CC SR 20200121 03 - Chair Appts for 2020
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 01/21/2020
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA DESCRIPTION:
Consideration and possible action to appoint Chairpersons to the Planning Commission
and the various City advisory boards
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Appoint a Chair to the Planning Commission and five City advisory boards: Civic
Center Advisory Committee, Emergency Preparedness Committee, Finance
Advisory Committee, Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee, and
Traffic Safety Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Emily Colborn, City Clerk
REVIEWED BY: Kit Fox, AICP, Interim Deputy City Manager
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, Interim City Manager
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
Pursuant to Section 2.20.060 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code, the City
Council shall appoint a chairperson to the Planning Commission and shall appoint a
chairperson to each advisory board on an annual basis per City Council Policy No. 6. In
December 2019, Staff reached out to its current Commissioners and Members to notify
them of the opportunity to express interest to serve as Chairperson of their respective
boards for the 2020 calendar year.
The following members have expressed interest in serving as chairperson:
Planning Commission Commissioner Gordon Leon
Civic Center Advisory Committee Member Carolynn Petru
Emergency Preparedness Committee Member Diana Feinberg
Finance Advisory Committee Member Raquel Brown
Infrastructure Management Advisory
Committee
Member Don Swanson
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Traffic Safety Committee Larry Liu
With only one member from each board showing interest for the position as Chairperson
at this time, Staff is requesting that appointments for those boards be affirmed as
presented. This one-time, the appointed Chairpersons will serve until June 30, 2021
(unless otherwise decided by the City Council) which will align the appointments with
the recent Council-amended Policy No. 6.
ALTERNATIVE
In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action is available for
the City Council’s consideration:
1. If the City Council prefers to interview those sole applicants interested in
serving as the Chair to their respective boards before deciding upon their
appointments, continue this agenda item and direct Staff to arrange
interviews of each of the applicants with the full Council, at a future date to
be determined.
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