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City of Huntington Beach
File #: 21-221 MEETING DATE: 3/15/2021
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Oliver Chi, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Travis K. Hopkins, Assistant City Manager
Subject:
Consider Establishment of a City Council Ad-Hoc Committee to Perform a Formal Review of
the City's Current Boards, Commission, and Committee Structure
Statement of Issue:
In late-2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations
Committee (IRC) had been engaged in a review of the City's existing structure of Boards,
Commissions, and Committees (BCCs). Over the years, as the City made additions and / or
adjustments to our BCCs, the overall listing of groups became unwieldy, both because of the number
of BCCs and overlapping duties.
Recently, at this year's 2021 Strategic Planning Session held in January, the City Council identified
updating and modernizing our overall roster of BCCs as a key priority project. Currently, staff has
identified that the City supports 40 different internal, City-sponsored boards, commission, and
committees (see Attachment 1), and certainly, the City would benefit from an assessment of the
duties, priorities, and current relevancy of each group as we seek to modernize our overall BCC
framework.
To coordinate the task of reviewing our BCCs, it is recommended that an Ad-Hoc City Council
Committee be established to work with staff in performing the review of the City's board and
commission framework. It is recommended that the Mayor and two (2) members of the City Council
be selected to serve on the Ad Hoc Committee, which would be tasked with developing
recommendations for consideration by the full City Council.
Financial Impact:
Not applicable
Recommended Action:
Establish a 3-member City Council Ad-Hoc Committee, comprised of the Mayor and two (2) Council
Members, to perform an assessment of the City's overall board, commission, and committee
structure.
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File #: 21-221 MEETING DATE: 3/15/2021
Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve the recommendation and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
The City currently has 40 identified BCCs that have been created over time for various
responsibilities. A formal assessment of the framework of the advisory bodies would be prudent to
identify ways to better organize and streamline the work being considered by the BCCs. Such a
review would help ensure that the efforts of the City Council, the committee members, and staff are
spent on relevant and productive community priorities.
To that end, it is recommended that the City Council form an ad-hoc Committee, comprised of the
Mayor and two Council Members, to work with staff to complete the BCC assessment. Upon
completion of the review, the committee would provide recommended adjustments for full City
Council consideration.
Environmental Status:
Not applicable
Strategic Plan Goal:
Community Engagement
Attachment(s):
1 . Listing of City Boards, Committees, and Commissions
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Huntington Beach Boards, Commissions, and Committees
1 Beautification Landscape and Tree Committee
2 Central Park Collaborative
3 Children's Needs Task Force
4 Citizen's Infrastructure Advisory Board
5 Citizens Participation Advisory Board
6 City Council / Public Finance Authority
7 Communications Committee
8 Community Services Commission
9 Design Review Board
10 Downtown EDC
11 Economic Development Committee
12 Environmental Assessment Committee
13 Environmental Board
14 Finance Commission
1S Fourth of July Executive Board
16 Harbour Commission
17 Historic Resources Board
18 Homeless Task Force
19 Human Relations Task Force
20 Huntington Beach Housing Authority
21 Huntington Central Park Committee
22 Intergovernmental Relations Committee
23 Investment Advisory Board
24 Jet Noise Commission
25 Library Board of Trustees
26 Mobile Home Advisory Board
27 Oak View Task Force
39 Oversight Board of the Successor Agency of the Former City of Huntington Beach
28 Park Naming Committee
29 Personnel Commission
30 Planning Commission
31 Public Works Commission
32 School District/ City Committee
33 Southeast Area Council Committee
34 Specific Event Committee
3S Strategic Plan Committee
36 Subdivision Committee
37 Sunset Beach Committee
38 Supplemental Retirement Plan & Trust Board
39 Youth Board
40 Zoning Administrator