City Council Agenda Report
Meeting Date: January 21, 2025
From: Freddie Agyin, Director of Health and Environmental Control Department: Health and Environmental Control
Submitted by: Dulce Gonzalez, Management Analyst
Subject
Appointments to the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Water Management Joint Power Authority (GWMA).
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-002 updating the City staff appointments to the GWMA and repealing Resolution No. 2020-27.
Background
The City of Vernon is a member of the GWMA, a watershed-based coalition comprised of multiple cities, water agencies, and the Port of Long Beach. Per Section 3 of the GWMA bylaws, the City is required to appoint staff members via the adoption of a resolution. On August 4, 2020, Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-27 appointing the Director of Public Works as the City’s delegate to GWMA and Public Works staff to serve as alternates. In 2024, the administrative responsibilities for the GWMA were transitioned from the Public Works Department to the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Due to this transition, new staff appointments are required.
Staff recommends adoption of Resolution No. 2025-002, to appoint Fredrick (Freddie) Agyin, Director of DHEC, as the City’s delegate and designate Veronica Petrosyan, DHEC Deputy Director, Dulce Gonzalez, DHEC Management Analyst, and Joanna Hurtado Moreno, Public Utilities Civil Engineer as the City’s alternates. Resolution No. 2025-002 also repeals Resolution No. 2020-27.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact associated with this report.
Attachments
1. Resolution No. 2025-002 Appointments to GWMA