Cotati City Council
Agenda Staff Report
Item type: REGULAR AGENDA (ACTION)
To: City Council
Subject: MAYORS AND COUNCILMEMBERS COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENTS
Date: January 28, 2025
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 13, 2025 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 Appointments:
North Bay Division LOCC, Executive Board – 1 Seat (to fill expiring term of Jackie Elward of Rohnert Park). 2-year term starting in February.
Letters Received:
Jackie Elward, Rohnert Park
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District Citizens Advisory Committee – 1 Seat (to fill expiring term of Mark Stapp of Santa Rosa). 2-year term starting in February.
Letters Received:
Karen Nau, Petaluma
Marjorie Morgenstern, Cloverdale
Frank Quint, Petaluma
Alex DeCarli, Petaluma
Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Commission – 3 Seats. 4-year fixed term. 2 – SCTA appointments (members appointed must also be a city/town representative for the Sonoma County Transportation Authority) to fill the vacancies by Melanie Bagby of Cloverdale and Chris Rogers of Santa Rosa. These appointments will finish out the current terms of Bagby and Rogers that end in February 2027.
Letters Received:
Gerard Giudice, Rohnert Park
Janice Cader Thompson, Petaluma
Todd Lands, Cloverdale
Ariel Kelley, Healdsburg
1 – Non-SCTA appointment (must be from a city/town on the rail line) to fill the expiring term of Debora Fudge of Windsor. This appointment will start a new 4-year fixed term beginning in February.
Letters Received:
Victoria Fleming, Santa Rosa
Chris Herrod, Healdsburg
Alex DeCarli, Petaluma
Sylvia Lemus, Cotati
City Selection Committee Appointments:
Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board – 1 Seat (to fill expiring term of Brian Barnacle of Petaluma). 2-year term starting in February.
Letters Received:
Brian Barnacle, Petaluma
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District – 1 Seat (to fill expiring term of Gerard Giudice of Rohnert Park). 2-year term starting in February.
Letters Received:
Gerard Giudice, Rohnert Park
Frank Quint, Petaluma
Sonoma County Consolidated Oversight Board – 1 Seat (to fill vacancy of Chris Rogers of Santa Rosa). Term limit at the discretion of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.
Letters Received:
Jackie Elward, Rohnert Park
Stephen Zollman, Sebastopol
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.