Agenda Item: 2
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
NEW BUSINESS
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: February 14, 2023
SUBJECT: CITY DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2023 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENTS' GENERAL ASSEMBLY
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
PRESENTER: Masis Hagobian
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council appoint a Delegate and an Alternate to the 2023 Southern California Association of Governments’ General Assembly.
BACKGROUND
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region encompasses six counties (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura) and 191 cities in an area covering more than 38,000 square miles. SCAG develops long-range regional transportation plans including sustainable communities’ strategy and growth forecast components, regional transportation improvement programs, regional housing needs allocations, and a portion of the South Coast Air Quality management plans.
SCAG is currently developing and implementing programs and policies consistent with the 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (Connect SoCal), which is the organization’s long-range vision for transportation and housing within the six- county region. Programs and policies to advance Connect SoCal will likely be the centerpiece of discussions and presentations at this year's General Assembly.
Each year, the City Council appoints a Delegate and an Alternate to SCAG’s General Assembly, which will be held on May 5, 2023. A municipality's Delegate and Alternate must be an elected member of that jurisdiction's governing body. Every member jurisdiction within the SCAG region is requested to appoint a Delegate, who has the opportunity to vote on any proposed changes to SCAG by-laws or propose and vote upon resolutions to be considered by SCAG’s membership at the General Assembly. In the absence of the Delegate, the Alternate may represent the jurisdiction’s governing body at the General Assembly.
Councilwoman McLean serves as the SCAG Regional Council District Representative, which was approved by the City Council at the January 24, 2023, regular meeting. Additionally, Mayor Gibbs and Council Members McLean and Miranda serve on SCAG policy committees.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action, as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
No additional resources beyond those contained within the City's adopted 2022-23 budget are required.