TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Liza Tamura, City Clerk
Martha Alvarez, Senior Deputy City Clerk
Alexandria Latragna, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Declare Vacant Planning Commission Seat No. 3 (Sandra Seville-Jones) and Appoint (City Clerk Tamura).
a) DECLARE VACANCY
b) APPOINT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Declare Vacant Planning Commission Seat No. 3 (Seville-Jones);
2. Appoint from the list of interested applicants that participated in the 2018 Annual Interview and Appointment process for the Planning Commission, Member-at-Large seat.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
On March 9, 2019, Planning Commissioner Sandra Seville-Jones sadly passed away. Due to her unfortunate death, the Seat No. 3 has been left vacant.
The Planning Commission is responsible for long-range planning activities, including major use permits, commercial planned development permits, zone changes, code amendments, and modification to long-range planning documents, including the City's General Plan and Local Coastal Plan. The Planning Commission consists of five members who meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) ? 2.44.040 states, "Whenever an unscheduled vacancy occurs on a Commission, Board or Committee, a special notice is to be posted in the City Clerk's office, and in other places as directed by the City Council within twenty (20) days after the City receives notices of the vacancy."
DISCUSSION:
Commissioner Seville-Jones' term was scheduled to expire May 31, 2020. Per MBMC ? 2.44.070 if a vacant seat has 18 months or less remaining in its term, the newly appointed commission would complete the original term and automatically be reappointed to a three-year term with...
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