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DATE: February 11, 2020
SUBJECT: DESIGNATE A CITY DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 2020 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS' GENERAL ASSEMBLY
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
PRESENTER: Masis Hagobian
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council appoint a Delegate and Alternate to the 2020 Southern California Association of
Governments' General Assembly.
BACKGROUND
The Southern California Association of Governments (SLAG) region encompasses six counties
(Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura) and 191 cities in an
area covering more than 38,000 square miles.
SCAG develops long-range regional transportation plans including sustainable communities'
strategy and growth forecast components, regional transportation improvement programs,
regional housing needs allocations, and a portion of the South Coast Air Quality management
plans. SCAG is governed by the 86-member Regional Council, whose members are elected by
district. The City of Santa Clarita and the City of San Fernando comprise District 67.
Each year, the City Council appoints a Delegate and Alternate to SCAG's General Assembly,
which will be held May 6-8 this year. A municipality's Delegate and Alternate must be an elected
member of that jurisdiction's governing body. Every member jurisdiction within the SCAG
region is requested to appoint a Delegate, who has the opportunity to vote on any proposed
changes to SCAG by-laws or propose and vote upon resolutions to be considered by SCAG's
membership at the General Assembly. In the absence of the Delegate, the Alternate may
represent the jurisdiction's governing body at the General Assembly.
SCAG is currently developing the 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable
Communities Strategy (Connect SoCal), which is the organization's long-range vision for
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transportation and housing within the six -county region. This document will likely be the
centerpiece of discussions and presentations at this year's General Assembly.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action, as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
No additional resources beyond those contained within the adopted Fiscal Year 2019-20 City
Budget are required for implementation of the recommended action.
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