Cotati City Council
Agenda Staff Report
Item type: REGULAR AGENDA (ACTION)
To: City Council
Subject: Nominations for regional commissions and committees on behalf of Sonoma County Mayors' and Councilmembers' Association and City Selection Committee Date: January 24, 2023
Written by: Damien O'Bid, City Manager
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council review letters of interest received and provide the Mayor with direction for voting at the upcoming Mayors' and Councilmembers' Association and City Selection Committee meeting.
Background
The City of Cotati is a member of the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association and the Sonoma County City Selection Committee. Each body appoints members to various regional Boards and Commissions. The voting delegates from the City are the Mayor (primary) and Vice Mayor (alternate). If there are no letters of interest, the by-laws of the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association allows for nominations from the floor at the meeting.
Analysis/Discussion
At its February 9, 2023 meeting, the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Council Members’ Association (SCMCA) Board of Directors and City Selection Committee will make appointment for the following vacated positions:
Board of Directors
1. ABAG Executive Board: Alternate (to fill seat vacated by Dennis Pocekay, Petaluma, term expires June 2023.)
1 letter of interest received: Stephen Zollman - Sebastopol
2. Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County: 1 seat (currently held by Council Member Victoria Fleming, Santa Rosa, term expires three years from appointment) 1 letter of interest received: Stephen Zollman - Sebastopol
3. Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District Citizens Advisory Committee: 1 seat (to fill seat vacated by former Council Member Osvaldo Jimenez, Healdsburg, term expires February 2024)
2 letters of interest received: Todd Lands - Cloverdale Mark Stapp - Santa Rosa
4. North Bay Division, LOCC, Executive Board: 1 seat (to fill seat vacated by former Council Member John Sawyer, Santa Rosa, term expires two years from appointment) 1 letter of interest received: Jackie Elward, Rohnert Park
5. Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit Board of Directors: 2 seats (currently held by Council Member Melanie Bagby, Cloverdale, term expires February 2023 and Council Member Chris Rogers, Santa Rosa, term expires February 2023. 2 letters of interest received: Melanie Bagby - Cloverdale Chris Rogers - Santa Rosa
City Selection Committee
1. Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO): 2 seats + alternate (to fill seat vacated by former Council Member Pam Stafford, Rohnert Park and Mark Landman, Cotati and the alternate seat vacated by former Council Member Patrick Slayter, Sebastopol term expires 4-years from appointment)
4 letters of interest received: Sandra Lowe - Sonoma
Susan Harvey - Cotati
Jeff Okrepkie - Santa Rosa
Stephen Zollman - Sebastopol
2. Sonoma County Successor Agency Oversight Board Committee: alternate (to fill seat vacated by former Councilmember Osvaldo Jimenez, Healdsburg, unspecified term) No letters of interest received.
3. Remote Access Network (RAN) Board: 1 seat (must be a Mayor) (to fill seat vacated by former Council Member Mark Landman, Cotati)
No letters of interest received.
4. Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board: 1 seat (to fill seat vacated by former Council Member Teresa Barrett, Petaluma, 2-year term) 1 letter of interest received: Brian Barnacle - Petaluma
Financial Considerations
Not applicable.
Environmental Issues
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378.
Attachments:
ABAG Alternate & SC Childcare Planning - Zollman (PDF) Ag and Open Space Advisory Board - Lands (PDF)
Ag and Open Space Advisory Board - Stapp (PDF)
North Bay Division LOCC Executive Board - Elward (PDF)
SMART - Bagby (PDF)
SMART - Rodgers (PDF)
LAFCO - Lowe (PDF)
LAFCO - Harvey (PDF)
LAFCO - Okrepkie (PDF)
LAFCO - Zollman (PDF)
BAAQMD - Barnacle (PDF)