Ag enda Item A.5
CONSENT CALENDAR
M eeting Date: January 16, 2024
T
O: Mayor and Councilmembers
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ROM: Deborah S. Lopez, City Clerk
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REPARED BY: Liana Campos, Deputy City Clerk
Blake Markum, Public Records Specialist
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UBJECT: Ratification of Mayoral Appointments to the Historic Preservation Commission, the Mosquito and Vector Management District Board of Santa Barbara County and the Santa Barbara County Library Advi sory Committee
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COMMENDATION:
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atify the mayoral appointment of Mark Preston t o the Historic Pre servation Commission to fill an unexpired portion of a term ending June 30, 2026; and B. Ratify the mayoral appointment of Danica Taber to the Mosquito and Vector Management District Board of Santa Barbara County for a term ending January 1, 2028; and
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Ratify the mayoral appointment of Irene Solovij to the Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee for a term ending June 30, 2027.
BACKG
ROUND:
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istoric Preservation Commission
The His toric Preservation Commission is authorized by Goleta Municipal Cod e Section
2.17.020 and is composed of seven members. The purpose of the Historic Preservation Commission is t o act as an advisory body to the staff, the Design Review Board, and City Council on all matters pertaining to historic preservation. On October 18, 2023 , Jean-Guy Dube notified staff that he would be resigning from his position on the Historic Preservation Commission. The term for Jean-Guy Dube would expire on June 30, 2026, the successful candidate would fill the unexpired portion of this term.
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osquito and Vector Management District Board of Santa Barbara County The Mosquito and Vector Management District Board of Santa Barbara County provides direction and governance to the District relating to vectors such as mosquitoes and rats and surveillance for vector -borne pathogens such as West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses. Management services are provided to all lands, both private and 1 public, within the enhanced services areas of Santa Barbara County and its political subdivisions. Mosquito and Vector Management District Board of Santa Barbara County: http://www.mvmdistrict.com/governance.html. The District is governed by an eight member Board of Trustees; three trustees are appointed by the City Councils located within the benefit assessment areas —Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria— and five trustees are appointed by the County of Santa Barbara's Board of Supervisors.
Each person appointed by a C ity Council to be a member of a Board of T rustees shall be a voter in that city and a resident of that portion of the city that is within the dis trict. (Health and Safety Code § 2022 (b)). Member must have experienc e, training and education in fields that will assist in the governance of the District. Except as provided in Health and Safety Code Section 2023, the term of office for a member of the Board of Trustees shall be for a term of two or four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority. Member must reside within the City of Goleta. Terms of office commence at noon on the first Monday in January.
Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee
The Board of Supervisors created a county -wi de Library Advisory Committee so that representatives of communities with libraries operating as part of the regional free library system could meet quarterly to discuss issues of mutual concern. The Library Advisory Committee meets quarterly to review services and operations, and to make advisory recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and cities participating in the County library system.
The
Board determined that each contracting city may nomina te one citizen from that community to serve as a member to the Committee. Consistent with the requirements of Government Code Section 40605, the Mayor has made this appointment, subject to the City Council’s approval. As stated in the annual Library Agreement, the term of office of each member of the Library Advisory Committee shall run concurrently with the term of the Library Agreement and automatically renew each year, or until discharged at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors or by the request of the nominating jurisdiction.
In
terview of Applicants
On November 16, 2023, the City Council held a special meeting to conduct interviews of all the applicants for the Santa Barbara County Library Adv isory Committee. The City Council nomi nated Irene Solovij to the Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee for a term ending June 30, 2027.
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ecember 12, 2023, the City Council held a special meeting to conduct interviews of all the applicants f or the Historic Preservation C ommission and Mosquito and V ector Management District Board of Santa Barbara County . The City Council nominated the following: Mark Preston to the Historic Preservation Commission for a term ending June 30, 2026, and the appointment of Danica Taber for a term ending January 1, 2028, to the Mosquito and Vector Management District Board Santa Barbara County.
The M
ayor now seeks Council’s ratification of the appointments. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 4 0605, all appointments to the City’s boards and commissions must be made by the Mayor and approved by the City Council. 2 DIS
CUSSION:
Thi
s agenda item allows the City Council the opportunity to ratify the Mayor’s appointments to the Historic Preservation Commission, the Mosquito and Vector Management District Board Santa Barbara County and the Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee.
Gov
ernment Code Section 40605 provides that an elected mayor shall mak e all appointments to a City’s boards, commissions and committees, subject to the City Council’s approval. This item provides t he Mayor the opportunity to seek Council ratification of appointments of Mark Preston to the Historic Preservation Commission, to fill an unexpired portion of a term ending on June 30, 2026 , the appointment of Danica Taber for a term ending January 1, 2028, to the Mosquito and Vector Management District Board Santa Barbara County, and the appointment of Irene Solovij to the Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee for a term ending June 30, 2027.
St
aff recommends that the City Council reexamine the City of Goleta’s n ominee to the Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee in 2027 in accordance with the appointments for City Boards and Commissions which serve 2-4 year terms.
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SCAL IMPACTS:
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with ratifying the Mayor’s appointee to the Historic Preservation Commission, the Mosquito and Vector Management District Board of Santa Barbara County and other than the staff time needed to prepare this report.
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ERNATIVES:
Council may desire to see further advertising done in order to ensure a greater applicant pool prior to a selection process, however doing so will delay a Goleta representative on the Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County and the Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee.
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AL REVIEW BY: Megan Garibaldi, City Attorney
APPR
OVED BY: Robert Nisbet, City Manager
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