TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Dana Murray, Environmental Programs Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Approve Composition and Roles for City's Sustainability Task Force 2018-2019 (Community Development Director McIntosh).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council approve the framework for Sustainability Task Force for 2018-2019, including purpose, composition, roles, duties and procedures (Attachments 1 & 4).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Staff support for the Sustainability Task Force will require approximately fifty percent of the Environmental Manager's time. However, the Task Force itself and its individual members will actively advance the Environmental Work Plan (Attachment 2) approved by the City Council. This will minimize the use of outside consultants and other paid staff to execute certain tasks, from research and analysis to public outreach and education.
BACKGROUND:
Manhattan Beach has a long history of environmental leadership, policy, and stewardship, both as a community and as a government agency. The vision for the sustainability movement in the City came from City's 2007 Environmental Task Force, which was "to unite the community in a comprehensive effort to promote sustainable living in the City of Manhattan Beach, and led to the development of the City's 2008 Green Report.
The City's 2018-2020 Environmental Work Plan was presented to City Council at their meeting on November 7, 2017, and approved at the City Council Environmental Study Session on January 31, 2018. Included in the Environmental Work Plan is a proposal for the Environmental Programs Manager to form a technical, working task force to assist the City on a variety of environmental sustainability topics/issues areas. At the January 31st study session, City Council approved staff moving fo...
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