LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A proposal to build 176 new housing units — including apartments and houses — next to Westside Community Park will return to the Lakeport City Council this week.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 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, Nov. 15.
On Tuesday the council will meet new Public Works employees Cody Morland and Lucy Avilez.
The meeting’s main item will be the public hearing on Waterstone Residential’s plan to build 128 apartments and 48 cluster homes at 1310 Craig Ave., next to the original Parkside subdivision near Westside Community Park.
The council had discussed the matter in September and held off on a decision to give the developer additional time to speak with neighbors about their concerns.
Staff is presenting the council with the option of adopting a mitigated negative declaration and mitigation monitoring and reporting program for the Parkside Residential Project’s general plan amendment, zone change and other necessary entitlements for the project based on the information and findings contained in the initial study/environmental review.
The council will consider the project’s general plan amendment revising the existing land use classification of residential for a 3.42-acre portion of the property to high density residential.,
Council members also will consider introducing a proposed zone change that will revise the property’s base zoning from low density residential to high density resident and schedule a public hearing for the second reading of the zone change on Dec. 6.
In other action on Tuesday, the council will hold a public hearing to introduce the draft ordinance modifying city guidelines for outdoor dining design and set a second reading for Dec. 6 and adopt the draft resolution establishing the outdoor dining design guidelines.
Under council business, the council will consider adopting a resolution authorizing the city to submit an application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for funding under the CPLHA Competitive Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program, and, if selected, authorize the city manager to execute the agreement and other necessary documents and approve the corresponding budget revenue and expense amendments.
On the consent agenda — items usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the regular council meeting on Nov. 1; 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); confirm the continuing existence of a local emergency for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; conduct a second reading and adopt the ordinance amending Chapter 15.04 of the Lakeport Municipal Code regarding the text of the 2022 Building Code Adoption; adoption of a resolution approving a memorandum of understanding with the Lakeport Police Officers’ Association for the period of Nov. 15, 2022, to June 30, 2025; and authorize the recruitment of an administrative specialist or permit technician in the Community Development Department.
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Lakeport City Council to hold public hearing on Parkside Subdivision project
- Elizabeth Larson