The Steering Committee is scheduled to meet Monday, February 13th, 2017 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 natalie@southbaycities.org
AGENDA
I. INTRODUCTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
II. REPORT OF POSTING OF AGENDA
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 – January 9, 2017 meeting minutes – attached
B. Vendor Agreement for Kiosk – attached
C. SBHP Quarterly Report to Metro – attached
D. Stormwater Funding Options Committee
- SBCCOG was informed that both Milton Harring and Hany Fangary can both serve on this committee representing the SBCCOG – commitment letters have been sent to both of them
E. Special Initiatives
- Short Term Rental Task Force – March 1 meeting
- Homeless Services – March 8 meeting – funding extended!
- Coyote Management – No date set yet
F. Special Events
- Landlord Engagement workshop with Supervisor Ridley-Thomas – March 22
G. Monthly Transportation Update – attached
VII. ACTION ITEMS
H. Milken Institute Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor’s Pledge – 12:10 pm
- Pledge – attached
- Adopted by Hermosa Beach, Torrance & maybe RHE
- ACTION: Send to member agencies and encourage them to adopt
I. CALCOG Membership – TIME CERTAIN 12:15 pm
- Memos from last month attached and for further information go to www.calcog.org
- Bill Higgins on the phone
- ACTION: Approve membership in CALCOG for the 18 month period of January 2017 to June 2018 for $2500 and additional meeting costs of approximately $9600 to cover both the 2016-2017 & 2017-2018 fiscal years for one Board member and the Executive Director to attend membership meetings, the Annual Conference and at least 2 Executive Directors’ meetings.
J. Measure M – 12:30 pm
- Committee Formation – memo attached
- Local Return Allocation formula – chart attached
- ACTION: 1) Solicit volunteers to serve on the Measure M Task Force and recommend the members and a Chair to the Board of Directors at the March 23 meeting; 2) Approve committee purpose and delegate responsibilities to task force; 3) Provide direction on whether to request from Metro the ability for our subregion to have its own local return allocation formula
K. Dominguez Channel Contract Approval – 12:40 pm
- Information to be provided at the meeting
- ACTION: Review and approve contract requested by Dominguez Channel Watershed Management Group
L. Telecom – 12:45 pm
M. Nominating and Election Process for Appointees – 12:55 pm
N. Board meeting agenda development – 1:05 pm
- March
- Presentation on the “Los Angeles County Bioscience Industry Cluster Development Implementation Plan” - David Riccitiello and Doug Cohen from the Community Development Commission
- Quarterly Energy Efficiency update
- Request for Ray Tahir to speak and consider SGV Stormwater Policy?
- LA Impact Workshop discussed with City Managers and they didn’t think it was necessary. LA Impact notified.
- April
- Broadband report; work program for 2017-2018, and dues for the coming year
- Requests:
i. Southern California Metroplex project – they have asked to speak
ii. Wayne Nastri – AQMD Executive Director – re: refinery issue and more
- Pre-meeting Workshop - Sustainable South Bay Strategy workshop
- May – 2017-2018 budget presentation
- June – 2017-2018 budget adoption and election of officers
- Possible future presentation topics
- President, Cal State, Dominguez Hills
- President, El Camino College
O. Approval of Invoices – available at the meeting – 1:15 pm
VIII. INFORMATION ITEMS
P. South Bay Environmental Services Center Activities Report – attached – 1:20 pm
- Green Building Challenge – elected help with more businesses
- New HERO program for renewables
- Payments from Ygrene
Q. General Assembly Updates – 1:25 pm
- Lawndale & Hawthorne sent generic letter to committees and commissions
- As of 2/1/17 – 175 RSVPs
- As of 2/2/17 - $60,750 in cash and $8413 in-kind
- Program – attached
R. Progress on Special Purpose Grants – 1:30 pm
- Currently funded
- EV Charging and Multi-Unit Dwellings – CEC
- Microgrid Project in Carson – CEC – moving forward!
- Anaerobic Digestors to Electricity – CEC
- Renewable Outreach – HERO
- Proposals with applications submitted
- Pedestrian & Bike Performance Assessment – SCAG – not funded
- Torrance Think Earth – AQMD – on hold
- EV Resource Specialist for the South Bay – VW settlement funds
- Proposals under review
- DRAM settlement funds for broadband further work or social media coordination
- SBWIB environmental sustainability grant for Green Building Challenge
- ChargeBliss solar grant
S. CCA Report – Christian Horvath – 1:35 pm
T. Unauthorized Use of SBCCOG logo – 1:40 pm
IX. STRATEGIC POSITIONING ITEMS/ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPDATES
U. Other updates since agenda distribution – 1:45 pm
NEXT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING – Monday, March 13, 2017 @ 12:00 pm
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