File #: RPT 23-098   
Section: Informational Report Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: Ad Hoc Committee
Agenda Date: 9/18/2023 Final action:
Subject: Council Liaison to the Planning Commission

DATE:      September 18, 2023

 

TO:           Ad Hoc Committee

 

FROM:     City Clerk

 

SUBJECT                     

 

Title                      

Council Liaison to the Planning Commission     

                                                       

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RECOMMENDATION

 

Recommendation

That the Ad Hoc Committee discuss a suggestion for the Mayor to assign a Council Member as a liaison to the Planning Commission.

 

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SUMMARY

 

It is the Council Member Handbook policy that each Council Member be assigned by the Mayor as Liaison to City commissions, committees, task forces, Alameda County agencies and other regional boards.  The Council Liaison’s responsibility includes attending meetings, bringing information from meeting bodies to Council, and informing the Council’s appointed bodies.  Since the Planning Commission keeps the Council abreast of information related to planning and zoning actions for residential, commercial, and industrial development, the Planning Commission has historically not been assigned a Council Liaison.  Recently, the City Clerk received a suggestion from Development Services Director Buizer to consider assigning a Council Liaison to the Planning Commission to serve as a mentor to new Planning Commissioners.

 

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