LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council this week will hold a public hearing on new rules to come into compliance with state law on edible food recovery and will meet new city employees.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, 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. Masks are highly encouraged where 6-foot distancing cannot be maintained.
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.
The webinar ID is 973 6820 1787, access code is 477973; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
Comments can be submitted by email to 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 comments for consideration at the meeting, please submit written comments before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19.
On Tuesday, the council will hold a public hearing and introduce the ordinance amending Chapter 8.16 of the Lakeport Municipal Code establishing regulations related to the establishment of an edible food recovery program and calendar a second reading of the ordinance.
Compliance Officer Andrew Britton’s report to the council explains that in September 2016 the state adopted SB 1383, which established methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various economic sectors.
“SB 1383 establishes aggressive targets to achieve by year 2025, including a 75 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level; and establishes an additional target that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for human consumption by 2025,” Britton wrote.
Britton said edible food recovery is an important component of the SB 1383 legislation. Although the city and other Lake County jurisdictions received rural jurisdiction waivers from CalRecycle for certain components of the SB 1383 regulations through the end of 2026, edible food recovery is not an exempted program.
Under council business, Assistant City Manager Nick Walker will ask the council to consider options for funding and include the South Main Street Paving Project in the spending plan for Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery funds and include the cost of the project in the 2022-23 budget.
Also on Tuesday, new Community Development Department employee Victor Fernandez and new Public Works employee Ky Ramsey will be introduced, the Youth Governance Council will make a presentation and the Lakeport Police Department will offer a citizen commendation to Connor Disney for aiding a police officer in a rescue on Clear Lake.
On the consent agenda — items usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on April 5; adoption of a resolution authorizing continued remote teleconference meetings of the Lakeport City Council and its legislative bodies pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e); approval of event application 2022-014, with staff recommendations, for the 2022 Walk for Life; approval of event application 2022-015, with staff recommendations, for the Tuesday Farmers’ Market in Library Park; adoption of the ordinance amending chapter 3.04 of the Lakeport Municipal Code.
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Lakeport City Council to hold public hearing on edible food recovery program, meet new employees
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