CITY OF PACIFICA
COUNCIL AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
3/28/2022
1 SUBJECT:
Appointments to the Planning Commission; Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission; Beautification Advisory Committee; Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission; and Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1) Move to appoint three (3) applicants to the Planning Commission: for one partial term to expire March 2025 and two full terms to expire March 2026; 2) Move to appoint one (1) applicant to the Beautification Advisory Committee for a full term to expire March 2026, and seek to fill a second full term during a future recruitment; 3) Move to appoint one (1) applicant to the Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission for a partial term to expire October 2023; and 4) Move to appoint one (1) applicant to the Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee for a partial term to expire May 2024.
STAFF CONTACT:
Sarah Coffey, City Clerk
650-738-7307
[email protected]
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
The City has recruited applicants for the Planning Commission; Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission; Beautification Advisory Committee; Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission; and Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee to fill vacancies due to:
1) three (3) positions on the Planning Commission for a vacancy to fill one partial term to expire March 2025 and two full 4-year terms to expire March 2026; 2) one (1) position on the Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission for a vacancy to fill one a partial term to expire May 2024;
3) two (2) positions on the Beautification Advisory Committee for full 4-year terms to expire March 2026;
4) one (1) position on the Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission for for a vacancy to fill a partial term to expire October 2023; and 5) one (1) position on the Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee for a vacancy to fill a partial term to expire May 2024.
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Recruitment notices for the expiring terms on Planning Commission, Beautification Advisory Committee and the vacancy on Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission were published in the Pacifica Tribune on February 9, 2022 and February 16, 2022. During the course of this recruitment, additional vacancies arose from resignations from the Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission, Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee and Planning Commission. The City opened these additional recruitments and extended the deadline for applications for the recruitments underway and advertised these opportunities in the Pacifica Tribune with additional publications on February 23, 2022 and March 2, 2022. These opportunities were also published on the City website; in the City’s “Connect With Pacifica” weekly e-newsletter; and on NextDoor.
The City received four (4) timely applications for the Planning Commission; one (1) timely application for the Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission; one (1) timely application for the Beautification Advisory Committee; one (1) timely application for the Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission; and one (1) timely application for the Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee. Interviews were conducted by the City Council at a Special City Council Meeting on March 22, 2022.
One applicant who had indicated interest in Planning Commission and Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission openings subsequently withdrew their application, leaving three (3) applicants for consideration for Planning Commission and no applicants at this time for Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission. Additionally, there are two full-term positions to be filled for the Beautification Advisory Committee for expiring terms and only one application was received, it is recommended to consider appointment to one of the positions on the Beautification Advisory Committee at this time and re-open recruitment for the unfilled position at the next opportunity for Committee / Commission recruitments. The City will open recruitment for the vacancy on the Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission during the regular recruitment period for the May 2022 expiring terms on that Commission in a future recruitment. The list of applicants under consideration for each committee and commission are attached.
Selection Process
Lists of all applicants from which timely applications were received for each committee / commission are attached as Attachment A - Planning Commission applicants, Attachment B - Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission applicants, Attachment C - Beautification Advisory Committee applicants, Attachment D - Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission applicants, and Attachment E - Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee applicants.
Council may choose to deliberate as to the candidates that they would support to nominate for appointments to each of the open Committee or Commission seats. Council should then make a formal motion to appoint named applicants to each committee / commission. Each formal motion should specify which named individual(s) are nominated for appointment to full terms and which named individual(s) are nominated for appointment to a partial term of specified duration, if there are multiple positions to be filled for differing terms.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None associated with this item.
ORIGINATED BY:
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City Clerk
ATTACHMENT LIST:
Attachment A: List of Applicants - Planning Commission (PDF) Attachment B: List of Applicants - Beautification Advisory Committee (PDF) Attachment C: List of Applicants - Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission (PDF) Attachment D: List of Applicants - Open Space & Parkland Advisory Committee (PDF)