The commission voted 5–0 on July 22 to confirm liaison assignments to the department's standing committees and to add a Transportation Liaison position. Staff described planned outreach and transit workshops tied to the new liaison role.
The vote is significant because liaison assignments determine commissioner oversight of youth sports, teens programming, trails, homelessness response and transportation outreach; the new Transportation Liaison will coordinate public-transit education tied to the city’s new station.
Office assistant Amanda Seesha presented the list of committees and said the commission needed to pick a primary and a backup for Youth Sports Council, Teens for Glendora, Trails Council, Homeless Liaison and a new Transportation Liaison. Commissioners discussed preferences and confirmed appointments: Steve as primary for Youth Sports (Britney as backup); Britney as primary for Teens for Glendora (David as backup); Eddie as primary for Trails Council (Steve backup); David as Homeless Liaison (Mike backup); and Mike as Transportation Liaison (Eddie backup).
Seesha and other staff described an upcoming push tied to the new train station opening. The Transportation Liaison will help coordinate quarterly transit workshops and occasional outings where participants attend a short briefing on TAP cards and transit routes, board a bus to the station, and ride to destinations such as Alvarado Street or Pasadena for practice using public transit. Staff said the focus would be seniors but that resident workshops could also be scheduled on weekends.
Commissioner Steve moved the motion to approve the liaison appointments; Commissioner Steve also was recorded as participating in the vote. The motion passed by voice vote, recorded as 5–0 in favor.
Staff said the commission will support transit workshops quarterly and may schedule additional outings for other resident groups.
"We want a big push for that, mainly for the seniors," a staff member said about the transit workshops. "We usually do it quarterly."