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REGULAR MEETING OF
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AGENDA |
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:00 Noon |
City of Santa
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1. CALL TO ORDER,
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
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IDENTIFICATION OF VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT: DELEGATE OR ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER
FROM PARTICIPATING CITIES
3.
APPOINTMENT OF JODY HALL ESSER AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD AND
APPROVAL OF AN
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THE APPOINTMENT.
4. APPROVAL OF JULY 20, 2006 MEETING NOTES
5. COG BY-LAWS AMENDMENTS AND LOGISTICS
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Authorization to contract with the firm of Mayer Hoffman McCann to perform an independent audit of accounting and administration of WSCOG funds as required by California Government Code Section 6505. to purchase required surety bond for WSCOG Treasurer. |
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Adoption of City of Santa Monica Investment Policy as the WSCCOG Investment Policy for the 2006-07 WSCCOG fiscal year. |
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Authorization to purchase the required surety bond on officers and persons having charge of, handle or have access to WSCCOG property as required by WSCCOG By-laws. |
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Direction to prepare a By-laws amendment to provide for representation when unusual circumstances result in neither a city’s Delegate or Alternate being able to attend a meeting. |
6. NEW
BUSINESS 2006 WORK PROGRAM/PRESENTATIONS
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Report and Recommendations from the COG Homeless Committee on advocacy regarding regional homeless solutions/Initiatives; Los Angeles County Plan; Santa Monica Homeless Community Court; Los Angeles City Council Homeless Committee Actions; inter-agency coordination/continued advocacy of proposal for therapeutic housing for homeless veterans on the West Los Angeles VA campus; Discussion of SSI advocacy program. |
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Update on Westside Transit Issues including efforts to modify/influence funding for Exposition Light Rail; timeline for engineering consulting services for Expo Phase 2; above-grade separation at Washington/National; the Westside Subway Extension; Metro's Long Range Transportation Plan and Call for Projects; informational discussion and public education strategy RE State Transportation Infrastructure Bond Issue. |
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Intergovernmental Relations – League of California Cities briefing on state fiscal/legislative issues and League of California Cities Annual Conference; status of proposed real property exchange of the West Los Angeles U.S. Army Reserve Center and new FBI office development. |
7. RECEIVE & FILE, DIRECTION RE: CORRESPONDENCE
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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MTA Southwest Cities Corridor and Westside Central Service Sector Report. |
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Reminder: Expo Groundbreaking - September 29, 2006.
Location: The site is located on the Exposition right-of-way, 3 blocks west of Crenshaw, at Wellington Road |
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Save the Date: "Creating
Livable Boulevards on the Westside" |
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Save the Date: Westside
Economic Summit |
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Other announcements. |
9. DISCUSSION REGARDING CALENDARING OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
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Items for future agendas.
For reference only: January '07 presentation on Homeless Community Court |
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Proposed calendar for 2007 |
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Confirmation of future COG
meeting dates and locations |
10. PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION
| Members of the public may address the Westside Cities/COG on any subject on or off the agenda by raising a hand, being recognized by the chair or meeting facilitator and shall confine comments three minutes per speaker. |
11. ADJOURNMENT TO
NOVEMBER 16, 2006 MEETING, BEVERLY HILLS
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