How to resolve AdBlock issue? The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, 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.
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
Indicate in the email subject line "for public comment" and list the item number of the agenda item that is the topic of the comment. Comments that are 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 before the meeting.
Under council business, staff will ask for council members to adopt a resolution opting to affirm an exemption from the mandatory organics collection requirements of SB 1383.
Compliance Officer Andrew Britton’s report to the council explained that the action is needed to take advantage of the rural jurisdiction exemption offered by CalRecycle to the 2016 law, which seeks to reduce methane emissions reduction targets as part of a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of California's economy.
“As it pertains to solid waste management, SB 1383 establishes aggressive targets to achieve by year 2025 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 said.
Britton said the proposed resolution is provided for the council’s consideration. “The resolution affirms the city’s desire for an exemption from the organic waste collection service requirements for commercial and residential generators and has been reviewed, edited and approved by CalRecycle’s Local Assistance liaison.”
If approved by CalRecycle, the exemption waiver will be valid until Dec. 31, 2026, Britton said.
On the consent agenda — items usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; warrants; minutes of the regular council meeting on Sept. 7; approval of event application 2021-012, amended to request the closures of Second and Third Streets, between Main Street and Park Street, for a car show during the 2021 Pumpkin and Dia de los Muertos Festival on Oct. 2; approval of event application 2021-020, with staff recommendations, for the 2021 Clear Lake High School Homecoming Parade; confirmation of a continuing existence of a local emergency for the COVID-19 public health emergency; adoption of a resolution approving a memorandum of understanding with the Lakeport Employees’ Association for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024; approval of corrections to attachments to the Compensation and Benefits Program for the City of Lakeport Unrepresented Employees adopted on Resolution 2825 (2021) on Sept. 7, 2021.
After the open portion of the meeting, the council will meet in closed session to discuss a potential case of litigation.
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