Malibu Preservationists, Commercial Landlords to Meet

Malibu city staff will host a meeting of a stakeholders group, which will include representatives of the Preserve Malibu Group and local shopping center owners, according to a staff report for Monday's  meeting.

The topic of the stakeholders session will be local business preservation and any laws the council may consider regarding this effort. This is also a topic on the council meeting's agenda.

The date for the stakeholders meeting was not included in the staff report. Each side will be able to select five people to attend, and the session will be "informal" and not open to the public, according to the report.

"Objectives of the meeting will [be to] attempt to reach a consensus between the varying interests, allow an informal platform to openly share with one another, and consider possible outcomes for future consideration by the City Council," the staff report states.

City staff will provide a "summary of the dialogue received" from the stakeholders session at a council meeting. It is not clear if that will be the council meeting on Monday or a later session.

The council on Monday will "receive and file a status report from staff on the local community-serving businesses discussion and review correspondence received since Oct. 10," when this issue was last on the agenda.

In addition, the council will consider a proposal for the city to put $1,500 toward the funding of a community seminar hosted by the American Independent Business Alliance. This money would be combined with $1,000 the council had allocated in October for the formation of an "Independent Business Alliance." City staff has recommended the alliance not be formed at this time, and instead the total $2,500 be used to fund the seminar called Strength in Numbers.

"The community seminar would cover a wide range of opportunities to enhance local community-serving businesses in Malibu," the staff report states. "Following, it could be determined by the group involved if there is any direction to be taken. The city has invited the  to be an integral part of the workshop."

Also on the agenda for Monday:

• Public Safety Commission's recommendation that the city pursue the 

• Council member John Sibert's proposal that the city spend of the

• Direction for city staff to issue a Request for Proposals for that will cost an estimated $40,000

The council meeting on Monday will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at , which is located at 23825 Stuart Ranch Road.