Mayoralty Rotates at Next Council Meeting

The Malibu City Council will hold its next scheduled public meeting on Monday, Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at city hall.
The first orders of business will include a proclamation declaring November, 2009 as National Family Caregivers Month in the City of Malibu, the naming of certificate recipients of the Clean Bay Restaurant Program and a presentation of a Certificate of Recognition to Jim Palmer of Malibu Vineyards.
Also on the agenda will be the “changing of the guards” on Malibu City council: Sharon Barovsky will become the city’s new mayor and Jefferson Wagner will become mayor pro tem. Because Malibu does not elect a mayor separately, the city’s mayorship is rotated by an electoral formula devised by the city council several years ago so that each member of the council serves as mayor.
There will also be several resolutions on the agenda, including one opposing the declawing of cats in the City of Malibu, a resolution of intent to initiate a zoning text amendment regarding institutional zoning district development standards, permitted and conditionally permitted uses, one supporting the West Basin Municipal Water District’s Water Reliability 2020 Program, and an adoption of the resolution supporting the Los Angeles County single-use bag reduction and recycling program.
The council will also hear an appeal of the planning commission’s denial of a conditional use permit and variance for the operation of a medical marijuana dispensary at 21355 Pacific Coast Highway, as well as an ordinance creating landscape water conservation standards.