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1 VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE
Staff Report – Item 18
TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Mitch Sears, Executive Officer
Alisa Lembke, VCE Board Clerk/Administrative Analyst
SUBJECT: Consider Reappointment(s)/Appointments to jurisdictional seats on Community Advisory Committee
DATE: July 14, 2022
RECOMMENDATION
1. Reappoint the following Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Members for a three (3) year term to expire 2025:
a. City of Winters – David Springer
b. City of Woodland – Mark Aulman
c. County of Yolo – Cynthia Rodriquez
2. Based on City of Davis jurisdictional Board member recommendation, appoint Rahul Athalye to fill a City of Davis jurisdictional seat for a three (3) year term to expire 2025.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
The Board at their September 9, 2021 meeting, adopted a revised Community Advisory Committee (CAC) structure with eleven total members: eight jurisdictional members (two per jurisdiction) and three additional seats for At-large members intended to fill specific subject matter expertise/experience areas. As part of the newly adopted CAC structure, the Board adopted Item 15 on October 14, 2021, which included nonbinding recruitment/selection guidelines for recruiting and considering CAC applicants for At-Large seats and reappointed CAC Member Lorenzo Kristov to fill one of the three At-Large seats. On May 12, 2022, the Board appointed Keith Taylor and Kristin Jacobs to the two (2) vacant CAC At-Large seats, leaving two (2) applications on file.
Currently, several Members’ terms expired in June 2022 (Class 1) and have agreed to stay on until the Board reappoints and/or appoints new applicants to fill each jurisdiction seat: Davis, Woodland, Winters and unincorporated Yolo County. Staff advertised on VCE’s website, through local newspapers and jurisdiction partners seeking applicants for jurisdiction seats. In addition, CAC members sought out applicants. In response, Staff received two (2) new applications from City of Davis residents. No other applications were received.
As noted two (2) applications were on file from residents of the City of Davis who had previously applied for consideration for the two vacant At-Large seats: Mark Braly and Maris Samsel.
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2 Staff reviewed the two new applications from City of Davis residents: Eugen Dunlap and Rahul Athalye.
Eugen Dunlap is interested in encouraging and educating others on the usage of electric vehicles and solar; he has 20 years experience in the promotion of electric vehicles, including participating in Sac-EVA; experience and a supporter of solar; knowledge of his community; and owned an environmental building material business.
Rahul Athalye is interested in providing renewable energy to households of all incomes in the community; has over 15-years experience working with building codes and standards, bringing technical and analytical perspective to the CAC and local communities; and, experience in building energy modeling and simulation, including source energy and energy costs.
Consistent with past practice, staff provided the four (4) applications to the jurisdiction Board Members (City of Davis), who after careful review and consideration recommend appointing Rahul Athalye to the Community Advisory Committee to the City of Davis seat for a three (3) year term to expire 2025.
Reappointment Applications of Existing CAC Members
Those Members whose term expired in June 2022 (Class 1) have submitted their interest to be reappointed for an additional three-year term ending in 2025.
CLASS 1 - term expired in June 2022:
Winters Rep. – David Springer
Woodland Rep. – Mark Aulman
Yolo County Rep. – Cynthia Rodriguez
All but Yvonne Hunter (City of Davis) are seeking reappointment.
If those mentioned above are reappointed/appointed, below is a listing of the other “classes” and expiration terms:
CLASS 2 – term expiring June 2023
Yolo Rep.– Marsha Baird
Woodland Rep. – Christine Shewmaker
Davis Rep.– Gerry Braun
Winters Rep. – Jennifer Rindahl
CLASS 3 – term expiring June 2024
At-Large – Lorenzo Kristov
At-Large – Keith Taylor
At-Large – Kristin Jacobs
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3 CONCLUSION
Staff recommends the Board consider reappointing/appointing the following to the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for a three (3) year term to expire 2025:
a. City of Winters – David Springer
b. City of Woodland – Mark Aulman
c. County of Yolo – Cynthia Rodriquez
d. City of Davis - Rahul Athalye
Attachments:
1. City of Davis applications:
a. Mark Braly
b. Maris Samsel
c. Eugen Dunlap
d. Rahul Athalye
6/29/2023
Return to:
VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY
Valley Clean Energy COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
604 Second Street APPLICATION
Davis, CA 95616
PERSONAL DATA SHEET
Received on:
Name: Are you at least 18 years old?
First Middle
Home Address:
Number/Street City/State/Zip
Email Address:
Daytime Phone Evening/Weekend Phone
Business Title or Occupation:
Company/Organization:
Address:
Street Address City, State and Zip
Which Valley Clean Energy jurisdiction do you reside in? City of Davis City of Woodland County of Yolo (Unincorporated) If you do not reside in Valley Clean Energy's jurisdictions, please include a separate statement to address why you are applying for this committee.
Are you seeking to fill an At-Large Seat? Yes No
Background Information:
Why do you wish to serve as a member of the VCE Community Advisory Committee? Last
City of Winters
3/6/2022 AML
What experience/perspective would you bring to the committee? Please reference the professional sector and related professional experience below for At-Large member applications in this section.
Please list your previous and present governmental and civic experience. Indicate when, position and duties:
List any special training or experience you have that you feel would benefit your committee service:
Do you have any interests or associations which might present a conflict of interest? If yes, please explain:
What do you feel are your most important qualifications? What do you see as some of the significant issues facing the community in the next few years that might pertain to Valley Clean Energy's Community Advisory Committee? 3/6/2024