CC SR 20220607 05 - Chair Appts for 2022
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 06/07/2022
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA TITLE:
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: Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
REVIEWED BY: Karina Bañales, Deputy City Manager
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, 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 a chairperson to
each advisory board on an annual basis per City Council Policy No. 6.
Therefore, in May 2022, Staff reached out to the current Commissioners and Committee
Members to notify them of the opportunity to express interest in serving as chairpersons
of their respective boards for one year.
The following members have expressed interest in serving as Chairperson:
Planning Commission Commissioner Julie Hamill
Civic Center Advisory Committee Committee Member O’Brien
Emergency Preparedness Committee Committee Member Larry Maizlish
Finance Advisory Committee Committee Member George Lewis
Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee Committee Member John Spielman
Traffic Safety Committee Committee Member John Tye
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CITYOF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
With only one member from each board showin g interest in the position of Chairperson
at this time, Staff requests that appointments for those boards be affirmed as presented.
The appointed Chairpersons will serve from July 1, 2022, until June 30, 2023 (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 of 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 be
determined.
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