TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Liza Tamura, City Clerk
Martha Alvarez, Assistant City Clerk
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of an Extension to the Application Period to Increase the Applicant Pool to the Vacant Parking and Public Improvements Business Community Seat No. 4 (City Clerk Tamura).
EXTEND APPLICATION PERIOD
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council extend the application period to Monday, February 12, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., to receive and increase the applicant pool.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The City Clerk's Office has not received any applications for the vacant Parking and Public Improvements Business Community Seat No. 4. If the City Council directs staff to extend the application period for a second time, additional advertisements will be placed in the Beach Reporter notifying the public of the vacancy. The adequate funds have been budgeted in the City Council's budget.
BACKGROUND:
At the November 21, 2023, City Council Meeting, the City Council directed staff to conduct public outreach for the vacancy. The application period for PPIC Business Community Seat No. 4, closed on Monday, January 8, 2024, and no applications were received.
To solicit interest in the PPIC Business Community seat, the City Clerk's Office placed an advertisement in the Beach Reporter for four weeks; posted the advertisement on City bulletin boards; posted the vacancy and electronic application on the City's Boards and Commissions webpage; and posted on the City's social media; notified the Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Business and Professional Association, and the North Manhattan Beach Business Improvement District of the vacancy.
DISCUSSION:
The PPIC Business Community seats requires that the applicant own and/or operate a business located in the City (excludes home-based businesses), and have a busin...
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