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Recommendation to direct City Manager to support State legislation that would add a permanent seat to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Agency Board of Directors for the City of Long Beach without disproportionately affecting representation from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors or adding more than four new voting members to the Board, bringing Board membership up to no more than 17 voting members.
DISCUSSION
After a focused discussion on the need for permanent representation for the City of Long Beach on the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Agency (Metro) Board of Directors by the State Legislation Committee on February 3, 2015, the Long Beach City Council adopted a State Legislative Agenda that states the City shall, "Monitor or sponsor State legislation that proposes to change the structure of State and regional boards on which Long Beach is represented, and maximize the City's representation."
Metro serves as the largest metropolitan transportation planning organization in the nation and is comprised of 13 voting members and one ex-officio member. Metro does not include a permanent seat for the City of Long Beach. As the second largest city in Los Angeles County, inclusive of the Port of Long Beach, Long Beach shares representation with 25 cities, mostly from the Gateway Council of Governments, but also from the surrounding area as part of the Southeast Long Beach Sector.
Current State law prescribes membership on the Metro Board of Directors to be:
• Five members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
• The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
• Two public members and one member of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
• Four members, each of whom shall be a mayor or a member of a city council, appointed by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee. For purposes of the selection of these four members, the County of Los Angeles, excluding the C...
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