COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS
REVIEW COMMITTEE
MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023
ATRIUM CONFERENCE ROOM
5:30 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER
The Special Meeting was called to order at 5:41 p.m. with Chair Hicks presiding.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Committee members Ramirez, Showalter, and Chair Hicks.
Absent: None.
3. APPROVE MINUTES
Motion—M/S Showalter/Ramirez—Carried 3-0—To approve the meeting minutes of March 1, 2023.
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC—None.
5. NEW BUSINESS
5.1 BOARD, COMMISSION, AND COMMITTEE OPENINGS
Deputy City Clerk Wanda Wong announced that: (1) Visual Arts Committee member Tootoo Thomson’s percentage of attendance at Regular and Special Meetings is 86%, as shown on Attachment 3; and (2) Jialin Jiao withdrew her Parks and Recreation Commission application from consideration.
Council Appointments Review Committee Minutes
November 2, 2023
The Committee selected the following time allocation and questions to ask each applicant:
Board of Library Trustees:
The Committee interviewed Kuldip Ambastha and asked the following question:
1. Three minutes: Why do you want to serve on the Board of Library Trustees, and what do you think would be likely areas of particular focus for you on the Board?
Parks and Recreation Commission:
The Committee interviewed Jessica Chohan and Joe Mitchner and asked the following questions:
1. Two minutes: Why do you want to serve (or continue to serve) on the Parks and Recreation Commission, and what do you think would be likely areas of particular focus for you on the Commission?
2. Two minutes: What do you think should be the priorities for the Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan?
Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee:
The Committee interviewed Emil Abraham, Lada Adamic, and Siamak Mirnezami and asked the following questions:
1. Two minutes: Why do you want to serve (or continue to serve) on the Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and what do you think would be likely areas of particular focus for you on the Committee?
2. Two minutes: What are the most important issues facing the Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and how would you resolve them?
3. 30 seconds: Tell us something about yourself.
Council Appointments Review Committee Minutes
November 2, 2023
Senior Advisory Committee:
The Committee interviewed Brian Ogonowsky and asked the following question:
1. Two minutes: Why do you want to serve on the Senior Advisory Committee, and what do you think would be likely areas of particular focus for you on the Committee?
Visual Arts Committee:
The Committee interviewed Cliff Bryant, Lacy Rathbun, Tany Rios Castro, and Tootoo Thomson and asked the following questions:
1. Two minutes: Why do you want to serve (or continue to serve) on the Visual Arts Committee, and what do you think would be likely areas of particular focus for you on the Committee?
2. Two minutes: What is your impression of the role of the Visual Arts Committee?
3. Two minutes: What is important in the coming few years and/or the public art strategy?
Motion—M/S Showalter/Ramirez—Carried 3 -0—To appoint Kuldip Ambastha to the Board of Library Trustees for a four -year term beginning January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027.
Motion—M/S Showalter/Ramirez—Carried 3-0—To reappoint Joe Mitchner to the Parks and Recreation Commission for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027.
Motion—M/S Ramirez/Showalter—Carried 3-0—To reappoint Lada Adamic to the Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027.
Motion—M/S Showalter/Ramirez—Carried 3 -0—To confirm the appointment of Jamil Shaikh to the Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association’s representative to the Downtown Committee (Neighborhood) for a one -year term beginning January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 , if r eelected to the neighborhood liaison position on the Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association.
Council Appointments Review Committee Minutes
November 2, 2023
Motion—M/S Showalter/Ramirez—Carried 3-0—To appoint Brian Ogonowsky to the Senior Advisory Committee for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027.
Motion—M/S Ramirez/Hicks—Carried 3 -0—To re appoint Cliff Bryant and appoint Lacy Rathbun to the Visual Arts Committee for four -year term s beginning January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027.
Motion—M/S Showalter/Ramirez—Carried 3 -0—To re appoint Tootoo Thomson to the Visual Arts Committee for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027.
6. COMMITTEE/STAFF COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMITTEE REPORTS—None.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Hicks adjourned the meeting at 7:20 p.m.
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