Board of Directors’ Meeting
March 24, 2016 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Board of Directors are scheduled to meet Thursday, March 24, 2016 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) – Jim Gazeley, 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
VI. CONSENT CALENDAR (6:05 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. January Board Meeting Minutes (attachment) – Approve
C. Dominguez Channel Memorandum of Agreement (attachment) – Approve
D. Southern California Gas Company Purchase Order for joint work with DWP (attachment) – Approve
F. Letter to Office of Planning and Research Concerning SB 743 Implementation (attachment) – Approve
G. Letter to AQMD re: Concern over Recent Personnel Decision (attachment) – Approve
H. Letter to Federal Aviation Administration re: helicopter noise (attachment) – Approve
I. Status of Legislation of Interest to SBCCOG (attachment)
J. Report of Time Critical Actions Taken by Steering Committee (attachment) – Receive and file
K. Monthly Reports – Receive and File
1. South Bay Environmental Services Center Report (attachment)
2. Transportation Report (attachment)
VII. PRESENTATION
A. SCE’s Infrastructure Investment Overview of the South Bay Region (6:10 pm)
1. Damon Hannamon, Senior Account Manager-Local Government, S.C.E.- Business Customer Division and Frank Farwell, Director, Metro West Region, S.C.E. will make the presentation
B. LA County Park Funding Proposal (6:35 pm)
1. Joe Eyen, Cerrell Associates, will make the presentation
C. Update on MS 4 Permit Activities (6:45 pm)
1. Ray Tahir, consultant to cities including Gardena, will make the presentation
VIII. SBCCOG ACTION ITEMS, REPORTS & UPDATES – Jacki Bacharach (7:00 pm)
A. Homeless Initiative
B. Green Building Challenge
C. General Assembly Lessons Learned
D. Senior Services Working Group
E. Other
IX. TRANSPORTATION REPORTS
A. Metro Report by Board member James Butts/Mike Bohlke (7:10 pm)
B. Service Council report by Ralph Franklin, Chair (7:20 pm)
C. South Bay Measure R Highway Program, Steve Lantz (7:25 pm)
X. BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS (7:30 pm)
XI. AGENCY REPORTS (7:35 pm)
A. League of California Cities
1. LA Division Legislative Committee (Bea Dieringer & Jeffrey Kiernan)
B. Cities Associations’ Stormwater Funding Options Committee (Amy Howorth)
C. South Coast Air Quality Management District (Judy Mitchell, Joe Buscaino & Stan Myles)
D. SCAG & Committees (attachment) – Note: Oral Committee Reports will include new information not in the attachment.
1. Energy and Environment (Judy Mitchell, Jim Osborne)
2. Transportation (Dan Medina, James Gazeley)
3. Community, Economic, & Human Development (Frank Zerunyan & Mark Waronek)
4. Regional Council (Judy Mitchell, Dan Medina, James Gazeley)
E. Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (John Rea/Suzanne Fuentes)
F. South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce (Britt Huff)
G. South Bay Workforce Investment Board (Chris Cagle)
H. LA County Community Choice Aggregation Task Force (Christian Horvath)
XII. UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
March 30 Presentation and Tour of AQMD Lab and Vehicles
April 14 Legislative Briefing and Breakfast
April 28 2016-2020 LA County Strategic Plan for Economic Development – presentation by Bill Allen
XIII. APRIL SBCCOG COMMITTEE MEETINGS & WORKING GROUPS
Consult website for specific times and places for other meetings – www.southbaycities.org
XIV. ADJOURNMENT
Next Board meeting – Thursday, April 28, 2016