ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: City Manager Item No: C4
Prepared by: Imelda M. Huerta, Assistant City Manager Meeting Date: August 11, 2026 Approved by: John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Consent Calendar SUBJ
ECT: 2026 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE VOTING DELEGATE AND
ALTERNATES
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COMMENDATION: Designate Deputy Mayor Dan O’Donnell to serve as the City’s primary voting delegate and Councilmember Jeff Fox to serve as the alternate to the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting/General Assembly.
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RRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Routine operational item not directly corresponding to a specific City Council goal.
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RIOR ACTION: On August 26, 2025, designated Councilmember Jeff Fox to serve as the City’s primary delegate and Councilmember Dan O’Donnell and City Manager John Conley to serve as the alternates to the 2025 League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting (Vote: 5-0).
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n August 27, 2024, designated Councilmember Dan O’Donnell to serve as the City’s primary delegate and Councilmember Joe Green and City Manager John Conley to serve as the alternates to the 2024 League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting (Vote: 5-0).
For
a comprehensive list of prior City Council actions, please refer to Exhibit 3.
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TATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: The League of California Cities (Cal Cities) will hold its Annual Business Meeting/General Assembly in Anaheim on Friday, September 25, 202 6. At this meeting, Cal Cities membership considers and takes action on resolutions that establish Cal Cities policy. Cal Cities requires that each city’s voting delegate be designated by the City Council and be registered to attend the Cal Cities Conference. Deputy Mayor Dan O’Donnell and Councilmember J eff Fox are registered to attend the conference. The name of the voting delegate (and alternate (s)) must be submitted on the Cal Cities Voting Delegate Form (Exhibit 2) by Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Resolutions on issues of statewide concern may be considered at the September 25, 2026 Annual Business Meeting/General Assembly. The resolutions have not yet been presented to the member cities; however, once received, and prior to the Annual Business Meeting, staff will provide information to the City Council.
The
recommended voting delegate for the City of Vista at the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Conference General Assembly is Deputy Mayor Dan O'Donnell, with Councilmember Jeff Fox recommended to serve as the alternate voting delegate.
AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Approved above recommendation. Vote: 5-0