ITEM 4. 10
CITY MANAGER' S REPORT
NOVEMBER 14, 2022 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
ITEM: APPROVE OUT- OF- STATE TRAVEL APPROVAL FOR
THE 2022 SAN JOAQUIN AREA FLOOD CONTROL
AGENCY ( S) AFCA) WASHINGTON, D. C. ADVOCACY
TRIP
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Out-of-State Travel for the City Manager and the Council Members
Representing the City of Lathrop on the S) AFCA
Board of Directors, to Attend the 2022 Advocacy
Trip to Washington, D. C., December 5- 8, 2022
SUMMARY:
The City of Lathrop' s Board Members to the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency SJAFCA) for the 2022 calendar year are Councilmember Paul Akinjo and Vice Mayor Diane Lazard. Each year, representatives of the SJAFCA Board of Directors travel to Washington, D. C., to meet with federal representatives and policymakers in Congress to discuss SJAFCA' s priority projects. Lathrop has participated in these advocacy trips since 2018, when Lathrop became a voting member of SJAFCA.
During the SJAFCA Board Meeting on August 18, 2022, staff was directed to begin preparations for the upcoming advocacy trip to Washington D. C. and coordinate travel with the member agencies. Availability for this trip was discussed with both Vice Mayor Lazard and Councilmember Akinjo, and both are available to attend.
Tonight, staff is requesting authorization for out- of-state travel for Vice Mayor Lazard, Councilmember Akinjo and City Manager Stephen Salvatore, to represent the City of Lathrop in the 2022 SJAFCA advocacy trip to Washington, D. C., from December 5, 2022 to December 8, 2022.
BACKGROUND:
The cities of Lathrop and Manteca requested that S) AFCA expand the existing Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement ( JEPA) in a manner to provide coordinated regional flood protection to include the RD 17 basin. At the time, the SJAFCA JEPA only included three agencies: City of Stockton, San Joaquin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and San Joaquin County.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2022 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
APPROVAL FOR THE 2022 SJAFCA ADVOCACY TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D. C.
The local San Joaquin County land use agencies entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Reclamation District ( RD) 17 on May 16, 2016, to reach conceptual agreement for broad collaboration among the land use agencies and RD 17 regarding the planning and design work and implementation of 200- year flood protection project in the RD 17 basin.
Pursuant to the MOU, representatives from San Joaquin County, and the cities of Stockton, Lathrop, and Manteca have been meeting with San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency ( SJAFCA) and RD 17 staff to evaluate and explore options for the governance, adoption, and implementation of the this project. On January 29, 2018, the City Council approved Resolution 18- 4339, approving an amendment and restated JEPA with SJAFCA, to include the cities of Lathrop and Manteca as voting members.
Each year, representatives of the SJAFCA Board of Directors travel to Washington, D. C., to meet with federal representatives and policymakers in Congress to discuss SJAFCA' s priority projects. During the SJAFCA Board Meeting on August 18, 2022, staff was directed to begin preparations for the upcoming advocacy trip to Washington D. C. and coordinate travel with the member agencies. Availability for this trip was discussed with both Vice Mayor Lazard and Councilmember Akinjo, and both are available to attend.
Tonight, staff is requesting authorization for out- of-state travel for Vice Mayor Lazard, Councilmember Akinjo and City Manager Stephen Salvatore, to represent the City of Lathrop in the 2022 SJAFCA advocacy trip to Washington, D. C., from December 5, 2022 to December 7, 2022.
REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION:
This travel will help promote regional projects and the City of Lathrop' s future development, specifically as it related to the Mossdale Tract.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The travel cost per person is approximately $ 2, 500 to $ 3, 000. There are sufficient funds included in the FY 22- 23 training and travel budgets for the City Council and City Manager for this travel. A budget amendment is not needed for this trip.
ATTACH M ENTS:
A. Resolution
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NOVEMBER 14, 2022 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
APPROVAL FOR THE 2022 S) AFCA ADVOCACY TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D. C.
APPROVALS:
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RESOLUTION NO. 22-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LATHROP
AUTHORIZING OUT- OF- STATE TRAVEL FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF LATHROP ON THE SJAFCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TO ATTEND THE 2022 ADVOCACY TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 5- 8, 2022
WHEREAS, on ] anuary 29, 2018, the City Council approved Resolution 18- 4339, approving an amendment and restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement JEPA) with San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency ( SJAFCA), to include the cities of Lathrop and Manteca as voting members of S] AFCA; and WHEREAS, each year, representatives of the SJAFCA Board of Directors travel to Washington, D. C., to meet with federal representatives and policymakers in Congress to discuss SJAFCA' s priority projects; and WHEREAS, Lathrop has participated in these advocacy trips since 2018, when Lathrop became a voting member of SJAFCA; and
WHEREAS, during the SJAFCA Board Meeting on August 18, 2022, staff was directed to begin preparations for the upcoming advocacy trip to Washington D. C. and coordinate travel with the member agencies; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lathrop' s Board Members to the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency ( SJAFCA) for the 2022 calendar year are Councilmember Paul Akinjo and Vice Mayor Diane Lazard; and
WHEREAS, staff is requesting authorization for out- of- state travel for Vice Mayor Lazard, Councilmember Akinjo and City Manager Stephen Salvatore, to represent the City of Lathrop in the 2022 S) AFCA advocacy trip to Washington, D. C., from December 5, 2022 to December 8, 2022; and
WHEREAS, this travel is recommended to promote regional projects and the City of Lathrop' s future development, specifically as it related to the Mossdale Tract.; and
WHEREAS, the travel cost per person is approximately $ 2, 500 to $3, 000, and there are sufficient funds included in the FY 22- 23 training and travel budgets for the City Council and City Manager for this travel.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lathrop hereby authorizes out- of- state travel for Vice Mayor Lazard, Councilmember Akinjo and City Manager Stephen Salvatore, to represent the City of Lathrop in the 2022 SJAFCA Advocacy Trip to Washington, D. C., December 5 to December 8, 2022.
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this 14t'' day of November, 2022, by the following vote of the City Council, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Sonny Dhaliwal, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS T FORM:
Teresa Vargas, City Clerk Salvador Navarrete, City Attorney