TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
Erik Zandvliet, City Traffic Engineer
Nhung Madrid, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Joint Meeting with City Council, Planning Commission and Parking and Public Improvements Commission to Discuss City Council Priorities for Proposed Work Plan Items (Community Development Director McIntosh).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Discuss and provide direction on the Planning Commission and Parking and Public Improvements Commission proposed Work Plan items.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
At the City Council Regular Meeting of April 18, 2017, a modernized and updated Boards and Commissions Handbook was presented for City Council review and approval.
Among the motions made by City Council, City Council approved the Work Plan Process and directed staff to make a variety of revisions for final approval of the Boards and Commissions Handbook at the July 5, 2017 City Council meeting.
The Work Plan section of the Boards and Commissions Handbook states:
“Prior to the annually scheduled Joint City Council/Commission meeting, the Staff Liaison will develop a list of ideas to discuss with City Council. At the Joint meeting, the commission will receive direction and prioritize ideas from the City Council. Subsequently, at the next regularly scheduled commission meeting, the commission will further develop a Draft Work Plan based on City Council direction. Ideas will then be filtered to be consistent with City Policies and develop fiscal implications. Following the approved Draft Work Plan, Staff Liaisons shall provide a cover memo indicating whether the Commission’s Draft Work Plan corresponds with the Department’s Work Plan. The process allows staff and commissioners to draft a Commission Work Plan that properly accounts for their priorities and requests funding to meet their goals.”
DISCUSSION:
City Council members will begin by sharing their vision for the built environment in the City of Manhattan Beach as well as the project review process as it pertains to the work of the Planning Commission and Parking and Public Improvements Commission. Then, the City Council and Commission members will engage in a discussion regarding policy matters, including the Mobility Plan and strategic planning regarding the Sepulveda Corridor and provide direction to staff regarding priorities.
The work of the Planning Commission and Parking and Public Improvements Commission is primarily directed by applications submitted by property owners and community petitioners. However, the commissions also provide direction on policy matters that come before the City Council. Some of these are mandated by State Law, but others are issues of local concern.
Among the projects that have been identified by City Council as priorities in the coming year are 1) completion of the Mobility Plan (also known as the General Plan Circulation Element), and 2) initiatives to address development on the Sepulveda Boulevard corridor. More information on these projects are included in Attachments 1 and 2. Each commission also conducted an agendized discussion at one or two recent meetings. Additional projects suggested by the members of the Parking and Public Improvements Commission are provided in Attachment 3.
Staff suggests that Council and Commission members discuss the Mobility Plan, the Sepulveda Boulevard Corridor, and the additional proposed work plan items. The City Council may wish to suggest the priority projects out of the lists, and direct staff to place these matters on future Commission agendas for further discussion.
PUBLIC OUTREACH/INTEREST:
The Planning Commission had two agendized discussions of possible work plan items - one on May 24th that included outgoing commissioners, and one on June 14th that included new commission members. The Parking and Public Improvements Commission had a discussion of possible work plan items on its meeting agenda for May 25, 2017.
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney has reviewed this report and determined that no additional legal analysis is necessary.
Attachments:
1. Memorandum Regarding Project Status of Mobility Plan Update
2. Memorandum Regarding Sepulveda Boulevard Corridor
3. Projects of Interest Suggested by PPIC