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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 4.E 08/05/2019DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT Agenda Item #4.E August 5, 2019 Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council through City Manager Samantha Pascoe, Deputy City Clerk Claire Cooper, City Clerk Recommend Appointments to the Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association to Fill Vacancies on the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Executive Board and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District Citizens Advisory Committee. RECOMMENDATION Request for the City Council to recommend Appointments to the Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association to Fill Two Vacancies on the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Executive Board and give the Mayor or designee, authority to vote on late nominations received at the Mayors' & Councilmembers' Association's August 8, 2019 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, following by the cities voting on their recommendations at an upcoming meeting of the Association. At their meeting on June 13, 2019, the Board of Directors extended the period to receive letters of interest for the following two positions which will be considered at the August meeting. Board of Directors: 1. ABAG Executive Board, one position, to fill expired term of Jake Mackenzie (Rohnert Park); term expires June 2019. Two year fixed term. Letter(s) received from: 0 Jake Mackenzie 2. ABAG Executive Board, (Alternate), one position, to fill expired term of Julie Combs (Santa Rosa); term expires June 2019. Two year fixed term. Letter(s) received from: 0 None to date PUBLIC OUTREACH This agenda item appeared on the City's tentative agenda document on Monday, July 15, 2019, which was a publicly -noticed meeting. FINANCIAL IMPACTS There is no fiscal impact related to the proposed action. ATTACHMENTS Letters of Interest 2 Attachment 1 -----Original Message ----- From: Mackenzie, Jake <!mackenziet@rpcitv.org> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2019 5:07 PM To: Rebekah Barr <rbarr@sonomacitv.org> Cc: Buergler, JoAnne <jbuergIer@rPcitv.orF-> Subject: Fwd: REMINDER - ACTION: Extended Deadlines - Calls for Letters of Interest - ABAG Executive Board Since no one is I interested, I hereby resubmit my name for the position of ABAG Exec Committee. Please consider this as my revocation of my previous decision. Please consider this as my letter of application and circulate to all. I'm currently flying to Scotland to attend a family funeral! Thank you. Sent from my Whone Jake Mackenzie, Councilmember City of Rohnert Park Commissioner and Past Chair, MTC 3