1 STAFF REPORT
DATE: June 27, 2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Kimberley Clark, City Clerk
BY: Melissa Dekermenji, CMC, Records Manager
SUBJECT: Consideration of Park, Recreation and Community Services Board Member Attendance
RECOMMENDATION
Consider excusing the absences of Park, Recreation and Community Services Board Member Lori Durbin.
BACKGROUND
Section 2-1-403 of the Burbank Municipal Code (BMC) requires that a Member missing three or more consecutive meetings be reviewed by the Board, Commission, or Committee that they serve on and a recommendation be made to the City Council to either excuse the absences, remove the Member, or any other appropriate action deemed necessary by the Council.
DISCUSSION
Board Member Lori Durbin was originally appointed to the Park, Recreation and Community Services Board (Board) by the City Council on October 27, 2020 and was reappointed on July 13, 2021, to serve a term that is set to expire on July 31, 2025 .
According to the Board attendance report, Board Member Durbin has missed the following three (3) consecutive meetings due to unforeseen family and work emergencies:
February 9, 2023, March 9, 2023, and April 13, 2023.
At the Board Meeting on May 11, 20 23, the Board reviewed the absences of Board Member Durbin and are recommending that the City Council excuse the absences, as stated in the recommendation letter from Chair P eguero-Gamiño (Attachment 1 ). The CITY CLERK’S
OFFICE
2 Board agrees that Board Member Durbin ’s exemplary service is of value to the mission of the Board as well of that of the Burbank Athletic Federation (Attachment 2).
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This activity has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and as such, is not a “project” subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 14 Cal. Code Regs § 15378.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact for this item.
CONCLUSION
The Board is aware of Board Member Durbin’s absences and the reasons for them. They recommend the absences be excused as her continued participation on the Board is of value. The absences are outlined in the Chair’s letter (Attachment 1).
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 – Recommendation Letter from Park, Recreation and Community Services Chair
Attachment 2 – Recommendation Letter from Burbank Athletic Federation Chair