CC SR 20230606 E - Advisory Board Chair Appts for 2023
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 06/06/2023
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Consent Calendar
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: Enyssa Sisson, Administrative Analyst
REVIEWED BY: Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
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 2023, 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 Dave Chura
Civic Center Advisory Committee Committee Member Gregory O’Brien
Emergency Preparedness Committee Committee Member James Sprinkel
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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With only one member from each board showing 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, 2023, until June 30, 2024 (unless
otherwise decided by the City Council), which will align the appointments with the recent
Council-amended Policy No. 6.
ALTERNATIVES:
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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