print out your comments for consideration at the meeting, please submit your written comments prior to 4:30 p.m. Please indicate in the email subject line “For public comment” and list the item number you wish to comment on.
Comments that you want read to the council will be subject to the three minute time limitation (approximately 350 words). Written comments that are only to be provided to the council and not read at the meeting will be distributed to the council prior to the meeting.
On Tuesday, Assistant City Manager Kevin Ingram will present to the council an ordinance adopting the 2019 California Building Code along with additional revisions to the Lakeport Municipal Code removing references to obsolete building codes. The council will host a public hearing for the item.
The council also will consider ratifying Executive Order 2020-01, executed by City Manager Margaret Silveira – who also acts as the city’s director of emergency services – on March 28.
The order renders violations of orders issued by the Lake County Public Health officer or the governor of the state of California related to the COVID-19 emergency as violations of the Lakeport Municipal Code.
“As a result, the City now has the ability to issue administrative citations to those violating the Health Officer’s or Governor’s Shelter in Place orders, as well as abate violations as a public nuisance. Violation of the Shelter in Place order constitutes a violation of the Lakeport Municipal Code Chapters 1.08, 8.22 and 8.30,” according to Silveira’s report to the council.
“This goal remains to achieve voluntary compliance with all orders designed to reduce the spread of the COVID19 virus within our community. Staff does not desire to issue citations; however, should the need arise. This order gives the Lakeport Police Department more flexibility with enforcement of the local and state orders,” Silveira wrote.
On the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the special council meeting on March 17 and the regular council meeting on March 17; the March 13 warrant register; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the Mendocino Complex fire; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the February 2019 storms; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the October 2019 public safety power shutoff; confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the COVID-19 public health emergency; approval of the memorandum of understanding between the Lakeport Unified School District and the Lakeport Police Department for the services of a school resource officer for fiscal years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 and direct the city manager to sign; and award of a construction contract to Thompson Contracting for the spray field fence replacement project.
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