2018 May 16 - CC MIN - EDAC JOINT MEETING OF THE EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL
May 16th, 2018 Meeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Al Keahi called to order the Joint Meeting of the El Segundo City Council and
Economic Development Advisory Council at 4:30PM on Wednesday May 16th, 2018 at
CBRE, 2221 Rosecrans Ave, EI Segundo, CA 90245.
ROLL CALL
The following El Segundo City Council members were present:
• Mayor Drew Boyles
• Mayor Pro Tem Carol Pirsztuk
• Chris Pimentel
• Scot Nicol
The following El Segundo City Council members were not present:
0 Dr. Don Brann
The following El Segundo City Staff were present:
• Greg Carpenter, City Manager . Charles Mallory, Director of IT
• Barbara Voss, Economic 0 Mark Herbert, Interim Library Director
Development Manager
• Sam Lee, Director of Planning &
Tracy Weaver, City Clerk Building Safety
Joseph Lillio, Director of Finance
Bill Whalen, Chief of Police
Chris Donovan, Chief of Fire o Ken Berkman, Director of Public Works
Arecia Yee, Recreation & Parks 4 Juliana Demers, Finance Department
The following El Segundo City Staff were not present:
o Meredith Petit, Director of Recreation & Parks
The following Economic Development Advisory Council members were present:
• Al Keahi (Chair) 0 Robert Gray
• Lily Craig . Bob Healey
• Rob Croxall 0 Gary Horwitz
• Van Espahbodi 0 Richard Lundquist
• Shar Franklin 0 Michael Mothner
The following Economic Development Advisory Council members were absent:
• Sandy Jacobs (Vice Chair)
• Alex Abad
• Spencer Bauer
• Lance Ralls
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Lily Craig motioned to approve the minutes of the April 18th, 2018 meeting. Shar Franklin
seconded, unanimous approval.
Public Communication
m Dr. Antonio Mendez announced the Banner Stationers store at 415 Main St. is closing.
Updates
• A. Keahi announced the Sepulveda-PCH name change event is scheduled for June 12th.
m A. Keahi stated the Champions of Business event is scheduled for September 12th at
the Lakers Training Facility with Honoree Jeanie Buss.
Presentations
• S. Lee presented on residential and commercial building projects in EI Segundo.
• L. Craig questioned how The Edge shopping center would be rebranded.
o D. Boyles questioned the change in average daily room (ADR) rates with the
additional hotel capacity.
• S. Franklin responded that the ADR has been flat, and offered to work with B.
Voss to gather more information from the STR Report.
• A. Keahi presented on EDAC Activity from 2013 - Present. (received and filed)
a S. Nicol commented on how frequently both the EI Segundo Business website
and the Hospitality and Tourism website would be updated.
• D. Boyles stated EDAC is the only revenue generating committee in the city.
• Phelps presented a communications plan update.
Unfinished Business
Discussion of a proposed amendment to EDAC bylaws to include a term of
service moved to the June 20th meeting. — Deferred to June meeting.
New Business
• L. Craig presented on staff assistance for economic development.
• L. Craig motioned to approve the recommendation to City Council to consider
hiring a full time staff position for economic development. B. Healey seconded,
unanimous approval.
• G. Carpenter recommended the B. Voss present the recommendation to hire a
full time staff position for economic development to City Council at the June 13th
strategic planning session.
• M. Mothner commented both the EI Segundo Business website and Hospitality &
Tourism website will require constant updates and will be a significant amount of
work.
• A. Keahi reviewed the success criteria for the Art Walk event.
o Suggested the Art Walk work towards becoming self-sustaining in future
years, marketing initiative of the Art Walk event to be handled by Phelps
for consistent branding and messaging, and the finance department to
review budget and pay vendors directly whenever possible.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:43 PM.
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