CC SR 20230307 01 - Advisory Board Appointments
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 03/07/2023
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA TITLE:
Consideration and possible action to appoint members to fill vacancies on the City’s
Advisory Committees and the Planning Commission.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) By majority vote of the entire City Council, appoint three members to the
Emergency Preparedness Committee; three members to the Finance Advisory
Committee; four members to the Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee;
and two members to the Traffic Safety Committee, with terms of office ending in
June 2026.
(2) By majority vote of the entire City Council, appoint two members to fill special
vacancies on the Civic Center Advisory Committee with terms of office ending in
June 2024 and June 2026, respectively.
(3) By majority vote of the entire City Council, appoint one member to fill a special
vacancy on the Planning Commission with a term of office ending in June 2026.
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
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. List of applicants (page A-1)
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
Recruitment began in January 2023 to fill several vacancies on the various City
Committees (Emergency Preparedness, Finance Advisory, Infrastructure Management
Advisory and Traffic Safety) due to expiring terms and special vacancies on the Civic
Center Advisory Committee (CCAC) and Planning Commission (PC). The special
vacancies on the CCAC were a result of Member Carolynn Petru resigning and Member
Paul Seo being elected to the City Council. The special vacancy on the PC was a result
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of Julie Hamill being elected to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board
of Education.
The recruitment for the vacancies was advertised and posted according to City Council
Policy No. 6 between January 9 and 27, 2023. At the conclusion of the recruitment period
on January 27, 2023, 22 applicants expressed interest.
Due to the large number of applicants the City Council interviewed half of the applicants
on February 21 during a special meeting and the remainder will be interviewed the
evening of March 7, again during a special meeting. It should be noted that one applicant,
Philip Kent, withdrew from the interviews due to a scheduling conflict with the requested
Committee’s (TSC) regular meeting time.
Ballots listing the applicants for the City Council members to cast their votes will be
distributed prior to the commencement of the City Council meeting on March 7. Staff will
tally the votes, and in compliance with the Brown Act, the City Clerk will read each
Councilmember’s ballot into the record at the meeting and declare the member appointed,
by majority vote of the City Council, to the respective commission and committees.
Chapter 10, Section 10.2, of the City Council Procedures Manual provides as follows:
“The Council must and will make appointments to citizen City boards, commissions, and
committees pursuant to City Council Policy No. 6. Applicants may be interviewed by th e
Council at a public meeting and shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Council. All
appointees serve at the pleasure of the Council.”
ALTERNATIVES:
In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action s are available for
the City Council’s consideration:
1. Direct Staff to readvertise the recruitment to conduct further interviews at a future
meeting.
2. Take other action, as deemed appropriate.
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Applicants for various City Committees (Emergency Preparedness, Finance Advisory,
Infrastructure Management Advisory, Traffic Safety, Civic Center Advisory, and
Planning Commission)
Applicant Names are as follows:
• Brach, Matthew
• Campbell, Donald J.
• Carbone, Michele
• Christen, Paul Joseph
• Colville, Emily
• Crossman, Mark
• Fedele, Trevor
• Haig, Brain Douglas
• Himmelstein, Tamara
• James, William
• Kent, Philip (Withdrawn)
• Kim, Debby
• Klose, Paul
• Levi, Carol
• Lewis, George
• Marinovich, Ann
• Robinson, Diane
• Shaw, Peter David
• Tye, John
• Wang, Willie
• Yourman, Kevin
• Ziminsky, Lauren
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