The City is currently conducting a recruitment to fill three vacancies on the City’s Traffic Safety Committee due to expiring terms of office. These are volunteer, non-paying positions with terms of office ending in June 2024.
Traffic Safety Committee
The five member Traffic Safety Committee serves as a public forum for traffic related issues including placement of traffic control devices, consideration of traffic calming solutions, safety-related tools and posted speed limits. The 2020-2021 work plan for the Traffic Safety Committee includes providing civic engagement opportunities to discuss school safety matters, safe school routes, crossing guards and crosswalks. The Committee will also provide comments and recommendations to the City Council regarding the Circulation Element of the General Plan Update, permit parking in coastal zones and roadway safety relating to multi-modal use of the public rights-of-way. The Traffic Safety Committee generally meets on the 4th Monday, every-other month at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room at City Hall.
Those interested in applying must submit an application to the City Clerk’s Office by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2021. To be considered for appointment, an applicant must be a resident of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. To apply please visit the City’s website at the following link http://www.rpvca.gov/150/Advisory-Board-Recruitment to complete an application. An application may also be requested by contacting the City Clerk’s Department at cityclerk@rpvca.gov or by calling (310) 544-5217.
Interviews with the City Council are tentatively scheduled to take place in March 16, 2021 prior to the regularly scheduled City Council Meeting virtually using the Zoom platform. The City Clerk’s Office will confirm the date and time of the interviews with the applicants.
Please note that that applications will be retained for future consideration for vacancies within other City committees.