CC MINS 20120314 ADJ MINUTES
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING/TEAM BUILDING SESSION
MARCH 14, 2012
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Misetich at Salvation Army
College for Officer Training, 30840 Hawthorne Blvd., Building C — Classroom 2, notice
having been given with affidavit on file.
City Council roll call was answered as follows:
PRESENT: Brooks, Duhovic, Knight and Mayor Misetich
ABSENT: Campbell (excused)
Also present were: Carolyn Lehr, City Manager; Carolynn Petru, Deputy City Manager/
Interim Director of Recreation and Parks; Carol Lynch, City Attorney; Dennis McLean,
Director of Finance/Information Technology; Joel Rojas, Community Development
Director; Tom Odom, Director of Public Works; Ray Holland, Deputy Director of Public
Works; Eric Mausser, Human Resources Manager; and, Carla Morreale, City Clerk.
Also present was facilitator Len Wood.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
Mayor Misetich moved, seconded by Councilwoman Brooks, to approve the agenda
with Item 6 (Proposed Revisions to the City Council Rules of Procedure) removed from
the agenda and to be placed on a future meeting agenda.
Without objection, Mayor Misetich so ordered.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
REGULAR NEW BUSINESS:
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Overview of Program
Len Wood provided an introduction and overview of the topics to be addressed at the
City Council Team Building Session.
Mr. Wood distributed a Strength Deployment Inventory, a management assessment
tool, to each of the participants for completion.
After completion of the Strength Deployment Inventory, Mr. Wood listed the results and
discussion ensued on the topic of characteristic strengths and the contributions each
Council Member and Senior Management Staff Member brings to the group as a whole.
Council discussion continued regarding the characteristics that make the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes unique.
RECESS AND RECONVENE:
Mayor Misetich called a brief recess from 8:13 P.M. to 8:24 P.M.
Mr. Wood provided the Council Members with a copy of the City's Zoning Map and
instructed them to create their personal vision for the City in ten years' time. Staff
Members were placed in groups and assigned the same task. Council Members and
Staff Members shared their results of the visioning exercise.
Mr. Wood provided each Council Member with the Assessing City Council Effectiveness
Questionnaire for completion. After completion, the questionnaires were returned to Mr.
Wood for his compilation of the results. Mr. Wood explained that he would be returning
to Council the next evening with information regarding the Council's results in
comparison to other statistical data that is available.
Mr. Wood summarized the evening's discussion and noted that the Council would be
meeting the next evening to continue the Team Building Session.
ADJOURNMENT:
At 9:33 P.M., Mayor Misetich adjourned the meeting to Thursday, March 15, 2012 at
6:00 P.M. for an Adjourned Regular Meeting for Day 2 of the Team Building Session to
be held at the Salvation Army College for Officer Training.
M yor
Attest:
City Clerk
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Adjourned Regular Meeting/Team Building Session
March 14, 2012
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