Board of Directors Meeting

The Board of Directors are scheduled to meet Thursday, November 18th, 2021 virtually via Zoom. The meeting will begin at 6:00 pm.

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

To address the SBCCOG Board of Directors on any agenda item or a matter within the Board of Directors’ purview, please provide written comments by 5:00 pm, November 18, 2021 via email to [email protected]. All written comments submitted will become part of the official record. Unless otherwise noted in the Agenda, the Public can only provide written comment on SBCCOG related business that is within the jurisdiction of the SBCCOG and/or items listed on the Agenda which will be addressed during the Public Comment portion of the meeting (Item #V).

ACCESSING THE MEETING:

Receive Zoom meeting credentials in advance of the meeting by using the below link: https://scag.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIld-uorDsqhEYyjIrAPN_G-rVEpc0Lrw

OR

To access the Zoom meeting, visit https://zoom.us/join or call (669) 900-6833 and use

Meeting ID: 968 020 200; Passcode: 398836

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER (6:00 pm)
Drew Boyles, Chair

II. VERIFY QUORUM

III. CONFIRM POSTING OF THE AGENDA BY TORRANCE CITY CLERK

IV. BROWN ACT DECLARATION – Pursuant to AB 361, the Board of Directors finds that a statewide state of emergency remains in force and State and local officials continue to recommend measures to promote social distancing (attachment) – Approve

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA

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

VII. CONSENT CALENDAR (6:10 pm) Matters listed under Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. They have all been reviewed by the Steering Committee which recommended the action indicated. 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. October Board Meeting Minutes (attachment) – Approve

B. Neighborhoods Initiative resolution (attachment) – Approve

C. Letter to LA County Redistricting Commission (attachment) – Approve

D. Metro – Letter of Support for Zero Emission Silver Line – Harbor Transit Way (attachment) – Approve

E. Budget Modification from First Innovation Fund for Torrance Shelter Project (attachment) – Approve

F. Website maintenance (attachment) – Approve

G. 2022 Policy Platform (attachment) – Approve

H. Bylaws Revisions (attachments) – Send notice to members and agendize approval for January

I. Monthly Reports – Receive and File

1. South Bay Environmental Services Center Report (attachment)

2. Transportation Report (attachment)

3. City Attendance at SBCCOG meetings (attachment)

4. Media Report (attachment)

5. Reports from Outside Agencies (attachments for each at end of the agenda)

a. League of California Cities & LA Division Legislative Committee (Bea Dieringer & Jeff Kiernan)
b. SCAG Regional Council (Drew Boyles, Mark Henderson, James Gazeley)
c. South Bay Workforce Investment Board (Chris Cagle)
d. KHHR (Hawthorne Airport) Communities Network Committee (Olivia Valentine)

VIII. PRESENTATIONS – (all prepared presentations will be posted on SBCCOG website)
A. Service Planning Area 8 Update (6:10 pm)
1. Lindsey Lastra, Senior Public Health Analyst for SPA 8, LA County Dept. of Public Health

B. Drought 2021 (6:20 pm)
1. Harold Williams, President, West Basin Municipal Water District

C. SuperBowl preparations and what South Bay Cities Need to Know (6:45 pm)
1. James Butts, Inglewood Mayor and SBCCOG Board member

D. Update on Federal Infrastructure Bill and What It Means for Los Angeles (7:00 pm)
1. Raffi Hamparian, Metro’s Director of Federal Affairs
IX. TRANSPORTATION REPORTS (7:15 pm)
A. Metro Report
B. Transportation Committee

X. SBCCOG PROGRAM ACTION ITEMS, REPORTS & UPDATES (7:25 pm)
A. Legislative Committee
1. Legislation that the SBCCOG is proposing (attachment) – Approve
B. Homeless Services
1. Blue Ribbon Commission update
C. South Bay Fiber Network
D. Local Travel Network
E. SBESC update
F. Senior Services
H. SPA 8 Working Group
I. General Assembly
J. Other

XI. AGENCY REPORTS (7:50 pm)
NOTE: Oral reports will only be made to clarify or amplify written attachments
No Attachments received for the following:
A. Air Quality Management District (Joe Buscaino & Stephano Padilla)
B. SCAG Committees
1. Transportation Committee (James Gazeley)
2. Community, Economic, &. Human Development (Mark Henderson, Drew Boyles, Frank Zerunyan & Mark Waronek)
3. SCAG Energy and Environment Committee (Britt Huff) (attached as handout)
4. Metro Service Council & Ridership Report (Don Szerlip)
C. Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (Bill Brand/Eric Alegria)
D. South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce (Olivia Valentine)
E. South Bay Aerospace Alliance (Olivia Valentine/Rodney Tanaka)
F. California Association of Councils of Governments – CALCOG (Britt Huff)

XII. UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

XIII. ADJOURNMENT

Next Board meeting – Thursday, January 27, 2022

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!