1 STAFF REPORT
DATE: January 9, 2024
TO: Justin Hess, City Manager
FROM: Cathryn LaBrado, Assistant to the City Manager
SUBJECT: Appoint City Council Members to Committee and Liaison Roles for the 2024 Calendar Year
RECOMMENDATION
Appoint members of the City Council to Committee and Liaison roles for the 202 4 calendar year.
BACKGROUND
On an annual basis, following City Council’s reorganization, the Council engages in a discussion resulting in the appointment of Council members to serve as committee members and liaisons to various boards, commissions, committees, and task forces. This process ensures consistency in Council appointments, affords Council members the opportunity to represent the City’s interests, and creates an avenue for orderly reporting of activities of these various entities to City Council and the general public.
DISCUSSION
City Council approved the 2023 appointments to subcommittees and liaison roles at the January 10, 2023 City Council meeting. The current Committee and Liaison list is included (Attachment 1) and is intended to assist the City Council in selecting th e 202 4 appointments.
Certain committee and liaison appointments are pre-determined pursuant to the Burbank Municipal Code (BMC) or have traditionally been assigned to the Mayor and/or Vice Mayor. BMC Section 5 -2-103(A) stipulates the Mayor shall be the chairman of the Disaster Council. It is customary as well for the Mayor and Vice Mayor to serve on the Airport Ad Hoc Committee. Furthermore, the liaison to Cal Cities, LA Division and Cal Cities, Annual Statewide Voting Delegate has traditionally been the Mayor, with the Vice-
2 Mayor as the alternate. Should the Mayor and Vice Mayor not attend the General Assembly’s Annual Business Meeting at the Cal Cities Conference in September, a present Council Member could step in as the voting delegate. If more than two Council Members are present, the voting delegate would be assigned, first, on seniority in City Council or, second, on votes received in the election.
BGP Housing Regional Trust
At the February 28, 2023 City Council Meeting, Council approved the Burbank-Glendale- Pasadena Regional Housing Trust Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JPA) and appointed Council Member Perez to serve on the Board of Directors for a two-year term.
Homeless Advisory Committee
At the November 15, 2022 City Council meeting, Council approved the Five -Year Homelessness Plan. One of the goals in the plan is to establish a Homeless Advisory Committee. The advisory committee will be comprised of representatives of the p ublic, people with current or former experience of being unhoused, partnering institutions who meet to relay information between the groups, and a Council appointee. The Council liaison will be instrumental in helping to guide the Homeless Advisory Committee as well as reporting back to the rest of the Council Members. Staff will bring a report to Council in February 2024 to discuss the proposed Homeless Advisory Committee in greater detail and to request a Council liaison at that time.
Metro San Fernando Valley Service Council
Former Mayor Jess A. Talamantes has served on the Metro San Fernando Valley Service Council (Service Council) since his appointment by City Council in July 2015. His current term on the Service Council ends June 30, 2024. The nominating authorities for the seat currently filled by Mayor Talamantes are the Cities of Burbank, Glendale, and San Fernando. In October 2022, Metro asked Former Mayor Jess A. Talamantes if he would like to complete his term on the Service Council through June 30, 2024 and he chose to complete his term.
Reporting on Council Liaison and Appointments to Committees City Council will continue to have the opportunity to report on their respective Council committee assignments during Council meetings under the item titled “Council Committee Assignment Report”. This will give Council an opportunity to provide the public updates, a summary of the meeting, important information, and resources from the Committees.
To provide transparency to the publ ic and assist City Council in its decision -making, a summary of the primary purpose of each board, commission, committee, and task force is provided as Attachment 2.
3 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 associated with this report.
CONCLUSION
City Staff recommends Council make the necessary liaison and committee appointments for the 202 4 calendar year. For the Council’s reference, Attachment 3 provides the “Liaison Definition of Role and Purpose Policy” that was adopted at the June 12, 2018 Council Meeting. Staff will provide an updated liaison list after Council’s appointments.
ATTACHMENT
Attachment 1 – Council and Agency Liaison to Committees and Coalitions List Attachment 2 – Description of Committees and Coalitions Attachment 3 – City Council Liaison Definition of Role and Purpose Policy