Recommendation to, subject to review and consideration by the Personnel and Civil Service Committee in accordance with Long Beach Municipal Code Section 2.03.065, confirm Charter Commission appointments pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code; or in the alternative, if for some reason the Personnel and Civil Service Committee does not meet prior to or on February 17, 2015, waive the requirement for consideration and recommendation by the Personnel and Civil Service Committee in accordance with Section 2.03.065, and confirm Charter Commission appointments pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code.
And I'm going to start off by doing number item number nine. And so with that, I'm going to turn this over. Both of these items relate to commission appointments. Item nine relates to the one charter appointment we're doing. And so with that, I'm going to turn this over to the clerk who can read the item and then over to Mr. Austin. Item nine is a communication from Mayor Robert Garcia. Recommendation to receive and approve commission board committee appointments to non charter commissions. Thank you. And I see a motion by Councilmember Austin and a second by Councilmember Turanga and I turn this over to the chair of the committee. Councilmember Austin. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'm pleased to report that the Personnel and Civil Service Committee met this afternoon and we voted unanimously to reappoint Mr. Alan Fox to the Planning Commission to fulfill the term from 2014 to 2016. I'm asking for approval for the City Council from the full body of the city council. Thank you. There's a motion Councilmember Durango to join and make any comments. Yes. Mary, thank you very much. I just want to also congratulate our new appointees and re appointees. It's it's a it's a wonderful time. And we can say that you're community engagement is where it starts, where it starts, where you start looking at how the city functions and you lend your own wisdom and your expertize to the commissions that you participate in. And I really want to commend you for volunteering and stepping up to do that. I also want to throw a special shout out to my 2/7 District appointees, Veronica Quincy and Ramon Rhodes. Both are. Ramon is a student at Cabrillo High School, and I want to commend him for starting his path into leadership. And I'm sure that he'll find his appointment a very rewarding and and a learning experience. So, Veronica, thank you for your leadership. And just as a note that this item is just for Mr. Fox, his appointment, and then we're going to move on to all the other appointments. But that's okay. We like shoutouts, so so we're going to go with this. So I want to go ahead and please ask Alan Fox just to stand this is actually a please and said this is actually reappointment that I'll be making for the Planning Commission. Mr. Fox has been a resident of Long Beach for more than 23 years and is very active in our business community. He's an attorney as well. By profession, we had a chance to sit down and get to know each other as well and been very impressed with your long service to Long Beach and to the community. And he's been a lawyer for more than 40 years. So congratulations. Councilwoman Price is your biggest fan already just because you're a lawyer. And and we want to thank you for your work and your service on the Planning Commission prior and then your service moving forward. And so thank you. And to with that council members, we do have a vote. I think Councilman Alston want to make another comment. Yes, I did. And before I thought my my my cohort here, Mr. Urunga, was going to go into detail. But we do we're very proud to have Mr. Fox representing the Uptown Communities on the Planning Commission. I mean, you're going to bring a necessary perspective. You've already been there for several years. And as Mayor Garcia alluded to, you have a great deal of history in terms of public service to our city. So thank you again and congratulations again. Vice Mayor Lowenthal. I was just wondering if this was the time to thank our city attorney and city prosecutor again. What are they exactly? What's not very suspicious? I'd like to thank you all as well and congratulate you for this appointment. And I'm looking forward to the great work you're going to do. I know you're all very busy people, so it's very lucky for us that you're able to share this time with us. Thank you. Thank you. And before we go to a vote, I do want to make sure there's a I think, a small correction item. This is actually item ten, which would be the Alan Fox. So if we can just clear the board and then we're going to do ten, which is the this motion we're on and we're going to go to nine. Councilmember Austin was the maker of that motion. Customer Tauranga seconded that motion. Perfect. Any public comment on this appointment? Mr.. Good to you. Yes, Larry. Good. You click as the address. I thoroughly support the reappointment of Commissioner Fox. I've been before the Planning Commission one or two times over the years, and it's comforting to know that you will be there and have the insight because there's some some of those issues are one in particular is front and center. And we'll be coming back very shortly. And I think his perspective will be very, very helpful. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. With that, we have a motion in a second for the motion, which is to approve. Commissioner Fox, please cast your votes.