Board of Directors Meeting

The Board of Directors are scheduled to meet Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 at the SBESC Theater, located at 20285 S. Western Ave, Torrance, CA 90501.

There will be a light dinner and informal discussion at 5:30 pm. The meeting will begin at 6:00 pm. 

To ensure a quorum, please RSVP to [email protected].

 

AGENDA

 

I. CALL TO ORDER & SALUTE TO THE FLAG (6:00 PM) – Britt Huff, Chair

 

II.      INTRODUCTIONS

 

III.      CONFIRM POSTING OF THE AGENDA BY TORRANCE CITY CLERK

 

IV.      ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA 

 

V.       COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (6:05 pm)

 

VI.     CONSENT CALENDAR (6:10 pm) Matters listed under Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately.

 

A. April Board Meeting Minutes (attachment) – Approve 

 

B. 2019-2020 Dues (attachment) – Approve 

 

C. Contract Renewal with Water Replenishment District (attachment) – Approve 

 

D. Contract Extension for Metro Deputy Mike Bohlke (attachment) – Approve 

 

E. Contract with Jacki Bacharach and Associates for Management Services (attachments) – Approve 

 

F. Solsmart Sub-Regional Agency Designation (attachments) – Approve 

 

G. Status of Legislation of Interest to SBCCOG (attachment) – Approve 

1.  Support – AB 1672, AB 1530, AB 659 

2.  Oppose – AB 68 and AB 881

 

H. Monthly Reports – Receive and File

1.  South Bay Environmental Services Center Report (attachment) 

2.  Transportation Report (attachment) 

3.  Service Council Report by Don Szerlip, Vice Chair (attachment) 

 

VII.       PRESENTATIONS – (all prepared presentations will be posted @ www.southbaycities.org)

A. Face of the Program (6:15 pm)

1.  Wally Siembab

 

B. Cannabis Issues for Cities (6:20 pm)

1. Jonatan Cvetko, Angeles Emeralds 

 

C.   2019-2020 Budget Review (attachments) (6:45 pm) 

1.   Brooke Heri

 

VIII.    TRANSPORTATION REPORTS

A.  Metro Report by Board member James Butts/Mike Bohlke (7:00 pm)

B.  SBCCOG Transportation Update by Steve Lantz (7:05 pm)

 

IX.  SBCCOG PROGRAM ACTION ITEMS, REPORTS AND UPDATES (7:15 pm)

A. Contract Amendment with City of Hawthorne to Assist them with their Green Business Assist Program (attachments) – Approve 

B. Appointments to Outside Agencies (attachment) – Approve 

C. Nominating Committee report – Open Nominations

D. Senior Services

E. Homeless Services  

F.  Regional Broadband Initiative

G. Slow Speed/Local Travel Network Project

H. Office Move

I.   Other

 

X.     AGENCY REPORTS (7:30 pm)

A. League of California Cities & LA Division Legislative Committee (Bea Dieringer & Jeffrey Kiernan)

B. Air Quality Management District & Cal. Air Resources Report from Board Member Judy Mitchell (attachment) – other AQMD (Joe Buscaino, Janice Hahn & Denny Shaw) 

C. SCAG & Committees (attachment)

1.  Energy and Environment (Judy Mitchell, Jim Osborne)

2. Transportation (Dan Medina, James Gazeley, Drew Boyles) 

3. Community, Economic, & Human Development (Frank Zerunyan & Mark Waronek)

4.  Regional Council (Judy Mitchell, Dan Medina, James Gazeley)

D. Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (Bill Brand/Jeff Duclos)

E. Stormwater Funding 

1. CCCA/LCC Stormwater Funding Options Committee (Milton Herring & Hany Fangary)

F. South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce (Olivia Valentine) 

G. South Bay Aerospace Alliance (Olivia Valentine/Rodney Tanaka)

H. KHHR (Hawthorne Airport) Committee re: Community Impacts (Olivia Valentine)

I. South Bay Workforce Investment Board (Chris Cagle) 

J. California Association of Councils of Governments – CALCOG (Britt Huff)

 

XI.    UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS 

 

XII.    ADJOURNMENT 

 

 Next Board meeting – Thursday, June 27, 2019