PURPOSE:

This report recommends that the City Council support the nomination of Glendale City Council Member Ara Najarian to succeed City of Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts as the North County-San Fernando Valley representative to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board of Directors.  

BACKGROUND:

The North County-San Fernando Valley sector includes the cities of Agoura Hills, Burbank, Calabasas, Glendale, Hidden Hills, La Ca�ada Flintridge, Lancaster, Malibu, Palmdale, San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and West Lake Village.  The City of Los Angeles is a separate area.  The MTA Board is comprised of 14 members:  the 5 County Supervisors, the Mayor of Los Angeles, 2 public members and 1 member of the City Council appointed by the May or the City of Los Angeles, and representatives of each of the 4 Sectors that comprise Los Angeles County, excluding the City of Los Angeles.  Each of the four Sector representatives must be either a Mayor of City Council member of a city within the Sector he/she represents.  All appointments are for 4-year terms.

Appointments to these positions are done by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee (a League of California body), based upon a vote by its members.   Within each Sector, member cities are assigned one vote each, and that vote is weighted proportionally by population of each city as compared to the population of the Sector as a whole.

ANALYSIS:

The current Board representative for the North County � San Fernando Valley Sector is Mayor Frank Roberts of Lancaster.  In choosing a successor representative, staff feels that the City of Burbank�s regional transportation and transit interests would be best served in supporting a representative from a nearby city rather than from a more distant municipality.  The cities of Burbank and Glendale have similar regional transportation needs, and both cities share a history of cooperation and collaboration on regional transportation issues that affect the Sector.  Staff feels that supporting a candidate from a the City of Glendale will provide the best representation of Burbank�s interests in regional transportation issues.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends that the City Council support the nomination of Glendale City Council Member Ara Najarian to succeed City of Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts as the North County-San Fernando Valley representative to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board of Directors. 

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