The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The agenda can be found here.
The council chambers will be open to the public for the meeting. In accordance with updated guidelines from the state of California and revised Cal OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards, persons who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 are required to wear a face covering at this meeting.
If you cannot attend in person, and would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the Zoom meeting remotely at this link or join by phone by calling toll-free 669-900-9128 or 346-248-7799.
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On Tuesday, Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen will introduce to the council his department’s new team of Police K-9 Olin and his handler, Officer Kaylene Strugnell.
Olin, a young German shepherd, completed his training on June 25 and he and Strugnell started working together on June 29.
He’s trained in narcotic detection and patrol certification including suspect tracking and apprehension.
This is the first police K-9 the Lakeport Police Department has had since 2009, when K-9 Max, a Belgian Malinois, was retired.
The council on Tuesday also will hold a public hearing to approve the close out of grant contract 14-CDBG-9883, and direct staff to submit the final close out documents to the state.
Finance Director Nick Walker’s report to the council said that outcomes and accomplishments under this contract for Community Development Block Grant, or CDBG, funds include completing the Lakefront Revitalization Study, issuing five loans totaling $397,563 and contributing $153,593 toward the nearly $300,000 Carnegie Library Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility projects.
Walker said all projects are now complete, and the contract will be closed out with the state.
Also on the agenda is the council’s receipt and filing of the 2021 Use of Force Analysis Report from the Lakeport Police Department.
Rasmussen’s report, on page 83 of the agenda, said his department, like all departments in the state, is required to report to the state Department of Justice all incidents where the use of force by an officer resulted in serious bodily injury to a subject.
“In our May 2021 audit for these use of force incidents for 2020, we found that it showed a 50% reduction in DOJ reportable Use of Force incidents, which continued a trend of declination since 2018, with 2019 showing a 50% decline, as well,” Rasmussen wrote.
He said these use of force incidents numbered 4 in 2018, 2 in 2019 and 1 in 2020.
“In considering Use of Force incidents that occurred in other jurisdictions throughout the State and Country, which gained national scrutiny and criticism, relative to the Lakeport Police Department, the police administration has identified some training recommendations for future internal training,” said Rasmussen, explaining that they also looked at equipment and don’t believe that the department has any critical equipment needs.
In other business on Tuesday, the council will consider adopting the proposed resolution to approve an amendment to the safety element of the general plan and nominate voting delegates for the League of California Cities Annual Conference to be held Sept. 22 to 24.
On the consent agenda — items usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances, minutes of the regular council meeting on June 15 and the special meeting of June 29; introduction of a proposed ordinance to the Lakeport Municipal Code and schedule a public hearing for Aug. 17, 2021; review and filing of the third quarter 2020-21 financial statements; adoption of the resolution to cause a written report to be prepared and filed with the city clerk regarding delinquent water and sewer user charges, fees and penalties for the period of June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021, and setting a public hearing on the written report before collection on the tax roll; and authorization for the mayor to sign the first amendment to the 2019 agreement for the public, education and government cable access TV station extending the term of the agreement through 2023.
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072021 Lakeport City Council agenda packet by LakeCoNews on Scribd