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Steering Committee
Date:
Monday, September 9, 2013
Time:
12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
The Steering Committee is scheduled to meet Monday, September 9, 2013. The meeting will begin at 12:00 pm at the SBESC office in the City of Torrance located at:
SBCCOG/SBESC
20285 S. Western Ave, Suite 100
Torrance, CA 90501
310-371-7222
To ensure a quorum, please RSVP to marcy@southbaycities.org
STEERING COMMITEE AGENDA
I. REPORT OF POSTING OF AGENDA
- ACTION: Receive and file
II. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
III. PUBLIC COMMENT
IV. CONSENT CALENDAR - 12:05 pm
- ACTION: Approve
B. SCAG Regional Council Districts
- SCAG reviews the Regional Council district boundaries every 5 years and solicits comments – see attached letter
- ACTION: Send attached response letter to SCAG
D. SBCCOG Appointments
- Commitment letters for those appointed to outside agencies - Outstanding from: Zerunyan
E. Dues and Assessment Payments outstanding: Hawthorne, Lomita. All others paid in full except for Lawndale and Rolling Hills, which did not pay the assessment.
F. Strategic Plan Proposal
- Request for Proposal is circulating and proposals due September 20.
V. ITEMS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL
ADMINISTRATION
- ACTION: Direct staff to initiate a meeting with member cities and the county to assess the interest and value of establishing an ongoing social media working group.
H. General Assembly - 12:30 pm
- Working Title: Why Must We Care: The Cost of the Changing Environment to the South Bay
- Program status attached
- Lisa Rodriguez will be present to discuss sponsorships
- ACTION: Provide direction with sponsorships and program
I. Personnel - 12:45 pm
J. Approval of Invoices – available at the meeting - 1:00 pm
- ACTION: Approve invoices for payment
WORK PROGRAM
K. Sustainable South Bay Strategy Updates - 1:05 pm
- SCAG Sustainable Communities Strategy – Delegation – memo attached
- ACTION: Direct staff to prepare a letter for Board approval to be sent to SCAG declining to take responsibility for producing a subregional SCS for the 2016 RTP.
- Summary of Comments to California Energy Commission requested by CEC Commissioner Janea Scott
- Summary of Neighborhood Oriented Development Feasibility Study Final Report funded by SCAG as part of the COMPASS Program
- BEV demonstration program update
L. Transportation Issues – 1:20 pm
- Monthly transportation update from Steve Lantz – attached
- Measure R meeting time
- ACTION: Recommendation at the meeting from the Measure R Oversight Committee
- Response to Antonovich/DuBois request for projects for a future sales tax – memo attached
- ACTION: Recommend approval to the Board
- Request to Opt out of Metro Measure R Acceleration Initiative - attached
- ACTION: Recommend that the SBCCOG Board of Directors approve and transmit the letter in Exhibit 1 requesting that the South Bay Highway Program not be accelerated consistent with adopted Metro Board policy at this time
- Permanent waiver of the maintenance fee on the 1-110 and I-10 ExpressLanes for LA County residents – Metro Board item in October
- ACTION: Recommend Board approval for a letter supporting the permanent waiver for LA County residents to be sent to Metro and to request letters to Metro from member cities and South Bay Chambers of Commerce
M. South Bay Environmental Services Center – 1:35 pm
- Memo on SBESC programs to be available at the meeting. Some highlights:
- ELP staff recognition lunch – September 26; officers invited
- Lending Library – more books from WBMWD ($1000)
- HERO/Figtree status
- VIP visits – 9/6/13 – CPUC Commissioner Carla Peterman, 9/24/13 – CPUC Commissioner Jeremy Battis
N. Legislative Advocacy - 1:50 pm
- Matrix attached
- October 10 – next Legislative Briefing and Breakfast
- ACTION:
O. Special Events – 1:55 pm
- SMRBC 25th Anniversary – October 17
- SBCCOG/SBACC October 30 joint mixer/meeting
AGENDA DEVELOPMENT – 2:00 pm
- Future Board topics
- October - Proposition 13 – The Legacy
- City Dock Project, Port of Los Angeles
NEXT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING – Regular dates are holidays:
- Monday, October 14, 2013 @ 12:00 pm – RECOMMEND keeping the regular date
- Monday, November 11, 2013 - @ 12:00 pm – RECOMMEND November 12
ADJOURN
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