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File #: 26-0277    Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/24/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/3/2026 Final action:
Title: EXCUSED ABSENCES FROM VARIOUS COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Attachments: 1. Administrative Report
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To:                                                               MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

From:                                                               ELEANOR MANZANO, CITY CLERK

 

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EXCUSED ABSENCES FROM VARIOUS COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


Commissioner/Member
      Board/Commission/Committee                               Meeting Date

Natalie Hwang                    Youth                                                      November 6, 2025

Kaia Weiss                                              Youth                                                      November 6, 2025

Orhan Taner                       Cultural Arts                                            November 19, 2025

Michelle Gold                      Cultural Arts                                            November 19, 2025

Juan Melendez                   Cultural Arts                                            November 19, 2025

Roger Light                         Planning                                                  November 20, 2025

Olivia Reeds                       Youth                                                       December 4, 2025

Christopher McCauley        Public Amenities                                     December 10, 2025

Jeffrey Rowe                       Public Amenities                                     December 10, 2025

Kylie Cho                             Youth                                                      January 7, 2026

Jeffrey Rowe                       Public Amenities                                     January 14, 2026

Edward Caldwell                 Public Amenities                                     January 14, 2026

Desiree Galassi                                           Public Amenities                                                     February 11, 2026

Candace Nafissi                                           Public Works & Sustainability                               February 23, 2026

 

On November 5, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Weiss, requesting an excused absence for the November 6, 2025, Youth Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On November 6, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Hwang, requesting an excused absence for the November 6, 2025, Youth Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On November 2, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Gold, requesting an excused absence for the November 19, 2025, Cultural Arts Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On November 18, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Taner, requesting an excused absence for the November 19, 2025, Cultural Arts Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On November 25, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Melendez, requesting an excused absence for the November 19, 2025, Cultural Arts Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On November 3, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Light, requesting an excused absence for the November 20, 2025, Planning Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On December 1, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Reeds, requesting an excused absence for the December 4, 2025, Youth Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On December 10, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner McCauley, requesting an excused absence for the December 10, 2025, Public Amenities Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On December 4, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Rowe, requesting an excused absence for the December 10, 2025 and January 14, 2026, Public Amenities Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On January 6, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Cho, requesting an excused absence for the January 7, 2026, Youth Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On January 14, 2026, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Caldwell, requesting an excused absence for the January 14, 2026, Public Amenities Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On January 29, 2026, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Galassi, requesting an excused absence for the February 11, 2026, Public Amenities Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

On February 23, 2026, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Nafissi, requesting an excused absence for the February 23, 2026, Public Works Commission meeting for personal reasons.

 

BACKGROUND

As of September 3, 2019, the City Council authorized the City Clerk to revise the policy pertaining to requests for excused absences, whereby Board Members and Commissioners are required to communicate impending absences directly to the City Clerk for processing.

 

Pursuant to Sec 2-9.107 of Redondo Beach Municipal Code in order for absences from regular meetings of City Commissions to be considered excused absences, permission must be requested from the City Council and approval must be expressed in the official minutes of the Council. 

 

 

APPROVED BY:

Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk

 

FISCAL IMPACT
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