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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/14/2021 Committee Members Staff: Jacqui Kitchen Councilmember, Chris Parlier, Chair Assistant City Manager Councilmember, Jacquie Sullivan Councilmember, Andrae Gonzales REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE Monday, December 14, 2020 12:00 p.m. City Hall North, First Floor, Conference Room A 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. 1.ROLL CALL Committee members Present: Councilmember, Chris Parlier, Chair Councilmember, Andrae Gonzales Councilmember, Jacquie Sullivan City Staff Present: Christian Clegg, City Manager Jacqui Kitchen, Assistant City Manager Anthony Valdez, Administrative Analyst III Virginia Gennaro, City Attorney 2.ADOPT SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT The Report was adopted as submitted. 3.PUBLIC STATEMENTS None. /S/ Jacqui Kitchen S:\Council Committees\2020\Legislative and Litigation\12_December Page 2 JK:pa 4.NEW BUSINESS A.Committee Discussion Regarding Development of Legislative Platform - Clegg City Manager Clegg provided a brief overview of State and Federal Legislative Programs designed to guide the City’s legislative advocacy efforts described in the memorandum provided in the agenda packet. Committee member Gonzales thanked staff for the research. He requested homelessness be added to the top of the list of proposed State Legislative priorities and that advocating for fair share of State Funding and advocating for fair share of Caltrans funding for infrastructure and maintenance be combined into one priority. Committee Chair Parlier stated that he supported prioritizing advocating for reasonable and measured relief from state regulations related to energy and agriculture production because of the affects is has on city residents. He agreed with Committee member Gonzales that homelessness be included as a listed priority. Committee member Sullivan thanked staff for their research and report. She was in agreeance with Committee member Gonzales and Committee Chair Parlier that homelessness should be added to the list of State Legislative priorities. Committee member Gonzales requested that Coronavirus (COVID-19) funding resources and homelessness funding resources for states and cities be listed as priorities on the Federal Legislative Priorities. Committee Chair Parlier and Committee member Sullivan agreed. Committee Chair Parlier made a motion to bring the State and Federal Legislative Programs with the revision noted above to a future City Council meeting in January. The motion was unanimously approved. 5.COMMITTEE COMMENTS Committee member Gonzales thanked staff for all their work during the year. He requested staff reassess Conference Room A layout in order to make the television monitor for presentations more accessible for the Committee members. He suggested installing an additional television monitor on the westside of the room or rotating the table so that the head of the table faces east. Committee member Sullivan thanked staff for all their hard work. She shared her appreciation for having served on the Committee for many years. 6.ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 12:39 p.m.