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CITY OF BANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Appro,
Item to be presented
DATE: December 12, 2000
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANK
ROBERTS TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Engineering Services
City Council adopt a resolution supporting the appointment of Frank Roberts to the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(MTA) has 13 voting members. The Board is comprised of the five County Supervisors, the
Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, and three additional people appointed by the Mayor and four
elected officials representing the 87 other cities in the County. These four city" directors
represCountY/San Fernando Valley ent the cities within four separate geographic °sewhich incj ctors " Santa Clarity is a member of the
Calabasas Glendale Hidde Hills , La Canada-Flintrides the Cities Lancaster, Agoura Malibu, Palmdale, San
Fernando, Westlake'
nd Santa Clarita.
Through the League of California Cities City Selection Committee, the mayors of each city
within their respective Sectors meet to nominate and vote for a mayor or councilmember Brom
a fellow Sector city to be their Sector representative on the MTA Board of Directors.
In April 1999, the Mayor of Lancaster, Frank Roberts, was nominated and elected to serve as
MTA Director for the North County/San Fernando Valley Sector. Mr. Roberts was elected to
serve the remaining two years of the four-year term of the previous Sector representative, Larry
Zarin, after he announced his resignation from the MTA Board of Directors. His term as an
MTA Director expires on January 1, 2001.
The mayors of each city in the North County/San Fernando Valley Sector will meet on
December 14 to nominate a representative to serve a four-year term on the MTA Board. The
on January 4, 2001.
selected nominee(s) will then be considered for appointment by the City Selection Committee
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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANK ROBERTS
TO THE MTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
December 12, 2000 — Page 2
Staff believes that Frank Roberts has done an outstanding job representing issues that impact
both the Sector and the City of Santa Clarita during his term on the MTA Board, and believes
that the City should nominate him to serve an additional term as our Sector representative.
ALTEitN`'�TIV— . A— CTION.sS
Nominate another mayor or councilmember from a North County/San Fernando Valley Sector
city for candidacy on the MTA Board of Directors.
FISCAL IHE=
None.
Resolution Supporting the Appointment of Frank Roberts
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