CC SR 20210202 01 - Advisory Board Appoinments (FAC, IMAC, West Vector Control District)
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 02/02/2021
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA TITLE:
Consideration and possible action to appoint members to the Finance Advisory
Committee, Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee, and the Los Angeles
County West Vector Control District.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) By majority vote of the City Council, appoint members to the following vacancies:
A. Two members to the Finance Advisory Committee, with full terms to expire on
June 30, 2024;
B. Four members to the Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee, with
three full terms to expire 6/30/2024 and one special vacancy with an
unexpired term ending in February 2023 ; and,
C. One member to the Los Angeles County West Vector Control District with a
full term to expire on December 31, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Teresa Takaoka, Deputy City Clerk
REVIEWED BY: Karina Bañales, Deputy City Manager
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. List of applicants (page A-1)
B. California Code, Health and Safety Code § 2021 (page B-1)
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
Recruitment began in November 2020 for seats on the Finance Advisory Committee
(FAC) and the Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee (IMAC). The FAC has
two vacancies due to expiring terms, and the IMAC has four vacancies comprised of
three expiring terms and one special vacancy. Additionally, a recruitment for a vacancy
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on the Los Angeles County West Vector Control District (West Vector) was conducted
when the City became aware that the City’s current representative would not be seeking
reappointment.
The recruitment for the committees was advertised and posted according to City
Council Policy No. 6. The recruitment for the West Vector vacancy was conducted using
the City’s listserv. At the conclusion of the recruitment period on November 27, 2020
(for committees) and January 22, 2021, (for West Vector) the City received a total of 19
applications from residents interested in serving. Two applicants are incumbents
wishing to reapply for their same committees, one applicant currently serves on a
committee and wishes to serve on an additional committee; and 16 were from other
residents wishing to serve. The City Council conducted interviews of FAC on January
19, 2021 and, as of this writing, the IMAC and West Vector interviews will be conducted
on February 2, 2021.
Ballots will be distributed prior to the commencement of the City Council meeting on
February 2, 2021 listing the applicants for the City Council to cast their votes. Staff will
tally the votes and in compliance with the Brown Act, the City Clerk will read each
Councilmember’s ballot into the record at the meeting and declare the members
appointed to each committee (FAC or IMAC) and district (West Vector).
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List of applicants by committee for which they interviewed or for which they indicated as first
preference:
Finance Advisory Committee
Lynn Gill
Crystal Slaten
Azin Rad
Martin Fox
Kevin Yourman
Ali Tasneem
Jessica Vlaco
Infrastructure Management Advisory Committee
Brian Haig
Bryant Tam
Mark Itzigsohn
Don Swanson
Sunshine
John Spielman
Bruce Edelson
Suzanne Godfrey
Maggie Xu
Howard Warner
Sean O’Connor
Los Angeles County West Vector Control
Ami Gandhi
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California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 2021
Within 30 days after the effective date of the formation of a district, a board of trustees
shall be appointed as follows:
(a) In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in a single county,
the board of supervisors shall appoint five persons to the board of trustees.
(b) In the case of a district that is located entirely within a single county and contains
both incorporated territory and unincorporated territory, the board of supervisors may
appoint one person to the board of trustees, and the city council of each city that is
located in whole or in part within the district may appoint one person to the board of
trustees. If those appointments result in a board of trustees with less than five trustees,
the board of supervisors shall appoint enough additional persons to make a board of
trustees of five members.
(c) In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in more than one
county, the board of supervisors of each county may appoint one person to the board of
trustees. If those appointments result in a board of trustees with less than five persons,
the board of supervisors of the principal county shall appoint enough additional persons
to make a board of trustees of five members.
(d) In the case of a district that is located in two or more counties and contains both
incorporated territory and unincorporated territory, the board of supervisors of each
county may appoint one person to the board of trustees, and the city council of each city
that is located in whole or part within the district may appoint one person to the board of
trustees. If those appointments result in less than five persons, the board of
supervisors of the principal county shall appoint enough additional persons to make a
board of trustees of five members.
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