LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council this week is set to consider a contract amendment to expand a road study and get updates on coming events.
The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, to discuss a case of anticipated litigation by Jonathan Ohlen before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. 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, May 2.
The council on Tuesday will present a proclamation designating May 1 to 7 as Youth Week, and receive presentations on the Public, Educational and Governmental, or PEG, channel and the upcoming Shakespeare at the Lake event.
Public Works Director Ron Ladd will seek the council’s support for the first amendment to the city’s professional services agreement with WMH.
In the fall, the city hired WMH for the Lakeport Boulevard at Bevins Street project study report equivalent for an amount not to exceed $147,014, with a goal of using the study to assist with the new courthouse development in an alternative to the state’s proposed plan impacting the intersection at Lakeport Boulevard and Larrecou Lane.
“Through the process we have learned that such a study will not be impactful to the Courthouse Development and feel returning to a complete study of Lakeport Blvd. corridor will serve the City more sufficiently in our traffic improvement needs,” Ladd wrote in his report to the council.
“The expanded scope being considered tonight is to include the SR29 on and off ramps into the study. While increasing the cost of the study, the expanded scope will provide a more comprehensive evaluation of the corridor and provide cost estimates that future development will be required to contribute to for their fair share of traffic improvements to the corridor,” Ladd wrote.
The expanded contract will cost the city $157,986, according to Ladd’s report.
Under business, City Manager Kevin Ingram will ask the council to adopt a proposed resolution revising the City of Lakeport Legislative Policy to include reference to the League of California Cities 2023 state and federal advocacy priorities.
Also on Tuesday, Assistant City Manager/Finance Director Nick Walker will ask the council to execute a services agreement with OpenGov for permitting, licensing and procurement software.
On the consent agenda — items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on April 18; approval of application 2023-013, with staff recommendations, for the 2023 Walk for Life; receipt and filing of of the draft minutes of the April 19 Measure Z Advisory Committee meeting; and receipt and filing of the illegal fireworks operations plan.
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