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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Report 4.A 02/03/2014 Age da'Item/#4.A SALU a` \y 1852' DATE: February 3, 2014 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: John C. Brown, City Manager SUBJECT: Resolution Recommending Appointments to the Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association to Fill Vacancies on the Local Agency Formation Commission, the Remote Access Network, the Sonoma County Child Care Planning Council, and the City Selection Chair and Vice Chair. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached resolution recommending appointments to the Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association and giving the Mayor or his designee authority to vote on late nominations received at the Association's February 13, 2014 meeting. BACKGROUND The Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association, which includes all the Sonoma County cities, fills vacancies on various local or regional Boards or Commissions when the terms of office expire or upon resignations. Letters of interest are circulated to all cities by those elected officials wishing to serve, followed by the cities voting on their recommendations at an upcoming meeting of the Association. City Selection Committee: 1. City Selection Chair and City Selection Vice Chair. Per the Association's By-Laws, the Chair City and Vice Chair City shall be determined based on a strict alphabetical rotational basis, and each Chair City and Vice Chair City shall each select its own Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Association. Accordingly, per the rotation schedule, the Chair City for 2014 will be Cotati and the Vice Chair City will be I-Iealdsburg. 2. Local Agency Formation Commission. One position, four year term, to fill the expiring term of Pam Stafford (Rohnert Park) whose term expires May 2014. Letter(s) of interest have been received from: • Pam Stafford, Councilmember, Rohnert Park • Julie Combs, Councilmember, Santa Rosa 3. Remote Access Network (RAN) Board. One position, no specific term, to fill the expiring term of Pam Stafford (Rohnert Park). Position must be filled by a Mayor. Letter(s) of interest have been received from: • Joe Callinan, Mayor, Rohnert Park Agenda Review: City Attorney Finance Director City Mama Board of Directors Appointment: 4. Sonoma County Child Care Planning Council. One position, three year term ending January 2017, to fill the expiring term of Susan Harvey (Cotati). Letter(s) of interest have been received from:. • Susan Harvey, Councilmember, Cotati ATTACHMENTS 1. Resolution 2. Letters of Interest cJ' ATTACHMENT 1 RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPOINTMENTS TO TFIE MAYORS' & COUNCILMEMBERS' ASSOCIATION TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION,THE REMOTE ACCESS NETWORK, THE SONOMA COUNTY CHILD CARE PLANNING COUNCIL, AND THE CITY SELECTION CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WHEREAS, vacancies have occurred on various Boards and Commissions due to teen expirations or elected members leaving office; and WHEREAS, the appointments will be considered by the City Selection Committee and the Board of Directors at the Mayor's & Councilmembers' Association meeting on February 13, 2014; and WHEREAS, letters of interest have been received and considered by the Petaluma City Council. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Petaluma City Council does hereby recommend to the Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association the following people to fill the vacancies on: for the City Selection Chair for the City Selection Vice Chair for the Local Agency Formation Commission for the Remote Access Network Board for the Child Care Planning Council. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Petaluma City Council authorizes Mayor David Glass or his designee to vote on late nominations received at the Mayors' & Councilmembers' meeting on February 13, 2014. 3 ATTACHMENT 2 LETTERS OF INTEREST witaill P44,4, (,o ' o, January 6, 2014 ' Michelle Arellano CAiirocPr� Clerk City Selection Committee City Council marellan(a.sonoma-county.orq Joseph r.Cal inan Sonoma County Mayors and Councilmembers Mayor City of Cloverdale City of Santa Rosa Amy 0.Ananotu City of Cotati City of Sebastopol Vice Mayor City of Healdsburg City of Sonoma City of Petaluma Town of Windsor Gina Belforte City of Rohnert Park Jake Mackenzie Pam Stafford RE: Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) Council Members Dear Mayors and Councilmembers and the City Selection Committee, I am contacting your City Council and the Board of Supervisors to request Damn Jenkins support for re-appointment to the Local Agency Formation Commission City Manager (LAFCO). Michelle City Attorney I have several years of experience with LAFCO having served as both City Attorney Y p g Commissioner and as an Alternate Commissioner. I currently serve on the . Alexandra M.Barnhill LAFCO personnel committee which is in the process of hiring the Executive Assistant City Attorney Director. I take this responsibility very seriously feel very strongly that I see it JoAnne Buergler through. There are many issues arising this year with regards to annexation City Clerk and consolidation and I would love to be able to work through these with the other commissioners. As far as my personal history, I recently completed my Brian Masterson second term as Mayor of the City of Rohnert Park. I have also served as a Director of Public Safety City Councilmember and Planning Commissioner. Johm.McArthur Director of Public Works end I would appreciate the opportunity to continue as your LAFCO representative Communiryseryices for another term and request your vote. Please contact me if you have Mark Walsh questions at (707) 584-5892 or email pstafford(@rpcity.orq. Interim Finance Director Marilyn Ponton Sincerely, Development Services Manager CITY OF ROHNERT PARK Pam Stafford Council Member cc: Taml Taylor, City Clerk, City of Cotati • 130 Avram Avenue • Rohnerl Park CA•94928•(707)588-2226•Fax(707)792-1876 www.rpcitv.org city of anta Rosa 0 January 14, 2014 Michelle Arellano Clerk of City Selection Committee marellan@sonoma-county.org RE: LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION (LAFCO) Dear Sonoma County Mayors and Council Members: JULIE COMBS I would like to serve as a City LAFCO representative, and I request your Council Member consideration for that appointment. Santa Rosa is the largest City in Sonoma County, and I believe that, at this time, representation from the Santa Rosa City Council on LAFCO would well serve all of Sonoma County. I have extensive involvement in Southwest Santa Rosa, which will be undergoing a lengthy annexation process in the coming years. I also serve on the League of California Cities Public Safety Policy Committee and am the local representative on the ABAG Regional Planning Committee. Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions regarding my interest in this position, please feel free to contact me at jcombs @srcity.org or 707-542-1906. Respectfully submitted, DIAL- COW/if> JULIE COMBS Council Member JC/sks f:\council\members\co mbslafco.doc CITY COUNCIL IOU Santa Ros:? Avenue, Rodin to • Santa ;L,sa, CA 95• 0$ Phone: (70/1S41-i010 = r:3a: i?o7( 543-1u;0 90 penis P<NA. ..??3,r^..yln►. CM1LIbnH+. January 2, 2014 City Council Michelle Arellano Joseph T.Calinan Clerk of the City Selection Committee Mayor 575 Administration Drive, Room 100A Amy 0,Ahanotu Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Vice Mayor Gina Belforte RE: Remote Access Network Board (RAN) Jake Mackenzie Pam Stafford City Selection Committee: Council Members I am writing to request the City Selection Committee's support for appointment to the Remote Access Network Board. Darrin Jenkins City Manager It is my understanding that this position must be filled by a Mayor; I meet that qualification. Michelle Marchetta Kenyon City Attorney Perhaps more importantly, I am interested in public safety issues Alexandra M. Barnhill and find it fascinating how law enforcement works together in Assistant City Attorney Sonoma County to properly identify people arrested through JoAnne Buergler fingerprint identification. The RAN Board is charged with making cdy Clerk sure fingerprints and criminal records are forwarded to the Brian Masterson Department of Justice electronically. I would be honored to Director of Public Safety contribute to this networking system. John McArthur Director of Public Works and I thank you for your consideration and hope for your support in Community Services filling this vacancy. If you have questions, please call me at 707 Mark Walsh 975-7601 or email me at jcallinan(cr7rpcity.orq. Interim Finance Director Marilyn Ponton Sincerely, Development Services Manager CITY OF R py{ryERT PARK Joseph T. Callinan Mayor 130 Avram Avenue• Rohnert Park CA•94928 •(707)588-2226•Fax(707)792-1876 www.rpcity.org CI'T'Y OF �; .' ®'I'A'I'I ,r, ,Y January 22, 2014 Subject : Letter of Interest for Sonoma County Child Care Planning Council To: Sonoma County Mayors and Council Members Association This letter will serve as my interest in serving as a representative on the Sonoma County Child Care Planning Council. As a mother who raised three children while working full time, I understand the importance of providing quality care for our children. I was fortunate that I was able to obtain quality care for my children during their formative years. I feel strongly that quality care is important not only for the growth of our children, but also for the ability of their parents to focus on being productive workers without worrying about the care of their children. It would be an honor to serve on this council to ensure that Sonoma County has quality, accessible and affordable child care. Thank you. Susan Susan Harvey City Council Member Cotati, CA 201 West Sierra Avenue, Corati, CA 9493 1-42 17 • ir:-eri-i,DNF. 707.792.4600 • FAX 795.7067 C1)