EXCERPT OF DRAFT MINUTES OF 4/19/2022:
P.1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CC-2204-022, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
CONTACT: ELEANOR MANZANO, CITY CLERK
City Manager Witzansky gave a staff report.
Councilmember Horvath opposed the language that a 4/5 vote would remove a member without cause.
In response to Councilmember Nehrenheim, City Attorney Webb stated the meetings are set up with one Saturday per month and he would be the staff member.
Councilmember Emdee suggested adding the selection of Mayor process to the charter review.
Mayor Brand called for public comment via Zoom and eComment.
Eugene Solomon, Redondo Beach, suggested reforming language in the code related to the HAPLA position on the Harbor Commission, as HAPLA for all intents and purposes no longer exists. He suggested broadening the appointment eligibility to include successor organizations or some other language that would still represent harbor interests. This would not limited to one organization that may or may not sustain beyond its current formation.
There being no further comments, Mayor Brand closed the public comment period.
City Manager Witzansky requested that the motion include clean-up/correction of typos in the original resolution, Section 5.
Motion by Councilmember Obagi, seconded by Councilmember Nehrenheim, to include revisions to the Charter Review Committee Ordinance [s/b resolution] as follows to come back to Council on May 10, 2022:
Mayor gets 2 + 2
1. Each Councilmember and the Mayor shall appoint one (1) alternate for each of their respective Committee member appointments. An alternate will only be able to vote when the Committee member appointed by the same Councilmember or the Mayor is absent from a meeting. If a member resigns or is removed from the Committee, the alternate becomes the member and a new alternate shall be appointed by the respective appointing Councilmember or Mayor (or his/her successor).
Section 3:
“Additionally a member or alternate may be removed without cause by a 4/5 vote of the City Council.” Section 4:
1. Remove “…the Planning Commission and…”
Mayor shall select initial chair, and then subsequently the Committee can agendize appointing a new chair and vote in a new chair by majority vote.
The subject matters reviewed shall be compartmentalized, with input from the City Manager/staff/other elected officials and shall include but not be limited to the following:
Direction to staff to clean up the ordinance [s/b resolution].
Motion carried unanimously, with the following roll call vote:
AYES: Nehrenheim, Loewenstein, Horvath, Obagi, Emdee
NOES: None
ABSENT: None