Steering Committee Meeting
March 12, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Steering Committee is scheduled to meet Monday, March 12th, 2018 at the SBCCOG/SBESC Office, located at 20285 S. Western Ave, Suite 100, Torrance, CA 90501. Lunch will be provided.
To ensure a quorum, please RSVP to [email protected]
AGENDA
I. INTRODUCTIONS
II. REPORT OF POSTING OF AGENDA
- ACTION: Receive and file
III. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
IV. REVIEW OF HANDOUTS
V. PUBLIC COMMENT
VI. CONSENT CALENDAR – action items noted, remainder are receive & file – 12:05 pm
A. Steering Committee – February 12 meeting minutes – attached
- ACTION: Approve
B. South Bay Environmental Services Center Activities Report – attached
- Issues to watch: p. 2 – look at the EE projects in your city and confirm that they are on schedule
- ACTION: Receive and file
VII. ACTION ITEMS
C. Transportation Items – 12:10 pm
- Measure M Subregional Funds: Public Participation Plan for first 5 years – continued from February Transportation Committee, no quorum – memo attached
- ACTION: Recommend Board approve the Public Outreach Program
- Transportation Monthly Update – attached
- Issues to consider: p.5 dockless bikes: p.6 loss of parking revenues
- Bike share – regional approach?
- ACTION: Provide direction
- COG Chairs’ meeting March 9 with Metro Chair Garcetti and CEO Phil Washington
- Chair Weideman to provide a summary
D. 2018 General Assembly – 12:25 pm
- Sponsorships total and payments – attached
- Total revenue = $68,163 – $54,750 in cash; $13,413 in kind; $8500 still due
- Lessons Learned
- ACTION: Provide direction
E. 2019 General Assembly Ideas – 12:35 pm
- Room reserved – 2/22/19
- 20th – special SBCCOG celebration?
- Offer from Beach Cities Health District to partner on the program
- ACTION: Provide direction
F. Appointments to Outside Agencies – 2 year terms – 12:45 pm
- SCAG Regional Council Districts #28 and #40 – Mitchell and Medina re-elected
- Nominations closed
- I-710 Project Advisory Committee – nominated: Judy Mitchell
- SCAG CEHD – nominated: Mark Waronek
- SMBRC Alternate – NO nomination, no alternate required
- SBACC – Britt Huff – appointed 12/15
- Nominated – Olivia Valentine, Sanford Davidson – invited to attend for a 3 minute statement pursuant to SBCCOG policy
- ACTION: Recommend Board appointments of the following for 2 year terms to 2020: SCAG CEHD – Mark Waronek & I-710 Project Advisory Committee – Judy Mitchell & select a recommendation to the Board for SBACC – term of appointments July 2018-2020
- FYI: To be selected at the April meeting
- Metro Service Council – Incumbents: Don Szerlip, Charles Michel Deemer & Dan Medina – Nominations close March 16 (4 nominees as of 3/2/18: Don Szerlip, Dan Medina, Richard Montgomery, Bruce Szeles)
G. Board Meeting agenda development – 12:50 pm
i. Face of the Program – Cierra – 5 minutes
ii. Per By-Laws, 60 Day Notice of Intention to Increase Dues – year 4 of 5 year program
iii. Adapting to Changing Climate – Dr. Neil Berg, Center for Climate Science – confirmed – 30 minutes
iv. Quarterly Energy Efficiency report – Greg Stevens – 10 minutes
v. Wrap of Climate Action Planning – Kim – 10 minutes
vi. Workshop before the Board meeting on Measure M program implementation
- April
i. SBCCOG Annual Work Program
ii. Mid-Year Review of WBMWD program
iii. Workshop before Board meeting on Controlling Illegal Fireworks – APRIL or MAY
- May
i. Budget
ii. Nomination of Officers
- Future meetings
i. LA BioMed – presentation
H. Special Events – 12:55 pm
- Tour of LA BioMed
- Afternoon of April 4, 12 (Leg Briefing), 25, or May 2, 3 (SCAG GA), 16, 17, 23
- ACTION: Select date
- Cannabis Manufacturing Facility – retail, manufacturing? – storefront or behind the scenes?
- Retail Shops are mainly located in City of LA. However, LA City is not currently licensing the cultivation side of the supply chain.
- Some cultivation sites in Long Beach that we can tour, but they do not currently have their retail licenses available. They only have medical marijuana clinics.
- The Palm Springs area has options for both cultivation and retail tours.
- The best laboratory to visit is up in Oakland.
- Tour of LAX – mid-field concourse and peoplemover information
- Tour of Football Stadium construction and Entertainment Center
- Possibilities
a. Crisis media training
b. Social media workshop
c. Porsche Center
d. Blimp
- ACTION: Provide direction
I. South Bay Sustainable Green Business Program Update – 1:05 pm
- Information to be available at the meeting
- Flyer
- ACTION: Provide direction
J. Legislative Issues – 1:15 pm
- Legislative Matrix attached
- Senator Ben Allen’s Brainstorming Session on Housing – update at the meeting
- ACTION: Approve recommended positions on legislation
K. Park Bond Measure A – Use of Funds – 1:25 pm
- Memo and previous letter attached
- ACTION: Review information provided and decide if any additional action should be taken.
L. Approval of Invoices – available at the meeting – 1:35 pm
- ACTION: Approve invoices for payment (available upon request)
VIII. INFORMATION ITEMS
M. Update on Homeless Program – 1:40 pm
- PATH sent 2018-2019 budget request for SBCCOG services – word from Supervisor Ridley-Thomas office still pending
- PATH has a new Associate Director of South Bay Programs – Courtney Reed
- SBWIB and PATH signing contracts to work together on client referrals
- Events
- February 14 bus tour of permanent supportive housing
- April 18 @ Memorial Park in Hawthorne – Outreach meeting planned for direct services to clients.
- Landlord and 1st responders’ workshops being planned
N. Travel Pal Final Report – 1:45 pm
- Project is completed and final report has been sent to Metro
- Summary of lessons learned to be provided at the meeting
O. Progress on Special Purpose Grants – 1:55 pm
- Currently funded
i. Regional Broadband network – SBWIB and County
ii. Homeless Services coordination – County
iii. SCE/SCG Strategic Plan funds – for energy benchmarking for cities
- Proposals pending
i. Measure M administration – funding agreements being prepared
ii. Regional Coyote Management Outreach
a. Integrated Pest Management re: coyote public education and training – concept accepted for proposal to be submitted by April 3
b. California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Vertebrate Control Program to be submitted March 9
iii. CEC EV Blueprint – due February 20 – appeal in process
iv. Caltrans Planning Grant re: Feasibiity Study of Slow Speed Network – denied in first submission but requested to re-submitted February 23
v. CSUDH/SBWIB/SBCCOG application re: study of student transportation/telecommuting in the South Bay with SB 1 research funds – submitted February 28
- Under Discussion
i. CARB
ii. AQMD – April
IX. STRATEGIC POSITIONING ITEMS/ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPDATES
P. Other updates since agenda distribution – 2:00 pm
X. Scrolling the agenda packet – Success?
NEXT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING – Monday, April 9, 2018 @ 12:00 pm
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